共用题干 Separation may Help Improve MarriageMarriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriag
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Separation may Help Improve Marriage
Marriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriage is being turned inside out,and it's not a pretty sight.To judge by these films,modern marriage involves a lot of broken crockery and busted expactations.While many current Hollywood depictions of marriage may be overly pessimistic, statistics in America are alarming:each year half as many Americans get divorced as marry.
Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves.“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'.They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,” says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger.But a separation can give couples time to calm down,renegotiate the rules of the relationship and gain some needed distance.
For a separation to work,it needs to be well defined.Constance Ahrons,directors of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training program at the University of Southern California, says“structured separations”tend to be the most productive.Couples facing separation do best if they establish some basic ground rules first.They should mutually agree on the length of the separation一Ahrons says three to six months is average一and both must continue to work on their own problems during that time,either with or without a counselor.
Couples should agree not to see lawyers during their separation.Lawyers have a way of moving marriage toward divorce.During their period of trial separation,couples should not pursue each other at all,either to fight or to reconcile,but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.Separated couples can agree to speak on the phone for a prearranged period,for instance,or meet once a week.Some therapists advise their clients to agree not to talk to each other about their relationship during these encounters and to use the time apart to reflect on their own lives and see what they can change about themselves.If there are children involved,Ahrons says,both parties need to agree on all the ground rules having to do with kids.Parents should also be aware that repeated separations and reconciliations are difficult and confusing for children.
Ahrons says a separation,while painful,can help keep the anger down and give a couple time to think.If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out, during which they can see what life would be like without the other.“Sometimes”,Ahrons says,“a separation can lead back into marriage.Sometimes it leads to divorce.But if couples are able to clarify things,it will improve their marriage一or,make their divorce better.”
Separation may Help Improve Marriage
Marriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriage is being turned inside out,and it's not a pretty sight.To judge by these films,modern marriage involves a lot of broken crockery and busted expactations.While many current Hollywood depictions of marriage may be overly pessimistic, statistics in America are alarming:each year half as many Americans get divorced as marry.
Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves.“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'.They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,” says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger.But a separation can give couples time to calm down,renegotiate the rules of the relationship and gain some needed distance.
For a separation to work,it needs to be well defined.Constance Ahrons,directors of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training program at the University of Southern California, says“structured separations”tend to be the most productive.Couples facing separation do best if they establish some basic ground rules first.They should mutually agree on the length of the separation一Ahrons says three to six months is average一and both must continue to work on their own problems during that time,either with or without a counselor.
Couples should agree not to see lawyers during their separation.Lawyers have a way of moving marriage toward divorce.During their period of trial separation,couples should not pursue each other at all,either to fight or to reconcile,but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.Separated couples can agree to speak on the phone for a prearranged period,for instance,or meet once a week.Some therapists advise their clients to agree not to talk to each other about their relationship during these encounters and to use the time apart to reflect on their own lives and see what they can change about themselves.If there are children involved,Ahrons says,both parties need to agree on all the ground rules having to do with kids.Parents should also be aware that repeated separations and reconciliations are difficult and confusing for children.
Ahrons says a separation,while painful,can help keep the anger down and give a couple time to think.If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out, during which they can see what life would be like without the other.“Sometimes”,Ahrons says,“a separation can lead back into marriage.Sometimes it leads to divorce.But if couples are able to clarify things,it will improve their marriage一or,make their divorce better.”
Which of the following is not included in the advantages of separation between a couple?
A:To get rid of the relationship as a couple.
B:To provide time to cool off for the couple.
C:To discuss about the regulations of their relationship again.
D:To obtain certain necessary distance between the couple.
A:To get rid of the relationship as a couple.
B:To provide time to cool off for the couple.
C:To discuss about the regulations of their relationship again.
D:To obtain certain necessary distance between the couple.
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第1题：
What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To show us the hidden beauty in our world.
B.To warn us not to get lost in the fantasy wonder
C.To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder
D.To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe
正确答案：B
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第2题：
__________all our kindness to help her,Sarah refused to listen to us．
A．At
B．For
C．In
D．On
正确答案：B
根据题意，句子前后属转折语气。for all引导的短语，表示让步的意义，相当于in spite of。 -
第3题：
共用题干
Messages from the Media
1. The weather forecast,a story about the candidates in an election,and movie reviews are exam-ples of messages from the media. A communication medium , of which the plural（复数的）form is
media,is a means of communicating a message .Examples of media are television,radio,news-pa-pers and books and the telephone.The media that can reach many people at once are called mass media.
2. It is not difficult to think of other messages we receive through the mass media.Every day we get hundreds of them.Think about advertisements,for example.We see and hear these messages almost everywhere we go .Advertisements are important messages,even though they are sometimes annoying .They help us compare and evaluate products.
3. Most of us get more information from the media than from the classroom.Think for a moment, about how you learn about local news and events.Do you depend on other people or the media?
What about international news?What is the most important source of information for you?People who are asked this question usually answer,"Television".
4. Think of all the messages you received today.Perhaps you read a newspaper during breakfast, or maybe you read advertisements on billboards（露天广告牌）on your way to school. Did you u1sten to a weather forecast or the sports news on the radio this morning?Right now you are getting information through a very important medium of mass communication a book.
5. We use the information we get from radio,television,newspapers,and other media to make decisions and form opinions.That is why the mass media are so important.Editorials and articles in newspapers help us decide how to vote,consumer reports on television help us decide how to spend our money,and international news on the radio makes us think and form opinions about question of war and peace.The mass media are important to us because they shape______.
A: sports news
B: our decisions and opinions
C: mass communication
D: our messages
E: source of information
F: the mass media答案：B解析：本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是广告是一种重要的大众谋体。
本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是电视是一个重要的信息来源处。
本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是一天内人有可能获取的各种信息。
本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是大众媒体的重要性。
本题考查的是时阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段的一二句“It is not difficult to think of other messages we receive through the mass media.Every day we get hundreds of them."
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第一段的三四句“Ex- amples of media are television,radio,newspapers and books and the telephone.The media that can reach many people at once are called mass media."
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段的最后两句 "What is the most important source of information for you?People who are asked this ques-tion usually answer,‘Television’."
本题考查的是对阐述文章的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第五段的前两句“We use the information we get from radio,television,newspapers,and other media to make deci-sions and form opinions .That is why the mass media are so important." -
第4题：
共用题干
Improve Your Memory
To many people advancing age means losing your hair,your waistline and your memory.But is it an inescapable fact that the older you get,the less you remember? Well,as time goes by,we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.
When a teenager can't find her keys,she thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized, but a 70-year-old blames her memory. In fact,the 70-year-old may have been misplacing things for decades一like we all do from time to time.
In healthy people,memory doesn't deteriorate as quickly as many of us think. According to psychologists,as we age,our memory mechanism isn't broken,it's just different.The brain's processing time slows down over the years,though no one knows exactly why.Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and that there's less activity in the part of the brain that decides whether to store information or not.But it's not clear that less activity is worse.A beginning athlete is winded. more easily than a trained athlete.In the same way,as the brain gets more skilled at a task,it spends less energy on it.
There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape.It's like having a good body. You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.
Some memory enhancement experts suggest using the AM principle.Pay attention to what you want to remember. Then give some meaning to it. We remember things when we focus on them, whether we intend to or not. That helps explain why jingles stick in our minds.They are played on loud,flashy TV commercials.They also use rhyme and music to help us remember better.
Basic organization helps us remember the boring stuff. For example,rather than trying to recall a random list of groceries,we can divide them into categories,such as dairy,meat and produce. For important things like keys and money,we can set up a"forget-me-not"spot where we always keep them.
We can also eat to aid our memory power. Whole grains,fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of glucose,the brain's preferred fuel. Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest. Sleep may allow our brain time to encode memories.
Interest in friends,family and hobbies does wonders for our memory.A sense of passion or purpose helps us remember. Memory requires us to pay attention to our lives,allowing us to discover in them everything worth remembering.You must work hard to keep your brain active,just as you work hard to keep yourself in shape.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第一段第三句中提到“Well, as time goes by, we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.”其实，随着时间的流逝，我们会将一些不一定与年龄相关的问题归咎于年龄。题干中描述的“你年纪越大，记得就越少，这不总是正确的”与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据的信息句和上题信息句相同。题干所描述的“我们可以推理出记忆力的问题不是真的和年龄相关”，与原文不相符，因为“not necessarily”指“不一定”，而不是指“not really"（不是真的）。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第三段第二句："According to psychologists, as we age, our memory mechanism isn't broken, it's just different.”据心理学家说，当我们变老时，我们的记忆机能不会失效，只是变得和以前不一样了。题干中所陈述的“当我们变老，我们的记忆机能失效，所以它就和以前不一样了”，这个说法与原文恰恰相反，所以选B。
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第四段："There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape .It's like having a good body.You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.”虽然你工作以使你的大脑保持良好状态，但也有一些步骤可以用来提高记忆力。就像拥有一个好身体一样，你不能每年只去一次健身房还期望自己处于巅峰状态。题干陈述“你必须工作以使你的大脑保持灵活，就如同你努力运动使你保持体形一样”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第五段第二、三句："Pay attention to what you want to remember.Then give some meaning to it.”关注你想要记忆的东西，并且给它以某种意义。依此推出AM代表的意思应为“attention and meaning"。而题干中说的是“注意力和记忆”与原文不符，所以选B。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是倒数第二段的第一句和第三句："We can also eat to aid our memory power.”我们还可以通过饮食来帮助我们提高记忆力。"Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest.”另外一种低科技的提高记忆力的方法就是要有足够的休息。题干中陈述“对食物正确的选择和大量的休息对记忆有益”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。 -
第5题：
共用题干
Improve Your Memory
To many people advancing age means losing your hair,your waistline and your memory.But is it an inescapable fact that the older you get,the less you remember? Well,as time goes by,we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.
When a teenager can't find her keys,she thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized, but a 70-year-old blames her memory. In fact,the 70-year-old may have been misplacing things for decades一like we all do from time to time.
In healthy people,memory doesn't deteriorate as quickly as many of us think. According to psychologists,as we age,our memory mechanism isn't broken,it's just different.The brain's processing time slows down over the years,though no one knows exactly why.Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and that there's less activity in the part of the brain that decides whether to store information or not.But it's not clear that less activity is worse.A beginning athlete is winded. more easily than a trained athlete.In the same way,as the brain gets more skilled at a task,it spends less energy on it.
There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape.It's like having a good body. You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.
Some memory enhancement experts suggest using the AM principle.Pay attention to what you want to remember. Then give some meaning to it. We remember things when we focus on them, whether we intend to or not. That helps explain why jingles stick in our minds.They are played on loud,flashy TV commercials.They also use rhyme and music to help us remember better.
Basic organization helps us remember the boring stuff. For example,rather than trying to recall a random list of groceries,we can divide them into categories,such as dairy,meat and produce. For important things like keys and money,we can set up a"forget-me-not"spot where we always keep them.
We can also eat to aid our memory power. Whole grains,fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of glucose,the brain's preferred fuel. Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest. Sleep may allow our brain time to encode memories.
Interest in friends,family and hobbies does wonders for our memory.A sense of passion or purpose helps us remember. Memory requires us to pay attention to our lives,allowing us to discover in them everything worth remembering.Some people tend to have better memories than the rest of us.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：C解析：本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第一段第三句中提到“Well, as time goes by, we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.”其实，随着时间的流逝，我们会将一些不一定与年龄相关的问题归咎于年龄。题干中描述的“你年纪越大，记得就越少，这不总是正确的”与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据的信息句和上题信息句相同。题干所描述的“我们可以推理出记忆力的问题不是真的和年龄相关”，与原文不相符，因为“not necessarily”指“不一定”，而不是指“not really"（不是真的）。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第三段第二句："According to psychologists, as we age, our memory mechanism isn't broken, it's just different.”据心理学家说，当我们变老时，我们的记忆机能不会失效，只是变得和以前不一样了。题干中所陈述的“当我们变老，我们的记忆机能失效，所以它就和以前不一样了”，这个说法与原文恰恰相反，所以选B。
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第四段："There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape .It's like having a good body.You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.”虽然你工作以使你的大脑保持良好状态，但也有一些步骤可以用来提高记忆力。就像拥有一个好身体一样，你不能每年只去一次健身房还期望自己处于巅峰状态。题干陈述“你必须工作以使你的大脑保持灵活，就如同你努力运动使你保持体形一样”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第五段第二、三句："Pay attention to what you want to remember.Then give some meaning to it.”关注你想要记忆的东西，并且给它以某种意义。依此推出AM代表的意思应为“attention and meaning"。而题干中说的是“注意力和记忆”与原文不符，所以选B。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是倒数第二段的第一句和第三句："We can also eat to aid our memory power.”我们还可以通过饮食来帮助我们提高记忆力。"Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest.”另外一种低科技的提高记忆力的方法就是要有足够的休息。题干中陈述“对食物正确的选择和大量的休息对记忆有益”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。 -
第6题：
共用题干
Separation may Help Improve Marriage
Marriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriage is being turned inside out,and it's not a pretty sight.To judge by these films,modern marriage involves a lot of broken crockery and busted expactations.While many current Hollywood depictions of marriage may be overly pessimistic, statistics in America are alarming:each year half as many Americans get divorced as marry.
Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves.“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'.They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,” says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger.But a separation can give couples time to calm down,renegotiate the rules of the relationship and gain some needed distance.
For a separation to work,it needs to be well defined.Constance Ahrons,directors of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training program at the University of Southern California, says“structured separations”tend to be the most productive.Couples facing separation do best if they establish some basic ground rules first.They should mutually agree on the length of the separation一Ahrons says three to six months is average一and both must continue to work on their own problems during that time,either with or without a counselor.
Couples should agree not to see lawyers during their separation.Lawyers have a way of moving marriage toward divorce.During their period of trial separation,couples should not pursue each other at all,either to fight or to reconcile,but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.Separated couples can agree to speak on the phone for a prearranged period,for instance,or meet once a week.Some therapists advise their clients to agree not to talk to each other about their relationship during these encounters and to use the time apart to reflect on their own lives and see what they can change about themselves.If there are children involved,Ahrons says,both parties need to agree on all the ground rules having to do with kids.Parents should also be aware that repeated separations and reconciliations are difficult and confusing for children.
Ahrons says a separation,while painful,can help keep the anger down and give a couple time to think.If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out, during which they can see what life would be like without the other.“Sometimes”,Ahrons says,“a separation can lead back into marriage.Sometimes it leads to divorce.But if couples are able to clarify things,it will improve their marriage一or,make their divorce better.”All of the following statements are true except that______.
A:The population of divorced American is almost half of that of married American annually
B:it is necessary for the couple who want their separation to be successful to set certain rules
C:it will make the children puzzled if their parents separate and come back into harmony again and again
D:Lawyers are more needed than the therapists and marriage counselors during the couple's separation答案：D解析：题干意为“本文最佳的标题是什么？”通读全文，不难发现separation (分居）一词在短文中反复出现，是短文主题词，由此判断答案应为B或D，因为这两项都提到了分居 (divided)。从全文来看，短文主要是围绕如何分居能给婚姻带来最大的益处而写的，因此答案为D项“分居了我们才能成功”。短文标题改写自历史名言“United we stand, divided we fall/团结我们会胜利，分裂我们会失败。”
题干意为“第一段中的第一句最可能的含义是什么？”第一段的第一句：Marriage is big lately； actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention．这个句子中最难理解的单词是big，很显然big在句中不是其常用词义（大的，重要的，量大的，重要 的）。因此要理解该词在句中的意义就需要借助上下文。该句接下来的句子提到“从获奖的 《美国丽人》到布鲁斯·威利斯与米歇尔.法伊拂联袂演出的电影《我们的故事》，婚姻制度正日益成为人们批驳的对象，婚姻失去了往日的光环。”该段结尾部分提到“美国的统计数字令人 震惊：美国每年的离婚人口数量几乎等于结婚人口的一半。”依据上下文的意义，再结合第一句字面意义（现在婚姻……，但实际上不结婚似乎正吸引人们的注意力）不难判断出答案为C 项“现在结婚很受欢迎，但是不结婚似乎更能引起人们的注意”。
题干意为“下面哪个选项不是夫妻分居能够带来的好处？”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语advantages of separation, relationship, couple, time, regulations, certain necessary distance作为定位线索，在第二段中找到相关句：Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves,“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'. They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,”says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger. But a separation can give couples time to calm down, renegotiate the rules (regulations 的近义词) of the relationship and gain some needed dis-tance.由最后一句可知“分居的确能让夫妻双方有时间静心思考（与选项B说法一致），重新商讨双方的关系规则（与选项C说法一致），使双方保持必要的距离（与选项D说法一致）”，因此答案为A项“脱离夫妻关系”。
题干意为“从短文中可以推断出什么？”依据最后一段第二句：If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out,during which they can see what life would be like without the other．可知“如果双方在婚姻方面都无法把握未来，分居可以为他们提供一段间歇期，使他们弄清楚没有对方的生活会是什么样子。”由此可以推断出分居能帮助夫妻双方弄清楚他们之间的关系，所以答案为B。 -
第7题：
共用题干
Separation may Help Improve Marriage
Marriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriage is being turned inside out,and it's not a pretty sight.To judge by these films,modern marriage involves a lot of broken crockery and busted expactations.While many current Hollywood depictions of marriage may be overly pessimistic, statistics in America are alarming:each year half as many Americans get divorced as marry.
Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves.“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'.They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,” says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger.But a separation can give couples time to calm down,renegotiate the rules of the relationship and gain some needed distance.
For a separation to work,it needs to be well defined.Constance Ahrons,directors of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training program at the University of Southern California, says“structured separations”tend to be the most productive.Couples facing separation do best if they establish some basic ground rules first.They should mutually agree on the length of the separation一Ahrons says three to six months is average一and both must continue to work on their own problems during that time,either with or without a counselor.
Couples should agree not to see lawyers during their separation.Lawyers have a way of moving marriage toward divorce.During their period of trial separation,couples should not pursue each other at all,either to fight or to reconcile,but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.Separated couples can agree to speak on the phone for a prearranged period,for instance,or meet once a week.Some therapists advise their clients to agree not to talk to each other about their relationship during these encounters and to use the time apart to reflect on their own lives and see what they can change about themselves.If there are children involved,Ahrons says,both parties need to agree on all the ground rules having to do with kids.Parents should also be aware that repeated separations and reconciliations are difficult and confusing for children.
Ahrons says a separation,while painful,can help keep the anger down and give a couple time to think.If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out, during which they can see what life would be like without the other.“Sometimes”,Ahrons says,“a separation can lead back into marriage.Sometimes it leads to divorce.But if couples are able to clarify things,it will improve their marriage一or,make their divorce better.”We can infer from the passage that______.
A:separation can both cause pain for the couple and help keep the anger down
B:separation is helpful for the couple to be clear about their relationship
C:no one wants to try separation before he or she get divorced according to the author
D:modern marriage usually involves lots of quarrels and reconciliation答案：B解析：题干意为“本文最佳的标题是什么？”通读全文，不难发现separation (分居）一词在短文中反复出现，是短文主题词，由此判断答案应为B或D，因为这两项都提到了分居 (divided)。从全文来看，短文主要是围绕如何分居能给婚姻带来最大的益处而写的，因此答案为D项“分居了我们才能成功”。短文标题改写自历史名言“United we stand, divided we fall/团结我们会胜利，分裂我们会失败。”
题干意为“第一段中的第一句最可能的含义是什么？”第一段的第一句：Marriage is big lately； actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention．这个句子中最难理解的单词是big，很显然big在句中不是其常用词义（大的，重要的，量大的，重要 的）。因此要理解该词在句中的意义就需要借助上下文。该句接下来的句子提到“从获奖的 《美国丽人》到布鲁斯·威利斯与米歇尔.法伊拂联袂演出的电影《我们的故事》，婚姻制度正日益成为人们批驳的对象，婚姻失去了往日的光环。”该段结尾部分提到“美国的统计数字令人 震惊：美国每年的离婚人口数量几乎等于结婚人口的一半。”依据上下文的意义，再结合第一句字面意义（现在婚姻……，但实际上不结婚似乎正吸引人们的注意力）不难判断出答案为C 项“现在结婚很受欢迎，但是不结婚似乎更能引起人们的注意”。
题干意为“下面哪个选项不是夫妻分居能够带来的好处？”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语advantages of separation, relationship, couple, time, regulations, certain necessary distance作为定位线索，在第二段中找到相关句：Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves,“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'. They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,”says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger. But a separation can give couples time to calm down, renegotiate the rules (regulations 的近义词) of the relationship and gain some needed dis-tance.由最后一句可知“分居的确能让夫妻双方有时间静心思考（与选项B说法一致），重新商讨双方的关系规则（与选项C说法一致），使双方保持必要的距离（与选项D说法一致）”，因此答案为A项“脱离夫妻关系”。
题干意为“从短文中可以推断出什么？”依据最后一段第二句：If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out,during which they can see what life would be like without the other．可知“如果双方在婚姻方面都无法把握未来，分居可以为他们提供一段间歇期，使他们弄清楚没有对方的生活会是什么样子。”由此可以推断出分居能帮助夫妻双方弄清楚他们之间的关系，所以答案为B。 -
第8题：
共用题干
The Need to Remember
Some people say they have no memory at all:"I just can't remember a thing!"But of course we all have a memory.Our memory tells us who we are.Our memory helps us to make use in the present of what we have learnt in the past.
In fact we have different types of memory.For example,our visual memory helps us recall facts and places.Some people have such a strong visual memory that they can remember exactly what they have seen,for example,pages of a book,as a complete picture.
Our verbal（言语的）memory helps us remember words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written:Items of a shopping list,a chemical formula,dates,or a recipe.
With our emotional（情感的）memory, we recall situations or places where we had; strong feelings,perhaps of happiness or unhappiness. We also have special memories for smell,taste, touch and sound,and for performing physical movements.
We have two ways of storing any of these memories. Our short-term memory stores items for up to thirty seconds-enough to remember a telephone number while we dial.Our long-term mem-ory,on the other hand,may store items for a lifetime. Older people in fact have a much biter long-term memory than short-term .They may forget what they have done only a few hours ago,but have the clearest remembrance（记忆）of when they were very young.
Psychologists tell us that we only remember a few facts about our past,and that we invent the rest. It is as though we remember only the outline of a story.We then make up the details. We of-ten do this in the way we want to remember them,usually so that we appear as the heroes of our own past , or maybe victims needing sympathy（同情）.Visual memory helps us recall a place we have been to.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：A解析：根据文章第二段第二句话可知，视觉记忆可以帮助我们记起事实和地方，故本题表述正确，视觉记忆可以帮我们记起曾经去过的地方。
根据文章第二段最后一句话中的“Some people have such...pages of a book...”可知题干正确，故本题表述正确。
根据文章第三段中的“... words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written...”可知题干表述错误。
根据文章第四段最后一句可知，perform physical movements说的是special memories。因此题干错误。
联系全文，本文主要说的是人的记忆，而未提及动物。
文章倒数第二段对short-term memory和long-term memory作了区分，并未进行重要性的比较。
根据文章最后一段第一句话可知，关于过去我们只记得一部分，剩下的都是自己编造的，故本题表述正确。 -
第9题：
共用题干
The Need to Remember
Some people say they have no memory at all:"I just can't remember a thing!"But of course we all have a memory.Our memory tells us who we are.Our memory helps us to make use in the present of what we have learnt in the past.
In fact we have different types of memory.For example,our visual memory helps us recall facts and places.Some people have such a strong visual memory that they can remember exactly what they have seen,for example,pages of a book,as a complete picture.
Our verbal（言语的）memory helps us remember words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written:Items of a shopping list,a chemical formula,dates,or a recipe.
With our emotional（情感的）memory, we recall situations or places where we had; strong feelings,perhaps of happiness or unhappiness. We also have special memories for smell,taste, touch and sound,and for performing physical movements.
We have two ways of storing any of these memories. Our short-term memory stores items for up to thirty seconds-enough to remember a telephone number while we dial.Our long-term mem-ory,on the other hand,may store items for a lifetime. Older people in fact have a much biter long-term memory than short-term .They may forget what they have done only a few hours ago,but have the clearest remembrance（记忆）of when they were very young.
Psychologists tell us that we only remember a few facts about our past,and that we invent the rest. It is as though we remember only the outline of a story.We then make up the details. We of-ten do this in the way we want to remember them,usually so that we appear as the heroes of our own past , or maybe victims needing sympathy（同情）.Visual memory may be used when we read a story.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：A解析：根据文章第二段第二句话可知，视觉记忆可以帮助我们记起事实和地方，故本题表述正确，视觉记忆可以帮我们记起曾经去过的地方。
根据文章第二段最后一句话中的“Some people have such...pages of a book...”可知题干正确，故本题表述正确。
根据文章第三段中的“... words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written...”可知题干表述错误。
根据文章第四段最后一句可知，perform physical movements说的是special memories。因此题干错误。
联系全文，本文主要说的是人的记忆，而未提及动物。
文章倒数第二段对short-term memory和long-term memory作了区分，并未进行重要性的比较。
根据文章最后一段第一句话可知，关于过去我们只记得一部分，剩下的都是自己编造的，故本题表述正确。 -
第10题：
问答题Practice 5 The sales service includes installation(安装) and training within one week of receiving the order. On the day of installation, our training engineer will spend one hour with your secretary, providing instructions on the operation of this easy-to-use photocopier(复印机). You may call us for help at any time in the future. If necessary, our trainer will go to your company to help you with the operation of the machine.正确答案：
【参考译文】
在收到订单一周以内,我方会提供包括安装和培训在内的销售服务。在安装机器当天,我们的培训工程师会花一个小时的时间,向贵公司的秘书提供操作简便的复印机的指导说明。在未来的使用过程中,如果遇到问题,您可以随时给我们打电话。如果有必要的话,我们的培训师将提供上门服务,为机器操作提供指导。解析：
①receiving the order作介词of的宾语，应该译为“收到订单一周以内”。
②spend后面经常与介词联用，构成“spend+time+介词短语”结构，多译为“花费时间做某事”。
③考查分句的译法。providing的逻辑主语是our training secretary，翻译时可变换句式，无需翻译成伴随状语。
④easy-to-use是合成词，可直接译为“操作简单的”。
⑤if necessary是if it is necessary的简写，译为“如果有必要……（的话）”。 -
第11题：
问答题The On-going Debate over Healthcare Reform It seems that the government’s so-called Blue Ribbon Commission has already decided what plan it will propose without undertaking any public consultation and is now merely engaged in a PR campaign to convince us they have the answer. This seems a little head over heels to us. Since it is our money and our health that is in question, shouldn’t we have been consulted at the break about which way we want to go? There are several models to achieve healthcare reform, and not all of them require us to hand more money over to keep government bureaucrats in big offices. Purely private healthcare may have big problems—but so does the socialised medicine the commission is recommending. For example, Canada’s universal system of socialised medicine is now busily engaged in transferring costs from the public to the private sector… by reducing covered expenses, by de-insuring some expenses and so on. Medical authorities are on record as saying that in an effort to manage costs, hospital stays are being shortened (or even dispensed with altogether). So while we in the Bahamas are citing universal ‘free’ health care as the answer to our problems, in Canada there is an uncoordinated scramble by the public system to reduce and offload the effects of rising health care costs. And we won’t even mention the litany of complaints from users who have to wait for poor service. But what mostly concerns us about the Blue Ribbon Commission is that they have plumped for social health insurance without determining the cost of their recommended programmer, or of the alternatives. And they do not seem to have taken into account the impact this plan will have on the fiscal deficit or on our individual pockets. Apparently, the position is that whatever the cost, this is the plan that will be presented to parliament. An initiative so far-reaching and so potentially damaging to our economy, should require more careful assessment of the alternatives in public. There is always more than one way to skin a cat. And we do not believe that a small group of consultants constitutes ‘the public’.正确答案： 【参考译文】
关于医疗改革的争论仍在继续 看来政府所谓的特别委员会还未曾征询公众的意见,就已经决定了要向政府建议实行哪一项医疗改革计划。现在,他们只需要搞一场公关活动,说服我们相信他们的决定就行了。
然而,对我们而言,这样的做法似乎有点搞颠倒了。医疗改革关系到我们的金钱和健康,难道不应该首先问问我们想怎么改吗?
医疗改革的模式有好几种,并不是每种模式都需要我们投入更多的钱,好让那些政府官僚舒舒服服地坐在宽敞的办公室里。医疗卫生完全私有化也许会有大问题,但是委员会所推荐的公费医疗制也一样问题重重。
例如,加拿大的全民公费医疗体制现正通过缩小公费医疗项目的范围以及限制保险等方式尽可能地将公费医疗的费用转移到私人承担部分。
该国医疗当局公开宣布,为了解决资金问题,患者住院的时间正逐步缩短,将来甚至还会完全取消住院这一项。
当我们还在巴哈马群岛采用全民“免费”医疗体制作为医疗改革的方向时,加拿大的公共体制关于降低、抵消不断上升的医疗成本的争论早已此起彼伏了,更不用说那些满腹牢骚的患者了,他们苦苦等来的只是劣质的医疗服务。
不过我们最关心的问题还是,特选委员会虽然已经投票赞成公费医疗保险制度,可他们并没有搞清楚这种改革方案或是其他方案到底需要多少资金。
而且他们似乎也没有考虑过这样的计划将会对国家的财政赤字或是我们个人的腰包产生什么样的影响。显而易见,现在的情况就是,无论要花多少钱,提交给国会的方案就是这个了。
像这样一个影响范围如此之广,而且可能对我国经济造成巨大损失的提案,应该由公众对它及其他可供选择的方案进行更为谨慎的评估。解决问题的办法从来都不只一个。我们可不认为一小撮顾问的意见就可以代表“公众”的意见。解析： 暂无解析 -
第12题：
填空题Thank you for your letter of April 15, (tell) ____ us about Mr. John Brown’s visit to our company on May.正确答案： telling解析：
本题考查动词现在分词作状语的用法。句意：非常感谢您在四月十五号的来信当中告知我方，约翰布朗先生将于五月十号访问我公司的消息。动词tell与主语letter之间是主谓关系，要用现在分词形式来表示。故填入telling。 -
第13题：
What is the main purpose of the passage?
A.To show us the hidden beauty in our world.
B.to warn us not to get lost in the fantasy world.
C.To argue against the misuse of the sense of wonder.
D.To discuss the influence of the world of make-believe.
正确答案：B
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第14题：
Criticism and self-criticism are necessary __________they may help us to find out and correct our mistakes.A．by that? ?
B．at that
C．on that? ?
D．in that答案：D解析：考查原因状语从句。句意为“批评与自我批评是必要的． __________它们可以帮助我们发现并改正错误”。in that意思是“因为，由于”，用于引导原因状语从句，故选D。 -
第15题：
共用题干
Improve Your Memory
To many people advancing age means losing your hair,your waistline and your memory.But is it an inescapable fact that the older you get,the less you remember? Well,as time goes by,we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.
When a teenager can't find her keys,she thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized, but a 70-year-old blames her memory. In fact,the 70-year-old may have been misplacing things for decades一like we all do from time to time.
In healthy people,memory doesn't deteriorate as quickly as many of us think. According to psychologists,as we age,our memory mechanism isn't broken,it's just different.The brain's processing time slows down over the years,though no one knows exactly why.Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and that there's less activity in the part of the brain that decides whether to store information or not.But it's not clear that less activity is worse.A beginning athlete is winded. more easily than a trained athlete.In the same way,as the brain gets more skilled at a task,it spends less energy on it.
There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape.It's like having a good body. You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.
Some memory enhancement experts suggest using the AM principle.Pay attention to what you want to remember. Then give some meaning to it. We remember things when we focus on them, whether we intend to or not. That helps explain why jingles stick in our minds.They are played on loud,flashy TV commercials.They also use rhyme and music to help us remember better.
Basic organization helps us remember the boring stuff. For example,rather than trying to recall a random list of groceries,we can divide them into categories,such as dairy,meat and produce. For important things like keys and money,we can set up a"forget-me-not"spot where we always keep them.
We can also eat to aid our memory power. Whole grains,fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of glucose,the brain's preferred fuel. Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest. Sleep may allow our brain time to encode memories.
Interest in friends,family and hobbies does wonders for our memory.A sense of passion or purpose helps us remember. Memory requires us to pay attention to our lives,allowing us to discover in them everything worth remembering.As we get older, our memory mechanism is broken,and so cannot be the same as it was before.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析：本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第一段第三句中提到“Well, as time goes by, we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.”其实，随着时间的流逝，我们会将一些不一定与年龄相关的问题归咎于年龄。题干中描述的“你年纪越大，记得就越少，这不总是正确的”与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据的信息句和上题信息句相同。题干所描述的“我们可以推理出记忆力的问题不是真的和年龄相关”，与原文不相符，因为“not necessarily”指“不一定”，而不是指“not really"（不是真的）。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第三段第二句："According to psychologists, as we age, our memory mechanism isn't broken, it's just different.”据心理学家说，当我们变老时，我们的记忆机能不会失效，只是变得和以前不一样了。题干中所陈述的“当我们变老，我们的记忆机能失效，所以它就和以前不一样了”，这个说法与原文恰恰相反，所以选B。
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第四段："There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape .It's like having a good body.You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.”虽然你工作以使你的大脑保持良好状态，但也有一些步骤可以用来提高记忆力。就像拥有一个好身体一样，你不能每年只去一次健身房还期望自己处于巅峰状态。题干陈述“你必须工作以使你的大脑保持灵活，就如同你努力运动使你保持体形一样”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第五段第二、三句："Pay attention to what you want to remember.Then give some meaning to it.”关注你想要记忆的东西，并且给它以某种意义。依此推出AM代表的意思应为“attention and meaning"。而题干中说的是“注意力和记忆”与原文不符，所以选B。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是倒数第二段的第一句和第三句："We can also eat to aid our memory power.”我们还可以通过饮食来帮助我们提高记忆力。"Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest.”另外一种低科技的提高记忆力的方法就是要有足够的休息。题干中陈述“对食物正确的选择和大量的休息对记忆有益”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。 -
第16题：
共用题干
Improve Your Memory
To many people advancing age means losing your hair,your waistline and your memory.But is it an inescapable fact that the older you get,the less you remember? Well,as time goes by,we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.
When a teenager can't find her keys,she thinks it's because she's distracted or disorganized, but a 70-year-old blames her memory. In fact,the 70-year-old may have been misplacing things for decades一like we all do from time to time.
In healthy people,memory doesn't deteriorate as quickly as many of us think. According to psychologists,as we age,our memory mechanism isn't broken,it's just different.The brain's processing time slows down over the years,though no one knows exactly why.Recent research suggests that nerve cells lose efficiency and that there's less activity in the part of the brain that decides whether to store information or not.But it's not clear that less activity is worse.A beginning athlete is winded. more easily than a trained athlete.In the same way,as the brain gets more skilled at a task,it spends less energy on it.
There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape.It's like having a good body. You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.
Some memory enhancement experts suggest using the AM principle.Pay attention to what you want to remember. Then give some meaning to it. We remember things when we focus on them, whether we intend to or not. That helps explain why jingles stick in our minds.They are played on loud,flashy TV commercials.They also use rhyme and music to help us remember better.
Basic organization helps us remember the boring stuff. For example,rather than trying to recall a random list of groceries,we can divide them into categories,such as dairy,meat and produce. For important things like keys and money,we can set up a"forget-me-not"spot where we always keep them.
We can also eat to aid our memory power. Whole grains,fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of glucose,the brain's preferred fuel. Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest. Sleep may allow our brain time to encode memories.
Interest in friends,family and hobbies does wonders for our memory.A sense of passion or purpose helps us remember. Memory requires us to pay attention to our lives,allowing us to discover in them everything worth remembering.A right choice of food and plenty of rest help improve our memory.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第一段第三句中提到“Well, as time goes by, we tend to blame age for problems that are not necessarily age-related.”其实，随着时间的流逝，我们会将一些不一定与年龄相关的问题归咎于年龄。题干中描述的“你年纪越大，记得就越少，这不总是正确的”与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据的信息句和上题信息句相同。题干所描述的“我们可以推理出记忆力的问题不是真的和年龄相关”，与原文不相符，因为“not necessarily”指“不一定”，而不是指“not really"（不是真的）。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第三段第二句："According to psychologists, as we age, our memory mechanism isn't broken, it's just different.”据心理学家说，当我们变老时，我们的记忆机能不会失效，只是变得和以前不一样了。题干中所陈述的“当我们变老，我们的记忆机能失效，所以它就和以前不一样了”，这个说法与原文恰恰相反，所以选B。
文章没有谈到这方面的信息。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是第四段："There are steps you can take to improve your memory,though you have to work to keep your brain in shape .It's like having a good body.You can't go to the gym once a year and expect to stay in top form.”虽然你工作以使你的大脑保持良好状态，但也有一些步骤可以用来提高记忆力。就像拥有一个好身体一样，你不能每年只去一次健身房还期望自己处于巅峰状态。题干陈述“你必须工作以使你的大脑保持灵活，就如同你努力运动使你保持体形一样”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。
本题给出的信息是错误的。依据是第五段第二、三句："Pay attention to what you want to remember.Then give some meaning to it.”关注你想要记忆的东西，并且给它以某种意义。依此推出AM代表的意思应为“attention and meaning"。而题干中说的是“注意力和记忆”与原文不符，所以选B。
本题给出的信息是正确的。依据是倒数第二段的第一句和第三句："We can also eat to aid our memory power.”我们还可以通过饮食来帮助我们提高记忆力。"Another low-tech way to improve memory is to get adequate rest.”另外一种低科技的提高记忆力的方法就是要有足够的休息。题干中陈述“对食物正确的选择和大量的休息对记忆有益”，这与原文意思相符，所以选A。 -
第17题：
共用题干
Separation may Help Improve Marriage
Marriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriage is being turned inside out,and it's not a pretty sight.To judge by these films,modern marriage involves a lot of broken crockery and busted expactations.While many current Hollywood depictions of marriage may be overly pessimistic, statistics in America are alarming:each year half as many Americans get divorced as marry.
Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves.“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'.They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,” says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger.But a separation can give couples time to calm down,renegotiate the rules of the relationship and gain some needed distance.
For a separation to work,it needs to be well defined.Constance Ahrons,directors of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training program at the University of Southern California, says“structured separations”tend to be the most productive.Couples facing separation do best if they establish some basic ground rules first.They should mutually agree on the length of the separation一Ahrons says three to six months is average一and both must continue to work on their own problems during that time,either with or without a counselor.
Couples should agree not to see lawyers during their separation.Lawyers have a way of moving marriage toward divorce.During their period of trial separation,couples should not pursue each other at all,either to fight or to reconcile,but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.Separated couples can agree to speak on the phone for a prearranged period,for instance,or meet once a week.Some therapists advise their clients to agree not to talk to each other about their relationship during these encounters and to use the time apart to reflect on their own lives and see what they can change about themselves.If there are children involved,Ahrons says,both parties need to agree on all the ground rules having to do with kids.Parents should also be aware that repeated separations and reconciliations are difficult and confusing for children.
Ahrons says a separation,while painful,can help keep the anger down and give a couple time to think.If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out, during which they can see what life would be like without the other.“Sometimes”,Ahrons says,“a separation can lead back into marriage.Sometimes it leads to divorce.But if couples are able to clarify things,it will improve their marriage一or,make their divorce better.”The first sentence in the first paragraph most probably means that______.
A:people seem to take more notice of unmarriage than marriage
B:marriage seems to be smaller than unmarriage recently
C:marriage is popular nowadays while unmarriage seems to be more attention-catching
D:unmarriage is changing more quickly than marriage in the size and quantity nowadays答案：C解析：题干意为“本文最佳的标题是什么？”通读全文，不难发现separation (分居）一词在短文中反复出现，是短文主题词，由此判断答案应为B或D，因为这两项都提到了分居 (divided)。从全文来看，短文主要是围绕如何分居能给婚姻带来最大的益处而写的，因此答案为D项“分居了我们才能成功”。短文标题改写自历史名言“United we stand, divided we fall/团结我们会胜利，分裂我们会失败。”
题干意为“第一段中的第一句最可能的含义是什么？”第一段的第一句：Marriage is big lately； actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention．这个句子中最难理解的单词是big，很显然big在句中不是其常用词义（大的，重要的，量大的，重要 的）。因此要理解该词在句中的意义就需要借助上下文。该句接下来的句子提到“从获奖的 《美国丽人》到布鲁斯·威利斯与米歇尔.法伊拂联袂演出的电影《我们的故事》，婚姻制度正日益成为人们批驳的对象，婚姻失去了往日的光环。”该段结尾部分提到“美国的统计数字令人 震惊：美国每年的离婚人口数量几乎等于结婚人口的一半。”依据上下文的意义，再结合第一句字面意义（现在婚姻……，但实际上不结婚似乎正吸引人们的注意力）不难判断出答案为C 项“现在结婚很受欢迎，但是不结婚似乎更能引起人们的注意”。
题干意为“下面哪个选项不是夫妻分居能够带来的好处？”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语advantages of separation, relationship, couple, time, regulations, certain necessary distance作为定位线索，在第二段中找到相关句：Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves,“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'. They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,”says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger. But a separation can give couples time to calm down, renegotiate the rules (regulations 的近义词) of the relationship and gain some needed dis-tance.由最后一句可知“分居的确能让夫妻双方有时间静心思考（与选项B说法一致），重新商讨双方的关系规则（与选项C说法一致），使双方保持必要的距离（与选项D说法一致）”，因此答案为A项“脱离夫妻关系”。
题干意为“从短文中可以推断出什么？”依据最后一段第二句：If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out,during which they can see what life would be like without the other．可知“如果双方在婚姻方面都无法把握未来，分居可以为他们提供一段间歇期，使他们弄清楚没有对方的生活会是什么样子。”由此可以推断出分居能帮助夫妻双方弄清楚他们之间的关系，所以答案为B。 -
第18题：
共用题干
Separation may Help Improve Marriage
Marriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriage is being turned inside out,and it's not a pretty sight.To judge by these films,modern marriage involves a lot of broken crockery and busted expactations.While many current Hollywood depictions of marriage may be overly pessimistic, statistics in America are alarming:each year half as many Americans get divorced as marry.
Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves.“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'.They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,” says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger.But a separation can give couples time to calm down,renegotiate the rules of the relationship and gain some needed distance.
For a separation to work,it needs to be well defined.Constance Ahrons,directors of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training program at the University of Southern California, says“structured separations”tend to be the most productive.Couples facing separation do best if they establish some basic ground rules first.They should mutually agree on the length of the separation一Ahrons says three to six months is average一and both must continue to work on their own problems during that time,either with or without a counselor.
Couples should agree not to see lawyers during their separation.Lawyers have a way of moving marriage toward divorce.During their period of trial separation,couples should not pursue each other at all,either to fight or to reconcile,but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.Separated couples can agree to speak on the phone for a prearranged period,for instance,or meet once a week.Some therapists advise their clients to agree not to talk to each other about their relationship during these encounters and to use the time apart to reflect on their own lives and see what they can change about themselves.If there are children involved,Ahrons says,both parties need to agree on all the ground rules having to do with kids.Parents should also be aware that repeated separations and reconciliations are difficult and confusing for children.
Ahrons says a separation,while painful,can help keep the anger down and give a couple time to think.If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out, during which they can see what life would be like without the other.“Sometimes”,Ahrons says,“a separation can lead back into marriage.Sometimes it leads to divorce.But if couples are able to clarify things,it will improve their marriage一or,make their divorce better.”What is the best title of this passage?
A:United We Stand
B:Divided We Fall
C:Divied We Stand
D:United We Fall答案：D解析：题干意为“本文最佳的标题是什么？”通读全文，不难发现separation (分居）一词在短文中反复出现，是短文主题词，由此判断答案应为B或D，因为这两项都提到了分居 (divided)。从全文来看，短文主要是围绕如何分居能给婚姻带来最大的益处而写的，因此答案为D项“分居了我们才能成功”。短文标题改写自历史名言“United we stand, divided we fall/团结我们会胜利，分裂我们会失败。”
题干意为“第一段中的第一句最可能的含义是什么？”第一段的第一句：Marriage is big lately； actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention．这个句子中最难理解的单词是big，很显然big在句中不是其常用词义（大的，重要的，量大的，重要 的）。因此要理解该词在句中的意义就需要借助上下文。该句接下来的句子提到“从获奖的 《美国丽人》到布鲁斯·威利斯与米歇尔.法伊拂联袂演出的电影《我们的故事》，婚姻制度正日益成为人们批驳的对象，婚姻失去了往日的光环。”该段结尾部分提到“美国的统计数字令人 震惊：美国每年的离婚人口数量几乎等于结婚人口的一半。”依据上下文的意义，再结合第一句字面意义（现在婚姻……，但实际上不结婚似乎正吸引人们的注意力）不难判断出答案为C 项“现在结婚很受欢迎，但是不结婚似乎更能引起人们的注意”。
题干意为“下面哪个选项不是夫妻分居能够带来的好处？”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语advantages of separation, relationship, couple, time, regulations, certain necessary distance作为定位线索，在第二段中找到相关句：Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves,“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'. They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,”says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger. But a separation can give couples time to calm down, renegotiate the rules (regulations 的近义词) of the relationship and gain some needed dis-tance.由最后一句可知“分居的确能让夫妻双方有时间静心思考（与选项B说法一致），重新商讨双方的关系规则（与选项C说法一致），使双方保持必要的距离（与选项D说法一致）”，因此答案为A项“脱离夫妻关系”。
题干意为“从短文中可以推断出什么？”依据最后一段第二句：If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out,during which they can see what life would be like without the other．可知“如果双方在婚姻方面都无法把握未来，分居可以为他们提供一段间歇期，使他们弄清楚没有对方的生活会是什么样子。”由此可以推断出分居能帮助夫妻双方弄清楚他们之间的关系，所以答案为B。 -
第19题：
共用题干
Separation may Help Improve Marriage
Marriage is big lately；actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention.From the award-winning American Beauty to the Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer movie,The story of Us,the institution of marriage is being turned inside out,and it's not a pretty sight.To judge by these films,modern marriage involves a lot of broken crockery and busted expactations.While many current Hollywood depictions of marriage may be overly pessimistic, statistics in America are alarming:each year half as many Americans get divorced as marry.
Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves.“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'.They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,” says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger.But a separation can give couples time to calm down,renegotiate the rules of the relationship and gain some needed distance.
For a separation to work,it needs to be well defined.Constance Ahrons,directors of the Marriage and Family Therapy Training program at the University of Southern California, says“structured separations”tend to be the most productive.Couples facing separation do best if they establish some basic ground rules first.They should mutually agree on the length of the separation一Ahrons says three to six months is average一and both must continue to work on their own problems during that time,either with or without a counselor.
Couples should agree not to see lawyers during their separation.Lawyers have a way of moving marriage toward divorce.During their period of trial separation,couples should not pursue each other at all,either to fight or to reconcile,but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.Separated couples can agree to speak on the phone for a prearranged period,for instance,or meet once a week.Some therapists advise their clients to agree not to talk to each other about their relationship during these encounters and to use the time apart to reflect on their own lives and see what they can change about themselves.If there are children involved,Ahrons says,both parties need to agree on all the ground rules having to do with kids.Parents should also be aware that repeated separations and reconciliations are difficult and confusing for children.
Ahrons says a separation,while painful,can help keep the anger down and give a couple time to think.If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out, during which they can see what life would be like without the other.“Sometimes”,Ahrons says,“a separation can lead back into marriage.Sometimes it leads to divorce.But if couples are able to clarify things,it will improve their marriage一or,make their divorce better.”Which of the following is not included in the advantages of separation between a couple?
A:To get rid of the relationship as a couple.
B:To provide time to cool off for the couple.
C:To discuss about the regulations of their relationship again.
D:To obtain certain necessary distance between the couple.答案：A解析：题干意为“本文最佳的标题是什么？”通读全文，不难发现separation (分居）一词在短文中反复出现，是短文主题词，由此判断答案应为B或D，因为这两项都提到了分居 (divided)。从全文来看，短文主要是围绕如何分居能给婚姻带来最大的益处而写的，因此答案为D项“分居了我们才能成功”。短文标题改写自历史名言“United we stand, divided we fall/团结我们会胜利，分裂我们会失败。”
题干意为“第一段中的第一句最可能的含义是什么？”第一段的第一句：Marriage is big lately； actually it's unmarriage that seems to be capturing our attention．这个句子中最难理解的单词是big，很显然big在句中不是其常用词义（大的，重要的，量大的，重要 的）。因此要理解该词在句中的意义就需要借助上下文。该句接下来的句子提到“从获奖的 《美国丽人》到布鲁斯·威利斯与米歇尔.法伊拂联袂演出的电影《我们的故事》，婚姻制度正日益成为人们批驳的对象，婚姻失去了往日的光环。”该段结尾部分提到“美国的统计数字令人 震惊：美国每年的离婚人口数量几乎等于结婚人口的一半。”依据上下文的意义，再结合第一句字面意义（现在婚姻……，但实际上不结婚似乎正吸引人们的注意力）不难判断出答案为C 项“现在结婚很受欢迎，但是不结婚似乎更能引起人们的注意”。
题干意为“下面哪个选项不是夫妻分居能够带来的好处？”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语advantages of separation, relationship, couple, time, regulations, certain necessary distance作为定位线索，在第二段中找到相关句：Marriage counselors say couples often choose to separate as a last-ditch effort to change their relationship and possibly themselves,“Many trial separations don't work because they're not‘authentic'. They're just one person's way of getting out of the relationship,”says Harriet Lerner,author of the book The Dance of Anger. But a separation can give couples time to calm down, renegotiate the rules (regulations 的近义词) of the relationship and gain some needed dis-tance.由最后一句可知“分居的确能让夫妻双方有时间静心思考（与选项B说法一致），重新商讨双方的关系规则（与选项C说法一致），使双方保持必要的距离（与选项D说法一致）”，因此答案为A项“脱离夫妻关系”。
题干意为“从短文中可以推断出什么？”依据最后一段第二句：If both are unsure about the future of the marriage,it can provide a time-out,during which they can see what life would be like without the other．可知“如果双方在婚姻方面都无法把握未来，分居可以为他们提供一段间歇期，使他们弄清楚没有对方的生活会是什么样子。”由此可以推断出分居能帮助夫妻双方弄清楚他们之间的关系，所以答案为B。 -
第20题：
共用题干
The Need to Remember
Some people say they have no memory at all:"I just can't remember a thing!"But of course we all have a memory.Our memory tells us who we are.Our memory helps us to make use in the present of what we have learnt in the past.
In fact we have different types of memory.For example,our visual memory helps us recall facts and places.Some people have such a strong visual memory that they can remember exactly what they have seen,for example,pages of a book,as a complete picture.
Our verbal（言语的）memory helps us remember words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written:Items of a shopping list,a chemical formula,dates,or a recipe.
With our emotional（情感的）memory, we recall situations or places where we had; strong feelings,perhaps of happiness or unhappiness. We also have special memories for smell,taste, touch and sound,and for performing physical movements.
We have two ways of storing any of these memories. Our short-term memory stores items for up to thirty seconds-enough to remember a telephone number while we dial.Our long-term mem-ory,on the other hand,may store items for a lifetime. Older people in fact have a much biter long-term memory than short-term .They may forget what they have done only a few hours ago,but have the clearest remembrance（记忆）of when they were very young.
Psychologists tell us that we only remember a few facts about our past,and that we invent the rest. It is as though we remember only the outline of a story.We then make up the details. We of-ten do this in the way we want to remember them,usually so that we appear as the heroes of our own past , or maybe victims needing sympathy（同情）.Animals do not have a long-term memory.
A: Right
B: Wrong
C: Not mentioned答案：C解析：根据文章第二段第二句话可知，视觉记忆可以帮助我们记起事实和地方，故本题表述正确，视觉记忆可以帮我们记起曾经去过的地方。
根据文章第二段最后一句话中的“Some people have such...pages of a book...”可知题干正确，故本题表述正确。
根据文章第三段中的“... words and figures we may have heard but not seen or written...”可知题干表述错误。
根据文章第四段最后一句可知，perform physical movements说的是special memories。因此题干错误。
联系全文，本文主要说的是人的记忆，而未提及动物。
文章倒数第二段对short-term memory和long-term memory作了区分，并未进行重要性的比较。
根据文章最后一段第一句话可知，关于过去我们只记得一部分，剩下的都是自己编造的，故本题表述正确。 -
第21题：
单选题Our flesh may perish, our hands will wither, but that which they create in beauty and goodness and truth lives _____ for all time to come.Aup
Bout
Con
Din
正确答案： D解析：
句意：我们的身体会腐朽，我们的双手会枯萎，但是我们所创造的美、善和真是永存而不朽的。live on继续活着。live up快乐地过日子。live out雇员外宿。live in雇员等宿在雇主家。 -
第22题：
单选题According to Dr. Small, _____.Aleft-handers may start brain aging later than right-handers do
Blearning a foreign language does not help to keep our brain from getting old
Cdoing crossword puzzles is a good way to keep us from memory loss
Dmental exercises plus healthy diet alone cannot keep us from brain aging
正确答案： B解析：
在最后一段Small博士还建议要多进行体育锻炼，多吃些低脂肪但富含omega-3脂肪酸的食品，比如鱼类、核桃、巴西坚果以及含抗氧化剂较高的蔬菜和水果如蓝莓和洋葱等，此外还要减少压力。 -
第23题：
单选题Our Chinese teacher told us ______ interesting story and ______ story was about Thomas Edison.Aan; a
Bthe; the
Ca; the
Dan; the
正确答案： A解析：
句意：我们的语文老师给我们讲了一个有趣的故事，这个故事是关于托马斯·爱迪生的。第一个空泛指，且所修饰的形容词interesting的第一个因素为元音，因此要用不定冠词an。第二个空特指，因此要用定冠词the。故选D项。 -
第24题：
问答题Working Together Against the Infectious Diseases There is another area that really may sound like it’s outside the range of politics and Iraqi people where we’re cooperating together, but it’s an area that is vital to the well-being of the Chinese people, the American people, the people in the world, and it’s now we’re working together to deal with the dangers inherent in infectious diseases. China’s sobering experience with SARS stands as a lesson to all countries on the challenge of infectious diseases. I have called HIV/AIDS the world’s greatest weapon of mass destruction today. It threatens to kill tens of millions of men, women and children—in the Caribbean, in Latin America, in the subcontinent, especially in Africa—and yes, it is a danger to China as well. And China’s government is facing up to this crisis, working with us. The United States has told China we are ready to help. Last month, our Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson spoke in China of President Bush’s interest in furthering our practical cooperation on HIV/AIDS and other health issues. Specialists from our Centers for Disease Control are working on the ground with their Chinese counterparts. Our National Institute of Health has granted $14.8 million to help China upgrade its health care infrastructure. My friends, it is upon such concrete forms of cooperation on issues of regional and global importance that a 21st century US-China relationship will be built, issue by issue, experience by experience, challenge by challenge, initiative by initiative, program by program. As China participates more actively in world affairs, we will extend our welcome. Building and sustaining a healthy overall relationship is good for America, it is good for China, it is good for the region, and good for the international community.正确答案： 【参考译文】
携手应对传染性疾病 我们两国正在开展合作的另一个领域听起来似乎与政治无关,与伊拉克人民无关,但它对于中国人民、美国人民及世界人民的幸福都至关重要。这就是,我们正在共同努力应对传染病的潜在危险。
中国与严重急性呼吸系统综合症 (SARS) 打交道的沉重经历为所有国家迎接传染病挑战提供了一个教训。我把艾滋病病毒/艾滋病称为今天世界上最大规模的毁灭性武器。它给加勒比、拉丁美洲、次大陆,尤其是非洲的数千万男女老少造成生命威胁。当然,对中国也是个威胁。
中国政府在正视这个问题,并在与我们共同努力。美国告诉中国,我们随时准备提供帮助。我国卫生与公众服务部部长汤米·汤普森上个月在中国谈到,布什总统希望扩大两国在防治艾滋病病毒/艾滋病及其他健康议题上的实际合作(布什总统有意在防治艾滋病病毒/艾滋病和其他健康议题上扩大我们的实际合作)。我国疾病控制和预防中心(Centers for Disease Control)的专家正在这里(正在当地)与中国卫生工作人员共同努力。我国国家卫生院(National Institute of Health)为中国提供赠款1480万美元,帮助中国更新卫生保健基础设施。
朋友们,21世纪的美中关系正是要建立在对地区和全球具有重要意义的问题的具体合作之上——通过每个议题、每个经历、每个挑战、每个行动计划、每个项目来实现。
我们将欢迎中国越来越积极地加入到世界事务中来。建立并维护一个健康全面的关系有益于美国,有益于中国,有益于这个地区,也有益于国际社会。解析： 暂无解析