【正文】 cooked foodsB. making sounds of f and v is D.C.B.distinguish meaningful sounds（2）According to the passage, which of the following factors help shape language? A.classify the forms of noisesC.. A. Beyond these particular changes, the story highlights the way in which everything distinctively human is both material and spiritual: speech must bine sound and meaning, and the meaning can39。 Hunter gatherer languages very seldom use the sounds known as labiodentals (唇齒音)－those such as f and v－that are made by touching the lower lip with the upper teeth. Only two of the hundreds of Australian aboriginal languages use them, for example. But in cultures that have discovered farming, these consonants (輔音) are much more mon. The argument goes that farmers eat more cooked food and more dairy than hunter gatherers. Either way, they need to chew mush less, and to bite less with their front teeth. So farmers grew up with smaller lower jaws and more of an overbite than their ancestors who had to bite through harder foods. It became easier for them to make the labiodental consonants instead of purely labial (唇音) ones: one example is that f e to take the place of p. Romans said pater but English speakers (unless they39。d rather think of language as product of our thought Babies have an astonishing talent that adults entirely lose. By the age of one, they can recognise the significant noises around them and group them into a language. When we have lost this capacity as adults, it bees enormously difficult to distinguish between sounds that are glaringly different to a native speaker. It all sounds Greek to us. This is because the range of possible sounds that humans use to convey meaning may be as high as 2,000, but few languages use more than 100 and even then the significant noises－the phonemes (音素) of a language－each cover a range of sounds and so vague distinctions which would change the meaning of a word in other languages. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(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?？芍爻沧搴⒆蝇F(xiàn)象的副作用是在少數(shù)情況下，緊張情緒會(huì)導(dǎo)致父母和孩子之間偶爾發(fā)生爭(zhēng)吵。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的‘However’, the study says, ‘daytoday tensions about the prospects of achieving different dimensions of independence, which in a few extreme cases came close to conflict”可知對(duì)于實(shí)現(xiàn)不同層面獨(dú)立前景的日常緊張情緒，是大多數(shù)家長(zhǎng)和略多于一半畢業(yè)生經(jīng)歷的特征。由此推斷出，孩子們很難找到一份滿意的工作，故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。 financial and emotional support.”參與這項(xiàng)研究的年輕人對(duì)于搬回家“比預(yù)期的更積極”——他們的羞愧感減少了，因?yàn)樗麄兊脑S多朋友都處于同樣的處境，而且他們承認(rèn)父母在經(jīng)濟(jì)和情感上的支持是有好處的。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。即可推理劃線部分單詞trigger意為“導(dǎo)致，致使”，與cause意義一致。根據(jù)第二段中的“The findings disagree with the research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant worsening in their parents39?？芍酝难芯匡@示，返鄉(xiāng)的成年子女會(huì)導(dǎo)致父母的生活質(zhì)量和幸福感比之前更差，故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“The findings disagree with the research published earlier this year showing that returning adult children trigger a significant worsening in their parents39。父母和孩子對(duì)于獨(dú)立的緊張情緒會(huì)導(dǎo)致父母和子女之間偶爾的爭(zhēng)吵。There are occasional quarrels between parents and children.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，“回巢族”子女在大學(xué)畢業(yè)后回到父母身邊生活對(duì)家庭是有好處的，他們會(huì)與父母建立更親密、更具支持性的關(guān)系，并增進(jìn)兩代人之間的聯(lián)系。Neither parents nor children want to do the chores at home.C.There is more house work needed to be done by the children.（5）What is the side effect of the boomerang children phenomenon? A.The parents are willing to provide support to their children.C.They are proud to be independent from the family.（4）What can be inferred as the reason for the boomerang children phenomenon? A.They are glad that they could e back.C.allow（3）What is the attitude of the college graduates towards returning home? A.C.defeatBoomerang children never did any housework.（2）The underlined word trigger in Paragraph 2 may be best replaced by ________. A.The parents39。The parents were looking forward to their children39。 Areas of disagreement included chores, money and social life. While parents were keen to help, they also wanted different relationships from those they had with their own parents, and continuing to support their adult children allowed them to remain close.（1）What is the finding of the previous research? A. The families featured in the study were middleclass and tended to view the achievement of adult independence for their children as a family project. Parents accepted that their children required support as university students and then as graduates returning home, as they tried to find jobs paying enough to enable them to move out and get on the housing ladder. financial and emotional support. Daughters were happier than sons, often slipping back easily into teenage patterns of behaviour, the study found. quality of life and wellbeing. Boomerang children who return to live with their parents after university can be good for families, leading to closer, more supportive relationships and increased contact between the generations, a study has found.4．犇犇閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。故選C。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第三段中的The new material was lighter and... more likely to survive the Journey.可知A項(xiàng)和B項(xiàng)正確；以及After all, ... made the chalk powder easier to erase.可知C項(xiàng)正確；D項(xiàng)文章未提及。故選B。t draw the maps their teacher wanted on their tiny boards, so Pillans put several slates together to create a large board. ”在1800年，一名英格蘭校長(zhǎng)James Pillans想讓他的學(xué)生們畫地圖，但是學(xué)生們?cè)谒麄兊拿阅惆迳蠠o法畫出地圖，因此校長(zhǎng)讓學(xué)生把他們的迷你板拼湊在一起來制造一個(gè)大的板。根據(jù)第二段中的“故選D。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Function of the blackboard.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，通過描述黑板發(fā)展歷程向讀者介紹了黑板最早的時(shí)候確實(shí)是黑色的，隨后慢慢發(fā)展變成了綠色。Origin of the blackboard.C.s the main idea of the text? A.They39。They39。They39。They39。To arouse students39。To draw students39。To make a parison.B.D.C.B.t plaining either. After all, the new greenboards made the chalk powder easier to erase. Plus, the enamel left less of a glare and the color was nicer