【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 0。 On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt39。s Mt. Horeb. I39。d spent the day at St. Catherine39。s Monastery and wanted to get to the peak by sunset to see the valley below. As I was winding up the narrow path, I39。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. I saw him ing from the last switchback on the trail that led to the backside of the mountain. As he got closer, I could see that he was dressed differently from the other hikers I39。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。t even appear to be Egyptian! He was a smallframed Asian man, had very little hair, and was wearing round, wirerimmed glasses. 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。t heard me or the wind had carried my voice away from him in another direction. Suddenly he stopped directly in front of me on the high side of the trail, looked up from the ground, and spoke a single sentence to me in English, Sometimes you don39。t know what you have lost until you39。ve lost it. As I took in what I had just heard, he simply stepped around me and continued his going down the trail. That moment in my life was a small miracle. The reason is less about what the man said and more about the timing and the context. The year was 1989, and the Cold War was drawing to a close. what the man on the trail couldn39。t have known is that it was during my Egyptian pilgrimage (朝圣), and specifically during my hike to the top of Moses39。s mountain, 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. 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。s a miracle. 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。t, that39。s okay as well. It seems that our miracles have a way of ing back 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，爬到何烈山半山腰時，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”。點醒了作者做出正確的決定。并講述了作者通過這件事情對奇跡的思考，我們生活時時處處都存在奇跡。 （1）考查細節(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”我自己對自己問題的答案是簡單的，同時前一句作者也提出了自己的問題：為什么他會停下給我說他的觀點。并且在第六段最后一句話中，作者強調(diào)了這次偶遇智者給作者說的話對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更加明顯，不是像之前那么微妙。故選B。 （4）考查細節(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 an