【正文】 f kindness we39。s family have in Newfoundland? couldn39。t have a car.（2）The underlined word dumbfounded in Paragraph 12 is closest in meaning to ______. （3）What impressed the author most during her stay in Newfoundland? talkative cab driver. whales swimming. beautiful scenery of the island. help from an enthusiastic stranger.（4）What can we infer about the author from the last paragraph? is looking forward to meeting Alma once more. expects to visit Newfoundland again. hasn39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)第十二段中的“my husband and I just smiled in disbelief”我丈夫和我只是不相信地笑著，可知，當(dāng)Alma提出讓作者一家開自己的車去旅行的時候，作者和丈夫很驚詫。故選A。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Instead, it was the act of kindness from a plete stranger that made us realize how special Newfoundland really was.”取而代之，是一個陌生人的善意之舉讓我意識到紐芬蘭的真正特別之處。故選D?？v觀全文可知，陌生人的善良和熱情好客給作者留下了最深刻印象，且根據(jù)最后一段“Next year, there39。ll be taking our summer vacation. Who knows what act of kindness we39。誰知道到時候我們又會遇到什么樣的善意之舉呢？可知，作者將還會去紐芬蘭島旅行，期待那里人們的熱情。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。 One of my first memories as a child in the 1950s was a discussion I had with my brother in our tiny bedroom in the family house in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Pluto, which famously was downgraded from a “major planet” to a “dwarf planet”（矮星） in 2006, captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could plete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system.s underdog discovery story is part of what makes it so attractive. Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farm boy who built telescopes out of spare auto parts, old farm equipment and selfground lenses. As an assistant at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Tombaugh39。s founder thought existed beyond the orbit of Neptune. On February 18，1930，Tombaugh found it. Pluto was the first planet discovered by an American, and represented a moment of light in the midst of the Great Depression39。 Pluto is much more than something that is not a planet. It39。t the limit at all. We don39。Because it lost its major planet status.B.Because it was discovered by an American.D.An American Scientist: Clyde TombaughB.Pluto39。The Days I Spent with My Brother in Pennsylvania（3）What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?A.Pluto was the only planet that was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh.C.s job was to build telescopes for Lowell Observatory.D.s telescopes used for searching stars were very simple.（4）What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably mean?A.Pluto is much more than a planet in the solar system.C.Pluto is not a planet in the solar system, but it is more than a planet.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】文章講述了小時候作者對冥王星的認(rèn)識，以及冥王星被發(fā)現(xiàn)和被從太陽系去除的經(jīng)過，更表現(xiàn)了冥王星的神秘和魅力，這使作者認(rèn)識到宇宙是無窮的，也是不斷變化的，需要我們不停去探索。根據(jù)第三段Pluto, which famously was downgraded from a “major planet” to a “dwarf planet”（矮星）in 2006, captured our imagination because it was a mystery that could plete our picture of what it was like at the most remote corners of our solar system可知，在2006年冥王星被從太陽系大行星中被去除，失去了其大行星地位，故選A。文章主要講述的是冥王星的被發(fā)現(xiàn)和被從太陽系去除的經(jīng)過，更表現(xiàn)了它的神秘和魅力。( 3 )推理判斷題。s dark encroachment (入侵).可知，是Clyde Tombaugh用他簡陋的儀器發(fā)現(xiàn)了冥王星，成了第一個發(fā)現(xiàn)行星的美國人，并且給黑暗的大蕭條時期帶來了一線光明。( 4 )猜測句意題。故選D。4．閱讀理解 Brightons edge for a dip. Located a hundred miles from London, the beaches are wide and sandy. White Houses line the cliff tops and narrow valleys, densely wooded with pine trees, reach down to the shore. The area near to the town of Torquay on the Devon coast is sometimes called Britains Riviera and the climate is so mild that palm trees grow along the sea front. On the northwest coast, a popular resort for the people in the industrial north, Blackpool is a gay, noisy town, famous for its amusement facilities and the magical lights. At night people travel from miles around to see the extravaganza of lights decorating the sea front. On the east coast at the mouth of the Thames, Southend is, like Brighton, one of the favorite resorts of Londoners. The pier here is the longest in Britain and offers a great variety of differing entertainments.（1）Why do people often have a long slow drive home on roads in summer? A.Because people are full of food, icecream and lollypops.C.Because people are attracted in the resorts so they leave slowly.（2）Which resort is famous for its entertainments and grand lights? A.B.C.D.There are palm trees growing near Bournemouth.B.People crowded into the water39。Southend is a better preferred resort than Briton by London locals.【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了不列顛海岸線上4個供英國人在海灘度過每年的大量時間的度假勝地。根據(jù)第一段中的“In the evening when everyone is full of food, icecream and lollypops, there is the long slow drive home on roads crowded with returning cars.”可知因為返程車輛致使路上擁堵，人們裝滿食物慢慢開車回家。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選A。根據(jù)Southend 部分中的“On the east coast at the mouth of the Thames, Southend is, like Brighton, one of the favorite resorts of Londoners.”可知Southend和Brighton同樣都是倫敦人最愛去的地方?！军c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，是一篇介紹類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(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。 Our mother earth is going through a very tough situation and we, the entire human race, are destroying our environment or unconsciously without even realizing its consequences. Now we have to act very smartly and plan something to sustain what we still have, getting all necessary support from nature to lead healthy lives. When we do gardening we need to use different ingredients to grow plants. Some of them are natural resources like water, soil, sunshine, and many things like this. Using these resources smartly is a part of sustainable gardening. Some simple techniques include: use less water and organic things to grow plants。 try using less energy to drive devices。 reuse the leaves from y