【正文】 of the following statements is TRUE? A.The tour covers five tourist spots without admission fees.C.be paid in cash or with City Pass.D.$110$136$133$127【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了美國(guó)的國(guó)家櫻花節(jié)的時(shí)間、景點(diǎn)、花費(fèi)和注意事項(xiàng)。根據(jù)Washington, . Cherry Blossom InDepth Tour部分中的“Available: ”可知在三月二十五日，游客們可以享受?chē)?guó)家櫻花節(jié)，故選C。根據(jù)Itinerary 部分中的“Next, we will begin our sightseeing city tour including Lincoln Memorial, White House, US Capitol, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, Washington Monument and International Spy Museum. Then visit the next tourist spot, the Jefferson Memorial,”可知城市旅游包括以上八個(gè)景點(diǎn)，根據(jù)Admission Fees表格中的內(nèi)容可知International Spy Museum，Madame Tussauds Wax Museum和Potomac River Cruise這三個(gè)景點(diǎn)是需要付費(fèi)的，所以有五個(gè)景點(diǎn)不需要付費(fèi)，故選B。根據(jù)Price: $45/person，以及表格中Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (optional)【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和數(shù)字計(jì)算三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇介紹類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 The Wall Street Journal recently published an excellent article penned by Wendy Bounds on a hot topic here at MNN: the airpurifying qualities of the mon house plant. Given that the air inside your home can be 2 to 5 times more polluted than the air outside of it, making it clean with plants like peace lily (百合花) and asparagus fern (蘆筍蕨) is an economical artistically pleasing alternative to air purifiers. So it39。 That39。s head. But can a head be refreshed simply by being surrounded by houseplants?s authors rounded up a bunch of participants, put some of them in a mom with no plants and put others in a room with our plants placed around a desk, and put them all to the same series of tests. First was a Rearing Span Teat which involves reading a series of sentences aloud and remembering the Last word in each sentence. This task requires that you fluently switch between attention demanding tasks: from rending and memorizing at one moment to writing and recalling at the next. Next came a proofreading task fallowed by another Reading Span Test.s attention. one39。s attention. one39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“Struggling directive attention(the kind of attention that takes effort can be refreshed through exposure to naturalistic environments.”可知，掙扎的注意力(需要努力的注意力)可以通過(guò)置身于自然環(huán)境中來(lái)恢復(fù)。故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的“Participants working in the room with the plants improved their performance from the first Reading Span Test to the second while those working in the room lacking in greenery did not. Consequently, the benefits of working among plants is indeed evident.”可知，在有植物的房間里工作的參與者從第一次閱讀廣度測(cè)試到第二次閱讀廣度測(cè)試的成績(jī)都有所提高，而在沒(méi)有綠色植物的房間里工作的參與者則沒(méi)有。由此可知，這個(gè)測(cè)試的證實(shí)了在室內(nèi)植物間工作可以改善精神功能。 （4）考查主旨大意。故選C。5．閱讀理解 s base, its engine on fire. s seat ought to have been, as if planted there. No one should have survived this crash, and yet there was 20 yearold Quintin Thompson, his terrified face pressed against the driver39。Languell tried putting out the fire with his buckets of water but failed. When the flames got into the front seats, he knew he had to get the young man out. So Languell opened the car39。d brought with him, he cut through Thompson39。It is empathy that drove Languell to help, just as he said, My heart goes out to Thompson. When you are that close to that level of hurt, you feel it so directly. For his heroic action, Languell was added to the list of reallife heroes changing the world.（1）Where was the first sound actually from? house on fire. car crash. bedroom window. basement.（2）What do we know about Quintin Thompson? saved his car from fire. was successfully rescued. remained calm all the time. was capable of helping himself out.（3）Which of the following best explains empathy underlined in the last paragraph? ....（4）Which words can best describe Damian Languell? and generous. and grateful. and noble. and reliable.【答案】 （1）B（2）B（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，Damian Languell勇敢地救出了一起車(chē)禍中的幸存者Quintin Thompson，因?yàn)樗挠⒂滦袨椋琇anguell被列入了現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中改變世界的英雄名單。根據(jù)第一段中的“The sound that woke Damian Languell at 8:15 in the morning was so loud he assumed it came from inside his house in Wade, Maine.”清晨8點(diǎn)15分， Damian Languell被吵醒的聲音太大了，以至于他以為那聲音是從緬因州Wade的家中傳出來(lái)的；以及“A car wrapped around the tree39。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.”現(xiàn)在Thompson自由了，Languell把他拉了出來(lái)，在整輛車(chē)起火之前把他拉到安全的地方，可知，Quintin Thompson成功獲救。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。當(dāng)你接近那種程度的傷害時(shí)，你會(huì)直接感受到)可推知，正是這種同情心促使Languell伸出援手的，可知，劃線(xiàn)單詞意思為“同情心”。 （4）考查推理判斷。s back door and climbed in. Using a pocket knife he39。s seat belt. Now that Thompson was free, Languell pulled him out, and dragged him to safety before the entire car was in flames.”他用隨身攜帶的小刀割斷了Thompson的安全帶。由此可知，Languell很勇敢；根據(jù)最后一段中For his heroic action, Languell was added to the list of reallife heroes changing the world.(因?yàn)樗挠⒂滦袨椋矢駹柋涣腥肓爽F(xiàn)實(shí)生活中改變世界的英雄名單可推知，Languell的行為很高尚。 【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，是一篇故事類(lèi)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。Stories are shared in many ways. They are described in books and magazines. They are read around the campfire at night. They are randomly distributed from standalone booths. But what else? Francis Ford Coppola, the film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much that he invested in the pany and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco. Last month public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too. There is one on the campus at Penn State. A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. And Short Edition plans to announce more, including at the Los Angeles International Airport. Here39。s judges, and transmitted over a mobile network. Offerings can be tailored to specific interests, like children39。Short Edition set up its first booth in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide. The idea is to make people happy, said Kristan Leroy, director of Short Edition, There is too much unhappiness today.（1）What do we know about