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Refund Policy—the subscription can be cancelled within 28 days and you can get your money back. 32. Why is TOKNOW a special magazine? A. It entertains young parents. B. It provides serious advertisements. C. It publishes popular science fictions. D. It combines fun with complex concepts. 33. What does TOKNOW offer its readers? A. Online courses. B. Articles on new topics.
C. Lectures on a balanced life. D. Reports on scientific discoveries.
34. How much should you pay if you make a 12-mouth subscription to TOKNOW with gift pack from China? 55. B. ￡60. A. ￡
65. D. ￡70. C. ￡
35. Subscribers of TOKNOW would get . A. free birthday presents B. full refund within 28 days C. membership of the TOKNOW club D. chances to meet the experts in person 【答案】32. D 33. B 34. D 35. B 【解析】
本文是一篇广告。介绍了世界出版物中的大热门—TOKNOW杂志，在文中作者列出了这本杂志的特点，及征订的费用。 【32题详解】
细节理解题。文章第一段bringing a unique combination of challenging ideas and good fun to young fans every month.提到TOKNOW独一无二地把富有挑战性的想法和巨大乐趣结合在一起，这就是它的特别之处，It combines fun with complex concepts它把乐趣和复杂的概念结合在一起。故选D。 【33题详解】
推理判断题。首先本文介绍了介绍了世界出版物中的大热门—每月出版一次的TOKNOW杂志TOKNOW，然后根据第一段bringing a unique combination of challenging ideas and good fun to young fans every month.可知TOKNOW会每个月把富有挑战性的想法和巨大乐趣结合在一起。故可推知TOKNOW为读者提供了有关新话题的文章（Articles on new topics.）；Online courses.网课； Lectures on a balanced life. 关于均衡生活的讲座；Reports on scientific discoveries关于科学发现的报道。故B项正确。 【34题详解】
70可知带有礼细节理解题。根据文中Annual Subscription with Gift Pack和 Rest of World ￡70。故选D。 包的年度征订欧洲之外的国家的价格是￡【35题详解】
细节理解题。根据文中最后一段Refund Policy—the subscription can be cancelled within 28 days and you can get your money back.可知你的订阅可以在28天内取消，并且可以得到退款。故B项正确。
B
Sarah came running in. “Look what I found.” Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy long object that caused me to jump. It was a snake skin that had been shed by one of our many garden snakes.
“Isn’t it beautiful?” said my wide-eyed seven-year-old.
I stared at the organic wrapper and thought to myself that it really wasn’t that beautiful, but I have learned never to appear uninterested with children. They see only good quality and excellence in the world until educated otherwise.
“Why does it do this?” Sarah asked.
“Snakes shed their skin because they need to renew themselves,” I explained. “Why do they need to renew themselves?” Sarah asked.
I suddenly remembered an article on this page many years ago where the writer was expressing
her concept of renewal. She used layers of paper over a wall to describe how we hide our original selves, and said that by peeling away those layers one by one, we see the original beneath. “We often need to shed our skins and those coatings that we cover ourselves with,” I said to my now absorbed daughter. “We outgrow some things and find other ones unwanted or unnecessary. This snake no longer needs this skin. It is probably too crinklyfor him, and he probably doesn’t think he （起皱的）looks as smart in it as he once did.”
Sarah was getting the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand, although slightly, that renewal is part of progress; that we need to take a good look at ourselves, our rooms, schoolwork and creativity, and see what we need to keep and what we need to cast off. I was careful to point out that this is a natural consequence of their growth.
“I see, Dad,” said Sarah and jumped off my lap and ran off.
I hoped she would remember this. That often, in order to find our real selves underneath the layers of community and culture with which we cover ourselves year after year, we need to start examining these layers. We need to gently peel some away, as we recognize them to be worthless or unnecessary; or at best, store the ones thrown away as mementoes（念想）of our promotion to a better vitality or spirit.
36. At the first sight of the snake skin, the author was . A. scared B. puzzled C. uninterested D. excited
37. Sarah learned from her father that renewal is . A. to recover the layers inside B. to review what has been done C. a natural part of getting mature D. the process of finding the unwanted
38. It can be inferred from the passage that the author ________. A. dislikes the snake skin at all B. shows concern for nature and culture C. can grasp the chance to educate children D. often encourages his daughter to raise questions 39. The author mainly tells the reader that ________.
A. snakes cast off the layers to look smarter B. we should renew ourselves to get improved C. snakes shed their skins to renew themselves D. we should explore our original nature underneath 【答案】36. A 37. C 38. C 39. B 【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文。本文叙述了作者的女儿问作者关于蛇为什么会脱皮的问题，作者借机又给女儿进行了一次教育。蛇要脱皮是在成长，人要进步也须不断反省自己，只有会发现自己的缺点才能不断进步。 【36题详解】
细节理解题。根据文中第一段Over the top of the paper I was reading came a crispy long object that caused me to jump.一句可知，作者看到这个长长的，硬而易碎的东西的时候吓得都跳起来了，scared受惊吓的；puzzled困惑的；uninterested不感兴趣的；excited激动的。故选A。 【37题详解】
细节理解题。根据文中Sarah was getting the point. As we talked, I knew that she began to understand， although slightly, that renewal is part of progress; 及I was careful to point out that this is a natural consequence of their growth.可知Sarah开始慢慢理解蛇蜕皮也是一种进步，并且作者继续指出这是他们成长的很自然的一种结果。故选C。 【38题详解】
推理判断题。本文作者的女儿问作者关于蛇为什么会脱皮的问题，作者抓住这个机会给女儿进行了一次教育。因此可推知，作者很善于抓住生活中的小事对孩子进行教育。故选C。 【39题详解】
推理判断题。作者在文中针对蛇为什么会脱皮这一问题，把蛇的脱皮和人的进步作了类比。借机给女儿进行了一次教育。也是在向我们大家讲述这一道理：人要进步也须不断反省自己，这样才会发现自己的缺点并不断进步。故选B
C
Even as Google plans to test its fleet(车队)of self-driving cars on public roads this summer, its business model remains a bit of a mystery. By 2025, as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally, according to a study by an industry research firm.
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