1、ADo you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness，happiness，goodness，and selfrespect？The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.Here is an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.Say a store clerk fails to charg
2、e us for an item.If we keep silent，and profit from the clerks mistake，we would drive home with a sense of mean excitement.Later we might tell our family of friends about our good fortune.On the other hand，if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item，the clerk would be grateful，and thank us for our
3、honesty.We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.Then，what is it to do with our sense of happiness?In the first case，where we dont tell the clerk，a couple of things would happen.Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief.In the
4、 process，we would lose some peace of mind and selfrespect.We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted，since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends.We damage our own reputations by telling others.In contrast，bringing_the_error_to_the_clerks_attention causes different thin
5、gs to happen.Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable.Upon leaving the store，we feel honorable and our selfrespect is increased.Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living
6、a life of honorable actions.Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions.Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence.And its easy to think and act honorably again when were happy.While the positive cycle can be difficult to start，once its started，its easy to continue.Keeping on doing good deeds
7、 brings us peace of mind，which is important for our happiness.【文章大意】本文为一篇说明文。文章以例证的方式说明了“高尚品行造就幸福生活”的真理，并剖析了其中的原因，呼吁人们为提高生活幸福指数应该去做高尚的、值得人尊敬的事。1The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to_Alying BstealingCcheating Dadvertising解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文中第五段第二句“Deep down inside we
8、would know ourselves as a type of thief.”可知，答案应选B项。2The underlined phrase “bringing the error to the clerks attention” means_Atelling the truth to the clerkBoffering advice to the clerkCasking the clerk to be more attentiveDreminding the clerk of the charged item选A。句意理解题。根据文章第三段举的例子和第五段的内容可知，画线句指的是“
9、告诉店员对某商品没有收钱的事实”。故答案选A。3How will we feel if we let the clerk know her mistake?AWell be very excited.BWell feel unfortunate.CWell have a sense of honor.DWell feel sorry for the clerk.选C。根据文中第五段中的“Immediately the clerk knows us to be honorable.Upon leaving the store，we feel honorable.”可知，如果我们告诉店员没有收钱的
10、事情，店员会很感激。我们离店时，内心会有一种别人永远无法分享的荣誉感。故答案选C。4Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?AHow to Live TruthfullyBImportance of PeacefulnessCWays of Gaining SelfrespectDHappiness through Honorable Actions选D。标题概括题。通读全文可知，文章以例证的方式说明了“高尚品行造就幸福生活”的道理。故答案选D。BScientists at Harvard University
11、and Bates College find female chimpanzees（黑猩猩）appear to treat sticks as dolls，carrying them around until they have children of their own.Young males engage in such behavior much less frequently.The new work by Sonya MKahlenberg and Richard WWrangham，described this week in the journal Current Biology
12、，provides the first evidence of a wild nonhuman species playing with dolls，as well as the first known sex difference in a wild animals choice of playthings.The two researchers say their work adds to a growing body of evidence that human children are probably born with their own ideas of how they wan
13、t to behave，rather than simply mirroring other girls who play with dolls and boys who play with trucks.Doll play among humans could have its origins in objectcarrying by earlier apes （猿类），they say，suggesting that toy selection is probably not due entirely to socialization.“In humans，there are obviou
14、s sex differences in childrens toy play，and these are remarkably similar across cultures，” says Kahlenberg.“While socialization by elders and peers has been the primary explanation，our work suggests that biology may also have an important role to play in activity preferences.”In 14 years of data on
15、chimpanzee behavior at the Kibale National Park in Uganda，Kahlenberg and Wrangham counted more than 100 examples of stickcarrying.Some young chimpanzees carried sticks into the nest to sleep with them and on one occasion built a separate nest for the stick.“We have seen juveniles occasionally carryi
16、ng sticks for many years，and because they sometimes treated them rather like dolls，we wanted to know if in general this behavior tended to represent something like playing with dolls，” says Wrangham，a Professor at Harvard“If the doll hypothesis（假设）was right，we thought that females should carry stick
17、s more than males do，and that the chimpanzees should stop carrying sticks when they had their first child.We have now watched enough young chimpanzees to prove both points.”【文章大意】本文是一篇科普文。研究发现，雌性黑猩猩会把棍子当作自己的玩偶，直到它们有了自己的孩子。5What does a female chimpanzee do with sticks?AShe gives them to her child to
18、play with.BShe treats them as weapons.CShe treats them as dolls.DShe makes useful tools from them.根据第一段第一句“.female chimpanzees（黑猩猩）appear to treat sticks as dolls.”可知，雌性黑猩猩会把棍子当作自己的玩偶。故选C项。6What causes the different toy selection of chimpanzees，according to the passage?ASocialization. BSex differenc
19、e.CEnvironment. DCultural difference.根据第二段中的“as well as the first known sex difference.playthings”可知，性别差异是导致黑猩猩玩具选择差异的主要原因。故选B项。7We can infer from the fourth paragraph that_Asocialization has nothing to do with humans choice of playthingsBthe biology factor may also influence toy choiceCsex differen
20、ce is the only factor in humans choice of playthingsDpeople choose different toys in different cultures推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句“our work suggests that biology may also have an important role to play in activity preferences”可知，这两位科学家的研究表明：生物学因素也可能影响黑猩猩对玩具的偏好。A项与原文中的“While socialization by elders and peers has
21、 been the primary explanation”不符，故排除；C项过于绝对，D项文中未涉及。8It can be concluded from the passage that_Achimpanzees usually choose playthings for their childrenBdifferent factors cause humans and chimpanzees to choose different playthingsConly female chimpanzees have playthingsDboth humans and chimpanzees c
22、hoose their playthings due to sex difference综合文章内容可知，无论是人类还是黑猩猩，性别是导致玩具选择差异的重要原因。故选D项。CAs thousands of communities in the USAespecially in the Southbecame booming gateways for immigrant families from Central and South America during the 1990s and the early years of the new century，public schools str
23、uggled with the unfamiliar task of serving the large numbers of English learners arriving in their classrooms.Education programs needed to be built_from_scratch“We had no teaching resources suitable for English learners here before.We had to develop them all ourselves，” a Texas principal said.Throug
24、hout the country，districts had to train their own teachers to teach English to nonnative speakers or recruit teachers from elsewhere.School staff members had to figure out how to communicate with parents who spoke no English.But even as immigration has slowed or stopped in many places，and instructio
25、nal programs for Englishlearners have matured，serving immigrant families and their children remains a work in progress in many public schools，especially those in communities that are skeptical，or sometimes unwelcoming，to the newcomers.One of the biggest challenges educators face，is communicating eff
26、ectively with parents who dont speak Englishan issue that，in part，has contributed to recent complaints of discrimination by Latino students in some cities.“The parents role is very important for the success of these students，but its also one of the most difficult things weve had to tackle，” said Jim
27、 DRollins，the president of the Springdale school district，where the 19，000student school system has gone from having no Englishlearners 15 years ago to more than 7，500 now.“You have to make it a priority and work on it，work on it，and work on it.”Aside from the practical challenges，such as finding bi
28、lingual（会说两种语言的）staff members，guiding districts through such dramatic changes requires school leaders to bridge difficult political and cultural divides.For school leaders in the South，especially in the last few years，this difficult job has been made harder still by the negative attitudes of some lo
29、cals towards immigrants.【文章大意】随着大量移民涌入美国，公立学校的英语教学负担非常繁重。文章就这一现象进行了详细的分析说明。9The underlined part “built from scratch” （in Paragraph 2） probably means“_”Acompletely newBpainful to makeCbased on past experienceDconstructed gradually词义猜测题。联系下文语境可知，由于学校以前没有适合英语学习者的教学资源，所以他们必须通过自身努力去发掘资源，培养学生。也就是说，教育课程需要从
30、头做起，对他们来说是一个全新的工作。故A项正确。10What is one of the things the school leaders have done to deal with the problems?AProvide more Spanishonly classes.BInvite more teachers from other places.CTrain their teachers to speak Spanish.DUse bilingual parents as parttime teachers.根据第二段中的“Throughout the country，distr
31、icts had to train their own teachers to teach English to nonnative speakers or recruit teachers from elsewhere.”可知，就全国而言，地区必须培训自己的老师，或者从其他地方招聘教师来教那些母语非英语的外来移民们英语课程。故B项正确。11What do we know about the immigrant parents?AMany of them cannot speak English.BMost of them think education is not important.CSome of them feel skeptical about the local community.DFew of them have attended American schools.根据第二段最后一句“School staff members had to figure out how to c
