in the Civil Rights Movement.”可知那样的座位安排刺激了莲纳·荷恩，使得她参与到了人权运动中，故可推断她当时是很生气的。
27．Paragraph 4 mainly tells about Lena Horne's ________.
A．hope for a bright future B．effort she put into music C．effort against racial separation D．relationship with Martin Luther King
解析：选C 主旨大意题。通读第四段可知，本段主要是讲Lena Horne在争取打破种族隔离方面的努力。
28．What does the underlined word “amiable” in the last paragraph mean? A．Ugly. C．Brave.
B．Boring. D．Friendly.
解析：选D 词义猜测题。根据后面的“Instead, she was a fierce black woman.”可知，前面是说莲纳·荷恩在当时并不是一个让人感觉温暖和“亲切友好的”人。
C
Tips for avoiding traffic jams：
The radio has more than just music. Check the local news station for the latest traffic report. Or go online and check traffic cameras before you set out. If there is a jam, you'll be prepared and can try another route.
Take the road less traveled. Although highways may be the most direct route, back (偏僻的) roads can be much less crowded, which can save you from the frustration of the stop-and-go traffic.
Rush hour isn't just a lovely nickname. It means the morning and afternoon traffic lasts for several hours, but they're still called “rush hour” for a reason — everyone's on the road and in a hurry to get somewhere. Treat rush hour like bad weather — if you don't have to go anywhere, stay off the roads.
Tips for those unavoidable traffic jams：
Don't break the law. You've gone 30 feet in 30 minutes and all of a sudden you see people using the shoulders (紧急停车道 ). Don't behave like them. Not only is this illegal, but also there's a good chance they'll get caught or cause even more problems.
Pay extra attention to zig-zaggers (Z字形行进者). When some people are anxious, they may start changing lanes (车道) every 5 seconds or cut you off. Keep checking
your windows and mirrors for these lane changers.
Look for an escape. If it is possible to exit the road safely, do it. Use a GPS unit, and you can change your route mid-trip if needed.
Be courteous. Good manners could help you avoid a possible accident. Allow people in from a lane that is ending. Speeding up to keep them out increases your chances of an accident.
语篇解读：交通堵塞是我们生活中不可避免的一部分，我们应该如何避免交通堵塞呢？遇到交通堵塞又该如何做呢？本文给我们提供了一些建议。
29．To avoid traffic jams, we are advised to do the following EXCEPT ________. A．getting traffic news before leaving B．choosing back roads C．avoiding rush hours D．changing lanes frequently
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据Tips for avoiding traffic jams 部分可知，A、B、C三项都是作者建议我们做的，而D项“更换车道”出现在Tips for those unavoidable traffic jams部分，并且是作者反对的做法，故选D项。
30．What should we do when there are zig-zaggers? A．Keep checking the mirrors. B．Stop and let them go first. C．Sound the horn loudly.
D．Drive quickly to keep them out.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据“Pay extra attention to zig-zaggers”一段可知，作者建议我们通过不断查看车窗和后视镜来密切关注Z字形行进的汽车。故选A项。
31．What does the underlined word “courteous” in the last paragraph mean? A．Energetic. B．Polite. C．Careful. D．Honest.
解析：选B 词义猜测题。最后一段主要讲述驾车的礼貌问题，因此判断courteous一词在这里意为“有礼貌的”。故B项正确。
32．In which part of a magazine can this passage be found? A．Entertainment. B．Life. C．Market. D．Advertisement.
解析：选B 文章出处题。交通堵塞的问题是我们生活的一部分，故最可能选自杂志的“生活”板块。
D
People have known since ancient times that aspirin (阿司匹林) reduces pain and lowers high body temperature. But that is not all the drug can do. In recent years, it has been used in other ways, too. Small amounts may help prevent a stroke or heart attack. One recent study showed that some people who took two aspirin pills a day had lower rates of colorectal cancer. And, some researchers say aspirin may help patients with colon cancer live longer. So, how did aspirin become so important? The story begins with a willow.
2,000 years ago, the Greek doctor Hippocrates advised his patients to chew on the bark and leaves of the willow. The tree contains a chemical called salicin. In the 1800s, researchers discovered how to make salicylic acid from the chemical. In 1897, a chemist named Felix Hoffmann at Friedrich Bayer and Company in Germany created acetyl salicylic acid. Later, it became the active substance in a medicine that Bayer called aspirin. The “a” came from acetyl. The “spir” came from the spirea plant, which also produces salicin. And the “in” ? That is a common way to end medicine names.
In 1982, a British scientist shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in part for discovering how aspirin works. Sir John Vane found that aspirin prevents the body from making the natural substances called prostaglandins. Prostaglandins have several effects on the body. Some cause pain and swelling (肿). Prostaglandins also make the heart, kidneys (肾) and blood vessels work well. So there is a problem. Aspirin works against all prostaglandins, good and bad. It can also harm the inside of the stomach, and sometimes it can cause bleeding.
But a British study released in 2009 suggested that taking another drug with a small amount of aspirin may help reduce the risk of bleeding. If this proves true, it would help thousands of people who are seeking to prevent life-threatening conditions.
语篇解读：服用阿司匹林可以止痛，甚至降低患某些癌症的概率，但服用阿司匹林也有坏处。
33．The writer wrote this passage to ________. A．tell us the harm of aspirin B．help us know aspirin better C．explain why aspirin is useful
D．prove that aspirin is a good medicine
解析：选B 作者意图题。通读全文可知，作者主要向我们介绍了有关阿司匹林的一
些知识，故选B。
34．What do we learn about aspirin from Paragraph 1? A．It is not used until recent years.
B．Using it for a long time may lead to cancer.
C．It is very dangerous if it is used in the wrong way. D．It has gained important new uses in recent years.
解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第一段的“In recent years, it has been used in other ways, too.”可知近年来，阿司匹林有了一些别的重要用途。
35．What is waiting to be solved according to the last paragraph? A．The bleeding caused by taking aspirin.
B．How to reduce the risk of getting colorectal cancer. C．How to help patients with colon cancer live longer.
D．The problem of low body temperature caused by taking aspirin.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据末段的 “may help reduce the risk of bleeding. If this proves true”可知，服用阿司匹林导致出血的这个问题有待解决。
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Two biggest wealth in life: your talent and your time. Talent increases and time decreases. Our life, in a way, is trading time with talents. Wasting time means our time decreases while our talents do not increase. __36__.
?Get to know how you use your usual time and make improvements
Take a week and write down what you do every 30 minutes every day and make it into categories. After a week's recording, you'll see which part consumes most of the time. __37__. And you could come up with a revised timetable for your next week.
?Use fragment (碎片) time and “dead time”
By time recording, you'll be amazed how much time you've wasted in waiting for the bus, queuing, walking, etc. You could really put that time to better use, __38__. Use your fragment time for insignificant matters so that you could have more time for things that really matter.
?__39__
There're always things to be done every day, and the thing we could do is to identify whether they're urgent or important. The things you need to do for the day rest only on the urgent as well as important things. Don't become slaves to urgent
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