【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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)說過，任何害怕失敗和害怕面對挑戰(zhàn)的人永遠(yuǎn)都不會嘗到成功的滋味。作者當(dāng)時不以為然當(dāng)，直到自己親身經(jīng)歷了失敗和挑戰(zhàn)后，作者才意識到人們面對挑戰(zhàn)或失敗時要大膽應(yīng)對，保持積極的心態(tài)。 （1）考查推理判斷。一開始介紹了作者的教授提出的一個觀點(diǎn)，但是作者當(dāng)時不以為然，直到在今后實(shí)際生活中真正遇到了失敗或挑戰(zhàn)時才認(rèn)識到了教授的觀點(diǎn)。下文主要通過自己的親身經(jīng)歷闡述了自己的觀點(diǎn)，即通過舉例說明的方式。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.”我覺得搬到那里去是一個錯誤的決定。我現(xiàn)在準(zhǔn)備好面對失敗了?？芍?dāng)伊拉克和科威特之間的戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)時，作者感到?jīng)]有信心。故選A。 （3）考查詞義猜測。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帶來失望，它可能會降低你的期望，甚至降低你的目標(biāo)和抱負(fù)。故可推測劃線短語意思為削弱，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)不會成功。這意味著它將花費(fèi)更長的時間。它給我們提供了一個學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。可知作者寫這篇文章的目的是勸說人們面對挑戰(zhàn)或失敗時要大膽去對應(yīng)，保持積極的心態(tài)。即作者寫這篇文章的目的是說服別人。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，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 In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh (法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off. Shades of that spirit spread over today39。s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked lightheartedly out of the door, piic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, Oh, boy, bad day for a piic. The weatherman says it39。s going to rain. I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile. Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, Oh, that bus left five minutes ago. Dreams of headcutting! It39。s not the news that makes someone angry. It39。s the unsympathetic attitude with which it39。s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and big winners do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didn39。t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you39。re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn39。t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist (拳頭) right on their unsympathetic faces. Had my neighbor told me of the uping rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had t