【正文】 in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementaryage students “soft” skills like selfcontrol and how to get along with others might help to keep atrisk kids out of criminal trouble in the future. half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. The program, which lasted from first grade through 10th grade, reduced delinquency(少年犯罪), arrests and use of health and mental health services as the students aged through adolescence and young adulthood. The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情緒的) intelligence. Soft skills might include teaching kids to work cooperatively in a group or teaching them how to think about the longterm consequences when they make a decision. . A.B.often went against their teachers and parents39。D.It included all the students.It focused on social skills.C.It had positive outes.（3）Compared with soft skills, hard skillsalmost have no influence on studentsB. emotionC.D.Soft Social Skills MatterFast Track Helps ChildrenC.What to DO for Education【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。根據(jù)第一段中的“Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementaryage students ‘soft’ skills like selfcontrol and how to get along with others might help to keep atrisk kids out of criminal trouble in the ，F(xiàn)ast Track是為那些在未來被認為有犯罪問題的兒童準備的。(2)考查詞義猜測。 half took part in the intervention, which included a teacherled curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in selfcontrol and social skills. ”學生被隨機分為兩組；一半的人參與了the intervention，其中包括教師主導的課程、家長培訓小組、學術輔導以及自我控制和社交技巧方面的課程。(3)考查推理判斷。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children.”可知，本文講述的是軟社交技能的重要性。【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，是一篇社會類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 The influence of America is increasing in my country. Spanish people drink Coca Cola, wear blue jeans, watch Hollywood movies, listen to American music, and eat fast food, and they do these things every day. In the last few years, the government has tried to protect the Spanish movies. Now, in our cinemas, at least twenty percent of the movies which are shown must be from Spain or from other countries in Europe.s certain that many things from America are as much a part of people39。ve known about Coca Cola for my whole life.s different with Western fast food. For example, I don39。s is as successful in Spain as it is in other countries. In my opinion, one of the reasons may be the lifestyle of the Spanish people, The Spanish people normally eat at home.s hamburgers will eventually replace the famous Spanish tapas. It39。s, and it is more popular among the Spanish children than among the adults. In any case, it39。the influence of America on Spain can be found everywhere.most Spanish people don39。fast food spreads from Spain to the United States.some Spanish actors go to America to improve their acting skills.（2）What plays an important part in the spreading of American culture in Spain? A.B.C.D.To protect foreign culture in Spain.B.To limit the number of foreign movie.To unite European Communities.（4）What do you think Spanish tapas might be? A.The name of a restaurant.C.D.穿著習慣和生活習慣都極大影響了西班牙人。根據(jù)第一段可知，到處都可以發(fā)現(xiàn)美國對西班牙的影響。(2)考查細節(jié)理解。(3)考查推理判斷。選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“On the other hand, maybe McDonald39。選D。5．閱讀理解s leaving his position on the board of the Open Al, according to a blog post.s moving into the field of Artificial Intelligence(AI)，which he said in 2017 would be the “best in the world”and would even be able to “predict your destination, ”Musk will continue to “donate and advise the organization,” Open AI said in a blog post on Feb. 20, adding that “As Tesla continues to bee more focused on AI, this will avoid a potential future conflict for Eldon. Musk39。To create safer AI.B.To develop social munication.To avoid a possible conflict with Tesla.（2）What is the Eldon Musk39。Ambiguous.B.Negative.D.Poisonous.B.Advanced.D.s ments? A.B.He has no confidence in Open AI.D.馬斯克和他的公司。根據(jù)第一段中的“Entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla and Space X, Eldon Musk may have a little more time on his hands, as he39。(2)考查推理判斷。(3)考查詞義猜測。(4)考查推理判斷。【點評】本題考點涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。Spending Christmas in a foreign country can be a truly eyeopening experience, especially since it39。With celebrations beginning on 7 December, Columbia is recognized as having the longest Christmas celebrations period in the world. The celebrations generally begin in the evening with the lighting of candles, either in the streets, parks or outside people39。Probably the biggest surprise for me has been the music people listen to during the Christmas period. At first, you could easily mistake these songs for the classic salsa, which is played all year round. However, after asking a Colombian if it really felt like Christmas music, they explained to me that the songs are loved more for the memories they symbolize than for the way they sound, and that Colombia has been through so many dark periods in history, it was important to hold on to the good memories of years gone past. t need to be religious to take part in these Christmas traditions.（1）What39。t a global festival. isn39。s celebrated only in some places.（2）What can we learn about the Christmas music?