【正文】 context a method to memorize vocabulary vocabulary of a foreign language【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，很多學(xué)習(xí)外語的人都有一個(gè)困惑是否要記憶足夠多的單詞，作者的回答是不，文章告訴人們應(yīng)該掌握多少個(gè)基本單詞，且不能為了學(xué)習(xí)這些必要的單詞而逃避一些工作，以及依靠任何基于助記法的方法都是不明智的。根據(jù)第一段中的“To be honest，do you know all the words of your mother tongue？The answer is‘No’．“說實(shí)話，你知道你母語的所有單詞嗎?答案是:不。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“You need to learn only 2，000 or so basic words to be able to create any phrase you need.”你只需要學(xué)習(xí)2000個(gè)左右的基本單詞就能創(chuàng)造出任何你需要的短語。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“It is not wise to depend on any method based upon mnemonics.”依靠任何基于記憶術(shù)的方法都是不明智的。故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“When it es to learning a foreign language, many people wonder if they will be able to memorize enough vocabulary.”當(dāng)談到學(xué)習(xí)一門外語時(shí)，許多人想知道他們是否能記住足夠的詞匯。故選D。3．閱讀理解 if that39。 But what about the word fun? This simple adjective only has one syllable, so you39。d add suffixes on it to create superlatives. But if you were to say I think Magic Kingdom is a funner park than Epcot. or Disney World was the funnest vacation ever! you might get some strange looks. It doesn39。 Well, the problem es from the fact that the word fun was not originally an adjective. Until the early 19th century, it was mostly just a noun, and it gained its meaning as amusement in the 18th century. But as early as the 1800s, people began using it as an adjective, the way we39。 Basically, language is still developing. Grammarians have mostly e around to the use of fun as an adjective (though some dictionaries still call it informal). There was (and remains) an agreement of Fine, you can use ‘fun39。s not really one, so it can39。t mean that more fun and most fun are incorrect, though。ll probably still want to use those instead of funner and funnest. there39。t used to use it in a way we do now.（1）How do paratives and superlatives work in the English language? A.Add er or est to most polysyllabic adjectives.C.Add er or est straight to twosyllable words ending in a y.（2）People didn39。it sounded strange to grammariansthe English language changed a littleC.D.Is funner a word?B.The development of English language.D.告訴了我們單詞fun詞性的歷史演變，英語充滿了不確定的語法規(guī)則。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。more39。most.39?？芍谟⒄Z比較級和最高級中，在多音節(jié)形容詞前加more或most。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。d describe a fun time or ‘a(chǎn) fun place“today.”直到19世紀(jì)早期，它還只是一個(gè)名詞，到了18世紀(jì)才有了娛樂的含義?？芍^去的人們不習(xí)慣使用funner或funnest，部分原因是這個(gè)詞最初用作名詞。 （3）考查主旨大意。d think you39。以及倒數(shù)第二段中的“So they also agree that the answer to is funner a word? is yes.”所以他們對funner是一個(gè)詞嗎?的說法是肯定的。故選A。4．閱讀理解 The training is being offered at the St. Bernadette Kamonyi Secondary School in Kigali, Rwanda. For weeks, its students have been visiting neighborhood businesses. The goal of these field trips is for the young people to learn what is necessary to secure a job. ll plete their studies and try their best to find work. One of the Rwandan students is 22yearold Aminadab Niyitegeka. He says he will look for any job available. He hopes that what he learns in his work readiness class will help. Traditionally, secondary schools in Africa have spent more time on subjects like mathematics and science, largely ignoring areas like public speaking and teamwork. But that is changing. Schools are exploring new teaching models to offer soft skills and professional training. It is part of an effort to prepare students to bee better municators, problem solvers and citizens (公民). Emmanuel Ntagungira is a teacher and works as a trainer for Akazi Kanoze Access, He often visits employers who have given jobs to high schools. The employers are very happy because the graduates are ready to work. He says he hopes the program will help lower unemployment, which stands at over 13 percent nationwide. He also explains that the graduates have a healthy mindset and employers are satisfied with the job they39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。所以軟件操作不是個(gè)人品質(zhì)，就不是軟技能。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。但現(xiàn)在這樣的情況正在改變。所以非洲中級學(xué)校的改變是他們努力教給學(xué)生軟技能。 （3）考查推理判斷。權(quán)威人士說這樣的訓(xùn)練能幫助學(xué)生在找工作和生活中成功。故選C。5．閱讀理解 t. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills. George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. It is better for children to hear things at a high level than where they are, George said. Parents are their child39。 Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy—television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Jones said that while her 14yearold daughter and 10yearold son enjoy reading, the television sometimes bees a distraction. So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series. job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important.（1）According to George, reading aloud to children ______. them correct mistakes helpful to their reading parents39。s attraction（2）The underlined word distraction (in Paragraph4) means something that can _____. children39。s First Teacher Parents Make Their Child a Better Reader to Improve Children39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。即家長對孩子大聲的閱讀對孩子的閱讀是有幫助的，故選B。根據(jù)第四段中的“Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy—television and limit the time their children spend watching television.”可知電視是影響孩子閱讀的敵人，所以當(dāng)Louise Joines14歲的女兒和10歲的兒子享受閱讀的快樂時(shí)，電視就會(huì)成為使他們分心的東西，所以distraction的意思是“分心”，故選D。第四段主要講了為了避免電視成為孩子閱讀的障礙，不建議在孩子的臥室安裝電視，而且列舉了Louise Jones的例子，為了避免電視使孩子分心，Louise Jones營造全家都讀書的氛圍。 （4）考查主旨大意。并詳細(xì)闡述了父母如何使孩子成為更好的閱讀者。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，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，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。Can you imagine a world without music? Studies show that public schools across the country are cutting back on music classes to sa