【正文】 g her ，籬笆以及在籬笆上畫畫，但是沒有買檸檬水，故選D。根據(jù) His wife recently passed away. He is very sad. 可知Barry很悲傷，但是他的鄰居 Gertrude，通過讓Barry忙碌起來的方式，讓Barry忘記自己的悲痛，因此sorrow意為“悲傷”故選C。由文章內(nèi)容可知Gertrude是一個(gè)友善明智的人。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。8．閱讀理解 In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year from midnight on December 31st to January 1st, People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal（正式的）clothes, and they may drink champagne（香檳） at midnight. During the first minute of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead, But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They wele the new year with the first light of the sunrise. Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year39。s Day. In the United States, some people eat blackeyed peas for good luckbut to get good luck for a whole year, you have to eat 365 of them!（1）The passage is mainly about____________. A.several different New Year traditionsC.s DayD.s Day（2）It39。some cultures celebrate New Year in the morningB.s DayC.no cultures do special things to celebrate New Year（3）To have a happy new year, ____________. A.families make big dolls filled with old clothesC.Europeans eat 365 grapes on New Year39。s Day, people think____________. A.black eyed peas are the best medicineC.D. （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù) 可知，一些國家喜歡在早晨慶祝新年，故答案是A。But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They wele the new year with the first light of the sunrise. 可知，為了過一個(gè)快樂的新年，人們要早起看日出，故答案是C。In the United States, some people eat blackeyed peas for good luckbut to get good luck for a whole year, you have to eat 365 of them!可知人們認(rèn)為吃一顆黑豆會(huì)帶來一天的好運(yùn)，故答案是A。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題和主旨大意題。9．閱讀理解 For more than a century, scientists have been trying to understand how this mental training works. In the 1930s, researchers proved by experiment that when you39。 Sports researchers have done hundreds of studies paring imagined and physical practice for actions. In short, the studies show that mental training works. A 2012 study pared 32 nonprofessional golfers with another 32 who only imagined their action. Under the same training program, both groups improved their skills.re not controlled by physical tiredness. That39。s easy. we39。re done, they39。 It doesn39。re a beginner, the influence can be harmful, warns Macintyre. If you39。t even know the proper movement, then you39。s physical practice? A.Performing the action before imagining.C.s body.D.It is not influenced by time and space.B.It is more useful for golfers.D.weakenedB.testedD.A New Way of Doing SportsB.Methods for Mental PracticeD. （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。re imagining an action, your brain sends signals to your muscles which are too weak to tighten the muscles but might help train the body to perform. In other words, mental practice might create a plan in your head, like a howto guide for a special skill. 可知心理的訓(xùn)練可能在頭腦中產(chǎn)生一個(gè)計(jì)劃，指導(dǎo)你的技能，故選C。根據(jù) Imagination has advantages over the real thing: You can do it anywhere and any time. 可知想像力可以在任何時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)都能做，不受時(shí)間和空間的影響，故選A。根據(jù) If you39。re trying to imagine a free throw, and you don39。re probably going to mentally practice the wrong skill, 可知如果你是一個(gè)初學(xué)者，你不知道正確的動(dòng)作，你憑借你的想像去做，可能做得差。 （4）主旨題。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。細(xì)節(jié)題要注意細(xì)節(jié)從文中找答案；詞義猜測(cè)題是根據(jù)上下文，猜測(cè)出詞義；主旨題需要通讀全文了解大意之后找出中心思想。s day.Soldiers both, of course.Then Jack broke off his horse39。s room on my horse for two?Climb up here, Jack, and don39。ll both be soldiersAnd our horses will not be toysAnd I wonder if we39。.Bravely they marched away.Guns roared loud and in the mad crowdWounded and dying lieUp goes a shout, a horse rushes outOut from the crowd, to where Joe layThen came a voice he knew:Did you think I would leave you dyingWhen there39。ll soon be flyingI can go just as fast with two.Now we are both real soldiersAnd our horses are not toysAnd I rememberWhen we were two little boys.（1）What happened to Jack39。Its head was broken off.It was taken by soldiers.C.D. . A.hardC.quick（3）What is the song mainly about ? A.B.C.D. （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。s head可知Jack的玩具馬的頭斷了，故選A。根據(jù)詩歌的第二節(jié)Long years past很多年過去了，戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)來了，這個(gè)空與上句話在詞尾是押韻的，past的結(jié)尾是/st/，因此這個(gè)空應(yīng)填fast，它的結(jié)尾音也是/st/，故選C。這篇短文講述了兩個(gè)從小一起玩的小男孩，他們小時(shí)候一起玩木頭馬，Jack的馬壞了，Joe就讓他一起玩他的玩具馬；長(zhǎng)大了他們當(dāng)了士兵去打仗，Jack受傷了，Joe騎著馬來把Jack帶走了。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。11．閱讀理解 Bradley had discovered that his bicycle had been stolen from our backyard in Campbell town, South Australia, when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldn39。 He got a large piece of cardboard, painted a sign begging for the bicycle to be returned, and tied the sign to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white envelope with the magical words, Buy yourself a new bicycle. There was a $100 banknote inside.ve never been able to thank the person but we suspect（猜想）that it may have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley painted a big ! on the sign and we left it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards, hoping the kind stranger would drive down our street. All these years later we are still thankful for the stranger39。 when he was a child. A.B.C.D.Thank youB.A new bicycleD. . A.a special memory lasts longC.happiness makes a better life（4）The best title for the passage can beA Rich StrangerB.A Thankful MotherD.160