【正文】 Taking baths can make people nervous.（2）What do people use to boil water in many western countries? A.Taking baths can refresh people.C.The water in the big bath is changed quite often. The water is also very hot. In some places people hit the water with sticks first. They do this to make the water cooler. Then the men get into the bath very slowly and carefully. When a man gets into a bath, he says. Excuse me. He does this because most of the hot water es directly out of the ground. In other places people boil the water with a big fire. In a small bath at home sometimes people light a fire under the bath. When the water is hot, people in the family take a bath one by one.（1）Which of the following is not true about baths? A. In Japan people bathe very often. Most people have a bath every day. When the weather is hot they sometimes have two or three baths a day. They bathe in very hot water. Usually the water is almost boiling. They believe that these very hot baths also stop them from falling ill. 8．閱讀理解 Baths in Japan故選A。根據最后一段中的“If Dr. Golle is correct, and changes in attitude brought about by the very training Germany prides itself on are narrowing people39。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。相反，是工作使人們的思維變得狹窄了。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據下文“The remaining 170 chose vocational training and a job.”從而可以猜測出beckoned for為召喚；吸引 之意。根據第二段中的“Of the original group, 382 were on the intermediate track, from which there was a choice between the academic and vocational routes, and it was on these that the researchers focused. University beckoned for 212 of them. The remaining 170 chose vocational training and a job. ”原始組中有382人就讀中等學校，這些人是研究人員重點關注的對象。Sceptical.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，讀大學究竟能帶給我們什么？德國蒂賓根大學的Jessika Golle 研究得到的結果和人們所期待的大有不同。C.Optimistic.s attitude towards the finding? A.the degreeless are much better at dealing with challenging tasksD.college students enjoy a very good public imageB.College students pride themselves on their education.（3）According to the last two paragraphs, Working straight after school narrows people39。The degreeless have not changed in personalities.B.D.Organized.B.Examined.Some investigative and enterprising jobs, such as scientific research, are, indeed beyond the degreeless. But many, particularly in Germany, with its tradition of vocational training, are not. The researchers mention, for example, puter programmers and financesector workers as careers requiring these traits. If Dr. Golle is correct, and changes in attitude brought about by the very training Germany prides itself on are narrowing people39。 When it came to the second round of tests, Dr. Golle found that the personalities of those who had gone to university had not changed significantly. Those who had undergone vocational training and then got jobs were not that much changed in personality, either—except in one crucial respect. They had bee more conscientious.Dr. Golle came to this conclusion after she and a team of colleagues studied the early careers of 2,095 German youngsters. The team used two standardized tests to assess their volunteers. One was of personality traits, including openness, conscientiousness（認真）and so on. The other was of attitudes, such as realistic, investigative and enterprising. They administered both tests twice—once towards the end of each volunteer39。GOING TO UNIVERSITY is supposed to be a mindbroadening experience. That statement is probably made in parison to training for work straight after school, which might not be so encouraging. But is it actually true? Jessika Golle of the University of T252。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇社會文化類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 （4）考查主旨大意。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。 （2）考查詞義猜測。s a difficult language to master, the high school junior, who plans to study puter engineering, thinks it will be important for his career.”可知，Thomas希望中文能夠在他今后職業(yè)發(fā)展的道路上對他有所幫助。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。The effect of Confucius Institutes in promoting Mandarin in the US.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，以一個美國學生的經歷為例來講述隨著中國經濟的發(fā)展，普通話在美國校園很流行，這是中國在世界舞臺上地位上升的一個反映。The influence of China39。The rising popularity of Mandarin among American students.B.s policy has helped popularize Mandarin in the US.D.Those skilled at Chinese will be the most petitive in the future.C.an exciting quality（3）Which of the following statements might Marty Abbott agree with? A.a sharp tone of voiceB.Mandarin could enable him to study puter engineering.（2）The underlined word edge in Paragraph 4 probably means ________. A.Mandarin could be helpful to his future career.C.At the same time, the Chinese government is spreading knowledge of the Chinese language and culture through Confucius Institutes set up in many US states. For example, the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas in Dallas has been the home of a Confucius Institute for 10 years. It sponsors Confucius Classrooms at 21 local public and private schools, where tens of thousands of students are learning Mandarin.（1）Why did Thomas Cheatham decide to study Mandarin instead of Latin? A. re seeing it in all parts of the country. Many experts agree that proficiency(熟練) in a language spoken by a billion people worldwide will give American students an edge in the global economy.He speaks Mandarin to order food at Chinese restaurants and can read social media posts from his Chinesespeaking friends. While it39。 Thomas Cheatham had planned to study Latin during his time at Hebron High School in Texas. But when he learned that the school district was going to offer a Mandarin(普通話) class, he quickly changed his mind. 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據上下文進行概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據倒數第二段中的the first modern style LEGO brick ... each piece would