第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）
第一节（共10个小题：每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
南辕北辙文言文翻译In the stadium to audition for American Idol stood a girl wearing a big smile . It was only a mere three months after her accident—we cried tears of joy. And our tears turned into shouts when she was given a golden ticket to Hollywood.
When our daughter Kendall was only three or four,she entertained people in our small town by putting on shows on our front porch We always knew she 党心得was going be a performer of some sort. However, at the age of five, we began to notice that she was blinking a lot and clearing her throat frequently. After the problem worned, we took her to our local children's hospital where she was diagnod with Tourette’s Syndrome.
谓语动词What is wor, in 2005, an accident happened and Kendall fell over, paralyzing from the neck down. However, her concern wasn‘t whether she would walk again, but whether she would be able to audition for American Idol.信守诺言的意思 Kendall wanted the American Idol audition so much that she willed herlf to move again. Sometimes we all cried becau of the pain we witnesd. But she continued to fight for her fate with a strong will.
Kendall is eighteen now, living every day to its fullest. She's recorded a CD with some of John Mellencamp’s band members. She‘s also on CMT's Music City Madness for an original song and video, and is having some good success.
I still remember when she was a little girl trying hard to be strong, I looked right back at her and told her the truth as I e it."Kendall, despite your illness, God still gave you a pure heart, an angelic voice, a strong mind, and a beautiful prence. As long as you hold on and challenge yourlf, he had to make it fair for everyone el."
21. According to the passage, why did we cry when Kendall entered the stadium?
A. Becau she got a golden ticket to Hollywood
B. Becau she could stand up again
C. Becau she had recovered from Tourette‘s Syndrome
D. Becau she fought for illness and realized her dream
选D。考查对细节的理解。
22. Which one can best describe Kendall’s character?
A. strong and determined B. brave and modest
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C. cheerful and active D. optimistic and patient
选A。考查推理判断能力。
李大钊的资料23. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Kendall got a golden ticket to Hollywood
B. The cret of success
C. God had to be fair
D. Fight for your illness
选C。考查文章主旨要义。
B
Do you pay in cash when going shopping? Or do you just u your credit card for your meals? I’d like to say :”you are out .” If you are in china, you are bound to notice you only need a smarephone when you need to pay.
Thanks to China's mobile payment apps , we can enjoy the convenience and quickness .there is no need to line up or worry about forgetting our purs. And this kind payment trend is expanding their reaches in the global market.
Tencent's Wechat Pay has been ud in 20 countries and regions including Japan and the Republic of Korea, while Alipay offers payment options for shopping, transport and sig
hteing in 38 countries and regions.Wechat can process transactions in 13 currencies, while Alipay supports ttlements in 27 currencies.
Consumers in altogether 24 countries can get their tax refunds through Alipay, and the app is available in more than 60 overas airports to offer various rvices. Besides promoting apps overas, Alibaba's Ant Financial has partnered with India's PayTM since 2015 to help the latter build a local mobile payment platform and control risks.
The growth of China's mobile payment ctor is driven by improved Internet infrastructure, innovation and a friendly regulatory regime, according to analyst- _w_4 Wang Pengbo from marketing consultancy Analysys.
After success in online shopping, mobile payments expanded into stores and restaurants and are now ud to pay for just about everything. The trend has made China the world's largest mobile payment market.
24. From paragraph 1, the author asks some questions about payment to _________.
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A. arou readers’ curiosity B. introduce a topic
C. draw readers’ attention D. emphasize the significance
选B。考查文章写作手法。
25. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The spread of M犹如故人归obile payment B. The benefit of Mobile payment
C. The functions of Mobile payment D. The types of Mobile payment
选A。考查文章主旨要义。
26. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. Consumers in 20 countries and regions will pay through Alipay
