【正文】 ding actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided to spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。 I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a fort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesn39。 those valuable lessons e when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn39。 While I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That39。They are well –knownB.They are very richD.for lack of moneyB.as a result of cheatingsD.s volunteering in South Africa for a year? A.s meaningless.B.It is a waste of timeD.create a fort zone for their kidsB.help their kids have a better educationD. （1）考查細節(jié)理解。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University.可知，作者和丈夫失業(yè)了，負擔不起讓女兒繼續(xù)讀書的費用，所以決定讓她休學，故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。 （4）考查推理判斷。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 The world39。 Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything questionandanswer session for online forum Reddit(紅迪網(wǎng)), the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French, Arabic or Chinese.t keep it up. A with Chinese students—unbelievable, isn39。 This isn39。 Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself—to his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel L. Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(傳記片). As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯) 28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he said he is pretty basic when it es to spending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in shoes and rackets(球拍) when he plays tennis.t stay up too late even if the book is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. Pam is still working on this problem, he said.（1）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A.How Bill Gates SucceededC. RegretD.it is important to lay a good foundation of lifeB.s lifeC.he doesn39。Do the dishes yourself at home.Be a good language learner.C.D.Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook.B.Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times.D. wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，白手起家的億萬富翁比爾 （1）考查主旨大意。s richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The selfmade billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.”世界首富比爾這位白手起家的億萬富翁說，他覺得自己不懂外語很愚蠢。蓋茨的遺憾，故選C。根據(jù)第八段中的“but that he enjoys investing in shoes and rackets(球拍) when he plays tennis.”但他喜歡在打網(wǎng)球時，投資買鞋和球拍。 （3）考查推理判斷。由此可知，比爾 （4）考查推理判斷。由此推斷出比爾 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。 Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you39。 Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child39。 we are numb(麻木的）to new stimulation(刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits. The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began plaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost kneedeep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they39。 Another block to awareness is the obsession(癡迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a rubycrowned kinglet and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.s around them. I asked them what they39。 Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.（1）According to Paragraph 2, pared with adults, children are more ____________. to do wonders to others39。s advice. admit mistakes honestly.（3）The bird watchers39。t attractive to them. focus on arriving at the camp in time. forest in the dark is dangerous for them. are keen to see rare birds at the destination.（5）In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should __________. our senses to feel the wonders of the world rid of some bad habits in our daily life our mind to new things and ideas our best to protect nature【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B（5）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇散文。作者通過此文要告訴我們：放慢腳步，帶著我們所有的感官來感受周圍世界的奇妙。根據(jù)文章第二段Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child39。從而可以推斷出孩子更急于探索他們周圍的世界。（2）推理判斷題。作者舉這樣一個事例是為了向讀者傳遞這樣的