【正文】 uced it to Europeans.C.He sold it to the military. According to the International Chewing Gum Association,during WWII Dubble Bubble was handed out by US military members as gifts, thereby spreading its popularity among the peoples of Europe, Africa, and Asia. And in the 1930s he first bubblegum cards appeared. the pictures changed from war heroes to Wild West figures to professional athletes.t until 1928 that bubblegum was created. Walter Diemer, working for Frank Fleer39。t be plete without mentioning the gumball machine, which popularized gum. The first gumball machine came onto the scene in 1907 and sold sugarcoated chewing gum.s skin without using some special tools. Chewing gum hit the market after Santa Anna brought a case of chicle(糖膠樹脂) from Mexico to New York. Santa Anna gave some to the parttime inventor Thomas Adams Thomas Adams changed the gum and marketed it as a candy. The invention took off and was known as Chiclets.6．閱讀理解 故選C?？芍?，Option 4在自由選修課程中探索你感興趣的領(lǐng)域。ll take your first step into the college39。 （3）考查推理判斷?？芍?，對語言感興趣的學(xué)生可以選擇Option 2:FLL Hager Scholars Program。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由此可知，學(xué)生是通過閱讀該地區(qū)的資料來學(xué)習(xí)地中海的文化歷史的。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。這個選擇的美妙之處在于你不會出錯！無論你選擇申請哪一個，你都將為你的大學(xué)生涯創(chuàng)造一個豐富的智力體驗。D.It provides various courses for free.C.s a possible reason for choosing Option 4? A.D.C.B.By reading materials of this area.（2）Which program is suitable for a student interested in languages? A.By selecting l or 4 courses.B. Fall schedule: When Registration opens, you will build a schedule of four or five additional courses from the full college curriculum.（1）How do students learn the cultural history of the Mediterranean? A.ll take your first step into the college39。 Option 4: Traditional FirstYear Academic Programs dynamic intellectual munity. Option 3: Ignatius Seminars The FLL Hager Scholars Program is designed with our most ambitious students of languages and linguistics in mind, and is designed to create for them both a sense of munity and opportunities for intellectual growth. The Liberal Arts Seminar is a multidisciplinary(多學(xué)科的)course that explores the cultural history of the Mediterranean through fictional and nonfictional books.Fall schedule: When Registration opens, you will select between one and four additional courses to plete your schedule.t go wrong! No matter which one of our FirstYear Options you select to apply for, you will create a rich intellectual experience to begin your college career. During your four years in the college, you39。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，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。ve never heard of.”它們就像謎題一樣，當(dāng)有人使用他們從未聽說過的短語時，甚至以英語為母語的人也會感到困惑。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。m sick)可知，當(dāng)你聽到你的同桌說“我感覺不舒服”時，你該怎樣回答。根據(jù)I39。s easy)意思是很容易，可知可以表達(dá)你對即將參加800米比賽的同學(xué)的擔(dān)憂，故選D。根據(jù)It39。t you take an umbrella with you?（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about idioms? sometimes make no sense at all. speakers have trouble understanding idioms sometimes. are the hardest part of learning a language. can guess the meaning of an idiom from the words in it.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，習(xí)語是學(xué)習(xí)語言最困難的部分之一，作者列舉了五個常見習(xí)語的用法。t worry. Let39。s a piece of cake.（2）How should you respond when you hear your deskmate say, I am feeling under the weather. A.What39。 All in all, learning a new language can be challenging. It39。 This is perhaps one of the most confusing yet wellknown English idioms. If someone says this to you, do not take offence or think they are threatening you。 I don39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。, but if your English teacher asks you why you haven39。I39。 Yes, it39。m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。 This might be something your teacher says to you if you score badly in an exam or if you misbehave in class. You can also use it to talk about people in general. For example, if your friend is being mean or nasty for no reason, then you can tell them that they need to get their act together.⒉Pull yourself together (Meaning: calm down)t know, an idiom is a phrase which has a meaning, but the meaning is not clear from the words themselves. If you translate an idiom word for word, it sometimes makes no sense at all. They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they39。4．閱讀理解 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。t your newspaper do something about the custom (習(xí)慣) of hitchhiking?”作者反問報紙“難道你們的報紙不能為搭便車的習(xí)慣做些事嗎？”可推測，如果是一個好的編輯，在看到信后會寫一篇關(guān)于搭便車會有安全隱患的文章刊登到報紙上。 （5）考查推理判斷。t they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger? How much do they know about the driver? Is he a good driver or not? They know nothing!” 可知作者認(rèn)為很多人不知道搭便車很危險，故推測他寫信的目的是讓報紙?zhí)嵝讶藗兇畋丬囄ｋU。 （4）考查推理判斷。故推測作者是一個很細(xì)心而且見過很多事的人。t know.”和第五段中的“Isn39。 （3）考查推理判斷。t they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger? ”可知，作者認(rèn)為女性搭便車非常危險。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。t they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger?”難道他們不知道上陌生人的車有多危險嗎？可推測hitchhiking的意思是“免費乘坐陌生人的車去某地”。 （1）考查詞義猜測。He will hold a meeting to tell the drivers to make less the traffic trouble.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）D（4）A（5）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，作者認(rèn)為搭便車，尤其是女性搭便車存在安全隱患。He will write back to the Worried Grandfather and tell him not to hitchhikeC.his children not to talk to strangers on the road（5）What do you think a good editor is going to do after he gets the letter? A.young women never to go on a long travel aloneC. . A.has seen much of the world and he is very careful（4）The Worried Grandfather wrote the letter to tellis a good driver and often gives free rides to strangersC. . A.never lets his children get into other people39。s carC.t like young women to drive carsB. . A. carD.driving to somewh