【正文】 people as a reward for something good for kidsC.cash transfers help poor families get what would seem unavailable otherwises money well spent.（1）The study proves that Whatever the reason for the trend, the data is clear—families that receive cash handouts don39。re told. If they are given money and told to use it for their family39。t even a possibility. So families cut back on other expenses (like alcohol and tobacco) to make those dreams a reality. One theory is that the cash transfer made things possible that once seemed impossible. Investing in their kids39。 The news may surprise some people, but it39。s alcohol and tobacco purchases. A study, conducted by David Evans of the World Bank and Anna Popova of Stanford University, looked at 19 programs around the world in which individuals were given cash transfers from the government, either as a handout or as a reward for something like getting kids to school on time or taking them to the doctor for checkups. 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要根據(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?！癷f only”作為線索貫穿了整篇文章，且第一段也提到了the saddest words，其他選項比較籠統(tǒng)，不能涵蓋本文內(nèi)容。 （4）考查主旨大意。 （3）考查詞義猜測。由此可知作者決定在星期五去她的辦公室，是為了見她已經(jīng)年邁的父親。s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn39。 （2）考查推理判斷。 （1）考查推理判斷。s the best kind of insurance for my emotional wellbeing.（1）Which of the following is an example of the extra minute rule? the car the moment everyone is seated. the room for a minute with the iron working. for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better. an object out of the way before it trips someone.（2）The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______. her appointment with the eye doctor her father who was already an old man in the holiday celebration of the pany her work before the deadline approached（3）The underlined word foregone in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______. （4）What is the best title for the passage? Keep Emotional Wellbeing Prevent If Only Moments Follow the Most Useful Rule Achieve the Peace of Mind【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者認(rèn)為英語中最悲傷的兩個詞語是if only，因為他們表達(dá)了遺憾。m doing the right thing. I39。 t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he39。t only avoid those if only moments when it es to safety. It39。 My father is famous in our family for saying, Take the extra minute to do it right. I always try to live by the extra minute rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an if only moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (襯墊) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table. 【英語】高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí) 專項訓(xùn)練 閱讀理解一、高中英語閱讀理解1．閱讀理解 Two of the saddest words in the English language are if only. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment. I don39。s equally important to avoid if only in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say I love you or I forgive you. When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my pany and I wouldn39。s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn39。I know there will still be occasions when I have to say if only about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I39。m buying myself peace of mind and that39。父親在作者小的時候經(jīng)常讓她提前做一些能防止意外發(fā)生的事，因此她懂得珍惜現(xiàn)在所擁有的一切，而且知道自己正在做對的事。根據(jù)第一、二段可知，作者所說的“extra minute”rule是指在遇事時多思考一分鐘，從而可以避免以后遺憾、犯錯或失望，故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“But then I thought about the fact that he39。t give up an opportunity to see him.”可知，父親說在周五去看眼科醫(yī)生時經(jīng)過作者的辦公室，雖然那天是假日，但作者想到父親八十四了，自己不應(yīng)該放棄每一次見父親的機(jī)會，于是又改口說那天上班。故選B。根據(jù)劃線詞所在句and前后連接語意相似成分，由其前“失去一個心愛的人或物”可推知此處是指“后悔放棄一個機(jī)會”可知，foregone的意思是“放棄”，故選A?？v觀全文可知，本文敘述了作者通過“extra minute”rule來避免以后說“if only”的情況。所以這篇文章最好的題目是“防止出現(xiàn)if only的情況”，故選B。2．閱讀理解 Evans and Popova looked at the impact those cash transfers had on the family budget and whether or not they led to an increase in spending on alcohol and cigarettes .What they found was that they almost always led to a reduction in a family39。s true, and the researchers have several theories about why. education or buying healthier and more expensive foods may be within reach now, but without the cash handout, these goals weren39。 Another theory is that people just generally seem to do what they39。s welfare, in most cases, they will do just that. And that leads to the third theory: These cash transfers are usually given to women, and studies show that when women control the purse strings, more money is spent on taking care of their children.t waste the money on booze and cigarettes as was previously thought. Instead, they typically use that money for the benefit of their families. And that39。. A.B.given cash handouts, poor people would spend the money on alcohol and tobaccopoor people would save the cash given by the government for emergency needs（2）A cash transfer led to a reduction in a family39。the education gained with the cash would help them drop alcohol and tobaccothe money previously for alcohol and tobacco would help realize their dreamC.D.women are told what to dowomen are given the moneyC.D..