【正文】 once I called my grandma and asked her for her recipe for Cloud Biscuits, these delicious biscuits she used to make that we would cover with butter and homemade raspberry jam on Thanksgiving. But as much fun as I am sure she is having living a vintage (復(fù)古的) life, which literally includes watching shows like I Love Lucy and listening to vinyl recordings (刻錄碟片), I think it39。 Let me start by expressing admiration to Holte for using her 2019 freedoms to follow her 1950s dreams. Everyone should be so lucky as to get to decide what they wear and how they spend their time. That39。5．閱讀理解 故選D。根據(jù)第一段中的“When it es to learning a foreign language, many people wonder if they will be able to memorize enough vocabulary.”當談到學習一門外語時，許多人想知道他們是否能記住足夠的詞匯。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It is not wise to depend on any method based upon mnemonics.”依靠任何基于記憶術(shù)的方法都是不明智的。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“You need to learn only 2，000 or so basic words to be able to create any phrase you need.”你只需要學習2000個左右的基本單詞就能創(chuàng)造出任何你需要的短語。故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的“To be honest，do you know all the words of your mother tongue？The answer is‘No’．“說實話，你知道你母語的所有單詞嗎?答案是:不。s attitude to mnemonics is________. （4）The passage is mainly about ______. old words in a new way new words from the context a method to memorize vocabulary vocabulary of a foreign language【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，很多學習外語的人都有一個困惑是否要記憶足夠多的單詞，作者的回答是不，文章告訴人們應(yīng)該掌握多少個基本單詞，且不能為了學習這些必要的單詞而逃避一些工作，以及依靠任何基于助記法的方法都是不明智的。a baby can know all the new words of its mother tongueD.it is honest to answer no to a question you don39。t avoid some work in order to learn these necessary words and all the more if you want to learn quickly. And before you consider buying into any method, be sure it is right for you. It is not wise to depend on any method based upon mnemonics(記憶群). The first few words seem very easy to learn, so you buy the course, but then you discover quickly, though too late, that a dozen words later, it is all the more difficult to learn a new word when you have also to learn the trick to memorize it.（1）From the first paragraph, we can infer that ______. A.t think that it is because of a bad memory. You should not give this phenomenon more importance in the language you are learning than in your mother tongue. New words, and new ways of using old words, appear every day. Twenty years ago, who could have been able to understand a sentence like this: Click here to download your digital book.? Nobody. You never stop learning new vocabulary and you never know how long you will need it.4．閱讀理解 故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的“Parents do not owe （欠） their children a college education...”從父母送子女上大學，幫忙買房子或照看孫輩等瑣事引入主題，說明這些并不是父母真正的職責；以及第三段中的“One of their obligations is to give their children a personal worth.” 他們的義務(wù)之一是給孩子們個人的價值和最后一段中的“Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives.” 父母有義務(wù)為孩子建立一套堅實的價值觀，并以此來構(gòu)建他們的生活。故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“Of course they should be properly corrected when they do wrong, but it39。故選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測。t.” 父母不欠子女大學教育......如果他們承擔不起大學教育，也不必感到內(nèi)疚，可知，作者認為，如果父母不能送子女上大學，也不必感到內(nèi)疚。根據(jù)第一段中的“Parents do not owe （欠） their children a college education...But they needn39。t send their children to universities（2）What does the underlined word obligation in Paragraph 1 mean? ....（3）According to the passage, what should parents do when children make mistakes? them and tell them not to do that again. them learn the mistakes by themselves in time. them with brighter brothers or sisters. their mistakes immediately.（4）What does the author mainly talk about in this passage? duties of parents. best way to teach children. reason why children feel stupid and unworthy. reason why parents owe their children something.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，就父母對子女真正的責任是什么進行論述，總結(jié)出父母真正要給予孩子的是個人價值和正確的價值觀，這才是父母真正的職責。 it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by deed. A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficulty laughing and loving.No child asks to be born. If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.（1）The author thinks parents ________. send their children to college support their children after they get married to buy an apartment for their children39。s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. All their parents should do is to trust them, respect them, understand them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand failure. When criticisms (批評) are really needed, they should be balanced with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn. Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.One of their obligations is to give their children a personal worth. Children who are always made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly pared with brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will bee so unsure, so afraid of failing that they won39。t feel guilty if they can39。3．閱讀理解 可知選B。根據(jù)第一段中的“They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they39。故選A。m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。 （2）考查推理判斷。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。 （1）考查推理判斷。s call 120.C.Get up and finish your homework.D.Why don39。s wrong with you?B.Don39。s definitely not a piece of cake, especially when there are so many confusing idioms. However, with enough hard work and interest, you will succeed in no time. Break a leg!（1）Which idiom is proper for you to say to your worried classmate who is to take part in the 800metre race at the school sports meet? your act together. yourself together. a leg.39。 they are just wishing you luck. It is most often used for people wishing success to actors and actresses before they perform on the stage, but it can be said in