【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 39。ve already signed up for my next openwater swim.（1）How did the author feel before the race? A.Scared of the most challenging race.B.Disappointed by the difficult conditions.C.Concerned about the other swimmers in the race.D.Determined to be as tough as the people around her.（2）Why does the author mention the two people in Paragraph 2? A.To stress the importance of the race.B.To praise the experienced swimmers.C.To show the wide range of the participants.D.To introduce the various events of the race.（3）The author suggests in Paragraph 4 that ______. A.the race would cause breathing problemsB.the race became harder than she had expectedC.it was really necessary to prepare for tough swimsD.it would have been easier if she had taken others39。 advice（4）What does the author talk about in the last paragraph? A.Her confidence in her own ability.B.Her pride in having swum so quickly.C.Her eagerness to repeat the experience.D.Her surprise at having managed to finish.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了參加一英里的天然水域游泳的經(jīng)歷，最終成功到達(dá)終點(diǎn)線。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“But I, along with 10,000 others, was about to plete the challenge.”可知，我馬上和其他10000名游泳者完成這項(xiàng)挑戰(zhàn)，故可知，他們很堅(jiān)定要完成這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“There seemed to be a mix of openwater enthusiasts alongside plete beginners—which is precisely the aim of the swims, to get as many people as possible pleting their own challenge. The oldest woman peting was 77, taking part in the twomile race, alongside a man who last year had swum in every onemile race.”可知，參賽者包括天然水域游泳的愛好者，也包括初學(xué)者，也有很多人完成自己的挑戰(zhàn)，這里面就有77歲參加2英里游泳的老人，也有去年參加一英里的男子，故可知，該比賽參與者范圍很廣，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“I recalled overhearing people talking about how they kept swimming through the pain, so I tried. But it didn39。t work. I began to feel the entire leg tight and painful.”可知，我想起了那些人提及的克服水中抽筋的技巧，但是沒有作用，我感覺整條腿開始緊張?zhí)弁?，故可知，這次比賽比她想象的要艱難，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I39。m hooked, and want to give it another go. I39。ve already signed up for my next openwater swim.”可知，我被吸引住了，想要再嘗試一次，準(zhǔn)備好為下一次游泳比賽報(bào)名，故可知，作者為完成比賽而感到興奮，也喜歡上了這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I was a director at a pany in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。t pletely unexpected. I signed a pile of papers and left the pany. So, 40 plus years of employment was over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and producing biodegradable(可生物降解的)packaging from waste. This is called clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year. Five years later, I39。m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we39。ve done. And I am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. But what I really long for is to find other firsttime entrepreneurs(企業(yè)家)who are my age. I want to connect with them. So I want to do something about that in a few years. I want us to start talking more about people who don39。t bee entrepreneurs until they are seniors. And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a munity.（1）What happened to the author nine years ago? A.He retired from his former pany.B.He failed an interview.C.He had a good family background.D.He changed his job to a better one.（2）Why was the new business meaningful to the author? A.It was beneficial to the environment.B.It developed a clean technology.C.It provided jobs for lots of people.D.It brought in quite a lot of money.（3）What is the author39。s attitude to the development of his own pany? A.Cautious.B.Disappointed.C.Ambiguous.D.Positive.（4）What does the author plan to do in the future? A.To do something else about environment.B.To help people who want to bee successful.C.To meet more people from different backgrounds.D.To build a munity for senior entrepreneurs.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了64歲的作者退休后開創(chuàng)了自己的事業(yè)，成為一位老年企業(yè)家的故事。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。t pletely unexpected.及第二段中的“Retirement was not a choice for me.可知，9年前的那個(gè)會議是64歲的作者的離職面談，由此可知，9年前作者從原來的公司退休了，故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year.可知，新事業(yè)對作者很有意義是因?yàn)樗磕昕梢詭椭鷾p少數(shù)十億磅的一次性塑料包裝的浪費(fèi)，也就是對環(huán)境有好處，故選A。 （3）考查觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度。根據(jù)第三段中的“Five years later, I39。m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we39。ve done.可知，作者的公司每年的收入都翻番，而且還與一個(gè)合作者一起贏得了20多個(gè)獎項(xiàng)，由此可知，作者對自己公司的發(fā)展的態(tài)度是積極的，故選D。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a munity.可知，作者計(jì)劃將來為來自不同行業(yè)、地區(qū)和國家的老年企業(yè)家建立一個(gè)社區(qū)，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. In university I had a parttime job at a shop that sold doughnuts and coffee. Situated on a block where several buses stopped, it served the people who had a few minutes to wait for their bus. Every afternoon around four o39。clock, a group of schoolchildren would burst i