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C4 [2013·天津卷] A

Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones.The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs.The ground floor is the zone where you can talk.Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi－fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office.They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group－study Places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor.Some study rooms are for 2－3 people and others can hold up to 6－8 people.All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group－study rooms that must be booked via the website.To book，you need an active University account and a valid University card.You can use a room three hours per day，nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature.When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分)，you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year's rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library.Keep your

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phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

36．The library's upper floor is mainly for students to ________． A. read in a quiet place B．have group discussions C．take comfortable seats D．get their computers fixed

37．Library computers on the ground floor ________． A. help students with their field experiments B．contain software essential for schoolwork C．are for those who want to access the wi－fi D．are mostly used for filling out application forms

38．What condition should be met to book a group－study room? A. A group must consist of 8 people. B．Three－hour use per day is the minimum. C．One should first register at the university. D．Applicants must mark the room on the map.

39．A student can rent a locker in the library if he ________． A. can afford the rental fee B．attends certain courses C．has nowhere to put his books D．has earned the required credits

40．What should NOT be brought into the library? A. Mobile phones. B．Orange juice. C．Candy. D．Sandwiches.

【要点综述】 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了在Stockholm University Library中需

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要注意的事项。这里有专门的默读区、讨论区，有如何使用计算机、存储材料以及使用手机和带食物及饮料等的规定。

36. A 细节理解题。根据Zones中的“The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading …”可知，上面的一层楼是学生用来安静地读书的地方。故选A。

37．B 细节理解题。根据Computers中的“…you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office.”可知，学校图书馆一楼的电脑里有做功课需要的软件。故选B。

38. C 细节理解题。根据Group－study Places中的“To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card.”可知，要想预订“小组学习的房间”，你需要先注册申请。故选C。

39. D 细节理解题。根据Storage of Study Material中的“When you have obtained at least 40 credits, you may rent a locker…”可知，要想在图书馆里有个衣物柜必须得达到一定的学分。故选D。

40. D 细节理解题。根据Rules to be Followed中的“Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library…”可知，食物不能带入图书馆，sandwiches是食物，因此不能带入。故选D。

C4 [2013·新课标全国卷Ⅱ] D

Low－Cost Gifts for Mother's Day

Gift No. 1

Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check－up. Most mothers always say “no need”， but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part? This one is free.

Gift No. 2

Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list

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of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. “Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life，” Dr. Marie Savard said.

Gift No. 3

Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. “Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep，” Savard said. “We know that good sleep is very important to our health.”

Gift No. 4

Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things—many of which are “green”—and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.

48. What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits? A. Take notes. B. Be with her. C. Buy medicine. D. Give her gifts.

49．Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother's sleep? A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2. C. In Gift No. 3. D. In Gift No. 4.

50．Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to________． A. enjoy good sleep B. be well－organized C. get extra support D. give others help

【要点综述】 在母亲节，有好多廉价的礼物可以送给妈妈，也有不用花钱的，但是却很有意义，比如妈妈生病，你可以陪伴在身边，也可以买些健康小礼物，或者让妈妈有机会帮助别人。

48．B 细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Offer to be your mother's health friend.Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check－up.”可知，建议陪伴在妈妈身边。

49．C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable

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pillows to encourage better sleep…”可知，在Gift No.3中可以找到改善母亲睡眠的礼物。

50．D 推理判断题。文章最后一段提到Presents for Purpose，联系该段中的“…she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.”可知，这个礼物可以让母亲给别人提供帮助。

(2011·全国卷，B)

For those who study the development of intelligence (智力) in the animal world，self­awareness is an important measurement. An animal that is aware (意识) of itself has a high level of intelligence.

Awareness can be tested by studying whether the animal recognizes itself in the mirror, that is, its own reflected image (反射出的影像). Many animals fail this exercise bitterly, paying very little attention to the reflected image. Only humans，and some intelligent animals like apes and dolphins，have been shown to recognize that the image in the mirror is of themselves.

Now another animal has joined the club. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report that an Asian elephant has passed the mirror self­reflection test.

“We thought that elephants were the next important animal，”said Diana Reiss of the Wildlife Conservation Society, an author of the study with Joshua M. Plotnik and Fans

B. M. de Waal of Emory University. With

their large brains，Reiss said, elephants “seemed like cousins to apes and dolphins.”

The researchers tested Happy. Maxine and Patty, three elephants at the Bronx Zoo. They put an 8­foot­square mirror on a wall of the animals' play area (out of the sight of zoo visitors) and recorded what happened with cameras, including one built in the mirror.

The elephants used their long noses to find what was behind it，and to examine parts of their bodies.

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Of the three, Happy then passed the test，in which a clear mark was painted on one side of her face. She could tell the mark was there by looking in the mirror, and she used the mirror to touch the mark with her long nose.

Diana Reiss said，“We knew elephants were intelligent, but now we can talk about their intelligence in a better way.”

文章通过实验说明能意识到自身形象的动物具有高智商。 1. What can mirror tests tell us about animals?

A. Whether they have large brains. B. Whether they have self­awareness. C. Whether they enjoy outdoor exercises. D. Whether they enjoy playing with mirrors.

答案：B。细节理解题。由文章第二段第一句话“Awareness can be tested by...”可知B项正确。

2. Why does the author mention apes and dolphins in the text? A. They are most familiar to readers. B. They are big favorites with zoo visitors. C. They are included in the study by Reiss. D. They are already known to be intelligent.

答案：D。推理判断题。由第二段最后一句可知人们已经知道apes和dolphins是聪明的。 3. What made Happy different from Maxine and Patty? A. She used her nose to search behind the mirror. B. She recognized her own image in the mirror. C. She painted a mark on her own face. D. She found the hidden camera.

答案：B。推理判断题。由倒数第二段可推出Happy能辨别出自己在镜子中的形象。

(2011·山东卷，A)

Arthur Miller(1915­2005)is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria­Hungary, drawn like so many others by the“Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the

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Great Depression of the early 1930s.

Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.

When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews，and it won the Tony Award for Best Play，the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.

Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury，Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a

Salesman on Broadway.

本文讲述了亚瑟·米勒，美国著名的剧作家，以及他的著名的戏剧《男售货员之死》，当这部戏剧第一次搬上舞台时，赢得了巨大的成功，获得了三项大奖。

4. Why did Arthur Miller' s father move to the USA? A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. B. He was attracted by the “Great American Dream”． C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist. D. His family business failed.

答案：B。细节理解题。根据短文第一段第二句话“Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria­Hungary，drawn like so many others by the ‘Great American Dream’．”可知答案。

5．The play Death of a Salesman ________.

A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller D. focuses on the skills in doing business

答案：A。细节理解题。根据短文第二段第三、四句话可知，Willy Loman已陷入美国社会制度的困境中，他已精疲力尽，在这残酷的商业世界中，他不知道应该怎样做，最后，他选择了自杀。由此可知A项正确。

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6. What can we learn about Willy Loman? A. He treats his employer badly. B. He runs the Wagner Company. C. He is a victim of the American system. D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.

答案：C。推理判断题。由短文第二段可知，Willy Loman在这残酷的商业世界中，根本没有情感可言，但是他又不能对不起他的雇主和公司，他又不知道如何处理自己的失败，只有选择自杀，由此可知他是美国社会制度的牺牲品。

7. After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman________. A. achieved huge success

B. won the first Tony Award

C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen D. was severely attacked by dramatists 答案：A。细节理解题。由短文第三段可知，戏剧Death of a Salesman第一次搬上舞台，就赢得了三项大奖，故A项正确。

8. What is the text mainly about?

A. Arthur Miller and his family. B. The awards Arthur Miller won. C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced. D. Arthur Miller and his best­known play.

答案：D。主旨大意题。综观全文可知，本文主要讲述了亚瑟·米勒及他的名著Death of a Salesman，故D项正确。

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