【正文】 was part of the process from the very beginning.m so proud of Mom for having a baby. She has seen and admired the effort it takes to bring a new person into the world. It39。 It was crucial that our daughter was part of that experience, not just for her, but for Linda and me as well. Everything we wanted for her—trusted care providers。t have the first time Linda gave birth. We crossed this threshold （門檻） together, as a family, and it was messy and scary and painful and unusual and mysterious and really perfect.（1）The writer of this passage is probably ________. A.B.C.D.truly talented singersD.didn39。the writer39。the writer39。The Second Child in My Happy Family.C.根據(jù)第一段 The first time my wife Linda gave birth was in a hospital. 我妻子Linda第一次生孩子的時候是在醫(yī)院，可推知作者是個爸爸。故選B。 （4）細節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知，短文主要介紹了作者的大女兒在家參與小兒子出生的過程及原因。 Someone became a CEO at 25, and died at 50. Obama retires（退休）at 55, but Trump starts at 70. Don39。 They are in their Time Zone, and you are in yours!B.livedObama starts at 55, but Trump retires at 70.The earlier we succeed，the better we will be. （1）推斷題。re not late和You39。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。 （2）主旨題。Don39。B.D.bornre very much on time, and in your Time Zone.（1）The best word for the blank in the poem is re not early.re not late. So, relax. People around you might seem to go ahead of you, some might seem to be behind you.to 90 years. New York is 3 hours ahead of（在……前）California , but it does not make California slow. 【點評】考查閱讀理解，首先快速瀏覽、分析問題，抓住關鍵詞；其次帶著問題通讀全文，了解文章大意，找到依據(jù)，確定答案；最后再檢查一遍，確保答案正確。故選C。根據(jù)最后一段 It was crucial that our daughter was part of that ，這是至關緊要的，可知作者想要她女兒知道她是被家庭所信任和需要的。 （2）詞義猜測題。Why Did We Choose a Home Birth for Our Second Child?【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】大意：短文主要介紹了作者的大女兒在家參與小兒子出生的過程及原因。the writer wanted a home birth only just for their daughter（5）Which is the best title （標題） for this passage? A.there are five people in the writer39。thought it was crucial that their daughter was not part of the experienceD.didn39。carefully hardworking cooksB. continuing support。 通讀全文可知，短文過Adam兄弟和鄰居幫助Lane女士的故事來說明“遠親不如近鄰”的道理，因此好鄰居是最佳標題。 （4）推斷題。故選B。 （2）細節(jié)題。Humorous brothers【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）D（4）C（5）A 【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要通過Adam兄弟和鄰居幫助Lane女士的故事來說明一句諺語——遠親不如近鄰。A serious city laws mowers to cut the grass.（5）The best title（題目）for the passage would be names.C.D.Sam Adams and Mrs. Lane.C.the news about her on TV was made up by herD.She could not cut the grass on the lawn.（2）Mrs. Lane was in danger of going to prison because Together they worked hard in the sun and finished mowing the whole lawn in about two hours. When Mrs. Lane saw what her neighbours did for her, she was surprised and moved to tears（感動得落淚）. I cannot believe this, she said. They were so kind to spend two hours helping me and I didn39。 The Adams brothers took their mowers（修剪機）and came to Mrs. Lane39。s 75 years old and she needs some help, said Sam Adams, one of the boys. That39。s true. Her kind neighbours once helped her out when she was in a big trouble. 8．閱讀理解 展開敘述，說明了人生不同階段中，父母對孩子的不同影響。 （3）細節(jié)理解題。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。begin to have their own ways of thinking（4）What is the best title of the passage? A.t believe their parents any more傳遞路過A teacher.s true love is art writing, or car repair?7．閱讀理解 （4）主旨歸納題。相反，把錢送給別人能讓人開心。根據(jù)文中的語句But the things that money can buy can not bring happiness to a person for ，錢所能買到的東西不能給一個人帶來長久的幸福。The key to happiness is making others happy.C.B.④（3）Why does the writer quote （引用） a story in Paragraph 3? A.②may lead to happiness for a short time（2）Where can we best put But it39。can make people nervousC.② Instead, it39。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed ，故選B。Both the shoe and your brother are important.s not OK to lose your brother? A.D.C.B.Because he wanted to play outside.（2）What does the underlined word regretful in the last paragraph mean? A.Because he wanted to sleep.Because he was hungry.s OK if you can39。5．閱讀理解 （4）寫作意圖題，通讀整篇文章可知，作者給女兒的信，希望女兒能享受美好的童年生活。信里大致表達了讓女兒盡情美好的童年，體現(xiàn)了濃濃的父愛。B.Grow up in a world with more wealth（4）The writer wrote the letter with the main purpose of showing his_________. A.Read, run and play freelyC.D.fewer diseases.t spend it worrying too much about future. You have got us for that, and we39。 But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a serious place. That39。 When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in a world with better education, ____________, stronger munities, and greater equality（平等）. We wrote that with all the progress in science and technology, 從Our backpacks were full of ，也就是他們抱怨了太多，故選A。從To our surprise, he also took some stones out from them. But we thought he had just found better 。Wilson and his sister chose wrong backpacks to carry the stones.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】短文講述了叔叔帶作者和妹妹去山上撿石頭的故事，通過這次撿石頭事件，作者學到了積極態(tài)度的意義。The negative thoughts.（4）What can we know from the passage?A.C.He thought his uncle had found better stones.C.To the seaside.s uncle ask Wilson and his sister to go?A. “Your negative thoughts are just like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in your backpacks. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind will be,” said