【正文】 an說，為期11天的節(jié)日活動中，移動鳥巢能確保鳥兒和其幼鳥得到保護。可以推斷出當時的處境困難，故選A。5．閱讀理解 To revive (復興)literature in the era of fast news and smartphone addiction, Short Edition, a French publisher of shortform literature, has set up more than 30 story dispensers (分發(fā)機)in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices. Everything old is new again, said Andrew Nurkin, the director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers. We want people to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity. s how a dispenser works: It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute, three minutes or five minutes. When a button is pushed, a short story is printed. The stories are free. They are chosen from a puter category of more than 100,000 original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Edition39。s fiction or romance. Short Edition gets stories for its category by holding writing contests. s smartphone addiction. reduce the financial stress of libraries. make people have access to literature. advertise the network literature.（4）What is the best title for the text? Reading: a Virtual Tour Edition, a French Publisher Old Will Be Popular Again of Literature, at the Push of a Button【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，人們可以通過多種途徑讀到小說，例如書籍、雜志等。這樣人們能更容易地接觸文學，以此提高孩子們的讀寫能力并激發(fā)他們的創(chuàng)造力。根據(jù)第五段中的“when a button is pushed, a short story is printed”可知，按下按鈕，就會打印出一篇短篇小說，因此小說在形式上是簡短的。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。賓夕法尼亞州立大學的校園里有一臺小說分發(fā)機。在洛杉磯國際機場也將有更多的小說分發(fā)機。故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的“We want people to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among children and inspire their creativity.”可知，Andrew Nurkin說：“我們希望人們能夠很容易地接觸到文學。”因此，在Andrew Nurkin看來，設置小說分發(fā)機的主要目的是使人們有機會接觸文學。 （4）考查主旨大意。故選D。6．閱讀理解re showering every day, you39。 As Time39。 But what39。t necessary.”ll obviously have a visible layer of dirt you39。ll still be smelly. If you feel like you need to take daily showers for aesthetic（審美的）reasons, at least make most of them light showers. “I tell patients who shower daily not to soap their whole bodies,” Mitchell says. Hit your pits, butt and groin, which are the areas that produce strong smells. The rest of your body doesn39。 Too much time spent under the hot water can dry out your skin, cause cracks（裂紋）that can lead to infections or germs getting into your skin, and take away the natural oils on your skin that help keep it healthy. So, even if you39。To meet health need.To wash off dirt.C.To get relaxation.（2）Which of the following people might be advised to shower once or twice a week? A.Car maintainerC.Gymgoers（3）The underlined phrase “l(fā)ight showers” in Parabright lights are equippeda little soaping is involvedC.less hot water is used（4）What is the best title for the text? A.Daily Shower Does No Good to YouC.You Probably Needn39。如果不是每天身上都會沾污垢或是每天都出很多汗的工作，普通人一周洗一兩次澡足夠了。根據(jù)第二段中的“We connect being freshly showered with being attractive and pleasing, so we tend to showering often to feel better.”可知多數(shù)人每天淋浴是為了增加吸引力，故選C。根據(jù)第四段中的“If you have a job like car maintenance or construction, you39。ll need to wash off every single day. Similarly, if you work out every day, you may not have any health risks by washing every day, but you39。(3)考查詞義猜測。t need much soaping, he ‘light showers’”指的是只在一些部位涂肥皂，而全身不需要太多肥皂，故選B。本文主要講了從長遠來看，每天淋浴對身體健康有害。所以選B。7．閱讀理解 Why are many finding it increasingly difficult to start close relationships? Does modem life really make it harder to fall in love? Or are we making it harder for ourselves? It is certainly the case today that contemporary couples benefit in different ways from relationships. Women no longer rely upon partners for money or status. A man doesn39。 But perhaps the knowledge that we can live perfectly well without a partnership means that it takes much more to persuade people to abandon their independence. But it seems that the old conventions have been replaced by the limitations of choice. The expectations of partners are raised to an unmanageable degree: good looks, impressive salary, kind to grandmother, and right socks. There is no room for error in the first impression.t, it should be ended. We work to protect ourselves against future heartache and don39。Couples share the burdens.Men begin to depend on women.C.D.To live alone happily.To have more choices.C.To ignore traditions.（3）What makes it hard for people to date? A.The pressure to survive.C.The faith between life partners.（4）What is the author trying to inform us in this text? A.People should, spend more money on marriages.C.Independence is much more important than love.【答案】（1）A（2）A（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本人是一篇說明文，美國最新的一項問卷調查發(fā)現(xiàn)，50%的人覺得找到相伴一生的另一半很困難，作者從工作經濟壓力以及對配偶要求過高等因素進行了分析。根據(jù)第三段中的“Women no longer rely upon partners for economic security or status. A man doesn39。說明現(xiàn)在是夫妻雙方共同承擔負擔。(2)考查細節(jié)理解。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Twelvehour work at the office makes relaxed afterhours dating(約會) difficult.”可知12小時的工作使得人們約會變得很困難，繁忙的工作花費了人們太多的精力。(4)考查主旨大意。故選C。8．閱讀理解 Past studies have shown a link between sleeping less and weighing more, but scientists have had a tough time determining which came first, the chicken or the egg, says Julie C. Lumeng of the university of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In other words, it hasn39。 To get a better idea of which causes which, Lumeng and her colleagues interviewed the parents of 785 third graders from around the United States. The parents answered questions about how well their kids slept that year. Three years later, the parents answered the same questions. By sixth grade, 18percent of kids involved in the study were obese. race or gender. It also didn39