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实战演练练习一 1. D 信息源在文章最后：I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. Now I’ve got a full – time job there.这两句话。 2. B 文章第三段最后一句：I was getting extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children. 3. C 文章第四段最后两句：My experience counted for a lot and I got on a part – time course. I had to leave my job with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten. 实战演练练习二 1.C 细节题。第一段第二句：He’d never been caught by the police because he never took chances. 2. D 猜词题。由转折连词 “but”可知前后意义形成对比。 3. B 细节信息。第四段第二句：His skilled eye picked out only the best antiques 4. B 细节推理。最后一段 “I also know you will end up behind bars for 20 years.” 实战演练练习三 1. A 根据上下文，have access to是“使用”的意思。 实战演练练习四 1. D this negative picture很明显指的是上文中的But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn’t think of a free day , not to mention flying off for a month’s vacation . It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week , and if there is a day off , that day might need to be devoted to accounting。这种情况概述起来可称为unpleasant situations 实战演练练习五 1. C 这是一篇说明文，文章结构清晰，开篇提出要说明的事物：how rainforests like the Amazon might have reacted to the cold, dry climates of the ice ages, but until now, no one has reached a satisfying answer到文章最后一段So far, only a handful of cores have been drilled that go back to the last ice age and none of them provide enough information to prove how the Amazon rainforest reacts to climate change.我们不难概括出文章的主旨。
实战演练练习六 1. B 这是一道主旨题。文章第一段就是主题段：But new figures show birdwatching is fast becoming a popular pastime, with almost three million of us absorbed in our fluttering feathered friends.从这一句我们可以看出：这篇短文主要讲述了在英国人们对鸟类观察的热情越来越高。 实战演练练习七 1. A 这是一道推理题。文章讲述了Salvatori和他的同学进行的项目研究，该项目得到了政府的帮助。由此我们可以推断出政府是支持保护文化多样性的。 实战演练练习八 1. B 这是一道推理题。文章最后一句And someday in the future, people will be able to live in more energy-saving houses.是结论句。由此，我们可以推断出：将来节能的建筑物将会普遍推行。 实战演练练习九 1. D推测句意要结合句子所在的段落或文章的中心。文章第三段指出：没有证据证明single-sex schools会造成象同性恋这样的影响，也就是说不一定会造成这样的影响。 实战演练练习十 1. C 第二段作者表明Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them，第三段和第四段分别用两个实验来证明前面的观点。
阅读一 【A篇答案解析】本文介绍了美国的一个著名沙漠——“死亡谷”名称的由来以及 “死亡谷”奇特的风光。 1. D。细节题。根据 …and Badwater, a salt water pool, is about 280 feet below sea level and the lowest point in the United States 可推知此题答案为 D。 2. B。推断题。根据 …when a group of miners coming across from Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story… 可知“死亡谷”的名称来源于这些迷路矿工的死亡。 3. C。推断题。根据 …well-marked roads where good services can be found easily… 可以判断 C 为最佳答案。 4. C。细节题。根据 …where it seems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams 可推知答案为 C。 5. A。推断题。根据the special beauty of this place…like the sights on the moon… ever-changing…showing the most unusual colors等关键词语可以知道作者是带着赞赏的语气来描述“死亡谷”的。
【B篇答案与解析】这是两篇广告，一篇是电梯公司的人才招聘广告，另一篇则是食品公司的人才招聘广告。 6. B。细节题。因为a secretary in NESTLE 要求有typing skill，而 a senior engineer in THYSSEN要求有good command of Internet，a cost accountant in THYSSEN要求有good knowledge in Office 95，只有a production worker in NESTLE不要求懂电脑。 7. A。语义理解题。从第一篇广告的第1句话THYSSEN ELEVATORS is one Of the leading elevators companies in the world with more than 120 branch companies around the globe.可以明显看出应选A。 8. C。细节题。因为只有a secretary in NESTLE不要求有工作经历。
【C篇答案与解析】本文说明了如何激发孩子们对科学的兴趣，从而引导孩子们学习科学。 9. B。细节题。根据文章第1段第3句中的…share your children’s curiosity可推知此题的答案为B。 10. C。推断题。根据文章第1段第6句The children asked me “textbook questions”可推知此题的答案为C。 11. D。推断题。根据文章第4段最后一句When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers 可推知此题的答案为D。 12. C。归纳题。根据问题的内容可在文章的第五、六段找到答案。 13. A。推断题。根据文章内容：从第4段排除C；从文章前3段的内容排除D；从第7段排除B。从而可推知答案为A。
【D篇答案与解析】本文由在Alaska州博物馆所陈列的一只旧鞋而引出的对当时情况的介绍及表达了对这只鞋的主人敬佩之情。 14. B。细节题。根据第1段中的 But what is unique about this shoe is where it was found. It was discovered on the Checkout Pass, the famous trail…可推知此题答案为B。 15. D。细节题。根据第2段最后一句Unprepared for such a dangerous journey可推知此题答案为D。 16. A。推断题。根据第2段最后一句及第3段第1句可推知此题答案为A。 17. C。细节题。根据文章最后一句可推知此题答案为C。
阅读二 【A篇答案与解析】本文介绍了世界上寿命最长的法国老太太。 1. B。细节题。根据文章内容及第2段第3句 She still has a lively sense of humor 可推知此题答案为 B。 2. D。细节题。根据文章第 3 段第4句 She has always eaten a healthy diet… 及倒数第 2 句 Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes (基因) from her parents 可推知此题答案为 D。 3. A。词义猜测题。根据此单词所在句子的前面部分 A local lawyer bought her house… under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death 可推知此题答案为 A。 4. C。推断题。文章倒数第 2 段第 1 句说 …so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house，而老太太本人也感到不好意思，据此可推知答案为 C。
【C篇答案解析】短文介绍了威尔斯故事节的有关情况。 9. B。推断题。根据 …but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again 可以推断这种讲故事的传统会再度受到欢迎。 10. A。细节题。根据 Some of the tales, like those the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old 可推知此题答案为 A。 11. D。细节题。文中说Ambrose started the festival in 1993，Ambrose1993年创办了这个节，但并不等于说讲故事的传统1993年才恢复的，这是两码事。故选D。 12. C。词义猜测题。从 as all the Welsh are storytellers 可以推断出 in good hands 是“照顾得好或举办得好”的意思，故选 C。
【D篇答案与解析】本文介绍了利用日光治病的历史与发展。 13. B。细节题。根据文章第 2 段第 2 句 At the end of the nineteenth century a Danish doctor, Niels Finsen, began to study the effect of sunlight on certain diseases… 可推知此题答案为 B。 14. A。推断题。根据文章第二、三段可推知此题答案为 A。 15. B。推断题。根据文章第 4 段第 2 句 …where sick children could be cured and at the&nbs
