【正文】 happy to be the receiving end of them. may have negative influence on society. often hide good intentions in the messages.（3）How are rumors like trees? keep changing, just as trees change their color. are deeply rooted in reality, like tree roots in the earth. rumors have gaps, like the space between tree branches. rumors grow out of the original, like branches out of a trunk.（4）What does the underlined word viral in Paragraph 4 probably mean? easily spread acceptable easily defended. beneficial.（5）Which of the following may the author agree with? is easy to prevent people from spreading rumors. are often active in judging the rumors critically. should think about the hidden message of the rumors. told by the victors are usually better worth trusting.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）D（4）A（5）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，介紹了什么是謠言，謠言的危害，特點及怎樣避免謠言。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“In more traditional times they shook entire families.”；第二段中的“The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally.”；以及第四段中的“Another property of rumors is that they tend to bee viral.”等信息可知作者認為謠言會對個人生活和社會造成混亂，作者對謠言是批評的態(tài)度。故選A。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally.”可知謠言會對個人生活和社會造成混亂，給社會帶來不良影響。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Change: It acts like a tree. New rumors branch out to fill in the gaps left by the initial rumor.”把謠言比作樹，新謠言的出現(xiàn)填補了最初謠言留下的空白。這說明新的謠言從原來的地方冒出來，就像樹枝從樹干冒出來一樣。故選D。 （4）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第四段中的“Each receiver is at the same time a potential transmitter of the information. The receiver often adds their own opinion. Their manner and tone of transmitting it also changes it.”可知每個接收者同時又是信息潛在的發(fā)送者。接收者通常還會添加自己的觀點或改變信息。這是在說謠言的危害，像病毒一樣容易傳播。畫線的“viral”即指像病毒一樣容易傳播，故選A。 （5）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“It is that we should be critical of the information we receive. We should ask ourselves if the source is reliable. Ask (if possible) the person you heard it from whether they also trust the information. We should also think about if the rumor benefits someone, and if that someone started the rumor.”可知我們要理性對待謠言，核實信息的準確性，可信度，評估對別人的影響，即考慮謠言的背后信息。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解 A recent documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has caused a stir in China and in the UK. The documentary, titled Are Our Kids Tough Enough? focuses on five Chinese teachers who are sent to teach 50 UK teens at a school in Hampshire. The teachers instruct the students for a month. The pupils are then tested, and the results are pared to the ones of those who have continued in the regular UK education system. The idea is to see if the Chinese method improves academic performance. The Chinese teachers use their own teaching methods but receive strong resistance from the students. A clip from the documentary online shows some problems, with Chinese teachers calling their students lazy and lacking in discipline, while the students say the high pressure and harsh teachers are driving them crazy. This has aroused a new debate in both China and the UK, with some arguing the teenagers need more regulation and discipline. Others say Chinese methods encourage rote learning (死記硬背) instead of independent thinking. For instance, Chinese language teachers should do more than pass on knowledge about words and characters. They should inspire students, helping them feel the sentiment from Chinese literature. This is a higher level of teaching. Yang Dongping, dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, says, The Chinese teaching methods are designed to strictly train the majority. Foreign teaching methods, however, are more natural and relaxing, and designed to inspire students39。 interest in learning. Education methods are based on culture. That is why a successful education method in one place may not work that well when simply 39。transplanted39。 into another place. Yang Dongping says, The documentary does reflect some problems rooted in traditional Chinese teaching methods. Nobel prize winner, Yang Zhenning, gave a very fair ment on this issue. He said the Chinesestyle education method works for most ordinary qualified students effectively, helping them reach high standards. However, it may weaken the training for highpotential outstanding students.（1）Why are five Chinese teachers sent to teach 50 UK teens? test the intelligence of the UK teens. help the school improve their teaching efficiency. do some practical research into the UK education system. test the effectiveness of Chinese teaching methods.（2）What39。s the meaning of the underlined word harsh in the fourth paragraph? strict friendly cold attractive（3）According to Yang Dongping Chinese teaching methods ______. all countries be improved the best in the world not as good as British methods【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，一部關于教學方法的紀錄片在中英兩國引起了不小的關注——五名中國老師被派去教英國學生，結(jié)果學生很不適應，這說明教學方法是以文化為基礎的，在一個國家取得成功的教學方法在另一個國家不一定奏效。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“The idea is to see if the Chinese method improves academic performance.”這個想法是為了看看中國的方法是否能提高學習成績，可知，五名中國老師被派去教英國學生是為了檢驗中國教學方法的成效。故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第四段中的“with Chinese teachers calling their students lazy and lacking in discipline, while the students say the high pressure and harsh teachers are driving them crazy.”中國老師稱他們的學生懶惰和缺乏紀律，而學生則說壓力太大和嚴厲的老師讓他們發(fā)狂。由此可知，劃線詞意為“嚴厲的”。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The Chinese teaching methods are designed to strictly train the majority. Foreign teaching methods, however, are more natural and relaxing, and designed to inspire students39。 interest in learning. Education methods are based on culture.”可知，楊東平認為，中國的教學方法側(cè)重于嚴格要求，而英國的教學方法更為自然和輕松，旨在激發(fā)學生的學習興趣，教學方法是以文化為基礎的。由此可知，楊東平認為中國的教學方法有待改進。故選B。 【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，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 Parents who have books in the home increase the level of education their children will attain(獲得), whether rich or poor, according to a 20year study led by Mariah Evans. For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor(預