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f people don39。Imagine being able to shut out all sound as you lay your head down to sleep by simply rolling over onto one side. That39。m deaf in my left ear, and have a slight problem in my right. Being hard of hearing has been difficult, but I39。 s movements until I formed a word. t speak. It was a strange reality that none of the doctors I visited could understand. 5.閱讀理解 故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandma39。故選A。(3)考查推理判斷。她永遠不會忘記我的生日!由此可知it指“作者想念她的祖母。根據(jù)第四段中的“I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. She39。故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“She would make sandwiches and we39。The Importance of Putting Things Away【答案】(1)D(2)C(3)A(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者通過祖母生活的點滴及她的銀頂針對作者的影響,表達了作者和祖母之間濃濃的親情。s Life StoryC.B.s ThimbleLonely.(4)Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A.C.Regretful.The love the author got from her grandmother.(3)How did the author feel when she found the thimble? A.s missing her grandmother.The fact that the grandmother had passed away.C.The modern world39。D.She would wear a thimble for needlework every day.C.She would make sandwiches and hamburgers for her family.s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!(1)In the author39。 it was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam (縫) that I carefully opened, and, to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!d never forgotten my birthday!d have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well as making beautiful quilts for her grandchildren. I remember the small thimble ( 頂 針 ) she would place on her finger while doing her needlework. My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors. I am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the right time! It might be in a dream, a lost letter, a memory, or something found that we39?!军c評】本題考點涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查,是一篇生活類閱讀,要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進行分析,推理,從而選出正確答案。劃線詞語所在的句子指每個人都知道故事會讓對話變得生動有趣,“juiceup conversations”指讓對話變得生動有趣,與B項同義。(4)考查詞義猜測。ll hang around and want to talk to you even more.”聽者的贊美之詞和他們有興趣想了解更多的好奇心和關(guān)注,是說者最關(guān)心的。ve never heard of that’ ‘Hmm, cool!‘ expressions are reactionary (保守的) bits of conversation that prove to the other person that you39。根據(jù)第四段中的“All of the ‘Oh! That39。故選C。re allowed to say whatever is on your mind.”可知習慣性思維讓我們表達我們內(nèi)心所想,意識到你可以說出你心里想說的話,是很有趣的。根據(jù)第三段中的“It is the reflex (習慣性思維) that allows you to say whatever goes on in your mind. It39。故選C。(1)考查推理判斷。遇到這種情況是很不舒服的。D.making conversations livelierC.s curiosity and concern.(4)What does the underlined part juiceup conversations mean? A.D.The listener39。B.avoid breaking in(3)According to the passage, what do the speakers care much about? A.be free to expressthink twicefeel nervousestablish their working relationship(2)When talking with others, we shouldenrich their social lifeB.train their working skills not from your life. The more interesting, stranger or more frightening they are, the harder they are to forget.(1)If people can deal with the awkward silence, they canll hang around and want to talk to you even more.ve never heard of that Hmm, cool! expressions are reactionary (保守的) bits of conversation that prove to the other person that you39。 All of the Oh! That39。re allowed to say whatever is on your mind. As long as you don39。 It is the reflex (習慣性思維) that allows you to say whatever goes on in your mind. It39。re about to say is cool, impressive and interesting. Another problem is not learning to get in the mood for conversation. If you don39。 After studying this in depth, I had different opinions and found that one of these mon behaviors is the habit of filtering (過濾)holding back from saying something until you39。3.閱讀理解Could an emoji save our life?“一個表情能拯救我們的生命嗎?”)符合題意,故選A。接著下面講述了一場以添加地震表情為目標的運動。(4)考查主旨大意。t want too much wording in the warning message.”可推斷出表情符號是一種通用語言,當災(zāi)難來臨時不需要多說,表情就可以交流,以此在很多情形下可以挽救生命。(3)考查推理判斷。第二段和第三段中的地震博士Dr. Hicks對此作出解釋,目的就是呼吁大家贊同這個觀點。(2)考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第一段中的“Emoji might not be your first choice of munication in a disaster, but researchers feel they could make a difference during emergencies”以及第三段中的“earthquakes move incredibly quickly and are difficult該運動的創(chuàng)始人對此做出解釋,試圖說明地震表情是一種通用的語言交流工具,有助于挽救生命。D.How is emoji changing our life?B.Could an emoji save our life?D.Emoji is being used to convey valuable information.C.Emoji benefits people with reading disability a lot.Run for.(3)What can we infer from Dr. Sara McBride39。Appeal for.Enter for.Hope for.D.Because earthquakes are the easiest to be expressed by an emoji.C.Because earthquakes threaten many people in different regions. Pictographs (象形文字) and other visuals like emoji have a track record of being faster and easier to understand than written information. Dr. Sara McBride, a munications specialist, who is also part of the campaign, told BBC News, Emoji can cross the boundaries of written languages, helping municate valuable information to people who may struggle to read a certain language. to measure while they are still occurring. Populations in areas like Japan and Mexico are dependent on earthquake early warning technology, which issues an alert on digital devices and broadcast media. You may have seconds to get under a table or to protect yourself, explains Dr. Hicks. That can be life saving in many cases. Naturally you don39。s population are exposed to earthquakes, expl