【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的It seemed risky to travel with strangers, but my instinct said yes.可知這些背包客邀請作者一起旅游時，她的本能也就是第六感說了好，也就是說她的第六感讓她相信她能和這些背包客相處的很好，才會答應(yīng)他們的邀請，故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的The world opened up to me because I chose to travel alone.可知作者覺得自己選擇一個人旅游讓自己看到了更大的世界，以及最后一段中的Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。t picked up the phone.可知作者慶幸她的朋友沒有接她的電話。由此可以判斷作者認(rèn)為自己選擇一個人去旅行是一個很好的決定，故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及句義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，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年前的那個會議是64歲的作者的離職面談，由此可知，9年前作者從原來的公司退休了，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)對作者很有意義是因為它每年可以幫助減少數(shù)十億磅的一次性塑料包裝的浪費，也就是對環(huán)境有好處，故選A。 （3）考查觀點態(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，而且還與一個合作者一起贏得了20多個獎項，由此可知，作者對自己公司的發(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，作者計劃將來為來自不同行業(yè)、地區(qū)和國家的老年企業(yè)家建立一個社區(qū)，故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和觀點態(tài)度兩個題型的考查，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)上下文進行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 HighWire Act Mickey Wilson had been on the mountain only a few seconds when he heard the scream. Wilson, 28 years old, had just gotten off the cable car (索道纜車) at the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Keystone, Colorado, along with his friends Billy Simmons and Hans Mueller. Their friend Richard had been on the cable car ahead of them, but when the men reached the top of the lift, he had disappeared. The men walked toward the source of the scream and found skiers stopped on the slope, pointing to the cable car. And then the friends screamed too. Oh, Richard! yelled Mueller. When Richard had tried to jump off the cable car, his backpack had been caught in the chair, which then dragged him back down the hill. In the process, the backpack belt twisted around his neck, making him breathless. Now Richard39。s body was swinging four feet above the snow. The cable car operator had quickly stopped it, and the friends kicked off their skis and ran toward the scene. They made a human pyramid to try to reach Richard, but the unconscious man was too far off the ground. With the clock ticking, Wilson ran to the ladder of a nearby lift tower. Scared skiers watched as he struggled the 25 feet. After he reached the top, Wilson39。s first challenge was to climb onto the twoinch steel cable that held the chairs. He handled the balance and height bravely, but he knew he could not walk on the cable. Therefore, he calmed down and sat over it and then used his hands to pull himself to Richard quickly. Wilson39。s greatest fear wasn39。t that he39。d fall, but that he wouldn39。t reach Richard. This was life or death, he said. When he reached Richard39。s chair, Wilson swung a leg over the cable and attempted to drop down onto it. But as he did that, his jacket caught on the movable footrest, which was in the up position. The footrest began to slide down, with Wilson attached. But before that could happen, he managed to free himself and reached Richard. Fortunately, the ski patrol (巡查) had gathered below and performed emergency treatment on Richard, who had been hanging for about