1、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASix people are talking about the newly-built garden on the roof of their building.Jasmine: I loved the idea when Wilber first told me about it. We had lots of meetings with our neighbors, trying to make them understa
2、nd why its good to build a garden on the roof. Now people love coming here, and we have made a lot of friends!Wilber: The whole thing wasnt easy at first. But Jasmine helped a lot. And she was really good at making people happy to donate （捐赠） money for the roof garden.David: My kids love going up th
3、ere. They sit there watching butterflies and birds. The roof garden brings them closer to nature.Samuel: You want something green? Visit the park! Its only one block away! After the roof garden was built, small insects started flying into my room! And the kids leave mud on the stairs when they come
4、down from the roof!Rosie: Our building is now cooler in the summer. My baby sleeps well even on hot summer days!Flora: Guess where these tomatoes are from! Not from the supermarket. Theyre from our roof! Its wonderful, isnt?21. Who dislikes the roof garden?A. Jasmine. B. Rosie.C. Samuel. D. Flora.22
5、. What does Wilber tell us?A. Jasmine helped to get the money.B. Tomatoes grew well on the roof.C. Children always make stairs dirty.D. There are birds in the roof garden.23. What can be inferred from the interview?A. Babies like sleeping in the roof garden.B. Most of the speakers love the roof gard
6、en.C. The roof tomatoes sell well in the supermarket.D. David first came up with the idea of a roof garden.【答案】21. C 22. A 23. B【解析】本文主要讲了六个人对于新建的屋顶花园发表了自己的看法。21. 细节理解题。根据You want something green? 可知Samuel不喜欢屋顶花园，所以选C。22. 细节理解题。根据But Jasmine helped a lot. And she was really good at making people hap
7、py to donate （捐赠） money for the roof garden.可知Wilber告诉我们Jasmine帮忙筹集到了钱，所以选A。23. 推理判断题。通过六个人对屋顶花园的看法，可知大部分说话的人都喜欢这个屋顶花园，所以选B。BThe boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about a serious problem with one of the main computers.He dialed the employees home phone number and was greeted
8、with a childs whisper, “Hello?” The boss asked, “Is your daddy at home?” “Yes,” whispered the small voice. “May I talk with him?” The man asked.To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, “No.” Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, “Is your mommy there?” “Yes,” came the answer.
9、“May I talk with her?” Again the small voice whispered, “No.”Knowing that it was impossible that a young child would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just leave a message with the person who should be there watching over the child. “Is there anyone there besides you?” The boss asked the
10、 child. “Yes,” whispered the child, “a policeman.”Wondering what a policeman would be doing at his employees home, the boss asked, “May I speak with the policeman?”“No, hes busy,” whispered the child. “Busy doing what?” asked the boss. “Talking to daddy and mommy and the fireman,” came the whispered
11、 answer.Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter（直升机）through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, “What is the noise?” “A helicopter.” answered the whispered voice. “What is going on there?” asked the boss, now alarmed.In a serious whispering voice the chil
12、d answered, “The search team just landed the helicopter.” Alarmed and concerned and more than just a little disappointed, the boss asked, “Why are they there?” Still whispering, the young voice replied along with an unclear giggly（窃笑）, “They are looking for me.”24. Why did the boss call the employee
13、?A. He wanted to talk to the child. B. He wanted to join in the game.C. A main computer had broken down. D. He always cared about his employees.25. Who was not in the employees home?A. The child. B. The boss.C. A policeman. D. A fireman.26. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “ala
14、rmed” in Paragraph 7?A. Frightened. B. Interested.C. Warm-hearted. D. Inspired.27. According to the passage, what was happening in fact?A. The child was playing a trick. B. The boss was offering help.C. The employee was in danger. D. The child was missing.【答案】24. C 25. B 26. A 27. A【解析】本文主要讲了一个淘气的小孩
15、儿在搞恶作剧，躲起来让父母寻找，甚至惊动了警察和消防员的故事。24. 细节理解题。根据The boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about a serious problem with one of the main computers. 可知这个老板给雇员打电话是因为主计算机出故障了，所以选C。25. 推理判断题。老板给他的员工打电话，所以只有老板不在这位员工的家里，所以选B。26. 词义猜测题。根据Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what soun
16、ded like a helicopter（直升机）through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, “What is the noise?” asked the boss, 可猜测出“alarmed” 的意思是害怕，所以选A。27. 推理判断题。根据“Why are they there?” Still whispering, the young voice replied along with an unclear giggly（窃笑）, “They are looking for me.”可知事实上，这个小孩儿在搞恶作剧，所以选A。CM
17、ary bought a dress in a womens clothing store. She felt very happy about buying the dress until she got home. Then she remembered she had left her purse at the store. It was the third time that month that Mary had forgotten something important. Mary was angry with herself. She said, “Am I losing it?
18、Emma was teaching a class in mathematics at a college. She began to explain to the students how to solve a very difficult problem. She understood it very well. But somehow, at that moment, she could not explain it. Emma said, “I must be losing it.”Americans seem to have a lot of concern about losing
19、 it. At least that is what you would think from hearing them talk. They use the expression when they feel they are losing control. It can mean losing emotional control. Or losing the ability to do something. Or losing intelligence.Word experts differ about how the expression started. Some believe it
20、 came from television programs popular in the 1980s.Others believe it began with psychologists, who deal with how people think, feel and act.“We Americans have many concerns about controlling our lives. Perhaps we worry too much,” one psychologist said. “In many situations to say you are losing it e
21、ases the tension（不安）.”Its healthy. And most people who say they are having a problem are not losing it.People may feel more like they are losing it when they are “down in the dumps”. Word expert Charles Funk says people have been feeling down in the dumps for more than 400 years. The word dumps prob
22、ably comes from Northern European countries. The languages of Denmark and Norway both have similar words. The words mean to fall suddenly. Americans borrowed this saying. And, over the years, it has become a popular way of expressing sadness.28. What problem did Mary think she had?A. She easily lost
23、 emotional control.B. She had quite low intelligence.C. She seemed to have a poor memory.D. She lost the ability to shop wisely.29. How does the author explain the use of losing it?A. By describing his own experiences.B. By providing research findings.C. By giving instructions.D. By using examples.3
24、0. We can infer from the psychologist that .A. Americans worry too much about their health problemsB. its good for your health to say youre losing itC. people really lose it when they say theyD. Americans enjoy controlling their lives31. If someone feels down in the dumps,he or she .A. is in low spi
25、rits B. is losing somethingC. becomes less popular D. has a sudden fall in life【答案】28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A【解析】文章主要讲述了实时的表述“losing it.”有利于缓和气氛，对健康有益。一些国家使用“down in the dumps”表达悲伤，情绪低落。28. 细节理解题。根据“Then she remembered she had left her purse at the store.It was the third time that month that Mary had f
26、orgotten something important.” 然后她想起她把钱包忘在商店里了，这是那个月玛丽第三次忘记重要的事情了。可知Mary的记忆力不太好。根据题意，故选C。29. 推理判断题。根据文章第二段以Emma为例，她在大学教书，在解释非常困难的一个问题时，突然无法继续解释。根据题意，故选D。30. 推理判断题。根据“In many situations to say you are losing it eases the tension（不安）.”在很多情况下你说出失去它缓和紧张不安的气氛。可推知对人的健康有益。根据题意，故选B。31. 细节理解题。根据最后一段“The word
27、s mean to fall suddenly. Americans borrowed this saying. And, over the years, it has become a popular way of expressing sadness.” 这个词的意思是突然下降美国人借用了这个说法，多年来，它已成为一个表达悲伤的方式。根据题意，故选A。DHow many times a day do you check your email? When you wake up? Before bed? A dozen times in between? The technology tha
28、t was supposed to make our lives simple has taken up too much time. The average young man spends more than seven hours a day using technological devices（设备）, with an additional hour just text-messaging friends.The advantage of technological devices is connectedness: email lets us respond on the go,
29、and we are in touch with more people during more hours of the day than at any other time in history. But is it possible that were lonelier than ever, too? Thats what MIT professor Sherry Turkle observes in her new book,AloneTogether,which clearly describes our changing relationship with technology.F
30、or Turkle, the biggest worry is the effect the weak connections have on our development. Technology isnt offering us the lives we want to live. “Were texting people at a distance,” says Turkle, “Were using lifeless objects to convince ourselves that even when were alone, we feel together. And then when were with each other, we put ourselves in situations where we are alonealways on our mobile devices. Its what I call a perfect storm of confusion about whats important
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