【正文】 skilled in their major and do coursework in fields outside their major. It is not a good idea to water down education, any more than it39。s time to shorten the learning process. learning takes place over time. education should be watered down. education calls for reform.（2）We can learn from the passage that ________. American universities are against the threeyear degree model famous US universities are considering adopting the threeyear degree model are willing to accept the threeyear degree model threeyear degree model can make college learning more efficient（3）In most US universities, ________. students are offered the coop program39。 （1）考查主旨大意?？赏茢啵恼伦髡哒J(rèn)為把大學(xué)四年的學(xué)制縮短為三年不是一個好主意，學(xué)好大學(xué)功課是需要付出時間的，所以這篇文章的中心思想是“最好的學(xué)習(xí)是隨著時間的推移而進行的。 （2）考查推理判斷。由此推斷出，大多數(shù)美國大學(xué)反對“三年制學(xué)位”模式，故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“For one thing, most universities already allow highly qualified students to graduate early by testing out of certain classes and obtaining a number of college credits.”一方面，大多數(shù)大學(xué)已經(jīng)允許合格的學(xué)生通過某些課程的考試和獲得一些大學(xué)學(xué)分提前畢業(yè)。故選D。根據(jù)第四段中的“A college education requires sufficient time for a student to bee skilled in their major and do coursework in fields outside their major.”大學(xué)教育要求學(xué)生有足夠的時間掌握專業(yè)技能，并在專業(yè)以外的領(lǐng)域?qū)W習(xí)課程；以及“It is not a good idea to water down education, any more than it39。可知作者非?？粗卮髮W(xué)教育質(zhì)量。 【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，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。 In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh (法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked lightheartedly out of the door, piic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, Oh, boy, bad day for a piic. The weatherman says it39。 Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, Oh, that bus left five minutes ago. Dreams of headcutting!s not the news that makes someone angry. It39。s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and big winners do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn39。 Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you39。t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist (拳頭) right on their unsympathetic faces.s all right. I39。s opinion, his neighbor was friendlywarmheartednot consideratenot helpful（2）From Paragraph 3, we learn that the writer was mad at the sales agentB.wished that the sales agent would have had dreamsD.s head that night（3）What is the main idea of the text? A.Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.C.Learning ancient traditions can be useful.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者通過在生活中的自身經(jīng)歷來說明好消息能使人高興，壞消息使人氣氛，而每個人偏偏時不時地給出壞消息，所以傳遞壞消息的方式很重要。根據(jù)第二段中的”As we walked lightheartedly out of the door, piic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, ‘Oh, boy, bad day for a piic. The weatherman says it39。天氣預(yù)報員說要下雨了。不是因為他愚蠢的天氣預(yù)報，而是因為他的微笑。故選C。根據(jù)第四段中的”It39。s the unsympathetic attitude with which it39。而是傳遞出的一種冷漠的態(tài)度。故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的”Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and big winners do it with the proper attitude.“每個人偏偏時不時地給出壞消息，而大贏家則以正確的態(tài)度來做這件事。 【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，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 Olympic National Park, with its temperate rainforests and breathtaking views, exerts a natural pull on many Pacific Northwestemers. But Seattle writer Rosette Royale found it repellent. To Royale, the park seemed like a damp, dirty and unpleasant place. I couldn39。t make sense.s photography.yes39。 Royale and Carlin went on five separate journeys to the Olympic wilderness. They camped in spring, summer, fall and winter. For Royale, the trips were exhausting and terrifying. But the trips were also inspiring, and helped Royale—a black, strange man—to develop a relationship with the outdoors that he had never experienced before.re a camper. But there was one aspect of Carlin39。t escape: alcohol abuse. While he never brought beer on their camping journeys, the effects of years of drinking weren39。s invitation. camping trips with Carlin. reading of Carlin39。 （1）詞義猜測題。由此可知，But Seattle writer Rosette Royale found it 。故選D。根據(jù)第三段“Little did I know,” said Royale, “that saying 39。 would change the course of my life.”（“我不知道，”羅亞爾說，“說‘是’會改變我的人生軌跡。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段For Carlin, the trips were an opportunity to throw off the label of “homeless. 對卡林來說，這些旅行是一個擺脫“無家可歸”標(biāo)簽的機會。故選B。涉及詞義猜測題，細節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題。5．閱讀理解 When the train arrived at its destination, Winston rushed out. He39。s rudeness. But the press were now waiting for her on the platform. And when they showed her Winston39。s actions: rude.s tale is something of a microcosm(縮影) of our age of increasing rudeness, fueled by social media. What can we do to fix this? The rage and injustice we feel at the rude behavior of a stranger can drive us to do odd things. In my own research, surveying 2,000 adults, I discovered that the acts of revenge people had taken ranged from the ridiculous to the disturbing. Winston did shine a spotlight on the woman39。 We must instead bat rudeness head on. When we see it occur in a store, we must step up and say something. If it happens to a colleague, we must point it out. We must defend strangers in the same way we39。He knows how to speak to rude people.B.He lost his temper due to other people39。He reacted to a woman39。Rude behavior is mon on social media.B.Peop