【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 n interesting stories during my career. That39。s why the story about the guys in the bakery caught my eyes. When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days, they didn39。t sit there feeling sorry for themselves. They used their time wisely after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. While they were waiting for the eventual rescue that came on Monday morning, four decided to make as many loaves of bread as possible for their munity. The flood water rose in the street outside. They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread. Although the water kept rising, they continued baking to help more people. By the time the owner managed to get to them, they had made so much bread that we took the loaves to loads of emergency centers across the city for people affected by the floods. The store manager, Brian Alvarado, told The Independent, Whenever a disaster occurs, nobody should just feel forlorn. Instead，we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others. Our acts of kindness will make a big difference.（1）What did the bakery store workers do after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey? A.They volunteered to make bread for their munity.B.They managed to live by selling more bread in the store.C.They felt sorry that they couldn39。t escape from the store.D.They ate nothing but to wait for their munity to rescue them.（2）Which of the following best explains forlorn underlined in the last paragraph? A.Fortunate.B.Hopeful.C.Shallow.D.Desperate.（3）What can we infer from the text? A.Alvarado organized his workers to bake much bread.B.Hurricane Harvey caused a power failure in Houston.C.The staff in the bakery sent enough flour to emergency centers.D.The author preferred to write stories about people facing disasters.（4）What can be the best title for the text? A.A Popular Mexican Bakery Chain in HoustonB.Wait for the Eventual Rescue in a Big DisasterC.All Kinds of Disasters Caused by Hurricane Harvey in HoustonD.Bake Bread to Make a Difference in Face of Hurricane Harvey【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，Hurricane Harvey到來時(shí)面包店繼續(xù)烤面包所產(chǎn)生的意義。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread.”可知，Hurricane Harvey引發(fā)洪水后，面包店的工作人員自愿為他們的社區(qū)做面包。故選A。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Instead，we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others.”相反,我們應(yīng)該采取積極的行動來拯救自己和幫助別人。由Instead可知與前句構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，再由positive可推知劃線詞的意思是令人絕望的。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days,”可知，Hurricane Harvey造成休斯敦停電。故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whenever a disaster occurs, nobody should just feel forlorn. Instead, we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others. Our acts of kindness will make a big difference.”可知，文章講述的是Hurricane Harvey到來時(shí)面包店繼續(xù)烤面包所產(chǎn)生的意義。故選D。 【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 If we want to find out what kind of technology people used in the past, we normally have to rely on archaeologists to find ruined buildings and parts of tools or instruments or machines. Archaeologists then try to reconstruct, sometimes with the help of puter technology, what these ancient buildings and objects must have looked like, and how they might have been made. Sometimes historians are lucky and find an ancient document with a written description of these ancient buildings and objects. We can understand, then, why Chinese historians were so excited when they found cave paintings which show ancient science. They found these paintings in the worldrenowned Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City, in Northwest China39。s Gansu Province. There are 500 manmade caves and they have survived for at least 1,600 years. Almost all of these caves have paintings on their ceilings or walls and they date from the 4th to 14th centuries. Wang Jinyu is an expert on these cave paintings (also called frescoes) and he says: We discovered frescoes containing scientific and technological content in almost all of the caves which have frescoes. What is remarkable about these cave paintings according to the Xinhua News Agency is that they provide evidence of scientific and technological inventions by ancient Chinese in maths, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agronomy, architecture, textiles, traffic and transportation, arms and military equipment and medical sciences. Among the discoveries experts have made are cave paintings showing ancient techniques of pottery making and wine production and paintings showing ancient weaving machines and then toothbrushes! The paintings also give some evidence of the lifestyle at the time with, for example, pictures of people boiling milk over 1,000 years ago. Experts believe that there is more evidence to be found, but even now the caves are a wonderful natural museum. If the walls and ceilings of the caves were all put together they would form a tapestry 20 kilometers long and 2 meters high! It won39。t be possible to travel back in timethat only happens in filmsbut visiting these caves would be the nearest experience you could get to travelling back in time.（1）Why were Chinese historians excited when they found cave paintings showing ancient science? A.Because they had rarely seen cave paintings.B.Because they could make the place a tourist attraction.C.Because they could learn about ancient science through them.D.Because they would be given lots of money for the discovery.（2）The Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang City______. A.have 500 manmade cavesB.have been there for at most 1,600 yearsC.help us to know little about ancient scienceD.have paintings on their ceilings in every cave（3）Experts had discovered cave paintings showing the ancient techniques of