【正文】 n. Ana started by looking at the prices in the advertisements for apartments in the Apartment Book. Then, she read about the amenities that each apartment plex offered. For example, some apartments had a clubhouse, a gym (also called a fitness center), and a pool. After considering prices, amenities, and locations, Ana found a few apartment plexes that she liked. ll see you then, she said to the fifth apartment manager, and hung up the phone. Mommy, let me see, said Antonio, whom Mario had just brought home from childcare. Ana showed Antonio the pictures of the apartments. s workplace. She went home and discussed it with her husband, and they decided that they wanted to rent the apartment. The next day, they called the manager of the apartment plex and told him that they would like the apartment. Finally, they had a place to stay.（1）Which of the following is not an amenity? . center.. ceilings.（2）What did Ana consider while looking through the Apartment Book? ... of the above.（3）Why is the security deposit needed when people rent a house? it ensures that a renter will pay the rent on time. it ensures that a renter will not have pets on the property. it ensures that any damage done to the apartment will be paid for by the renter. it ensures that any damage done to the apartment is kept to a minimum.（4）What do we know about Ana? was a smart and organized wife. signed the rental contract on her own. bought a home for her family in Carolina. husband worked in a hotel.【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文為一篇記敘文，講述了安娜一家搬到北卡羅來(lái)納州后，安娜租房子的故事。根據(jù)第三段中的“Then, she read about the amenities that each apartment plex offered. For example, some apartments had a clubhouse, a gym (also called a ‘fitness center’), and a pool.”可知，俱樂(lè)部，健身中心，游泳池都為便利設(shè)施，而high ceilings在文中未提及。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The manager asked them to sign a rental contract and pay a security deposit so that if any damage was done to the apartment while they were in it, the security deposit would pay for it.”可知，租賃人住的公寓有任何損壞，就會(huì)用押金來(lái)支付，對(duì)公寓造成的任何損害都將由租賃人賠償。 （4）考查推理判斷。妻子。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(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。 When you go to the doctor, you like to e away with a prescription．It makes you feel better to know you will get some medicine. But the doctor knows that medicine is not always needed. Sometimes all a sick person needs is some reassurance that all will be well. In such cases the doctor may prescribe a placebo. The study of the placebo opens up new knowledge about the way the human body can heal itself. It is as if there was a doctor in each of us. The doctor will heal the body for us if we let it. But it is not yet known just how the placebo works to heal the body. Some people say it works because the human mind fools itself. These people say that if the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine, then it will act as if it did, and the body will feel better. A placebo can also have bad effects. If patients expect a bad reaction to medicine, then they will also show a bad reaction to the placebo. This would seem to show that a lot of how you react to medicine is in your mind rather than in your body. Some doctors still think that if the placebo can have bad effects it should never be used. They think there is still not enough known about it.It contains some sort of medicine.B.t function if you are negative about medicine.C.t believe placebo can39。D.The patient needs help badly．B.The doctor knows better about your body．The doctor has carefully studied medicine．（3）What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to? A.B.C.D.Placebo：Work on Your MindPlacebo：The Most Powerful MedicineC.D.(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。所以此處的it是指的安慰劑。(2)考查推理判斷。故選B。根據(jù)文章的描述有時(shí)候病人是不需要使用藥物的，醫(yī)生給病人開(kāi)出安慰劑，病人覺(jué)得安慰劑有很大的作用是因?yàn)樗麄兒芟嘈裴t(yī)生。(4)考查主旨大意。這被叫做安慰劑。故選A。6．閱讀理解 The 3yearold sisters, Mei Lun and Mei Huan, wens the first surviving panda twins to be born in the United States, and were returned to China from Zoo Atlanta on Nov. 5. But the pair still understand English belter than Chinese, and prefer American biscuits to Chinese bread. The zoo keeper is trying to wean them off their biscuit habit, gradually replacing the American food with Chinese bread. Mei Huan is adapting, but Mei Lun doesn39。 Mei Lun is the livelier of the two, often jumping onto the roof and hanging upside down from a rail, but her slightly younger sister Mei Huan is calmer, preferring to sit still, observe her new environment and occasionally snack on bamboo.t understand the Sichuan dialect of Chinese.s famously spicy cuisine.（1）Based on the passage, which statement do you think is right? A.B.The panda twins have been used to the new environment very quickly.It39。help them get rid of.B.help them strengthen.help them keep.（3）From the passage we learn that of the two sisters . A.B.Mei Huan is not smarter than Mei LunMei Lun is as quiet as her younger sister【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了在美國(guó)出生的兩只雙胞胎大熊貓回國(guó)了，但是卻不適應(yīng)國(guó)內(nèi)的飲食和語(yǔ)言，令飼養(yǎng)員很擔(dān)心。根據(jù)第一段中的“but are struggling to adapt to the language and food”可知，這對(duì)雙胞胎熊貓回國(guó)后適應(yīng)語(yǔ)言和食物都很費(fèi)力、困難，尤其是后面的2,3,4段更細(xì)節(jié)地描述了適應(yīng)這個(gè)新環(huán)境的困難。(2)考查詞義猜測(cè)。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息同時(shí)，需根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行推理，歸納，選出正確答案。 Customers who e into the Waffle House recognize server Evoni Williams, a softspoken 18yearold from Texas City. It all started with a Facebook post. On the morning of March 3, Laura Wolf was eating breakfast at the Waffle House in La Marque when she overheard an older man, who reminded her of her late father, tell Williams he had trouble with his hands. The man, later identified as regular customer Adrien Charpentier, had an oxygen tank nearby and needed help cutting up his food. “Without hesitatio