【正文】 coauthor Justin Kruger, suffer from a “dual burden: they39。 In Dunning and Kruger39。39。re performing. In the absence of that capacity, the subjects arrived at an overly hopeful view of their own abilities. There39。re doing at an activity, we have to get better at the activity itself.t possess it, and pare what you can do against what truly excellent individuals are able to acplish. Second, seek out feedback that is frequent, accurate and specific. Find a critic who will tell you not only how poorly you39。re doing wrong. As Dunning and Kruger note, success indicates to us that everything went right, but failure is more ambiguous: any number of things could have gone wrong. Use this external feedback to figure out exactly where and when you screwed up.t need parents, or a mencement (畢業(yè)典禮)speaker, to tell them that they39。ll already know that they are, or have a plan to get that way.（1）The author thinks the real problem is that t know whether our young people are talented or not people don39。t view themselves as petent because they know their limits39。. need internal honesty with ourselves and external honesty from others best way to get better is to carefully study past success and failure parison with others, one will know where and when he fails parents nor a mencement speaker can tell whether one is special（4）Which can be the best title of this passage? On Making Ourselves More Special39。作者認(rèn)為真正的問題是年輕人不知道如何現(xiàn)實(shí)地評(píng)估自己的能力。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。re particularly talented or acplished or not. In our eagerness to elevate their selfesteem, we forgot to teach them how to realistically assess their own abilities”,可知作者認(rèn)為人們應(yīng)該在喧囂之后記?。含F(xiàn)在的年輕人不知道他們究竟有沒有天賦，其根本原因是他們不知道如何實(shí)際地評(píng)估自己的能力。 （2）考查推理判斷。re not good at what they do, and their very clumsiness prevents them from recognizing how bad they are.”得低分的學(xué)生遭受著雙重負(fù)擔(dān)，即他們不擅長(zhǎng)自己所做的，并且他們的笨拙讓他們無法意識(shí)到自己有多差。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“First, we can learn to make honest parisons with others. 和Find a critic who will tell you not only how poorly you39。re doing wrong.”可知我們要學(xué)會(huì)誠實(shí)地將自己和他人進(jìn)行比較，也需要一個(gè)人將我們做的不好的，以及做錯(cuò)了什么如實(shí)相告。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段“If we adopt these strategies — and most importantly, teach them to our children — they won39。re special. They39。故選C。3．閱讀理解 t know, an idiom is a phrase which has a meaning, but the meaning is not clear from the words themselves. If you translate an idiom word for word, it sometimes makes no sense at all. They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they39。 This might be something your teacher says to you if you score badly in an exam or if you misbehave in class. You can also use it to talk about people in general. For example, if your friend is being mean or nasty for no reason, then you can tell them that they need to get their act together.⒉Pull yourself together (Meaning: calm down)m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。 Yes, it39。I39。, but if your English teacher asks you why you haven39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。 I don39。 This is perhaps one of the most confusing yet wellknown English idioms. If someone says this to you, do not take offence or think they are threatening you。 All in all, learning a new language can be challenging. It39。s a piece of cake.（2）How should you respond when you hear your deskmate say, I am feeling under the weather. A.What39。t worry. Let39。t you take an umbrella with you?（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about idioms? sometimes make no sense at all. speakers have trouble understanding idioms sometimes. are the hardest part of learning a language. can guess the meaning of an idiom from the words in it.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，習(xí)語是學(xué)習(xí)語言最困難的部分之一，作者列舉了五個(gè)常見習(xí)語的用法。根據(jù)It39。s easy)意思是很容易，可知可以表達(dá)你對(duì)即將參加800米比賽的同學(xué)的擔(dān)憂，故選D。根據(jù)I39。m sick)可知，當(dāng)你聽到你的同桌說“我感覺不舒服”時(shí)，你該怎樣回答。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。ve never heard of.”它們就像謎題一樣，當(dāng)有人使用他們從未聽說過的短語時(shí)，甚至以英語為母語的人也會(huì)感到困惑。 【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，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(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。 During your four years in the college, you39。t go wrong! No matter which one of our FirstYear Options you select to apply for, you will create a rich intellectual experience to begin your college career. The Liberal Arts Seminar is a multidisciplinary(多學(xué)科的)course that explores the cultural history of the Mediterranean through fictional and nonfictional books.Fall schedule: When Registration opens, you will select between one and four additional courses to plete your schedule. The FLL Hager Scholars Program is designed with our most ambitious students of languages and linguistics in mind, and is designed to create for them both a sense of munity and opportunities for intellectual growth. Option 3: Ignatius Seminarss dynamic intellectual munity. Option 4: Traditional FirstYear Academic Programll take your first step into the college39。 Fall schedule: When Registration opens, you will build a schedule of four or five additional courses from the full college curriculum.（1）How do students learn the cultural history of the Mediterranean? A.B.By selecting l or 4 courses.By reading materials of this area.（2）Which program is suitable for a student interested in languages? A.B.C.D.s a possible reason for choosing Option 4? A.It provides various courses for free.C.D.這個(gè)選擇的美妙之處在于你不會(huì)出錯(cuò)！無論你選擇申請(qǐng)哪一個(gè)，你都將為你的大學(xué)生涯創(chuàng)造一個(gè)豐富的智力體驗(yàn)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由此可知，學(xué)生是通過閱讀該地區(qū)的資料來學(xué)習(xí)地中海的文化歷史的。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?？芍?，對(duì)語言感興趣的學(xué)生可以選擇Option 2:FLL Hager Scholars Program。 （3）考查推理判斷。ll take your first step into the college39?？芍琌ption 4在自由選修課程中探索你感興趣的領(lǐng)域。故選C。5．閱讀理解 t required for all high school students. In some schools, it isn39。 Today many people don39。 High school isn39。s studies and life. Doing sports can help them deal with stress better, helping them live a happier life at school.t get teens to move around, such as video games and puter activities, means many teens don39。 Not doing sports increase