【正文】 d by an expert.Through imagination.（2）At first the brothers39。. A.B.like a log or somethingD.. A.B.promotes the research on more prehistoric creaturesattracts the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science（4）Which of the following can be the best title for the article? A.B.First Identifying Bone as a Very Mature IndividualUnexpectedly Discovering Mastodon Jawbone【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，美國密西西比的三個(gè)男孩在玩耍的時(shí)候無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)了齒乳象的顎骨，起初他們并不知道這是史前生物的遺骸，所發(fā)現(xiàn)的遺骸對(duì)史前生物的研究有較強(qiáng)的促進(jìn)作用。根據(jù)第一段“Three boys were enjoying themselves in their hometown of Bovina, Mississippi .However, their lives were turned upside down when they discovered the jawbone of a Mastodon (齒乳象).”可知他們是在玩耍的時(shí)候無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)齒乳象的顎骨的。（2）考查判斷推理。ve gotten a lot of petrified (石化的) wood and Civil War relics from the area and that39。故選A。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“ It was the curator of paleontology (古生物負(fù)責(zé)人) of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, George Phillips, who first identified the bone as a ‘very mature individual.’”“可知齒乳象的顎骨的發(fā)現(xiàn)可以促進(jìn)對(duì)史前生物的研究。（4）考查主旨大意。故選D。2．閱讀理解s 13 restaurants.s everything. To start, leaving a waiter39。t encourage waiters and waitresses to do anything but turn over as many tables as possible. One of the most fascinating parts of Meyer39。t simply add a standard extra charge to diners39。s Danny Meyer39。Negative.B.Objective.D.Tipping may disturb the restaurants39。B.Tipping can arouse the staff39。D.Brian Palmer is in charge of it now.B.Restaurant tipping has been totally banned there.Diners will be charged more for the dishes there.（4）What is the topic of the passage? A. getting rid of tipping.Difficulties that restaurants are faced with.C.D.（1）考查推理判斷。s 13 restaurants.”可知Danny Meyer宣布他計(jì)劃逐步停止在該公司13家餐廳給小費(fèi)，這表明他對(duì)停止給小費(fèi)是支持的，故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“l(fā)eaving a waiter39。t encourage waiters and waitresses to do anything but turn over as many tables as possible.”可知給服務(wù)員小費(fèi)有一個(gè)階級(jí)歧視的感覺，由于人類的隨意性并不能達(dá)到預(yù)期效果，起不到鼓勵(lì)服務(wù)員的作用。（3）考查推理判斷。（4）考查主旨大意。s 13 restaurants.”點(diǎn)明了本文主要內(nèi)容，下文介紹了給小費(fèi)的不良影響及Danny Meyer這一舉動(dòng)的意義。 getting rid of tipping適合作為標(biāo)題，故選A。3．閱讀理解 Rossland Winter Carnival late January Recognized as canada39。s carnival.Ice On Whyte Festival early January to early FebruaryEdmonton, Alberta (AB) Celebrating more than 30 years as a popular winter event, it offers all sorts of fun involving everything from snow to ice on three nonstop weekends at the beginning of the year. Highlights include 15 snow slopes for breathtaking tube sliding, dog sledding, and even addictive dancing at the discothemed La Bouletheque. British Columbia (BC)Whistler. British Columbia.B.Edmonton. Alberta.D.It provides kinds of activities on ice or snow.It takes place three weeks at the start of a year.C.D.Rossland Winter CarnivalIce On Whyte FestivalC.WinterPride【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了加拿大的一些城市在冬季給人們提供的娛樂活動(dòng)。根據(jù)第三段中的“ The festival features a wealth of Ice carvings and creations along with10 days of festival fun..”，故選C。依據(jù)第四段中的“... it offers all sorts of fun involving everything from snow to ice on three nonstop weekends...”可知這活動(dòng)提供連續(xù)三周的冰上或雪上的活動(dòng)，故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“... as well as winetastings,fine dining...”可知，參加 WinterPride可以品嘗到葡萄酒，故選D。4．閱讀理解 survival pared to positive things like food or shelter. As a result, you likely know what makes you unhappy, but do you know what makes you happy?ve been chasing wealth, fame, good looks, material things and power, you may be looking for happiness in all the wrong places. Psychologists suggest that the following habits make people happier. People who exercise regularly improve both their physical and mental well being. Some research has shown that exercise can be as effective as medication in treating depression. People are more likely to be happy if they know what their strengths are and use them regularly, People who set goals and use their strengths to achieve them tend to be happier. People are especially happy when they can use their strengths to serve the greater good.Negative things are easy to remember.B.Our ancestors had no enough food for living.D.Uncertain.Opposed.Supportive.Optimistic.（3）What does the author suggest us in the last paragraph? A.B.Being positive in our life and work.Thinking more about the future.（4）What does this text mainly tell us? A.B.The habits which people form in their life.D.（1考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 survival pared to positive things like food or shelter.”可知負(fù)面的東西相對(duì)于積極的東西對(duì)我們祖先的生存有更直接的影響，所以更容易被記住。（2）考查推理判斷。ve been chasing wealth, fame, good looks, material things and power, you may be looking for happiness in all the wrong places. ”一直追求財(cái)富、名譽(yù)、美貌、物質(zhì)和權(quán)力，你可能會(huì)在所有錯(cuò)誤的地方尋找幸福。（3）考查推理判斷。以及下文幾者之間的內(nèi)在關(guān)系可知作者建議我們?cè)谏詈凸ぷ髦幸e極樂觀，故選C。作者在文中介紹了幾種會(huì)讓人更快樂的習(xí)慣，如建立親密關(guān)系，鍛煉，了解自己的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，感恩，專注，樂觀積極的生活態(tài)度等?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，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。 Imagine a cat that does not need someone to clean up after it keeps an older person pany and helps them remember to take their medicine. That is the shared dream of the toy maker Hasbro and scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The researchers received a $ 3milliondollar award from the National Science Foundation for a special project. They want to find ways to add artificial intelligence, or ., to Hasbro39。 The cat has already been for sale for two years. Though priced over 1000 dollars, it sold quite well. It was meant to act as a “panion” for older people. Now the project is aimed at developing additional abilities for the cat. Researchers at Brown39。 It is an idea that has appealed to Jeanne Elliott. Her 93yearold mother Mary Derr lives with her in South Kingstown. Derr has dementia (癡呆). The Joy for All cat that Elliott bought this year has bee a true panion for De