【正文】 e audience.D. Day last for more than one day? A.France.C.Scotland.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，愚人節(jié)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)發(fā)展成為一個(gè)國(guó)際性的娛樂(lè)節(jié)日，不同的國(guó)家以不同的方式慶祝這一天。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?！笨芍诜▏?guó)當(dāng)一個(gè)人被愚弄時(shí)才會(huì)有人被稱(chēng)為“四月魚(yú)”。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 Day about spaghetti farmers and how they harvest their crop from spaghetti trees!”今天，美國(guó)人和英國(guó)人都會(huì)在4月1日這天對(duì)朋友和陌生人開(kāi)些小玩笑?！笨芍?guó)短片的目的是來(lái)欺騙觀眾。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 Day lasts for two days!“在蘇格蘭，愚人節(jié)要持續(xù)兩天！”可知，在蘇格蘭愚人節(jié)持續(xù)超過(guò)一天。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇文化類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。In many western countries people do not bathe (沐浴) every day. Sometimes they bathe only once a week. Sometimes they bathe two or three times a week. They do not bathe often because the weather is cold or because hot water is expensive. They use electricity or wood to boil the water. Electricity and wood cost a lot of money. In cold countries people usually do not feel they are dirty if they do not have a bath. Each house has its own bathroom but there are also big bathhouses for everybody. They are found everywhere in Japan. In the bathhouse there is one part for men and one part for women. The bath is usually three meters wide, three meters long and about one meter deep: halfway down there is a narrow (狹窄的) seat that goes all the way around the bath. Many people use the bath but it is not dirty. Before a person gets into the big bath, they wash themselves first, and then get into the big bath. The person stays there for a short time. When they get out of the bath, they wash their body with soap and water. After the soap is all washed away, the person gets into the big bath again. Soap is not used in the big bath. Taking baths can help people relax themselves.B.Taking baths can keep people clean.D.Electricity.B.Coal.D.Three meters long, three meters wide and about three meters deep.B.Three meters long, three meters wide and about one meter deep.D. （1）考查判斷推理。而D選項(xiàng)：泡澡使人們緊張是錯(cuò)誤的，故排除D選項(xiàng)。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It bees a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our family often bees the fort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress. Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes about the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavors that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.s food but also bee more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such.（1）What39。To help motivate homesickness.To show national identity.C.s history.To show a munity39。The specific traditional food.B.A traditional expression of food.D.To attach cultural importance to their dishes.B.To make the dishes popular among customers.D.s the author39。Negative.Balanced.Unfair.Unchangeable.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，作者從食物與文化的關(guān)系的角度表達(dá)了自己的看法，作者認(rèn)為傳統(tǒng)食物是文化的重要組成部分，它也是一種文化身份的表達(dá)，食物是了解文化的窗口。根據(jù)第二段中的“It also operates as an expression of culture identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride for their culture and means of coping with homesickness. ”可知文中提到食物是一種文化身份的表達(dá)，故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“It also operates as an expression of culture identity.”可知，此句中it代指民族文化，句意為：移民們把它帶到任何地方，它是他們的文化自豪感的象征，也是應(yīng)對(duì)思鄉(xiāng)之情的手段。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“We should embrace our heritage（傳統(tǒng)）through our culture39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇文化類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 Like a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been dull. Ebooks, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares, but many publishers are too cautious about piracy (盜版）and lost sales to cooperate. Among the big six, only Random House and Harper Collins license ebooks with most libraries. Elending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often inpatible (不兼容的)ebook formats, devices and licenses. Most libraries use a pany called OverDrive，which secures rights from publishers and provides ebooks and audio files in every format. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by OverDrive39。s biggest online bookseller，last year. Owners of Amazon39。s website, where they must use their Amazon account to secure a loan. Lending Library, which lets its best customers borrow free one of thousands of popular books each month. So publishers keep adjusting their lending arrangements in search of the right balance. libraries and publishers face the same problem of ebooks39。libraries are eager to keep strong relationship with publishersC.several big publishers have sold ebooks to libraries（2）Why are publishers worried that people will switch to electronic borrowing? A.There are lots of different and inpatible ebook formats available.C.Ebooks must be checked out and returned to libraries regularly.（3）We can learn from the passage that ebooks can be lent at libraries as many times as you likeB.over half of Americans are borro