【正文】 “This situation”指的是在日本人的英語水平相對較低，故選B。文章主要介紹了日本91歲的奶奶Takamizawa在孫輩的鼓勵和幫助下學(xué)習(xí)英語，從她身上體現(xiàn)了“活到老，學(xué)到老”的精神，故選B。2．閱讀理解 t always have access to a reliable car, walking hand in hand was the most convenient way to get anywhere. It was at story time for children that both my mother and I made lasting friendships. s Library. My 18imonthold son, Colin, and I find ourselves in Sea Cliff several times a week, meeting and making friends. Well, that is what many people don39。 it39。Sure, the library in Franklin Square was the place where I was introduced to Judy Blume novels. But it was also the place where I got my first address in 1997. At the library, friends and I learned how to research colleges and search for scholarships on the Internet. The library was the place where we sometimes giggled(咯咯笑)too loudly, and where the librarians knew us by name. Their knowing our names wasn39。I now teach reading at Nassau Community College. My students are often amazed that they can check out books via their smartphones and virtually(虛擬地)visit a variety of Long Island libraries. The app used by Nassau and Suffolk county public libraries, as well as the college library, makes their homework easier by helping them find resources. Even though they can39。She has bee her mother39。B.She can meet friends at the library.D.Socializing in a library.B.Visiting a library with a family member.Building parentchild friendship in a library.（3）What is the author39。 way of visiting libraries? A.Favorable.C.Disapproving.（4）Why does the author write the text? A.B.To explain how libraries change.To introduce her favorite libraries.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了從自己小時候到成家生子再到工作教書這一路上圖書館的變化。根據(jù)第二段中的“Today，I am fortunate to live around the corner from the Cold Coast Public Library in Glen Head and a short walk to the Sea Cliff Children39。 （2）考查詞義猜測。 （3）考查推理判斷。t always easily visit their local libraries，the library is always with them.”可知，盡管學(xué)生們不能總是很容易地參觀當(dāng)?shù)氐膱D書館，但圖書館總是與他們在一起，由此可知，作者對學(xué)生們訪問虛擬圖書館的方式是支持的，故選B?？v觀全文可知，作者講述了從自己小時候到成家生子再到工作教書這一路上圖書館所發(fā)生的變化，由此可知，作者寫這篇文章是為了解釋圖書館的變化，故選C。3．閱讀理解 Open water swimmingt prepared for how rough Lake Windermere appeared on a cold day. A swimmer told me the water felt colder than it had been measured, and that the water was a bit rough. But I, along with 10,000 others, was about to plete the challenge. I had chosen the third onemile race of the day. There were over 600 people in my race. We were taken through an acclimatization area s paddling poolsized part of the lake where we moved in to feel how cold the water was. Not too bad was everyone39。 We39。 it felt more like swimming in the sea than a lake. I tried to focus on my breathing and technique, and just keep going. As I approached the 400mtogo mark my lower right leg became painful. I recalled overhearing people talking about how they kept swimming through the pain, so I tried. But it didn39。t want to stop, so I bent my right knee and just kicked with the left leg.t matter—the atmosphere was fantastic and everyone felt a sense of achievement, whatever their time. I39。ve already signed up for my next openwater swim.（1）How did the author feel before the race? A.Disappointed by the difficult conditions.C.Determined to be as tough as the people around her.（2）Why does the author mention the two people in Paragraph 2? A.To praise the experienced swimmers.C.To introduce the various events of the race.（3）The author suggests in Paragraph 4 that ______. A.the race became harder than she had expectedC.it would have been easier if she had taken others39。Her confidence in her own ability.B.Her eagerness to repeat the experience.D. （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“But I, along with 10,000 others, was about to plete the challenge.”可知，我馬上和其他10000名游泳者完成這項挑戰(zhàn)，故可知，他們很堅定要完成這項運(yùn)動，故選D。根據(jù)第二段中的“There seemed to be a mix of openwater enthusiasts alongside plete beginners—which is precisely the aim of the swims, to get as many people as possible pleting their own challenge. The oldest woman peting was 77, taking part in the twomile race, alongside a man who last year had swum in every onemile race.”可知，參賽者包括天然水域游泳的愛好者，也包括初學(xué)者，也有很多人完成自己的挑戰(zhàn)，這里面就有77歲參加2英里游泳的老人，也有去年參加一英里的男子，故可知，該比賽參與者范圍很廣，故選C。根據(jù)第四段中的“I recalled overhearing people talking about how they kept swimming through the pain, so I tried. But it didn39。 （4）考查推理判斷。m hooked, and want to give it another go. I39。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren39。 the rest were sold as fertilizer. One ship transported about 180,000, weighing some 38, 000 pounds, to Liverpool to be spread on the fields of England. In the century since then, archaeology has bee less of a treasure hunt and more of a science. Archaeologists now realize that much of their sites39。 They39。modernizeddisplayedillustrateddemonstrated（2）Why was archaeology once referred to as a treasure hunt (paragraph 3)? A.Animal mummies could be made into fertilizer which is very valuable.C.People sought the remains of ancient Egypt merely for their material value.（3）Which of the following is TRUE about Salima Ikram? A.She believes that studying the remains can help modern society relate to the past.C.s personal belongings and classify them.D.value the past by studying the remains left behind by our ancestorsB.understand that animal mummies are more important than gold and masksD.后來考古學(xué)家不再只是尋寶，而是把它作為一門科學(xué)研究。正如古物學(xué)家薩利瑪 （1）考查詞義猜測。 the rest were sold as fertilizer.可知，peddled后的to tourists for change即把最好的給游客來換取零錢，可知，此處的peddled是兜售給游客以換取零錢，可知peddle就是向他人炫耀從而售出，故選B。第二段敘述了最初考古是為了尋找皇家陵墓，尋找華麗的黃金和彩繪面具來裝飾歐洲和美洲的地產(chǎn)和博物館?？芍?，考古就是尋寶，為了物質(zhì)上的價值。treasure hunt分析選項可知D項符