In the writer's opinion, what is happiness? ________. 【答案】A nice house, a car, a big bank balance and a high paying job；In India；In 1997；Because they pay more attention to their material life；A life full of hope and good emotions. 【解析】【分析】（1）根据短文中句子Most people幸福是充满希望和美好情感的生活。may say that happiness means a nice house, a car, a big bank balance and a high paying job.可知 大多数人可能会说，幸福意味着一幢漂亮的房子、一辆车、一份大银行存款和一份高薪的工作。故答案为A nice house, a car, a big bank balance and a high paying job。
（2）根据短文中的子Here in India where I live now可知作者现在住在印度，故答案为In India。
（3）根据短文中句子I also worked on Wall Street in 1997, in a big Investment Bank.可知作者在1997年在1997年我在华尔街一家大型投资银行工作。故答案为In 1997。
（4）根据短文中句子I have seen some people with a lot of money but still unhappy because they pay more attention to their material life. 可知一些有很多钱但仍然不快乐的人，因为他们更加关注他们的物质生活。故答案为Because they pay more attention to their material life。
（5）根据短文中句子Happiness is a life full of hope and good emotions.可知 幸福是充满希望和美好情感的生活。故答案为A life full of hope and good emotions.
【点评】考查任务型阅读。做题时首先对原文材料迅速浏览，掌握全文的主旨大意．其次，细读题材，各个击破．掌握全文的大意之后，细细阅读材料后的问题，弄清每题要求后，带着问题，再回到原文中去寻找、捕获有关信息。
10．下面文章中有四处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C和D）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，然后回答问题。
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【解析】【分析】文章大意：学多人想学习乐器，但是学些什么乐器呢？文正针对学习某一种乐器提出了几点建议。 A. Still not sure?还没有确定？
B. Where are you going to practice?你打算在哪里练习？ C. How much money can you spend?你打算花费多少钱？ D. What kind of music do you like?你喜欢什么类型的音乐？
（1）根据 Many instruments are of different uses, but some are more fit for certain types of music. Some instruments may lead themselves better than others to the music you like, so consider this before you start. 可知，本文说明的是不同的乐器适合不同的音乐，所以在选定乐器前必须要知道自己喜欢的音乐类型是什么，故答案是D。
（2）根据 Many people live in flats and practicing the drums, for example，will drive your neighbors crazy. Think about where and when you are going to practice, as well as the feelings of the people you live with or near. 可知，如果你在小区居住，你要是练习架
子鼓会把邻居弄疯，所以选择乐器也应考虑自己的居住环境，在哪里练习乐器。故答案是B。
（3）根据Many instruments can be bought at different prices. 可知，不同的乐器价格是不一样的，所以打算花多少钱买乐器也是需要考虑的事。故答案是C。
（4）根据 Talk to friends who play instruments. They might even let you try theirs. It's also a good idea to find an experienced music teacher, preferably one who plays a few different instruments, who can give you some advice and push you in the right direction. 可知要跟玩乐器的朋友谈一谈，他们可能给你一些建议，说明你还没有拿定主意，故答案是A。
（5）题意：你喜欢音乐吗？为什么喜欢，为什么不喜欢？回答问题可以根据文章提示，结合自身情况选择喜欢或者不喜欢，并清晰地阐述理由，注意回答不少于5个单词，故答案为I like music, because music always makes me feel happy.（答案不唯一，合理即可）
【点评】四选四的答案选项较少，并且给出的都是句子，因此，我们可以通过句子的完整性或者句子的标点符号来判断该句在文章中的位置。另外通过阅读选项，有可能找出更其他选项表达完全不同意思的句子，这样的话我们就可以直接将该选项排除。
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11．先通读下面短文，读懂大意，然后从后面各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
A little girl walked to and back from school every day. One day, wind blew hard and trees shook from side to side in the wind on her way home after school. It rained 1 , and rain poured down, the girl's father worried that his daughter would be scared because of flashes of lightning. So he drove to his daughter's school in a hurry. To his surprise, he saw her 2 alone in the rain. When a flash of lightning came, she stopped, looked up and smiled. 3 followed, she stopped, looked up and smiled. With the coming of the following flashes of lightning, she repeated the 4 thing again and again.
After she got into the car, he wondered why she stopped, looked up and smiled when a lightning came. She replied with a bright smile, \scared. Seeing this, God would 5 me. I knew he was playing an interesting game with me to drive my fear. \
You see, if you look at the world from a different view, the world is really amazing. 1. A. hardly 2. A. walks 4. A. same
B. slow B. walking B. different
C. heavy D. heavily C. to walk D. walked C. Another D. The others C. second D. opposite
3. A. The other B. Other
5. A. take after B. take a photo of C. take off D. take the place of 【答案】 （1）D；（2）B；（3）C；（4）A；（5）B；
【解析】【分析】短文大意：文章主要介绍了有一天的早上，黑云密布，但小女孩还是坚
持去学校上学。放学的时候大雨滂沱，电闪雷鸣，小女孩放学后书都放在书包里，手上没有拿任何东西，淋雨回家。天气雷雨交加，母亲在家里担心自己的女儿，所以开车去学校接她。然后看到女人在每次打雷的时候，都会望着天空微笑。如果你从不同的角度看世界，世界真的很神奇。
（1）副词辨析。句意：雨下得很大，大雨滂沱，这个女孩的父亲担心他的女儿因为闪电会害怕。A几乎不；B慢；C重的，形容词；D重地，副词；根据It rained 形容下大雨，用 heavily修饰动词，故选D。
（2）动词辨析。句意：让他吃惊的是，他看到她最终在雨中行走。A第三人称单数；B现在分词；C不定式；D过去式；根据题干，see sb doing sth表示看到某人正在做某事，故选B。
（3）代词辨析。句意：另一个闪电接着到来，她停下来，抬头微笑着。A两者中另一个；B别的，后面加名词复数；C三者及以上另一个；D指一定范围内除去一个或一部分后，\余下的人或物的全部；根据When a flash of lightning came, she stopped， looked up and smiled. followed, she stopped, looked up and smiled。当一道闪电来临时，她停了下来，抬起头笑了。此处指又一道闪电来临，故选C。
（4）形容词辨析。句意：伴随着接下来的闪电，她一次又一次重复相同的事情。 A相同的；B不同的；C第二；D对面的；根据thing again and again，一次又一次，结合上文，应该是做相同的事，故选A。
（5）短语辨析。句意：看到这样，上帝会给我照相的。A照顾；B照像；C脱下；D代替；根据上文一闪一闪的，这里应该上帝给我照像，故选B。
【点评】此题考查完形填空。先跳过空格阅读短文理解短文大意。然后仔细阅读每个句子，根据上下文的联系和语境，及英语语法知识确定句子中所缺的词，然后从所给的选项中找出正确答案。
12．阅读下面短文，从短文后每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
John was driving through a small country town, feeling quite lost and 1 . He was happy when he saw a small 2 coming up on the right side of the road. John quickly 3 his car, and walked inside the restaurant.
John saw a blackboard with a 4 written on it. It said, \（特价菜）: Vegetable Soup with Fried Chicken and Roast Potatoes.\
\special.
\a few minutes after receiving his order, John called the waiter 7 to his table. He was 8 .
\says fried chicken, but the chicken isn't 10 . And it says roast potatoes, but these potatoes aren't toasted—they've been boiled. What is going on here?\
The waiter was not used to 11 people from the city. He wasn't quite sure what to say to this angry customer. But he finally found a way to answer the man. \said while looking down at John over his glasses, \ 1. A. full 2. A. shop 3. A. drove 4. A. book 5. A. himself 6. A. put 7. A. back 8. A. happy 9. A. carrots 10. A. boiled 12. A. delicious
B. lucky B. parked B. herself B. take B. on
C. hungry C. sold C. itself C. bring C. up
D. proud D. factory D. bought D. note D. themselves D. cancel D. away D. shy D. vegetables D. cut D. perfect
B. restaurant C. hospital B. dictionary C. diary
B. satisfied C. angry B. tomatoes C. beans B. cooked B. special
C. fried C. good
11. A. agreeing with B. going with C. fighting with D. dealing with
【答案】 （1）C；（2）B；（3）B；（4）D；（5）A；（6）B；（7）A；（8）C；（9）D；（10）C；（11）D；（12）B；
【解析】【分析】文章大意：约翰在开车穿过一个小村镇的时候，他情绪低落而且还饿了，去了一家小饭店，当他看到特色菜的时候，他点了这个特色菜，但是服务员端上来的跟写的不一样，他很生气，服务员不善于应付城里人，于是就解释道，这就是特殊的原因。
（1）句意：约翰正穿过一个农村小镇，感觉很失落又饿。A.满的，饱的；B.幸运的；C.饥饿；D.骄傲，根据下文的叙述可知，他饿了，故答案是C。
（2）句意：当他看到路的右边有一家小饭店的时候，他很高兴。A.商店；B.饭店；C.医院；D.工厂。根据前面的叙述可知他饿了，现在他高兴了，因为他看见了一家饭店，故答案是B。
（3）句意：约翰迅速的停下车。A.驾驶，驱赶；B.停车；C.售卖；D.买。因为他饿了，又看到了饭店，所以要停下车去吃饭，故答案是B。
（4）句意：约翰看到一块有着记录的黑板，A.书；B.字典；C.日记；D.记录。根据 \（特价菜）: Vegetable Soup with Fried Chicken and Roast Potatoes. 可知这是记录上的内容，不是书上的也不是字典上的，更不是日记里的，故答案是D。
（5）句意：约翰心里想。A.他自己；B.她自己；C.它自己；D.他们自己。约翰和himself是一致的，故答案是A。
（6）句意：当服务员来拿约翰点的饭菜时，约翰说“我要特色菜”。A.放置；B.拿取；C.带来；D.取消，我们都知道，去饭店就餐，服务员让你点菜，然后他把点的菜记录下来，交给后厨去做。所以这里是拿取的意思，故答案是B。
（7）句意：约翰把服务员喊回到他的桌子旁。call sb. back，把某人喊回来，固定搭配，故答案是A。
（8）句意：他很生气。A.高兴的；B.满意的；C.生气的；D.害羞的。根据下文的叙述可知，约翰看到菜汤里没有菜，鸡没有烤，土豆没有煎就生气了，故答案是C。
（9）句意：菜汤里根本没有蔬菜啊。A.胡萝卜；B.西红柿；C.豌豆；D.蔬菜。根据前文所说，他要的特色菜是菜汤，可是他生气了，原因是汤里面没有菜，故答案是D。
（10）句意：鸡也没有炸啊。A.沸腾；B.蒸煮；C.煎炸；D.切削。根据 Vegetable Soup with Fried Chicken and Roast Potatoes.\可知鸡是要煎炸的，故答案是C。
（11）句意：服务员不习惯应付来自城里的人。A.同意……；B.与……一起；C.与……打架；D.应付。根据后面的叙述可知，他不习惯处理这样的事，故答案是D。
（12）句意：这就是特殊的原因。A.美味的；B.特殊的；C.好的；D.极好的。这是服务员对特色菜的解释，因此应使用special，故答案是B。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍检查验证。
13．阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street trying to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her tiny face.
Frustrated and 1 , my husband gave up his try to flag down a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday, we 2 that our daughter Katie had a rare（罕见的） brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like runners in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of 3 . It had taken months before we finally 4 a name for the illness, but only a few doctors in the world knew 5 to treat it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to save our girl, we were in a strange 6 in the cold rain.
Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman pulled over and said, \ride?\
7 we could say anything, she continued, \
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