【正文】
wn 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。由此推知,劃線詞的意思是“快樂,幸福”。 (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,讀書以及和人交談無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,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】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷,詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查,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。 Bacow, the former president of Tufts University, has taken over Harvard at a time when higher education is under attack for being financially out of reach to many Americans. But Bacow said his family39。 My parents came to this country with almost nothing, Bacow said. I wouldn39。t had the opportunity to get the college education.s family fled antiJewish (反猶太的) violence in Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union, before the start of World War II and went to the United States. His mother arrived in Brooklyn at age 19, having survived Auschwitz concentration camp. She was the only Jew from her town to have survived the war. Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad. As the Tufts president, Bacow traveled around the country, reaching out to alumni (校友), and he urged his faculty and deans to do the same, in an effort to boost donations to finance Tufts39。t get elsewhere.s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.(1)The reason why Bacow appreciates college education is that ________. A.his family changed their fate due to college educationC.a college degree helped his mother survive Auschwitz(2)What can we infer from the passage? A.Bacow39。Bacow39。Bacow39。reactivatingcausingdamagingtaking over(4)What is this passage mainly about? A.The history of Bacow39。The art of Bacow39。D.s way to individual success.【答案】 (1)B(2)C(3)A(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇名人傳記,講述了Bacow的個人成功之路。根據(jù)第二段中的“his family39??芍xB。根據(jù)第四段中的“Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad.”Bacow欣賞大學(xué)教育的原因是他的家庭因?yàn)榇髮W(xué)教育改變了他們的命運(yùn)”。故選C。根據(jù)第五段中的“He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.”他還因領(lǐng)導(dǎo)美國度過911和2008年金融危機(jī)而受到贊譽(yù)?!蓖浦獎澗€詞的意思是“使……恢復(fù)”。 (4)考查主旨大意。s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.”在Bacow的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下,Tufts花了數(shù)百萬美元在實(shí)驗(yàn)室和圖書館上?!北疚闹v述的是Bacow的個人成功之路。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷,詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查,是一篇人物類閱讀,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 years, decades in fact, I39。 You39。 Why is it that a woman travelling alone, as I have often done for months at a time, is perceived to be brave, whereas men who travel alone are entirely unremarkable?You are only brave when you are afraid of something but still do it anyway. I have never been afraid of travelling alone. When I got back to Ireland after that trip, I felt proud of myself. I had done something I had assumed would be hard, and it had turned out to be not hard at all.ve met along the way. I may have set off alone each time but I39。People39。B.s response.People39。D.s criticism.(2)What does the author say about her first time to travel alone? A.B.It was harder than expected.She set off all alone.(3)What do the underlined words solo travel Group Travel.Travelling with friends.Travelling alone.Travelling with music.(4)How has the author benefited from her travel? A.B.She has received a great many gifts.D.作者從中收獲了很多。根據(jù)第一段“For years, decades in fact, I39。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“She announced by letter two days before our departure that she would be leaving me halfway at Vienna. It was too late by then to rope in another friend, so it was either to go home after Vienna, or keep going by myself. I kept going. I got on trains by myself, checked into hostels by myself and found my way around by myself.”在我們動身的前兩天,她寫信通知我,她將在維也納中途離開我。我繼續(xù)??芍?,關(guān)于她第一次獨(dú)自旅行,作者說她不得不選擇自己去,故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“That was three decades ago, and since then I have travelled all over the world, usually on my own. I still do what I did then, which is to keep a diary.”那是30年前的事了,從那時起,我周游世界,通常是獨(dú)自一人。由此可知,文“The greatest gift of solo travel has been those I39。 solo travel 的意思是獨(dú)自旅行,故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I may have set off alone each time but I39。我在尼泊爾加德滿都遇見了我的丈夫??芍髡邚乃穆眯兄械玫降暮锰幨且宦飞纤龅搅撕芏嗳?,故選D。5.閱讀理解 We can understand, then, why Chinese historians were so excited when they found cave paintings which show ancient science. They found these paintings in the worldrenowned Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City, in Northwest China39。 Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings showing ancient weaving machines and then toothbrushes! The