【正文】 test the intelligence of the UK teens. help the school improve their teaching efficiency. do some practical research into the UK education system. test the effectiveness of Chinese teaching methods.（2）What39。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)第四段中的“由此可知，劃線詞意為“嚴厲的”。 （3）考查推理判斷。 interest in learning. Education methods are based on culture.”可知，楊東平認為，中國的教學(xué)方法側(cè)重于嚴格要求，而英國的教學(xué)方法更為自然和輕松，旨在激發(fā)學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)興趣，教學(xué)方法是以文化為基礎(chǔ)的。故選B。7．閱讀理解 For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor(預(yù)示物) of attaining high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated. But, the study showed that the difference between being raised in a bookless home pared to being raised in a home with a 500book library has as great an effect on the level of education a child will attain as the difference between having parents who are barely literate (有文化的) and having parents who have a university education. The researchers were struck by the strong effect having books in the home had on children39。s occupation or the economic level of the country. s education level, and more important than whether a child was brought up in a developing country or a developed country. Surprisingly, the difference in educational attainment for children born in a developed country and children born in a developing country was just 2 years, less than twothirds of the effect that having 500 or more books in the home had on children.（1）In the past educators held a point of view that ______ . A.children who were born in poor families studied harder than those in rich familiesC.parents39。s levels of education（2）What does the underlined word motivating in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Helping somebody to finish somethingC.Preventing somebody from achieving something.（3）Which of the following has the most important effect on the level of education a child will gain? A.The father39。Education levels of parents.D. （1）考查細節(jié)理解。可知，過去教育家們認為受過高等教育的父母的孩子將獲得高水平的教育。 （2）考查詞義猜測。再根據(jù)第三段中的“Even a little bit goes a long way. ...the greater benefit the children get” 即使是一點點書，也能大有幫助......你家的書越多，孩子得到的好處就越大。所以劃線詞的句子“Having as few as 20 books in the home still has a significant impact on motivating a child to a higher level of education”這句話是說“ 即使家里只有20本書，在激勵孩子接受更高層次的教育方面仍然有很大的影響”。由此可推斷出劃線詞的意思是“使某人想做某事”。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。s educational attainment even above and beyond such factors as education level of the parents, the father39。故選D。8．閱讀理解 organic food. Some parents and pet owners pay up to 200 percent more for organic food while some people think organic food is a waste of money. Some people think organic means locally grown. At the beginning, this was true. Over time organic farming became more difficult. The demand for organic food grew larger than the supply. Small panies had to sell out to large panies. There weren39。Is organic food more nutritious (有營養(yǎng)的)? This is part of the debate. Many farmers and consumers (消費者) believe it is. They think agricultural chemicals cause health problems, such as cancer. Many health experts disagree. Few studies prove that organic food prevents health problems. Health experts worry more about bacteria (細菌). These can e into contact with organic and non173。Most people agree that naturally grown food tastes better. Is tastier food worth the extra money? This is a matter of opinion. Whether it is healthier or not may require more research. However, organic consumers argue it is better to be safe than sorry.（1）What is probably the major concern(關(guān)注) of organic food consumers? ....（2）What is the doctors39。 products.（3）Which of the following do most people agree on organic food? tastes better. is easier to grow. contains more fat. is more nutritious.（4）Where does this text probably e from? health magazine. medical report. chemistry paper. menu of a restaurant.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，講述了人們在有機食物的價格，有機食物是否更有營養(yǎng)等方面持有不同的觀點。根據(jù)最后一段中的“However, organic consumers argue it is better to be safe than sorry.”可知，有機食品消費者們認為安全總比后悔好，所以愿意為了安全花更多的錢。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Most people agree that naturally grown food tastes better.”可知，大多數(shù)人同意自然生長的食物（即有機食品）味道更好。 （4）考查推理判斷。故選A。9．閱讀理解 t let this get in the way. They know they have their weaknesses, yet they don39。 Victims and creators live in the same physical world and deal with many of the same physical realities, yet their experience of life is worlds apart. Victims relish (沉溺) in anger, guilt, and other emotions that cause others — and even themselves — to feel like victims, too. Creators consciously choose love, inspiration, and other qualities which inspire not only themselves, but all around them. Both victims and creators always have choice to determine the direction of their lives. In every moment and every circumstance, you can choose to have a fuller, richer life by setting a clear intention to transform the victim within, and by inviting into your life the powerful creator that you are.（1）What does the word they in Paragraph 1 probably refer to? and things around you. and problems. and their choices. and their sufferings.（2）According to Paragraph 2, creators ________. ups and downs of life wisely the ability to predict future life willing to experience failures in life potential to create something new（3）What can we learn from Paragraph 3? and victims are masters of their lives. can influence more people than creators. with victims, creators are more emotional. and victims face quite different things in life.（4）The examples mentioned in Paragraph 4 show that _________. attachment to sufferings in life pulls people into victims need family support to deal with challenger in life takes creators quite a long time to get rid of their