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is still a mon, cheery element (元素)in stories that feature winter scenes today. Consider the joy felt by Harry Potter and his friends in J. K. Rowling39。 The cold of the winter weather provides a contrast to the fun going on indoors.t many things that are worse than winter, according to Shakespeare.s situation: Blow, blow, thou winter wind/Thou art not so unkind /As ma39。s King Lear (1606), the king has given away his kingdom and been rejected by his two ungrateful daughters. He is out in the winter cold,suffering things that are usually reserved for the poorest and most unfortunate human beings.s never fortable to be in.5.閱讀理解 根據(jù)概括標(biāo)題需遵循“征對(duì)性、概括性、醒目性”的原則可知A為最佳答案,故選A。 第一段中的“The arts, especially music, should be part of every school39。 根據(jù)第三段中的“Music builds selfconfidence, too.”音樂(lè)也建立自信可知, 故選D。故選C。s music instead of seeing them glued to a puter or TV screen.”家長(zhǎng)們能享受孩子們的音樂(lè),而不是看他們不愿離開(kāi)電腦或電視。 (2)考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第一段中的“They could improve their classroom skills”和“Making music also lets children use their imagination”可知,音樂(lè)通過(guò)提高學(xué)生的課堂技能和發(fā)揮他們的想象力,使其更加聰明。s selfconfidence. makes students much smarter. music and making music.【答案】 (1)B(2)C(3)D(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文介紹了音樂(lè)在學(xué)生的成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程中不容忽視的作用,應(yīng)該被列為學(xué)校里的一門(mén)必修課程.音樂(lè)不但能夠提高學(xué)生們的注意力和服從指揮的能力,而且也能讓學(xué)生發(fā)揮想象力,培養(yǎng)他們的創(chuàng)造能力。s selfconfidence(4)What39。 Music builds selfconfidence, too. It gives children a sense of achievement and success. Making music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practice performing in front of an audience. Music gives children an opportunity for selfexpression, and that helps develop their selfconfidence. Music not only makes children better students, but also gives them something positive to do. In a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining a gang(團(tuán)伙). Parents can enjoy listening to their children39。 The arts, especially music, should be part of every school39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇教育類(lèi)閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案??芍?,不易受到影響的人較為冷靜沉著。根據(jù)第五段中的“A few weeks before the study began, the participants pleted an evaluation that measured their selfconfidence and emotional stability among other things. The participants who scored higher on this evaluation were significantly less likely to be influenced by the rudeness.”在研究開(kāi)始前幾周,參與者完成了一項(xiàng)評(píng)估,評(píng)估內(nèi)容包括他們的自信心和情緒穩(wěn)定性等。故選D。他們報(bào)告說(shuō),他們的整體工作因此受到影響。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解??芍?,讓參與者觀看視頻是為了讓他們受到更多的影響而研究他們的情緒變化。 (2)考查推理判斷。t even have to be the target of the bad behavior”你甚至不必成為不良行為的目標(biāo),可知,第一段前半部分在描述了這種無(wú)禮行為的“傳染性”之后,是在引出一項(xiàng)關(guān)于這種行為的新發(fā)現(xiàn)。 (1)考查推理判斷。Less interaction with others.(4)Who may not be affected by the rudeness videos? positive and kind to themselves. keeping calm in stressful situations. owning confidence in others39。Poor ability to do their work.C.Being unwilling to work.To expose them to various aspects of rudeness.D.To make them spread rudeness.B.D.A regular cause of rudeness.C.The popularity of rudeness. Not all participants were affected by the rudeness videos, however. A few weeks before the study began, the participants pleted an evaluation that measured their selfconfidence and emotional stability among other things. The participants who scored higher on this evaluation were significantly less likely to be influenced by the rudeness. Each morning the participants also viewed a short video, describing workplace interaction of some kind. Half of the mornings, the video included some kind of rudeness while the other half had some kind of warm interaction in the workplace. Rudeness was conveyed through various means, including a lack of eye contact or unpleasant language. The researchers worked with 81 persons, with occupations ranging from security to business to medicine, who were asked to plete online surveys over a 10day period. Participants recorded their moods when they woke up。 When someone is rude to you, it can put you in a bad mood. It may even lead you to be rude to someone else, creating a chain of rudeness. In fact, this troubling chain may even be caused by simply seeing someone be rude to another person. You don39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷,句義猜測(cè),寫(xiě)作意圖和段落大意四個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇教育類(lèi)閱讀,要求考生根據(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)考查寫(xiě)作意圖。根據(jù)劃線(xiàn)句子以及So think about the thing that you have always wanted to try but were too embarrassed or busy or whatever.可知,這里是講現(xiàn)在就是培養(yǎng)興趣愛(ài)好的最好時(shí)機(jī)。根據(jù)第三段中的“Studies have shown that people who have a hobby are less likely to have stress and more likely to have more meaningful lives.可知,擁有興趣愛(ài)好可以讓我們的生活變得更好,故選B。根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可知,本段主要是講現(xiàn)在的人太忙,沒(méi)什么時(shí)間培養(yǎng)興趣愛(ài)好,故選B。To tell us how to find our potential.【答案】 (1)B(2)B(3)A(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文,作者認(rèn)為現(xiàn)在的人沒(méi)什么時(shí)間來(lái)培養(yǎng)興趣愛(ài)好,但有一個(gè)興趣愛(ài)好非常重要。To encourage us to have a hobby.C.s purpose in writing the text? A.Developing a hobby will get easier as time goes by.(4)What39。We39。Starting a new hobby isn39。They should make us famous one day.(3)What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A.They can help us enjoy a better life.C.s lives have been negatively affected by media.(2)What does the author think of hobbies? A.People in the past took their hobbies seriously.D.Today39。ll at least be a little more wellrounded, more interesting and less stressed.(1)What does Paragraph 1 mainly show? A.s not easy to start a new hobby while going to school, but it will likely never get easier than it is right now. So think about the thing that you have always wanted to try but were too embarrassed or busy or whatever. You never know, you might bee the world39。 Most importantly, a hobby is just something you do to make you happy. I hate to break it to you, but we all have a long lifetime of work and stress ahead of us. It will make things much easier if we can practice the piano or make some collections after work. Of course, the final goal of pursuing a new hob