【正文】 ourselves as above average.s often exactly when we39。re not good at what they do, and their very clumsiness prevents them from recognizing how bad they are.s study, subjects scoring at the bottom on tests of logic, grammar and humor extremely overestimated39。 their talents. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile (百分位數(shù)) they guessed they were in the 62nd. What these individuals lacked (in addition 9 clear logic, proper grammar and a sense of humor) was meta cognitive skill the capacity to monitor how well they39。s a paradox here, the authors note: The skills that lead to petence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate petence in that field? In other words, to get better at judging how well we39。 There are a couple of ways out of this double bind. First, we can learn to make honest parisons with others. Train yourself to recognize excellence, even when you yourself don39。re doing, but just what it is that you39。 If we adopt these strategies — and most importantly, teach them to our children — they won39。re special. They39。. requirement is set up for young people to get better always tend to consider ourselves to be privileged don39。t know how to assess their abilities realistically（2）We can infer from the passage that those highscoring students how to cultivate clear logic and proper grammar to be very petent in their highscoring fields39。t know how well they perform due to their strict selfjudgement（3）The strategies of being special suggest that s Admit That We Are Not That Special or Not? Teach Kids To Figure It Out The Truth: Kids Overestimate their Talents【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，是特殊或者不是？我們要教會孩子理解它。想要變得特別，我們需要對自己誠實和他人對我們的誠實。根據(jù)第一段中的“But lost in the uproar （喧囂）was something we really should be taking to heart: our young people actually have no idea whether they39。故選D。根據(jù)第二段中的“suffer from a “dual burden: they39。由此可推斷，得高分的學生擅長自己所作的。 （3）考查推理判斷。re doing, but just what it is that you39。由此可推測變得特別的策略表明我們需要對自己誠實，也需要別人對我們誠實。 （4）考查主旨大意。t need parents, or a mencement (畢業(yè)典禮)speaker, to tell them that they39。ll already know that they are, or have a plan to get that way.”可知教會了孩子文中提到的策略，孩子就可以知道他們自己是否特別，或者已經(jīng)在變得特別的路上。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(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。 Ask any new college graduate about his immediate goals, and it is likely that he will tell you he wants a job. But it turns out that today39。s happiness. Besides this, the survey found that female students are far more likely to put social influence in first place than their male classmates, echoing the results of a former study showing that female maths and science majors are more likely to say they go into those fields to make a difference.t shut them off when graduation rolls around.（1）What does the underlined word echoing in paragraph 3 probably mean? ....（2）What is one of the reasons for the emphasis on students wanting to improve the world? habits students develop in society. appearance of important social issues. encouragement of the culture of colleges. effect parents39。s Happiness Doesn39。 （1）考查詞義猜測。都說明了女性更愿意在工作中做出影響。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“The survey found that 72 percent of graduating college seniors believe being able to have a positive social influence through their work is essential to their happiness.”調查發(fā)現(xiàn)，72% 的大學畢業(yè)生認為通過工作產(chǎn)生積極的社會影響對他們的幸福至關重要。故選C。通過第一段的調查結論得出：通過工作產(chǎn)生積極的社會影響對他們的幸福至關重要。綜上所述，選D。4．閱讀理解 Let me explain a bit t one of them. I can happily spend a whole day with a book, but my dad can39。s busy, so I think sitting down to read for just 15 minutes a day is a good way to relax and to introduce him to reading.t have.s better for your eyes. Looking at screens can be very stressful for your eye muscles, and clearly you should avoid looking at screens for an hour before bed, to get a good night39。 One thing I personally love reading, is being transported to another world﹣I often forget the time or things around me! Reading is a great way to switch off before you go to bed, because you think more about the world of the book, rather than the real world, so you can truly relax. I know you can be transported to a different world in a film or a TV show, but I think books do it better. s point of view, and understand other people39。s head!his father is busyB.his father likes readingD.his personal experiencesome scientific experimentsC.s personal adviceknowledge from books（3）The underlined word it in Paragraph 5 refers to. A.B.transporting readers to a different worldreminding readers of the real world（4）What is the author39。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。I know lots of people would rather relax on their puters or in front of the TV.” 可知，我父親絕不是唯一一個不看書的人。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。故選A。根據(jù)句意可知，我知道你可以在電影或電視節(jié)目中被帶到一個不同的世界，但我認為書可以做得更好。故選C。根據(jù)文章內容可知，作者建議大家要每天讀書，可見作者是支持大家閱讀的。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。 The next time you attend a social function or go to a place where people meet and interact, take note of the number of people who have adopted the same gestures and posturethe way you sit or standof the person with whom they are talking. This carbon copying is a means by which one person tells the other that he is in agreement with his ideas and attitudes. By this method, one is nonverbally (非語言的) saying to the other, As you can see, I think the same as you, so I will copy your posture and gesture.s gestures and it is reasonable to assume that they are discussing a topic upon which they have the same thoughts and feelings. If one man uncrosses his arms and legs or stands on the other foot, the other will follow. If one puts his hand in his pocket the other will copy and this mimicry will continue for as long as the two men are