【正文】 ll talk withabout our plan for the weekend over dinner. Having(Have) a pleasant trip and see you Friday. 。t be able to meet you at the airport althoughbecause/as I have classes in the afternoon. You won39。ll talk with our plan for the weekend over dinner. Having a pleasant trip and see you Friday. Yours， Zhang Ming 答案： Dear Susan， I39。t be able to meet you at the airport although I have classes in the afternoon. You won39。 Expressions about water are almost as mon as water. __20__ The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of extremely throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a castle. When we are in “hot water”， we are in trouble. __21__ A young boy can be in hot water with his mother, if he es into the house with dirty shoes. “To keep your head above water” is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt. A pany seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job. Another mon expression, “to hold water”， is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, __22__ If it does not hold water, __23__ “Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. __24__ For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife “throws cold water” on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much. A. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings. B. You are in a difficult position. C. A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police. D. It means disliking an idea. E. It is strong and does not have any holes. F. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job. G. Then it is weak and not worth debating. 答案： 20. A 21. C 22. E 23. G 24. D Ⅳ .短文改錯(cuò) Dear Susan， I39。 Ⅲ .七選五 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。因此選 D項(xiàng)。s ignorance contributes to one39。t”他們過(guò)度自信而不能從錯(cuò)誤中學(xué)習(xí)，因此可知他們對(duì)自己缺乏正確的評(píng)估。 18. People with poor metacognition may not succeed because they ________. A. lack basic moral values B. have improper self evaluation C. fail to municate with others D. show little respect for others 答案與解析： B 倒數(shù)第二段提到如果人們認(rèn)知能力高，元認(rèn)知能力低，不會(huì)成功。 17. The underlined phrase “take the best course of action” probably means ________. A. starting educating himself B. taking action during the course C. making the right decision D. ing up with many ideas 答案與解析： C 第三段可知元認(rèn)知對(duì)于成功來(lái)說(shuō)比認(rèn)知更重要。t know. The recognition of a fault is the first step to improvement. Don39。t. They are arrogant (overconfident)， fail to learn from mistakes, and don39。t act with foolish confidence. These people might not seem intelligent at first glance, but because they know what they know, they make better decisions and learn the most important things. However, people with great cognitive ability but poor metacognitive ability may be considered excellent at a young age for acing every test and getting great SAT scores. Unfortunately, they39。t know, then he can start educating himself. Because he39。t prove it as easily. Metacognition is more important to success than cognition. A person with poor cognitive ability, but great metacognitive ability might do poorly in school, but when faced with a challenge, they understand their abilities and take__the__best__course__of__action. For example, when faced with a question, a person with strong metacognitive ability will deal with it like this. If he knows the answer, but can39。 Ⅱ .閱讀理解 Three years ago I listened to a lecture on cognition (認(rèn)知 ) that changed the way I think about intelligence. There are two types of cognition. The first is normal cognition： the ability to regain knowledge from memory. The second type of cognition: the ability to know whether or not you know. Does this affect intelligence? In traditional education, intelligence is measured by cognitive ability. Some people can easily produce everything they know on a test. But others are awarded with poor grades and considered inferior. But does this inability make them any less intelligent? If the question came up on a task, they could refer to a book or a quick Google search. In reality they39。 14． After 10 years, the anization ________， so all the members had to go home. A. cut up B. broke in C. divided up D. spilt up 答案與解析： D 此題考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)含義和用法， cut up, divide up是及物動(dòng)詞，所以不能填，而 break in插嘴；split up解體。 than D. Not had he。 then B. Hardly had he。 12． The professor paused as if ________ his students to ask questions on the point he had just made. A. expecting B. to expect C. expected D. to have expected 答案與解析： B as if后面省略主、謂語(yǔ) he wanted。根據(jù)句意，“一些人，尤其是那些退休早的人”，此處表示強(qiáng)調(diào)。t say a word. A. trembling B. tremble C. to tremble D. to be trembling 答案與解析： A “他說(shuō)不出話是因?yàn)樗淖齑饺栽陬澏丁?，所以?yīng)用現(xiàn)在分詞的獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)作原因狀語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意“她不管遇到什么情況都竭力保持著幽默感”判斷出來(lái)。 8． When it es to houses, I point ________ that most people work all their lives paying for a home they never own. A． at B． to C． out D． up 答案與解析： C point out意為“指出來(lái)”，符合句意“對(duì)于房子，我要指出大多數(shù)人一生都在為一所他們并未真正擁有的房子而辛苦地工作”。break out爆發(fā)； burst out突然激動(dòng)地喊叫； break in闖入，插嘴。 5． She is always ready to help people in trouble because she thinks it a ________. A. decision B. chance C. pride D. pleasure 答案與解析：