【正文】 nson39。Reasons for Emily Dickinson39。A Brief Introduction to Emily Dickinson and Her Works【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇人物傳記，介紹了美國傳奇詩人艾米莉 （1）考查詞義猜測，根據(jù)第一段中的“but it was Thomas H. Johnson39。H可知選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“”她有幸在她那個時代最杰出的女子學(xué)校里受教育,專心閱讀各種各樣的書，可知選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Without doubt, Dickinson39?？芍xB?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了美國傳奇詩人艾米莉【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 If we want to find out what kind of technology people used in the past, we normally have to rely on archaeologists to find ruined buildings and parts of tools or instruments or machines. Archaeologists then try to reconstruct, sometimes with the help of puter technology, what these ancient buildings and objects must have looked like, and how they might have been made. Sometimes historians are lucky and find an ancient document with a written description of these ancient buildings and objects.s Gansu Province. There are 500 manmade caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years. Almost all of these caves have paintings on their ceilings or walls and they date from the 4th to 14th centuries. Wang Jinyu is an expert on these cave paintings (also called frescoes) and he says: We discovered frescoes containing scientific and technological content in almost all of the caves which have frescoes. What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences. It won39。Because they had rarely seen cave paintings.B.Because they could learn about ancient science through them.D.have 500 manmade cavesB.help us to know little about ancient scienceD.pottery making and wine productionB.boiling milk over 1,000 years agoarchitecture and weaving（4）The article is more likely to be selected from the magazine ______. A.Business WorldC.Popular Science【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了科學(xué)家們在中國甘肅的敦煌莫高窟的洞穴中發(fā)現(xiàn)了反映古代科學(xué)的壁畫。根據(jù)第二段中的What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences可知，這些壁畫為中國古代在數(shù)學(xué)、物理、化學(xué)、天文，地理、建筑以及農(nóng)學(xué)等領(lǐng)域的科技發(fā)明提供了證據(jù)，由此可知科學(xué)家們對此感到很興奮的原因是他們可以通過這些壁畫了解古代的科學(xué)，故選C。根據(jù)第二段中的There are 500 manmade caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years.可知，敦煌莫高窟有500個人工洞穴，故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings可知，科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)壁畫中展示了古代制陶和釀酒技術(shù)，故選A?？v觀全文可知，本文介紹了科學(xué)家們在中國甘肅敦煌莫高窟的洞穴中發(fā)現(xiàn)了反映古代科學(xué)的壁畫，這屬于科學(xué)范疇，因此文章最有可能出自科學(xué)雜志，故選D。7．閱讀理解 s leader. Language itself became submitted to rules during this period. This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Guides to the English language had been in existence before Johnson began his project in 1746. These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words. When definitions of mon words were supplied, they were often unhelpful. For example, a horse was defined in an early dictionary as a beast well known.s dictionary, which took forty workers fiftyfive years to plete (16391694), Johnson39。 How many passages were used? According to Johnson39。They only offer simple pictures.B.They simply give some translations.They add no more than some big words.（2）What does the underlined word lexicographer in paragraph 4 refer to? A.A biographer.C.An assistant.（3）What can we infer about Samuel Johnson from the text? A.B.He gained much financial support.D.To discuss the problems of dictionaries.B.To persuade people to buy the new dictionary.D. （1）考查細節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“How many words were defined by the lexicographer?”中的關(guān)鍵詞defined及聯(lián)系前后句，可以猜測出這里lexicographer指的是詞典編纂者。 （3）考查推理判斷。故選A。閱讀全文可知，文章主要介紹了Samuel Johnson在惡劣的條件下編纂詞典的。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 Violette Childe, 67, is a dining panion who helps serve patients lunches. The role was introduced ten years ago by a dietitian concerning that some patients were not eating their meals.t focus on eating. explains Yvonne DonglasMorris, head of volunteering, who oversees the activities of all 528 of the trusty volunteers. Staff are busy with the clinical side of things, so the dining panions were introduced. They will assist the patients and encourage them to eat. Another key role is played by the discharge volunteers, who offer support to the elderly, especially those aged 70 and overleaving hospital to return to an empty home. The team has a budget of ￡10 per person and will pop to the shops and buy milk, bread and a meal to tide them over for the first few hours. They then call the patients regularly, for as long as they need, to check how they are getting on and if they need extra support.Their working conditions are noisy.B.They often make patients more nervous.D.She finds it tiring and boring.B.She believes it gives her a sense of belonging.D.Raise money for the elderly.B.Buy daily necessities for them.D.It is never too old to learn.B.Health is better than wealth.God helps those who help themselves.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，通過講述志愿者的工作，告訴我們的是人多力量大。根據(jù)第二段中的Many of our patients are elderly and can be confused by the noisy, busy environment of the hospital and so won39。 so the dining panions were introduced. They will assist the patients and encourage them to eat. 所以介紹