【正文】 根據(jù)第一段中的“But one man, from California by reasonable assumption, who goes by Dave, recently took procrastination (拖延) one step further, by paying a parking。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But apparently, guilt got the best of him, and he decided to finally cough up the money more than 40 years past its due date．”可知，一種強(qiáng)烈 的故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Combs went on to share that the original ticket from 1974 was given to a vehicle that had an Ohio license plate．”可知，Dave的車(chē)可能來(lái)自俄亥俄州。Parking Ticket Carried Around for Almost Half a Century from Ohio【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一位神秘的拖延者終于支付了44年的停車(chē)罰單。Mysterious Procrastinator Finally Pays 44YearOld Parking TicketC.Sudden change of his financial situation.（4）Which of the following can be the best title? A.Fear of being tracked by the police.C.t pay for it just because of procrastination.（3）What drove Dave to pay for the parking ticket at last? A.He failed to find out who he should pay the money to.D.He didn39。t Dave pay for the parking ticket until recently? A.Dave is of course the man39。The police are trying to find out more about him.C. Because there was no system for tracking tickets given to outofstate cars back then, Dave could have gotten away with never paying the $2 fine. But apparently, guilt got the best of him, and he decided to finally cough up the money more than 40 years past its due date.（1）How much do we know about Dave? A. Even though the initial parking ticket was only for $2, Dave must have felt awfully guilty because he left 150 percent, or $3, in interest.ve been carrying this ticket around for 40 plus years always intending to pay. Forgive me if I don39。 In December 2018, the Minersville Police Department in Pennsylvania received a letter in the mail. Whoever wrote the letter decided it was best to keep his name somewhat unknown, so he put the return address as Wayward Road, Anytown California under the name Feeling guilty.ve all had cases where we39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)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。在作者遇到困難的情況下，這位汽車(chē)修理工慷慨的幫忙。我下了車(chē)，卸下行李，然后和他握了握手，表示感謝。 （3）考查推理判斷。有那么一會(huì)兒，我的腦子一片空白，不知道該怎么辦。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。D.One good turn deserves another.C.Good scenery is on the road.D.Generous and warmhearted.C.a strong man made him frightened（3）Which of the following can describe the man working in the motor mechanics? A.t manage the luggaget understand ItalianC.B.the station was not availableD.do some researchB.visit a museum There was no time to hug or exchange names t speak Italian, I could not ask anyone for instructions. I dragged my suitcase about 100 meters to a nearby motor mechanics. A tall, strong man of about 50 years of age was working there and I excused myself and asked where the nearest station was. I am sure that he did not understand me properly but he could easily guess that I was looking for a station. He replied, but I did not understand. The following day I headed back to the train station, intending to take a short train ride to Viterbo to meet up with my friend. When I arrived at the station and attempted to locate the correct platform, I quickly realized that the station was closed for an upgrade (升級(jí)). For a moment my mind went blank and did not know what to do. My biggest problem was my luggage—my suitcase and hand luggage were so heavy that I couldn39。 The train then crossed the Italian border before passing through Milan and Florence, then finally stopping in Rome. I was lucky, as my hotel was close to the railway station. The next morning, I had a coffee at a nearby caf233。7．閱讀理解 縱觀全文可知，本文介紹了科學(xué)家們?cè)谥袊?guó)甘肅敦煌莫高窟的洞穴中發(fā)現(xiàn)了反映古代科學(xué)的壁畫(huà)，這屬于科學(xué)范疇，因此文章最有可能出自科學(xué)雜志，故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings可知，科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)壁畫(huà)中展示了古代制陶和釀酒技術(shù)，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的There are 500 manmade caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years.可知，敦煌莫高窟有500個(gè)人工洞穴，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences可知，這些壁畫(huà)為中國(guó)古代在數(shù)學(xué)、物理、化學(xué)、天文，地理、建筑以及農(nóng)學(xué)等領(lǐng)域的科技發(fā)明提供了證據(jù)，由此可知科學(xué)家們對(duì)此感到很興奮的原因是他們可以通過(guò)這些壁畫(huà)了解古代的科學(xué)，故選C。Popular Science【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了科學(xué)家們?cè)谥袊?guó)甘肅的敦煌莫高窟的洞穴中發(fā)現(xiàn)了反映古代科學(xué)的壁畫(huà)。C.Business Worldarchitecture and weaving（4）The article is more likely to be selected from the magazine ______. A.boiling milk over 1,000 years agoB.pottery making and wine productionhelp us to know little about ancient scienceD.have 500 manmade cavesB.Because they could learn about ancient science through them.D.Because they had rarely seen cave paintings.B. It won39。s Gansu Province. There are 500 manmade caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years. Almost all of these caves have paintings on their ceilings or walls and they date from the 4th to 14th centuries. Wang Jinyu is an expert on these cave paintings (also called frescoes) and he says: We discovered frescoes containing scientific and technological content in almost all of the caves which have frescoes. What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences. If we want to find out what kind of technology people used in the past, we norm