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话题34 音乐鉴赏
Ⅰ. 【语篇解读】 本文介绍了开创摇滚乐先河的著名乐队——披头士乐队，其对于流行音乐的革命性的发展与影响无人可出其右，对于世界范围内摇滚乐的发展作出了巨大的贡献，影响了自60年代以后的数代摇滚乐队的音乐和思想，直接影响了摇滚乐的变革和发展。
1.C 指现在是成年人的青少年，追溯到从前，也就是20世纪60年代，听他们的歌。back 是副词，表示“从前地，追溯到过去年代地”。
2.A 句意：披头士音乐目录的再发行明显把目标对准了那些想亲身发现父母所崇拜的乐队的年轻人。point at意为“指向??”，不合题意。
3.B their parents adored是the pop band的定语从句，adore意为“崇拜，爱慕”。admire意为“赞美，钦佩，羡慕”；dream of意为“梦想，向往”，均不合题意。
4.C 在第三段第一句提到A four-member band，说明这个乐队由四个人组成。
5.B form“组成，组建，形成”，这里我们还可以用set up，found等，但是organize是个及物动词，若用就要使用被动语态形式。
6.D 句意：在流行音乐史上，披头士乐队是获得最大商业成功和备受称赞的乐队之一。强调了该乐队的商业价值。
7.D 说完整体后，在这里强调的是乐队里最有名的成员是这两位。从空后可以看出是两个人名。 8.C cultural意为“文化上的”，和第9空后的culture呼应，因为本句说的是披头士乐队的文化影响。 9.A influence意为“影响”，多指产生久远的烙印；affect是动词，意为“影响”，多指不良影响。 10.B 这里有短语make a list of“罗列”，也就是滚石乐队将100位最伟大的艺术家排名时，句中的数
据说明选list。
11.C Rolling Stone是音乐杂志，披头士乐队又榜上有名，说明他们排名的是史上最伟大的艺术家。 12.D 句中用it来作形式主语，that引导的是真正的主语从句。
13.B 第5空所在句提到披头士乐队成立于1960年，在1970年解散，这里的split和break up呼应。 14.D 这句话是对人们疑惑为什么他们的影响如此深远的回答，本段前两句是一问一答。
15.A 线索在第14空所在句，the first of their kind，也就是因为他们是第一个摇滚乐队，下面的句子也
强调了他们的几个第一。第16空所在句说明C不能选。
16.A 在Barry Miles看来，他们开创了很多先河，而碰巧他们也是最好的，所以影响如此深远。 happen
to do sth.意为“碰巧??”。
17.D 这里as引导了一个非限制性定语从句，as在定语从句里作宾语，意为“这一点”。
18.B 这里talent和gift是同义词，意为“天才，天分”，是在音乐方面超出一般人的能力，所以A项不对，
D项是形容词，而这里需要一个名词。
19.D 这里考查了not only...but (also)...结构，意为“不但??而且??”。 20.C 本段说了四个特别有才华的人在同一个乐队，难怪会创作出如此优秀的音乐。
Ⅱ.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，是对一本名为 The Snake-Stone的书的介绍。本书的主题是发现自我，描写了James 从寻找自己生母的旅程中懂得了养父母的爱，学会了如何与他人相处以及知道在面对困难时需要毅力和勇气，James 在圆满的结局中发现了自我。
1.C 主旨大意题。由第二段第一句“The main theme is a teenage search of self-discovery...”可知，本书的主题是一名青少年在寻找自己生母的旅程中发现了自我。
2.D 细节理解题。第二段中的“...James’ swimming coach says to him...”暗示了James 已经是
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一个具有独立性的年轻人了。
3.B 细节理解题。 由文章第四段第二句“The only clue he has is a fossil...”可知，他的生母留下的唯一的线索就是蛇化石以及与蛇化石放在一起的一张便条。A、C、D三项都与原文意思不符。 4.C 细节理解题。 本题可用排除法解出。A项与本文最后一段中的“As a...also provides its readers with a happy ending.”不符；B项与文章第一段第一句“...but also rural England(the countryside) including remote English villages.”不符；D项与第四段第一句“The turning point in the story comes while James’ foster parents are away in London...”不符。
5.A 推理判断题。 由全文可知，James通过寻找生母的旅程发现了自我，所以这次旅程是值得的、有意义的。
Ⅲ.【语篇解读】本文主要说明背诵台词对于演员来说是一项基本功，而且这里面也有些窍门。
1.C 由上下文可知，对于背台词，演员就得反复记忆，就大部分演员来讲，没有捷径可走。故C项是正确选项。
2.F 由上下文可知，没有经验的演员在彩排的过程中，只是盯着对方，等着说自己下面的台词；相反，演员要做到全身心地投入到剧情当中去。故选F项。
3.D 有些演员喜欢把自己和其他演员的台词录下来，然后不但自己认真听，而且还要背诵所有的台词。故选D项。
4.B 由下文的stage fright(怯场)，forget lines，don’t freeze以及Keep the scene going to the best of your ability.可知，演员一旦出现怯场、忘台词等情况，要坚信自己，不要惊慌。故选B项。
5.G 由下文的Sometimes embarrassment is the toughest method of memorization.可知，对于演员这次忘掉的台词，可能以后再也忘不了了。所以G项适合本空。 Ⅳ.One possible version:
Dear Miss Kate，
Last weekend，I together with many students joined in a meaningful activity in which all of us provided many services voluntarily for Dongfang Community.
First we went to some main streets and helped people do a thorough cleaning.And then we went to the sports center，where different sports facilities needed polishing.When the cleaning work was done，the community looked really neat and tidy.Besides，we put on many wonderful and interesting programs for the people，which brought them laughter and happiness.And the most important，we also publicized much knowledge of traffic safety and popular science.
Tired as we were，we felt happy as all of our work paid off.As to me，I won’t forget the day because of its great value for my growth.
Yours， Li Hua
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话题35 克隆技术
Ⅰ.完形填空
When did the VOA begin?During the World War Ⅱ，when Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1 ，American officials believed they should 2 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events.The first VOA news report began with words in 3 .“The 4 may be good or bad，but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week，other VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian，French and English.
After the World War Ⅱ ended in 1945，some Americans felt VOA’s 6 had to be changed， 7 the Soviet Union became enemy of America.They wanted to 8 Soviet listeners.Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 “Music USA”.Another new idea came along in 1959.VOA knew that many listeners did not know 10 English to completely understand its 11 English broadcast.So VOA 12 a simpler kind of English， 13 uses about 1，500 words and is spoken 14 of course，it is special English.
In the 15 of most VOA listeners，the most 16 program is the news report.News from around the world 17 into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day.It comes from VOA reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBC.VOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports，which are being broadcast in 43 languages. 1.A.business 2.A.reply 3.A.same 4.A.news
B.culture B.answer B.short B.news
C.support C.join C.English C.effects
D.information D.interrupt D.German D.opinions D.officials D.results D.in order that D.support D.printed D.enough D.exact D.stopped D.that D.loudly D.advice D.common D.passes D.news D.countries D.prepare
B.problems B.position B.supposing B.satisfy B.British B.fast B.who B.rapidly B.course B.sends B.major B.forms
B.reported
5.A.stations 6.A.home 7.A.if 8.A.reach
C.announcers C.purpose C considering C.attack C.called C.good C.taught C.which C.opinion C.various C.delivers
9.A.known 11.A.common 12.A.invented 13.A.it
14.A.slowly 15.A.pleasure 16.A.difficult 17.A.flies 18.A.all
10.A.American C.standard
B.discovered
C.normally
B.important
C.American C.newspapers C.translate
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19.A.broadcasts 20.A.broadcast
B.announce
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Ⅱ.阅读理解
(2012·湖北高考D篇)
How is it that siblings (兄弟姐妹) can turn out so differently？One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family.The firstborn is， for a while，an only child，and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later.The next child is，for a while，the youngest，until the situation is changed by a new arrival.The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too.One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years；another might be raised in a family crisis， with a disappointed mother or an angry father. Sibling competition was identified as an important shaping force as early as in 1918.But more recently，researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others’ lives.Dr.Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings.The reason for this might be that the later children aren’t getting the same one-on-one time with parents.But that doesn’t mean that the younger children have problems with language development.Later-borns don’t enjoy that much talking time with parents，but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters，learning entire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”.
A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially.Love-hate relationships were common among the children.Even those siblings who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs.
One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings， particularly if they are close in age.Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than the second and third.Girls with brothers show their differences to a maximum degree by being more feminine than girls with sisters.A 2003 research paper studied adolescents from 185 families over two years，finding that those who changed to make themselves different from their siblings were successful in increasing the amount of warmth they gained from their parents.
1.The underlined part “in a different family”(in Para.1) means “ ”. A.in a different family environment C.in different family crises
B.in a different family tradition D.in different families
B.learn a lot from their elder siblings D.pick up words more quickly
2.In terms of language development，later-borns . A.get their parents’ individual guidance C.experience a lot of difficulties
3.What was found about fights among siblings？ A.Siblings hated fighting and loved playing. B.Siblings in some families fought frequently. C.Sibling fights led to bad sibling relationships. D.Siblings learned to get on together from fights. 4.The word “feminine” (in Para.4) means “ ”. A.having qualities of parents
B.having qualities of women
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C.having defensive qualities D.having extraordinary qualities
技巧点拨 高考阅读理解失分原因大盘点(2) 三、基础知识掌握不牢固。 阅读理解能力的测试不仅考查考生的阅读理解能力，还要求考生具有一定的语言知识、语法基础、文化常识和词汇量及词义辨识能力。基础知识不牢固导致在解题的过程中出现：1.未准确理解题干中的要求，如有些题干中会提出“What’s the most magnificent...？”的问题，文章从几个层面叙述这个方面的内容，如原因、区别、因素等。但在叙述过程中，它是有轻重之分的。读题时未注意到“最”，只看到文章内容的某一部分就开始答题，以致答错。又如题干“What’s probably discussed above the passage?”意为“文章前很有可能讨论什么内容？”，可许多叙述却把题干中的above the passage误解为the passage above，以为是问本段文章讨论什么内容，结果导致了错误。在阅读理解题目中，有些选项相近却不相同，考生常常因为不能区分这些选项的差别而失分。还有些因为不了解西方文化背景和思维方式而理解错误。可见，牢固的基础知识也是做好阅读理解不可或缺的因素。 Ⅲ.七选五
Paying forward a little bicycle
A couple of weeks back，my friend had a yard sale，and she offered to sell some of our stuff for us.I thought it would be a good opportunity to clean my seven-year-old son’s room and get rid of some toys that he had long outgrown. 1 The night before the sale，we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that he was now too tall for.He had taken the bike for a final spin before we left home but happily put it on the truck for the sale. 2 It was not in the best shape and it certainly was not shiny new but it was still a bike，and the tires were still good.
3 So，after the sale was over，my friend put it on the sidewalk with a sign that said “FREE BIKE”.Within five minutes her doorbell rang.A little boy was standing there.His English was not very good but he asked if the sign was right...was the price of the bike really free?She said yes，she said that he could have it for nothing. 4 Later that evening when I told my son about the little boy that he got the bike for free. 5 He was so thrilled to hear that someone else would get good use out of that little bike.The bike was given to us，so in this way，I guess we got to pay it forward! A.We put a price of ＄10 on it but it didn’t sell. B.All passers-by thought it was too expensive. C.He smiled，jumped on the bike and rode away. D.The smile on my son’s face was truly priceless. E.This little bike had had at least two previous owners. F.He laughed at me as if I was the biggest fool in the world. G.We agreed that whatever we sold in toys would be his money.
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