【正文】 4, 2018, Phoenix The Old Settler39。 April 19 22, 2018, Dales Music Festival is a nationallyknown music festival for American music. The festival is held in the country ofTexas at the height of the wild flower season. The Old Settler39。s Day? A.Uvita.C.Dale（2）What is special about the McDowell Mountain Music Festival? A.B.It provides an opportunity for friend gathering.It focuses on cultural exchanges.（3）Which festivals are connected with nature? A.The Envision Festival and the McDowell Mountain Music Festival.C.s Music Festival and the McDowll McDowell Mountain Music Festival.D.s Music Festival.【答案】（1）C（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了世界各地的四個受歡迎的音樂節(jié)：講述了節(jié)日舉行的時間和節(jié)日特色。根據(jù)Field Day部分中的“Field Pay means New Year39。故選C。根據(jù)The McDowell Mountain Music Festival部分中的“Since its founding in 2004 f it is the only 100% non profit music festival designed to support, entertain and educate the munity.”可知，自從建立以來，這個節(jié)日一直是非盈利的音樂節(jié)。故選B。根據(jù)The Envision Festival部分中的“Meanwhile, our connection with nature is expected to be strengthened.”和The Old Settler39。故選D。4．閱讀理解Wele to the 2017 UK Festival Awards Conference is an opportunity to recognize the hard work, vision and creativity of the nation39。 Throughout the day of the event, the Conference invites numerous industry insiders(行家) to discuss the issues most relative to the sector, reviewing its immediate past and portending to the future. The evening39。 With a gourmet dinner, gala awards ceremony and aftershow party, it attracts over 1,000 of the most influential people in the business. Conference is owned and produced by Festival Awards Ltd, an independent pany founded in the UK. As the festival season is approaching, we thought it39。 undertaken in the preparation stage for last year39。 Included in the Report is a bunch of related information about festivalgoers: where they39。 We hope you find the information useful. （1）Which phrase is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “portending” in paragraph 2? A.adding upC.looking forward（2）What can be inferred from the passage? A.The Festival Awards Ltd, is responsible for not less than three events.C.Public voting plays a leading role in deciding a variety of festival honors.（3）Where most probably will you see this passage? A.B.C.D.（1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)reviewing its immediate past 和to the “展望未來”，故選D。根據(jù)第四段“Along with its sister events, the UK Festival Conference and the European Festival Awards, The UK Festival Awards amp。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“The latest UK Festival Market Report can be downloaded below.”可知，這篇文章最有可能來自一個網(wǎng)址。【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。Singles Day: Alibaba Says a Lot of People in China Bought OnlineThe planet39。 Monday was Nov. 11, known in China as Singles Day. This year, nearly $ billion worth of stuff was sold on Alibaba39。s $ billion and making Black Friday look, yet again, like a yard sale. Alibaba started taking the lead in China, simply enough, by connecting big Chinese manufacturers with big buyers across the world. Its businesstobusiness site, allowed people to buy almost everything. Alibaba39。t hard to see: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. s advantage mainly lie in? platform. service. price. size.（4）Which word can replace the underlined word gigantic in the last paragraph ? ....【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了引領(lǐng)了中國雙十一購物節(jié)的阿里巴巴公司。同時介紹了阿里巴巴的相關(guān)信息。本文介紹了中國雙十一購物節(jié)相關(guān)數(shù)據(jù)和阿里巴巴公司的情況，可以從報紙了解到相關(guān)信息。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s advantage wasn39。故選D。最后一段中的“and it wants to grow bigger still”，阿里巴巴也想繼續(xù)擴(kuò)大，此處使用了bigger形容詞的比較級，由此可判斷劃線詞意為“大”，故選A。6．閱讀理解 t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn39。 Grownups can hardly find children39。 It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.（1）What is true about children when they play games? A.They can test their personal abilities.C.They don39。be a useful partnerB.be confident in himselfbe popular among his playmates（3）Why does a child like playing games? A.Because he can bee popular among friends.C.Because he likes the place where he plays a game.（4）Which is the best title for this passage? A.s GamesB.Reasons for Children39。How to Be a Popular Game Player【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了孩子們在玩游戲時有自己的游戲規(guī)則，他們很少需要裁判，很少去記分．他們喜歡玩取決于運(yùn)氣的游戲，這樣他們的個人能力就不能直接進(jìn)行比較了．但是，成年人很難發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子們的游戲令人興奮，他們常常對孩子們反復(fù)玩這么簡單的游戲感到困惑。根據(jù)第一段中的“Children have their own rules in playing games．Theyseldom need a referee（裁判） and rarely trouble to keep scores．”可知，介紹了孩子們玩游戲的一些特點(diǎn)，比如孩子的游戲有自己的規(guī)則，也不需要裁判，而且可以隨時結(jié)束，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“He bees a leader when it es to his turn”可知，當(dāng)輪到他時，他就成了領(lǐng)袖．所以要成為一個游戲的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者，孩子必須等待輪到他才行，故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person，and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid．”可知孩子們喜歡玩游戲的重要原因之一是他們可以在游戲中假裝成別人，選A。通讀全文可知，游戲在孩子們的生活中是必不可少的．他們無需裁判，也很少計分，他們甚至不在乎輸贏．盡管在成年人眼里這些游戲非常簡單，枯燥．但是孩子們對此卻是樂此不疲．作者認(rèn)為通過游戲，孩子們學(xué)會了遵守規(guī)則，可知選B。7．閱讀短文，從短文后每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 Over the years, cheerleading has taken two primary forms: gametime cheerleading and petitive cheerleading. Gametime cheerleaders39。 Competitive cheerleading includes lots of physical activity. The majority of the teams require a certain level of tumbling (翻騰) ability. It39。s easy for them to go into petitive cheerleading. Usually these cheerleaders integrate lots of their gymnastics experience including their jumps, tumbling, and overall energy. They also perform lifts and throws. Th