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1、【阅读理解】 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed (展现) herself as she did nowhere else. After the death of her second husband，Greek shipping magnate (巨头) Aristotle Onassis
2、 lacquelines close friend and former White House social secretary Letitis Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career (职业) in publishing.After consideration，Jacqueline accepted it.Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life. She became not less but more intere
3、sted in reading.For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publishers editor, first at Viking，then at Doubleday, pursuing(追求)a latelife career longer than her two marriages combined.During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully
4、marketed books.Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes.She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversation into a book ，The Power of Myth.The book went on to become an international bestselle
5、r.She dealt，too with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自传)，Moonwalk. Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations，but she soon proved her worth.Her choices，suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqu
6、eline herself.In the books she selected for publication，she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.Her books are the autobiogaphy she never wrote.Her_role_as_First_Lady，in_the_end，was_overshadowed_by_her_performance_as_an_edit or.Howev
7、er，few knew that she had achieved so much. 本文主要讲述 Jacqueline 在选择了编辑这一职业后所做出的成就。在这一行业里她的光 芒甚至压过了她作为第一夫人的头衔。 1We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline_. Abecame fond of reading after working as an editor Bwas in charge of publishing 100 books Cpromoted her books through social relations Dgained a
8、 lot from her career as an editor 答案：D。推理判断题。由文章内容可知，在第二任丈夫去世后 ，朋友推荐 Jacqueline 考虑在出版业谋一职位，没有想到她在此行业取得了成功，即 D 项正确。 2The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_. AJacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady BJacquelines life as First Lady was more colorful than a
9、s an editor CJacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady DJacquelines role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor 答案：C。句意理解题。解本题的关键在于正确理解 overshadow 一词。通读全文可知， Jacqueline 作为编辑取得了巨大成功，光芒超过了她第一夫人的头衔，故 C 项正确。 3What can be inferred from the passage? AJacquelines two marria
10、ges lasted more than 20 years. BJacquelines own publishing firm was set up eventually. CJacquelines views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited. DJacquelines achievements were widely known. 答案：C。推理判断题。由文章最后一段信息“In her books she selected for publication，she built on a lifetime of spendin
11、g time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.”可知她的一些个人观点在自己编辑的书中有所表露，故 C 项正确。 4The passage is mainly_. Aan introduction of Jacquelines life both as First Lady and as an editor Ba brief description of Jacquelines lifelong experiences Ca brief account of Jacquelines career
12、 as an editor in her last 20 years Dan analysis of Jacquelines social relations in publishing 答案：C。主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述 Jacqueline 作为编辑所取得的成就， 故 C 项正确。 阅读理解 体裁题材词数难度建议用时 说明文教育320 7 分钟 Many years ago，an experiment in education was carried out in secret at a school in England.The school had two classes
13、 for children of the same age.At the end of the school year an examination was held，in order to select the children for the classes of next year.However，the results of the exam were never made known.In secret，based on their performance in the exam，the higherperforming and lowerperforming children we
14、re divided equally between the two classes.Only the headmaster and the psychologists knew the truth.Teachers for the next year were carefully selected for equal ability and experience.Even the classrooms were chosen with similar facilities (设备)Everything was made as equal as possible，except for one
15、thing：one was called “Class A” ，the other， “Class B” In everyones minds the children in Class A were the clever ones，and the kids in Class B were not so clever.Some of the parents of the Class A children were pleasantly surprised that their children had done so well and rewarded them with presents a
16、nd praise，while the parents of some of the Class B kids complained that their children did not work hard enough and took away some of their rewards.Even the teachers taught the Class B kids in a different manner，not expecting so much from them.For a whole year the illusion existed.Then there was another endofyear exam. The results were not surprising.The children of Class A performed so much better than those of Class BIn fact，the res
