一、阅读理解
On Monday, I stopped my car in front of my daughter Juliet's middle school. She jumped in the front seat, feeling down. She asked me to help her study for her science test.
“Dad, I need to memorize(记住)a unit about the Reproductive Cycle of Plants. And I can hardly make it.”
“You know memorizing seems like the best way to study, but in fact you can do better in tests if you work on trying to understand the material.”
Juliet was open to my advice. It was Monday afternoon and we had two nights to study before the test on Wednesday. I suggested a plan. “Tomorrow night, you are going to teach the material to me. Tonight, read the unit. Prepare to teach.”
Asking her to teach me was an unusual idea but I decided to do it. Studies show teaching somebody else is a very useful way to learn. Even if you don’t do the teaching, the act of preparing to teach leads to more learning than just trying your best to memorize the material.
On Tuesday afternoon, Juliet sat down with her science book facing me and said, “Okay Dad, let’s study.” I wanted her to teach me. But false starts(起步失误)happened. I couldn’t be too hard on her. So instead we started with me asking her some simple questions. She knew some but not others. When she didn’t know the answers,I encouraged her to check the book.
She started checking things that she didn’t understand. And she was actively trying to test her understanding. I was happy to see it. She wasn’t memorizing. She was trying to understand things,which was exactly what I had hoped she would do.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
()1. Why did Juliet feel down?
A. Because she failed her science test.
B. Because she had trouble memorizing a unit.
C. Because she knew nothing about planting.
D. Because she couldn’t understand her teacher.
()2. In the writer’s opinion, which was the key to best learning?
A. Memorizing. B. Testing. C. Questioning. D. Understanding.
()3. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?
A. Making her check the book. B. Using simple questions to test her.
C. Encouraging her to read the unit. D. Asking her to teach me the unit.
()4. How did the writer feel when false starts happened?
A. Patient. B. Worried. C. Nervous. D. Tired.
()5. Which can be the best title for the text?
A. A Hard-working Father B. An Unexpected Test
C. Learning from Teaching D. Preparing for Teaching

1.B 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.C

【分析】
1. 第1题需定位Juliet情绪低落的原因，原文中她向爸爸求助时明确提到难以记住植物生殖周期的单元，据此匹配选项；
2. 第2题需查找作者关于最佳学习关键的观点，原文作者直接指出理解比死记硬背更重要，据此选择；
3. 第3题是词义猜测题，需联系it所在句的前文内容，前文提到让Juliet教自己单元的想法，it指代该内容；
4. 第4题需定位“false starts”出现时作者的态度，原文体现作者没有为难Juliet，而是耐心引导；
5. 第5题需归纳文章主旨，文章围绕让女儿准备教自己来学习展开，核心是从教学中学习，据此选标题。
【解析】
1. 细节理解题：根据原文第二段Juliet的话“I need to memorize a unit about the Reproductive Cycle of Plants. And I can hardly make it.”可知，她因难以记住该单元而情绪低落，故选B。
2. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段作者的话“You know memorizing seems like the best way to study, but in fact you can do better in tests if you work on trying to understand the material.”可知，作者认为最佳学习的关键是理解，故选D。
3. 词义猜测题：根据第五段第一句“Asking her to teach me was an unusual idea but I decided to do it.”可知，it指代前文提到的“让Juliet教我这个单元”，故选D。
4. 推理判断题：根据第六段“But false starts happened. I couldn’t be too hard on her. So instead we started with me asking her some simple questions.”可知，当出现起步失误时，作者没有为难Juliet，而是耐心引导，故选A。
5. 主旨大意题：文章主要讲述作者让女儿准备教自己科学单元，通过这种方式帮助女儿理解知识，核心是“从教学中学习”，故选C。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.D 4.A 5.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本文是一篇关于学习方法的英语记叙文，通过具体事例传递了“教他人是有效学习方式”的理念，题目涵盖细节查找、词义猜测、主旨归纳等常见题型，难度适中，能有效考查学生的英语阅读与理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.7