audience
n. 观众
advertiser
n. 广告客户 corporation
n. 股份公司
consumer
n. 消费者 account for 是……的原因；导致
a growing amount of越来越多的 the general public公众
commercial time商业广告时间 dead time停滞期
commercial sponsors商业赞助商 life insurance人寿保险 ［助读强化］ ［难句理解］ Sports account for a growing amount of income made on the sales of commercial time by television companies. 结构分析：句中made…companies是过去分词短语作后置定语, 修饰income。
汉语大意：电视台在销售商业广告时间方面所赚的收入越来越多, 其原因就是有体育运动。 * * * * * * * * * A. Maxie shows her anxiety to the author. B. Maxie really wishes the author a good day. C. Maxie encourages the author to stay happy. D. Maxie really worries about the author’s security. 26. How does the author understand Maxie’s words? B
细节理解题。根据命题的顺序性原则, 此题答案的关键信息应在第一段, 用Maxie在第一段搜索 (注：专有名词是最佳搜索词), 在第一段找到第二句和第三句(I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me… cares about me and wishes me well), 故选B。 A. The salesgirl is rude.
B. The salesgirl is bored. C. The salesgirl cares about me.
D. The salesgirl says the words as a routine. 27. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean? D
句意理解题。由第二段画线句的上句(那句话是以一种固定的程序和相同的腔调说出来的)和后面一句(是试图增加营业额), 可知售货员说那句话是“例行公事”。 A. try to be polite to you
B. express respect to you C. give his blessing to you
D. share his pleasure with you 28. By saying “Have a nice day”, a stranger may _____. A
细节理解题。用stranger在第二段之后搜索, 在第四段最后找到“has tried to be nice to you”, 选项A就是其近义替换(用polite替找原文中的nice)。 A. sincerely
B. as thanks
C. as a habit
D. encouragingly 29. According to the last paragraph, people say “Have a nice day” ____. C
推理判断题。由最后一段的第一句(特别是custom一词)和最后一段的最后两句(While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.)可知, 人们常说“Have a nice day”已成为一种习惯了。
A. Have a Nice Day—a Social Custom B. Have a Nice Day—a Pleasant Gesture C. Have a Nice Day—a Heart-warming Greeting D. Have a Nice Day—a Polite Ending of a Conversation 30. What is the best title of the passage?
A
主旨大意题。由第一段和最后一段, 特别是最后一段的第一句(特别是social custom)可知。 ［助读强化］ sincerely
adv. 真诚地
expression
n. 词语；表达 secure
adj. 安全的
procedure
n. 程序 indicate
vt. 示意；表明
management
n. 管理者 rush…out the door把……急忙送往门外
the concern for关心…… ［难句理解］ But in a strange and comfortable way, it’s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don’t care all that much. 结构分析：know后的they care…that much是省略了that的宾语从句；在这个宾语从句中, pretend后又跟一个宾语从句；when引导一个时间状语从句。 汉语大意：知道他们并不真的那么关心你却要非常刻意地假装以一种奇怪而又舒服的方式来关心你, 你心里还是觉得很爽的。 31. According to Paragraph 2, one reason why a baby cries is that it feels ____.
A. sick
B. upset
C. sleepy
D. hungry D
细节理解题。由第二段最后一句“The baby asks for attention by crying and searching for food with its mouth”可知。 A. He is strict.
B. He is unkind. C. He has the wrong idea. D. He sets a timetable for mothers. 32. What does the author think about Dr King? C
推理判断题。由第三段第三句I’ve never heard anything so ridiculous(荒谬可笑的)以及本文最后一句可知。 33. The underlined word “copper-bottomed” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ___ .
A. basic
B. reliable C. surprising
D. interesting B
词义猜测题。由第四段的具体描述特别 是第四句(This Research comes from Oxford and Essex University using a sample of 10, 419 children born in the early 1990s, taking account of…)可知, 这项实验是“可靠的”。
A. The baby will sleep well. B. The baby will have its brain harmed. C. The baby will have a low blood sugar level. D. The baby will grow to be wiser by the age of 8. 34. What does the research tell us about feeding a baby on demand? D
细节理解题。由第四段第三句“By the age of 8, their IQ(智商)scores are four to five percent higher than babies fed by a rigid timetable”可知。 A. in the night
B. every four hours C. whenever it wants food D. according to its blood sugar level 35. The author supports feeding the baby ____. C
观点态度题。由本文的第一句(I have been consistently opposed to feeding a baby regularly)就提出观点, “反对定期喂婴儿”, 最后一句 (I hope this research will put an end to advocating strictly timed baby feeding practices)希望结束主张严格按时喂养的习惯。既然“不定期”, 也就是按婴儿需要喂养, 故选C。 ［助读强化］ consistently
adv. 一贯地
regularly
adv. 有规律地；定期地 recommend
vt. 推荐
advocate
vt. 提倡 ridiculous
adj. 荒谬的
inconvenience
n. 不便；困难 schedule
n. 时间表
be opposed to反
blood sugar level血糖水平
demand feeding(婴儿啼哭)需求喂养法 a rigid timetable严格的时间表
strictly timed feeding严格的定时喂养法 take account of 考虑到
run the risk of冒……的风险 ［难句理解］ All we know is that a low level is harmful to brain development and makes a baby easily annoyed. 结构分析：句中we know是省略了关系代词that的定语从句, 修饰先行词all；is后的that引导的是一个表语从句。
汉语大意：我们所知道的是, 低血糖水平对大脑发育是有害的, 也容易使婴儿烦躁不安。 A. she might be recognized B. asking for help looked silly C. she was normal and independent D. being found blind was embarrassing 36. The girl refused to ask for help because she thought ____. D
细节理解题。由第一段前两句(I was blind, but l was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help)可知。 A. began to run
B. hit a person as usual C. hit a lamppost by accident
D. was caught by something 37. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she ____. C
细节理解题。由第二段前三句, 特别是第三句(When it happened a third time. I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost)可知。 A. stopped a big lorry
B. stopped the wrong bus C. made no attempt to stop the bus
D. was not noticed by other people 38. At the request stop that evening, the girl ___ . C
细节理解题。由最后一段中的But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by可知。 A. Other vehicles also stopped there. B. It was unreliable for making judgments. C. More lorries than buses responded to the girl. D. It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus. 39. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus? B
推理判断题。由第三段前两句(I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry…)可知, 靠声音来判断有时是靠不住的。 A. to find people there
B. to find more buses there C. to find the bus by herself there
D. to find people more helpful there 40. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping _____. A
推理判断题。由managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help…But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop…I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one可知, 女孩是决定找人帮忙了, 而在本站没有人, 去下一站当然就是希望在那里可以找到人帮忙。 ［助读强化］ disaster
n.
灾祸
awfully
adv. 非常 lamppost
n. 街灯柱 be ashamed of为……感到羞耻 can’t bear不能忍受
step on brakes踩刹车 to and from work 上下班
in this situation在这种情况下 for fear of担心；生怕；以免 swallow one’s pride抑制自尊心 ［难句理解］ So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. 结构分析：句中which引导一个定语从句并在该从句中作主语, 补充说明先行词the bus stop；where引导一个定语从句并在该从句中作地点状语, 解释先行词a request stop；unless引导一个条件状语从句。 汉语大意：于是我继续往前走, 然后找到了那个公交站。这个公交站是招呼停车的停车站, 在这个站, 如果没有旅客要求上下车, 公交车是不停的。 A. result in more sport event
B. get more viewers to play sports C. make more people interested in television
D. bring more money to the television networks 41. Television sport programs on weekend afternoons ____. D
细节理解题。由文章首句和第二段最后一句(television networks are able to sell advertising time at relatively high prices)可知。
A. Because there would be few viewers. B. Because the advertisers would be off work. C. Because television programs would go slowly. D. Because viewers would pay less for watching television. 42. Why would weekend afternoons become dead time without sport programs? A
推理判断题。由第二段Sport events are the most popular weekend programs, especially among male viewers who may not watch much television at other times during the week. 可知。 A. holiday
B. sports viewing
C. television shopping
D. expensive purchases 43. In many families, men make decision on ___. D
细节理解题。由第三段最后一句They also realize that most business travelers are men and that many men make family decisions on the purchases of computers, cars and life insurance可知。 A. their advertisers are carmakers
B. their viewers are attracted by sports C. their advertisers target at rich people
D. their viewers can afford expensive cars 44. The ratings are not important for golf and tennis programs because ____. C
细节理解题。由第四段It is made up of people from the highest income groups in the United States, including many lawyers and business managers可知。 A. Television viewers are determined by male viewers. B. Rich viewers contribute most to television companies. C. Sports are gaining importance in advertising on television. D. Commercial advertisers are the major sponsors of sport events. 45. What is the passage mainly about? C
主旨大意题。由首段, 特别是第一段第一句可知。 * * * * * * * * *