任务型阅读单元测试题+答案

一、高中英语任务型阅读

1．根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Little Habits Make a Big Difference

Everything around us is changing at amazing speed, it seems ̶ but some things will always remain the same.________ Some of our daily habits have the power to always give us happiness and lead us toward success. Here are some little habits that can make a big difference: ________

Many studies have linked early rising with success. An early morning wake-up carries benefits including better planning and anticipation（预料）of problems, and more time to do the things that make you happy.

Happiness comes to those who are curious.

________ As long as you live, there will always be something to learn, and as long as you follow your heart and your passions, you won't miss out on learning. Believe in yourself and all that your are.

________ Confidence is the key to success ̶ the thing that lets you look at the past without regret, stay grounded in the present, and prepare for the future without fear. A day well spent gets you a good night sleep.

Enough sleep makes you feel healthier and happier, and it's more than lifting up your mood or removing exhaustion. Adequate sleep is a key part of your health and inner happiness. ________ It doesn't take a huge effort to make a significant change in your life－using one or two tiny habits may be all you need. Get started today and you'll soon be experiencing the rewards. A. That's why habits are so powerful.

B. The ground work of all happiness is good health. C. Early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy, and wise. D. The habit of respect means treating everyone with kindness. E. Nothing will ever make you happier than having faith in yourself. F. When you rest better, you can live better and achieve more happiness. G. There is no stage in life when we can't be learning something valuable. 【答案】 A；C；G；E；F

【解析】【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了养成几个好习惯可以对人生有很有益的影响。

（1）根据上文可知，虽然我们周围的一切变化的速度非常快，但是有些事情总是不变，这就是习惯的力量，故选A。

（2）根据下文可知，本段介绍的是早起的好处，早起经常与成功联系在一起，所以作为本段的标题，这里也应该说早起的好处，故选C。

（3）根据上下文可知，这一段讲述的是人只要活着，总有要学习的东西。时常保持着好奇心，好学习的人总会感到幸福。因此G选项“人生中的任何一个阶段都能够学到珍贵的东西”符合题意，故选G。

（4）根据上下文可知，这一段讲述的是要相信自己，自信是成功的关键，E选项中的have faith in yourself正是此意，故选E。

（5）根据上文可知，本段讲述了休息的重要性，休息得越好，才会感到更加幸福，故选F。

【点评】阅读理解七选五解题步骤

1）分析选项，串联主题：了解文章的主题、大意，会让解题的方向更明确。 2）研究空格前后，对比选项，选择答案。 3）复读短文，核对答案：为了保证答案的正确性，一定要把答案代入原文，进行核对检查。

2．任务型阅读

Observational Learning: To See Is to Know

A group of psychologists, led by Albert Bandura, developed social learning theory, which emphasizes the fact that much learning occurs in a social context. This kind of learning, which results simply from observing and imitating the behavior of others, is called observational learning. Observational learning helps people acquire proper behavior in their families and cultures. By watching others, we learn how to greet people, eat, laugh and tell jokes. Do you still remember your first few days in senior grade one? By watching others, you learned how people talked to each other, what clothes were \"fashionable,\" and how to interact with instructors. With modeling, you observe others' behaviors, and then none, some, or all of these behaviors may be learned and repeated, or modified. In one of Bandura's classic studies, children were divided into three groups: One group watched an adult beating up a Bobo doll, one group watched an adult ignoring the Bobo doll, and the third didn't see an adult at all. After being mildly frustrated by being placed in a room with toys, but not being allowed to play with some of them, all of the children were then placed in another room with a variety of toys, including a Bobo doll. Children in the first group tended to imitate what they had seen, mistreating the doll (and inventing new ways to abuse it).

Researchers have discovered that several characteristics of models can make learning through observation more effective. Not surprisingly, the more you pay attention to the model, the more you learn. You are more likely to pay attention if the model is an expert, is good looking, has high status, or is socially powerful. Second, by watching others, we learn about what behaviors are appropriate for people like ourselves, so models who are seen as similar are more readily imitated. All students need to see successful, capable models who look and sound like them. Then, as teachers, how can you apply observational learning? Here are a few guidelines. Above all, model the behaviors and attitudes you desire your students to learn. For example, show enthusiasm for the subject you teach. Be willing to demonstrate both the mental and the physical tasks you expect the students to perform. Second, use peers, especially class leaders, as models. For example, in group work, pair students who do well with those who are having difficulties. Third, you may seek the help of class leaders in modeling behaviors. Examples include letting high-status students lead an activity when you need class cooperation or when students are likely to be reluctant at first.

Observational Learning: To See Is to Know ________ And application of Observational learning is learning that occurs through observational learning ________ and imitation of others. Observational learning helps people learn how to behave________in their families and cultures. Models and their ________ Models are the people who present behavior for you to imitate. Bandura's study shows that if children observe an adult beating up a doll, they will become________. Characteristics of models that make Children are more ________ to imitate models who are observational learning more effective. experts, good looking, powerful and have high status. Models ________ to ourselves promote observational learning. How to use observational learning in ________ Modeling the ________ behaviors and attitudes is an important approach. Using peers, especially class leaders, as models is another method. ________ the help of class leaders in modeling behavior is also a good choice. 【答案】 Definition / Concept / Meaning；observation；properly / appropriately / well；impacts；aggressive / violent / rude；likely；similar；teaching / education / instruction；desired / expected / target；Seeking

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍什么是观察学习，观察学习的应用，怎么将观察学习用于教学。

（1）考查信息归纳。根据右边的内容：Observational learning is learning that occurs through ________ and imitation of others.可知这是观察学习的定义，故填 Definition / Concept / Meaning。

（2）考查词性转化。根据第一段中的“This kind of learning, which results simply from observing and imitating the behaviors of others, is called observational learning.”可知将observing 改成observation。

（3）考查词性转化。根据第一段中的“Observational learning helps people acquire proper behaviors in their families and cultures”可知将proper改成 properly / appropriately / well。 （4）考查原词重现。根据第二段中的“Children in the first group tended to imitate what they had seen, mistreating the doll (and inventing new ways to abuse it)。”可知看见不好的行为的孩子自己也会学习，有虐待性，故填abusive。

（5）考查原词重现。根据第二段可知这里介绍榜样的影响，故填impacts。

（6）考查原词重现。根据第三段中的“You are more likely to pay attention if the model is an expert, is good looking, has high status, or is socially powerful.”可知填likely。

（7）考查句意理解。根据第三段中的“Second, by watching others, we learn about what behaviors are appropriate for people like ourselves,”可知和我们相像的人会促进观察学习。

like=\" similar\" to，故填similar。

（8）考查词性转化。根据第四段中的“Then, as teachers, how can you apply observational learning?”可知怎么将观察学习应用于教学中，故填 teaching / education / instruction。 （9）考查词性转化。根据第四段中的“Above all, model the behaviors and attitudes you desire your students to learn. ”可知将desire改成desired / expected / targeted。

（10）考查词性转化。根据第四段中的“Third, you may seek the help of class leaders in modeling behaviors. ”可知将seek改成Seeking。

【点评】本题考点涉及信息归纳，词性转化和原词重现三个题型的考查，是一篇介绍类阅读，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，结合相关的词汇知识和词汇知识，写出正确的答案。

3．请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意:每个空格只填1个单词。

The urge to share our lives on social media

People have long used media to see reflections of themselves. Long before mobile phones or even photography, diaries were kept as a way to understand oneself and the world in which one lives. In the 18th and 19th centuries, as diaries became more popular, middle-class New Englanders, particularly white women, wrote about their everyday lives and the world around them.

These diaries were not a place into which they poured their innermost thoughts and desires, but rather a place to chronicle (记录) the social world around them. The diaries captured the everyday routines of mid-19th-century life, and women diarists in particular focused not on themselves but on their families and their communities.

Diaries today are, for the most part, private. But things were different for these New England diaries. Young women who were married would send their diaries home to their parents as a way of maintaining kin (血缘) relations. When family or friends came to visit, it was not uncommon to sit down and go through one's journal together.

Diaries are not the only media that people have used to document lives and share them with others. We have long used media like photo albums, baby books and even slide shows as a means of creating traces (痕迹) of our lives. We do this to understand ourselves and to see trends in our behaviour. We create traces as part of our identity and part of our memory.

Sharing everyday life events can strengthen social connection and intimacy (亲密感). For example, you take a picture of your child's first birthday. It is not only a developmental milestone: the photo also strengthen the identity of the family unit itself. The act of taking the photo and proudly sharing it further reaffirms (再次证实) one as a good and attentive parent. In other words, the media traces of others figure in our own identities.

Today's social media platforms are, by and large, free to use, unlike historical diaries, which people had to buy. Today, advertising subsidises (补贴) our use of networked platforms. Therefore these platforms encourage use of their networks to build larger audiences and to better target them. Our pictures, our posts, and our likes are commodified—that is, they are used to create value through increasingly targeted advertising.

Instead of social media merely connecting us, it has become a craze (狂热) for information, continually trying to draw us in with the promise of social connectivity—it's someone's birthday, someone liked your picture, etc. There's a multibillion-dollar industry pulling us into our smartphones, relying on a longstanding human need for communication.

The urge to be present on social media is much more complex than simply narcissism (自恋). Social media of all kinds not only enable people to see their reflections, but to feel their connection as well. Passage outline Supporting details ♦ People kept ________to understand themselves and the world they live in. Features ________media of ♦ Middle-class Englanders, especially white women diarists focused on their families and communities. ♦ It was common for young married women to ________their diaries with family members or friends. ♦ We have long used media to partly show ________we are and what ________of media we have experienced in our lives. ♦ Sharing daily life events can make family members ________to each other. ♦ Today's social media platforms can be used for ________. ♦ Private data about us are used as ________through targeted Present situation of advertising. media ♦ Social media are trying to draw more people in by ________to their need for communication. Conclusion People are greatly interested in the use of social media for narcissism and social ________. 【答案】 early/primitive；diaries；share；Functions/Purposes/Benefits；who；close/closer；free/nothing；commodities；catering；connection/communication

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了早期的和现代社交媒体的特点和影响。 （1）考查信息归纳。根据第一段中的“Long before mobile phones or even photography，diaries were kept as a way to understand oneself and the world in which one lives”可知，早在手机和摄影出现以前，日记是人们了解自己和世界的方式，在手机和摄影出现以前的方式属于早期（最初）的媒体，故填early/primitive。

（2）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Long before mobile phones or even photography，diaries were kept as a way to understand oneself and the world in which one lives”可知，在手机和摄影出现以前，人们通过日记来了解自己和世界，故填diaries。

（3）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“Diaries today are, for the most part, private”及“When family or friends came to visit, it was not uncommon to sit down and go through one's journal together.”可知，现在，日记是很私人的东西，但在那时，已婚的年轻女性与家人和朋友分享自己的日记是很平常的事情，故填share。

（4）考查信息概括。根据第四段中的“Diaries are not the only media that people have used

to document lives and share them with others.”及第五段中的“Sharing everyday life events can strengthen social connection and intimacy”等信息可知，这两段主要介绍了社交媒体的好处（功能/目的），故填Functions/Purposes/Benefits。

（5）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“We create traces as part of our identity and part of our memory.”可知，我们创造痕迹作为我们身份和记忆的一部分，也就是说，我们一直通过社交媒体来展示我们是谁以及我们在生活中经历了什么，故填who。

（6）考查细节归纳。根据第五段中的“Sharing everyday life events can strengthen social connection and intimacy”可知，分享日常生活中的事情可以加强社会联系和亲密感，也就是说可以使家庭成员之间的关系更亲密，故填close/closer。

（7）考查细节理解。根据第六段中的“Today's social media platforms are, by and large, free to use”可知，现在的社交媒体平台都是免费使用，故填free/nothing。

（8）考查信息归纳。根据第六段中的“Our pictures, our posts, and our likes are commodified—that is, they are used to create value through increasingly targeted advertising. ”可知，我们的图片、帖子、喜好都是商品化的，它们被用来通过越来越有针对性的广告来创造价值，也就是说我们的私人数据通过定向广告被用作商品，故填commodities。 （9）考查信息归纳。根据倒数第二段中的“Instead of social media merely connecting us, it has become a craze ( 狂 热 ) for information, continually trying to draw us in with the promise of social connectivity—it's someone's birthday, someone liked your picture, etc.”可知，社交媒体不再只是把我们联系在一起，它已经成为一种对信息的狂热，不断地试图用社交连接来吸引我们——有人过生日、有人喜欢你的照片等等，也就是说社交媒体通过迎合我们的需要来吸引我们，故填catering。

（10）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“Social media of all kinds not only enable people to see their reflections, but to feel their connection as well.”可知，社交媒体会让人们感受到他们与外界的交流与联系，人们对此很感兴趣，故填connection/communication。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，信息归纳和信息概括三个题型的考查，是一篇教育类阅读，要求考生准确掌握细节信息，并，结合相关的语法知识和词汇知识，做出正确答案。

4．请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

If there is one word to describe the progress made in the last 100 years, it's connectedness. From the telephone to the radio to the TV to the Internet, we have found ways to bring us all closer together, enabling，constant worldly access.

I don't think I need to highlight the benefits of all this. But the downsides are also beginning to show. Beyond the current talk about privacy and data collection, there is perhaps an even more detrimental side-effect here: We now live in a world where we're connected to everything except ourselves. According to Pascal, we fear the silence of existence, and we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction and use the noise of the world to block out the discomfort of dealing with ourselves.

However, we ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is why we feel lonely an anxious in spite of being so intimately connected to everything else around us.

Fortunately, there is a solution. The only way to avoid being ruined by this is to face it. It's to let the boredom take you where it wants so you can deal with whatever it is that is really going on with your sense of self. That's when you'll hear yourself think, and learn to engage the parts of you that are masked by distraction.

The beauty of this is that, once you cross that initial barrier, you realize that being alone isn't so bad. Boredom can provide its own stimulation.

When you surround yourself with moments of solitude and stillness, you become intimately familiar with your environment in a way that forced stimulation doesn't allow. The world becomes richer, the layers start to peel back, and you see things for what they really are, in all their wholeness, in all their contradictions, and in all their unfamiliarity.

You learn that there are things you are capable of paying attention to than just what makes the most noise on the surface. Just because a quiet room doesn't scream with excitement like the idea of immersing yourself in a movie or a TV show doesn't mean there isn't depth to explore there.

Sometimes, the direction that this solitude leads you in can be unpleasant, especially when it comes to introspection (内省)—your thoughts and your feelings, your doubts and your hopes—but in the long term, it's far more pleasant than running away from it all without even realizing what you are.

Being alone and connecting inwardly is a skill nobody ever teaches us. That's ironic because it's more important than most of the ones they do.

Solitude may not be the solution to everything, but it certainly is a start.

The Cost of Connectedness Introduction ●________ the development of IT has brought us all closer together than ever before, we ________to connect ourselves while connected to everything. The disadvantages of ● We are afraid of a________ state of existence and the boredom it connectedness brings. ●We feel so uncomfortable when dealing with ourselves that we ________ from it all and choose to be aimlessly distracted by the noise of the world. ●We often ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is to ________ for our feeling lonely and anxious. The ________ to the ●You can deal with whatever is going on with your sense of self. problem ●You'll hear yourself, think, and learn to engage what is masked by distraction. ●Being alone isn't so bad. ________, you'll be stimulated by boredom. ●The world becoming richer and ,the layers starting to peel back, you'll have ________ views about what you see. ●You'll find yourself capable of being attentive to some things and ________ in depth beyond noise and scream. Conclusion ●Solitude is the first step you should take to save yourself from being ruined by ________ and anxiety. 【答案】 Although/Though/While；fail；silent/quiet；escape/ hide/ shrink/ withdraw；blame；solution(s)；Instead/Rather/Actually；comprehensive/thorough/ overall；exploring；loneliness

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，信息技术的发展让我们可以和除了自己以外的一切事物保持联系，也让我们害怕孤独和无聊。事实上，独处不仅能让我们克服这种恐惧，也能让我们认清自己和更全面的看清问题。孤独也许不是解决一切问题的办法，但它确实是一个开始。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的”But the downsides are also beginning to show. Beyond the current talk about privacy and data collection, there is perhaps an even more detrimental side-effect here: We now live in a world where we're connected to everything except ourselves.“可知，让人们变得更近的科技最近展示出了缺点，那就是我们生活在一个除了和自己，我们和一切都有联系的世界。故可推出\"科技的发展\"和\"我们和一切都有联系，除了自己\"之间是转折意义。填Although/Though/While。

（2）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的”We now live in a world where we're connected to everything except ourselves“可知我们生活在这样的一个世界，除了自己我们和一切都有联系，即我们没能与自己联系，fail to do sth，固定短语，\"没能做某事\"。空格处是主句谓语动词，一般现在时，主语是we，故用动词原形，填fail。

（3）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的”we fear the silence of existence“可知我们害怕独处。此处考查用a__________ state of existence替换silence of existence，通过分析可知空格处应填形容词，a silent/quiet state of existence=silence of existence(独处)。故填silent/quiet。 （4）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的”we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction and use the noise of the world to block out the discomfort of dealing with ourselves.“可知我们害怕无聊，取而代之，我们选择漫无目的的分散注意力，用世界的噪音来阻止我们面对自己时的不舒适感觉。故第4空处可译为We feel so uncomfortable when dealing with ourselves that we __________ from it all我们在面对自己时感到如此不舒适以至于我们想要躲避/逃离/退缩，此处是句子谓语动词，根据feel判断为一般现在时，主语是we，故用动词原形，填escape/ hide/ shrink/ withdraw。

（5）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的”However, we ignore the fact that never facing ourselves is why we feel lonely an anxious“可知，我们却忽略了事实，那就是从未面对过自己是我们感到孤独和焦虑的原因。never facing ourselves is to ________ for our feeling lonely and anxious.从未面对过自己应为我们的孤独感和焦虑感负责。此处用be to blame for”对……负责“符合文意，由to判断此处用动词原形。故填blame。

（6）考查原词重现。根据此空后面列举的内容可知，它们都是解决孤独的方法，且原文中”Fortunately, there is a solution.“也有提示，根据the判断此处填名词。故填solution(s)。 （7）考查推理判断。根据第五段中的”you realize that being alone isn't so bad. Boredom can provide its own stimulation.“可知你会意识到孤独并没有那么糟糕，无聊会提供它自己的刺激。Being alone isn't so bad. __________ , you'll be stimulated by boredom.独处并没有那么糟糕，相反/事实上，无聊会刺激你，符合文意，又此处是修饰句子，应用副词，故填

Instead/Rather/Actually。

（8）考查推理判断。根据第六段中的”The world becomes richer, the layers start to peel back, and you see things for what they really are, in all their wholeness, in all their contradictions, and in all their unfamiliarity.“可知独处时世界变得丰富，层次开始剥落，你看到事物的本质，它们的全部，它们的矛盾处，和它们的陌生处，即你对看到的事物有更全透彻的理解。再结合名词views判断此处应填形容词，故填comprehensive/thorough/ overall。

（9）考查推理判断。根据第七段中的”Just because a quiet room doesn't scream with excitement like the idea of immersing yourself in a movie or a TV show doesn't mean there isn't depth to explore there.“可知，仅仅因为一个安静的房间不会让你兴奋的尖叫，就像你沉浸在一场精彩的电影或电视节目一样，这并不意味着没有深度去探索，即安静的环境可以让人集中精力去深度探索。故此处用\"探索\"符合文意，在结合前面的of判断此处应用动名词形式。故填exploring。

（10）考查推理判断。本文主要讲害怕孤独对我们的危害，以及独处和无聊的好处，再结合”Solitude is the first step you should take to save yourself from being ruined by ________ and anxiety.“可知独处是你避免被孤独和焦虑毁掉所采取的第一步，可以总结本文，又根据and anxiety可知空格处应填名词。故填loneliness。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和原词重现三个题型的考查，是一篇生活类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而写出正确答案。

5．Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

The art of academic writing is not easy to master. ________ Academic writing is the skilful exposition and explanation of an argument, which the writer has carefully researched and developed over a sustained period of time. ________ But the joy of reading and sharing with others, one's succinctly composed piece of argument, is incomparable.

Before beginning to write, the writer must ask himself a few questions – Why am I writing? What is it that I intend to share with others? What purpose will my writing serve? Have I read enough about the topic or theme about which I am going to write? ________ Because academic writing is a serious activity – it makes one part of a shared community of readers and writers who wish to disseminate and learn from well-argued pieces of writing.

The structure of an argumentative essay should take the form of – Introduction (which should be around ten percent of the entire essay), Body (it should constitute eighty percent of the piece) and the Conclusion (again, ten per cent of the essay). ________ The body should include cogent and coherently linked paragraphs and the conclusion should re-state the argument and offer a substantial ending to the piece.

A. These questions may well get clearer and clearer during the process of academic writing. B. The introduction should function as the hook which draws the reader in and holds his attention.

C. It is a formal skill, which requires precision and accuracy, and is perfected by continuous and dedicated practice.

D. If one is hesitant to answer even one of the aforementioned questions, one had better not write at all!

E. It may take one a considerable period of time to know the skills of academic writing, even long after his/her college graduation.

F. It is a time-consuming activity and demands patience and perseverance.

【答案】 C；F；D；B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了如何掌握论文写作艺术的几点建议。 （1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“The art of academic writing is not easy to master.”可知，论文写作的艺术很难掌握，此处应该介绍论文写作难以掌握的原因，C项中的It指代的就是academic writing，故 C. It is a formal skill, which requires precision and accuracy, and is perfected by continuous and dedicated practice. “它是一种正式的技能，需要精确和准确，并通过持续和专门的时间来完善”符合语境，故选C。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“which the writer has carefully researched and developed over a sustained period of time.”可知，论文写作需要作者进行长期的认真研究，此处说的应该还是和花费时间有关的内容，的故 F. It is a time-consuming activity and demands patience and perseverance. “这是一项耗时的活动，需要耐心和毅力”符合语境，故选F。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本空前提到了一系列的问题，此处承接上文，讲的还是关于那些问题的内容，D项中的the aforementioned questions正好与前面提到的问题相对应，故 D. If one is hesitant to answer even one of the aforementioned questions, one had better not write at all! “如果一个人对回答上述任何一个问题都犹豫不决，他最好不要写”符合语境，故选D。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“The structure of an argumentative essay should take the form of – Introduction (which should be around ten percent of the entire essay), Body (it should constitute eighty percent of the piece) and the Conclusion (again, ten per cent of the essay).”可知，论文由引言和正文两部分组成，下文介绍了关于正文的内容，此处讲的应该是关于引言的内容，故 B. The introduction should function as the hook which draws the reader in and holds his attention. “引言应该起到吸引读者注意力的作用”符合语境，故选B。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

6．请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。 注意:每个空格只填1个单词。

Time for Americans to act on climate change

The climate crisis is worsening at a rate that is becoming harder and harder to ignore. For more than two decades, scientific reports have made it clear that global warming is real, that humans cause it and that the consequences will be disastrous.

The scientific community has become increasingly panicked over the past year. The latest assessment from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change painted a far more terrible picture than its previous analyses, and the long-awaited National Climate Assessment made clear that climate change represents a severe threat to human health as well as our economic security. Out of this panic came the treaty(条约)reached this past weekend by world leaders to keep the Paris climate agreement alive.

Yet many Americans still don't regard the threat as a key priority for our government, and support President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris treaty. Campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies have convinced elected officials to look the other way. A certain amount of despair has resulted in widespread apathy(漠然).

But there is another reason that has been discussed far less openly. While a growing number of people understand that climate change will have significant worldwide consequences, many Americans have an intuitive(直觉的)belief that their nation is more capable than others of adapting to a changed environment. Why? Because they have before.

This historical success, however, resulted from the federal government taking science seriously, and making investments to urge revolution and innovation.

But these innovations did not happen by themselves, or simply because of the United States' rich resources. They depended on consistent support from the leaders about the need to take action when faced with crises. This has been especially true in the environmental crisis. President Bill Clinton had a shockingly modest record of advancing climate security, particularly given that his vice president, Al Gore, had been one of the most outspoken environmentalists in Congress. By far Clinton's biggest accomplishment was assigning Gore to participate іn thе Куоtо Рrоtoсоl negotiations. Сlіntоn сhоѕе, hоwеvеr, tо аvоіd whаt ѕurеlу wоuld have been a terrible fight in the Senate to gain approval of the treaty. While this effort probably would have failed, it would have signaled to the American people how seriously the Democratic Party took climate change.

Thus, the time has clearly arrived for progressive candidates to start campaigning on a platform built around the need for a sustainability revolution. Such a plan should include a carbon tax, well-funded clean energy research, evolved agricultural policies and smarter public transport. Given that Generation X and millennials(千禧一代)never bought into the fiction that the United States is immune to the dangers of global warming, the time is ripe to make climate security a crucial government responsibility. Only by doing so can we begin the long-overdue(拖延好久

的)campaign to save the planet.

Time for Americans to act on climate change

Introduction More and more people have become ________ of the severity of climate crisis. It is human beings that are to ________ for the real global warming and should ________ for what they have done. Worldwide efforts Current American's responses ________ responses Given that human health as well as our economic security is ________ a severe threat caused by climate change, Paris Climate Treaty has been reached by world leaders. A negative Unable to grasp the seriousness of the threat, many attitude Americans are in ________ of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris treaty. for Elected officials turn a deaf ear to the threat on account of their ________ relationship with fossil fuel companies. A certain amount of despair has resulted in widespread apathy. Many Americans are wildly ________ about their ability to a changed environment. Earlier American's responses Inspiration ________ A(n) ________ Wisely assigning his vice president to participate in the attitude Kyoto Protocol negotiations, President Bill Clinton took climate change seriously. The Democratic Party used to take adequate notice of the form responses potential crisis of the climate change. It is high time for Americans to begin the long-overdue campaign to save the planet. 【答案】 aware/conscious；blame；answer；under；favo(u)r/support；Reasons；interest；sure/certain/optimistic；positive；Conclusion

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述的是越来越多的人意识到气候危机的严重性。现在是美国人应对气候变化的时候了。只有这样，我们才能开始拖延已久的拯救地球的运动。

（1）根据第一段第一句The climate crisis is worsening at a rate that is becoming harder and harder to ignore.可知，越来越多的人意识到气候危机的严重性。故答案为aware/conscious。

（2）根据第一段中For more than two decades, scientific reports have made it clear that global warming is real, that humans cause it and that the consequences will be disastrous.可知，真正的全球变暖是人类的责任，应该为他们所做的一切负责。be to blame“应该承担责任”，故答案为blame。

（3）根据第一段中For more than two decades, scientific reports have made it clear that global warming is real, that humans cause it and that the consequences will be disastrous.可知，真正的全球变暖是人类的责任，应该为他们所做的一切负责。answer for“对------负责”，故

答案为answer。

（4）根据第二段中the long-awaited National Climate Assessment made clear that climate change represents a severe threat to human health as well as our economic security.可知，鉴于气候变化对人类健康和经济安全构成严重威胁，世界各国领导人已达成《巴黎气候条约》。故答案为under。

（5）根据第三段中Yet many Americans still don't regard the threat as a key priority for our government, and suopont President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris treaty.可知，由于无法理解威胁的严重性，许多美国人支持特朗普总统退出《巴黎条约》的决定。In favo(u)r/support of“支持，赞成”，故答案为favo(u)r/support。

（6）根据右栏中的内容可知这里在讲“反应的原因”。故答案为Reasons。

（7）根据第三段中Campaign contributions from fossil fuel companies have convinced elected officials to look the other way. A certain amount of despair has resulted in widespread apathy(漠然).“化石燃料公司的竞选捐款已经说服当选官员们睁一只眼闭一只眼。一定程度的绝望导致了广泛的冷漠。”可知，由于与化石燃料公司的利益关系，当选官员对这种威胁充耳不闻。故答案为interest。

（8）根据第四段中While a growing number of people understand that climate change will have significant worldwide consequences, many Americans have an intuitive(直觉的)belief that their nation is more capable than others of adapting to a changed environment.可知，许多美国人对自己适应环境变化的能力极为乐观。故答案为sure/certain/optimistic。

（9）根据第七段中President Bill Clinton had a shockingly modest record of advancing climate security, particularly given that his vice president, Al Gore, had been one of the most outspoken environmentalists in Congress.“比尔·克林顿总统在推进气候安全方面有着令人震惊的温和记录，尤其是考虑到他的副总统阿尔·戈尔(Al Gore)是国会中最直言不讳的环保主义者之一。”可知这是一个积极乐观的态度。故答案为positive。

（10）根据最后一段最后一句Only by doing so can we begin the long-overdue(拖延好久的)campaign to save the planet.“只有这样，我们才能开始拖延已久的拯救地球的运动。”可知这是得出的最后结论。故答案为Conclusion。

【点评】任务型阅读的关键在看懂文章，然后根据题目要求作答，注意尽量用文章的语言填写答案。在文章中找不到答案时，要完全理解句子，根据同义词，句型转换的方式找到可以替换文章中的单词，短语或者句子的词。

7．阅读理解

When was the last time you sat on a park bench(凳子)? Did you stay for long? A new kind of park benches will limit the amount of time you can sit there. If you don't get up in time, it could be very painful: there are many sharp spikes (钉子) on the part that you sit on!

Visitors who want a rest on the bench need to put a coin in a machine next to it. Once the money was accepted, the spikes disappear into the bench. Then visitors can sit down comfortably, but only for half an hour. When the time's up, the spikes slowly start moving up again. It doesn't hurt at first, but after a minute, they start coming up even more quickly. They aren't long enough to cause serious hurt, but they do cause pain, as tests have shown. But why have they been

installed (安装)?

\"Our public park is very popular in summer,\" a spokesperson for the park explained. \"But with all the thousands of people who visit the park, there aren't enough benches for everyone. We want to make sure that the benches are shared by more visitors, and to stop people taking a bench and staying there all day. Installing spikes seems to be the fairest way of stopping people doing this.\"

（1）How is the new kind of park bench different from other benches? （2）What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? （3）Why are the new benches installed?

（4）The passage says, \"Installing spikes seems to be the fairest way of stopping people doing this.\" Do you agree with this? Please state your reasons.

【答案】 （1）It can limit the amount of time people sit on it (with sharp spikes). / If you don't get up from it in limited time, it could make you painful./ There are many sharp spikes on it to limit the amount of time people sit on it.

（2）It's mainly about how the new kind of benches work.

（3）They're installed to solve the problem that some people take a bench too long and others can't share it.

（4）Yes. If people are asked to pay for benches, they will not take it too long when they don't really need it. Thus, every visitor will have the chance to share it. / No. Benches in parks should be free to visitors. The park can build more benches to solve its problem instead of limiting the time when visitors have a rest on benches.

【解析】【分析】这是一篇说明文，介绍了一种新型公园长椅，其不同之处在于它上面有很多尖刺，用来限制人们坐在上面的时间。安装这种椅子的目的是为了让更多的人都能分享到长椅。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“If you don’t get up in time, it could be very painful: there are many sharp spikes on the part that you sit on!”如果你没有及时起来，那将是非常痛苦的:你所坐的部位有许多锋利的刺!可知新型公园长椅与其他长椅的不同之处在于如果你不能在有限的时间内离开它，它可能会让你痛苦。故答案为：It can limit the amount of time people sit on it (with sharp spikes). / If you don’t get up from it in limited time, it could make you painful./There are many sharp spikes on it to limit the amount of time people sit on it.。 （2）考查段落大意。根据第二段中的“Visitors who want a rest on the bench need to put a coin in a machine next to it. Once the money was accepted, the spikes disappear into the bench. Then visitors can sit down comfortably, but only for half an hour. When the time’s up, the spikes slowly start moving up again.”想要在长椅上休息的游客需要在旁边的机器里放一枚硬币。一旦这笔钱被接受，钉子就会消失在板凳上。然后游客可以舒服地坐下来，但只能坐半个小时。当时间到了，尖峰又开始慢慢地向上移动。可知第二段主要介绍了这种新型长椅是如何工作的，故答案为It’s mainly about how the new kind of benches work.。

（3）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“We want to make sure that the benches are shared by more visitors, and to stop people taking a bench and staying there all day.”我们希望确保更多的游客可以共享这些长椅，并阻止人们坐在长椅上一整天。可知安装它们是为了解决有些人

坐了太长时间的板凳，而有些人却无法分享的问题。故答案为：They’re installed to solve the problem that some people take a bench too long and others can’t share it.。

（4）本题为开放性题目，言之有理即可。故答案为：Yes. If people are asked to pay for benches, they will not take it too long when they don’t really need it. Thus, every visitor will have the chance to share it. /No. Benches in parks should be free to visitors. The park can build more benches to solve its problem instead of limiting the time when visitors have a rest on benches.。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，段落大意以及开放题型的考查，是一篇科研类阅读，要求考生准确掌握细节信息，根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行推理，概括归纳，从而写出正确答案。

8．阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

My dad is a kind, gentle man, and a man of few words. Throughout my life, he offered advice rarely. But the words were always appropriate to the situation I was facing.

As a teen when I struggled with making sense of the world around me, he said, “All things are relative.” He taught me the right view of the world. When I was offered the opportunity to be a manager of an organization as an undergraduate student, I asked him for advice because he was a senior manager of a large company. His advice was simple, “Only when you become the manager can you have a vision for how you can make the organization better; management isn't about power and it's about leadership.” I learned what I needed was not only to be responsible for my team but also to have leading ability. When I was feeling down, he explained, “Think that you make the wrong choices in life, sometimes.”

My dad is 86 now, living on his own and enjoying life while struggling with the challenges that aging brings. He keeps a positive attitude despite long pain and the losses that come in life. Although we live quite far away from each other, we talk daily on the phone, and he shares the joys of my young family. As I tell him how we're heading off cycling or on a trip or out to play tennis, now his typical response is, “Do it while you can.” This is very important. We can't be sure of the future. My father's advice is like the ancient dictum（格言）of “ carpe diem”— seize the day and enjoy it to the fullest.

My dad rarely “lectured me”. He trusted me, and helped me when I needed help. His patience and wisdom have been true gifts in my life. As I doubt my ability and my motivation, I recall his most recent gift of wisdom, “Do it while you can”. It's enough to “just get me started”. （1）Why did the author's dad tell him “All things are relative.”? (No more than 10 words) （2）What qualities should a manager have according to the author? (No more than 5 words) （3）What is the purpose of the author's father talking with him on the phone every day? (No more than 10 words)

（4）How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph? (No more than 10 words)

（5）How do you feel about the ancient dictum of “carpe diem”? (No more than 20 words) 【答案】 （1）To teach the author the right view of the world. （2）Both responsibility and leading ability.

（3）Learning (To learn) more about the pleasure of the author's family. （4）His father's words make him take action.

（5）(One possible version:) I totally agree with it, because I think one should seize the day to enjoy his life without regret.

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。作者介绍了自己的父亲及父亲对自己的教导和启发。

（1）考查信息提升能力。根据第二段中的“As a teen when I struggled with making sense of the world around me, he said, ‘All things are relative.’ He taught me the right view of the world.”可知，作者的父亲说“所有的事情都是相对的。”是为了教给作者正确的世界观。考虑词数限制，故答To teach the author the right view of the world.

（2）考查信息提升能力。根据第二段中的“I learned what I needed was not only to be responsible for my team but also to have leading ability.”可知，作者明白了作为经理他需要的不仅仅是对团队负责，还要有领导能力。考虑词数限制，故答Both responsibility and leading ability.

（3）考查信息提升能力。根据第三段中的“Although we live quite far away from each other, we talk daily on the phone, and he shares the joys of my young family. ”可知，作者的父亲每天和他通电话的目的实际上是想分享年轻家庭的快乐。考虑词数限制，故答Learning (To learn) more about the pleasure of the author's family.

（4）考查信息提升能力。根据最后一段中的“As I doubt my ability and my motivation, I recall his most recent gift of wisdom, “Do it while you can”. It's enough to “just get me started”可知，当作者怀疑自己的能力和动机时，他会想起父亲最近赐予他的智慧——“趁你能做的时候去做”。这足以让我“开始”了。由此可知，划线句意为，父亲的话让自己行动起来。考虑词数限制，故答His father's words make him take action.

（5）考查信息提升能力。此题答案不统一，答题时要有立场、要有依据，同时注意字数限制。例如：I totally agree with it, because I think one should seize the day to enjoy his life without regret.（我完全同意，因为我认为一个人应该抓住这一天，享受他的生活没有遗憾）

【点评】本题涉及信息提升能力的考查，要求考生准确掌握所给材料，根据上下文的逻辑关系，结合相关的语法知识和词汇知识，从而做出正确答案。

9．根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Some Steps for Breaking Through Your Comfort Zone

A comfort zone is a self--imposed boundary where a person will refuse to push past. Doing so usually fills him or her with nervousness and anxiety. So let's talk about breaking out of this comfort zone.

Get information. To break through your comfort zone you need to first educate yourself. Your goal here is to find out about whatever skill you're pursuing. You'll talk to people who have done the same thing.________ And you'll check out articles on the Internet about this subject. Have a plan. After educating yourself it's important to create a plan of action. With this step

you're going to write down a step -by- step blueprint for how you're going to break through your comfort zone.________ Then you create a plan to get to each level. In this plan you need to create benchmarks. These are mini -goals that put you one step close to pushing past your comfort zone.

________ This is an important step because the people in your life will keep you on track. You want them to give you that \"push\" as you're pushing your boundaries. They will make it hard for you to quit because you know you'll look foolish if you did.

Remain positive. There will be times when you experience a negative outcome, something that shakes your confidence and makes you feel scared. The trick is to not let anything prevent you from blasting past the point of comfort. Recognize that you will have negative outcomes.________

Keep expanding your comfort zone________ Find stuff that you never imagined you would do. Like teaching a class on the subject that once filled you with fear. Or you could work on a related skill.

A. Look for new challenges.

B. You can't become an overnight success. C. Have people around you know of your plan. D. You start with the easiest thing to do. E. It's a natural part of the process.

F. You won't have time to think about your fear. G. You'll read books on the subject. 【答案】G；D；C；E；A

【解析】【分析】介绍怎样突破突破你舒适区的一些步骤舒。 A. Look for new challenges.寻找新的挑战。

B. You can't become an overnight success.你不可能一夜成名。

C. Have people around you know of your plan.让你周围的人知道你的计划。 D. You start with the easiest thing to do.从最简单的事情开始。 E. It's a natural part of the process.这是过程中很自然的一部分。

F. You won't have time to think about your fear.你将没有时间去思考你的恐惧。 G. You'll read books on the subject.你会读关于这个主题的一些书籍

（1）由第一段最后句子，你会在网上查看有关这个主题的文章。前句应该是与选项G相一致，你要看这个主题的书籍。故选G。

（2）结合本段的小标题\"Have a plan.\"和空格后面的\"Then you create a plan to get to each level.\"前提是从最简单的事情开始。可知选D。

（3）结合前段的在这个计划中，你需要创建基准。这些是能让你更接近超越舒适区的小目标。,本段是讲让他人了解你的计划,以便随时帮助你,推动你成功,因此选C。

（4）根据空格前面的\"Recognize that you will have negative outcomes.\"认识到你会有消极的结果。\"可知,这是这个过程一个正常的部分。故选E。

（5）根据本段标题\"Keep expanding your comfort zone.\"和后面一句\"Find stuff that you would never imagined you would do.\"可知,空处应填\"寻找新的挑战\"。故选A。

【点评】七选五的答案选项较少并且给出的都是句子，因此，我们可以通过句子的完整性或句子但后面的标点符号来判断该句在我在中的位置。另外通过阅读选项，有可能找出跟其他选项表达不同意思的句子，就可以直接将该选项排除。

10．根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项。选项有两项为多余选项。 Although most parents don't like doing it after a long and exhausting workday, reading bedtime stories does make a positive influence on your child's emotional and mental health. ________ It helps to develop children's imagination.

Reading bedtime stories can develop your children's ability to form pictures or ideas in their mind. A healthy imagination makes their minds work well and teaches them to think quickly yet effectively. ________

It improves children's language.

Reading also improves your children's language. ________They'll most likely use those words in the stories you read right after they hear them. Listening to many stories helps kids to express their opinions better. ________

Reading books makes people more learned. When children hear the stories you tell, they learn grammar and vocabulary, for example. It helps them be successful in school as they already know a lot from your stories. What's more, every story has its moral aspect and tells them what's good and what's bad.

These reasons leave no chances of doubting whether to read bedtime stories to your children or not. ________They will thank you in future, I promise. A. It fosters children's affection for reading. B. It makes children knowledgeable.

C. Take a look at the best benefits of it and you'll never be lazy to do that. D. So however tired you are, find time to read bedtime stories to your children. E. Bedtime stories create just unforgettable moments.

F. They remember most words you say and enlarge their vocabulary. G. They'll be successful in many aspects thanks to a wonderful imagination. 【答案】 C；G；F；B；D

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章叙述的是“读睡前故事的好处”。 不管你有多累，找时间给你的孩子读睡前故事。

（1）上文提示“尽管大多数父母不喜欢在漫长而疲惫的工作日之后做这件事，但阅读睡前故事确实会对孩子的情绪和心理健康产生积极的影响。”承接上文，C项Take a look at the best benefits of it and you'll never be lazy to do that.（看一看它的好处，你就不会偷懒了。）切题。该项中的benefits和上文中的a positive influence相吻合。故选C。

（2）上文提示“健康的想象力使他们的头脑运转良好，并教会他们快速而有效地思考。”承接上文，G项They'll be successful in many aspects thanks to a wonderful imagination.（他们将在许多方面取得成功，这要归功于出色的想象力。）切题。此处关键词imagination（想象力），故选G。

（3）上文提示“阅读也能提高你孩子的语言能力。”再根据下文提示“他们很可能会在你听

到的故事中使用这些词。”承接上下文，F项They remember most words you say and enlarge their vocabulary.（他们记得你说的大多数单词，并扩大他们的词汇量。）切题。该项中的enlarge their vocabulary与上文中的improves your children's language和下文中的use those words相吻合。故选F。

（4）此空是一个小标题。根据上面两个小标题的结构，可知在A/B中选。根据第四段第一句Reading books makes people more learned.（读书使人们更有学问。）可知，B项It makes children knowledgeable.（它使孩子们知识渊博。）切题。该项中的knowledgeable与本段第一句的more learned相吻合。故选B。

（5）上文提示“这些理由不让你怀疑是否给你的孩子读睡前故事。”再根据下文提示“我保证，他们将来会感谢你的。”承接上下文，D项So however tired you are, find time to read bedtime stories to your children.（不管你有多累，找时间给你的孩子读睡前故事。）切题。此处关键词read bedtime stories to your children，故选D。 【点评】阅读理解七选五解题步骤

1）分析选项，串联主题：了解文章的主题、大意，会让解题的方向更明确。 2）研究空格前后，对比选项，选择答案。 3）复读短文，核对答案：为了保证答案的正确性，一定要把答案代入原文，进行核对检查。

11．Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

\"My work is done.\" Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through. It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. ________ One of America's bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed. But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though the ends are needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. ________ Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. ________ When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to generation from the Eastman Kodak Company.________ Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take unnatural pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn't afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never

learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn't just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity's moment.

A．It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor. B．George Eastman was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people's lives. C．In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people. D．For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony(祖传的财物) of a century's prosperity. E. Before George Eastman brought photography to people, painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors. F. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company. 【答案】 D；F；A；C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，由于在财务、技术和竞争方面管理不善。作为美国最重要的品牌之一，柯达即将消失，柯达时代已经过去。文章同时重点描述了柯达给人们的生活所带来的重大影响和意义，作者认为几乎每一张20世纪的重要照片都是伊士曼柯达公司送给下一代的礼物。

（1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“One of America's bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed. ”美国最重要的品牌之一即将消失，柯达时代已经过去。可知在财务、技术和竞争方面管理不善，20年来，柯达的领导人愚蠢地挥霍了一个世纪繁荣的遗产。最终导致品牌的倒闭。故选D。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. ”很少有公司为这么多人做了这么多好事，或如此深刻地定义和提升了一个国家乃至整个世界的精神。此处公司的指的是柯达公司，下文进一步强调柯达的作用：不认识Eastman Kodak 公司的作用，就不可能理解20世纪。故选F。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks.” 它向我们介绍了快乐的奥兹故土，从查理·卓别林到约翰·韦恩，从伊丽莎白·泰勒到汤姆·汉克斯。可知在列举柯达记录下的世界上重要的人物和事件，如：它向我们展示了杀死肯尼迪总统的那一枪，以及他的弟弟在厨房地板上流血不止。故选A。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to generation from the Eastman Kodak Company.” 几乎每一张20世纪的重要照片都是伊士曼柯达公司送给下一代的礼物。可知下文应继续强调柯达给人们生活产生的影响：在一个数码摄影简单的时代，当我们可以在任何时候拍任何东西的照片，我们无法想象在乔治·伊士曼把摄影带给人们之前的生活是什么样的。故选C。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

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Make the right choices

What is life's greatest gift?________Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice? It transforms us from dumb animals into artists. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice becomes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt (雕刻)our life. The tool doesn't come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility.________The reward is happiness.

Life is not still. It is a flow.________We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey. We need to ask questions: Am I moving closer to my goals? If not, what corrective measures can I take? What action will I take now to readjust myself to my goals? Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life.

________And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of them. For example, you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our lives are far more important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will experience happiness and fulfillment.

All chess lovers realize that it isn't necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game.________ A. It is free will or choice

B. You have to make choices every day

C. Make the best moves you can under the circumstances D. But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get

G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to 【答案】A；D；E；B；C

【解析】【分析】本文主要讲述了每个人每天都要面临各种各样的选择。正确的选择究竟会给我们的人生带来些什么呢？

(1)本空前有问句，空后出现choice这一关键词，A选项既回答上文问题又引出了下文choice的概念，随后下文承接该话题继续展开。故答案为A。

(2)其一，该项中carry out it中it指代的是上句中的responsibility；其二，虽然选择意味着责任，但是同时又会给我们带来巨大的回报，故答案为D。

(3)E选项是对上文的not still 和 a flow的进一步解释。另外，其中leads us与下文monitor 相呼应，且E选项中的closer to or farther from our goals与下文的Am I moving closer to my goal? to readjust myself with my goals吻合。故答案为E。

(4)其一，“因为每天都在选择，而使生活变得更加舒适和方便”。其二， 该空的后文举例说明前文的观点，故该空具有概括意义。故答案为B。

(5)上文叙述“生活就像下棋”，下文“要走出特定环境下最好的一步棋”，前后为顺接关系，

故答案为C。

【点评】做此类题时，注意分析篇章结构，找出各段的主题句或主旨大意。分析段落内部的层次，即语篇层次，体会句与句之间的意义关系，把握作者思路，从语序上发现断续点，理清层次。

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Nobody likes to think they are “that guy” at work.________. So, what are some of the rudest things that people do at work — and why shouldn't you do them? Behaving in an unacceptable way

The most common form of this is eating smelly foods at lunchtime. Other things alike include body smell and its opposite, the wearing of strong perfume, messy desks, or bad breath.________.

Checking email on your phone when you're talking to other people

A recent survey shows that 49 percent of people said their bosses checked their phones while talking with them.________. If you've ever wondered why your team members are unmotivated, this may be why. In fact, when you're talking to someone at work, you should reject any non-important calls. ________

Do you like the sound of your own voice? Great. Perhaps it's time you learned to like the sound of other people's voices too. If you interrupt others when they speak, they'll dislike you and discount whatever you're saying. And if you routinely take up three quarters of the meeting with your monologues（独角戏）, people will turn off and, quite rightly, start checking email on their phones. However, if you listen to what others say and show interest by asking intelligent questions, they'll love you and be likely to give you their support when you speak. Showing off how much you earn

________. If you show off your income to someone and then discover you get less than them, you'll look like a fool. If you earn more, they'll feel tired of you. So keep them guessing and hide your earning power in quiet ways — like always paying for the team coffees. A. Talking all the time B. Being a good listener

C. Team-working can never be ignored

D. All these things will become part of your personal brand E. It's better to be modest when you talk about your incomes

F. Bad behavior at work is common — and often we do it without thinking G. An interesting email is more valuable than the person you are actually talking to 【答案】F；D；G；A；E

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了不受人欢迎的人的几种不良行为。 （1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Nobody likes to think they are ‘that guy at work.”没有人喜欢在工作中认为自己是“那个家伙”。承接上文，F.Bad behavior at work is common — and often we do it without thinking“工作中的不良行为是很常见的——通常我们会不假思索地去做。”切题。故答案为F。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“The most common form of this is eating smelly foods at lunchtime. Other things alike include body smell and its opposite, the wearing of strong perfume, messy desks, or bad breath. ”最常见的形式是在午餐时间吃发臭的食物。其他相似的东西包括身体的气味和它的对立面，浓香的香水，凌乱的办公桌，或口臭。承接上文，D.All these things will become part of your personal brand“所有这些都将成为你个人品牌的一部分”切题。该项中的All these things指上文中smelly foods和Other things alike。故选D。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“A recent survey shows that 49 percent of people said their bosses checked their phones while talking with them.“最近的一项调查显示，49%的人说他们的老板在和他们说话的时候会检查他们的手机；再根据空后“If you've ever wondered why your team members are unmotivated, this may be why.“如果你曾经想过为什么你的团队成员没有动力，这可能就是原因。”承接上下文，G. An interesting email is more valuable than the person you are actually talking to“一个有趣的电子邮件比你实际交谈的人更有价值”切题。该项承接上文，引出下文内容，故答案为G。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“Do you like the sound of your own voice? Great. Perhaps it's time you learned to like the sound of other people's voices too. ”你喜欢听你自己的声音吗？太好了。也许是时候你学会喜欢别人的声音了。可知A. Talking all the time“一直在说”切题。，故选A。

（5）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段标题“炫耀你挣了多少”。根据空后“If you show off your income to someone and then discover you get less than them, you'll look like a fool.“如果你向某人炫耀你的收入，然后发现你比他们少，你就会看起来像个傻瓜。承接下文，E. It's better to be modest when you talk about your incomes“当你谈论你的收入时，最好是谦虚一点。”切题，故选E。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

14．根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Parents often say that they don't mind what their children do in life just as long as they are happy. Happiness and pleasure are almost universally seen as among the most precious human goods.________Philosopher Jeremy Bentham believed that all sources of pleasure are of equal quality, but John Stuart Mill disagreed. Mill argued for a difference between higher and lower pleasure.________Lower pleasure, in contrast, requires mere (仅仅的；纯粹的) senses. The entire debate assumes a clear divide between the physical and the mental.________What will it mean for our ideas about pleasure?

________Food is usually considered to be the lower pleasure. All animals eat, using the senses of smell and taste. It doesn't require any complex cognition (认知) to conclude that something is delicious. However, these people failed to appreciate something that the French food writer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin captured. That is, \"Animals feed; man eats; only the man of intellect(才智) knows how to eat.\"

Eating shows that the difference between higher pleasure and lower pleasure is not what you

enjoy but how you enjoy it.________Preparing it using the powers of reflection and attention turns it into a higher pleasure.

A. The dining table is a good place to start.

B. Wolfing down your food is a lower kind of pleasure. C. What's the real difference between high and low pleasure? D. What happens if the physical and the mental cannot be separated? E. All philosophers believed that cookery could never be a form of art.

F. Higher pleasure depends on human abilities such as self-awareness or language use. G. However, disagreements will be caused about whether some forms of pleasure are better than others.

【答案】 G；F；D；A；B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，幸福和快乐几乎被普遍认为是人类最宝贵的财富之一。然而，关于某些形式的快乐是否比其他形式的好，会产生分歧。John Stuart Mill认为快乐的高低是有区别的。且以就餐为例，指出吃表明高快乐和低快乐的区别不是你喜欢什么，而是你如何享受它。狼吞虎咽是一种低级乐趣，但是用心准备它就能将低级乐趣转变为高级乐趣。

（1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“Philosopher Jeremy Bentham believed that all sources of pleasure are of equal quality, but John Stuart Mill disagreed.”可知Jeremy Bentham认为所有快乐的来源都是平等的，但是John Stuart Mill不同意。可知关于某些形式的快乐是否比其他形式的好，存在分歧。故选G。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Mill argued for a difference between higher and lower pleasure.”密尔认为快乐的高低是有区别的。与下文提到了lower pleasure，即可知本句应是说明了higher pleasure。故F. Higher pleasure depends on human abilities such as self-awareness or language use.“更高的快乐取决于人类的能力，如自我意识或语言使用”。惩戒上下文符合语境，故选F。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“The entire debate assumes a clear divide between the physical and the mental.”整个辩论在生理和心理上有明显的分歧。其中physical and the mental可对应到D选项中the physical and the mental，意思为：如果身体和精神不能分开会发生什么?故选D。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“Food is usually considered to be the lower pleasure.”可知提到了food，故A. The dining table is a good place to start.“餐桌就是一个分歧很明显的地方。”符合语境，故选A。

（5）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“Preparing it using the powers of reflection and attention turns it into a higher pleasure.”用反思和专注的力量来准备它，会把它变成一种更高的乐趣。根据上文可知：狼吞虎咽是一种低级趣味。故选B。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

15．Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the sentences in the box. Each sentence can only be used once. Note that there are two sentences more than you need.

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they are meant to be there. They serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be your roommate, neighbor, professor, long-lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger whom you lock eyes with. ________ Sometimes things happen to you. ________But in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength and willpower. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. The people you meet affect your life. ________ Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most important ones.

________ Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possible can, for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked before, yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself. You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your won life and then go out and live it.

A. And the successes and downfalls you experience, create who you are. B. At the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair.

C. Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time.

D. Each person has his or her own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else's.

E. But you know that every moment they will affect you life in some deep way. F. Make every day count. 【答案】 E；B；A；F

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文，论述了我们要不断地学习，以创造出属于自己的生活。

（1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前的“You never know who these people may be : your roommate, neighbor, professor, long-lost friend, lover or even a complete stranger whom you lock eyes with.”可知，你永远不知道他们可能是谁：你的室友、邻居、教授、失散多年的朋友或爱人、甚至是一个与你四目相对的陌生人，故E. But you know that every moment they will affect you life in some deep way.“但是，你知道每一刻他们都以某种深刻的方式影响你的生活”符合语境，故选E。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后的“But in reflection you realize that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength and willpower.”可知，但仔细想想，你会发现，如果没有克服这些障碍，你就永远无法意识到自己的潜力、力量和意志力，故B. At the time they may seem horrible, painful and unfair.“在当时，它们可能看起来可怕、痛苦和不公平”符合语境，故选B。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后的“Even the bad experiences can be learned from.”可知，即使不好的经历也能从中学到东西，A. And the successes and downfalls you experience, create who you are.“经历的成功和失败造就了今天的你”符合语境。故A。 （4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后的“Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possible can, for you may never be able to experience it again.”可

知，珍惜每一刻，尽你所能从中汲取一切，因为你可能不会再经历这样的时刻了，故F. Make every day count.“让每一天都有意义”符合语境，故选F。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。

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Help Migrant Workers

There is nothing like going home. More so if it is for the Spring Festival family reunion. For a migrant worker it perhaps means even more. To be able to set out on a homeward journey with money from a year's toil in his pocket is the best thing he can think of. ________ They had to press hard for their defaulted payments, the salaries that were failed to pay up.

About 200 million migrant workers nationwide are something left behind by economic reforms and opening up due to their contributions in the past three decades. It is almost impossible to imagine life in these places without them. However, they still form a disadvantaged group. Their rights are violated in different forms. Among other things, unpaid salaries are the most painful of such violations that are likely to drive a migrant worker to desperate actions. ________ ________They have taken measures to prevent employers from holding back payments to them. Yet, as the financial crisis bites deep, some small enterprises that are struck the most try to reduce their economic losses by laying off migrant workers or refusing to pay them. So it is particularly important for governments at all levels to do an even better job in helping villager-turned-workers recover their unpaid salaries before the Spring Festival.

It is good news that quite a number of local governments have organized special taskforces to conduct inspections in those labor-intensive enterprises to make sure they have paid their migrant workers in a timely and fair manner. Construction commissions in almost all provinces have published hotlines for farmer-turned-construction workers to lodge complaints against their employers for withholding their salaries. ________ But we need to look for solutions that will work at all times. We need to put in place a mechanism that will effectively prevent employers from holding back salaries to workers.

A. Some have reportedly climbed up chimneys to jump to their death unless they get their defaulted salaries.

B. It is something every Chinese look forward to as the traditional gala draws near.

C. Unfortunately, weeks preceding the Spring Festival have turned out to be hard times for migrant workers.

D. Hopefully, these efforts will send more workers on a happy journey home for the Spring Festival with their salaries in their pockets.

E. However difficult the situations they are in, it is too cruel and unfair for employers to hold back salaries they should pay their migrant workers.

F. Objectively speaking, governments at various levels have done a great deal in helping these workers recover their defaulted salaries. 【答案】 C；A；F；D

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了帮助移民工人在春节前拿到薪水政府所采取的一系列的措施。

（1）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“They had to press hard for their defaulted payments, the salaries that were failed to pay up. ”可知由于没有拿到薪水，对于回家过春节的移民工人来说，是很艰难的一段时间。故选C。

（2）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空前“unpaid salaries are the most painful of such violations that are likely to drive a migrant worker to desperate actions.”可知下面要介绍一些讨薪时工人做出的绝望行为。故选A。

（3）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空后“They have taken measures to prevent employers from holding back payments to them.”可知这里讲的是政府正在采取措施帮助移民工人们拿到薪水。故选F。

（4）考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据空格前采取的一系列措施得知，这些都是帮助移民员工带着薪水回家过春节的努力。故选D。

【点评】本题要求在理解细节信息的基础上，着重考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。