【评析】今年的完型在选材上仍然走温情叙事路线，一篇讲述父子情的记叙文，题目设置以实词为主、虚词为辅。严格遵守首行不设空的高考命题要求。要在完型拿下高分，考生需保持思维的一贯性及注重前后文联系。切记不能像做单选一样，做一道扔一道。现在的完型已经不考语法，大大增加了上下文推理出题的比例。如此次的开篇第36题，要读到第5段I swam to Dad才能确定是C，swimming。攻克完形填空，考生如果想节省时间并保证正确率，那建议读文章两遍。仅读一次不易拿下高分，读三遍过于消耗时间。
三、阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
A
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckers. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say, “See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!”
And all that the old bucket could say was, “I know I’m not very useful, but I can only do my best. I’m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”
One day, the gardener heard that kind or conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”
Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare (光秃秃的)earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.
56. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?
A. Dirty B. Dark
C. Worn-out D. Plain-looking.
57. What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A. His past. B. His aging.
C. His manner. D. His leaking.
58. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to
A. laugh at the old one
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener’s kindness
59. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A. Because it was used to keep a balance
B. Because it stayed in its best condition
C. Because it was taken as a treasure
D. Because it had its own function
【语篇解读】本文用拟人的手法讲述了园丁和两个水桶的故事：一个新桶，为自己不漏水而自豪;一个旧桶，走一路，漏一路，很自卑。但他所经过的地方，却是鲜花盛开。园丁最后道出了真谛：每个桶都有存在的价值。同样，我们每个人也都有用。
56. 答案C
【解析】猜测词义题。根One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one.可知一只桶是崭新的，而另一只是破旧不堪的。注意下文特别提到The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.可知是漏水的，当然就破了呀。
57. 答案D
【解析】细节题。The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
58. 答案A
【解析】推理判断题。根据The new bucket was very proud of itself.和第三段，可知新桶对自己的表现很是自豪，而看到那个旧桶一路都是漏水，当然要炫耀一下自己，羞辱一下别人。
59. 答案D
【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后两段可知，两个桶都有其存在的价值。
B
Mapping Your World
Different forms of maps are appearing. They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visiting, from the official to the unusual. Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world. Here are two of our favorites;
Green Maps
Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of icons (图标), making it easy to read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it. At present there are over five hundred
Map projects being developed in 54 countries Green Maps’ advertised idea is “think global, map local”. It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of a place, ranging from community garden to good places of bird watching.
Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website.
Maps Mashups
Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them. Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Maps Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic. The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge you could ever need. It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Site are, to the most bizarre (古怪的)，such as where America’s drunkest cities are. With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps, a multi-layered (多层的) map can be created.
60. According to the passage, which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?
A. Aiming at environmental protection.
B. Introducing local attractions with icons.
C. Offering advice to independent travelers.
D. Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.
61. Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?
A. B.
C. D.
62. Map Mashups is named with the word “mashups”because
A. it is produced by users all over the world
B. it gathers various kinds of information
C. it shares icons with Green Maps
D. it is a branch of Google Maps
63. What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?
A. They are created by local people.
B. They are environmentally friendly.
C. Users can edit maps on the Internet.
D. Users need to communicate with produces.
【语篇解读】本文是说明文。介绍了两个能够通过网络来编辑和标注的高科技绿色地图。
60. 答案B
【解析】细节题。根据Users add information with a set of icons (图标), making it easy to read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it.可知。
61. 答案B
【解析】细节题。根据It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of a place, ranging from community garden to good places of bird watching.可以确定不需要标注日期，故选答案B。
62. 答案B
【解析】推理判断题。根据The mashups is so called because it combine all the knowledge you could ever need.可知。
63. 答案C
【解析】推理判断题。根据Not all of its maps are online, so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website.和Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them.可知两者的共同点即是能通过Internet来编辑。
C
Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.
In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.
Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War Ⅱ. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea; clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?
Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家)，encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.
64. The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because .