【阅读理解】
William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13,1865. His childhood lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family—both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama (戏剧) and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s.His early theatrical experiments，however，were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn't lose heart，and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats's poems attract much admiring notice.The subject matter includes love，nature，history，time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923.Yet，he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40，he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats's death in 1939, W．H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines：
Earth，receive an honoured guest：
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel (船) lie
Emptied of its poetry.
本文介绍了爱尔兰著名作家威廉·巴特勒叶慈，他在19世纪90年代成立了爱尔兰国家剧院，他以诗体戏剧及诗歌闻名，于1923年获得了诺贝尔奖。
．Which of the following can describe Yeats's family?
A．It filled Yeats's childhood with laughter.B．It was shocked by Yeats's choice.
C．It was a typically wealthy family.D．It had an artistic atmosphere.
答案：D。细节理解题。根据短文第一段倒数第二句话可知：他从家人那儿继承了很好的艺术鉴赏能力，他的父亲和哥哥都是画家，证明他是在一个有艺术氛围的家庭中长大。
．According to the passage，what do we know about Yeats's life?
A．Yeats founded the first Irish theater.
B．Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.
C．Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.
D．Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize.
答案：C。细节理解题。根据短文第二段第二句话“He set himself...theatre in the late 1890s.”可知A项不对。根据第三段第三句话“Though Yeats...to them”可知，B项不对。根据第三段最后一句话可知，D项不对。由此可知C项正确。
．What kind of feeling is expressed in W．H.Auden's lines?
A．Envy. B．Sympathy.C．Emptiness. D．Admiration.
答案：D。推理判断题。envy忌妒；sympathy同情；emptiness空虚；admiration敬佩，钦佩。Auden的诗词中有honored guest，最尊敬的客人，可知Auden是敬佩叶慈的。
．What is the passage mainly about?
A. Yeats's literary achievements.B. Yeats's historical influence.
C. Yeats's artistic ambition. D. Yeats's national honor.
答案：A。主旨大意题。本文主要讲述作家叶慈在文学方面所取得的成绩，他的诗体戏剧获得了很大的成功，他的诗歌赢得了广泛的认可，1923年，他获得了诺贝尔文学奖。
And passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself.
Ultinatel was Nancy points out,the level of sucicess is not meastured by how many people read a book,but by how many people are enriched by the process.or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word.
1.What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?
A.To invite authors to guide readers.
B.To encourage people to read and share.
C.To involve people in communnity service.
D.To promote the friendship between cities.
2.Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the projict?
A.They had little interest in reading.
B.They were too busy to read a book.
C.They came from many different backgrounds
D.They lacked support from the locat government
3.According to the passage,where would the project be more easily carried out?
A.In large communities with little sense of unity
B.In large cities where libraries are far from home
C.In medium-sized cities with a diverse population
D.In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached
4.The underlined words“shared a word”in Paragraph 5 probably mean
A.exchanged ideas with each other
B.discussed the meaning of a word
C.gamed life experience
D.used the same language
5.According to Nacy,the degree of students of the project is judged by
the careful selection of a proper book
the growing popularity of the writers
C.the number of people who benefit from reading.
D.the number of books that each person reads.
【参考答案】1---5、BCDAC
阅读理解In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.
I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.
“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.
(
) 1. Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?
A. To leave messages.
B. To list her everyday tasks.
C. To note down maths problems.
D. To write down a flash of inspiration.
(
) 2. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?
A. It has great value for the family.
B. It needs to be replaced by a better one.
C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
D .It should be passed on to the next generation.
(
) 3. The author feels embarrassed for _________
A. blaming her mother wrongly.
B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.
C. not making good use of time as her mother did.
D. not making any breakthrough in her field.
(
) 4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A .The mother is successful in her career.
B. The family members like traveling.
C. The author had little time to play when young.
D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
(
) 5. In the author’s mind ,her mother is____
A. strange in behavior.
B. keen on her research.
C. fond of collecting old things.
D. careless about her appearance.
本篇文章为记叙文。主要讲述“我”的母亲总是习惯实用厨房里的记事本和铅笔。50年过去了，换了 5 所房子，可母亲的习惯没有改变，却更热衷于此。我突然意识到母亲是位天才的数学家。
46. D细节理解题。 根据第四段第三句 never knew when I might want to note down an idea, “and I was always in the kitchen in those days”可知作者母亲随时在存放的记事本上记录自己的想法，故选 D 项。
47. B 推理判断题。根据第三段作者说的“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.”“Can’t you afford a pen”可知作者态度，是在反问母亲，想让母亲用更好的笔和记事本，故选B
48. C 细节理解题，根据第五段第二句“I fell embarrassed that T complain about not having enough child-free time to work”可判断选C项
49. A 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容，可知我意识到母亲的成功，她是天才数学家，母亲充分利用了厨房里的记事本写下数学，以及她对我的影响，由此判断选A
50. B细节理解题。根据第五段第二句母亲的话““One day I was cooking and watching baby …It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”可知，作者的母亲很热衷于自己的发现，由此判断选B。
完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。
The question of whether war is inevitable is one which has concerned many of the world’s great writers. Before 1
this question, it will be useful to introduce some
2
concepts. Conflict, 3
as opposition among social units-or individuals-directed against one another, is4
from competition, which 5
opposition among social units 6
seeking to obtain something which is 7
inadequate supply. Competitors may not know about one another, which those who 8
in a conflict do. Conflict and competition are both 9
of opposition. The meaning of opposition has been stated as a process by which social unit function in the disservice of one another, opposition is 10
contrasted to cooperation, a
11
by which social units function in the service of one another. These 12
are necessary because it is important to emphasize that competition between individuals or groups is inevitable in a world of limited 13
, but conflict Isn’s. Conflict, nevertheless, is very likely to occur and is probably an essential and desirable 14
of human societies.
Many authors have 15
their arguments that war cannot be avoided on the idea that in the struggle for existence among groups of animals, only those which are best 16
remain alive. In general, however, this struggle in nature is competition, not conflict. Those who fail in this competition 17
starve to death or are 18
by other types of animals. This struggle for 19
is not similar to human war, but is like the competition of 20
for jobs, markets, and materials. The most important quality of this struggle is the competition for the necessities of life that are not enough to satisfy all.
(
) 1. A. considering
B. solving
C. answering
D. saying
(
) 2. A. related
B. used
C. translated
D. sacred
(
) 3. A. specified
B. remarked
C. defined
D. claimed
(
) 4. A. variable
B. distinguished
C. various
D. isolated
(
) 5. A. acknowledged
B. denies
C. assumes
D. means
(
) 6. A. critically
B. approximately
C. independently
D. costly
(
) 7. A. on
B. for
C. with
D. in
(
) 8. A. enter
B. participate
C. fall
D. involve
(
) 9. A. formations
B. classes
C. terms
D. reactions
(
) 10. A. nevertheless
B. however
C. thus
D. maybe
(
) 11. A. procession
B. standard
C. process
D. measurement
(
) 12. A. accounts
B. definitions
C. descriptions
D. explanations
(
) 13. A. resources
B. origins
C. sources
D. materials
(
) 14. A. matter
B. element
C. event
D. coincidence
(
) 15. A. concentrated
B. fixed
C. centered
D. based
(
) 16. A. encouraged
B. accepted
C. adapted
D. adopted
(
) 17. A. not only
B. either
C. neither
D. both
(
) 18. A. killed
B. raised
C. fired
D. surrounded
(
) 19. A. resistence
B. privilege
C. favour
D. employment
(
) 20. A. workers
B. officials
C. individuals
D. residents
1.A
考虑这个问题之前，有必要介绍一些与之相关的概念。
.A “相关的概念”，应用related。
3.C
define, “解释”，“下定义”，后面经常接as; specify,“指定”，“指明”。The regulations specify that you may use a dictionary in the examination。规则指明考虐时可用字典。remark,“说”。claim,“要求承认某人之身份，所有权”。Does anyone claim this umbrella?有没有人认领这把伞？ 冲突，指的是社会单位，团体或个人之间的对抗。它与“竞争”不同。竞争指的是社会单位间为夺取一种不足够的供应而进行的对抗。
.B
distinguish from区别，不同；variable与vaious(多样的)后面一般不接from; isolated“与……隔离开来”。
.D
对前面competition的解释，“意味着”。
.C
critically批判地；approximately大致地；independently 独立地；不受控制地；costly形容词，昂贵的。根据文中含义，“竞争对手各自寻求物质，所以才会有冲突”。所以此外选C为宜。
.D
in short(inadequate) supply“缺乏的”为固定搭配，一般不用其它介词。
.B
enter in登记姓名，细节等。例：enter in an item in an accountbook将一笔账记入账本；fall in陷入，例fall in love with sb. involve in“卷入”，一般为卷入某个事件；participate in参与。 竞争者们可能彼此不了解，而冲突者们则熟识对方。
.B
formation,构成;terms,术语;reactions,反映;classes在此处指“种类，类别”。冲突和竞争都属于对抗。
.C
选这类连接副词时，关键是弄清句与句之间意义关系。上句讲到对抗就是彼此不服务。这句讲到合作就是彼此服务。他们之间连接词自然就是“因此”了，因此他们相反。对抗与合作相反。合作指的是社会单位互相服务。
.C
procession队伍，行列；standard标准；process过程；measurement衡量。上句中谈到对抗是彼此不服务时，用的是“a process by which social...”,此处与上句这部分结构完全相同，就可套用process一词。
.B
accounts叙述；definitions，定义，概念；descriptions,描述；explanations，解释。文章第二句话是第一自然段主题句：介绍几个概念，然后作者分别介绍。本题中用these definitions“这些概念”则与上文浑然一体。对这些定义的理解非常必要，因为有必要强调，个人或团体之间的竞争在这个资源有限的世界是难免的，而冲突则是可免的。
.A
resource资源，指国家、人类或个人所拥有的人力及物力，例：We must exploit the natural resources of our country. 我们必须开发本国的天然资源。source指河的源头：the source of Nile尼罗河的发源地。source还指出处，来源，例：The news comes from a reliable source.这项消息出自可靠的来源。origin起源，the origin of a quarrel 争吵的起因。此空前为a world of limited一个有限资源的世界，因此选A。
.B
冲突很可能发生，它可能是人类社会必不可少、值得得到的要素。
. D
base...on... 把……建立在……上。
.C
只有那些适应（能力）强的才活下来。
.B
看到or就会想到either; not only...but also; neither...not...,both...and都是固定搭配。在竞争中失败的动物，要不就是饿死，要不就被别的动物杀死。
.A
由前句starve to death和or可知，此处应同death意义相近。
.A
为生存的抗争不同于人类战争。
.C
由后面的jobs, markets and materials可知，此处应填“个人”。 workers, officials和residents（居民）都以偏概全。