【正文】 cow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad. As the Tufts president, Bacow traveled around the country, reaching out to alumni (校友), and he urged his faculty and deans to do the same, in an effort to boost donations to finance Tufts39。t get elsewhere.s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.（1）The reason why Bacow appreciates college education is that ________. A.his family changed their fate due to college educationC.a college degree helped his mother survive Auschwitz（2）What can we infer from the passage? A.Bacow39。Bacow39。Bacow39。reactivatingcausingdamagingtaking over（4）What is this passage mainly about? A.The history of Bacow39。The art of Bacow39。D.s way to individual success.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇名人傳記，講述了Bacow的個人成功之路。根據(jù)第二段中的“his family39?？芍xB。根據(jù)第四段中的“Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad.”Bacow欣賞大學教育的原因是他的家庭因為大學教育改變了他們的命運”。故選C。根據(jù)第五段中的“He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.”他還因領(lǐng)導美國度過911和2008年金融危機而受到贊譽?！蓖浦獎澗€詞的意思是“使……恢復”。 （4）考查主旨大意。s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.”在Bacow的領(lǐng)導下，Tufts花了數(shù)百萬美元在實驗室和圖書館上?！北疚闹v述的是Bacow的個人成功之路。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，要求考生根據(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。 For years, decades in fact, I39。 You39。 Why is it that a woman travelling alone, as I have often done for months at a time, is perceived to be brave, whereas men who travel alone are entirely unremarkable?You are only brave when you are afraid of something but still do it anyway. I have never been afraid of travelling alone. When I got back to Ireland after that trip, I felt proud of myself. I had done something I had assumed would be hard, and it had turned out to be not hard at all.ve met along the way. I may have set off alone each time but I39。People39。B.s response.People39。D.s criticism.（2）What does the author say about her first time to travel alone? A.B.It was harder than expected.She set off all alone.（3）What do the underlined words solo travel Group Travel.Travelling with friends.Travelling alone.Travelling with music.（4）How has the author benefited from her travel? A.B.She has received a great many gifts.D.作者從中收獲了很多。根據(jù)第一段“For years, decades in fact, I39。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“She announced by letter two days before our departure that she would be leaving me halfway at Vienna. It was too late by then to rope in another friend, so it was either to go home after Vienna, or keep going by myself. I kept going. I got on trains by myself, checked into hostels by myself and found my way around by myself.”在我們動身的前兩天，她寫信通知我，她將在維也納中途離開我。我繼續(xù)。可知，關(guān)于她第一次獨自旅行，作者說她不得不選擇自己去，故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“That was three decades ago, and since then I have travelled all over the world, usually on my own. I still do what I did then, which is to keep a diary.”那是30年前的事了，從那時起，我周游世界，通常是獨自一人。由此可知，文“The greatest gift of solo travel has been those I39。 solo travel 的意思是獨自旅行，故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I may have set off alone each time but I39。我在尼泊爾加德滿都遇見了我的丈夫?？芍髡邚乃穆眯兄械玫降暮锰幨且宦飞纤龅搅撕芏嗳?，故選D。4．閱讀理解 We can understand, then, why Chinese historians were so excited when they found cave paintings which show ancient science. They found these paintings in the worldrenowned Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City, in Northwest China39。 Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings showing ancient weaving machines and then toothbrushes! The paintings also give some evidence of the lifestyle at the time with, for example, pictures of people boiling milk over 1,000 years ago. Experts believe that there is more evidence to be found, but even now the caves are a wonderful natural museum. If the walls and ceilings of the caves were all put together they would form a tapestry 20 kilometers long and 2 meters high!t be possible to travel back in timethat only happens in filmsbut visiting these caves would be the nearest experience you could get to travelling back in time.（1）Why were Chinese historians excited when they found cave paintings showing ancient science? A.Because they could make the place a tourist attraction.C.Because they would be given lots of money for the discovery.（2）The Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City______. A.have been there for at most 1,600 yearsC.have paintings on their ceilings in every cave（3）Experts had discovered cave paintings showing the ancient techniques of ______. A.weaving machines and toothbrushesC.D.Modern CountriesB.Network WorldD. （1）考查細節(jié)理解。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。 （4）考查推理判斷。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 Milton Hershey was born near the small village of Derry Church, Pennsylvania, in 1857. He only attended school through the fourth grade。 After the failure of his Philadelphia store, Milton headed for Denver, where he learned the art of making caramels(焦糖). Then in Denver, Milton once again attempted to open his own candymaking businesses, in Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City. Finally, in 1886, he went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he raised the money necessary