【正文】 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 Bacow, the former president of Tufts University, has taken over Harvard at a time when higher education is under attack for being financially out of reach to many Americans. But Bacow said his family39。 My parents came to this country with almost nothing, Bacow said. I wouldn39。t had the opportunity to get the college education.s family fled antiJewish (反猶太的) violence in Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union, before the start of World War II and went to the United States. His mother arrived in Brooklyn at age 19, having survived Auschwitz concentration camp. She was the only Jew from her town to have survived the war. Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad. As the Tufts president, Bacow traveled around the country, reaching out to alumni (校友), and he urged his faculty and deans to do the same, in an effort to boost donations to finance Tufts39。t get elsewhere.s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.（1）The reason why Bacow appreciates college education is that ________. A.his family changed their fate due to college educationC.a college degree helped his mother survive Auschwitz（2）What can we infer from the passage? A.Bacow39。Bacow39。Bacow39。reactivatingcausingdamagingtaking over（4）What is this passage mainly about? A.The history of Bacow39。The art of Bacow39。D.s way to individual success.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇名人傳記，講述了Bacow的個(gè)人成功之路。根據(jù)第二段中的“his family39?？芍xB。根據(jù)第四段中的“Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad.”Bacow欣賞大學(xué)教育的原因是他的家庭因?yàn)榇髮W(xué)教育改變了他們的命運(yùn)”。故選C。根據(jù)第五段中的“He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.”他還因領(lǐng)導(dǎo)美國度過911和2008年金融危機(jī)而受到贊譽(yù)?！蓖浦?jiǎng)澗€詞的意思是“使……恢復(fù)”。 （4）考查主旨大意。s leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to lowine students.”在Bacow的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下，Tufts花了數(shù)百萬美元在實(shí)驗(yàn)室和圖書館上?！北疚闹v述的是Bacow的個(gè)人成功之路。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 In the nineteenth century, one of America39。 Walt Whitman was born in eighteen nineteen in New York City. During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world. As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter. He was thirtysix years old when he published his first book of poetry in eighteen fiftyfive. He called it Leaves of Grass. It had only twelve poems. The poems are written in free verse. The lines do not follow any set form. Some lines are short. Some are long. The words at the end of each line do not have a similar sound. They do not rhyme.s greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Grass. Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman39。s poems. The new form of his poetry surprised many people. Even his own brother told Whitman that he should stop writing poetry. But Whitman had many things to say. And he continued to say them. Readers began to understand that America had a great new poetic voice.s poems praise the United States and its democracy. The poet expressed his love for America and its people in many ways. Experts today praise Leaves of Grass as a major literary work. In eighteen seventythree, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke. He spent the last years of his life in Camden, New Jersey. Whitman was poor and weak during the last years of his life. He died in eighteen ninetytwo. Some critics say Walt Whitman was a spokesman for democracy. Others say he was not a spokesman for anything. Instead, they simply call him a great poet.（1）What can we know about Whitman? A.He is the first great poet in the USAC.His poems show his love for his country.（2）Why was Leaves of Grass refused at first? A.The form of poetry is special.C.t famous then.D.Accused.B.Published.D.Walt Whitman—a Great SoldierB.Walt Whitman and Leaves of GrassD. Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草葉集》。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Walt Whitman39。Walt Whitman的詩贊美美國及其民主。可知選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“The new form of his poetry surprised many people. （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)?！笨芍?，人們不接受Walt Whitman的詩集，可推知denounced可能是“指責(zé)，批評(píng)”之意，選A?？v觀全文可知，本文講述了美國著名作家Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草葉集》，并圍繞《草葉集》的開始不被接受到最后的大受歡迎展開，故選C。7．閱讀理解 We can understand, then, why Chinese historians were so excited when they found cave paintings which show ancient science. They found these paintings in the worldrenowned Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City, in Northwest China39。 Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings showing ancient weaving machines and then toothbrushes! The paintings also give some evidence of the lifestyle at the time with, for example, pictures of people boiling milk over 1,000 years ago. Experts believe that there is more evidence to be found, but even now the caves are a wonderful natural museum. If the walls and ceilings of the caves were all put together they would form a tapestry 20 kilometers long and 2 meters high!t be possible to travel back in timethat only happens in filmsbut visiting these caves would be the nearest experience you could get to travelling back in time.（1）Why were Chinese historians excited when they found cave paintings showing ancient sci