There was a very naughty boy in the nursery and a teacher who was generally very confident with the children was asked to take charge of him. One day the boy joined a session in the room next to mine. His appearance created an atmosphere of tension. He spent the entire session running around, hitting and kicking, and destroying property.
I was in the craft room working with some other children when my co-worker told me that this boy’s teacher was in tears, and could not get control of the situation. As we were talking, the boy ran in. I told my co-worker that I would take care of him.
I closed the door. He was full of energy, throwing things around and making a huge mess. But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me. He needed connection, and this was the only way he knew how to ask for it. So I sat back down and kept quiet. Then he slowed down and began making a rocket. I talked to him about it. We continued like this for a few minutes before I slipped into the conversation:
―So what happened today?‖
It was purely a question, no blame or anger in my tone. I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed. He told me that the teacher didn’t let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked. He also admitted that he had enjoyed making her run around and saw it as a game. I explained that his teacher had not seen it as a game and was very upset. This again was stated simply as a fact. I suggested that next time he had a session, he talk about what he hoped to do at the start, which might be easier for everyone. He agreed and was quiet for a moment. Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize.
51. The boy made trouble for his teacher because he ______.
A. was accused of destroying property
B. was told not to yell at other children
C. was made to do things against his will
D. was blamed for creating an air of tension
52. Why didn’t the author do anything about the boy’s bad behavior at first?
A. She didn’t want to make it worse.
B. She didn’t mind the huge mess at all.
C. She was tired of shouting and threats.
D. She hadn’t thought of a coping strategy.
53. The author managed to get the boy to talk to her by ______.
A. playing games with him
B. giving him a good suggestion
C. describing his teacher’s feelings
D. avoiding making critical remarks
54. Why did the boy have tears in his eyes in the end?
A. He was sorry about his reputation.
B. He was regretful about his behavior.
C. He was fearful of the author’s warning.
D. He was sad for the author’s misunderstanding.
【考点】考察文化教育类阅读
【文章大意】作者在本文中通过教育一个小男孩，让他认识到自己的错误告诉我们人与人之间需要的是沟通和理解。
只有正确的沟通和理解才可以解决一切的问题。
51. 【答案】C 细节题。
根据文章最后一段2,3行He told me that the teacher didn’t let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked.他告诉我们老师没有让他做他喜欢的事情，反而让他做了他不喜欢的事情。
这才是他捣乱的原因。
故C正确。
52. 【答案】A 推理题。
根据文章第四段2,3,4行But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me. He needed connection, and this was the only way he knew how to ask for it. So I sat back down and kept quiet. Then he slowed down and began making a rocket.我知道他捣乱是想激怒我。
实际上他需要沟通。
如果我在不了解情况下立刻采取措施，可能会让事情更糟糕，所以我很冷静。
故A正确。
53. 【答案】D 推理题。
根据最后一段1,2行It was purely a question, no blame or anger in my tone. I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed如果我批评他，那么他对我打开的那扇门就又要关闭上了。
说明作者在和他沟通的时候，避免使用批评的语气。
故D正确。
54. 【答案】B 推理题。
根据文章最后一句Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize.他问我是否可以向老师道歉，说明他已经意识到自己的错误了。
对于自己所犯的错误他很后悔遗憾，所以B项正确。
【长难句解析】1. Coming up against their behavior could only make the job harder and their behavior more extreme. I found something that worked, though.【翻译】违反他们行为的做法只会让这份工作更困难，让他们的行为更极端。
然而，我找到了一些真正起作用的事情。
【分析】第一句中的动名词短语Coming up against their behavior在句中充当主语，make the job harder中的形容词harder是形容词在句中充当宾语补足语。
第二句中的though是副词―然而‖，在句中做状语，表示转折。
2. I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed.【翻译】我认为如果我之前批评他，刚刚慢慢打开的门会坚定地被关上。
【分析】本句中的动词believe后面是一个that引导的宾语从句that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed。
因为这个宾语从句中有if引导的条件句，所以that是不能省略的。
if I had criticized him这是宾语从句中的一个条件句。
十（2014湖南卷）
B
In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort. One day, this approach threw me into embarrassment
In Mrs. Totten’s eighth-grade math class at Central Avenue School in Anderson, Indiana, we were learning to add and subtract decimals (小数).
Our teacher typically assigned daily homework, which would be recited in class the following day. On most days, our grades were based on our oral answer to homework questions.
Mrs. Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets. She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and walk toward the other end.
Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer. This particular time, I had completed my usual two or three problems according to my calculations.
What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate. As Mrs. Totten made her way from the beginning of the class，I desperately tried to determine which math problem I would get. I tried to work it out before she got to me, but I had brain freeze and couldn’t function.
When Mrs. Totten reached my desk，she asked what answer I’d got for problem No. 14. ―I…I didn’t get anything,‖I answered，and my face felt warm.
―Correct,‖ she said.
It turned out that the correct answer was zero.
What did I learn that day? First, always do all your homework. Second, in real life it isn’t always what you say but how you say it that matters. Third，I would never make it as a mathematician.
If I could choose one school day that taught me the most, it would be that one.
61. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 indicate?
A. It is wise to value one’s time.
B. It is important to make an effort
C. It is right to stick to one’s belief.
D. It is enough to do the necessary.
62. Usually, Mrs. Totten asked her students to _______.
A. recite their homework together
B. grade their homework themselves
C. answer their homework questions orally
D. check the answers to their homework questions
63. The author could work out which questions to answer since the teacher always _______.
A. asked questions in a regular way
B. walked up and down when asking questions
C. chose two or three questions for the students
D. requested her students to finish their usual questions
64. The author failed to get the questions he had expected because _______.
A. the class didn’t begin as usual
B. several students didn’t come to school
C. he didn’t try hard to make his estimate
D. Mrs. Totten didn’t start from the back of the class
65. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.An Unforgettable Teacher
B.A Future Mathematician
C.An Effective Approach
D.A Valuable Lesson 【考点】考察文化教育类阅读
【文章大意】本文在本文中叙述了自己在小时候总是认为不必要的事情不需要做，所以我会根据老师提问的规律来算着老师会提问自己的问题。
但是一次数学课上老师提问的让我知道了很多事情都是我们必须做的，因为我们无法预料到会发生什么样的事情。
61. 【答案】D 解析】推理题。
根据本句In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort.可知我是一个不太爱学习的男学生，认为超过必要的事情都是浪费我的时间和精力。
所以我不愿意去做一些我自己认为不必要的事情。
故D正确。
62. 【答案】C 【试题解析】推理题。
根据文章第三段2,3行Mrs. Totten usually walked up and down the rows of desks requesting answers from student after student in the order the questions had appeared on our homework sheets.可知Mrs. Totten通常都是在班级里的过道里走来走去，让学生来回答家庭作业，得出答案。
63. 【答案】A 【试题解析】推理题。
根据文章3,4段She would start either at the front or the back of the classroom and walk toward the other end.和Since I was seated near the middle of about 35 students, it was easy to figure out which questions I might have to answer.可知老师经常从前面走到后面，或者从后面走到前面。
我摸到了老师提问的规律，所以我可以根据自己的位置判断出自己应该回答的题目。
故A正确。
64. 【答案】B 【试题解析】细节题。
根据文章第6段第一行What I failed to expect was that several students were absent, which threw off my estimate.可知这次我没有预料到有几个同学缺席，没有来上课我搞不清楚自己应该回答哪一个问题了。
故B正确。
65. 【答案】D 【试题解析】主旨大意题。
本文在本文中叙述了自己在小时候总是认为不必要的事情不需要做，所以我会根据老师提问的规律来算着老师会提问自己的问题。
但是一次数学课上老师提问的让我知道了很多事情都是我们必须做的，因为我们无法预料到会发生什么样的事情。
这节课给了我一个很有价值的教训，故D项符合文章大意。
【长难句解析】1.In the mid-1950s, I was a somewhat bored early-adolescent male student who believed that doing any more than necessary was wasted effort.【翻译】在20世纪50年代中叶，我是一个有些厌世的无聊
【分析】本句中含有一个定语从句who believed that doing 的年轻学生，认为做那些不必要的事情是浪费时间。
any more than necessary was wasted effort解释先行词student的内容。
同时划线句子的主语是动名词短语doing any more than necessary，单个的动名词做主语，谓语动词要使用单数形式。
2. Second, in real life it isn’t always what you say but how you say it that matters.【翻译】第二，在真正的生活中，重要的不总是你说的内容，而是你说话的方式。
【分析】本句是一个强调句型，强调的是主语not what you say but how you say it；这个主语是由not…but…这个并列结构引起的。
强调句的结构It is/was+被强调部分+that+句子的其他成分，如果被强调的部分是人，可以用who代替that。
具体是用is还是was，要根据具体的时态确定。
强调句的用法及判断，一般说来，如果把句子中的It is/was…that去掉，稍加调整语序，能还原成完整的句子，并且句子意思依然完整，则为强调句型，否则为其他从句，我们应熟记这些基本规则。
十一（2014江西卷）
D
Everyone looks forward to progress, whether in one’s personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a person’s ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead a better way of doing things.All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.
However,at the back of the minds of many people,especially those who the ―good old days‖, efficiency comes with a price. When communication becomes efficient,people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to.The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally.A personal visit carries with the additional feature of having to be in the person’s presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or
turn the other person off.
With efficiency also comes mass production.Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today.Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal
Touch when making these products. For example, many handcrafts(手工艺品) are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.
Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.
It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed wa y of making use of it. Everything depends on people’s attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new ―past‖ is created.
70. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to _______.
A. live a better life
B. look for better methods
C. change ways of living
D. accept technology and advance steadily
71. The underline d word ―gadgets‖ is closest in meaning to _______.
A. tools
B. messages
C. barriers
D. skills
72. The author explains ―efficiency comes with a price‖ by _______.
A. describing a process
B. using examples
C. following time order
D. making classification
73. Compared with home-made handicrafts, machine- made products _______.
A. lack great accuracy
B. lack the personal touch
C. are of high value
D. are quite welcome
74. What can be learned about technology from Paragraph 4?
A. It can destroy old traditions.
B. It can lead to social progress.
C. It can be used to correct mistakes.
D. It can be used to preserve old products.
75. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?
A. Progress can suit the needs of daily life.
B. People review the past with great regret.
C. Technology should be introduced in a fixed way.
D. People’s attitude decides the use of technology.【考点】考察文化教育类阅读
【文章大意】新技术的出现给我们的生活和社会带来很大的影响，有积极的方面也有消极的方面。
但是真正决定技术是否能够影响人类的生活，取决于人们对待技术的态度。
69.【答案】D 【试题解析】推理题。
根据第一段3,4句All these, however, remains true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.可知只要人们想要接受新的技术并且继续努力向前找到做事的更好的更高效的方法，那么技术的进步是可以给我们带来很多的好处的。
故D项正确。
70.【答案】A 【试题解析】猜测词义题。
根据本句With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads关键是横线后面的mobile phones and ipads，这些都是人们经常使用的交流工具，所以该词表示的是A 项含义。
故A正确。
71.【答案】B 【试题解析】推理题。
根据横线下面3行When communication becomes efficient,people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to.The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes.当沟通变得高效的时候，不管人们在那里，我们都可以进行有效地沟通。
轻轻点按钮就能喝别人进行沟通。
说明作者是通过具体的例子来说明―efficiency comes with a price‖。
故B正确。
72.【答案】B 【试题解析】细节题。
根据文章第三段3,4行However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products.可知技术进步以后，生产出来的产品缺乏the personal touch。
故B正确。
73.【答案】D 【试题解析】推理题。
根据倒数第二段最后2行It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.可知使用最新的技术可以把很多旧的东西弄旧到原来的状态，也可以使用新技术来保存就产品。
故D正确。
74.【答案】D 【试题解析】推理题。
根据本段第一句It is people’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society.和第三句Everything depends on people’s attitude可知人们对于进步的态度导致了技术是否能够对社会产生很多的影响，一切都取决于人们的态度。
故D正确。
【长难句解析】1.Everyone looks forward to progress, whether in one’s personal life or in the general society.【翻译】无论是在个人生活孩子在社会中，每个人都期待着进步。
【分析】本句含有一个特殊的让步状语从句whether in one’s personal life or in the general society.，其中的连词whether…or…―不管…还是…‖其中的whether并不是平时表示―如果，是否‖的含义。
2. It is peo ple’s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society.【翻译】是人们对待的态度导致技术对社会的影响的类型。
【分析】本句中有一个强调句型，强调的是句子的主语people’s attitude towards progress；另外本句中还有一个定语从句that technology has on society.修饰先行词influence。
十二（2014辽宁卷）
B
(Q = Question; A = Answer)
Situation I
Q: If someone sits right next to me in an empty movie theater, is it rude to move?
A: Maybe, but nobody will fault you for it. Chances are that the close sitter doesn’t realize he disturbs you, so he may miss your ann oyance. You undoubtedly aren’t the first person he’s met who needs enough room. Forgive his bad judgment, move quietly and enjoy the show.
Situation II
Q: If 1 use the bathroom at a store, do I need to buy something?
A: Consider frequency and urgency. Is this a one-time thing or an emergency? If so, you don’t have to buy anything, but it would be kind if you did. However, if you regularly use the bathroom at this place, then you arc a customer, and you should act like one.
Situation III
Q: If someone is talking loudly on the bus, is there a nicc way to ask him to keep it down?
A: No. Try other means: 1) Stare at him until he gets aware of it and quiets down. 2) Lift your finger in a silence motion（动作）and smile. 3) Put on earphones and ignore him.
Situation IV
Q: If I remember my friend’s birthday a day late, should I apologize or just wish her a happy birthday like nothing happened?
A: This is the reason why the word belated was invented. ―Happy belated birthday!‖ is short for: ―Well. I know I forgot, but then I remembered. Forgive me and happy birthday.‖
Situation V
Q: Can I lie about seeing a text because I was loo busy or lazy to respond to it?
A: Don’t lie. Receiving a text does not mean you ne ed to respond(回复) to it. Why waste a perfectly good lie when the truth will serve? ―Yes,‖ you can say if ever asked, ―I saw it.‖ No explanation is needed as to why you don’t respond.
25. You will get annoyed in a theater when _ . A. a person is too active B. a person is too rude to
you C.. a person talks too loudly D. a person sits too close to you
26. How will you quiet someone down in a public place?
A. By making fun of him continuously.
B. By looking purposefully at him.
C. By talking to him directly.
D. By pointing angrily at him.
27. The underlined word ―belated‖ in Situation IV probably means.
A. predicted
B. returned
C. cancelled
D. delayed
28. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Modern ways to mind your manners.
B. Different w ays to change others’ manners.
C. Proper manners to offer help to others.
D. Good manners to talk to people.
【考点】考察教育类阅读
【文章大意】本文中列举了在5种不同的情况下，如何表现得有礼貌的方法。
25. 【答案】D 解析】推理题。
根据Situation I中的Q: If someone sits right next to me in an empty movie theater, is it rude to move?A: Maybe, but nobody will fault you for it. Chances are that the close sitter doesn’t realize he disturbs you。
可知在电影院里，如果有人坐得理你太近，这也许会是一件让人恼怒的事情。
故D正确。
26. 【答案】B【试题解析】细节题。
根据Situation III中的Stare at him until he gets aware of it and quiets down 可知如果一个人讲话声音太大，你可以瞪着他看，直到他意识到为止。
故B正确。
27. 【答案】D 【试题解析】猜测词义题。
根据Situation IV中If I remember my friend’s birthday a day late, 和This is the reason why the word belated was invented.可知这是在你忘记了对方的生日之后的补救措施。
故该词应该是指―delayed‖迟到的，晚来的。
故D正确。
28. 【答案】A 主旨大意题。
本文中列举了在5种不同的情况下，如何表现得有礼貌的方法。
故A正确。
【长难句解析】Chances are that the close sitter doesn’t realize he disturbs you, so he may miss your annoyance.【翻译】很有可能那个坐得较为靠近的人并没有意识到你打扰到你了，所以他可能没有注意到你生气了。
【分析】本句中有一个固定句式chances are that…很可能…；另外动词realize后面含有一个宾语从句he disturbs you。
十三（2014辽宁卷）
D
Travis is the manager of G&G where he is responsible for forty employees（雇员）and profits (利润) of over $2 million per year. He’s never late to work. He does not get upset on the job. When one of his employees started crying after a customer screamed at her, Travis took her away. ―Your working uniform is your shelter,‖ he told her. ―Nothing anyone says will ever hurt you. You will always be as strong as you want to be.‖Travis picked up that lecture in one of his G&G training courses, an education program that began on his first day and continues throughout an employee’s occupation. The training has, Travis says, changed his life. G&G has taught him how to live, how to focus, how to get to work on time, and how to master his emotions（情绪）.
Most importantly, it taught him willpower. At the center of that education is an extreme focus on an all-important habit: willpower. Dozens of cases show that willpower is the single most important habit for a person s success.
And the best way to st rengthen willpower is to make it into a habit. ―Sometimes it looks like people with great self-control aren’t working hard—but that’s because they’ve made it automatic,‖ Angela Duckworth, one of the University of Pennsylvania researchers said. ―Their willpower occurs without them having to think about it.‖The company spent millions of dollars developing programs of study to train employees on self-control. Managers wrote workbooks that serve as guides to how to make willpower a habit in workers’ lives. Tho se courses are, in part, why G&G has grown from a sleepy company into a large one with more than seventeen thousand stores and profits of more than $10 billion a year.
33. We learn from Paragraph 2 that employees in G&G must . A.learn to give lectures B. attend education programs C. design a working uniform D.develop a common hobby
34. Willpower will become a habit when employees can . A. focus on the profits B. benefit
from the job C. protect themselves well D. control their feelings well
35. What can we infer from the passage?
A. G&G has grown into a large company.
B. G&G will spend half its profits training employees.
C.G&G may become more successful in the future.
D.G&G has to produce more workbooks for managers. 【考点】考察文化教育类阅读
【文章大意】本文通过G&G的培训课程告诉我们人的意志力是我们是否能够取得成功的关键。
33. 【答案】B 【试题解析】推理题。
根据文章第二段1,2行Travis picked up that lecture in one of his G&G training courses, an education program that began on his first day and continues throughout an employee’s occupation.可知G&G的培训课程在新员工入职第一天就开始了，而且在贯穿与员工的工作之中。
也就是说G&G的员工都得参加这样的培训课程。
故B正确。
34. 【答案】D 【试题解析】推理题。
根据第三段1,2行And the best way to strengthen willpower is to make it into a habit. ―Sometimes it looks like people with great self-control aren’t working hard—but that’s because they’ve made it automatic可知加强意志力最好的方法就是让意志力成为一种习惯。
有时候有很强自我控制里的人工作并不努力，你是因为他们还没有把自我控制当成一种习惯。
也就是说当人们能够很好地控制我们的感情时，我们就会让意志力成为习惯。
我们就能表现得很好。
故D正确。
35. 【答案】C 【试题解析】推理题。
根据文章最后一段第一句The company spent millions of dollars developing programs of study to train employees on self-control.和最后一句Those courses are, in part, why G&G has grown from a sleepy company into a large one with more than seventeen thousand stores and profits of more than $10 billion a year.可知这家公司在培训员工方面花了很多钱，而且也让公司发展得很好，也正是因为在员工培训方面的投入很大，所以他们可能在未来会取得更大的成功。
故C正确。
【长难句解析】And the best way to strengthen willpower is to make it into a habit.【答案】加强意志力最好的方法就是让意志力成为一种习惯。
【分析】在本句中不定式的用法得到了充分的体现。
本句中主语the best way后面有不定式to strengthen willpower作为定语来修饰这个名词，还可以使用the best way of strengthening willpower。
另外本句中的表语to make it into a habit也是一个不定式，表示具体的一次性的行为。
十四（2014山东卷）
E
The kids in this village wear dirty, ragged clothes. They sleep beside cows and sheep in huts made of sticks and mud. They have no school. Yet they all can chant the English alphabet, and some can make words. The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.
The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers analyzing the project data say they’re already amazed. ―What I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of ki ndergarten,‖ said Matt Keller, who runs the Ethiopia program.
The fastest learner—and the first to turn on one of the tablets—is 8-year-old Kelbesa Negusse. The device’s camera was disabled to save memory, yet within weeks Kelbesa had figured out its workings and made the camera work. He called himself a lion, a marker of accomplishment in Ethiopia.
With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. ―Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,‖ said Keller.
The project aims to get kids to a stage called ―deep reading,‖ where they can read to learn. It won’t be in Amharic, Ethiopia’s first language, but in English, which is widely seen as the tick et to higher paying jobs.
62. How does the Ethiopia program benefit the kids in the village?
A. It trains teachers for them.
B. It contributes to their self-study.
C. It helps raise their living standards.
D. It provides funds for building schools.
63. What can we infer from Keller’s words in Paragraph 3?
A. They need more time to analyze data.
B. More children are needed for the research.
C. He is confident about the future of the project.
D. The research should be carried out in kindergartens.
64. It amazed Keller that with the tablet Kelbesa could _______.
A. learn English words quickly.
B. draw pictures of animals.
C. write letters to researchers.
D. make phone calls to his friends.
65. What is the aim of the project?
A. To offer Ethiopians higher paying jobs.
B. To make Amharic widely used in the world.
C. To help Ethiopian kids read to learn in English.
D. To assist Ethiopians in learning their first language. 【考点】考察文化教育类阅读
【文章大意】本文介绍了在非洲的Ethiopian进行的一项研究，通过使用平板电脑，孩子们学会了英语单词。
文章仔细介绍了这个计划的具体信息。
62. 【答案】B 【试题解析】推理题。
根据文章第三段The goal is to find out whether kids using today’s new technology can teach themselves to read in places where no schools or teachers exist.和―Wh at I think has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,‖可知这个计划的目的是为了看在没有学校没有老师的情况下，孩子是否可以自学。
结果证明这是完全有可能的。
很多孩子都通过自学，掌握了一些知识。
说明这个计划促进了孩子的自学能力。
故B正确。
63. 【答案】C 【试题解析】推理题。
根据本段最后2行―What I thin k has already happened is that the kids have already learned more than they would have in one year of kindergarten,‖可知他的看法已经被证明了。
孩子们学习的内容比预料的还多。
说明他对中计划的未来是很乐观的。
故C正确。
64. 【答案】A 解析:推理题。
根据文章第五段With his tablet, Kelbasa rearranged the letters HSROE into one of the many English animal names he knows. Then he spelled words on his own. ―Seven months ago he didn’t know any English. That’s unbelievable,‖孩子们用平板电脑非常迅速地学会了拼写单词而且速度很快。
A正确。
65. 【答案】C 【试题解析】细节题。
根据文章最后一段第一句The project aims to get kids to a stage called ―deep reading,‖ where they can read to learn.可知这个计划的目的就是让孩子进入一个深度学习的状态，让他们学会学习等。
故C正确。
【长难句解析】The key to their success: 20 tablet computers(平板电脑) dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February by a U.S. group called One Laptop Per Child.【翻译】他们的成功的关键是：被称为One Laptop Per Child的一个美国的组织在2月份留给这个埃塞俄比亚村子的20台平板电脑。
【分析】本句中的名词the key 通常要和介词to连用表示―…的关键‖；同时句中有两个过去分词短语做定语：dropped off in their Ethiopian village in February修饰20 tablet computers；called One Laptop Per Child修饰a U.S. group。
十五（2014陕西卷）
B
When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor in the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University （SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn;t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, ―By O. Henry‖. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles,
a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But i doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
49. Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?
A. The girl’s mother.
B. The author’s father.
C. The girl.
D. The author.
50. Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?
A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.
B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.
C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.
D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.
51. The underlined word ―authenticated‖ in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.
A. named
B. treated
C. proved
D. described
52. According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?
A. To sell the O. Henry story.
B. To meet the author himself.
C. To talk with the O. Henry expert.
D. To give money to the girl.
【考点】考察历史知识类阅读
【文章大意】本文介绍了我的父亲为了帮助一位女学生动手术，而到Des Moines把女孩的母亲发现的欧亨利的手稿卖掉的故事。
49. 【答案】A 【试题解析】细节题。
根据文章第二段1,2行She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, ―By O. Henry‖.可知正是她的母亲在打扫阁楼的时候发现了欧亨利的手稿的。
故A正确。
50. 【答案】B 【试题解析】细节题。
根据文章第二段4,5行he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident.可知欧亨利有可能在Gainestown boardinghouse住过，留下了这个手稿。
所以女孩的妈妈才可能会得到这个手稿。
故B正确。
51. 【答案】C 【试题解析】推理题。
根据文章第三段Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot.可知我的父亲来到了Des Moines找到了一位买家愿意购买这个手稿，说明这是欧亨利的手稿。
也就是说My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.中的这位专家确认了能够手稿的确是欧亨利的。
故C正确。
52. 【答案】A 【试题解析】细节题。
根据文章第三段1,2行My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot.可知父亲要到Des Moines来卖欧亨利的手稿的。
故A正确。
【长难句解析】My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.【翻译】我的父亲去拜访了纽约哥伦比亚大学欧亨利的专家，他证明了这个故事是欧亨利的。
【分析】本句中的who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s修饰先行词O. Henry expert，这是一个非限制性定语从句。
非限定性定语从句起补充说明作用，缺少也不会影响全句的理解，在非限定性定语从句的前面往往有逗号隔开，如若将非限定性定语从句放在句子中间，起前后都需要用逗号隔开。
需要注意 which引导的非限定性定语从句是用来说明前面整个句子的情况或主句的某一部分。
在非限定性定语从句中，关系词不能用that。
十六（2014陕西卷）
D
One afternoon last week, I saw three tearful children from my son’s school being comforted by teachers. That morning, my 11-year-old had stomach pains, retching（干呕）into a bowl. Talking to other mothers later, I heard about other children with stomachache or difficult sleeping the night before.
What caused so much pain? Sports day. Sports day might be necessary at a highly-competitive。
