【正文】 r word, to another person. That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game. The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it. Then the two written statements are pared. Typically, the original message has changed.s what happens in daily life. The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then, too, most people listen to improve on it, stamping(打上標(biāo)記) it with their own personal style. Yet those who hear it think they know. and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts.（1）According to the passage, what situation may passive learning occur in? A.B.Visiting an exhibitionDoing scientific reasoning（2）What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 2 refers to? A.B.C.D.To show that a message may be changed when being passed on.B.To show that people may have problems with their sense of hearing.D.Active learning is less important.B.Active learning occurs more frequently.Passive learning is not found among scholars.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文主要主要介紹了被動獲得知識所存在的一個嚴(yán)重的問題——被告知的可能是謠言。 （1）推理判斷題。 （2）推理判斷題。s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday munication with friends and coworkers可知這我們依賴的是前句所提的被動學(xué)習(xí)，故選D。通過第三段最后一句Typically, the original message has ，信息原始的意思已經(jīng)改變了。It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and ，有時候甚至是傳聞或者謠言。故選A。A、C兩個選項說的是主動學(xué)習(xí)，文中沒有提到，D選項說被動學(xué)習(xí)在學(xué)者中不會出現(xiàn)，這和最后一段第一句 【點評】考查閱讀理解。4．閱讀理解 s a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑聞)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided to spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。 I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a fort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesn39。 those valuable lessons e when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn39。 While I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That39。They are well –knownB.They are very richD.for lack of moneyB.as a result of cheatingsD.s volunteering in South Africa for a year? A.s meaningless.B.It is a waste of timeD.create a fort zone for their kidsB.help their kids have a better educationD. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University.可知，作者和丈夫失業(yè)了，負(fù)擔(dān)不起讓女兒繼續(xù)讀書的費用，所以決定讓她休學(xué)，故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。 （4）考查推理判斷。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。The United States is home to 562 recognized American Indian Nations each with its own language. s language has decreased over the past century. Since the late 1800s many American Indian children have attended boarding schools. At that time, Indian children were required to attend schools by law, and the government forced Indian families to send their children to such schools. However, fearing a loss of history and culture, the Indian Nations are experimenting with new ways to increase the language ability of tribal members. The Learning Tlingit app serves as a reference for important language topics such as conversation phrases, number, and letters. Currently there are two apps, called Learning Tlingit and Tlingit Language Games. The Learning Tlingit app serves as a language guide. It provides Tlingit words and expressions, the tribal alphabet, as well as a basic list of the words included. With the Tlingit Language Games app, users are given a choice of different places of environments, like a house, forest or ocean.（1）What is the problem the native Americans are facing now? number of native Americans has been increasing. and fewer native Americans speak their own language. native language has been extinct.39。 efforts to increase native speakers. for the disappearance of some American Indian languages. to help the native tribes lead a traditional life. popularity of the language learning apps.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國的印第安人正在使用新的方法來增加本族語言的使用，否則，他們的本族語言將面臨嚴(yán)重的危機。根據(jù)第二段中的“Yet the number of native. Americans with the ability to speak their tribe39?？芍瑫f本族語的美國土著的人數(shù)在過去的一個多世紀(jì)中已經(jīng)減少了，故選B。根據(jù)第六段中的“However, fearing a loss of history and culture, the Indian Nations are experimenting with new ways to increase the language ability of tribal members.”然而，害怕失去自己的可知，如果越來越多的族人只說英語，他們將會失去自己的歷史和文化。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。他們主要居住在阿拉斯加?xùn)|南部。 （4）考查主旨大意。選項A中efforts能凸顯人們這一問題的擔(dān)心及在努力尋求解決方案方面所做的努力。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 The Smithsonian offers eleven museums and galleries on the National Mall and six other museums and the National Zoo in the greater National Capital Area. In New York City, we invite you to tour two museums in historic settings. Tips amp。 Stop at any Smithsonian museum information desk where fri