【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 to us again and again. And each time they do, they bee a little less subtle, until we can39。t possibly miss the message that they bring to our lives!The key is that they39。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 was in search of a miracle in his life.B.It was a holy place for a religious person to head for.C.He intended to make arrangements for his life in the future.D.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.For what reason did the man stop before me?B.Why did the Asian man go to the mountain?C.What change would I make within a matter of days?D.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.Apparent.B.Delicate.C.Precise.D.Sufficient.（4）The author viewed the meet with the Asian man as a miracle in his life in that ________. A.the Asian man39。s appearance had a deciding effect on his future lifeB.his words were in perfect response to the need he had at that momentC.what the Asian man said was abundant in the philosophy of lifeD.the Asian man impressed on him the worth of what he had possessed（5）What might be the best title for the passage? A.Can you recognize a miracle?B.Is a miracle significant to us?C.When might a miracle occur?D.Why do we need a miracle?（6）After the encounter of the Asian man, what will the writer probably do immediately? A.Continue walking up to the top of the mountain.B.Have a rest to refresh himself.C.Try to have a hearttoheart conversation with the Asian man.D.Come down the mountain.【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）B（4）B（5）A（6）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了一次埃及朝圣時(shí)，爬到何烈山半山腰時(shí)，偶遇了一位正在下山的亞洲陌生人。這位智者停下來給作者說“在失去前你不知道你得到了什么”。點(diǎn)醒了作者做出正確的決定。并講述了作者通過這件事情對(duì)奇跡的思考，我們生活時(shí)時(shí)處處都存在奇跡。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的“that I39。d set the time aside to make decisions that would affect my career in the defense industry, my friends, my family, and, ultimately, my life.”可知，作者把這段時(shí)間預(yù)留出來做一些影響他國防工業(yè)工作、家庭以及最終生活的一些決定。故選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第六段中的“My answer to my own question was easy”我自己對(duì)自己問題的答案是簡單的，同時(shí)前一句作者也提出了自己的問題：為什么他會(huì)停下給我說他的觀點(diǎn)。并且在第六段最后一句話中，作者強(qiáng)調(diào)了這次偶遇智者給作者說的話對(duì)他接下來幾天要做的決定提供了清晰的思路和暗示的提醒。故選D。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第七段中的“And each time they do, they bee a little less subtle, until we can39。t possibly miss the message that they bring to our lives!” 每次奇跡出現(xiàn)， 他們變得不那樣細(xì)微，直到我們不能忽視它們給我們生活帶來的信息。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。故選B。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段中的“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。s a miracle.”可知，智者給作者說 的話對(duì)他接下來幾天要做的決定提供了清晰的思路和暗示的提醒。故選B。 （5）考查主旨大意。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。我們的工作不是質(zhì)疑這些離奇的事情，更多的是接受生活帶給我們的這些禮物。故選A。 （6）考查推理判斷。從智者的行為“ing down from the top of this historic mountain”下山；和智者對(duì)作者說的話“Sometimes you don39。t know what you have lost until you39。ve lost it. ”在失去前你不知道你得到了什么可推斷，智者告訴作者要珍惜現(xiàn)在所擁有的。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，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。4．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read. In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren39。t human. They were feline — ancient cats that had been mummified(木乃伊化的) and buried in holes in astonishing numbers. Not one or two here and there, reported English Illustrated Magazine, but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them, a layer thicker than most coal joints, ten to twenty cats deep. Some of the linenwrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had golden faces. Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change。 the rest were sold as fertilizer. One ship transported about 180,000, weighing some 38, 000 pounds, to Liverpool to be spread on the fields of England. Those were the days of generously funded explorations—that dragged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the estates and museums of Europe and America. The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get at the good stuff. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized. In the century since then, archaeology has bee less of a treasure hunt and more of a science. Archaeologists now realize that much of their sites39。 wealth lies in the majority of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. And animal mummies are a big part of that. They39。re really displays of daily life, says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. After peering beneath bandages with xrays and cataloguing her findings, she created a gallery for the collection — a bridge between people today and those of long ago. You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King SoandSo had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000plus years, the ancient Egyptians bee clearer and closer to us.（1）Which of the following words has the closest meaning to peddled(paragraph 1)? A.modernizedB.displayedC.illustratedD.demonstrated（2）Why was archaeology once referred to as a t