【正文】 二段中的”For example, the Denver, Colorado schools go back in midAugust and schools in Cleveland, …Monday in September.“ 可知，丹佛的學(xué)校在八月中旬開學(xué),克里夫蘭的學(xué)校通常在9月的第一個星期一之前開始。綜上所述，丹佛的學(xué)校開學(xué)最早。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)第四段 中的”In most school districts in Utah, the school year starts …next year.“可知猶太州學(xué)年從8月25日到8月30日開始，一直持續(xù)到5月的最后一周或明年6月的第一周，持續(xù)時間為九個月左右，故選C。縱觀全文可知，本文介紹了美國學(xué)校開學(xué)第一天的日期的內(nèi)容，應(yīng)屬教育類，故選B。6．閱讀理解 Let39。t sweet, are meat. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don39。t groce, and hammers don39。t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese so one moose, two meese? English was invented by people, not puters, and it shows the creativity of human beings. That39。 but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it。s the tone(語氣)of the text? and proud. and unsure. and disappointed. and lighthearted.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論述了為什么英語是一門瘋狂的語言。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?”overlook和oversee怎么會是反義詞，而quite a lot和quite a few卻是很相似的呢？可知，quite a lot和quite a few有相似的意思。 （2）考查推理判斷。故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“Sweetmeats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren39。故選D。根據(jù)第一段中的“Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall？Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists？”為什么黑夜降臨，卻沒有黎明；為什么白天破曉，卻沒有黃昏？為什么騎摩托車的人叫騎手，騎自行車的人叫騎自行車的人?以及下文可知，作者主要是通過大量的例子來論證英語是一門多么瘋狂的語言的。 （5）考查推理判斷。茄子里沒有雞蛋，菠蘿里也沒有松樹和蘋果，漢堡包里也沒有火腿，及下文所舉的多個詞可知，這些詞的意思并不是詞的表面意思。故選D。7．閱讀理解 Dennis Lauro, director of an information center which provides technical support to public schools in New York, said neither he nor his colleagues were aware of a similar digital effort in a public school setting. This is the wave of the future. Lauro said. I39。 For Tom Collins, Stepinac39。 families had to spend up to $ 700 a year on textbooks. This year — after the onetime purchase of a tablet or laptop — families only need to pay $ 150. Using the digital library is almost as easy as opening a new book. A student can instantly lap into a digital book and open a map of Egypt or a speech by President John F. Kennedy. A teacher can show a page from a digital book on a whiteboard at the front of the class or send students a link to a particular math problem with notes added in.It39。B.s reforming its textbooks.C.s updating its digital resources.It39。public schools face great challengesB.the effort is to cause instant changesD.s a trend for schools to go digital（3）Who may worry about the move in Stepinac? A.B.C.D.這是未來學(xué)校向數(shù)字化發(fā)展的一種趨勢，但是家長們對這一進(jìn)程心存疑慮。由第一段Stepinac has bee one of the first high schools in the country to drop all textbooks and replace them with a digital library可知Stepinac把text book變成了digital （2）推理判斷題。Lauro said. I39。從中可以看出Lauro認(rèn)為未來學(xué)校向數(shù)字化發(fā)展是一種趨勢，故選D。由最后一段The first few weeks may bring some challenges. Stepinac officials expect some parental disfort over dropping concrete ，父母們對這一進(jìn)程很擔(dān)心，故選C?？忌婕凹?xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題，細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇。8．閱讀理解 d like to read. Yet we lose countless hours to daily activities that bring us little joy like taking buses and waiting in line. What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection? Reader is pioneering a new method of reading, with over 9 million users enjoying the benefits already. According to the Pew Research Center (PRC), the British read just 4 paper books a year and over 25% haven39。t dying. There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of ebooks and audio books. Holger Seim, German cofounder of this app, declares, iReader gives you the biggest ideas in the shortest possible time. It transforms great ideas into little packs you can listen to or read in just 15 minutes.（1）What does the author suggest people do in the unoccupied time? A.Write and share.C.Bring joy to daily routines.（2）What can we infer from the PRC findings? British benefit a lot from reading. methods are more important than before. technology are taking the place of paper books. forms of books are changing the way the British read.（3）How does iReader make the content easy to remember? bringing fun to it. making it useful. using artistic designs. taking users as examples.（4）What is the best title for the text? Prevents Reading from Dying Unites Worldwide Booklovers: The Best New App Creation: Big Ideas in Small Packages【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一種閱讀方式：iReader。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。d like to read.”幾乎沒有人有時間讀我們想讀的所有東西；以及最后一段中的“What if we could turn these little blocks of unoccupied time into precious and rewarding moments for learning and reflection?”可知作者認(rèn)為我們應(yīng)該把空閑的時間變成寶貴的、有價值的學(xué)習(xí)和反思的時間，即作者建議我們利用空閑時間來閱讀和思考，故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“There are now more ways for the British to read than ever before, due to the widespread use of ebooks and audio books.”可知由于電子書和有聲書的廣泛使用，英國人現(xiàn)在有了比以往更多的閱讀方式。故選D。根據(jù)第四段中的“The way the content is edited has been specifically designed to ensure it is useful in practice.”可知iReader通過使得目錄有助于實踐來讓內(nèi)容更容易記住，故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“iReader gives you the biggest ideas in the shortest possible time. It transforms great ideas into little packs you can listen to or read in just 15 minutes.”可知iReader能在最短的時間內(nèi)給你最大的想法。再結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容可知，文章主要是說明了iReader這種新的閱讀方式是小包裝里的大創(chuàng)意，故選D。9．閱讀理解 It all sounds bad but, your risk is very low, — say, one in a million — a 100% increase means you still only have a two in a million chance. Of course, all painkilling medication that works can have side effects — nothing is safe and effective. Paracetamol (撲熱息痛) has very few unless taken too much, in which case it can cause serious liver danger, but it isn3