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Afterbeingbornattheendof1932,MrCameronSeniorsufferedalotwithbothlegsshortened

belowthekneeandhisfeettwisted.Hewentundernumerousoperationstoeasehispain,and

eventuallybothlimbs（下肢）hadtobecutoff.Butdespitehisdisabilityandlaterlosingthe

sightinoneeye,MrCameronSeniorstillgainedasuccessfulcareerasastockbroker（股票經(jīng)

紀(jì)人）.

AftermovingtoEnglandfromScotlandasachild,hemarriedMaryandthecoupleraisedfour

childrenatthefamilyhomeinPeasemore,Berks.

InaninterviewwithTheDailyTelegraphtwoyearsago,theToryleaderdescribedtheexperience

ofgrowingupwithafatherwithadisability.HetoldhowoncetheywereonholidayinCornwall,

heoverheardsomeonerudelysaying：”Thatguy'swearingfunnyboots.”MrCameron（英國前任

首相卡梅倫）saidhethoughttohimself,"That'sodd,nooneeversaysthat.”

InanITVinterviewbeforethegeneralelection,MrCameronsaidofhisfather,"He'san

amazinglybravemanbecausehewasbornwithnoheels一quiteadisability.Buttheglasswithhim

washalf-full,normallywithsomethingalcoholic,IthinkIgotmysenseofoptimismfromhim.”

MrCameronalsoappearedwithhisparentsataneventandsaidthattheyunderstoodhisidea

for“ABigSociety”.

“TheyshowedmehowabigsocietycouldworkeverydayIwasgrowingup,“hesaid,"I

knowwhataremyresponsibilities."MrCameronSenior'sdisabilityisnotthoughttohaveplayed

anypartinhisdeathaged77.Friendssaidhewas“soproud“toseehissonbecomePrimeMinister

inMay,andhadvisited10DowningStreetandChequers.However,thefamily'svariousholiday

plansmeantthathedidnotgettomeethislatestgranddaughterFlorence,whowasdeliveredto

thePM'swifeSamanthalastmonth.

語篇解讀本文主要介紹了英國前任首相卡梅倫的父親，一位身有殘疾卻憑著堅(jiān)韌毅力

取得非凡成就的股票經(jīng)紀(jì)人。

1.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.ThelifeandcharacterofMrCameronSenior.

B.Ahugeherofigureintheeyesofson.

C.ThenewlyelectedPrimeMinister.

D.Adisabledfatherandhiscareer.

【答案】B

【解析】主旨大意題。文章前面講述的是老卡梅倫的出生、職業(yè)、婚姻等內(nèi)容，均是為文章下文作鋪

墊的，目的在于說明兒子眼中的父親是一個(gè)什么樣的人。故選B。

2.Inthetext,theunderlinedpart“theToryleaderinParagraph3refersto.

A.MrCameronSenior

B.TheDailyTelegraph

C.aleaderinthegovernment

D.FormerPrimeMinisterDavidCameron

【答案】D

【解析】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文介紹的是英國前首相卡梅倫的父親，因此此處的“保

守黨領(lǐng)袖”指的應(yīng)是戴維?卡梅倫。故選I）。

3.WhenMrCameronheardtherudewords,.

A.heexplodedwithangerallofasudden

B.hethoughtthemanwastoofoolish

C.hewasshockedandunabletounderstand

D.heexpecteditalongtimeago

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句中的"That'sodd,nooneeversaysthat.”可知，當(dāng)

MrCameron聽到這句粗魯?shù)脑挄r(shí)，感到很奇怪，因?yàn)橐郧皬膩頉]有人這么說過。故選C。

4.AccordingtoMrCameron,“ABigSocietyvmeans.

A.peopletakeuptheirdutiesinthesociety

B.therearenumbersoffamiliesinthesociety

C.muchfreedomwillbeofferedtothepeople

D.manyeventswilltakeplaceinthefuture

【答案】A

【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中MrCameron的話“'Theyshowedmehowabigsocietycould

workeverydayIwasgrowingup,'hesaid,'Iknowwhataremyresponsibilities.'"可知，

在成長過程中他深深地理解了abigsociety的含義，認(rèn)為在這個(gè)社會(huì)中，每個(gè)人都應(yīng)該承擔(dān)自己的責(zé)任。

故選Ao

5.Fromthelastparagraphwecanknowthat.

A.FlorencewasadoptedbythePM'swife

B.thedisabilitycausedMrCameronSeniordeath

C.MrCameronSeniorlivedin10DowningStreet

D.MrCameronSeniortookaprideinhavingsuchason

【答案】D

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由最后一段中的“Friendssaidhewas'soproudrtoseehissonbecome

PrimeMinisterinMayM可知，卡梅倫的父親因兒子成為首相而感到自豪。故選D。

二、

EnriqueIglesiasisamostsuccessfulsinger!Bornin1975inMadrid,Spain,Enriqueisthe

childofthefamoussingerJulioIglesias.Enriqueysmotherisajournalist.Uisparentsdivorced

in1978.AlthoughEnriquelivedwithhismother,shesenthimtolivewithhisfatherbecauseof

concernsaboutherson,ssafety.Enriquewantedtobeasingersecretly,hedicin'twishhisfather

toknowthatanddidn'twanttoliveunderhisshelter.Hesoughthisdreamonhisown.

Enriquereleased（發(fā)彳?。﹉isfirstalbum“EnriqueIglesias”in1995.Thisalbumhada

collectionofrockballads（民謠）andfivesinglesfromitwentstraighttothetopspotsinLatin

music.Thisalbumwasfollowedbyanother“Vivir”in1997.Threesinglesfromthisalbumoccupied

thetopspotsontheLatinchartsyetagain!Enriquealsofoundhimselfnominated（提名）forthe

FavoriteLatinArtist”attheAmericanMusicAwards.By1998,hehadreleasedhis3rdalbum,

“CosasDelAmor”.ThisyearEnriquewonthe“FavoriteLatinArtist”.“Bailamos“gothim

greatfame.Oneofthesongsinthisalbumwasalsousedinamovie.Withthesuccessof"Bailamos”,

Enriquenowalreadyhadmanyloyalfans.Thealbum,“Enrique”,wasreleasedin1999.

Theyear2001broughtmoresuccessforhim.Hisalbum,“Escape”hadafewsinglesthatreached

thetopspots.Enriquebecameahouseholdname.Thisalbumishisbiggestsuccessfulalbumso

far.“Hero"and"Don'tTurnOfftheLights“soonturnedEnriqueintoasuperstar.Hisnext

releasein2002wasaSpanishalbum“Quizas”.ThisalbumbroughtEnriquea“LatinGrammyAward”

fortheBestPopVocalAlbum.In2007,hereleasedanotheralbum“Insomniac“andthesong”Do

YouKnow“becameaninstantlypopularsong.

語篇解讀本文講述了西班牙歌手安立奎?伊格萊希亞斯的個(gè)人經(jīng)歷。

6.Afterhisparentsdivorced,Enriquewassenttohisfather*sbecause.

A.hecouldbeprotectedfromsomedangers

B.hecouldlearnsingingfromhistalentedfather

C.hismotherwouldbeabletofocusonhercareer

D.hisfathercouldteachhimhowtobehavecorrectly

【答案】A

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句"Enrique'smotherisajournalist.及第五句"Although

Enriquelivedwithhismother,shesenthimtolivewithhisfatherbecauseofconcernsabout

herson'ssafety,"可知他的母親是個(gè)記者，他被送到父親那里，是因?yàn)槟赣H擔(dān)心兒子的安全問題。故

選A項(xiàng)。

7.Enriquedidn,ttellhisfatherabouthisdreamingofbecomingasingerbecausehe.

A.wantedtotryanewsingingstyle

B.hatedhisfatherforhiscarelessness

C.didn,twanttobenefitfromhisfatherJsfame

D.plannedtogivehisfatherasurprisewhenhesucceeded

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)第二句uEnriquewantedtobeasingersecretly,hedidn,t

wishhisfathertoknowthatanddidn'twanttoliveunderhisshelter.可知選C項(xiàng)。

8.Whichofthefollowingalbumshasasongadoptedinamovie?

A.“Vivir”.

B.”Bailamos”.

C.“EnriqueIglesias”.

D.”CosasDelAmor”.

【答案】B

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“ThisyearEnriquewonthe“FavoriteLatin

Artistw."Bailamos“gothimgreatfame.Oneofthesongsinthisalbumwasalsousedinamovie.”

可知"Bailamos這張專輯讓他成名，這張專輯中的一首歌被用在電影中，故選B項(xiàng)。

9.Thethirdparagraphisdevelopedmainlyby.

A.followingtheorderofhisalbums'influence

B.analyzingthestyleofhisalbums

C.makingcomparisonsofhisalbums

D.followingtheorderoftime

【答案】D

【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段提到的時(shí)間狀語，可知是按時(shí)間排列，故選D項(xiàng)。

10.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.EnriqueIglesias'LuckyLife

B.BiographyofEnriqueIglesias

C.EnriqueIglesias'SecrettoSuccess

D.EnriqueIglesias'WonderfulSingingSkills

【答案】B

【解析】標(biāo)題歸納題。本文講述「西班牙歌手安立奎?伊格萊希亞斯的個(gè)人經(jīng)歷，故選B項(xiàng)。

三、

It'shardtofindAliceMunrointhemedia.Evenaftershewonthe2013NobelPrizeinLiterature,

theCanadianwriterjustappearedforaquickinterviewandthendroppedoutofsight.OnDec29th,

shestilldidn,tseekthespotlightwhenshewasnamedoneofthefiveWomenoftheYearbythe

FinancialTimes.

InMunro'seyes,ordinarylivesalwayshidelargerdramas.Sosherecordswhatwecasually

thinkofastheeverydayactionsofnormalpeople.Sheoftenfocusesonlifeinherhometown,

asmallvillageinOntariowhichsheismostfamiliarwith.Shewritesabouttheordinarythings

inthevillage-treesintheOntariowilderness,poorcountryschoolsandlonglastillnesses.Above

all,shetalksaboutgirlsandwomenwhohaveseeminglyordinarylivesbutstruggleagainstdaily

misfortune.

Shehasaspecialtalentforuncoveringtheextraordinaryintheordinary.Theseareordinary

people,ordinarystories,butshehasthemagic.Herpreciselanguage,depthofdetailandthe

logicofherstorytellinghavemadeherstoriesinviting.

Runaway,oneofMunroJsrepresentativeworks,isagoodexampleofherwritingstyle.One

ofthestoriescentersonthelifeofanordinarywomanCarla,wholivesinasmallCanadiantown

withherhusbandClark.ThestoryslowlyformsapictureofCarla,trappedinabadmarriage,

herunhappinessbuiIdingintodesperationuntilshedecidestoflee.ThestoryofCarlaisastory

ofthepowerandbetrayalsoflove.Itisaboutlostchildrenandlostchancesthatwecanall

findinlife.Thereispainbeneaththesurface,likeaneedleintheheart.

Sinceshepublishedherfirstcollectionofshortstoriesin1968,Munrohaswonmanyawards,

withtheNobelPrizebeingherbiggesthonor.OnOct10th,2013,theNobelPrizecommitteenamed

Munrotheumasterofthecontemporaryshortstory”.

語篇解讀本文介紹了AliceMunro及其創(chuàng)作風(fēng)格。

11.WelearnfromParagraph1thatAliceMunro.

A.didn'tgetonwellwiththemedia

B.wassurprisedatwinningtheNobelPrize

C.didn,tvaluethetitleofWomenoftheYear

D.remainedmodestthoughverysuccessful

【答案】D

【解析】推理判斷題。由第一段笫一句及后面舉的兩個(gè)例子可知選D。

12.ManyofAliceMunro*sworks.

A.centeronthehappylifeofcountrywomen

B.areaboutbetrayalsofloveandviolence

C.focusoneverydaylifeofordinarypeople

D.areromanticstoriessetinherhometown

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的“Sosherecordswhatwecasuallythinkofastheeveryday

actionsofnormalpeople...longlastillnesses.,,可知I答案為C。

13.WhatmakesAliceMunro'sstoriesfascinatingaccordingtothetext?

A.Thecomplicatedplots.

B.Herrichimagination.

C.Thehumorouslanguage.

D.Herwritingtechniques.

【答案】D

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段最后一句"Herpreciselanguage,depthofdetailandthelogic

ofherstorytellinghavemadeherstoriesinviting.可知，AliceMunro的作品之所以吸引人是因

為她高超的寫作技巧。

14.InherrepresentativeworkRunaway,Carla.

A.triestorunawayfromherhusband

B.isafaithfulwifetoherhusband

C.leadsahappylifewithClark

D.losesallhopesforabetterlife

【答案】A

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段中的“...shedecidestoflee"可知答案。

15.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A.AliceMunroandherhometown.

B.AliceMunroandherwritingstyle.

C.AliceMunroJsrepresentativeworks.

D.TheawardsAliceMunrowon.

【答案】B

【解析】主旨大意題。文章主要介紹了AliceMunro及她的寫作風(fēng)格。

四、

Since2011,theformerrailwayengineerhasbeendrivingaroundthecityeverysingleday,

lookingforabandonedtar（柏油）andgravel（碎石）onroadsides.Hecollectsthematerialanduses

ittofillpotholes（坑洼），attimesspendinghisownpensionmoneytodoit.Tilak,earninghimself

thenickname“roadengineer”,doesn'trestricthimselftohisneighborhood一hepatchesupevery

potholehecanfindinthecity.

AfterworkingfortheSouthCentralRailwayinIndiafor35years,IretiredinOctober

2008andspentsometimeoffin2009,alsotravelingtotheUStomeetmyson,“Tilaktoldthe

localmedia."InJanuary2010,Icamebackandtookupajobasaconsultantinasoftwareagency.”

“IwasdrivingtomyfirstdayofofficewhenIendedupsplashingdirtymudwateronschool

childrenaftermycarfellintoapotholeontheroad,“herecalled."Thenafewmoreaccidents

followedatvariousplaces."Hekeptexplainingtothepolicethattheseaccidentswouldn't

haveoccurrediftheroadshadbeensmooth.Butthenhewitnessedamajoraccidentthatchanged

everything.

Tilakdecidedtotakechargeofmattershimself.Afterthat,Iquitmyjobandforthenext

yeartillJune2012,Ispentmypensionmoneyinfixingroads,“hesaid.

Tilak*swifewasworriedabouthishealthandcalledhissontotalksomesenseintohim.But

thesonwassoimpressedthatheendeduphelpingTilakinstead,bysettingupawebsiteandFacebook

page.Asmoreandmoreresidentsgottoknowofit,theybegantoshowupandhelpTilakfixthe

city'spotholes.Today,theyevenhaveahelplinewherepeoplecancalltocomplainaboutpotholes

intheirareas.

Tilak'ssonalsomanagedtogetthegovernmentontheirside.Tilakdoesn'tacceptdonations,

butheencouragespeopletojoininthephysicalwork.Hehopesthatwithmediaattention,hecan

inspireachangeintheattitudeofthegeneralpublic.Hebelievesthattheunothing-can-be-done

attitudeiswhatlimitsalotofpeopleinthecity,andhewantsthattochange.

語篇解讀文章主要講述了Tilak在印度中南部鐵路工作了35年，退休回到家后繼續(xù)

用自己的錢修復(fù)破壞的公路的事。

16.WhatwasTilak'smission?

A.Togetpaidlittleforhiswork.

B.Tobuytarandgraveltofixroads.

C.Torecyclematerialstomendroads.

D.Togetfinancialhelpfromthegovernment.

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句"Hecollectsthematerialandusesittofi11potholes（坑

洼），attimesspendinghisownpensionmoneytodoit.”可知，Tilak用他收集到的各種材料來填

補(bǔ)坑洼的路面，有時(shí)還會(huì)花自己的錢去做這些，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，故選C。

17.WhatmadeTilaktakeupthejobtofixroads?

A.Loveforchildren.

B.Astrongsenseofsocialresponsibility.

C.Apassiontomakecontributionstosociety.

D.Eagernesstoreturntowork.

【答案】B

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段及第四段中的"Tilakdecidedtotakechargeofmattershimself.n

可知，Tilak在目睹了很多車禍之后，覺得如果這些道路不是低洼不平，就不會(huì)有那么多事故了，因此，他

決定做修路的事，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，他是出于社會(huì)責(zé)任感而做這些。故選B。

18.WhatistherightdescriptionaboutTilak?

A.Hebegantofixroadsfromhisretirement.

B.Hetookupthejobasaconsultantfor3years.

C.Heextendedhismissiontootherneighbors.

D.HewasoncearailwayengineerworkingintheUS.

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二、三、四段中的“'AfterworkingfortheSouthCentralRailway

inIndiafor35years,IretiredinOctober2008andspentsometimeoffin2009,alsotraveling

totheUStomeetmyson,'Tilaktoldthelocalmedia.'InJanuary2010,Icamebackandtook

upajobasaconsultantinasoftwareagency.’.4Afterthat,Iquitmyjobandforthenext

yeartillJune2012,Ispentmypensionmoneyinfixingroads,'hesaid.v可知A、I）選項(xiàng)均

不正確；根據(jù)文章后兩段知C選項(xiàng)正確，故選C。

19.WhatdoesTilakencouragepeopletodo?

A.Takeactiontomakeadifference.

B.Quittheirjobstoservetheirneighbors.

C.Fillpotholestobeanother“roaddoctor”.

D.Takepartinthephysicalworkbutnotbrainwork.

【答案】A

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第三句"Hehopesthatwithmediaattention,hecaninspire

achangeintheattitudeofthegeneralpublic.w可知，Tilak希望隨著媒體的關(guān)注，他能激勵(lì)公

眾改變態(tài)度，故選A。

20.Whatmaybethebesttitleofthepassage?

A.TheThingThatEveryoneShouldHave一WarmHeart

B.TheStrongestSupportIsfromFamilyMembers

C.TheRetirementIsNottheEndofCareer

D.TheRespectableManIsWorthyofHisName—RoadDoctor

【答案】D

【解析】標(biāo)題歸納題。文章主要講述了Tilak在印度中南部鐵路工作了35年，退休回到家后繼續(xù)用自

己的錢修復(fù)破壞的公路的事。他成為了一位真正的道路醫(yī)生，故選D。

五、

Doyoueverwishforalittlemoretimetodoeverythingyouneedtodo?Well,onJuly1you*11

begettingit一butonlyonemoresecond.

OnJuly1atexactly7：59：59a.m.Beijingtime（oronJune30at23：59：59UTC,Coordinated

UniversalTime）,theworld?satomic（原子的）clockswillpauseforasinglesecond,or,more

precisely,changetotheunusualtimeof7：59：60,accordingtotheverge,com.Theadditionof

aleapsecond（閏秒），announcedbytheParisObservatory,istokeepourclocksintimewiththe

slowingofEarthJsrotation（旋轉(zhuǎn)）andastronomicaltimeasmeasuredbythesun.

Justoneextrasecondcouldcausebigproblemsandaffectthewaycomputersandwebsiteswork,

however.Whenthelastleapsecondwasaddedbackin2012,morethanafewwebsiteshadsome

trouble.AsreportedbyPhys,org,popularsites1ikethecommunitywebsiteRedditcrashedwhen

theleapsecondwasadded.

ForReddit,theproblemwaseventuallyfoundtobewithaLinuxsystemthatgotconfusedwhen

itcheckedthenetworktimeandfoundanextrasecond.

SpeakingtoWiredabouttheproblembackin2012,LinuxcreatorLinusTorvaldscommented：

“Almosteverytimewehavealeapsecond,wefindsomething.It'sreallyannoying,becauseit's

code（代碼）thatisalmostneverused,andthusnottestedbyusersundertheirnormalconditions.”

Companieshavehadtothinkoftheirownsolutions,andGoogleJs“l(fā)eapsmearmaybethe

best-knownexample.AscompanyengineerChristopherPascoeexplainsinablogpost,companies

usuallytrytofixtheproblembyturningbacktheclocksbyonesecondattheendoftheday

sothattheyplaythatsecondagain.

However,Pascoebelievesthiscreatesproblems.Heasked：”Whathappens?Doese-mailthat

comesinduringthatsecondgetstoredcorrectly?”

Googlehasasolution：Cuttheextrasecondintomillisecondsandthenputthesetinyamounts

oftimeintothesystemthroughouttheday."Thismeansthatwhenitbecametimetoaddanextra

secondatmidnight,“saysPascoe."Ourclockshavealreadytakenthisintoaccountoverthecourse

oftheday.”

FormanycompanieswithoutGoogle'smoney,however,theleapsecondwilllikelystillcause

somecrashes.Don,tworry,though—atleastitwon'tlastlong!

語篇解讀本文主要介紹了“閏秒”帶來的影響及其解決方案。

1.Whydoweneedtoaddaleapsecond?

A.Theworld'satomicclocksaresettodoso.

B.Tokeepintimewiththeworld'scomputers.

C.TokeepatomicclocksintimewiththeslowingofEarth,srotation.

D.Torecordthechangestoastronomicaltime.

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段中"Theadditionofaleapsecond（閏秒），announcedbythe

ParisObservatory,istokeepourclocksintimewiththeslowingofEarth'srotation（旋轉(zhuǎn)）and

astronomicaltimeasmeasuredbythesun."可知，閏秒是由于地球自轉(zhuǎn)變慢引起的，為了與由太陽測

量的天文時(shí)間一致而增加一秒，故選C。

2.WhathappenedtothewebsiteRedditwhentheleapsecondwasaddedin2012?

A.Itcrashedbecauseofavirusattack.

B.Itsnetworktimeaddedtwoextraseconds.

C.AllofthecodeinitsLinuxsystemwentwrong.

D.Oneofitssoftwaresystemsgotconfusedandthesitebrokedown.

【答案】D

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句和第四段中“theproblemwaseventuallyfoundtobewith

aLinuxsystemthatgotconfusedwhenitcheckedthenetworktimeandfoundanextrasecondn

可知，閏秒發(fā)生時(shí)，網(wǎng)站崩潰，運(yùn)行系統(tǒng)混亂，故選D。

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“something“refertointhe5thparagraph?

A.Thecodenotworkingproperly.

B.Theextrasecond.

C.Theproblem.

D.Normalconditions.

【答案】A

【解析】代詞指代題。根據(jù)文章第五段中“wefindsomething.It'sreallyannoying,becauseitfs

code（代石馬）thatisalmostneverused,andthusnottestedbyusersundertheirnormalconditions”

可知，something指代后文出現(xiàn)的一些從沒使用過和測試過的代碼，即代碼不正常地工作，故選A。

4.Howdocompaniesusuallydealwiththeproblemoftheextrasecond?

A.Byshuttingdowncomputersattheendoftheday.

B.Bystoppingreceivingemailsthatcomeinduringthatsecond.

C.Byturningtheclocksbackbyonesecondattheendoftheday.

D.Bycuttingtheextrasecondintomillisecondsthroughouttheday.

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段中ucompaniesusuallytrytofixtheproblembyturningback

theclocksbyonesecondattheendofthedaysothattheyplaythatsecondagain”可知，解

決額外一秒的做法是在一天結(jié)束時(shí)將時(shí)鐘往回調(diào)一秒，故選Co

5.What'sChristopherPascoeJsattitudetowardGoogleJssolutiontotheproblem?

A.Unfavorable.B.Doubtful.

C.Approving.D.Cautious.

【答案】C

【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中“"Thismeansthatwhenitbecametimetoaddanextra

secondatmidnight,'saysPascoe.’Ourclockshavealreadytakenthisintoaccountoverthecourse

oftheday.'"可知，午夜時(shí)分多一秒時(shí)，時(shí)鐘已經(jīng)在白天將這一秒考慮在內(nèi)了，所以Pascoe認(rèn)同這個(gè)

方法，故選C。

六、

Soapingupyourhandsmaydomorethanjustgetridofgerms.Itmaywashawaytheinnerconfusion

youfeelrightafterbeingforcedtomakeachoicebetweentwoappealingchoices,accordingto

anewstudy.Thestudybuildsonpastresearchintoaphenomenonknownas“theMacbetheffect”.

ItturnsoutthatShakespearewasreallyontosomethingwhenheimaginedLadyMacbethtrying

tocleanherconscience（良心）byrubbinginvisiblebloodstainsfromherhands.Afewyearsago,

scientistsaskedpeopletodescribeapastwrongact.Ifpeoplewerethengivenachancetoclean

theirhands,theylaterexpressedlessguiltthanpeoplewhohadn'tcleaned.

ThisfindingfascinatedW.S.Lee,aresearcher.aAnythingfromthepast,anykindofnegative

emotionalexperiences,mightbewashedaway,“saysLee.

Hedecidedtotesthandwashing'seffectononekindofbadfeeling：thetensionwefeel

afterbeingforcedtochoosebetweentwoattractivechoices,becausepickingonechoicemakes

usfeelthatwe'velosttheother.Peopleusuallytrytocalmthisinnerconflictbylater

exaggerating（夸大）thepositiveaspectsoftheirchoice.

Hehadstudentsrank10differentmusicCDs.ThenheofferedstudentsoneCDasagift.Some

studentsthenusedliquidsoap.Othersonlylookedatthesoaporsniffed（嗅）it.uActually,

youdonotneedwaterandsoap,“saysLee.

Later,thestudentsagainhadtorankallthemusic.Peoplewhodidn'twashtheirhandshad

thenormalresponse一theyscoredtheirtake-homeCDhigher,suggestingthattheynowsawitas

evenmoreattractivethanbefore.Butthiswasn,ttrueforthehandwashers.Theyrankedthemusic

aboutthesame."Theyfeelnoneedatalltojustifythechoice,“saysLee.

Buttheimplicationsofitjustaren,tclear.Schwarzsaysit'stoosoontoknowwhether

peopleshouldheadforasinkaftermakingatoughchoice.Hesayswashingmayhelpdecision-makers

bycleaningawaymentaldisorder,butperhapsiftheydon,tgothroughtheusualpost-decision

processofjustifyingtheirchoice,theymightfeelmoresorrowinthelongrun.

語篇解讀本文主要講述了用香皂洗手會(huì)幫助人們緩解作決定時(shí)的緊張與不安的

情緒。

6.TheMacbetheffectreferstothefactthat.

A.peoplefeellessashamedafterwashingtheirhands

B.soapingupone'shandmayhelpwashawaytheinnerconfusionandmakeadecision

C.peoplefeellessguiltybygettingridofinvisiblegermsfromtheirhands

D.ShakespearedidscientificresearchbeforewritingMacbeth

【答案】A

【解析】推理判斷題。由第二段內(nèi)容可知，人們在洗手后會(huì)感到良心上的愧疚感減輕，故選A。

7.AccordingtoLee,afterpeoplemakethechoice.

A.theywilloverstatethegoodnessoftheirchosenchoice

B.theywillfeelregretfulfornotchoosinganother

C.theywillfeelfreeduetothefeelingoflosingtheotherchoice

D.theywillthinknothingoftheirchosenchoiceanymoretocalmtheirinnerconflict

【答案】A

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第四段內(nèi)容可知，在做出兩個(gè)選項(xiàng)的選擇后，人們通常會(huì)緊張不安，以夸大

自己所選擇的事物的優(yōu)點(diǎn)來使內(nèi)心平靜，故選A。

8.AccordingtoLee,thosehandwashersconsiderjustifyingtheirchoice.

A.morescientificB.unnecessary

C.alittleconvincingD.absolutelyuseless

【答案】B

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“'Theyfeelnoneedatalltojustifythechoice,'says

Lee.”可知選Bo

9.WhatdoesSchwarzneedtoresearchmore?

A.Whetherpeopleneedtojustifytheirchoice.

B.Whetherpeoplefeelmoresorrowafterwashinghands.

C.Whetherwashinghandshelpoveralongperiodoftime.

D.Whetherwashinghandsishelpfultomakeachoice.

【答案】C

【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過最后一段內(nèi)容可知，洗手從長遠(yuǎn)看是否有作用還需要更多的研究，故選C。

10.Whatmightbethemostsuitabletitleforthepassage?

A.IsWashingHandsNecessarytoDefeatTension?

B.WashingHandsWashesOurMind

C.WashingHandsHelpsMakeaBetterChoice

D.WashingHandsR