【正文】 y sleep in the same positions and value their thumbs. Pandas are shy by nature for its shy behaviors such as covering its face with a paw of ducking its head when confronted by a stranger. Paper towels, and a plastic cup are just a few of the gifts that Toldo, a devoted threeyearold grayandwhite cat, has placed on his former owner Iozzelli Renzo39。Feel them.Taste them.Smell them.Observe them.（2）What do the whale and the cat have in mon according to the passage? A.They have a grateful heart.C.They have a good sense of smell.（3）Which of the following acts like a human baby according to the passage? A.The cat.C.The panda.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了4個(gè)令人難以置信的動(dòng)物與人類行為類似的故事。根據(jù)Horses are picky eaters部分介紹的內(nèi)容可知，馬的嗅覺(jué)比人類還要強(qiáng)。因此它們能夠拒絕臟水，只吃最美味的草。故選C。根據(jù)Whale says thanks可知，這條鯨魚(yú)通過(guò)跳躍表達(dá)對(duì)拯救它的救命恩人的感激。由此可知，兩者共同之處在于都有一顆感恩之心。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。3．閱讀理解 I was about 6 years old. My mom39。 I remember the second day we were supposed to have the eback party for my mom39。 This was a moment of pure happiness, not the happiness of getting a new toy or a dog, or going to the party of your best friend. It was the moment of clarity for methe first time in my life when I realized that I was happy to have my mom and that I was safe. My eyes saw the world in different shades that moment. And by the wayI was not punished for the curtain. I fell asleep on my mom39。An Unforgettable PartyB.A Happy Day in My Mom39。s HomeThe Rules You Should Follow（2）What best describes the author39。Childhood memories are easy to forget.B.Good memories are always much easier for us to remember.D.His family moved to another apartment.B.s friend39。He was punished by his mom for destroying her friend39。He was locked inside a house and failed to get out by the window.（4）In the last paragraph, the word It refers to______. A.the time he spent in mom39。s homeC.s loveD. （1）考查主旨大意。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （4）考查代詞指代。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，代詞指代和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，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。 During the period from 1660 through 1800, Great Britain became the world39。 Johnson changed all that, but the task was not an easy one. Renting a house at 17 Gough Square, Johnson began working in the worst of conditions. Supported only by his publisher, Johnson worked on the Dictionary with five assistants. Compared to the French Academy39。s dictionary was pleted by very few people very quickly.Balanced on a chair with only three legs, Johnson sat against a wall in a room filled with books. Johnson would read widely from these books, mark passages illustrating the use of a particular word, and give the books to his assistants so that they could copy the passages on slips of paper. These slips were then stuck to eighty large notebooks under the key words that Johnson had selected. Fixing the word by this method, Johnson could record a word，s usage and its definition.s modern biographer Walter Jackson Bate, the original total number could have been over 240,000. How many words were defined by the lexicographer? Over 40,000 words appeared in two large books in April of 1755. Did Johnson fully understand the huge task he was undertaking when he began? As he told his contemporary biographer James Boswell, I knew very well what I was undertaking and very well how to do it — and have done it very well.（1）What is the problem of early English dictionaries? A.They list just a few foreign words.C.D.A publisher.B.A maker of dictionaries.D.He standardized English.He cared about authority a lot.C.He plained of working conditions.（4）What is the purpose of this passage? A.To encourage people to work on a project.C.To introduce how Johnson plete his dictionary.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了Johnson編纂詞典的故事。根據(jù)第一段中的“These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words”可知，早期英語(yǔ)詞典的問(wèn)題是只是增加了一些難詞。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson.”及最后一段中的Samuel Johnson為詞典編纂所作的努力可以推斷出，Samuel Johnson使得英語(yǔ)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化。 （4）考查推理判斷。所以本文主要是告訴讀者Johnson編纂詞典的故事，故選D。5．閱讀理解 He recalled that the petition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. WRITING COMPETITION! the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing petition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays. Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story. Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write. Perfect, he thought, just under the word limit. He knew this was the story that would win.A new puter.B.His own interest.D.s advice.（2）How did the boy finish his earlier writing? A.He copied others39。His friends assisted him.D.Because he was terribly lazy.Because he didn39。Because he wasn39。Because he read too many stories.（4）Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry? A.250.C.1000.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一個(gè)男孩，在媽媽的建議下，參加了寫作比賽。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查推理判斷。他缺乏想象力，不幸的是，想象力是寫作的關(guān)鍵。 （3）考查推理判斷。這一次，他想出了一個(gè)新穎而富有想象力的故事。 （4）考查推理判斷。 【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，是一篇故事類閱讀，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。 It was a morning in January. The jet stream (急流)had dipped down, causing the Arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside, but the cold wind made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, I was kneeling in the snow alongside my house trying to open a tiny door, so