一、閱讀判斷(第1～10題，每題1分，共10分。下面的短文後列出了10個句子，請根據短文的內容對每個句子作出判斷：如果該句提供的是正確資訊，選擇A;如果該句提供的是錯誤資訊，選擇B;如果該句的資訊文中沒有提及，選擇C。)
The Truth about Left-Handed People
About 90% ofpeople in the world today are other 10% areleft-handed,including Obama,the President of the y day,left-handed folksquietly face could be something as simple as driving a car or usinga can opener.
Why are sofew of us left-handed?One theory is that handedness (hand preference) could bea result of ntists say that there are two genes (基因) associated with s the D is more frequent in the population and promotes (促成) right-hand otheris the C has the ability to promote a preference for either the C gene is present,there is a 50% chance that a person could be right- orleft-handed.
Anothertheory has to do with human brains,which are made up of two the lefthalf is more powerful,then one is most likely withleft-handers,it is more nty percent of them are also left-braindominant (佔優勢的)ther 30% have right-side dominant brains.
During the18th and 19th centuries,left-handedness was considered a not allof the myths about left-handers are myth suggests that they are morecreative and smarter than the far scientific research has yetto find any truth to these fact,a 2013 survey out ofNew Zealandfound that left-handers and right-handers were the same.
Life mightbe a little more complicated for left-handers when it comes to cutting a pieceof paper or opening a bottle of ver,it seems to be a good sign if youare trying to make it to the White House.
第1題
The right-handers are nine times as many asthe left-handers.
e
Given
【正確答案】A
【答案解析】第一段前兩句話表明，世界上大約有90%的人是右撇子，而另外10%的人則是左撇子，包括美國總統歐巴馬。由此可知，右撇子的人數是左撇子的9倍，題幹敘述正確。
第2題
Using a can opener could be a problem forleft-handers.
e
Given
【正確答案】A
【答案解析】第一段最後兩句話表明，每天，左撇子的人都很坦然地面對一些問題，比如像開車或使用開罐器這類簡單的事情。由此可知，使用開罐器對於左撇子來說是一個問題，題幹敘述正確。
第3題
Men are more likely to be left-handed thanwomen.
e
Given
【正確答案】C
【答案解析】第一段主要講到在世界上左撇子和右撇子的人數分佈比例;第二段和第三段講述了為什麼左撇子那麼少的兩種理論;第四段講到了不同時期對左撇子的不同看法;而最後一段講到對於佔少數人口的左撇子來說，生活上可能有一些不方便，其他的與右撇子並沒有什麼不同。由此可知，文章通篇沒有提到男性比女性更可能成為左撇子,故選C。
第4題
Some scientists believe that handedness isdecided by genes.
e
Given
【正確答案】A
【答案解析】第二段第二句話表明，一種理論認為偏好使用哪隻手是由基因決定的。由此可知，題幹敘述正確。
第5題
Most left-handers are right-brain dominant.
e
Given
【正確答案】B
【答案解析】第三段最後兩句話表明，左撇子中有70%也是受左腦控制的，而其他的30%是由右腦控制的。由此可知，題幹敘述錯誤。
第6題
In the 19th century,left-handedness was nolonger considered abnormal.
e
Given
【正確答案】B
【答案解析】第四段第一句話表明，在18世紀和19世紀，左撇子被視為殘疾。由此可知，題幹敘述錯誤。
第7題
Right-handers live longer thanleft-handers.
e
Given
【正確答案】C
【答案解析】第四段最後一句話提到，事實上，根據2013年紐西蘭的研究表明，左撇子和右撇子在創造力和智力上都一樣。但文章並沒有提到右撇子比左撇子活得更長。
第8題
Left-handers are proved to be cleverer.
e
Given
【正確答案】B
【答案解析】第四段表明，有傳說暗示，左撇子比右撇子更聰明，更有創造力，但是到目前為止，科學家還沒有發現任何證據證實這些斷言。2013年紐西蘭的.研究顯示，左撇子和右撇子在創造力和智力上都一樣。由此可知，題幹敘述錯誤。
第9題
TheNew Zealandsurvey foundleft-handers differ greatly from right-handers.
e
Given
【正確答案】B
【答案解析】第四段最後兩句話表明，2013年紐西蘭的研究顯示，左撇子和右撇子都一樣。由此可知，題幹敘述錯誤。
第10題
There are not enough specially-designedtools for left-handers.
e
Given
【正確答案】A
【答案解析】第一段最後兩句話表明，每天，左撇子的人都很坦然地面對一些問題，比如像開車或使用開罐器這類簡單的事情。最後一段第一句話也表明，對於左撇子而言，當他們想裁開一張紙或開啟葡萄酒瓶蓋的時候，生活可能有點艱難。由此可知，生活中並沒有多少專門為左撇子設計的工具，故選A。
二、閱讀選擇(第11～15題，每題2分，共10分。閱讀下面短文，請從短文後所給各題的4個選項中選出1個最佳選項。)
The Story of Milton Hershey
Almost everykid in theUShas eaten a famous Hershey chocolate few people know that the Hersheychocolate factory is only about 100 years fewer know that its founder,MiltonHershey,had suffered many failures before he started his famous company.
Milton grewup in the farm country of was first trained to become r working for a small newspaper for a short time,he decided thatprinting was not for he got a job at a candy r a fewyears,he decided to open his own little candy this first businesshad to close down because it was not making ,Milton travelled toDenver to learn how to make caramels (黃油奶糖) took his new skills to New York City and sold candies on the thissecond business also failed.
Soonafterwards,he moved back to his e he experimented with all sortsof candies and 1893,he was selling a million dollars’worth of caramel candy e his chocolate-flavored (巧克力口味的) caramels were the best-selling,he decided to make learned how to make delicious chocolate by adding fresh ilk chocolate turned out to be a great he sold his caramel factoryand focused on making chocolate only.
In1903,Milton Hershey built a huge chocolate factory and an entire town to gowith y,the town of Hersheyis still the home of the Hershey chocolate can smell the deliciouschocolate smells just by driving through the town.
第1題
Milton’s first job was working as a(n) ________.
ter
y seller
er
or
【正確答案】A
【答案解析】事實細節題。由第二段第二、三句話可知，最開始他受訓要成為一名印刷工，但是在工作一段時間後，他發現印刷並不適合他。故選A。
第2題
Milton closed his candy business because he________.
d to Denver
ed to go travelling
not interested in it
not make profits from it
【正確答案】D
【答案解析】事實細節題。由第二段第五、六句話可知，幾年後，他決定經營自己的小糖果廠，但是，由於不能賺到錢，他的第一個工廠必須得關掉。故選D。
第3題
The phrase “his new skills” (Line 5,Para.2)refers to how to________.
candies
caramels
a candy business
facture chocolate
【正確答案】B
【答案解析】詞義猜測題。由第二段倒數第二、三句話可知，米爾頓來到丹佛，學習怎麼製造黃油奶糖，並且他帶著這門手藝來到了紐約，在街上賣糖果。由此可知，這門手藝是指製造黃油奶糖，故選B。
第4題
Milton decided to make chocolate himself because________.
did a lot of experiments on it
caramel candy was not popular
chocolate-flavored caramels sold well
was tired of selling candies on thestreets
【正確答案】C
【答案解析】事實細節題。由第三段第四句話可知，因為巧克力口味的黃油奶糖賣得很好，所以他決定自己製作巧克力。故選C。
第5題
What can be learned from this text?
h milk is beneficial to people’shealth.
B.A town was named after Milton Hershey.
olate became popular in the 1900s intheUS.
people in theUShave heardof Hershey chocolate.
【正確答案】B
【答案解析】推理判斷題。由第三段倒數第三句話可知，他通過新增一些鮮奶來使巧克力更加美味，並未提到鮮奶是否對人體健康有益，故選項A錯誤;由最後一段前兩句話可知，1903年，米爾頓·赫爾希建了一個很大的巧克力廠，並且整個鎮子都成了巧克力廠，現如今，赫爾希鎮仍然是好時巧克力廠的發源地，故選項B正確;由最後一段第一句話可知，在1903年，米爾頓·赫爾希建了一個很大的巧克力廠，並且整個鎮子都成了巧克力廠，但是文中並未提到美國20世紀90年代巧克力非常流行，故選項C錯誤;由第一段第一句話可知，在美國幾乎每個孩子都吃過著名的好時巧克力棒，故選項D錯誤。
