【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job.”可知Brian在上班路上遇到了交通堵塞，就在他收到上班遲到的最后通牒后不久。可知這不是Brian第一次上班遲到了，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，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．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(kāi)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(huì)議是64歲的作者的離職面談，由此可知，9年前作者從原來(lái)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(duì)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(duì)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(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，由此可知，作者對(duì)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(lái)為來(lái)自不同行業(yè)、地區(qū)和國(guó)家的老年企業(yè)家建立一個(gè)社區(qū)，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】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．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Grey clouds move as low as smoke over the treetops at Lolo Pass. The ground is white. The day is June 10. It has been snowing for the past four days in the Bitterroot Mountains. Wayne Fairchild is getting worried about our trek over the Lolo Trail—95 miles from Lolo Montana to Weippe in Idaho, across the roughest country in the West. Lewis and Clark were nearly defeated 200 years ago by snowstorms on the Lolo. Today Fairchild is nervously checking the weather reports. He has agreed to take me across the toughest, middle section of the trail. When Lewis climbed on top of Lemhi Pass, 140 miles south of Missoula, on August 12, 1805, he was astonished by what was in front of him。 high mountain chains still to the West of us with their tops partially covered with snow. Nobody in what was then the US knew the Rocky Mountains existed, with peaks twice as high as anything in the Appalachians back East. Today their pathway through those mountains holds more attraction than any other ground over which they traveled, for its raw wilderness is an evidence to the character of two cultures: the explorers who braved its hardships and the Native Americans who prize and conserve the path as a sacred (神圣的) gift. It remains today the same condition as when Lewis and Clark walked it. The Lolo is passable only from July to midSeptember. Our luck is holding with the weather, although the snow keeps getting deeper. As we climb to Indian Post Office, the highest point on the trail at 7, 033 ft, we have covered 13 miles in soft snow, and we hardly have enough energy to make dinner. After a meal of chicken, I sit on a rock on top of the ridge (山脊). There is no light visible in any direction, not even another campfire. For four days we do not see another human being. We are occupied with the things that mix fear with joy. In our imagination we have finally caught up with Lewis and Clark.（1）According to the passage, the word trek in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________. A.a fortable walk in a separate countryB.a pleasant journey across the countrysideC.a journey over untraveled pathwaysD.a long, hard journey over rough areas（2）We learn from the text that before 1805 ________. A.the Rocky Mountains were wholly covered with snowB.there were no people living in the western part of AmericaC.no Americans knew of the existence of the Rocky MountainsD.the Appalachians were the western frontier of