【正文】 TED conference came after the success of . TED conferences are now held every year. talks are available in many languages. Sapling Foundation owns .（3）From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that ________. is accepted to all involved that some TED talks might not be published host of the conference is one who plays a supportive role to the speakers is criticized for giving special treatment to the wealthy or powerful negative ments on TED greatly affects its reputation（4）This author probably believes that________. is elitist is beneficial isn39。 （1）考查主旨大意。以及以下幾個(gè)段落的內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章的主題是“TED是什么”，故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“The TED website came from a desire to share the conferences with the world, to ‘offer free knowledge from the world39?？芍?，“”這種表述錯(cuò)誤，故選A。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“TED, of course, isn39。s been called elitist(精英) for its high ticket prices.”當(dāng)然，TED也免不了受到批評(píng)。s website.”而當(dāng)這么多東西在泰德的網(wǎng)站上免費(fèi)贈(zèng)送時(shí)，精英主義的指責(zé)就顯得空洞了。 （4）考查推理判斷?？赏茢喑?，這位作者可能認(rèn)為TED是有益的，故選B。3．閱讀理解 d cast a careful glance and ask Why? before grabbing the apple pie.re grateful every day for a week! my response was frankly doubtful. I did the math. Five things a day for seven days is a lot of brainpower to expend without so much as the promise of an apple pie.s Psychological Services Clinic. What39。t ask an academic question－even a simple one unless you39。s when I first heard the term positive psychology. The gratitude thing, as I had called it, was but one small and simple element of the practice. Kind of like training the brain to focus on joy, my friend Heidi explained. It39。 Every day for a week, I found five distinct things for which I was thankful. They had to be different every day. I couldn39。s a great cook. He always puts our family first.m rediscovering the peace of that old saying: accepting the things I can39。 And all it took was a little gratitude.（1）What39。s attitude toward the student with desserts? A.Respectful.C.Supportive.（2）Why was the author doubtful about the instructions? A.t worth the effort.B.t like expressing thanks often.C.Because she could do five things every day easily.（3）What does Collie Conoley suggest the author should do? A.Be thankful for things but not people.C.Be specific about what she39。s the best title for the text? A.t Be Bothered by Small ThingsB.Practicing Gratitude Changed My LifeBeing Grateful to One Good Person【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，在一個(gè)星期的時(shí)間里，作者堅(jiān)持每天都能發(fā)現(xiàn)五件她特別感激的事情，而且每天都有所不同。但通過這么一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的練習(xí)，作者重新發(fā)現(xiàn)了那句老話的平和：接受我不能改變的事情，毫無怨言地去改變我能改變的，并且足夠明智地知道兩者的區(qū)別。 （1）考查推理判斷。d cast a careful glance and ask ‘Why?’ before grabbing the apple pie.”如果一個(gè)心急的研究生拿著甜點(diǎn)出現(xiàn)在我的辦公室，讓我挑選一種，在抓蘋果派之前，我會(huì)仔細(xì)地看一眼，然后問“為什么?”可知，作者在抓蘋果派之前，會(huì)仔細(xì)地看一眼，然后問“為什么?”。故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“my response was frankly doubtful. I did the math. Five things a day for seven days is a lot of brainpower to expend without so much as the promise of an apple pie.”我的反應(yīng)坦率地說是懷疑的。連續(xù)7天每天做5件事，甚至連吃蘋果派的承諾都沒有，那就太費(fèi)腦力了。故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的“But I could, suggested Collie Conoley, another positive psychologist, express my gratitude for specific aspects of a certain person each day. He39。康諾利建議道，我可以每天對(duì)一個(gè)人的某些方面表達(dá)我的感激之情。他總是把我們的家庭放在第一位。康諾利建議作者每天對(duì)一個(gè)人的某些方面表達(dá)感激之情。康諾利建議作者具體說明她感激什么。 （4）考查推理判斷。m rediscovering the peace of that old saying: accepting the things I can39。由此可知選C。并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，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(gè)人偏偏時(shí)不時(shí)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(bào)員說要下雨了。不是因?yàn)樗薮赖奶鞖忸A(yù)報(bào)，而是因?yàn)樗奈⑿Α９蔬xC。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(gè)人偏偏時(shí)不時(shí)地給出壞消息，而大贏家則以正確的態(tài)度來做這件事。 【點(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，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，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。 When I was about 5 years old, I experienced my very first random act of kindness. I was sitting at t