【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 d a job with the New York World, one of the leader papers of the day. She quickly became famous for undercover stories about women in a mental hospital. Soon she had investigated life as a maid, a chorus girl, and even a street girl. In her best known brave deeds, in 1890, Bly beat the famous around the world in 80 days trip Jules Verne had described in his novel. Traveling by steamship, train, even ricksha, Bly reported from each stop. A spellbound nation hung on every word. Only 25, Bly had bee internationally famous.（1）Bly39。s first newspaper job was . A.with the New York WorldB.with the Pittsburgh DispatchC.to interview mental patientsD.to experience life of chorus girls（2）What does the underlined word denouncing in Para. 2 probably mean? A.Praising.B.Questioning.C.Informing.D.Condemning.（3）How did Nellie Bly gain world wide fame? A.By criticizing Jules Verne.B.By peting with other reporters.C.By writing stories through investigation.D.By caring about women from different classes.（4）Which of the following best describes Nellie Bly? A.Daring and practical.B.Acute and confident.C.Critical and dependent.D.Calm and enthusiastic.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，Bly是一名美國女記者,在那個記者都熱衷于相互競爭而報道不實新聞特殊年代,她選擇為女性說話。為了能調(diào)查清楚事實,她扮成乞丐,女仆,神經(jīng)病患者。她不顧自己的工作甚至安危的態(tài)度,讓她成了美國歷史上著名的女記者。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的Her first big opportunity as a reporter came in 1885 after she wrote an angry letter denouncing the Pittsburgh Dispatch for an article it had run criticizing women forced to work outside the home. The interested and excited editor hired Bly for her spirit,可知,Bly寫信譴責(zé)Pittsburgh dispatch的文章,卻因為她的勇氣被主編雇傭了。故選B。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)該句中的 angry letter 可知她信的內(nèi)容是批評Pittsburgh dispatch的文章。A. Praising表揚；B. ；C. ；D. （譴責(zé)）。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的She quickly became famous for undercover stories about women in a mental hospital.她很快因為揭露精神病院女性的故事而名聲大振）可知,Bly是因為報道女性故事而出名的。故選C。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的a courageous reporter like Nellie Bly可知她是勇敢的,再通過下文講述她臥底去調(diào)查女性事件,說明她是實事求是的人。故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(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 Sometimes just when we need the power of miracles to change our beliefs, they materialize in the places we39。d least expect. They can e to us as a great change in our physical reality or as a simple coincidence in our lives. Sometimes they39。re big and can39。t be missed. Other times they39。re so subtle that if we aren39。t aware, we may miss them altogether. They can e from the lips of a stranger we suddenly and mysteriously meet at just the right instant. If we listen carefully, we39。ll always hear the right words, at the right time, to dazzle (目眩) us into a realization of something that we may have failed to notice only moments before. On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt39。s Mt. Horeb. I39。d spent the day at St. Catherine39。s Monastery and wanted to get to the peak by sunset to see the valley below. As I was winding up the narrow path, I39。d occasionally see other hikers who were ing down from a day on the mountain. While they would generally pass with simply a nod or a greeting in another language, there was one man that day who did neither. I saw him ing from the last switchback on the trail that led to the backside of the mountain. As he got closer, I could see that he was dressed differently from the other hikers I39。d seen. Rather than the hightech fabrics and styles that had been the norm, this man was wearing traditional Egyptian clothing. He wore a tattered, rustcolored galabia and obviously old and thicksoled sandals that were covered in dust. What made his appearance so odd, though, was that the man didn39。t even appear to be Egyptian! He was a smallframed Asian man, had very little hair, and was wearing round, wirerimmed glasses. As we neared one another, I was the first to speak, Hello, I said, stopping on the trail for a moment to catch my breath. Not a sound came from the man as he walked closer. I thought that maybe he hadn39。t heard me or the wind had carried my voice away from him in another direction. Suddenly he stopped directly in front of me on the high side of the trail, looked up from the ground, and spoke a single sentence to me in English, Sometimes you don39。t know what you have lost until you39。ve lost it. As I took in what I had just heard, he simply stepped around me and continued his going down the trail. That moment in my life was a small miracle. The reason is less about what the man said and more about the timing and the context. The year was 1989, and the Cold War was drawing to a close. what the man on the trail couldn39。t have known is that it was during my Egyptian pilgrimage (朝圣), and specifically during my hike to the top of Moses39。s mountain, that I39。d set the time aside to make decisions that would affect my career in the defense industry, my friends, my family, and, ultimately, my life. I had to ask myself what the chances were of an Asian man dressed in an Egyptian galabia ing down from the top of this historic mountain just when I was walking up, stopping before me, and offering his wisdom, seemingly from out of nowhere. My answer to my own question was easy: the odds were slim to none! In a meet that lasted less than two minutes on a mountain halfway around the world from my home, a total stranger had brought clarity and the hint of a warning, regarding the huge changes that I would make within a matter of days. In my way of thinking, that39。s a miracle. I suspect that we all experience small miracles in our lives every day. Sometimes we have the wisdom and the