Ⅰ Text feature: Almanacs（年鉴）.
An almanac contains general information about various topics. Almanacs are published yearly and contain statistics（统计数据）for the previous year.
Read the following almanac index and answer the questions.
Animals
Taxes
Nutrition（营养）
Geography
Calendars
Weather
First Aid
Architecture（建筑）
Time Zones
Holidays
Endangered Species
Typhoons
Newspapers
Foreign Food
Baseball
Volcanoes（火山）
Presidents
Refugees（难民）
1. Under which headings would you probably find information about
Typhoon Noul?

2. Where could you learn the days of the week in English?

3. Where could you find out who designed a famous building?

1. First Aid, Typhoons, Weather, Geography.
2. Calendars.
3. Architecture.

【分析】
本题是基于年鉴索引的信息匹配题，解题思路为：先明确每个问题所需的信息类型，再逐一对应索引中的标题类别，找到匹配的内容即可。第1题需找台风相关信息，对应索引中与台风、天气、地理、急救相关的标题；第2题需找星期相关内容，对应日历类标题；第3题需找建筑相关内容，对应建筑类标题。
【解析】
1. 台风Noul属于台风灾害相关内容，同时涉及天气状况、地理环境，也可能关联台风应对的急救知识，因此可在First Aid（急救）、Typhoons（台风）、Weather（天气）、Geography（地理）下找到相关信息；
2. 星期是日历的核心内容之一，因此可在Calendars（日历）中学习星期的英文表达；
3. 建筑的设计者属于建筑领域的内容，因此可在Architecture（建筑）中查找相关信息。
【答案】
1. First Aid, Typhoons, Weather, Geography.
2. Calendars.
3. Architecture.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解信息定位，文本分类匹配
【点评】
本题考查学生对文本信息的快速定位能力，结合年鉴的内容分类特点，难度较低，只要仔细对应索引标题即可完成解答。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅱ.Read the following encyclopaedia entry and answer the question.
Zhuang Zhou (born c. 369 BCE, died 286 BCE) was the most significant of China’s early interpreters of Daoism, and his eponymous work, the Zhuangzi, is considered to be one of the definitive texts of Daoism. That work is thought to be more comprehensive than the Daodejing, which is attributed to Laozi, the first philosopher of Daoism. Zhuang Zhou’s teachings also exerted a great influence on the development of Chinese Buddhism and had considerable effect on Chinese landscape painting and poetry.
() What can we infer about Zhuangzi from the entry?

A.It was written by Laozi.
B.It is regarded as an important classic of Daoism.
C.It is less complete than Daodejing.
D.It mainly talks about Chinese painting and poetry.

B

【分析】本题为细节推断题，解题思路是先通读百科条目，明确原文关于《庄子》的关键信息，再将每个选项与原文内容逐一比对，排除不符合原文的错误选项，确定正确答案。
【解析】首先提取原文关键信息：①《庄子》是庄周的作品，是道教的权威经典；②《庄子》比《道德经》更全面；③庄子的思想影响中国绘画和诗歌，而非《庄子》内容涉及这些领域。逐一分析选项：A选项称《庄子》由老子所写，与原文“《道德经》归于老子”不符，错误；B选项称《庄子》是道教重要经典，对应原文“one of the definitive texts of Daoism”，正确；C选项称《庄子》比《道德经》不完整，与原文“more comprehensive than the Daodejing”不符，错误；D选项称《庄子》主要讲中国绘画和诗歌，原文是庄子思想影响这些领域，并非《庄子》内容，错误。
【答案】B
【知识点】英语阅读理解（细节推断）
【点评】本题考查对百科文本的细节理解，需准确提取原文信息并与选项匹配，难度适中，只要仔细对比原文与选项即可得出答案。
【难度系数】0.8