【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 oject, I earnestly settled in preparation. With a positive mind, I told myself nothing should stop me now, and was more than keen to make it a success. However, the least expected thing happened. Iraq invaded Kuwait. Tension ran high in the region. Eventually the war broke out, and many people fled the country, leaving my firm in deep trouble. As usual, things bee difficult, and every effort seems to bring disappointment, it can be tempting to lower your expectations or even water down your goals and ambitions. I was no exception. I thought of running away. I remembered the words of Thomas Edison, Many of life39。s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to succeed when they gave up. I decided to hang on, telling myself, I am not afraid of challenges and obstacles. I stayed on through months of uncertainty and insecurity. Finances ran low, and banks could not wait to get their dues. To add to all this, the banks even threatened to take all my vehicles. I felt I made a wrong decision to move there. I was now ready to face failure. I was living against all hopes, believing that something good would happen. After 2 months the war ended. My persistence paid off: people started flooding back and the car bookings picked up, five times over. Success es to the one who dares, even after failure, to think positively and look forward confidently. After all, it is only the experience that makes a man tough. Failure does not mean you will never make it. It means that it will take a little longer. It provides us with a learning experience.（1）The main method the author uses to support his understanding of his professor39。s viewpoint is ________. A.offering analysesB.providing explanationsC.making parisonsD.giving examples（2）How did the author feel when the war between Iraq and Kuwait broke out? A.UnconfidentB.IndifferentC.NervousD.Calm（3）What does the underlined phrase water down in the 4th paragraph probably mean? A.get rid ofB.smooth awayC.make less forcefulD.improve on（4）The author39。s purpose of writing the passage is most likely to ________. A.informB.persuadeC.describeD.entertain【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者的教授曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)，任何害怕失敗和害怕面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)的人永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)嘗到成功的滋味。作者當(dāng)時(shí)不以為然當(dāng)，直到自己親身經(jīng)歷了失敗和挑戰(zhàn)后，作者才意識(shí)到人們面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)或失敗時(shí)要大膽應(yīng)對(duì)，保持積極的心態(tài)。 （1）考查推理判斷。一開(kāi)始介紹了作者的教授提出的一個(gè)觀點(diǎn)，但是作者當(dāng)時(shí)不以為然，直到在今后實(shí)際生活中真正遇到了失敗或挑戰(zhàn)時(shí)才認(rèn)識(shí)到了教授的觀點(diǎn)。下文主要通過(guò)自己的親身經(jīng)歷闡述了自己的觀點(diǎn)，即通過(guò)舉例說(shuō)明的方式。故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“I was no exception. I thought of running away.”我也不例外。我想過(guò)逃跑；以及第五段中的“I felt I made a wrong decision to move there. I was now ready to face failure.”我覺(jué)得搬到那里去是一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤的決定。我現(xiàn)在準(zhǔn)備好面對(duì)失敗了?？芍?dāng)伊拉克和科威特之間的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)爆發(fā)時(shí)，作者感到?jīng)]有信心。故選A。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第四段中的“things bee difficult, and every effort seems to bring disappointment, it can be tempting to lower your expectations or even”可知當(dāng)事情變得困難，每一次努力似乎都會(huì)帶來(lái)失望，它可能會(huì)降低你的期望，甚至降低你的目標(biāo)和抱負(fù)。故可推測(cè)劃線短語(yǔ)意思為削弱，與C選項(xiàng)含義接近。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Success es to the one who dares, even after failure, to think positively and look forward confidently. After all, it is only the experience that makes a man tough. Failure does not mean you will never make it. It means that it will take a little longer. It provides us with a learning experience.”成功屬于那些即使在失敗之后仍敢積極思考并充滿信心地展望未來(lái)的人。畢竟，只有經(jīng)歷才能使人堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。失敗并不意味著你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)成功。這意味著它將花費(fèi)更長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間。它給我們提供了一個(gè)學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)?？芍髡邔?xiě)這篇文章的目的是勸說(shuō)人們面對(duì)挑戰(zhàn)或失敗時(shí)要大膽去對(duì)應(yīng)，保持積極的心態(tài)。即作者寫(xiě)這篇文章的目的是說(shuō)服別人。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 A few hours after my first mission, returning to Earth on the space shuttle Endeavour, I pleted all of my medical tests after flight, met with NASA officials, and reunited with my family. Finally, I was alone in my office room in astronaut crew quarters at the Kennedy Space Center, exhausted and ready for bed. And I did what anyone does when they return to their hotel room on a business trip: I turned on the TV. The television news started up: Such and such had happened, people were shocked, blah blah blah. Sports scores. Silly mercials. It didn39。t take more than a minute before I had to turn it off. It felt like my body was rejecting all this input, just as it would reject an organ donation that had the wrong blood type. All of this noise was just pletely foreign to who I was—or, more appropriately, who I had bee. A few hours before, I had been orbiting Earth, seeing our planet from space, flying the most amazing machine ever built by human hands, working with a team that was the absolute success of human. And now here in my room watching what was being sold as news, and with my newfound perspective, I just could not stomach it. My worldview was changed forever in a profound (深刻的) way. The biggest change by far and the one for which I will always be most grateful is this bigpicture perspective. That will stick with me for the rest of my life. Whenever I feel the pressure of modern life, the stress about work, or worry about the future, I remember my time in the space station. Back to seeing the sun set Or watching our galaxy rise on the horizon. Or seeing a sea of lightning flash a hundred times a second. Or simply back to floating weightlessly. When I39。m there in my mind and r