voice. She was the one who taught me not just about baking, but about life.

8．The passage is mainly developed by ________. A．analyzing causes B．making comparisons C．examining differences D．following the time order

9．While helping her grandmother bake, the author ________.A．turned out to be a troublemaker B．found it interesting and appealing C．hoped to make a living by baking D．regretted missing the game shows

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11．What's the author's purpose in writing this passage?A．To remember her grandmother. B．To show her good baking skills. C．To talk about her happy family life. D．To describe her childhood memories.

【语篇导读】 文章讲述了作者小时候由于父母忙于工作，奶奶每天来照顾她的经历。在这个过程中，奶奶教会了她烘烤，她对此也是乐此不疲。文中写满了对奶奶的怀念。

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一直在回忆与奶奶相处的快乐时光，在最后一段再次提出，现在仍然天天想念奶奶。由此可知，作者写这篇文章的目的就是怀念奶奶。故选A项。

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D

(2017·安徽合肥模拟)Why do people feel so rushed? Part of this is a perception (认知) problem. Generally, people in rich countries have more free time than they used to. This is particularly true in Europe, but even in America free time has been inching up. Women's paid work has risen a lot over this period, but their time in unpaid work, like cooking and cleaning, has fallen even more significantly, thanks in part to dishwashers, washing machines and microwaves, and also to the fact that men shift themselves a little more around the house than they used to.

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D．the rise of incomes makes time less valuable

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15．According to Gary Becker, what causes people feel anxious about time?A．The wrong way of time being spent. B．People's willingness to work hard. C．The increasing value of work time. D．More and more leisure time.

【语篇导读】 本文分析了人们生活节奏越来越快的原因：时间被赋予的价值越来越高。人们工作的时间越长，得到的报酬越多，因此人们的生活越来越忙碌，休闲时间都变得很紧张。

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得焦虑。故选C项。

Ⅱ.七选五

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Unique New Year Traditions from Around the World

How do you celebrate New Year's Day? If I had to take a guess，you probably celebrate it surrounded by family and friends，enjoying drinks of your choice and watching the ball drop with Dick Clark.____1____Listed below are four of the top ten “Unique New Year Traditions from Around the World”．

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A strange Danish New Year tradition，depending on how you look at it, is throwing dishes at a neighbor's door.____2____The family with the tallest pile of broken plates，glasses，cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest, because it symbolizes their large number of loyal friends.

2．Talking to Spirits

Talking to spirits is a part of Mexican beliefs. Mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones.____3____And this is not done at home on an individual basis, but is a legal Mexican practice. Taos Inn, in New Mexico, for example, offers 15 minutes' session of spiritualism and meditation for $15.6. Not a bad price for some helpful guidance!

3. Wearing Polka Dots

Imagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dining room tables full of round-shaped food and fruits on one single day of the year.____4____Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth.

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Ecuador has a unique custom of crafting scarecrows and then burning them at midnight. They adorn them and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and pieces of wood. As midnight approaches, everyone gathers outside their home and each family burns their own scarecrows.____5____The scarecrow also scares away bad luck，which in turn, fills their new year with luck and happiness.

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