24．With Roma Pass you can enjoy __________． A．reserved access to 2 sites B．free entry to any museums C．free use of ATAC within Italy D．discounts for certain exhibitions

25．When using the Roma Pass card，you must bring your __________． A．activation code C．purchase receipt

B．ID document D．Roma Pass Guide

26．Where will you possibly find the passage? A．In a tourist guide．

B．In a history textbook． D．On a shopping list．

C．On a transport notice．

27．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The Roma Pass card is valid for at least 72 hours． B．The Colosseum is not open to the public on Mondays． C．Only foreign tourists are qualified to buy the Roma Pass． D．You’d better avoid visiting Roma museums at Christmas． 【答案】 24.D 25.B 26.A 27.D

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考点：考查广告布告类阅读 【名师点睛】

广告布告类阅读解题技巧：

阅读这类文章时，也应该在整体把握文章结构的前提下，主要注意细节信息。细节题题干都是相应原文的变形(如同义改写、词性转换等)，因此要找到答案一定要找到题干在原文中的出处，再把原文和选项相比较。做题时，根据所提问题用寻读、跳读的方法可达到事半功倍的效果。同时，在阅读时也要特别注意文中以粗体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是文章的核心或某一部分内容的概括。具体答题策略如下： 1、先题后文：

先读试题，了解考点；明确目的，快速捕捉，获取信息。比如第24题：细节理解题。根据第一段的Roma Pass Kit (套装) enables both tourists and interested local residents the opportunity to benefit from various discounts and services that make it easier and cheaper to enjoy the sights of Rome．可知，罗马通用套装可以使游客享受到不同的折扣，以便更加方便的欣赏美景。故选D。 2、题干定向：

根据题干关键词到文中定位答案范围，按照题目顺序依次而下：问题与材料相同：对号入座；问题与原文相同：同义替换、归纳事实等。比如第27小题，推理判断题。根据最后一段的Almost all the museums normally are closed on December 25 , January l and May l too．可知，博物馆在圣诞节会闭馆。故选D。 3、生词模糊：

遇到生词；如无关答题，直接跳过；涉及答题，则根据语境、构词法等猜词。

C

When you go to the doctor, you like to come away with a prescription．It makes you feel better to know you

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will get some medicine．But the doctor knows that medicine is not always needed．Sometimes all a sick person needs is some reassurance that all will be well．In such cases the doctor may prescribe a placebo．

A placebo is a sugar pill，a harmless shot，or ail empty capsule．Even though they have no medicine in them , these things seem to make people well．The patient thinks it is medicine and begins to get better．How does this happen?

The study of the placebo opens up new knowledge about the way the human body can heal itself．It is as if there was a doctor in each of us．The doctor will heal the body for us if we let it．But it is not yet known just how the placebo works to heal the body．Some people say it works because the human mind fools itself．These people say that if the mind is fooled into thinking it got medicine，then it will act as if it did，and the body will feel better．

Placebos do not always work．The success of this treatment seems to rest a lot with the relationship between the patient and the doctor．If the patient has a lot of trust in the doctor and if the doctor really wants to help the patient，then the placebo is more likely to work．So in a way, the doctor is the most powerful placebo of all．

A placebo can also have bad effects．If patients expect a bad reaction to medicine，then they will also show a bad reaction to the placebo．This would seem to show that a lot of how you react to medicine is in your mind rather than in your body．Some doctors still think that if the placebo can have bad effects it should never be used．They think there is still not enough known about it．

The strange power of the placebo does seem to suggest that the human mind is stronger than we think it is．There are people who say you can heal your body by using your mind．And the interesting thing is that even people who swear this is not possible have been healed by a placebo． 28．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to? A．The placebo． C．The body．

B．The bad effect． D．The medicine．

29．What do we know about placebo according to the passage?

A．It contains some sort of medicine．

B．It won’t function if you are negative about medicine． C．People who don’t believe placebo can’t be healed by it． D．Patients and doctors know clearly how it helps to heal the body 30．Why is the doctor sometimes the most powerful placebo? A．The patient needs help badly． B．The patient believes in the doctor．

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C．The doctor knows better about your body． D．The doctor has carefully studied medicine． 31．What is the best title for the text? A．Placebo：Work on Your Mind C．Placebo：The Best Doctor 【答案】 28.A 29.B 30.B 31.A

B．Placebo：The Most Powerful Medicin D．Placebo：Heal Your Body

31.A主旨大意题。本文讲述的是有时医生会开一些安慰性药物，这些药物并不真的是药，实际上是人的头脑控制着病情痊愈。故选A。 考点：考查科普类阅读

D

Some people like to listen to the Beatles．while others prefer Gregorian chants．When it comes to music , scientists find that nurture can overpower nature．

A study shows musical preferences seem to be mainly shaped by a person’s cultural upbringing and experiences rather than biological factors．“Our results show that there is a profound cultural difference in the way people respond to consonant(和谐的)and dissonant(不和谐的)sounds，and this suggests that other cultures hear the world differently,” says Josh McDermott．a scientist in Cambridge．

Some scientists believe that the way people respond to music has a biological basis and that this would

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overpower any cultural shaping of musical preferences , effectively making them a universal phenomenon．Some musicians．by contrast , think that such preferences are more a product of one’s culture．If a person’s upbringing shapes their preferences，then they are not a universal phenomenon．

The trick to working out where musical preferences come from was to find and test people who hadn’t had much contact with Western music．McDermott and his team travelled by aeroplane，car and canoe to reach the remote villages of the Tsimane’ people，who are largely isolated from Western culture．

In their experiments，McDermott and his colleagues investigated responses to Western music by playing combinations of notes to three groups of people：the Tsimane’ and two other groups of Bolivians that had experienced increasing levels of exposure to Western music．The researchers recorded whether each group regarded the notes as pleasant or unpleasant．

The Tsimane’ are just as good at making acoustic(声响的)distinctions as the groups with more experience of other types of music，the scientists find．Most people prefer consonant tones，but the Tsimane’ have no preference between them．“This pretty convincingly rules out that the preferences are things we’re born with，’’ McDermott argues．

“Culture plays a role．We like the music we grew up with，”agrees Dale Purves，a scientist at Duke University．“Nature versus nurture is always a fool’s errand．’’It’s almost always a combination，he adds． 32．Why does the author mention Beatles in the first paragraph? A．To arouse reader’s interest． B．To stress the importance of music． C．To introduce the topic to be discussed． D．To encourage readers to listen to their music．

33．McDermott would most probably agree that __________． A．people’s music preference is a universal phenomenon B．Chinese and Japanese have different music preferences C．the way people respond to music is biologically decided D．parents have nothing to do with children’s music preference 34．What do we know about the Tsimane’ in the experiment? A．They prefer consonant tones．

B．They are born with excellent music talent． C．They do well in telling acoustic distinctions． D．They have never had contact with Western music．

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