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I'm usually fairly skeptical about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by a report which concluded that today's children are significantly more anxious than children in the 1950s. In fact, the analysis showed, normal children ages 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago.
Why are America's kids so stressed? The report cites two main causes: increasing physical isolation—brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, among other things—and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place.
Given that we can't turn the clock back, adults can still do plenty to help the next generation cope.
At the top of the list is nurturing (培育) a better appreciation of the limits of individualism. No child is an island. Strengthening social ties helps build communities and protect individuals against stress.
To help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on TVs and computers. Your family will thank you later. They will have more time for face-to-face relationships, and they will get more sleep.
Limit the amount of virtual (虚拟的) violence your children are exposed to. It's not just video games and movies; children see a lot of murder and crime on the local news.
Keep your expectations for your children reasonable. Many highly successful people never attended Harvard or Yale.
Make exercise part of your daily routine. It will help you cope with your own anxieties and provide a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxiety is unavoidable. But it doesn't have to ruin your life.
1
The author thinks that the conclusions of any research about people's state of mind are ________.
A.
surprising
B.
confusing
C.
illogical
D.
questionable
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
题目中的people's state of mind就是本文第1句中的either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves。而对于这种研究，作者开门见山地表明自己的态度是skeptical怀疑的，因此该研究结论是questionable "可疑的"，故选D。
2
What does the author mean when he says, "we can't turn the clock back" (Line 1, Para. 3)?
A.
It's impossible to slow down the pace of change.
B.
The social reality children are facing cannot be changed.
C.
Lessons learned from the past should not be forgotten.
D.
It's impossible to forget the past.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
第3段说"虽然我们无法使时光倒流,但是我们成年人还是可以做很多事情来帮助下一代，使他们可以妥善应对"所以，"使时光倒流"实质上是改变孩子们现在所生活的环境，正确答案为B。
3
According to an analysis, compared with normal children today, children treated as mentally ill 50 years ago ________.
A.
were less isolated physically
B.
were probably less self-centered
C.
probably suffered less from anxiety
D.
were considered less individualistic
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
只要读懂第1段最后一句的比较结构:该分析显示，现在9到17岁的普通儿童比50年前接受精神病治疗的儿童所表现出来的焦虑不安程度还要高,此题答案就一目了然，即选C。
4
The first and most important thing parents should do to help their children is ______
A.
to provide them with a safer environment
B.
to lower their expectations for them
C.
to get them more involved socially
D.
to set a good model for them to follow
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
根据第4段开头的At the top of the list可知答案可在该段中寻得。由该段最后一句"加强社会联系有助于社区的建设,也有助于使个人免受压力的侵扰"可知正确答案为C。
5
What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?
A.
Anxiety, though unavoidable, can be coped with.
B.
Children's anxiety has been enormously exaggerated.
C.
Children's anxiety can be eliminated with more parental care.
D.
Anxiety, if properly controlled, may help children become mature.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
A
系统解析：
根据文章最后两句"有时候焦虑是难免的,但它并不是非要毁掉你的生活不可"可知A说法与之相符，故选A。
It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said. "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her."
The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines". And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack On the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon (乱放炮的人)
The Princess responded by brushing aside the Criticisms: "This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help."
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their Support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-inf0rmed about both the situation in Angola and the British governments policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was "working towards" a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding." -
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
6
Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997 _____
A.
to clarify the British governments stand on landmines
B.
to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims
C.
to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there
D.
to voice her support for a total ban of landmines
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
A
系统解析：
根据题干中的时间、人名可以马上找到信息源为文章第1句，其中的不定式正好与选项的形式一致,表示目的，只要将选项内容与原文第1句中的不定式结构内容相对照即可得出答案为A。
7
What did Diana mean when she said "... putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me" (Line 5, Para. 1)?
A.
Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.
B.
She just couldn't bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.
C.
The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.
D.
Seeing the pain of the victims made realize the seriousness of the situation.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
此题考查语义及逻辑推理能力，关键在于理解brought the reality home to sb. (使某人了解到现实）及I knew the statistics, but...的隐含义"我知道统计数字，但是(没想到会这么严重）"。再结合上文可知D的表述正确。C错在黛安娜不是亲身看到那些受害者之后才相信该统计数字的。
8
Some members of the British government criticized Diana because _____
A.
she had not consulted the government before the visit
B.
she was ill-informed of the governments policy
C.
they were actually opposed to banning landmines
D.
they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
第3段第1句指出，回到伦敦，她的观点并没有得到英国政府的一些官员的认可。黛安娜是支持banning landmines(禁止地雷)的，故英国政府的一些官员是反对禁止地雷，因此答案选B。而从第5段第2句"……黛安娜王妃出访已获英国外交部批准，而且事实上她对安哥拉的形势和英国政府有关地雷的政策都很了解。''可知A、C、D的说法均不正确。
9
How did Diana respond to the criticisms?
A.
She made more :appearances on TV.
B.
She paid no attention to them.
C.
She rose to argue with her opponents.
D.
She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
A
系统解析：
此题关键在于理解第4段第1句中brush aside"无视,不顾，漠视"这个短语，A的paid no attention与brush aside同义,故选A。
10
What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?
A.
It had caused embarrassment to the British government.
B.
It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.
C.
It had greatly promoted her popularity.
D.
It had affected her relations with the British government.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
根据文章最后一句，黛安娜总结其出访安哥拉的意义，B中的brought her closer to the ordinary people是原文get closer to people and their problems的同义改写。
Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see on TV —if they ever get home in time. There are similarities, of course, but the cops don't think much of them.
The first difference is that a policeman's real life revolves round the law. Most of his training is in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down an alley after someone he wants to talk to.
Little of his time is spent in chatting to scantily-clad (穿衣不多的) ladies or in dramatic confrontations with desperate criminals. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty —or not —of stupid, petty crimes.
Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he's arrested, the story is over. in real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks — where failure to produce results reflects on the standing of the police —little effort is spent on searching.
Having made an arrest, a detective really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence. So, as well as being overworked, a detective has to be out at all hours of the day and night interviewing his witnesses and persuade them usually against their own best interests, to help him.
11
The first sentence implies that ________.
A.
the life of the real policemen and that of the policemen on TV are entirely different
B.
the real policemen will find the similarities if they can get home in time
C.
the real policemen seldom can get home in time to watch TV
D.
the policemen shown on TV can always get home in time
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
推理判断题。本题考查对第1句的理解。if引出的条件状语从句前的破折号表明这个假设是相对于之前的看电视来说的，而不是相对于整句话的。该句特意用if作补充说明，暗示了一些附加的信息：真实生活中的警察通常很晚回家，连看电视都赶不上。由此可见,C是正确的理解。A说法过于绝对，与原文的hardly不符。
12
It is essential for a policeman to be trained in criminal law _____.
A.
so that he can catch criminals in the streets
B.
because many of the criminals he has to catch are dangerous
C.
so that he can justify his arrests in court
D.
because he has to know nearly as much about law as a professional lawyer
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
推理判断题。本题考查内在的因果关系。从第2段第3句可以推断出答案,A毫无原文依据，原文中也并没有暗示B和D这两种因果关系。
13
The everyday life of a policeman or detective is ______.
A.
exciting and glamorous
B.
full of danger
C.
devoted mostly to routine matters
D.
wasted on unimportant matters
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
推理判断题。本题考查对长句的理解。根据第3段第2句可以推断出答案。本题最具干扰性的是B，按照常识,警察的工作通常都被认为很危险，但是第3段第1句由Little引出的倒装句表明了他们很少与亡命之徒交锋，并非充满危险，因此B不对；而D将在文中用来修饰people的unimportant拿来修饰"事情",显然偷换概念，曲解原文。
14
When murders and terrorist attacks occur,the police______.
A.
prefer to wait for the criminal to give himself away
B.
make great efforts to try to track down their man
C.
try to make a quick arrest in order to keep up their reputation
D.
usually fail to produce results
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
推理判断题。本题考查对复合句的理解。答题关键在于正确理解第4段最后一句，except引出的句子暗示警方只有在遇到特别严重的犯罪时追捕罪犯才会花费很大的气力，B符合文意。本题最具干扰性的是C,由本句第2个破折号后的内容可知此处主要强调"费不费劲"的问题，而C中的make a quick airest并未突显出原文的关键含义，不如B准确。
15
What's the best title for the passage?
A.
Policemen and Detective
B.
Policemen's Life-Fun and Fantasy
C.
The Real Life of a Policeman
D.
Drama and Reality
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
主旨大意题。本文的重点是说瞀察们的现实生活，全文将这种现实生活与电视里面展现的作比较,是为澄清事实，故C可概括全文主题。
In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, "Well, it's my first day back in New York in seven years. I've been in prison." Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. "Yeah, I shot a man in Reno." I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver, "Reno? That is in Nevada?"
Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I'd just been fired. "This is America," a Haitian driver said. "One door is closed. Another is open." He argued against my plan to burn down my boss's house. A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge--a $20 trip. "Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don't worry. Take a new job."
One very hot weekday in July,while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word "BANK" on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.
"Let's go across the park." I said. "I just robbed the bank there. I got $25,000."
"$25,0007" he asked.
"Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?"
"No, man. I work 8 hours and I don't make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too."
As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.
"Hey, there's another bank," I said, "Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?"
"No, I can't wait. Pay me now." His reluctance may have had something to do with money--taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low--but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can't expect unconditional support.
16
From the Ghanaian driver's response, we can infer that_____
A.
he was indifferent to the killing
B.
he was afraid of the author
C.
he looked clown upon the author
D.
he thought the author was crazy
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
A
系统解析：
推理判断题。从第2段最后一句的only response可以看出这个司机只问了一个与杀人这件事无关的问题，由此可见，司机对此事毫不关心，态度冷淡。
17
Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Bridge?
A.
Because he was able to help the author to find a new job.
B.
Because he wanted to go home and relax.
C.
Because it was far away from his home.
D.
Because he thought that the author would commit suicide.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
推理判断题。本题的关键在于了解在美国，髙耸的大桥通常是人们自杀的场所。根据这个背景知识，以及第3段中司机说的relax和Don't worry可推断出司机以为作者要到华盛顿桥去自杀。
18
What is the author's interpretation of the driver's reluctance "to wait outside the Chemical Bank"?
A.
The driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.
B.
The driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.
C.
The driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.
D.
The driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
事实细节题。本题考查对复杂句的理解。答案可以在文章的最后一句话中找到，破折号后面but引出的转折句才是作者对司机不愿等人的理解。A是一般出租车司机的想法，由may可知作者并不确定那个司机是否有此考虑,A不对;C和D都无原文依据。
19
Which of the following statements is true about New York taxi drivers?
A.
They are ready to help you do whatever you want to.
B.
They refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
C.
They are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
D.
They work only for money.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
推理判断题。答案可从第3段第1句话中找到,C是该句的同义替换。A中的do whatever you want to过于绝对;B不符合逻辑，因为司机不可能先问乘客是否要自杀才决定要不要载这个乘客；巴基斯坦司机的例子表明司机不都是只为了钱，因此D不正确。
20
The passage mainly discusses _______.
A.
how to please taxi riders
B.
how to deal with taxi riders
C.
the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble
D.
the attitudes of taxi drivers towards troublesome taxi riders
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
C
系统解析：
主旨大意题。文章开篇第1句话就是整篇文章的主题句，接下来的各段内容都是围绕此主题展开的，C与之意思相符，故选C。本题最具干扰性的是D,事实上，该选项中的troublesome意为"烦人的"，而不是"陷人麻烦的"，因此不能用该词形容文中的乘客，故排除D。
How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.
Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment, Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.
What causes fashion to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example. In cold climate, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats. More American men have followed his example.
There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War Two, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again.
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should became it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashions of the top fashion houses.
At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater, and it would be discourteous to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a nightclub. However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does either.
21
Fashion magazines and TV advertisements seem to link fashion to _______.
A.
confidence in life
B.
social relationship
C.
success in career
D.
personal future
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
A
系统解析：
第2段第2句中的they指的就是首句中提到的时尚杂志和电视广告，第2句中的confidence和confi?dently 都表明这些时尚杂志和电视广告把时尚与人的自信联系起来 ，因此 A 为本题答案。 B、C、D 均无原文依据。
22
Kennedy's example is used to illustrate ______.
A.
the change in fashion
B.
a cause of fashion change
C.
the celebrities’ influence on economy
D.
the application of fashion to more than dress
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
B
系统解析：
第3段首句表明该段说的是推动时尚变化的原因，第2句列举了其中三个原因，最后三句对这些原因进行举例说明，由此可见,肯尼迪总统的例子是为了说明推动时尚变化的其中一个原因，因此应选B。第3段讲的不是时尚的变化趋势，A不正确；C错在economy这个词，此处举肯尼迪总统的例子是为说明名人对“时尚潮流”的影响力，而非对“经济”；虽然该例子提到的是帽子的潮流，但本段并不是为了说明“时尚不仅限于服饰”这个观点，因此D不正确。
23
Present-day society is much freer and easier because it emphasizes ______.
A.
practicality
B.
efficiency
C.
informality
D.
individuality
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
第5段第2句和第3句是对该段首句的进一步说明，由这两句可知现在注重的是个人风格，穿衣打扮不再是千篇一律了，D“个人主义”为本题答案。
24
The popularity of jeans and “untidy” look is possibly due to that they ______.
A.
highlight one’s personality
B.
are suitable for various social situations
C.
have the advantages of being convenient and practical
D.
are not as expensive as clothing produced by top fashion houses
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
D
系统解析：
第5段末句表明顶级服装店的时尚服饰很昂贵，所以人们转而穿牛仔裤和做“邋遢”的装扮，由此可见，本题应选D。其他选项可能根据个人生活经验说得通，但均在原文中找不到直接依据，故排除。
25
What does the author most probably do with the latest fashion?
A.
The author may be brave enough to ignore the latest fashion.
B.
The author may follow the latest fashion most faithfully.
C.
The author may take jeans and “untidy” look as the latest fashion.
D.
The author may find the latest fashion increasingly expensive.
本题答案：
A
B
C
D
参考答案：
A
系统解析：
末段倒数第2句表明作者认为我们大可不必追赶潮流，A最可能是作者对于最新潮流的态度和反应。选项B与作者在末段表达的观点正好相反；作者只是从宏观上对最新潮流发表了看法，而没有指出最新潮流是牛仔裤和“邋遢”的打扮，或者价格昂贵还是便宜这些细节，因此选项C和D均不正确。
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