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for most manual workers, work is a boring, dull, even painful experience. They spend all their working lives in intolerable conditions. The majority have little control over their work. It provides them with no opportunity for personal development. Many jobs are so routine that workers feel themselves to be mere cogs (齒輪) in the bureaucratic machine. As a direct consequence of their work experience, many workers feel alienated (疏遠(yuǎn)) from their work and their firm.(1)In the writer39。s opinion, people judge others mainly by ________. A.the type of work they doB.the place where they workC.the time they spend at workD.the amount of money they earn(2)According to the writer, to solve problems in an industrial society, we ________. A.should create more working opportunities for the poorB.have to get rid of the unequal aspects in workC.had better cancel all managing positions in a panyD.should encourage the manual workers to promote efficiency(3)What advantage does the writer say managers have over workers? A.They won39。t be out of work.B.They get time off to learn constantly.C.They can work at what interests them.D.They have plete control over themselves.【答案】 (1)A(2)B(3)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文,工作是人們生活的中心和主導(dǎo),工作也給人們帶來很多的問題。作者論述了這些問題。 (1)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的”What we do there largely determines our standard of living and our status to a considerable extent.“我們?cè)谀抢锏乃魉鶠樵诤艽蟪潭壬蠜Q定了我們的生活水平和地位,可推知,別人會(huì)根據(jù)我們的工作來評(píng)判我們。故選A。 (2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的”We cannot hope to solve the more obvious problems of industrial life, many of which arise from the frustrations created by inequality at work, unless we handle it determinedly.“我們不能指望解決工業(yè)生活中更明顯的問題,其中許多問題是由工作中的不平等造成的挫折引起的,除非我們堅(jiān)決地處理它,可知,我們的工作存在很多不公平的現(xiàn)象,除非我們堅(jiān)決抵制。故選B。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的”Their jobs engage their interest and allow them to develop their abilities.“他們的工作激發(fā)了他們的興趣,使他們得以發(fā)展自己的能力,可知,他們可以從事自己感興趣的工作。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇生活類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。6.閱讀理解 Smart Kids Festival Events Smart Kids is a collection of one hundred events scheduled in October. This year, it is experimenting with Pay What You Decide (PWYD). That is, you can decide to pay what you want to or can afford, after you have attended an event. You can prebook events without paying for a ticket in advance. Here are some of the director39。s picks. Walk on the Wild Side Not ticketed, Free Join storyteller Sarah Law to hear science stories about animals. Along the way you39。ll meet all sorts of beautiful creatures and discover life cycles and food chains. Best suited to children aged 59. Children under 8 must be acpanied by an adult. Introduction to Waves Prebook, PWYD Subjects range from sound waves to gravity waves, and from waves of light to crashing waves on the ocean. Mike Goldsmith explores the fundamental features shared by all waves in the natural world. Science in the Field Not ticketed, Free This storytelling night features a scientist sharing his favourite memories of gathering firsthand data on various field trips. Come along for inspiring and informative stories straight from the scientist39。s mouth. Join Mark Samuels to find out more in this funfilled workshop. Festival Dinner Prebook, 163。25 per person Whether you want to explore more about food, or just fancy a talk over a meal, join us to mark the first science festival in London. Which foods should you eat to trick your brain into thinking that you are full? Find out more from Tom Crawford.(1)In which event can you decide the payment? A.Walk on the Wild SideB.Introduction to WavesC.Science in the FieldD.Festival Dinner(2)Who will talk about experiences of collecting direct data? Law. Goldsmith. Samuels. Crawford.(3)What do the four events have in mon? .. by children. with adventures.【答案】 (1)B(2)C(3)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文,介紹了Smart Kids收集的在十月份舉行的四項(xiàng)以科學(xué)會(huì)主題的活動(dòng),以及各個(gè)活動(dòng)的內(nèi)容和特色。 (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“This year, it is experimenting with Pay What You Decide (PWYD). That is, you can decide to pay what you want to or can afford”可知PWYD中你可以決定付款,而四項(xiàng)活動(dòng)中只有Introduction to Waves有PWYD,故選B。 (2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Science in the Field 部分中的“This storytelling night features a scientist sharing his favourite memories of gathering firsthand data on various field trips.”可知Mark Samuels會(huì)分享他最喜歡的收集各種實(shí)地考察第一手?jǐn)?shù)據(jù)的記憶。故選C。 (3)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第二段中的“Join storyteller Sarah Law to hear science stories about animals.”和講故事的薩拉勞一起來聽關(guān)于動(dòng)物的科學(xué)故事;第三段中的“Subjects range from sound waves to gravity waves, and from waves of light to crashing waves on the ocean.”實(shí)驗(yàn)對(duì)象范圍從聲波到重力波,從光波到撞擊海洋的波浪;第四段中的“This storytelling night features a scientist sharing his favourite memories of gathering firsthand data on various field trips.”這位科學(xué)家會(huì)分享他最喜歡的收集各種實(shí)地考察第一手?jǐn)?shù)據(jù)的記憶;以及最后一段中的“ Whether you want to explore more about food, or just fancy a talk over a meal, join us to mark the first science festival in London.”無論你是想探索更多關(guān)于食物的知識(shí),還是只是想邊吃邊聊,加入我們來紀(jì)念倫敦首屆科學(xué)節(jié)吧。可知這四項(xiàng)活動(dòng)的共同點(diǎn)都是以科學(xué)為主題的,故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇介紹類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。7.閱讀理解 Every year migratory(遷徙的) bats travel from Mexico to Bracken Cave, where they spend the summer consuming insects that would otherwise hungrily eat mon food crops. But the bats have been showing up far earlier than they did two decades ago. In a study, scientists at Rothamsted Research, an agricultural laboratory in England, used radar data from 160 . weather stations to analyze activity in the Texas bat colony from 1995 through 20