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e you with the experience of wandering Paris on foot. The people watching, the sounds of the city, the colors as the seasons change, they all add to the ecstasy that I experience in Paris as an exchange student. On my last day in Paris, I confidently said, Bonjour Monsieur, as I passed the little store down the street. I guess the best part about going on exchange in Paris is falling in love with the city in your own way. And I know mine is unique and special to me, my own little pieces of Paris.(1)What does the underlined word ecstasy in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A.B.C.D.An exchange student39。B.An exchange program.D.Enjoying coffee in his spare time.Greeting people in French in the street.C.D.The friendly people he met in Paris.B.The academic achievement he made in his study.D. (1)考查詞義猜測(cè)。由此推知,劃線詞的意思是“快樂(lè),幸?!?。 (2)考查主旨大意。從第二段到最后,文章詳細(xì)敘述了作者在巴黎的所見(jiàn)所聞,內(nèi)心感受等。故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的“The one thing that reading a book or talking to someone cannot do is to provide you with the experience of wandering Paris on foot. I discovered some of my favorite places in Paris by wandering”可知,讀書(shū)以及和人交談無(wú)法提供步行在巴黎閑逛帶給你的體驗(yàn)。由此可知,除了讀書(shū),作者最珍惜的經(jīng)歷是在巴黎閑逛。 (4)考查推理判斷。“The best part about going on exchange in Paris is falling in love with the city in your own unique way. Everyone39。而從上文可知,他在巴黎體驗(yàn)到了不同的風(fēng)土人情,不同的文化。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷,詞義猜測(cè)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。 For most of her life, Suanne Laqueur39。 Although Laqueur began writing at a young age, dancing always took center stage. She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother39。t want to own it.s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a selfpublished author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue Selfpublishing as a way of sharing her first pleted novel with friends and family. During the process, she realized that following her true passion—telling stories through writing—made the business of the art worthwhile, and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose.s Digest SelfPublished Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize. she says. If you work with traditional publishing, it39。s marketable, There are tradeoffs, which everyone will tell you, but by selfpublishing I have control of the book, I have control of the story, and I39。was a parttime writer when she was youngB.t like teaching dancing in factC.was interested in running her mother39。Her mother39。B.Selfpublishing her novels.D.became a failure.B.got all the attention.D.s said? A.She will never use traditional publishing.C.She enjoys the way of selfpublishing.【答案】 (1)A(2)C(3)C(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,蘇安妮后來(lái),成為一名自主出版的作家,自費(fèi)出版了自己的小說(shuō)。s Digest)自出版圖書(shū)獎(jiǎng)上大出風(fēng)頭。根據(jù)第二段中的“Although Laqueur began writing at a young age, dancing always took center stage. She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother39。她在阿爾弗雷德大學(xué)主修舞蹈和戲劇,并在她母親的舞蹈工作室任教多年。故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“Yet Laqueur39。作家,想出版自己的小說(shuō)時(shí),改變了她對(duì)商業(yè)的態(tài)度。 (3)考查推理判斷。s Digest SelfPublished Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize.”可知“第25屆年度作家文摘出版圖書(shū)頒獎(jiǎng)上,2300多篇作品獲得了大獎(jiǎng)”。 (4)考查推理判斷。m cool with that.”可知,她認(rèn)為自主出版的方式讓她能出版自己的書(shū),自己要寫(xiě)的故事。分析選項(xiàng)可知D項(xiàng)符合題意,故選D。5.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read. t human. They were feline — ancient cats that had been mummified(木乃伊化的) and buried in holes in astonishing numbers. Not one or two here and there, reported English Illustrated Magazine, but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them, a layer thicker than most coal joints, ten to twenty cats deep. Some of the linenwrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had golden faces. Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change。 Those were the days of generously funded explorations—that dragged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the estates and museums of Europe and America. The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get at the good stuff. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized. wealth lies in the majority of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. And animal mummies are a big part of that.re really displays of daily life, says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. After peering beneath bandages with xrays and cataloguing her findings, she created a gallery for the collection — a bridge between people today and those of long ago. You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King SoandSo had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000plus years, the ancient Egyptians bee clearer and closer to us.(1)Which of the following words has the closest meaning to peddled(paragraph 1)? A.B.C.D.In the royal tombs, there were many treasures made of silver and gold.B.It was hard to find animal mummies since they were buried under dirt.D.She wishes to establish the continuity of pets over history.B.She wants to identify the King39。She doubts if current society will understand the significance of Egyptian remains.(4)This article probably encourages the readers to _____________. A.make full use of the remains our ancestors have left behindC.bee more sensitive to the ancient lifestyle of our ancestors【答案】 (1)B(2)D(3)B(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,自從1888年在埃及發(fā)現(xiàn)了貓動(dòng)物的木乃伊之后,大量的皇家墓穴被挖掘,成千上萬(wàn)的木乃伊被運(yùn)往世界各地,以攫取物質(zhì)利益。因?yàn)槟灸艘琳故玖斯虐<叭说娜粘I?。伊克拉姆所說(shuō),木乃伊的研究是現(xiàn)代社會(huì)和過(guò)去的聯(lián)系的橋梁。根據(jù)第一段中 Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change。