【正文】 y in a shop.C.Whether consumers are willing to buy things depends on it.（4）Which of the following can replace the underlined word “frenzied” in Paragraph 3? A.B.C.D.Online shopping is being more and more popular nowadays.B.People can choose to get rid of salesmen39。Smells and sounds are important for consumers39。這篇文章主要介紹了影響消費(fèi)者購物決定的兩個(gè)因素。根據(jù)第一段中的Sounds and smells can also influence consumers39。故答案選D。根據(jù)第二段中的It found that the smell increased the number of consumers39。故答案選C。根據(jù)第三段中的One study found that when subjected to loud music, consumers will spend less time in a store…Another interesting finding from a recent study was that customers actually shop longer when exposed to unfamiliar music.（研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，當(dāng)音樂音量過大時(shí)，消費(fèi)者在商店里的時(shí)間會減少……最近一項(xiàng)研究的另一個(gè)有趣發(fā)現(xiàn)是，當(dāng)顧客接觸到不熟悉的音樂時(shí)，他們的購物時(shí)間實(shí)際上更長）可知，音樂會影響消費(fèi)者在商店里停留的時(shí)間。 （4）詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段中的Or calmed by a piece of light music?（還是聽著輕音樂平靜下來?）可知，劃線詞所在句意為“有沒有因?yàn)樯痰昀锟旃?jié)奏的音樂而感到瘋狂?”，由此推知，劃線詞意為“瘋狂的”，瘋狂是一種興奮的狀態(tài)。 （5）推理判斷題。故答案選C。3．閱讀理解 experience, talented puppeteer (木偶表演者) Peter Roberts has earned himself the title “master puppeteer” because of his great ability to turn puppets into believable, almost living characters. “People are quite often surprised to hear what I do for living and have little appreciation of puppy as a form of entertainment. But while the exact origins of puppet theatre are unknown, it has been popular in many cultures and may have been the very first kind of theatre,” he explains. shows are highly original. “A puppet show can involve anything from clowning(傻逗) to storytelling,” he says, Equally diverse are the audiences he performs for. “Some are attracted by the puppets themselves, while others enjoy the dialogue.” Roberts believes that this form of entertainment can be appreciated by people of all ages and cultures. interest in puppets started when he received some beautiful glove puppets one Christmas. He started putting on shows with these for family and friends and then moved on to handmade Chinese string puppets. Learning mostly from books and personal experience, he explains, “I was already spending most of my free time carving puppets and putting on shows, so I hardly noticed the change from students to fulltime professional puppeteer.”ve made some of my best puppets 39。.”It is a most popular form of entertainment.It cannot give people pleasure any more.C.D. eyes, his puppet shows . A.B.display something meaningful for different peopleinvolve hard work and great intelligence（3）Roberts developed an interest in puppets because of . A.B.a Christmas giftD.It is just a kind of entertainment for kids.It can be educational as well as entertaining.C.It should be kept lighthearted.【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文為夾敘夾議。享用盛名的木偶大師羅伯特卻讓自己的木偶表演極具獨(dú)創(chuàng)性。（2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。分析選項(xiàng)可知D項(xiàng)（它作為一種藝術(shù)形式?jīng)]有被充分認(rèn)可）符合題意，故答案選D項(xiàng)。第二段內(nèi)容說羅伯特的木偶戲涉及任何東西，從扮小丑逗樂到到講故事，”他給各種各樣不同的觀眾表演。”羅伯特認(rèn)為這種形式的娛樂可以被各個(gè)年齡段和文化的人所欣賞。分析選項(xiàng)可知C項(xiàng)符合題意，故答案選C項(xiàng)。根據(jù)最后一段最后兩句“Certainly the subject matter will be expected to be lighthearted rather than serious. However, Roberts wants to point out that puppets e serious messages sometimes.”木偶表演的主題更多的是輕松愉快的而不是嚴(yán)肅的。由此可推斷出，木偶表演既是一種娛樂也有一定的教育性。（4）此題屬于細(xì)節(jié)理解中的一一對應(yīng)型。根據(jù)第三段第一句“Roberts39。故選C。（2）作者先提出一種觀點(diǎn)或看法。（3）提出一種觀點(diǎn)或見解，然后用某一事例來闡述這一觀點(diǎn)，最后再進(jìn)一步的總結(jié)和升華。4．閱讀理解t see the buildings even across the road. I took a pressure reading from the weather station: 947mb, which let me know exactly where I was—in the eye of the storm.t sleep well for all these days, but I felt more relaxed since the weather report said Rita was leaving. What39。 As I travelled further to the west, going after the storm, the damage along the way became less severe. I arrived in Houston after a tricky journey with my fuel supplies almost all gone. However, I came across another storm chaser (追逐者) who had 45 gallons of petrol. He helped me and we shared our working experience these days. With a plete stroke of luck I found a rundown hotel that allowed me to have a room overnight before the midnight. Although there was no running water, no power and no air conditioning, I curled up into a corner and fell asleep quickly. All in all, when I came back home, I was proud that I finally made it again to follow and record the storm and I really learned a lot these days. Although it39。a petB.a friend of the authorD.The author was a storm chaser.B.The author didn39。D.Anxious.Disappointed.Satisfied.Scared.（4）What is the passage mainly about? A.B.The author39。Damages caused by the storm in Houston.【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文。盡管非常危險(xiǎn)，但是作者非常熱愛自己的這份工作。由第二段Besides, I didn39。s more, I was luckier than those people who had lost their homes or even worse, lost their lives because of ，天氣預(yù)報(bào)報(bào)道Rita離開了，它讓許多人們失去了家園，甚至失去了生命。(2)推理判斷題。(3)推理判斷題。s dangerous, I love my job as not many people would go into the eye of an intense ，在這次風(fēng)暴之后，作者感覺很滿意，故選C。這篇文章描述了作者親身經(jīng)歷的一場風(fēng)暴Rita，作者對于自己能夠追逐并且記錄這場風(fēng)暴，感覺非常驕傲。【點(diǎn)評】寫作意圖、目的、態(tài)度推斷題作者的語氣態(tài)度往往不會直接寫在文章里，只能通過細(xì)讀文章，從作者的選詞及其修飾手段中體會出來。詢問語氣態(tài)度的題，選項(xiàng)里常出現(xiàn)的詞是：neutral(中立的), sympathetic(同情的), satisfied(滿意的), friendly(友好的), enthusiastic(熱情的), subjective(主觀的), objective(客觀的), matteroffact(實(shí)事求是的), pessimistic(悲觀的), optimistic(樂觀的), critical(批評的), doubtful(懷疑的), hostile(敵對的), indifferent(冷淡的), disappointed(失望的)。 Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person pany and helps them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $ 3milliondollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or ., to Hasbro39。 The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “p