Passage 1

　　【語篇導讀】本文講述作者當報童時關心一位喪偶的顧客,每次送報都會停留一會兒傾聽她的故事,而作者多年后又被自家的送報員關心。由此作者感悟到社區(qū)鄰里之間應互相關心,傾聽別人的煩惱與憂愁。

　　1.Why did soda go up the author’s nose one time?

　　A.He was talking fast. B.He was shocked.

　　C.He was in a hurry. D.He was absent-minded.

　　答案　B

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Mrs.Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband.‘Mr.Stanley and I went shopping this morning,’ she’d say.”可推測,作者第一次聽到Mrs.Stanley說這話時是極為震驚的。

　　2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs.Stanley according to Paragraph 3?

　　A.He enjoyed the drink.

　　B.He wanted to be helpful.

　　C.He took the chance to rest.

　　D.He tried to please his dad.

　　答案　B

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Dad said she was probably lonely,and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile...”可知,作者傾聽Mrs.Stanley說話是為了幫助她。

　　3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “work it out of her system”?

　　A.Recover from her sadness.

　　B.Move out of the neighborhood.

　　C.Turn to her old friends.

　　D.Speak out about her past.

　　答案　A

　　解析　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句“After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地).”可知,Mrs.Stanley看來已從失去丈夫的悲痛中走了出來,故選A項。

　　4.What does the author think people in a community should do?

　　A.Open up to others. B.Depend on each other.

　　C.Pay for others’ help. D.Care about one another.

　　答案　D

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“You find it whenever people ask how you’re doing because they care,and not because they’re getting paid to do so.”以及本文所講的故事可推斷作者想要表明的觀點:社區(qū)鄰里間應該互相關心。

Passage 2

　　【語篇導讀】主要介紹一名教師,在最初授課時給學生布置組裝玩具的任務,以逐步培養(yǎng)學生的想象力與創(chuàng)造力。

　　1.The teacher used Tinkertoys in class in order to 　　　.

　　A.know more about the students

　　B.make the lessons more exciting

　　C.raise the students’ interest in art

　　D.teach the students about toy design

　　答案　A

　　解析　細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段第一句“...I used Tinkertoys as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.”可知,這位老師最初給學生布置這個任務目的是了解這些學生。故選A項。

　　2.What do we know about the boy mentioned in Paragraph 3?

　　A.He liked to help his teacher.

　　B.He preferred to study alone.

　　C.He was active in class.

　　D.He was imaginative.

　　答案　D

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段可以得知,這個男孩組裝好的玩具堆滿了美術教室的一個架子,家里的臥室也被占了相當大的地方�！拔摇睘槟苡羞@樣一位有創(chuàng)造力的學生而倍感欣慰。他的存在意味著“我”的課堂上有了一位意想不到的教學助手,他的創(chuàng)造力會感染其他學生,讓他們也參與進來。由此可以看出這個男孩是有創(chuàng)造力、有想象力的。故選擇D項。

　　3.What does the underlined word “downside”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

　　A.Mistake. B.Drawback.

　　C.Difficulty. D.Burden.

　　答案　B

　　解析　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第四段可知,鼓勵孩子有這種想象力也會有不利的一面。要冒一定的風險,可能會失去那些有不同思維方式的學生。必定有人會說“我就是沒有創(chuàng)造力。”因此可以看出此段重在介紹上述這種做法存在的弊端。因此B項正確。

　　4.Why did the teacher ask the students to talk about their dreams?

　　A.To help them to see their creativity.

　　B.To find out about their sleeping habits.

　　C.To help them to improve their memory.

　　D.To find out about their ways of thinking.

　　答案　A

　　解析　推理判斷題。文章第四段最后一句“But I’m just not creative.”引出下文師生間的對話,根據(jù)文章最后一句“Try doing it in the daytime,in class,okay?”可以看出,老師以孩子晚上做的夢引出白天課堂上要勇于嘗試,大膽想象。因此A項正確。

　　【長難句分析】His presence meant that I had an unexpected teaching assistant in class whose creativity would infect(感染) other students.

　　他的出現(xiàn)意味著我有一個意想不到的助教,他的創(chuàng)造力會感染其他學生。

　　本句是一個復合句。that引導的是賓語從句,whose引導的是定語從句,修飾assistant。