1、最新 料推荐专题 6阅读理解：词义猜测题2015 全国卷，CSalvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popularof modernartists. The Pompidou Centrein Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality withan exhibitionbringingtogetherover 200 paintings,sculptures,drawingsand more. Among th
2、e worksandmasterworkson exhibitionthevisitorwillfindthebestpieces,mostimportantlyThePersistence of Memory.There is alsoLEnigme sans Finfrom 1938, works on paper, objects, andprojects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting theartists showman qualities.The visito
3、r will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, theworldof birth.The exhibitionfollowsa path of timeand subjectwiththe visitorexitingthroughthe brain.The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限 ).“From theinfinitysmallto the infinitylarge,co
4、ntractionand expansioncoming in and out of focus:amazingFlemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre inFigueres, ” explains the Pompidou Centre.The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作 )with the MuseoNacional Reina Sofia i
5、n Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like theSalvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.31. What does the word “contributions ” in the last paragraph refer to? A. Artworks. B. Projects. C. Donations. D. Documents.【答案】31. A1最新 料推荐2015 全国卷， AMy color television has give
6、n me nothing buta headache. I was able to buy it a little overa year ago because Ihad my relativesgiveme money formy birthdayinsteadof clothesthat wouldntfit. I let asalesclerk fool me into buying a discontinued model. I realized this a day later,when I saw newspaper advertisements for the set at se
7、venty-five dollars less than I had paid.The setworked so beautifulwhen Ifirstgot it home that I wouldkeep iton untilstations signedofffor the night. Fortunately, I didnt get any channels showing all-night movies or I wouldnever have gotten to bed.Then I started developing a problem with the set that
8、 involved static(静电 ) noise. For somereason,when certainshows switchedintoa commercial,a loud noisewouldsound fora few seconds.Gradually, this noise began to appear during a show, and toget rid of it, I had to change toanother channel and then change it back. Sometimes this technique would not work,
9、 and I had topick up the set and shake it to remove the sound. I actually began to build up my arm muscles(肌肉 ) shaking my set.When neither of these methods removed the static noise, I would sit helplessly and wait forthe noise to go away. At last I ended up hitting theset with my first, and it stop
10、ped workingaltogether. My trip to the repair shop cost me $62, and the sit is working well now, but I keepexpecting more trouble.22.Which of the following an best replace the phrase“signed off” in paragraph 1?A. ended all their programsB. provided fewer channelsC. changed to commercialsD. showed all
11、-night movies【答 案】22. A2最新 料推荐【 2014 全国卷， A】ArrivinginSydneyonhisownfromIndia,my husband ,Rashid,stayedina hotelfora short time while looking for a house for me and our children.During the first week of his stay, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back inthe lateafternoonto discovertha
12、this suitcasewas gone. He was extremelyworriedas the suitcasehad all his important papers, including his passport.Hereportedthe case to the policeof the terribletroublesof gettingtrying to settle down in a new one.and then sat there ， lostan d lonelyin strangecity,thinkingallthe paperworkorganizedag
13、ain from a distantcountrywhileLatein the evening,the phone rang.Itwas a stranger.He was tryingto pronounce my husband sname and was asking him a lot of questions. Then he said they had found a pile of papers in theirtrash can（垃圾桶） that had been left out on the footpath.My husband rushed to their hom
14、e to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents.Theiryoung daughterhad gone to the trashcan and found a pileof unfamiliarpapers.Her parentshad carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly foreign addresses on most of thedocuments. At last they had seen a half-written letter
15、 in the pile in which my husband had givenhis new telephone number to a friend.That family not only restored the important documents to us that day but also restored ourfaithand trustinpeople.We stillremember theirkindnessand oftensend a warm wish theirway.What does the underlined word“restored” in
16、the last paragraphmean?A. ShowedB. Sent out3最新 料推荐C. DeliveredD. Gave back【答案】D【 2014 全国卷， C】One of the latesttrend （趋势）inAmerican Childcareforexample, has got increasingnumbers of requestforis Chinese au pairs.Au Pairin Stamford,Chinese au pairsfrom aero to around 4,000since 2004. And that s true a
17、ll across the country.“ I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age” Joseph Stocke, themanaging director of s company, says of his 2-year old son.“ I would at least like to give himthe chance to use the languagein the future,” Afteronly sixmonths ofbeing caredby 25-year-old
18、woman from China, the boy can already understand basic Chinese daily expressions, his dad says.LiDrake, a Chinese native raisingtwo children in Minnesotawithan American husband, had anotherreason for looking for an au pair from China. She didn t want her children to miss out on theirroots.” Because
19、I am Chinese, my husband and I wanted the children to keep exposed to(接触 ) thelanguage and culture. ” she says.“ Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom,”saysSuzanne Flynn,a professorinlanguageeducationof Children.” But parentsmust understandthatjust o
20、ne year with au pairis unlikely toproducewonders. Completemastery demands continuedlearning until the age of 10 or 12.”4最新 料推荐The popularity if au pairs from China has been strengthened by the increasing numbers ofAmerican parentswho want theirch ildrenwho want theirchildrento learnChinese.Itisexpec
21、tedthat American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.What does that term” au pair” in the text mean?A. A mother raising her children on her ownB. A child learning a foreign language at homeC. A professor in language education of childrenD. A young foreign woman taking car
22、e of children.【答案】D【解析】试题分析 : 本文属于说明文体裁。在文中作者提出美国现在存在的一种潮流趋势，即越来越多的美国人希望孩子能够学汉语，而且他们都希望孩子能够在家里和来自中国的学生学习汉语，他们认为这样在生活中通过交流来学习汉语要比在学校学习有优势。D 考 查 猜 测 词 义 。 误 选 项 为A ，因 为 文 中 多 次 提 到 学 汉 语 的 儿 童 。 但 是 根 据 文 章 第 三【 2013 全国卷， C】Given that many peoples moods (情绪 )are regulated by the chemical action of cho
23、colate, it wasprobably only a matter of time before somebody made the chocolate shop similar to a drug storeofChinesemedicine.LookinglikeasettingfromthefilmCharlie&theChocolateFactory,Singapores Chocolate Research Facility (CRF) has over 100 varieties of chocolates.its founderis Chris Lee who grew u
24、p at his parents corner store with one hand almost always in the jar ofsweets.If the CRF seems to be a smart idea, thats because Lee is not merely a seasoned salespersonbutalsohead of a marketingdepartmentthathas businessrelationswithbig names such as Levisand Sony. That idea surely results in the i
25、magination at work when it comes to making different5最新 料推荐flavored(味道 )chocolates.The CRFs produce isgreen.made withinthecountryand dividedinto10 lines,withtheAlcoholSeriesbeingthe most popular.The ExoticSeries一 withSichuanpepper,red bean ( 豆).cheeseandother flavors一 also does well and is fun to ta
26、ste. And for chocolate snobs，who think that theyhave a better knowledge of chocolate than others, the Connoisseur Series uses cocoa beans fromTogo, Cuba, Venezuela , and Ghana, among others.47. The words chocolate snobs in Paragraph 3 probably refer to people who A. are particular about chocolateB.
27、know little about cocoa beans C. look down upon othersD. like to try new flavors【答案】A【解析】【 2012 全国卷， A】Honey( 蜂蜜 )fromthe Africanforestisnot onlya kindof naturalsugar,itis alsodelicious.Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honeyis to find a wild b
28、ees nest(巢)and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up intrees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals lookingfor honey have a strange and unexpected helper一 a little bird called a honey guide.The honey guide does not actuallylikehoney,but itd
29、oes likethe wax ( 蜂蜡 ) in the beehives( 蜂房 ). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees nest. So, whenit finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry thatattracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has thei
30、r attention, it fliesthrough the forest, waiting from time totime for the curious animal or people as it leads themto the nest. When they6最新 料推荐finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the birdpatientlywaitsand watches.Some of the honey,and the wax, always
31、 fallstothe ground,and thisis when the honey guide takes its share.Scientists do not know whythe honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determinedin its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. Theywill quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taki
32、ng honey from his beehives, and will even enterchurches when beeswax candles are being lit.57. What do the words the follower in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. A bee.B. A bird.C. A honey seeker.D. A beekeeper.【 2012 全国卷， D】Grown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as ch
33、ildrenbut have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for yearscanstill swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after manyyears and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who hasnot though
34、taboutthewords foryears can teachher daughter thepoem thatbegins Twinkle,twinkle,little star or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can be stated as follows: Once we havelearned something,additionallearning trials(尝试 )
35、increasethe lengthof time we willrememberit.7最新 料推荐In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, andplaying baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as Twinkle, twinkle, little star and childhood tal
36、es such as Cinderella andGoldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表 ) are an exception to the general rule that we forgetratherquickly the things that we learn in school, because they are another of the things weoverlearn in childhood.The law of overlearning explains
37、 why cramming(突击学习 )for an examination, though it mayresult in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, astudent may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination, but he is likely soonto forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is reallynecessary for ones future development.70. What does the word they in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. Commonly accepted rules.B. The multiplication tables. C. Things easily forgotten. D. School subjects.8
