A. He has a gift for writing music. B. He can write down the note he hears. C. He is a top student at the law school. D. He can play the musical piece he hears.,26. What is special about Samuel Osmond?,D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them可知選D。正確選項是該句的縮寫。順便提醒，有however或but的地方往往是出題的地方，可要注意喲。,A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents. B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician. C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability. D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.,27. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?,B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段最后兩句 “Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music”可知，Samuel按父母的意愿想做律師，按音樂教師的建議又學(xué)音樂?？梢姡媱澥亲雎蓭煻皇且魳芳业?，故選B。選項A(學(xué)法律是違背父母意愿意)與事實相反；選項C與“They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesnt even realize that what he can do is special.”不符；選項D錯對各半，易誤選，因?qū)W法律是父母的意愿而非老師的建議。,A. received a good early education in music B. played the guitar and the piano perfectly C. could play the piano without reading music D. could play the guitar better than his father,28. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _.,C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段最一句Samuel cant understand why everyone is so surprised和第 三四句 “I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music”可知，他不識樂譜就能演奏鋼琴，故選C。,A. He became famous during a special event at his college. B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately. C. He plays the piano better than many professional pianists. D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.,29. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?,B 推理判斷題。由第四段最后一句Samuel says confidently, “Its all about super memoryI guess I have that gift.” 可推出，選B。,A. The Qualities of a Musician B. The Story of a Musical Talent C. The Importance of Early Education D. The Relationship between Memory and Music,30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?,B 主旨大意題。也屬主旨要義題。第一段第二句however后就是全文的主題句，再結(jié)合全文，都是說學(xué)法律的Samuel有音樂天才，故選B。,A. She knew the car drivers well. B. She wanted to show kindness. C. She hoped to please others. D. She had seven tickets.,31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?,B 推理判斷題。第一段說Natalie Smith 為其后面的六輛車交費，第二段交待了其中的原因, 是她看到的 “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty”這句話給了她深刻印象，由此推斷，她是受這句話的啟發(fā)，她是在Practice random kindness，即show kindness，故選B。,32. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she _. A. thought it was beautifully written B. wanted to know what it really meant C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom,A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段第三句“I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why shed taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters可知，選A。選項B文中無信息支持，無中生有；選項C“決定將其寫在倉庫墻上”與文中“在離家很遠(yuǎn)的一個倉庫墻上看到這句話”意義不同，張冠李戴；雖然文中有她老公將其寫在教室的墻上，但并不是她要他寫的，更不是她抄寫這句話的目的，與事實不符。,A. Judy Foreman. B. Natalie Smith. C. Alice Johnson. D. Anne Herbert.,33. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?,D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本題是問“誰想出這句話來的”，由第四段中的 “It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper”可知，是Anne Herbert想出這句話來的?？捎门懦?，Natalie Smith是在朋友的冰箱上看到的，Judy Foreman是在倉庫的墻上抄下來的，Alice Johnson是從她女兒那得知的，她女兒是因為Judy Foreman的老公將此句寫在教室的墻上而得知的，故不是這三個人想出來的。,34. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above? A. Kindness and violence can change the world. B. Kindness and violence can affect ones behavior. C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves. D. Kindness and violence can shape ones character.,C 推斷句子意義。推斷詞、短語或句子意 思，需結(jié)合上下文去理解。本段中先是Anne Herbert解釋她想出的那句話的意思：你認(rèn)為 (生活中或世界上)應(yīng)該多一些存在的事，那么 你就隨意去做這樣的事。接著說她想象中的這類事包括“給破舊教室粉墻”“在窮人區(qū)的廚房 里留下熱飯”等善舉。那么該段結(jié)尾的話“善舉和暴力一樣可以在它們自己的基礎(chǔ)上建立起來”，其真正的含義是什么呢？再看看接下來 這一段，特別是第一句“隨意的善舉是可以傳 播或蔓延的”，可知“善舉同暴力一樣是可以自我繁衍的”，故選C。,A. People should practice random kindness to those in need. B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others. C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet. D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.,35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?,B 推理判斷題。由最后一段的第一和第二句可以推知：受到恩惠的人很可能會施惠于他人，將恩惠傳播下去。,admit vt. 承認(rèn)；坦言 randomly adv.任意地 fantasy n. 想象中的事 hand over交給 a local news reporter當(dāng)?shù)氐囊粋€新聞記者 pay your fare為你付了車費 some lady up ahead前方有個女士 It turned out that 原來是 impress sb. 給某人留下深刻印象 be informed被告知 spot vt. 發(fā)覺(discover)；瞥見(catch sight of) take to doing sth.習(xí)慣性地開始做某事 inspire sb. to do sth.鼓舞某人做某事,助讀強化,Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didnt know where it came from or what it really meant.,難句理解,結(jié)構(gòu)分析：admittingmeant是現(xiàn)在分詞短語作伴隨狀語，在這個分詞短語中，that引導(dǎo)一個賓語從句，在賓語從句中though引導(dǎo)一個讓步狀語從句，where與what分別引導(dǎo)一個賓語從句，由并列連詞or連接起來。 漢語大意：艾麗斯將其刊登在報上，并承認(rèn)雖然她喜歡它，但她并不知道它來自何處，也不知道它的真正含義。,A. His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge. B. His dream at university was to become a volunteer. C. He took pride in having contributed to the world. D. He felt honored to study English literature.,36. What do we know about the author?,A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段第二句 “My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical(我的學(xué)位是英國文學(xué)，盡管成績優(yōu)異，但并沒有真正讓我具備任何實用的東西)”可知，作者的大學(xué)教育注重的是理論知識，選A。,37. According to the Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author. A. discussed his decision with his family B. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work C. attended special training to perform difficult tasks D. felt sad about having to leave his family and friends,A 推理判斷題。由第二段最后兩句In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family(總之，我并沒有輕易決定申請燈塔計劃，我的家人也一樣沒有輕易決定此事)和第三段首句Eventually, however, I won the support of my family(然而，最后我贏得了家人的贊同)可以推斷出，申請燈塔計劃，是作者與家人一起討論商量決定的。,38. In his application for the volunteer job, the author _. A. participated in many discussions B. went through challenging survival tests C. wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work D. faced strong competition from other candidates,D 推理判斷題。由第三段的第二句 “After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone”可推知，作者面臨了與其他候選人的激烈競爭。選項A“參加了許多討論”，文中無信息支持，是無中生有，應(yīng)排除；選項B“經(jīng)歷了富有挑戰(zhàn)性的生存測試”，特別是由survival可知，編題者利用了文中的只言片語(survive test)，編造與文中不符的信息，迷惑考生，應(yīng)排除；選項C“寫了相當(dāng)多的有關(guān)志愿者工作的論文”與文中“sent in all the paperwork needed for the application(呈送申請所需要的所有文書)”不符，應(yīng)排除。,39. On arrival at the village, the author was _. A. asked to lead a farming team B. sent to teach in a schoolhouse C. received warmly by local villagers D. arranged to live in a separate house,C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family可知，一到達(dá)這個村莊時，他受到村民的熱情接待，故選C。文中信息是具體細(xì)節(jié)，正確選項是對其概括。選項A (帶一個農(nóng)業(yè)團(tuán)隊)是對I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse(帶領(lǐng)一小隊當(dāng)?shù)厝私ㄒ蛔滦Ｉ?的曲解；選項B(派到一個學(xué)校教書)與文中大約一年后在這所學(xué)校教書不符；選項D(被安排住在單獨的房子里)與they offered their homesas if I were their own family不符。,40. What can we infer from the authors experiences in Nigeria? A. He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture. B. He had learned to communicate in the local language. C. He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home. D. He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.,A 推理判斷題。由最后一段第一句all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer didand returned to the United States a different man可知，作者已適應(yīng)了當(dāng)?shù)亓?xí)俗，與之前相比，作者變化相當(dāng)大，由此推斷，作者為了適應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)匚幕遣蝗菀椎?，故選 A。由though I did not get anywhere with the local language(雖然我學(xué)習(xí)當(dāng)?shù)卣Z言并沒有取得成效)可排除B(他學(xué)會了用當(dāng)?shù)卣Z言進(jìn)行交流)；選項C(在他回家前已經(jīng)克服了所有的缺點)，文中既找不到任何信息依據(jù)，也因all使得此種說法過于絕對，應(yīng)排除；選項C(他被選為最受尊敬的老師)在文中沒有信息支持，無中生有，應(yīng)排除。,with honors成績優(yōu)異 anything practical任何實用的東西 survive the test通過考查 desperately in need of 迫切需要 accommodation n. 住處 report for the duty報到上班 presentation n. 展示；自我介紹 previous volunteers以前的志愿者 want to make a difference想干一番事業(yè)/有所作為 get anywhere 有點成就/進(jìn)展 stand out among the candidates在候選人中脫穎而出,助讀強化,Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and returned to the United States a different man.,難句理解,結(jié)構(gòu)分析：在I realized后的that引導(dǎo)一個賓語從句；在該賓語從句中，all those things是主語，其后的that，引導(dǎo)一個定語從句并在從句中作主語，no longer did是謂語；though引導(dǎo)一個讓步狀語從句。 漢語大意：在那期間的某個時候，我意識到，原來對我似乎非常陌生的或者不尋常的事再也不陌生或不尋常了，雖然我學(xué)習(xí)當(dāng)?shù)氐恼Z言并未取得進(jìn)展，回到美國時已是一個不同的人了。,41. The underlined phrase “swap meets” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _. A. fitting rooms B. trading fairs C. business talks D. group meetings,B 詞義猜測題。由前面的so many shoes和后面的to try and match left and right shoes to sell or wear，特別是sell，可知是建立“交易市場”，故選B。,A. what caused the shipping accident B. when and where the shoes went missing C. whether it was all right to use their shoes D. how much they lost in the shipping accident,C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段二、三、四句 “He phoned the shoe company and asked if they wanted the shoes back. As expected, the company told him that they didnt. Ebbesmeyer realized this could be a great experiment”可知，選C。,42. Ebbesmeyer phoned the shoe company to find out _.,43. How did Ebbesmeyer prove his assumption? A. By collecting information from beachcombers. B. By studying the shoes found by beachcomber. C. By searching the web for ocean currents models. D. By researching ocean currents data in the library.,A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段第二句Ebbesmeyer got to know a lot of them (serious beachcombers) and asked for their help in collecting information about where the shoes landed及其后幾句可知，選A，“通過海灘清理者收集信息”。,44. Ebbesmeyer is most famous for _. A. traveling widely the coastal cities of the world B. making records for any lost objects on the sea C. running a global currents research association D. phoning about any doubtful objects on the sea,D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。選項D“打電話詢問有關(guān)海 上任何有疑問的物體的情況”與文中call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean(打電話咨詢關(guān)于所發(fā)現(xiàn)的海上漂浮的不尋常的物體)意思相近，故選D。選項A無中生有；選項B“記錄了海上任何丟失物”，過于絕對，考生注意，凡是含any, all等過于絕對的選項，要重點核查文中是否有信息支持；選項C“管理一個全球洋流研究協(xié)會”與文中He has even started an association of beachcombers and ocean experts (他甚至發(fā)起了一個海濱拾荒者與海洋專家協(xié)會)意思不同,應(yīng)排除。,A. To call peoples attention to ocean pollution. B. To warn people of shipping safety in the ocean. C. To explain a unique way of studying ocean currents. D. To give tips on how to search for lost objects on the beach.,45. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?,C 寫作目的題，也屬主旨大意題。文章主題句 在第一段，即However, ocean expert Curtis Ebbesmeyer does it in a special wayby studying movements of random floating garbage，由此可知選C。,high-tech equipment高科技儀器 floating garbage漂浮垃圾 athletic shoes運動鞋 wash up將沖上岸 as expected不出所料 track vt. 追蹤 model vt. 模擬 reliable adj. 可靠的 assumption n. 設(shè)想 subscriber n. 簽字贊同者,助讀強化,With this data, he and a colleague were able to test and improve a computer program designed to model ocean currents, and publish the findings of their study.,難句理解,結(jié)構(gòu)分析：句中With this data是介詞短語作狀語，表示原因；designed to model ocean currents是過去分詞短語作定語，修飾program。 漢語大意：因為有了這些數(shù)據(jù)，他跟他的一位同事就能夠測試和完善一個設(shè)計來模擬洋流的計算機(jī)程序，出版他們的研究成果。,Thank you !,