【正文】 each dish is fairly large. Most of the meals can serve two people and are under $10, so not only is it affordable but practical as well. The main dish that the restaurant is popular for is its kabobs, which are different styles of grilled meat. Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. It is a place that should not be overlooked.（1）When first entering the restaurant, one can find that it ________. A.is splendidly decoratedC.D.Reading local English newspapers.Drinking a kind of black coffee.C.Discussing world topics in low voices.（3）The food of the restaurant ________. A.is rather expensiveC.is very healthy（4）What is the dish Joojeh Kabob mainly made of? A.B.C.D.occupies a large spaceowns a favorable locationC.has a quiet environment inside【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）B（5）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一家叫做Vanak Restaurant的餐廳，以及餐廳的特色食物。根據(jù)第一段中的but once the pleasant smells of kabob (烤肉串) hit the senses 可知一進(jìn)酒店會首先聞到烤肉傳的香味，故選A。根據(jù)第五段中的A mon sight is that of old Persian men sitting in the corner talking loudly about world topics, watching news events on TV, drinking a black tea known as Persian chai可知除了在餐廳用餐，還提到了看電視上的新聞事件，喝著一種叫“波斯茶”的紅茶。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Joojeh Kabob主要是雞肉制成的，故選B。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Although the restaurant is small, the atmosphere and the food is delicious. ”可知雖然餐館很小，但是氣氛和食物都很美味。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 Nobel prize winners sometimes display as much uniqueness when deciding how to spend their prize money as they did on the work that won them the award in the first place. Lars Heikensten, executive director of the Nobel Foundation, said there were no obvious shopping trends among winners. Real estate, however, is a popular option, at least among those willing to reveal what they spend the money on. Phillip Sharp, the American cowinner of the 1993 medicine prize, decided to splash out on a 100yearold Federal style house. I took that money and bought a little bit bigger house... It39。 For winners of the peace prize the decision is often more clearcut, as the honor tends to go to politicians, organizations and activists who are under more public supervision. Many, like US President Barack Obama in 2009 and the European Union in 2012, donate to charities.ve won they often write less, but they generally continue after a year or two, said Gunder.（1）From the passage, we learn that ______. A.Nobel winners have great originality in using prize moneyC.Winners bee more independent on their country（2）Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined phrase clearcut in paragraph 6? A.B.C.D. . A.make more money from writingC.disappear from the public eyes for a period of time【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了諾貝爾獎獲得者在決定如何花他們的獎金時展現(xiàn)出很多的獨(dú)特性。作者還提到了諾貝爾和平獎獲得者對獎金的花費(fèi)更公開，而文學(xué)家獲得者對獎金的花費(fèi)更私人化。根據(jù)第一段可知，諾貝爾獎獲得者在決定如何花他們的獎金時展現(xiàn)出很多的獨(dú)特性。 （2）考查詞義猜測?！敝Z貝爾和平獎得主的獎金如何用的決定通常會更清晰，公開。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的During the first year after they39。故選A。8．閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 It is monly believed that in medieval France, New Year was celebrated on 1 April. Then in 1562, Pope Gregory introduced a new calendar for the Christian world, changing New Year to 1 January. With no modern munications, news travelled slowly and new ideas were often questioned. Many people did not hear of the change, some merely forgot, and others chose to ignore it. These people were called fools. Invitations to nonexistent New Year parties were sent and other practical jokes were played. Over time playing tricks on 1 April became a tradition. The custom eventually spread to England and Scotland, and it was later transported across the Atlantic to the American colonies (殖民地) of the English and the French. April Fools39。 France and Italy backs and chocolate fish are found in the shops. Today, Americans and the British play small tricks on friends and strangers alike on 1 April. A mon trick is to point to a friend39。 Day about spaghetti farmers and how they harvest their crop from spaghetti trees! In Scotland, April Fools39。 is stuck onto someone39。When one is fooled.B.When one fools others.D.To help the audience.B.To warn the 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】本文是一篇說明文，愚人節(jié)現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)發(fā)展成為一個國際性的娛樂節(jié)日，不同的國家以不同的方式慶祝這一天。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解?！笨芍?，在法國當(dāng)一個人被愚弄時才會有人被稱為“四月魚”。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 Day about spaghetti farmers and how they harvest their crop from spaghetti trees!”今天，美國人和英國人都會在4月1日這天對朋友和陌生人開些小玩笑。”可知，英國短片的目的是來欺騙觀眾。 （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)超過一天。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇文化類閱讀，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 a career that lasted more than half a century, Tom Wolfe wrote fiction and nonfiction bestsellers including The Electric KoolAid Acid Test and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Along the way, he created a new type of journalism and coined phrases that became part of the American vocabulary.ve always agreed on a theoretical level that the techniques for fiction and nonfiction are interchangeable, he said. The things that work in nonfiction would work in fiction, and vice versa.s voice broke into the world of nonfiction, it was a time when a lot of writers, and a lot of artists in general, were turning inwards, says Lev Grossman, book critic for Time magazine. Wolfe didn39。 In 1979, Wolfe published The Right Stuff, an account of the military test pilots who became America39。d forgotten, that the world is an incredible place.Me39。 He was an enormously forceful observer, and he was not afraid of making strong claims about what was happening in reality, Grossman says.