【文章內容簡介】 Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rockclimbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overe challenges. The young people of today will bee the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to bee successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overe them.（1）From the story we know that the butterfly can39。t fly because ________.A.it gets out by itselfB.the man feels sorry for itC.it tries to challenge itselfD.the man helps it e out（2）Dennis39。s example shows that successful people should ________.A.overe the difficultiesB.take up business earlyC.bee the leaders of tomorrowD.sell clothes from door to door（3）The meaning of the underlined word mature in the passage is ________.A.wake upB.give upC.grow upD.bring up（4）What is the writer trying to do in this passage?A.Describe where a butterfly es from.B.Encourage young people to face challenges.C.Suggest how to bee a successful businessman.D.Explain what will happen if a person fails the exam（5）What is the best title for this passage?A.Successful People Have a Sense of AchievementB.Young People Must Develop Their Energy ActivelyC.Countries Should Continue to Bee SuccessfulD.Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文論述了挑戰(zhàn)在人生經(jīng)歷中的重要性，最終告訴人們：年輕人學會面對挑戰(zhàn)并戰(zhàn)勝挑戰(zhàn)非常重要。（1） D，細節(jié)判斷題。問題：從文章中我們知道，蝴蝶不能飛是因為_____。根據(jù)問題主句“the butterfly can39。t fly”定位答案在第一段。根據(jù)文章敘述“Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly es out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly.”（人因為蝴蝶痛苦而感到遺憾，決定幫助它，人切斷繭，蝴蝶很容易的出來，但吃驚的是不能飛）；選項A. it gets out by itself它自己出來；B. the man feels sorry for it人因此感到遺憾；C. it tries to challenge itself它試圖挑戰(zhàn)自己；D. the man helps it e out人幫助它出來；結合文章語境及選項內容可知，正確答案是D。（2）A，綜合判斷題。問題：Dennis的例子說明成功的人應該_____。根據(jù)Dennis的例子，定位答案在第二段。根據(jù)第二段結構，舉例是為了說明本段第一句的主題句，即“When people are young, meeting and overing challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle.”（人們年輕時遇到并戰(zhàn)勝挑戰(zhàn)使他們強壯并準備面向生活，成功的人最成功之處是他們不得不掙扎）；選項A. overe the difficulties戰(zhàn)勝困難；B. take up business early早早地開始生意；C. bee the leaders of tomorrow成為明天的主人；D. sell clothes from door to door挨家挨戶的賣衣服；根據(jù)語境及選項判斷可知，選項B，C和D與文章論述不符，故正確答案是A。（3）C，語義推理題。問題：文章中劃線單詞“mature”的意思是_____。根據(jù)黑體位置定位答案需重點理解第二段，根據(jù)文章對Dennis 的敘述，上文“父親在他20歲時去世，父親的去世迫使他_____迅速?！甭?lián)系上下文及選項A. wake up起床；B. give up放棄；C. grow up成長；D. bring up提出；養(yǎng)育；可知，正確答案是C。（4）B，主旨理解題。問題：文章中作者試圖做什么？首先分析選項：A. Describe where a butterfly es ；B. Encourage young people to face ；C. Suggest how to bee a successful businessman. 建議如何成為成功的商人；D. Explain what will happen if a person fails the 。文章的主旨英語主旨句密切相關，分析文章結構可知，文章的中心句在最后一句“it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overe them.”可知，中心句與選項B相一致，故正確答案是B（5）D，主旨理解題。問題：文章最好的題目是什么？選項分析：A. Successful People Have a Sense of Achievement 成功的人有成就感；B. Young People Must Develop Their Energy Actively年輕人必須積極開發(fā)他們的能量；C. Countries Should Continue to Bee Successful國家應該繼續(xù)變得成功；D. Challenges of Life Bring Out the Best in Young People年輕人人生中的挑戰(zhàn)成就最美人生；根據(jù)文章結構及中心理解，結合選項對比可知，正確答案為D。【點評】文化教育類閱讀理解要求學生能夠準確把握文章論述的觀點，作者的態(tài)度，作者通過哪些方式或手段對觀點進行了論述。這是此類文章解題的重要思路。文章的主題句通常在文章的開頭或結尾，有時也會根據(jù)文章結構的需要做適當?shù)恼{整。閱讀理解時，首先應主動去發(fā)現(xiàn)文章的主題句，這對理解文章至關重要。6．閱讀理解（B） To be honest, I enjoy music a lot and Tejano music is my favorite．Tejano music was born in Texas．Although it has influences from Mexico and some other Latin American countries，the main influence is from America． Like most music around the world，Tejano music mixes many different styles．It bines（結合）folk，country，rock and a bit of the blues． I prefer to listen to Tejano music because it makes me feel good．I enjoy dancing to it，too．It39。s so easy that there is no rule for my friends who want to join me．Some of my classmates also like Tejano music．It is popular with young people． I also love other kinds of music．I listen to rock when I39。m happy．My favorite rock band is Creed because they sing a lot about their lives and express how they feel in their songs．They sing about their past experiences，their feelings and the way they want their lives to change．I also like heavy metal music．Metallica is my favorite heavy metal band．I usually listen to their music when I am upset．It tells me that．whatever difficulties I meet in life，I must try hard to get the things I want and I should never give up． Music influences us all in different ways．What type of music do you like? （1）What39。s the writer39。s favorite music? A.Rock musicB.Soft musicC.Tejano musicD.Folk music（2）How many kinds of music does the Tejano music bine? A.ThreeB.FourC.TwoD.Five（3）When the writer is happy，he／she listens to ． A.Tejano musicB.rockC.heavy metal musicD.country music（4）Which is the writer39。s favorite heavy metal band? A.MetallicaB.Creed16