loadingpunished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are left-handed are no longer looked down on nor are they considered abnormal. For most people today, either case is perfectly acceptable. （1）What makes one right-handed?
A. The environment. B. Mild brain damage during birth. C. The reason is uncertain. D. Other people.
（2）Why is the number of young people who are left-handed bigger than that of the elderly? A. Because the elderly are forced to become right-handed. B. Because left-handed people are considered abnormal.
C. Because left-handedness can be cured. D. Because the young are easily damaged. （3）What does the text mainly talk about?
A. Left-handed people are looked down upon. B. General facts about left-handed people. C. Some famous left-handed people. D. The reasons why people are left-handed. 【答案】（1）C （2）B （3）B
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，关于左撇子现象作者进行了介绍和说明。 （1）考查细节理解。第二段中讲了很多右手的使用比左手平常的可能性原因，根据” As yet no one really knows for sure.”可知，虽然对于右手的使用比左手更为普遍这一现象有不同猜测，但是原因不明。故选C。
（2）考查细节理解。根据第三段“Statistics show that although 13 percent of young people (10-20 years old) are left-handed, only 6 percent of the elderly are left-handed. Left-handed children used to be punished until they began using their right hand like other children, but today people who are left-handed are no longer looked down on nor are they considered abnormal.”可知，以前的左撇子孩子都会受到鄙视或者被认为是不正常的，所以，那一代的孩子会被惩罚直到他们改变这样的习惯，但是，现在人们的态度已经转变了。故选B。
（3）考查主旨大意。本文以客观、中立的态度描写了关于“左撇子”的一些事实，故选B。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和主旨大意两个题型的考查，是一篇社会现象类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，同时根据上下文进行推理，归纳，从而选出正确答案。
5．阅读理解
Daniella Wride was brushing her daughter's long brown hair when she noticed that with each comb, masses of the hair were coming out. That was January 1, 2017. Within 20 days, seven-year-old Gianessa Wride's hair was completely gone, and her doctor said the hair would never grow back. Gianessa had become one of the 6. 8 million Americans with alopecia, an auto-immune disease that causes hair loss.
Alopecia isn't painful, but for kids who suffer from it, the severe pain comes from standing out from the crowd. For the most part, the students in Gianessa's first-grade class in Salem, Utah, were understanding. But the occasional jokes of \秃子) made her feel like an abandoned child. \didn't want her to feel that she wasn't like the other kids,\her mother said.\I tried
covering her baldness, but the artificial hair was uncomfortable.\
Then comes the school's traditional \where all the kids and their parents can express their wild sides a bit. Daniella and Gianessa decided that rather than hide Gianessa's baldness under the artificial hair, they would celebrate it. Daniella bought scrapbook-sticker (贴纸) jewels and decorated her head with flowered designs and even a deer. \
On the morning of the competition, Gianessa was nervous. Would her friends think it was funny? However, with her mother's encouragement, she had nothing to fear. Impressive Gianessa was a hit and a winner of the crazy-hair competition. Gianessa is now glad that she dared to go bare. \do things to my head that other kids can't. I'm thinking now it might be fun to decorate my head with some colourful butterflies and flowers. \
（1）Why was Gianessa different from other kids? A.She was born bald. B.She suffered from hair loss. C.She was talented in hair designing. D.She had her head fully shaved.
（2）How did others react to Gianessa's disease? A.Her doctor was quite optimistic. B.Her mother gave her artificial hair. C.Her classmates were all considerate. D.Her school offered her special help.
（3）What could Gianessa do on the \ A.She could tease others. B.She could decorate her hair. C.She could shop scrapbook-stickers. D.She could show her personality.
（4）What is the main idea of the text? A.The girl faced her disease in a most beautiful way. B.The artificial hair built up the girl's confidence. C.The competition served as a way to make a change. D.The disease was cured with mother's love and care. 【答案】 （1）B （2）B （3）D （4）A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，一个七岁的女孩Gianessa Wride得了一种疾病，掉光了头发还不可能再重新长出来，但是她终于在家人和同学们的帮助下，勇敢地展现她的个性，愉快地生活。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Within 20 days, seven-year-old Gianessa Wride's hair was completely gone, and her doctor said the hair would never grow back.”不到20天，7岁的
Gianessa Wride的头发就完全脱落了，医生说她的头发再也长不出来了，可知，Gianessa Wride和其他孩子不一样，因为她遭受脱发之苦。故选B。
（2）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“I tried covering her baldness, but the artificial hair was uncomfortable.”我试着盖住她的秃顶，但人造的头发不舒服)可知，她妈妈给Gianessa戴了假发。故选B。
（3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“But now I love being bald. I can do things to my head that other kids can't. I'm thinking now it might be fun to decorate my head with some colourful butterflies and flowers.”但现在我喜欢秃顶。我可以做其他孩子做不到的事情。我在想用彩蝶和鲜花来装饰我的头可能会很有趣，可知，Gianessa在“疯狂发型日”能够正视自己，展现她的个性。故选D。
（4）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“But now I love being bald. I can do things to my head that other kids can't. I'm thinking now it might be fun to decorate my head with some colourful butterflies and flowers.”但现在我喜欢秃顶。我可以做其他孩子做不到的事情。我在想用彩蝶和鲜花来装饰我的头可能会很有趣，结合主要内容为记叙一个七岁的女孩得了一种疾病，掉光了头发还不可能再重新长出来，但是她终于在家人和同学们的帮助下，展现她的个性，愉快地生活。故选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。
6．阅读理解
When I was a child, our dining room had two kinds of chairs — two large ones with arm rests and four small ones without. The larger ones stood at the ends of the table, the smaller ones on the sides. Mom and Dad sat in the big chairs, except when one of us was away; then Mom would sit in one of the smaller chairs. Dad always sat at the end, at the \of the table. Sitting where he did, Dad was framed by the window through which the yard could be seen with its trees and grass. His chair was not just a place for him at table; it was a place in which he was situated against the yard and the trees. It was the holy(神圣的)and protected place that was his, and ours through him.
After Dad retired, he and Mom moved out into a small flat. When thy came to visit me at their old house, Dad still sat at the end of the table though the table was no longer his but mine. Only with my marriage to Barbara, did I hear a voice questioning the arrangement. She requested, gently but firmly, that I sit at the head of the table in our home. I realized then that I was head of the family, but I also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that \place in my Dad's presence? And how would he handle it? I was to find out on the occasion of our youngest child's first birthday.
Mom and Dad arrived for lunch, and went into the dining room. Dad moved toward his usual seat in front of the window. Before he could get around the side of the table, I took a deep breath and said, \me and then sat down. I felt sad, and angry at Barbara for pushing me to do this. It would have
been easy to say, \
When he and Mom were seated, Barbara and I took our places. I don't know how Dad felt. I do know that, though removed from his usual place, he continued to share his best self with us, telling stories of his childhood and youth to the delight of his grandchildren. As I served the food, our lives experienced a change, which we continue to live with.
It wasn't easy, but I sense that there is also something good in the change which has occurred. I am beginning to learn that \occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell. We may then, during these magical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose.
（1）Why did Dad always sit in the big chair at the end of the table before he retired? A.Because the chair was large enough for him.
B.Because sitting there he could see the trees and grass in the yard. C.Because it was the holy seat for the head of the family. D.Because the chair was comfortable with arm rests. （2）What do we know from the second paragraph? A.The writer's parents moved out because the house was too old. B.The writer didn't want to hurt his father’s feelings. C.The writer's wife was rude to his parents. D.The writer didn't dare to refuse his wife's request.
（3）Which of the following is true according to the passage? A.Dad felt upset after being removed from his usual place. B.The writer was satisfied with the new seating arrangement. C.Dad continued to tell stories to cover his embarrassment. D.Dad didn't appear to mind where he sat. （4）What does the writer intend to tell us? A.Respecting Dad is more than the question of dining seat. B.It is not easy to go against parents' wishes. C.Think twice before you act. D.Every coin has two sides. 【答案】 （1）C （2）B （3）D （4）A
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙，通过讲述作者和父亲餐厅座位的变化告诉我们尊重父母并不在于餐厅的座位，而是快乐相处。
（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“His chair was not just a place for him at table; it was a place in which he was situated against the yard and the trees. It was the holy(神圣的）and protected place that was his, and ours through him.”可知父亲的餐桌位置不仅是靠着院子和树林的地方，还是一个一家之主神圣和受保护的地方。所以为什么爸爸在退休前总是坐在桌子尽头的大椅子上是因为那是一家之主的圣座。故选C。
（2）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“I realized then that I was head of the family, but I also felt unwilling to introduce such a change. How would I feel sitting in that \place in my Dad's presence? And how would he handle it?”可知作者成为一家之主后，不愿意占据父亲原来一家之主的神圣座位。所以判断出作者不想伤害父亲的感情。故选B。
（3）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“Before he could get around the side of the table, I took a deep breath and said, ‘Dad, this is going to be your place, next to Mom, on the side.’He stopped, looked at me and then sat down.和第四段though removed from his usual place, he continued to share his best self with us, telling stories of his childhood and youth to the delight of his grandchildren.”可知作者让父亲坐在边上后，父亲似乎并没表现出介意坐在哪里，仍然和我们说笑，给孩子们讲他孩时和年轻时的故事。故选D。
（4）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“I am beginning to learn that ‘honoring one's father’ is more than the question of which place to occupy at the dining table. It also means listening, wherever we sit and whatever positions we own, to the stories Dad longs to tell We may then, during these magical moments, even be able to forget about whose chair is whose.”可知作者开始认识到“孝敬父亲”不仅仅是在餐桌上占据什么位置的问题。无论坐在哪里，无论坐什么位置，我们都会倾听爸爸渴望告诉我们的故事。所以作者想告诉我们“孝敬父亲”，不仅仅是在餐桌上占据什么位置的问题。故选A。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。
7．阅读理解
The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin, Benjamin's older brother, started the New England Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all sorts of political subjects.
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's Courant, few believe that newspapers in their present printed form will remain alive for long, Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and in some cases, their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago. The chief editor of the Times said recently, “At places where they gather, editors ask one another, 'How are you?', as if they have just come out of the hospital or a lost law case.” An article about the newspaper appealed on the website of the Guardian, under the headline “NOT DEAD YET.”
Perhaps not, but the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death, Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past three years. The New York Times Company has seen its stock（股票）drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year. A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock - holders sell off their Times stock. The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education; its testing and test — preparation service now brings in at least half the company's income,