【正文】 uld finally be home. Now with spring just around the corner, nothing could keep either of us from marching toward the light. Almost all of those bulbs bloomed. And with each brightly colored flower, I marked off one day closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again.（1）What can we know about the author? is a professional gardener. is not good at growing flowers. never plants flowers at home. often sends friends flowers as gifts.（2）Why did the writer forget the tulip bulbs soon? bitter winter reminded her of her son far away. was discouraged from making another attempt. failed to live through the cold and long winter. had no hope for beautiful flowers indeed.（3）What were those flowers mentioned in the last paragraph referred to? physical representation of the hope. deep inside her heart and soul. lesson she will never forget pletely. trouble she had in making them e out.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? dark winter with hope. hope in winter. area of green in spring. a changeable life.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者的兒子去了中東，作者感到孤獨(dú)和寂寞。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。m not much of a gardener. I love having beautiful flowersbut I don39。故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“It was a long winter — cold and dark …Dead leaves, frost and finally a heavy snow covered the area where I39。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Day after day I noted the flowers39。一天又一天我的兒子終于要回家了；以及“And with each brightly colored flower, I marked off one day closer to getting to hold my son in my arms again. ”每開一朵色彩鮮艷的花，都標(biāo)志著我離再次把兒子抱在懷里的日子又近了一天，可知，每開一朵花就代表作者兒子的歸來近了一天，即花就是兒子回來的希望。 （4）考查主旨大意。39。ll know that it39。它們的球莖內(nèi)有生長所需的營養(yǎng)物質(zhì)，到了春天的就會從土里出來。B故選B。3．閱讀理解 But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life. and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature。 . helps to avoid various mistakes contributes to one39。 . is always a waste of time to make plans about the future is human nature to make attempts on what looks impossible should always challenge the impossible to push the society forward has to use wisdom in deciding what is the best thing to do【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了人類的大腦在20歲左右于巔峰，在以后的成就多數(shù)是因?yàn)樾枰S富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。人們要用智慧來決定做什么才是最好的。根據(jù)第一段“It has been discovered that after the age of sixteen, the number of our brain cells begins to decrease at a speed of several million a year. They simply die off. In certain types of activity, the human brain is at its highest point in the early twenties, ... and we know that Albert Einstein made all his worldshaking discoveries between the age of about 20 and 25, and spent the rest of his life tidying them up and arranging them.” 人們發(fā)現(xiàn)，16歲以后，我們的腦細(xì)胞數(shù)量開始以每年幾百萬的速度減少。愛因斯坦在20到25歲之間做出了所有震驚世界的發(fā)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)對愛因斯坦所的發(fā)現(xiàn)可知，他的偉大的發(fā)現(xiàn)是在2025歲之間，更是印證了人類大腦在20年代初達(dá)到了巔峰，可推斷出，本段主要研究人類大腦巔峰期，故選B。根據(jù)第二段“But in certain other types of activity (of which being an author is perhaps one), experience is more important than sharpness of brain, and there one usually finds that a person reaches his or her peak much later in life.”但在某些其他類型的活動中(作家可能是其中一種)，經(jīng)驗(yàn)比頭腦的敏捷更重要，人們通常會發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)人在他一生的晚期才達(dá)到頂峰。故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“Besides sharpness of brain and experience, here is another thing that is very important, and that is wisdom.... Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not possible； and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature；how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react.”除了敏銳的頭腦和豐富的經(jīng)驗(yàn)外，還有一件事是非常重要的，那就是智慧。最重要的是了解人性，了解真實(shí)的人是如何行為和反應(yīng)的，以及人們希望他們?nèi)绾涡袨楹头磻?yīng)的。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Leaning to be wise is basically learning what is not possible；and what is possible but so difficult that it is not worth all the trouble one has to go through to get there. Mostly, it is learning about human nature；how real people behave and react, as against how one would like them to behave and react. One can read and hear lot of idealistic stuff about how to make the world a better place, which would be found if it was based on an accurate observation of human nature,”成為智者，要大體上知道什么是不可能的。最重要的是學(xué)習(xí)人性，了解真實(shí)的人是如何行為和反應(yīng)的，以及人們希望他們?nèi)绾涡袨楹头磻?yīng)的。故選D。4．Directions: Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. s past and future climate. Just beyond the northwest edge of the vast Greenland Ice Sheet, researchers have discovered lake mud that have survived the last ice age. The mud, and remains of mon flies in it, record two interglacial periods(間冰期)in northwest Greenland. This new information could help researchers better measure Greenland39。s ice sheet might respond to manmade global warming. After all, Greenland covers 80 per cent of the Arctic country and holds enough ice to equal 20 feet of global sea level. Northwest Greenland might feel really remote, but what happens to that ice sheet is going to matter to everyone in every coastal city around the world, said Yarrow Axford, an associate professor in the team. One of the big uncertainties in climate science is how fast the Earth changes when it gets warmer. Geology gives us an opportunity to see what happened when the Earth was warmer than today, said Axford.s Greenland looked during the last two interglacial periods. During the Last Interglacial, global sea levels increased by 15 to 30 feet, largely due to thinning of Greenland and Antarctica39。s ice sheet experienced stronger warming than previously thought, which could mean that Greenland is more responsible for that sealevel rise.s