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know all these places. We listened eagerly, taking mental notes, until one of the women asked, You have a car, right? They39。 His answer lingered in my mind during that ride with my husband and teenage kids, as we headed out to explore on the first day of our vacation. Our generosity and hospitality (好客), he replied in a strong local accent. Your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, someone will stop to help. People here are kind like that. Our teenagers hurried ahead, and as we walked behind, admiring the scenery, two women in sunglasses and summer hiking gear stopped.d heard us discussing different routes, then asked if we39。They looked to be in their 40s, and were both enthusiastic to share their local expertise. Dumbfounded, my husband and I just smiled in disbelief. Next year, there39。s family have in Newfoundland? couldn39。 (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第十二段中的“my husband and I just smiled in disbelief”我丈夫和我只是不相信地笑著,可知,當(dāng)Alma提出讓作者一家開(kāi)自己的車去旅行的時(shí)候,作者和丈夫很驚詫。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Instead, it was the act of kindness from a plete stranger that made us realize how special Newfoundland really was.”取而代之,是一個(gè)陌生人的善意之舉讓我意識(shí)到紐芬蘭的真正特別之處??v觀全文可知,陌生人的善良和熱情好客給作者留下了最深刻印象,且根據(jù)最后一段“Next year, there39。誰(shuí)知道到時(shí)候我們又會(huì)遇到什么樣的善意之舉呢?可知,作者將還會(huì)去紐芬蘭島旅行,期待那里人們的熱情。She is the oldest student in her Spanish class.C.Proud.D.To equip her for her future.C.B.The fastgrowing economy.【答案】 (1)C(2)D(3)B(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者讓自己的女兒學(xué)習(xí)一種外語(yǔ)的原因以及學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)程中出現(xiàn)的一些問(wèn)題。 (2)考查推理判斷。故選D。 (4)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。 A thrilling polar petition between two adventurers to cross Antarctica alone, unsupported and unassisted had a happy ending with both explorers achieving the unprecedented feat (功績(jī)). American professional athlete Colin O39。 Louis Rudd maintained the lead at first. However, O39。Brady arrived, the British explorer finished his adventure, being the world39。They became the first explorers to cross Antarctica alone, unaided.B.O39。s sled with food supplies broke down.C.Brady fell behind Louis Rudd for the first week.(3)What can we infer about Henry Worsley? A.He died while he was attempting to cross the Antarctic alone.D.By air.By water.【答案】 (1)A(2)D(3)C(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,兩個(gè)冒險(xiǎn)家在無(wú)人幫助的情況下獨(dú)自滑雪穿越南極大陸,但是兩個(gè)人的目的不同。根據(jù)第二段中的“Louis Rudd maintained the lead at first. However, O39。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“The disaster happened while Worsley was trying to cross the continent alone in 2016.”可知,Worsley在2016年獨(dú)自穿越南極洲的時(shí)候遇難,故選C。4.閱讀理解 d least expect. They can e to us as a great change in our physical reality or as a simple coincidence in our lives. Sometimes they39。t aware, we may miss them altogether. They can e from the lips of a stranger we suddenly and mysteriously meet at just the right instant. If we listen carefully, we39。 On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt39。d occasionally see other hikers who were ing down from a day on the mountain. While they would generally pass with simply a nod or a greeting in another language, there was one man that day who did neither.d seen. Rather than the hightech fabrics and styles that had been the norm, this man was wearing traditional Egyptian clothing. He wore a tattered, rustcolored galabia and obviously old and thicksoled sandals that were covered in dust. What made his appearance so odd, though, was that the man didn39。 As we neared one another, I was the first to speak, Hello, I said, stopping on the trail for a moment to catch my breath. Not a sound came from the man as he walked closer. I thought that maybe he hadn39。s mountain, that I39。 I had to ask myself what the chances were of an Asian man dressed in an Egyptian galabia ing down from the top of this historic mountain just when I was walking up, stopping before me, and offering his wisdom, seemingly from out of nowhere. My answer to my own question was easy: the odds were slim to none! In a meet that lasted less than two minutes on a mountain halfway around the world from my home, a total stranger had brought clarity and the hint of a warning, regarding the huge changes that I would make within a matter of days. In my way of thinking, that39。 I suspect that we all experience small miracles in our lives every day. Sometimes we have the wisdom and the courage to recognize them for what they are In the moments when we don39。re everywhere and occur every day for different reasons, in response to the different needs that we may have in the moment. Our job may be less about questioning the extraordinary things that happen in our daily lives and more about accepting the gifts they bring.(1)Why did the author make a pilgrimage to Mt Horeb in Egypt? A.He waited patiently in expectation of meeting a wise person.(2)What does the underlined part my own question refer to in paragraph 6? A.What was the probability that others told us the right words?(3)Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word subtle in paragraph 7? A.Delicate.s appearance had a deciding effect on his future lifeB.Can you recognize a miracle?D.Try to have a hearttoheart conversation with the Asian man.D.并講述了作者通過(guò)這件事情對(duì)奇跡的思考,我們生活時(shí)時(shí)處處都存在奇跡。故選C。故選D。Until后的從句可以看出奇跡每次變得會(huì)更加明顯,不是像之前那么微妙。s a miracle.”可知,智者給作者說(shuō) 的根據(jù)最后一段,針對(duì)我們當(dāng)下不同的需求,奇跡時(shí)時(shí)處處都以不同原因存在著。從智者的行為“ing down from the top of this historic mountain”下山;和智者對(duì)作者說(shuō)的話“Sometimes you don39。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解,詞義猜測(cè),推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析,推理,概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。 I believe in the power of science fiction, not just for its capacity to transform dreams into reality, but also for its power to bond together those who share a mon vision of the future. For me, that39。s words, Since I dipped into the future, I saw the vision of the world, and all