【正文】 詞。故選C。A. wrong“錯誤的”；B. right“正確的”；C. stupid“愚蠢的”；D. bad“錯誤的”。為了愛情我決定改變。（8）考查動詞。她的母親讓我面對現(xiàn)實，因為我之前一直都是失敗者，她不相信我會成功。（9）考查名詞。根據(jù)下文“My first novel________”可知，我的第一本小說出版了，我是努力練習寫作。（10）考查動詞短語。我努力練習寫作并且進入了大學，讀大學的時候我出版了第一本小說。（11）考查名詞。故選A。A. graduation“畢業(yè)”；B. pass“通行證，通過”；C. degree“學位，程度”；D. success“成功”。故選C。A. giving in“屈服”；B. giving back“歸還，返回”；C. giving out“分發(fā)，散發(fā)”；D. giving up“放棄”。故選D。句意：be doing sth when…“正在做某事在這時……(發(fā)生了意料之外的事情)”，句式中的when是并列連詞，意為“在這時……”。（15）考查倒裝句。我為自己自豪，我原本是一個工人階級的男孩并且很早就離開了學校，現(xiàn)在大學里教書了。（16）考查動詞。我原本是一個工人階級的男孩并且很早就離開了學校，現(xiàn)在大學里教書了。（17）考查形容詞。當我發(fā)現(xiàn)了自己的寫作風格以后，我的寫作職業(yè)騰飛了。形容詞rich和空格處是并列關系，都是褒義詞，故選D?，F(xiàn)在我很富有也很出名，經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在電視上，也見過很多明星，但是這一切又有什么意義呢？上下文是轉折關系，所以用but連接，故選B。A. just“僅僅”；B. exactly“確切地”；C. so“于是”；D. very“十分，非?！??！北揪涫褂酶痹~just表示強調。（20）考查動詞。我只是希望所有那些曾經(jīng)奚落過我的人說：“我相信你，你會成功的。【點評】本題考點涉及動詞，名詞，形容詞，代詞，連詞，副詞，倒裝句，固定短語等多個知識點的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析推理，從而選出正確答案。 President Obama39。s mitment to the dream of equality of opportunity: 39。knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anybody else, because she is an American39。 The gap between ideal and reality could hardly be 2 . Today, the United States has less equality of opportunity than almost any other advanced industrial country. Study after study has 3 the education and ine of his parents. Is it just as likely that a child of poor or poorly educated parents gets a good education and rises to the middle class as someone born to middleclass parents with college degrees? Even in a more democratic society. The answer would be no.How do we explain this? Some of it has to do with discrimination (歧視). Latinos and AfricanAmericans still get paid less than whites, and women still get paid less than men, 5 of equality of opportunity is education. After World War Ⅱ, we made a major effort to 8 gap between rich and poor kids born in 2001 was 30 to 40 percent larger than it was for those born 25 years earlier, a Stanford sociologist found. Of course, there are other forces 10 . Children in rich families get more exposure to reading. Their families can afford enriching experiences like music lessons and summer camp. They get better nutrition and health care, which enhance their learning, directly and indirectly.to higher education so difficult for those at the bottom and middle. There are many 12 s inecontingent loan program to the nearfree system of universities in Europe. A more educated population produces greater innovation, and a booming economy. Those benefits are why we39。to free public education through 12th grade. But while a 12thgrade education might have been enough a century ago, it isn39。t 14 The steps I39。that the vast majority of Americans share. We will never fully succeed in achieving Mr. Obama39。s having exactly the same opportunities as a wealthy girl. But we could do much, much better, and must not rest until we do.1. A. prejudiceB. inferiorC. povertyD. minority2. A. narrowerB. widerC. severerD. closer3. A. conductedB. concludedC. excludedD. exposed4. A. distinct fromB. feasible byC. superior toD. dependent on5. A. even thoughB. as thoughC. only ifD. as if6. A. photographB. pictureC. atmosphereD. condition7. A. lackB. leakC. explosionD. extinction8. A. exhibitB. exploreC. extendD. exploit9. A. contributionB. satisfactionC. achievementD. ambition10. A. at playB. under controlC. in useD. on show11. A. devotionB. familiarityC. applicationD. access12. A. imaginativeB. alternativeC. sensitiveD. productive13. A. admittedB. permittedC. devotedD. limited14. A. abandonedB. adjustedC. alteredD. applied15. A. memoriesB. gloryC. realityD. ideals【答案】 （1）C；（2）A；（3）D；（4）D；（5）A；（6）D；（7）A；（8）C；（9）C；（10）A；（11）D；（12）B；（13）C；（14）B；（15）D； 【解析】【分析】本文主要就前美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬在第二次就職演講中強調美國對機會平等的理想的承諾，指出了美國機會不平等的現(xiàn)象很嚴峻，并分析了造成這一情況的原因。A. prejudice偏見；B. inferior下級；C. poverty奧巴馬在第二次就職演講中強調美國對機會平等的理想的承諾，也就是說出身貧困的人也和別人一樣有成功的機會，故答案為C。A. narrower更窄的；B. wider更寬的；C. severer更嚴峻的；D. closer更近的。 （3）句意：一項又一項研究揭露了美國是一片充滿機遇的土地是不真實的。 推斷；C. excluded 根據(jù)本空后的“the myth that America is a land of opportunity.”可知，一項又一項研究揭露了真相，故答案為D。A. distinct from與……不同；B. feasible by可行的；C. superior to優(yōu)于；D. dependent on依賴于。 （5）句意：雖然女性獲得的高等學歷數(shù)量超過了男性，但她們的薪酬仍然低于男性。盡管女性比男性的學歷高，但她們的薪酬仍然低于男性，前后是讓步關系，故答案為A。A. photograph照片；B. picture圖畫；C. atmosphere 氣氛；D. condition情況。（7）句意：缺乏機會平等最重要的原因可能是教育。上文討論的是美國缺乏機會平等這一問題，故答案為A。A. exhibit根據(jù)本空后的“higher education to Americans across the country.”可知，我們努力把高等教育推廣到全國各地，故答案為C。A. contribution貢獻；B. satisfaction滿意； ment成就；D. ambition抱負。 （10）句意：當然，還有其他力量（因素）在起作用?？蘸笳f富裕家庭的孩子更多地接觸到閱讀，他們的家庭可以負擔得起豐富的體驗，他們還能得到更好的營養(yǎng)和保健，這些都是起作用的因素，故答案為A。A. devotion奉獻；B. familiarity精通；C. application應用；D. access進入、使用權。 access to表示“使用、接近”，故答案為D。A. imaginative虛構的；B. alternative供選擇的、替代的； C. sensitive敏感的；D. productive多產(chǎn)的。s inecontingent loan program to the nearfree system of universities in Europe.”可知，從澳大利亞的收入掛鉤貸款計劃到歐洲近乎免費的大學體系，有很多別的途徑可以為更多的人提供接受高等教育的機會，故答案為B。A. admitted承認； B. permitted許可；C. devoted獻身； D. limited限制。grade.”可知，我們一直致力于1到12年級的免費公共教育，be devoted to表示“致力于”，故答案為C。A. abandoned放棄；B. adjust ed調整；C. altered改變；D. applied應用。 （15）句意：然而，更重要的是，我們不能讓我們的國家離大多數(shù)美國人所共有的理想越來越遠。根據(jù)文章開頭的“the dream of equality of opportunity”可知此處指機會平等的理想，第二段第一句中的“ideal”也是提示，故答案為D。首先通讀全文，掌握文章主旨，然后根據(jù)具體語境、段與段的邏輯關系以及詞語的復現(xiàn)的方法解題。3．閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。I should know. I have been doing this for 20 years. Why is it that I need a sign to remind me? alongside the road that says This is bin week or This is paper week.The schedule is simply changed every other week. But I can never 2 to look for the sign. I had 4 t know what to do. 5 that someone for almost twenty years, I 7 Then, yesterday I finally saw the man who 8 what he did. I didn39。I found that the traffic