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江西省卷三年（2020-2022）中考英语真题分题型分层汇编
03阅读单选&阅读还原
一、阅读单选
（2022·江西）

●Gift shop
Open Daily 10:00 a.m.—5:30 p.m.
●Children’s playground and activity area
●Visitors may adopt (领养) a rescued animal for free!

Admission:
Adults: $7
Children (up to 16): $5
Children (3 & under): Free
Family (2 adults & 2 children): $20FREE CAR AND COACH PARK.
TOILET FOR THE DISABLED AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESS (通道) IN ALL AREAS.

1． When can the visitors buy the gifts?
A．At 9:30 a.m. B．At 11:00 a.m. C．At 6:00 p.m. D．At 10:00 p.m.
2．How much is a ticket for a 15-year-old boy?
A．$5. B．$7. C．$12. D．$20.
3．What do we know about the museum?
A．It doesn’t provide a free parking lot. B．The animals there can’t be adopted.
C．It offers the disabled special service. D．Children under 3 are not welcome there.
（2022·江西）Why is the sea salt? Long before we discovered scientific ways of thinking about it, we explained it in a story. Even though the answer isn’t scientific, it holds some other truth in it — especially about the human heart.
Long ago, a poor old couple lived on the coast. One day, an old storyteller came to their village. The old couple gave him a meal. In return, he gave them a coffee mill (磨粉机) and said, “Say, ‘Mill, please grind (磨粉)’,” and it’ll make whatever you want, to stop it, say ‘Mill, please cease (停止) grinding’.”
Soon the old couple had a much better life. They’d been happy people, and they didn’t need much more. But the young couple next door were never satisfied. When they saw the old couple wearing good clothes and buying good food, they burnt with envy (羡慕). So one day, the young husband went to the old couple’s house secretly and heard, “Mill, please grind hot chocolate!” He was surprised to see it coming out.
Then the young couple stole the mill from the old couple. With it, they rode a horse and set off down the coast, where no one would know them. Along the way, the husband showed proudly and asked, “What do you want it to make?” “Oh. I don’t know. Why not salt?” the wife said. “Mill, please grind salt!” he said. “It works!” the wife shouted. But then they noticed the salt went everywhere. “Make it stop,” the wife said. But the husband didn’t know how. “Mill, please stop grinding! Please, no more!” His words didn’t work. The mill kept grinding. Finally, the young husband threw the mill into the sea as far as he could.
And there it’s been, for hundreds of years, endlessly grinding salt. That’s why the sea is salt.
4．The passage is probably a(n) ________.
A．folk story B．instruction C．science fiction D．science report
5．Put the things happened to the mill in correct order.
a. It began to produce salt.       b. The young husband threw it.
c. The young couple stole it.       d. The old couple got it.
A．b-d-a-c B．b-a-d-c C．d-a-c-b D．d-c-a-b
6．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A．The coffee. B．The horse. C．The mill. D．The chocolate.
7．How did the young husband’s feelings change?
A．sorry — sad — excited B．thirsty — excited — afraid
C．happy — nervous — proud D．surprised — thankful — happy
8．What does the word “truth” in Paragraph 1 imply (暗指)?
A．Being patient. B．Working properly.
C．Being satisfied. D．Listening carefully.
（2022·江西）
Indonesians love to celebrate. They believe that celebrating and eating together brings good luck. Let’s party Indonesia-style.
Would you be surprised to find a New Year’s Day in March? Indonesians on the island of Bali are getting ready to ring in Nyepi, their New Year. It falls in March or April on the night of the new moon and is a symbol of a fresh start for the people and the island of Bali. On the eve of Nyepi, families and friends get together in the market. They carry a huge monster which is made of wood and other materials around the village three times. After that, people set it on fire, hoping to drive out evil (邪恶的) spirits.
After Nyepi, a Turun tanah ceremony begins in honor of a child’s first steps. At the Turun Tanah, parents invite friends and family to a party to introduce the baby. They put different objects such as a bracelet (手镯), pen, mirror or toy computer around their baby. If the baby picks up a pen, he or she may be a writer. A child who picks up a gold bracelet may be rich.

While Turun tanah celebrates the future of a family. Galungan celebrates its past. Ancestors who have died return ‘home’ during this ten-day celebration. And living relatives do their best to make them happy. Tall bamboo poles line the street. People attend the ceremonies and visit their family and village temples. Actors and dancers give performances that tell stories of good fighting against evil.
A year of festivals has come to an end. Don’t worry: next year, Indonesia will be buzzing (发出嗡嗡声) again with celebrations, so welcome to the party!
9．What’s the theme (主题) of the passage?
A．Celebrations. B．Feelings. C．Family. D．Health.
10．What do people do during Galungan? Check and choose the right answer.
①Watch performances.   ②Discuss new babies’ future.
③Visit their family and village temples.   ④Put the bamboo poles along the street.
⑤Carry a huge monster around the village.
A．①②⑤ B．①③④ C．②③④ D．③④⑤
11．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The baby who picks up a pen may be a writer.
B．Nyepi usually comes after Turun tanah in Bali.
C．New Year’s Day in Indonesia begins in February.
D．People fire bamboo poles to drive away the monster.
12．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
A． B． C． D．
13．What is the writer’s purpose according to the passage?
A．To welcome us to the festivals. B．To show us how to treat the ancestors.
C．To tell us how to hold the party. D．To teach us how to fight against the evil.
（2022·江西）Improvements in technology often happen overnight. Some gadgets get smaller and faster. Others are replaced (代替) by newer things like smartphones. They can do hundreds of things. Here are some old gadgets that people used to use.
①________
Do you have a landline at home? These are phones that people plug (插入) into their living room walls. Mobile phones didn’t use to be so common at that time, so most families had a landline. But landlines only worked at home. What did people do when they were outside and needed to call someone? They looked for a pay phone! Then, most people had their own mobile phones and many homes no longer had landlines.
②________

People today store plenty of information online, or on SD cards. But in the 1980s and 1990s, people used to use floppy disks. The first floppy disks were large, expensive, and not very useful — each disk could store just 175 KB of information! Later, floppy disks got smaller and better. But even the best ones could only hold 1.44 MB．You would need three or four disks just for one song, and about 22,000 disks to match the storage (储存空间) available on a 32 GB phone!
③________

It’s easy to take photos today. People often have thousands just on their phones! But photos used to be expensive, and people took fewer of them. To take a photo, you had to buy a roll of film. This allowed you to take about 30 photos. After finishing the roll, you left it at a shop. The shop developed the photos to make them be seen, which you could collect after a few days.
Technology changes all the time, and the gadgets we use today will one day be old. What do you think will be next to disappear?
14．What does the underlined word “gadgets” mean in Paragraph 1?
A．Toys. B．Tools. C．Games. D．Phones.
15．Match the title with each paragraph.
a. Goodbye Disks     b. Music to My Ears     c. Picture This     
d. Call Me      e. Film Development
A．①-d, ②-b, ③-e B．①-d, ②-a, ③-c
C．①-c, ②-a, ③-b D．①-c, ②-b, ③-e
16．What were the first floppy disks like?
A．They could store much. B．They were very useful.
C．They cost a lot of money. D．They were easy to carry.
17．What can we get from the passage?
A．It was convenient to take photos with film.
B．People outside used landlines to call someone.
C．Improvements in technology change people’s life.
D．For a time, many people had pay phones at home.
18．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．The Changing Phones. B．The Products of Tomorrow.
C．Old Things We Use Today. D．The Things We Used to Use.
（2021·江西）
ART FESTIVAL14-24 August, 2021
VIDEO
An hourly show of videos presented by Pemberton Secondary School students. Video themes are about intellectually （智力）disabled youth and their parents.
Venue: Capital Hall
Dates: 14-22 August
Free admission
PERFORMANCE
Alpine Youth Theater presents A Cat’s Mind with cheerful songs and dance, promising to give a wonderful performance by 20 young people between 18 and 25 years of age.
Venue: National Arts Theater
Dates: 15-23 August
Free admission
CONCERT
Eric Fawkins, two-time Prima Music Prize winner, will perform an evening of classical and jazz ballads. Eric Fawkins’ latest CD will also be on sale.
Venue: Victory Theater
Dates: 22-24 August
Tickets: available at $50 (child), $80 (adult)

19． When will A Cat’s Mind be performed?
A．14-24 August. B．15-23 August. C．22-24 August. D．14-22 August.
20．What is the price of an adult ticket for the concert?
A．$80. B．$50. C．$20. D．$18.
21．Which of the following is true according to the ads above?
A．A group of children perform A Cat’s Mind.
B．Fawkins has won Prima Music Prize once.
C．The video show is presented by the parents.
D．You can buy Fawkins’ latest CD at the concert.
（2021·江西）British adventurer（冒险家） Alastair Humphreys had ridden his bike around the world, walked across India, and rowed （划船）from Africa to South America. In 2011, however, Humphreys had some of the biggest adventurers of his life and he never even left the United Kingdom.
For a year, Humphreys went on microadventures—small, low-cost trips close to home. Why did he do this? “I started to think that it was possible to have an adventure anywhere.” He explains. For his first trip, he went hiking with a friend around the M25-a 188-kilometre road that goes all the way around London. Other adventures included swimming in the River Thames, sleeping outside on a hill, and going on a mountain biking trip. Humphreys learned something important from his microadventures: We find adventures when we try something new.
Humphreys wanted other people to make this discovery, too, so he decided to share his idea. He challenged people to go on microadventures and send him four-minute videos of their trips. He asked them to do things like climb a hill, go away for a weekend, or choose a random （任意的）place on a map and go there. People from all over the world accepted his challenge and posted their videos on Twitter.
22．Which of the following belong to microadventures? Check and choose the right answer.
① walk across India
② sleep outside on a hill
③ go away for a weekend
④ swim in the River Thames
⑤ row from Africa to South America
⑥hike around the road around London
A．①③④⑤ B．①④⑤⑥ C．②③④⑥ D．②③⑤⑥
23．What can we know about Humphreys’ personality according to the passage?
A．Brave, creative and active. B．Proud, humorous and kind.
C．Careful, quiet and hard-working. D．Confident, strict and warm-hearted.
24．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．A Big Challenge B．An Amazing Travel
C．Keep a Trip Record D．Go for a Microadventure
（2021·江西）Today, by carefully choosing dog parents, humans have created many different kinds of dog. Each kind has its own look and talents and its own role within human society. Here are three examples of “a dog’s life” in the human world.
Today, many hospitals let specially trained dogs in to bring love and cheer to patients. Shaynee is a therapy（治疗）dog. She visits children who are in hospital. Dogs like Shaynee help patients feel calm and at peace which can be hard in a busy hospital. They help both children and adults stay strong during long hospital stays, and, some suggest, even help them get better.
Today some beagles（小猎犬）work in airports for the government. They are part of the program called the Beagle Brigade. A beagle is good for the work because of its powerful nose, and ability to follow smells. The Beagle Brigade’s job is to smell everything that comes into the country. They make officers notice illegal（非法的）fruits, vegetables, and other foods in luggage or in mail. The beagles do the job far better than any human could.
While some dogs are working hard, others are free to spend their days resting and playing. Across the world, many pet dogs are treated like children. Many have their own rooms and all the things a dog could want. Some even have their own clothes. Many of these pets spend their days playing, learning to follow or even going to classes. Their owners give them the best, and enjoy doing so.
Whether as workers or objects of affection（钟情）dogs have become helpful to humans in many ways. There are plenty of advantages for the dog, too. Many kinds of wild dogs have nearly disappeared from the Earth. However, the domestic dog’s special place as “man’s best friend” has allowed it to survive （存活）in a human world.
25．What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A．Hospitals need many special dogs. B．Dogs can take care of patients.
C．Patients need love in the hospital. D．Doctors are too busy to see patients.
26．What does the underlined word “domestic” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A．Trained. B．Smart. C．Hungry. D．Valuable.
27．What’s the purpose of the passage?
A．To ask people to treat dogs as their own children.
B．To explain why humans need beagles in their work.
C．To tell people about the history of dogs’ development.
D．To show a good relationship between dogs and humans.
28．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
A． B． C． D．
（2021·江西）Eight hundred years ago, a man in southern Turkey invented an amazing clock. It was more than 7 meters high. At its base（基座）was a life-size model elephant. Every half hour, something amazing happened. The whole clock came alive: Model birds, dragons, and people started to move.
The clock’s inventor was an engineer named al-Jazari. He lived in Turkey. Al-Jazari was probably one of the greatest engineers in history. Some historians call him “the father of modern-day engineering.”
We know about al-Jazari mostly from a book that he wrote. ________ They include clocks and hand-washing machines. The book also has drawings that show how each machine works.
Many everyday things today-from toys to car engines（发动机）-still use al-Jazari’s ideas. Without his machines with moving parts, we might not have modern-day robots.
Today, it is still possible to see what al-Jazari’s elephant cock looked like. A full-size working model is in Dubai’s Ibn Battuta Mall. There, every half hour, al-Jazari’s most amazing invention comes to life once again.
How Does the Elephant Clock Work?

A bowl with a small hole floats（浮）in a water tank（水箱）inside the elephant’s body. As the bowl slowly sinks（下沉）, it pulls a rope that moves a human figure. His moving pen shows the number of minutes past the hour.
Every half hour, the water bowl becomes full and sinks completely. This causes a ball to fall from the top of the clock. The movement of the ball causes a phoenix to move and make a sound.
The ball then drops out of a falcon’s mouth into the mouth of a Chinese dragon. The weight of the ball causes the dragon’s head to move down and the dragon’s tail pulls the water bowl back up.
Finally, the ball drops out of the dragon’s mouth and into a vase. As the ball lands in the vase, the elephant driver moves and makes a sound. The cycle begins again until there are no more ball in the top of the clock.
29．Why is al-Jazari called “the father of modern-day engineering”?
A．His ideas are still widely used in machines.
B．The elephant clock is an amazing invention.
C．His inventions include some parts of modern robots.
D．His book about machines is still popular with readers.
30．Choose the best sentence to fill in the blank “________” in Paragraph 3.
A．He became famous when he was a young man.
B．He invented a lot of everyday machines in history.
C．It describes a number of machines of all shapes and sizes.
D．People in Turkey enjoy reading his books in their free time.
31．What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 7 refer to?
A．The pen moves. B．The all drops.
C．The bowl sinks completely. D．The bowl pulls the rope.
32．How does the elephant clock work? Put the steps in the correct order.
a. The ball drops into the vase.
b. The ball drops into the dragon’s mouth.
c. The elephant driver moves and makes a sound.
d. After 30 minutes, a ball starts to fall from the top.
e. The bowl moves down in the water and pulls on ropes.
A．b-d-a-c-e B．e-d-b-a-c C．a-e-b-d-c D．c-a-d-e-b
（2021·江西）
Many scientists once believed that physical similarities between identical twins are genetic（基因的）, while their personalities, intelligence and other differences between them are an effect of their environment. Now scientists are discovering that the boundaries（界限）between genes and environment are not so clear.
Twins Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were adopted（领养）as babies and raised by different couples. When the Jims finally met at age 39, they discovered they had plenty in common. Both were six feet tall, 180 pounds. They had the same smile and the same voice. When scientist Thomas Bouchard Jr. invited the Jim twins to his lab, people there found it very hard to tell them apart.
But the similarities didn’t stop at the physical. They’d both had dogs named Toy. They had both married women named Linda and then their marriage broke up. They’d both been policemen, enjoyed music, and left love notes around the house for their wives. They had so much in common, it seemed unlikely these were just coincidences （巧合）.
The Jim twins were just one of 137 sets of separated twins. Bouchard tested. When they compared the twins’ IQ scores, Bouchard and his team reached a surprising conclusion（结论）. They concluded that intelligence was mostly connected to genes rather than to training or education. It seemed the differences in family and environment had little effect.
However, genes can’t control everything, argues geneticist Danielle Reed, who also studies twins. Reed’s research shows that though nothing can truly change our DNA, environmental differences that a child experiences before birth and in their first year can sometimes affect the way the DNA behaves, making even identical twins into very different people. “What I like to say is that Mother Nature writes some things in pencil and some things in pen,” She explains. “Things written in pen you can’t change. That’s DNA．But things written in pencil you can.”
33．How many physical similarities between the Jim twins are mentioned?
A．2. B．3. C．4. D．5.
34．What did Bouchard’s study find about the twins?
A．Each seemed to be as tall as their twin.
B．Each had the same hobby as their twin.
C．Each had almost the same ability as their twin.
D．Each had about the same IQ level as their twin.
35．What is Reed’s opinion about genes and environment?
A．Only DNA has an effect on our development.
B．Environment could possibly change some things about us.
C．There are no boundaries between genes and environment.
D．Environmental differences can sometimes change our DNA．
36．What is the passage mainly about?
A．The way the DNA behaves.
B．The similarities between the Jim twins.
C．The connection between intelligence and families.
D．The effects of genes on personality and intelligence.
（2020·江西）
Would you like to get fit and make new friends?
Join our running groups for beginners and for more experienced runners. It’s fun and there are no competitions. It costs £3 to be a member.
7 p.m. every Wednesday.
Call Mike for details (细节) at 077—658945.
Join us and WIN a new camera!
The Barton Photography (摄影) Club welcomes new members. We are a busy club with famous teachers. Join before 1st March and enter our summer photography competition. First prize is a new XP8ii camera! You need to pay £15 to join the club.
Visit www.bartonphotoclub.com to join.
Theatre Group
Have fun with a local theatre group. We are looking for actors to be in a musical comedy this summer. You must be available twice a week starting 2nd April. Passion (热情) is more important than talent! Join us for free.
Write to Mandy Giles on mandy76@dmail.com.

37． What can we do for more information about the running groups?
A．Visit Mike. B．Give Mike a call.
C．Write to Mike. D．Send Mike an email.
38．How much does it cost to join the photography club?
A．£15. B．£8. C．£3. D．Free.
39．Which of the following is true according to the ads above?
A．You are sure to get a camera to join the photography club.
B．Talent is the most important for actors in the theatre group.
C．The running groups have running competitions every Wednesday.
D．Actors must take part in the theatre group’s activities twice a week.
（2020·江西）In 2007, Barrington Irving became the youngest person to fly alone around the world. He was just 23 years old—and he built the plane himself. How did he achieve this?
Irving's interest in flying started when he was 15. He was working in his parents’ bookstore in Miami, Florida. One of the customers was a pilot, Gary Robinson. One day, Robinson asked Irving if he was interested in flying. Irving didn't think he was smart enough. But the next day, Robinson took Irving to an airport. He showed Irving inside the cockpit (驾驶舱) of a Boeing 777. That experience changed Irving’s life.
Irving really wanted to fly, but flight school was expensive. To achieve his dream, he worked different jobs. He washed airplanes and cleaned swimming pools. At home, he practiced flying on a video game. In the end, he got enough money for flight school.
At flight school, Irving achieved his dream of learning how to fly. But he wasn’t finished. Next, he planned to build his own plane and fly alone around the world.
Building the plane was difficult. Irving asked more than 50 companies for airplane parts. Most said no, but he persisted (顽强地坚持) in asking. Three years later, he had parts worth $300,000. Columbia, an airplane company, agreed to build a plane using the parts. Soon, his airplane was ready to fly.
On March 23, 2007, Irving began his round-the-world trip. After 97 days—with 145 hours in the air—he landed back in Miami. A cheering crowd of people was there to welcome him.
Irving saw many young people in the crowd, and this had a powerful effect (影响) on him. He wanted to use his experience to help other young people achieve their own dreams.
“Everyone told me what I couldn’t do,” says Irving. “They said I was too young, that I didn’t have enough money. But even if no one believes in your dream,” he says, “you have to pursue (追求) it.”
40．Why was Gary Robinson important in Irving's life?
A．He got Irving interested in flying. B．He sent Irving to a flight school.
C．He helped Irving build a plane. D．He taught Irving how to fly.
41．Put the events about Irving in the correct order.
a. Irving got the parts for his plane.     b. Irving flew around the world,
c. Irving met Gary Robinson.          d. Irving learned to fly.
A．c—d—a—b B．c—a—d—b C．b—c—a—d D．b—c—d—a
42．What can we know about Irving's personality according to the passage?
A．Clever and honest. B．Humorous and responsible.
C．Polite and powerful. D．Hard-working and persistent.
43．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Becoming a Pilot. B．Life in Flight School.
C．Achieving a Dream. D．Building Your Own Plane.
（2020·江西）

Some people ski (滑雪) down mountains. Others climb huge rocks or photograph dangerous animals. Why do people enjoy risky activities like these?
Some people take risks simply because it makes them feel good. Psychologist (心理学家) Marvin says that this kind of explorers (探险者) are always looking for change and excitement. When people do something new or risky, a chemical (化学物质) in the brain creates a pleasant feeling. They love this feeling and want to experience it as often as possible.
Other people don't take risks for the feeling of excitement but to achieve a goal. For example, Mike Fay went on a dangerous 2,000—mile special journey in central Africa. He worked to help save the wildlife there. Fay’s expeditions helped create 13 national parks.
For other people, such as extreme athletes (极限运动员), taking risks is part of their job. Sports psychologist Shane says extreme athletes see the world differently. In a dangerous activity, most people probably do not feel in control. Extreme athletes are different: they feel in control in dangerous situations. The danger can even help them. For example, skier Daron Rahlves says that being afraid makes him try harder to succeed.
Most of us are not extreme athletes or explorers. However, we still take risks in our lives. Some of us take social risks, such as speaking in front of a large group of people. Sometimes, we take financial risks, such as buying a house. And sometimes we take career risks, such as leaving a job or starting a business. Most people take risks in some areas of life, but not in others. What kind of risk—taker are you?
44．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．The brain. B．Something new.
C．A chemical. D．A pleasant feeling.
45．What does the underlined word “expedition” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Much money. B．A journey with a special goal.
C．A great idea. D．A plan for a dangerous journey.
46．How many kinds of extreme athletes or explorers are mentioned in the passage?
A．Three. B．Four. C．Five. D．Six.
47．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Mike Fay is a professional risk—taker.
B．Most people don’t take risks in their daily life.
C．Extreme athletes deal with danger better than others.
D．Daron Rahlves takes risks mainly for change and excitement.
（2020·江西）How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you feel better when you visit your local park? Most people think that nature is good for our bodies and brains. However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside. For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting lower every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day. Many doctors feel that this is a problem in the twenty—first century.
As a result, some doctors are studying the connection between nature and health: one example of this is the work of Dr Matilda in Sweden. The doctor gave people a maths test. During the test, their heart rates (心率) were fast. After the test, one group of people sat in a 3D—virtual—reality (虚拟现实) room for fifteen minutes with pictures and sounds of nature. Their heart rates were slower than people's in the other group.
The virtual touch with nature helped them feel more relaxed. Another good example of how nature is good for health comes from Canada. In Toronto, researchers studied 31,000 people living in the city. In general, they found that healthier people lived near parks.
Because of studies like these, some countries and cities want nature to be part of people’s everyday life. In Dubai (迪拜), for example, there are plans for a new shopping mall with a large garden so shoppers can relax outside with trees, plants and water. In Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular. Schoolchildren study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside. And South Korea (韩国) is another good example: it has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year. So after building cities for so long, perhaps it’s now time to start rebuilding nature.
48．What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?
A．Teenagers’ problem in the 21st century. B．How much time we spend outdoors.
C．Visiting your local park. D．Feeling about nature.
49．Match the countries or cities with the information and choose the right answer.
①the USA   a. Children study in the forests and do lots of activities outside.
②Dubai    b. About 13 million people visit new forests near its cities every year.
③Switzerland  c. A new shopping mall with a large garden will be built.
④South Korea  d. 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day.
A．①—a ②—d ③—b ④—c B．①—d ②—c ③—a ④—b
C．①—a ②—c ③—d ④—b D．①—d ②—c ③—b ④—a
50．What do the results of the studies show?
A．More and more Canadians will live near parks.
B．The maths test is difficult and makes people nervous.
C．Nature can help people feel more relaxed and be healthier.
D．People's heart rates get slower in a 3D—virtual—reality room.
51．What can we infer from the last sentence of the passage?
A．Nature is more important than cities.
B．Country life is healthier than city life.
C．People have lived in the cities for so long.
D．Nature should be part of people’s daily life.
二、阅读还原7选5
（2022·江西）Silk, the word itself is beautiful. The story of silk started in China over 4,000 years ago. It says a silkworm’s cocoon(蚕茧) fell into a woman’s teacup. It then opened into a single, unbroken thread (线).___52___ The Chinese learned they could use the cocoons to make cloth that was both beautiful to look at and soft to touch.
___53___ In other countries, silk was valuable and not often seen. Often it was worth more than gold. It’s said that the secret finally got out when a princess left China to go to India. In her hair, she secretly carried many silkworms.
By the year 1 A．D．, silk was sold as far west as Rome, and all along the Silk Road. ___54___ Centuries later, in 1522, the Spanish brought silkworms to Mexico.
Nowadays people around the world still make many beautiful things from silk. Silk isn’t only beautiful. It seems that it’s easy to break. ___55___ For example, it has been used to make bicycle tires(轮胎). And some doctors even use silk threads in the hospital. ___56___ This makes it great for clothes like winter jackets, pants, and shoes.
All of this from a little insect—the silkworm. That is the miracle(神奇) of silk.
A．Actually it’s very strong.
B．Silk is also light and warm.
C．This was an important discovery.
D．The woman became famous and popular.
E．A princess started the silk trade between China and India.
F．Making silk was a protected secret in China for many years.
G．Around the year 300, silk also traveled from China to Japan.
（2021·江西）The Value of Negative Results
We all avoid failure（失败）, and most of us fear it. However, without failure, progress would   be impossible. What does success usually come after? Failure. It seems that one cannot exist（存在）without the other.
Accepting failure is not easy for many, though we are often unwilling to accept failure because our professional fame depends on success. ______ In the past ten years, for example, some scientific magazines have published reports of failed tests. It is believed that scientists can learn more “negative（负面的）” results and that this can finally lead to positive results.
_______ The ABN AMRO bank started an Institute （机构）of Brilliant Failures to learn more about what works and what doesn’t in banking. Eli Lilly and Company had failure parties to study the drugs（药物）that don’t work.
In fact, one of the business world’s most famous failures became one of its biggest successes, in part because the product’s makers learned from their mistakes. _____ The product, though unique（独特的）at the time, was expensive and heavy; besides, some of its most important features（特点）didn’t work properly. As a result, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, believed in the product and he began to find out ways of improving it. In time, this led to the production of the iPhone and the iPad, two of the company’s most successful products.
______Not only should we try to learn from it if we want to succeed, we must also be persistent（执着的）. Though Apple stopped selling the Newton in 1998, the first iPhone wasn’t available until 2007. It took a lot of research and hard work to go from the Apple Newton to iPhone but in the end, the effort became successful.
All in all, there is a lot we can learn by studying mistakes. Perhaps the most important lesson is that failure and success are two sides of the same coin. ______
A．One truly cannot exist without the other.
B．We are brave enough to face difficulties.
C．In the early 1990s, Apple created a phone called the Apple Newton.
D．The business world already understands the value of negative results.
E. The Apple Newton has won popularity with people all over the world.
F. However, things are slowly changing, especially in business and science.
G. The story of the Apple Newton can teach us an important lesson about failure.
57．_______
58．_______
59．______
60．_______
61．_______
（2020·江西）Do you know what your friends watched on TV last night? Do your friends know what you had for breakfast today? Do you think you are using social media (社交媒体) too much?
____62____ It is reported that around 2,800 million people often use social media. That’s almost 40 percent of the world’s population. But how much time do we really spend on social media? And what exactly do we spend that time doing?
Research shows that, worldwide, the average (普通的) person spends two hours and 19 minutes on social media each day. ____63____ An average person there spends four hours and 17 minutes a day on social media. Research also shows that women use social media more than men. In the United States, for example, women spend around two hours more a week than men on social media.
____64____ In general, it seems we spend more time looking at other people’s pages than adding to our own. According to one survey, the most common social media activities are visiting friends’ pages, reading their news, and commenting (评论) on their posts.
____65____ It has over 2,000 million users. In second place, however, is the Chinese site Qzone. In 2017, Qzone was China's most popular social media site, with around 600 million users worldwide. That's more than Twitter and Instagram.
Social media continues to grow. ____66____ And as Internet access (通道) becomes available to even more people around the world, this growth won't stop anytime soon.
A．What do most people do on social media?
B．Why do people communicate on social media?
C．People in Philippines are the most active users.
D．The most popular social media site is Facebook.
E．On Facebook, people post their news and photos.
F．Right now, there are 5 new Facebook users every second.
G．Social media is now a part of many people’ s everyday lives.

参考答案：
1．B
2．A
3．C
【解析】
【导语】
本文是一则关于马的庇护所农业博物馆的广告信息。
1．
细节理解题。根据“Gift shop Open Daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.”可知礼品店开发时间在上午十点和下午五点半之间，上午十一点可以去买礼物。故选B。
2．
细节理解题。根据“Children (up to 16): $5”可知16岁以下的儿童票价是5美元，15岁的男孩票价是5美元。故选A。
3．
细节理解题。根据“TOILET FOR THE DISABLED AND WHEELCHAIR ACCESS IN ALL AREAS.”可知它为残疾人提供特殊服务。故选C。
4．A
5．D
6．C
7．B
8．C
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要讲了一个关于海水为什么含盐的民间故事。
4．
推理判断题。本文主要讲了一个关于海水为什么含盐的故事，由此推出可能是一则民间故事。故选A。
5．
细节理解题。根据“Long ago, a poor old couple lived on the coast. ... In return, he gave them a coffee mill ... Then the young couple stole the mill from the old couple. ... But then they noticed the salt went everywhere. ... Finally, the young husband threw the mill into the sea as far as he could.”可知正确的顺序是一对老夫妻得到了它，然后年轻夫妻偷了它并让它产盐，最后年轻的丈夫扔了它（d-c-a-b）。故选D。
6．
代词指代题。根据“ ‘Mill, please grind salt!’ he said. ‘It works!’ the wife shouted. But then they noticed the salt went everywhere. ‘Make it stop,’ the wife said.”可知是想要磨粉机停下来，it指代“the mill”。故选C。
7．
推理判断题。根据“When they saw the old couple wearing good clothes and buying good food, they burnt with envy.”可知年轻的丈夫一开始是嫉妒的，不满足于现状，渴望过上想老夫妻一样的生活；再由“Along the way, the husband showed proudly”可知偷到磨粉机之后他是激动的；再由“Finally, the young husband threw the mill into the sea as far as he could.”可知磨粉机一直产盐，让他很害怕，把磨粉机扔进了海里。感情变化是“thirsty — excited — afraid”。故选B。
8．
词义猜测题。根据“Soon the old couple had a much better life. They’d been happy people, and they didn’t need much more. But the young couple next door were never satisfied.”可知故事中老夫妻知足，所以生活幸福，而年轻夫妻不知足偷了磨粉机后也没能如愿，由此推出truth暗指文中的哲理，“要知足”。故选C。
9．A
10．B
11．A
12．D
13．A
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要介绍了印度尼西亚人们庆祝节日的活动。
9．
主旨大意题。根据“Don’t worry: next year, Indonesia will be buzzing again with celebrations, so welcome to the party!”及全文内容可知本文主要介绍了印度尼西亚人们庆祝节日的活动，主题是“庆祝活动”。故选A。
10．
细节理解题。根据“Galungan celebrates its past. ... Tall bamboo poles line the street. People attend the ceremonies and visit their family and village temples. Actors and dancers give performances that tell stories of good fighting against evil.”可知在Galungan期间人们看表演、拜访他们的家人和乡村寺庙并沿街放竹竿。故选B。
11．
细节理解题。根据“If the baby picks up a pen, he or she may be a writer.”可知拿起钢笔的婴儿可能是作家。故选A。
12．
篇章结构题。第一段引出印度尼西亚人喜欢庆祝这个事实；第二、三、四段分段介绍了几个节日庆祝活动；第五段收尾，邀请读者到印度尼西亚参与节日庆祝活动。D项符合文章结构。故选D。
13．
推理判断题。根据“Don’t worry: next year, Indonesia will be buzzing again with celebrations, so welcome to the party!”可知文末邀请读者到印度尼西亚参加节日庆祝活动，这也是作者的目的。故选A。
14．B
15．B
16．C
17．C
18．D
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要介绍了人们过去常用的旧工具。
14．
词义猜测题。根据“Some gadgets get smaller and faster. Others are replaced by newer things like smartphones.”可知此处指变得更小更快的东西，举例中有智能手机，由此推出gadgets意为“工具，设备”。故选B。
15．
标题归纳题。根据“Then, most people had their own mobile phones and many homes no longer had landlines.”可知①段讲电话机手机，用“Call Me”做标题；根据“But in the 1980s and 1990s, people used to use floppy disks.”可知②段以前用过的磁盘，用“Goodbye Disks”做标题；再由“It’s easy to take photos today. People often have thousands just on their phones! But photos used to be expensive, and people took fewer of them.”可知③段介绍拍照工具，用“Picture This”做标题。故选B。
16．
细节理解题。根据“The first floppy disks were large, expensive, and not very useful — each disk could store just 175 KB of information!”可知第一批软盘很贵，要花费很多钱。故选C。
17．
推理判断题。根据“Improvements in technology often happen overnight.”及下文内容可知文中介绍科技在进步，这在不断改变人们的生活。故选C。
18．
标题归纳题。根据“Here are some old gadgets that people used to use.”及全文内容可知本文主要介绍了人们过去常用的旧工具，用“The Things We Used to Use.”做标题最合适。故选D。
19．B
20．A
21．D
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇应用文，向我们介绍艺术节的相关信息。
19．
细节理解题。根据“Alpine Youth Theater presents A Cat’s Mind with cheerful songs and dance…Dates: 15-23 August”可知，A Cat’s Mind将于8月15-23日表演，故选B。
20．
细节理解题。根据“CONCERT…Tickets: available at $50 (child), $80 (adult)”可知，成人票价80美元，故选A。
21．
推理判断题。根据“Eric Fawkins’ latest CD will also be on sale”可知，埃里克·福克斯的最新CD也将出售，故选D。
22．C
23．A
24．D
【解析】
【分析】
本文讲述了冒险家Alastair的冒险经历，以及他从这些经历中的感悟。
22．
细节理解题。根据“he went hiking with a friend around the M25—a 188-kilometre road that goes all the way around London”“Other adventures included swimming in the River Thames, sleeping outside on a hill, and going on a mountain biking trip”可知，都包括了和朋友远足，泰晤士河游泳，在山上睡觉，骑山地自行车旅行，故选C。
23．
推理判断题。根据全文的描述，他喜欢冒险说明他很勇敢，他在一年时间里开始了自己的离家不远的低成本旅行，可以看出他很有创造力，他积极的把自己的想法和分享给其他人，说明他是积极活跃的，故选A。
24．
最佳标题。通读全文可知，全文围绕“微旅行”而展开，所以最适合本文的标题是“Go for a Microadventure”，故选D。
25．B
26．A
27．D
28．C
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍人类世界中“狗的生活”的三个例子，向我们展示狗和人之间的良好关系。
25．
段落大意题。分析第二段内容可知，本段主要介绍专门训练的狗可以给病人带来爱和欢乐，故选B。
26．
词义猜测题。分析“Many kinds of wild dogs have nearly disappeared from the Earth. However, the domestic dog’s special place as ‘man’s best friend’ has allowed it to survive （存活）in a human world.”可知，许多种类的野狗几乎已经从地球上消失了，然而驯养的狗作为“人类最好的朋友”的特殊地位使它能够在人类世界中生存下来。此处domestic的意思是“驯养的”，故选A。
27．
主旨大意题。分析全文内容可知，本文介绍人类世界中“狗的生活”的三个例子，向我们展示狗和人之间的良好关系。故选D。
28．
篇章结构题。第一段总领全文，第二、三、四段介绍三种不同类型的狗在我们生活中的例子，第五段总结。故选C。
29．A
30．C
31．C
32．B
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，向我们介绍一个神奇的时钟。
29．
推理判断题。根据“Al-Jazari was probably one of the greatest engineers in history. Some historians call him ‘the father of modern-day engineering.’”可知，Al-Jazari可能是历史上最伟大的工程师之一，一些历史学家称他为“现代工程学之父”。选项A“他的思想仍被广泛应用于机器”符合，故选A。
30．
推理判断题。分析“They include clocks and hand-washing machines. The book also has drawings that show how each machine works.”可知，这本书包括钟表和手洗衣机，也有展示每台机器如何工作的图纸。选项C“它描述了许多各种形状和大小的机器”符合语境，故选C。
31．
推理判断题。根据“Every half hour, the water bowl becomes full and sinks completely. This causes a ball to fall from the top of the clock.”可知，每半个小时，水碗就会装满，并完全下沉，这导致一个球从时钟的顶部掉下来。此处this指的是“碗完全下沉”，故选C。
32．
细节理解题。根据“A bowl with a small hole floats（浮）in a water tank（水箱）inside the elephant’s body. As the bowl slowly sinks（下沉）, it pulls a rope that moves a human figure.”，“Every half hour, the water bowl becomes full and sinks completely.”，“The ball then drops out of a falcon’s mouth into the mouth of a Chinese dragon.”，“Finally, the ball drops out of the dragon’s mouth and into a vase.”和“As the ball lands in the vase, the elephant driver moves and makes a sound.”可知，正确的顺序是e-d-b-a-c，故选B。
33．C
34．D
35．B
36．D
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，过去科学家认为身体相似性是由基因决定的，而他们之间的性格、智力和其他差异则受他们所处环境的影响。但是现在，科学家们发现基因和环境之间的界限并不那么清晰。介绍了基因对人格和智力的影响。
33．
细节理解题。根据“Both were six feet tall, 180 pounds. They had the same smile and the same voice.”可知，两人身高都是六英尺，体重一百八十磅，有着同样的笑容和同样的声音。提及二人四处身体上的相似之处，故选C。
34．
推理判断题。根据“When they compared the twins’ IQ scores, Bouchard and his team reached a surprising conclusion（结论）. They concluded that intelligence was mostly connected to genes rather than to training or education.”可知，当他们比较双胞胎的智商分数时，Bouchard和他的团队得出了一个令人惊讶的结论：智力在很大程度上与基因有关，而不是与训练或教育有关。所以他们的智商水平和他们的双胞胎差不多，故选D。
35．
细节理解题。根据“Reed’s research shows that though nothing can truly change our DNA, environmental differences that a child experiences before birth and in their first year can sometimes affect the way the DNA behaves, making even identical twins into very different people.”可知，里德的研究表明，虽然没有什么能真正改变我们的DNA，但孩子在出生前和一岁时所经历的环境差异有时会影响DNA的行为方式，甚至使同卵双胞胎成为非常不同的人。所以环境可能会改变我们的一些事情，故选B。
36．
主旨大意题。本文是一篇说明文，通过研究结果说明基因对人格和智力的影响。故选D。
37．B
38．A
39．D
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了跑步、摄影以及剧团娱乐小组的基本信息。
37．细节理解题。根据“Call Mike for details (细节) at 077—658945”可知，我们可以给迈克打电话来了解跑步小组的更多信息。故选B。
38．细节理解题。根据“You need to pay £15 to join the club”可知，参加摄影俱乐部需要支付15英镑。故选A。
39．细节理解题。A选项：你一定要买一台照相机来参加摄影俱乐部。根据“First prize is a new XP8ii camera!”可知，文中并没有提到参加摄影俱乐部需要买台照相机，选项错误；B选项：对剧团演员来说，天赋是最重要的。根据“Passion (热情) is more important than talent”可知，热情比天赋重要，选项错误；C选项：跑步团体每周三都有跑步比赛。根据“It’s fun and there are no competitions”可知，跑步团体没有比赛，选项错误；D选项：演员们必须每周参加两次剧团的活动。根据“You must be available twice a week starting 2nd April”可知，每周必须参加两次剧团活动，选项正确。故选D。
40．A
41．A
42．D
43．C
【解析】
【分析】
这篇短文讲述的是2007年，年仅23岁的Barrington Irving成为了独自飞行环游世界的最年轻的人，而且他是乘坐他自己制造的飞机飞行的。短文中通过讲述Irving的飞行故事告诉我们年轻人应该有梦想，并要为了梦想努力。
40．
细节理解题。根据短文第二段“One day, Robinson asked Irving if he was interested in flying. Irving didn't think he was smart enough. But the next day, Robinson took Irving to an airport. He showed Irving inside the cockpit (驾驶舱) of a Boeing 777. That experience changed Irving’s life.”可知，是Robinson让Irving对飞行产生了兴趣，因此他对于Irving来说是一个很重要的人。故选A。
41．
细节理解题。根据短文第二段到第六段的描述可知，Irving15岁时在Robinson的带领下，对飞行产生了兴趣，然后去了飞行学校学习飞行；接下来他自己制造了飞机，开始环游世界的飞行。正确的顺序是cdab，故选A。
42．
推理判断题。根据短文第三段“To achieve his dream, he worked different jobs.”和第五段“Building the plane was difficult. Irving asked more than 50 companies for airplane parts. Most said no, but he persisted (顽强地坚持) in asking.”可知，Irving为了实现自己的飞行梦，努力工作去赚钱上航校。在找公司制造自己的飞机时，他被拒绝了很多次，但仍然顽强坚持。由此可知，hard-working“工作努力的”和persistent“顽强坚持的”这两个词最能体现Irving的个性。故选D。
43．
主旨大意题。根据文意可知，这篇短文讲述了Barrington Irving从15岁开始对飞行有了兴趣，然后努力学习飞行，克服种种困难，制造了自己的飞机，并环游世界的故事。由文章的最后“He wanted to use his experience to help other young people achieve their own dreams.”可知，通过Irving的故事，短文是鼓励年轻人们要努力实现自己的梦想。C选项“实现梦想”能够体现文章的主题，作为题目最为合适。故选C。
44．D
45．B
46．A
47．C
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了人们参加冒险活动的原因，如冒险带来的刺激、需要完成的目标、工作的需要以及人们在生活工作中需要的冒险等。
44．推理判断题。根据上文“When people do something new or risky, a chemical in the brain creates a pleasant feeling. They love this feeling and want to experience it as often as possible”可知，当人们做一些新的或有风险的事情时，大脑中的一种化学物质会产生一种愉快的感觉。他们喜欢这种感觉，并希望尽可能多地体验这种感觉。故划线部分it指代的是“愉快的感觉”。故选D。
45．词句猜测题。根据上文“Other people don't take risks for the feeling of excitement but to achieve a goal…He worked to help save the wildlife there”可知，一些人不会因为兴奋而冒险，而是为了达到一个目标而进行冒险活动，费伊的探险队就是这样的组织，他们的目标是保护野生动物，故划线部分expedition意味着“有着特殊目标的旅程”。故选B。
46．细节理解题。根据“Some people take risks simply because it makes them feel good…Other people don't take risks for the feeling of excitement but to achieve a goal…For other people, such as extreme athletes (极限运动员), taking risks is part of their job”可知，文中一共提到了三种极限运动员，分别是因为冒险带来的感受、完成特定的目标、工作需要。故选A。
47．细节理解题。A选项：迈克·费伊是个专业的冒险者。根据“Other people don't take risks for the feeling of excitement but to achieve a goal”可知，迈克·费伊是为了特定的目标而冒险的，选项错误；B选项：大多数人在日常生活中不会冒险。根据“However, we still take risks in our lives”可知，选项错误；C选项：极限运动员比其他运动员更好地应对极端危险。根据“In a dangerous activity, most people probably do not feel in control. Extreme athletes are different: they feel in control in dangerous situations”可知，极限运动员比普通运动员能更好地处理危险，选项正确；D选项：Daron Rahlves主要是为了改变和兴奋而冒险。根据“For other people, such as extreme athletes (极限运动员), taking risks is part of their job”可知，他是因为工作需要而冒险，选项错误。故选C。
48．B
49．B
50．C
51．D
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了大自然对人类的身体健康有益，一些国家和城市正在积极地采取措施，让大自然成为我们生活的一部分。
48．主旨大意题。根据第一段“However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside…Many doctors feel that this is a problem in the twenty—first century”可知，本段主要以加拿大、美国等国家人们的户外活动时间情况为例，介绍了如今人们的户外活动时间正在逐渐减少。故选B。
49．细节理解题。根据“And in countries such as the USA, only 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day”可知，美国只有10%的青少年每天都在户外活动，故①—d；根据“In Dubai(迪拜), for example, there are plans for a new shopping mall with a large garden…”可知，迪拜的一座带有大花园的新的购物中心即将建成，故②—c；根据“In Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular. Schoolchildren study their subjects in the forests and do lots of exercise outside”可知，在瑞士，“森林学校”很受欢迎。小学生们在森林里学习他们的科目，在外面做大量的运动，故③—a；根据“And South Korea (韩国) is another good example: it has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year”可知，在韩国，每年大约有1300万人参观城市附近的森林，故④—b。故选B。
50．细节理解题。根据第三段“The virtual touch with nature helped them feel more relaxed. Another good example of how nature is good for health comes from Canada”可知，实验结果显示，自然能够帮助人们放松，并且让人们更健康。故选C。
51．推理判断题。根据最后一段“some countries and cities want nature to be part of people’s everyday life…So after building cities for so long, perhaps it’s now time to start rebuilding nature”可知，在建设了这么长时间的城市之后，也许现在是时候开始重建自然了，这句话意味着“我们应该重建自然，让自然成为我们生活的一部分”。故选D。
52．C
53．F
54．G
55．A
56．B
【解析】
【导语】
本文主要介绍了丝绸的历史，介绍了它的传播过程，它的价值以及特别之处。
52．
根据“It then opened into a single, unbroken thread”及“The Chinese learned they could use the cocoons to make cloth that was both beautiful to look at and soft to touch”可知，就这样发现了用蚕茧织成好看又柔软的布料，C选项“这是一个很重要的发现”符合，故选C。
53．
根据“In other countries, silk was valuable and not often seen”可知，起初丝绸在中国被保护的很好，所以其他国家并不常见，F选项“多年来，丝绸制作在中国一直是受保护的秘密”符合，故选F。
54．
根据“By the year 1 A. D., silk was sold as far west as Rome, and all along the Silk Road”可知，此处应是以时间顺序介绍丝绸的传播，G选项“大约在公元300年，丝绸也从中国传到了日本”符合，故选G。
55．
根据“It seems that it’s easy to break”及“For example, it has been used to make bicycle tires”可知，其实丝绸很坚韧，都可以被用来做自行车轮胎，A选项“实际上它很强壮”符合，故选A。
56．
根据“This makes it great for clothes like winter jackets, pants, and shoes”可知，此处介绍丝绸的质地很柔软，所以适合做衣服，B选项“丝绸也很轻，很暖和”符合，故选B。
57．F
58．D
59．C
60．G
61．A
【解析】
【分析】
本文介绍了人们对待错误不同态度，过去的时候人们害怕错误，避免错误；现在人们正面错误，从错误中吸取教训，改进产品。
57．
根据上一句“Accepting failure is not easy for many, though. We are often unwilling to accept failure because our professional fame depends on success.”可知人们并不愿意接受失败，但通过空格后的内容可以知道，人们开始接受失败，并在科技和商业界做一些与失败有关的研究。前后存在转折关系，F选项“然而，事情在慢慢地改变，尤其是在商业和科技方面。”，符合题意。故选 F。
58．
根据空格后“The ABN AMRO bank started an Institute(机构) of Brilliant Failure to learn more about what works and what doesn’t in banking. Similarly, Ei Lily and Company had failure parties to study the drugs (药物) that don’t work.”可知商界已有人士认识到失败的价值，并进行相应的研究，D选项“商界早已领悟到了负面结果的价值。”，符合题意。故选 D。
59．
根据下文“The product, though unique (独特的) at the time, was expensive and heavy”可知这个产品在那个时候是昂贵且笨重的，尽管很独特，此处在介绍一个新的产品。C选项“在二十世纪九十年代初期，苹果公司创造了一款名为苹果牛顿的手机。”，符合题意。故选 C。
60．
根据前文“However, Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, believed in the product and he began to find out ways of improving it. In time, this led to the production of the iPhone and the iPad, two of the company’s most successful products.”举苹果公司由失败到成功的例子，可知失败极为重要，与后文“Not only should we try to learn from it; if we want to succeed, we must also be persistent (执着的) .如果我们想要获得成功，不仅要从中学习，还要坚持不懈。”相衔接。G选项“苹果牛顿的故事告诉我们一个与失败有关的重要道理。”符合题意。故选G。
61．
根据前文“Perhaps the most important lesson is that failure and success are two sides of the same coin。”可知失败与成功是同一枚硬币的两面，所以二者相互依存，A选项“失败与成功无法离开彼此而存在。”，符合题意。故选A。
62．G
63．C
64．A
65．D
66．F
【解析】
【分析】
本文讲述了世界上越来越多的人使用社交媒体，文中介绍了人们使用社交媒体的平均时间，人们在社交媒体主要干什么，以及前两位的社交媒体网站，并最后指出社交媒体会继续不断增长。
62．
根据这段后面句子“It is reported that around 2,800 million people often use social media. That’s almost 40 percent of the world’s population. 据报道，大约有28亿人经常使用社交媒体。这几乎占世界人口的40%。”，可知这段首句应表达社交媒体现在已经成为许多人日常生活的一部分，选项G符合此意，故选G。
63．
根据后一句“An average person there spends four hours and 17 minutes a day on social media. 那里的人平均每天花4小时17分钟在社交媒体上。”，可知此句应特别指出某个地方的人经常使用社交媒体，所以选项C符合此意，故选C。
64．
根据后一句“In general, it seems we spend more time looking at other people’s pages than adding to our own. 一般来说，我们花更多的时间去看别人的网页，而不是增加自己的网页。”，可知此句应问“大多数人在社交媒体上做什么?”,选项A符合此意，故选A。
65．
根据这段后面句子“It has over 2,000 million users. In second place, however, is the Chinese site Qzone. 它拥有超过20亿的用户。排在第二位的是中国网站Qzone。”，可知此句应指出第一位的社交媒体网站，选项D符合此意，故选D。
66．
根据前一句“Social media continues to grow.社交媒体继续增长。”，以及后一句“And as Internet access (通道) becomes available to even more people around the world, this growth won't stop anytime soon. 随着世界各地越来越多的人可以使用互联网，这种增长不会很快停止。”，可知此句应表达使用用户的增长情况，选项F符合此意，故选F。