【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 rs in Dayton. Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children, with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country. Orville and Wilbur would build duplicates（復(fù)制品）of these toys and bounce them off the ceiling. They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand. Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was, the more they saw it as a challenge. Exploring the unknown was such a joy for then that Orville once said, I can remember when Wilbur and I could hardly wait for the morning to e to get at something that interested us. That39。s happiness. Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. Orville designed and then built a printing press（印刷機(jī)）for this enterprise. At first, they did contract printing for other people, and soon one of their customers during the early 1890s was Father Milton39。s church. They also tried the newspaper business, and although their two newspapers, the West Side News and The Evening Item were considered to be of high quality, Dayton already had daily newspapers, so the Wrights soon returned to contract printing. Branching out into other areas, they also opened a bicycle business. Bicycling was the fastest growing sport in the country at that time, and their repair shop soon led them into building bicycles of their own design, often with tools of their own construction, such as the lathe（車床）driven by a onecylinder gasoline engine built by Orville. The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes. （1）What may inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright to be keen on flight in childhood？ A.Their experiences of taking a flight.B.Their wishes to travel by plane.C.The toys their father brought for them.D.Their interest in duplicating toys.（2）What kind of children were the Wright brothers？ A.Enthusiastic and curious.B.Quiet and modes.C.Naughty but clever.D.Stubborn but careful（3）What business did Wilbur and Orville enter shortly after high school？ A.The toy business.B.The printing business.C.The lathe business.D.The bicycle business.（4）What will possibly be discussed following this text？ A.Who guided them a lot on their way to success.B.What trouble they would meet in their business.C.Why they closed their bicycle shop suddenly.D.How the two brothers began to invent planes.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了 萊特兄弟是怎樣的發(fā)明飛機(jī)的過程。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children，with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country”奧維爾后來發(fā)現(xiàn)他和威爾伯對飛行第一次興趣是從他們小時候開始的，由于他們的父親從鄉(xiāng)村給他們帶回家的，用橡皮筋為動力的直升機(jī)玩具，可知選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand”他們只是因為他們還不明白的原因 而對這些事情瘋狂 ；和第三段中的“Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was，the more they saw it as a challenge”兩個男孩都喜歡解決別人覺得困難的問題。問題越難，他們就越覺得這是一個挑戰(zhàn) 可推出選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“ Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. ”把他們的天賦投入工作 中，孩子們高中畢業(yè)后不久就進(jìn)入了印刷業(yè)。 故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes”自行車店將提供生計 ，允許他們在飛機(jī)上進(jìn)行實驗 ，可知選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 5．閱讀理解 Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor. Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian39。s being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this bynowfamiliar excuse wouldn39。t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech. Yes, the boss was, as Brian entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室): everyone was hard at work. Brian39。s boss came up to him. Suddenly, Brian forced a smile and stretched out his hand. How do you do! he said. I39。m Brian. I39。m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Doesn39。t the early bird get the worm? The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh. Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying no, criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it39。s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that edians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance (忍受力) than people in any other forum.（1）Brian was late for his job because ________. A.he got up lateB.he was seriously illC.he was caught in a traffic jamD.he was busy applying for a new job（2）What can we infer about humor? A.It is the early bird.B.It is important in our lives.C.Brian often saved his job with humor.D.It can solve racial discriminations.（3）What does the underlined phrase clamped off in Paragraph 3 refer to? A.charge