【正文】 you why you haven39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。 I don39。 This is perhaps one of the most confusing yet wellknown English idioms. If someone says this to you, do not take offence or think they are threatening you。 All in all, learning a new language can be challenging. It39。s a piece of cake.（2）How should you respond when you hear your deskmate say, I am feeling under the weather. A.What39。t worry. Let39。t you take an umbrella with you?（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about idioms? sometimes make no sense at all. speakers have trouble understanding idioms sometimes. are the hardest part of learning a language. can guess the meaning of an idiom from the words in it.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，習(xí)語是學(xué)習(xí)語言最困難的部分之一，作者列舉了五個常見習(xí)語的用法。根據(jù)It39。s easy)意思是很容易，可知可以表達(dá)你對即將參加800米比賽的同學(xué)的擔(dān)憂，故選D。根據(jù)I39。m sick)可知，當(dāng)你聽到你的同桌說“我感覺不舒服”時，你該怎樣回答。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。ve never heard of.”它們就像謎題一樣，當(dāng)有人使用他們從未聽說過的短語時，甚至以英語為母語的人也會感到困惑。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 Chewing gum(口香糖) has its origins in ancient times from Mayans to Greeks who would chew the resin(樹脂)of certain trees for medical purposes and maybe even for freshening breath. The history of chewing gum continued as Native Americans introduced it to European settlers. In 1900 Frank Fleer coate chewing gum with sugar, and in 1906 Blibber Blubber was invented, but never made it to market. Blibber Blubber was too sticky and it was also too difficult to remove the burst bubble(破了的泡泡) from one39。 A history of bubblegum just wouldn39。 However, it wasn39。s gum pany, discovered bubblegum by accident while experimenting in the lab during his breaks. The gum was named Dubble Bubble. Pink was the only color which could be used at the time, and Dubble Bubble has remained pink ever since. Bubblegum has been popular ever since, especially among children, thanks to its inventive shapes, and sugary flavors, from original bubblegum to a yardstick of fruity bubblegum.（1）How did Thomas Adams deal with the chicle that Santa Anna gave to him? A.B.He turned it into chewing gum.D.ChicletsGumballs.Dubble Bubble.Blibber Blubber.（3）What was special about Dubble Bubble when it was invented? A.It was candycoated.C.s skin.It was invented by a US military member.（4）What does the text mainly introduce? A.The history of bubblegum.C.The invention of the gumball machine.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了泡泡糖的起源和歷史。根據(jù)第二段中的“Santa Anna gave some to the parttime inventor Thomas Adams. Thomas Adams changed the gum and marketed it as a candy.”Santa Anna給了兼職發(fā)明家Thomas Adams一些?？芍猅homas Adams把Santa Anna給他的樹膠變成了口香糖。 （2）考查推理判斷。s skin without using some special tools.”Blibber Blubber太粘了，不使用一些特殊的工具就很難把皮膚上破裂的泡沫去除。故選D。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“Pink was the only color which could be used at the time, and Dubble Bubble has remained pink ever since.”粉紅色是當(dāng)時唯一可以使用的顏色，Dubble Bubble從那時起一直保持粉紅色。故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“A history of bubblegum just wouldn39。1907年，第一臺口香糖機(jī)問世，并開始銷售涂了糖衣的口香糖。故選B。4．閱讀理解 There are no shortcuts to success in language learning. A good memory is a great help, but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book. It is not much learning by heart long lists of words and their meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using the language.. A.Listening, speaking, reading and writingC.D.. doesn39。t have a good memory always remembers lists of words and their meanings often hesitates(猶豫)to practise speaking it（3）One can never learn a foreign language well by （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查推理判斷。推斷有些人說不好，是因為在說這方面，他有猶豫要不要練習(xí)說這門語言，故選D。根據(jù)第二段中的”A good memory is a great help， but it is not enough only to memorize the rules from a grammar book.“好的記憶力是會很有幫助，但是光從語法書上記憶語法規(guī)則是不夠的；以及第三段中的”If we are pleased with a few rules we have memorized， we are not really learning the language. We must learn through use. Practice is important. “如果我們對于記點語法規(guī)則就很滿足，但在并不是真正在學(xué)語言。所以選B。根據(jù)第三段中的”Practice is important. We must practise speaking and writing the language whenever we can.“練習(xí)非常重要。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of being better readers than those who don39。A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them, Donna George said. They are sadly mistaken. s first teacher. Parents help their children build listening, phonics, prehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.Parents who do not read themselves should not count on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents39。 first duty to their children get children out of television39。s reading skills children form the right habit of reading children interested in reading children concentrating on reading（3）What is important according to the fourth paragraph? skills. speed. materials. environment.（4）The best title for the passage would be ______. Spend More Time Reading with Parents Are Their Child39。s Reading Ability【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了經(jīng)常與父母一起閱讀的孩子更容易成為優(yōu)秀的閱讀者，在父母的幫助下，孩子們會提高閱讀技巧，并詳細(xì)闡述了父母如何使孩子成為更好的閱讀者。根據(jù)第三段中的“Parents help their children build listening, phonics, prehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.”可知家長對孩子大聲的閱讀，會幫助他們建立聽力、發(fā)音、理解和詞匯技能。 （2）考查詞義猜測。 （3）考查推理判斷。所以從本段可以知道閱讀環(huán)境是很重要的，故選D。主要講述了經(jīng)常與父母一起閱讀的孩子更容易成為優(yōu)秀的閱讀者，在父母的幫助下，孩子們會提高閱讀技巧。故選C。6．閱讀理解 s just over 1% of the population — an amount expected to increase to 25% by 2025. And if there39。s no surprise, then, that vegan fast food is also on the rise. s and KFC have announced meatfree chicken nuggets (雞塊) to e in the