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Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

（2018·

河北廊坊市高三年级教学质量监测）

April23marksthe400thanniversaryofWilliamShakespeare'

sdeath.OrganizationsinBritainhaveplannednumerouseventstohonorhim.

InStratforduponAvon,hisbirthplace,thetourismorganizationhasagreatnumberoffreeevents,includingperformancesofShakespeare'

splays,andadazzlingfireworksdisplay.AndtheBBCisbroadcastingaliveshowfromStratforeuponAvon,celebratingShakespeare'

swidespreadinfluenceontheworld.InEngland'

scapital,theLondonShakespeareCentreandKing'

sCollegeLondonareholdingaseriesofpublicperformances,exhibitionsandactivities.Itisn'

tjustEnglandthathonorstheanniversaryofthedeathofthisextraordinarywriter.InWashington,D.C．，theFolgerShakespeareLibrary,whichhousestheworld'

slargestcollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoWilliamShakespeare,isdisplayingaseriesofexhibitions.

Shakespeareisprobablythemostfamousauthorwhoeverlivedandisconsideredageniusbymost.Hewrotearound37playsand154sonnets（十四行诗）,andhisworkhasbeentranslatedintooveronehundredlanguages!

Hepennedbeautifulmetaphors（暗喻）,seriousdramasandamusingtales.

Shakespearealsoinventedmanynewtermsandphrases.Ifsomeone'

sbehaviorsuggestedtheywerenotbeinghonestandshouldnotbetrusted,Shakespearecalledtheiractionssuspicious.Ifsomeonewasbeingsillyandperhapslookinglikeafool,Shakespearefoundtheiractionslaughable.AndShakespearecalledpeoplewhoofferedtheiropinionsonthequalityofsomethingcritics.Today,forinstance,foodcriticsandfilmcriticsgiveaudiencestheiropinionsoffoodsandfilms.Thefamiliarphrase“breaktheice”comesfromShakespeare'

splayTheTamingoftheShrew.“Theiceisbroken”whenadifficultconversationormeetingiscalmedbysomebasicintroduction,suchasasimplegame.MorecommonwordscoinedbyShakespeareincluderoad,gossip,lonely,bumpandhurry.

Fourhundredyearsafterhisdeath,Shakespearesurelyliveson,ineverydayspeech,asthemostfamouswriterofalltime!

【语篇解读】　　4月23日是威廉·

莎士比亚逝世第四百周年纪念日。

英国的各种组织计划活动来纪念他。

1．Themainideaofthetextis________.

A．the400thanniversaryofShakespeare’sdeath

B．theinfluenceShakespearehasonEnglish

C．theachievementsofWilliamShakespeare

D．Shakespeare'

scolorfulandfruitfullife

解析：

A　主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段的句子“April23marksthe400thanniversaryofWilliamShakespeare'

sdeath.”可知，文章主要介绍4月23日是威廉·

故选A。

2．Shakespeareishonoredinthefollowingwaysexcept________.

A．agreatnumberoffreeeventsinStratforduponAvon

B．aseriesofactivitiesintheLondonShakespeare

Centre

C．aseriesofexhibitionsintheFolgerShakespeareLibrary

D．aliveshowofShakespearefromStratforduponAvon

D　细节理解题。

根据文章第二段的句子“InStratforduponAvon,hisbirthplace,thetourismorganizationhasagreatnumberoffreeevents，”可知，A是对的；

根据“InEngland'

sCollegeLondonareholdingaseriesofpublicperformances,exhibitionsandactivities.”可知，B是对的；

根据“theFolgerShakespeareLibrary,whichhousestheworld'

slargestcollectionofdocumentsrelatingtoWilliamShakespeare,isdisplayingaseriesofexhibitions.”可知，C是对的；

根据“AndtheBBCisbroadcastingaliveshowfromStratforeuponAvon,celebratingShakespeare'

swidespreadinfluenceontheworld.”可知，D是错的。

故选D。

3．Accordingtothenext,asimplygametomakeadifficultconversationeasyiscalled________.

A．anicebreaker　　　B．asuspiciousman

C．acriticD．alaughableman

A　细节理解题。

根据文章倒数第二段的句子“The‘iceisbroken’whenadifficultconversationormeetingiscalmedbysomebasicintroduction,suchasasimplegame.”可知，使得困难的对话变得容易的叫作anicebreaker。

B

太原模拟二）

Somescientistswillsayitisimpossibletoreadminds.Theywillalsotellyouthatyoucanmakeeducatedguessesonwhatapersonmightbethinkingorfeeling.Perhapstherereallyisnothingmysteriousaboutthepowertoreadminds.Perhapsitissimplyhumansensebasedonobservationandeducatedguessesafterall，butthat'

sreallyausefulabilitytolearn.

Learnbodylanguage.Howapersonmovesandholdstheirhands，andevenwhattheireyesaredoingareactuallytellingaboutwhatisgoingoninsidetheirhead.Forexample，pupils（瞳孔）tendtogrowlargerwhenyouareinterestedinorexcitedaboutsomething.Ifyouaretalkingtosomeoneandmakingeyecontact，findingtheirpupilsarelargeandround，chancesarethattheyarenotfeigninginterestintheconversation.Someonebitingtheirnailsisprobablynervous.Someonewhofoldstheirarmsacrosstheirchestwhentheyarenotcoldisprobablytryingtoputabarrierbetweenyouandthemselves.

Learntomentallyputyourselfinanother'

splace.Scientistshaverecentlydiscoveredthatyourbrainhasneurons（神经元）thatbecomeactivewhenyouwatchsom