【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 t 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.chargeB.tried to setC.gave upD.tried to hold back（4）What can we learn from the text? A.Many people lack in a sense of humor.B.Brian was supposed to arrive at his office at 8: 30.C.It wasn39。t the first time that Brian came late for work.D.Humor is the most interesting way of solving problems.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，上班族Brian因?yàn)橛龅搅私煌ㄗ枞习噙t到，而在此之前他已經(jīng)收到了遲到的最后通牒，因此這次很可能被辭退。當(dāng)他在9：35分時(shí)走進(jìn)辦公室，他的老板走向了他，突然，布萊恩強(qiáng)顏歡笑，伸出手來。你好!他說。我是布萊恩。我正在申請一份工作，據(jù)我所知，這份工作在35分鐘前才開始招聘。早起的鳥兒有蟲吃嗎?于是辦公室都爆發(fā)出了笑聲，他通過一點(diǎn)幽默化解了這次危機(jī)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“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.”可知Brian上班遲到是因?yàn)橛龅搅私煌ㄗ枞蔬xC。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.”可知布萊恩保住了他 的工作，用的是唯一能贏的工具——笑聲。即可推測幽默在生活中是很重要的，故選B。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第三段中的“The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office.”可知房間里哄堂大笑，因此老板也是只能強(qiáng)忍住笑，走回他的辦公室。故可知?jiǎng)澗€部分單詞意思為努力忍住；抑制住，故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第二段中的“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.”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?？芍@不是Brian第一次上班遲到了，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，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。5．閱讀理解 When Katie Stagliano was 9 years old, she was given a class project to grow her first cabbage from just one seed. She took it home and planted it in her home garden. It didn39。t even take her long to e up and begin to grow. But as friends came over, they pointed out that it was bigger than any of theirs. And it grew so much that the cabbage ended up weighing 40 pounds! Katie then decided that she could use this cabbage to do something nice for the munity. So she took the huge cabbage to a local soup kitchen, where they used it, and cooked it with ham and rice. And because of her cabbage, 275 people were fed. She began to realize that gardening and helping people is what she likes to do most. So, she decided to start her first garden on a plot of land donated by her school. I think if more kids get to experience gardening they would find out how cool it is and how many people can be fed if you donate your produce, said Katie. Now, just 9 years later, Katie is 18 years old, and has set up her own business called Katie39。s Krops with the help of her family friends. But this doesn39。t even e close to the other amazing part. She has raised over 200,000 dollars! And there are over 100 Katie39。s Krops within 33 states in the United States. She loves gardening and loves inspiring other children to experience the joy of gardening as well. As of today, her first garden is still doing amazing and is even responsible for supplying over 3,000 pounds of produce donated to local charities. Her goal now? To get 500 gardens across all 50 states.（1）How did Katie deal with her first cabbage? A.sharing it with her munity.B.Presenting it to the school kitchen.C.Eating it with her family.D.Giving it to her friends.（2）What inspired Katie to help others by gardening? A.The support from her school.B.The gardening and sharing experience.C.The encouragement of munity.D.The admiration of her friends.（3）Why does Katie suggest more children learn to garden? A.She thinks gardening is cool.B.She needs more people to help her.C.She hopes to earn more money.1