【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 de to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins. Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn small stuff into really big stuff in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn39。t mean that you39。re wrong. Everything will be fine. You39。ll experience the peace of letting go, as well as the joy of letting others be right. You39。ll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be right, they will bee less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But if for some reason they don39。t, that39。s okay too. You39。ll have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world, and certainly you39。ll be more peaceful yourself.（1）The underlined word rekindle in Paragraph 1 probably means ____________. A.recoverB.developC.acceptD.replace（2）According to the passage, the author39。s friend never spoke to her son for three years because ____________. A.she had got an argument with her daughterinlawB.she had disagreed about her son39。s marriageC.she had got an argument about her daughterinlawD.she had disliked her son39。s wife for many years（3）Which of the following is NOT the reason for people to be unwilling to apologize first? A.People believe that they are always right.B.People always wait for others to offer an apology first.C.People consider the position more important than happiness.D.People want to get an inner satisfaction.（4）The purpose of the passage is to ____________. A.instruct the readers how to apologizeB.teach the readers how to gain inner peaceC.inform the readers the importance of being forgivingD.tell the readers to reach out first when there are painful events.【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論述了面對(duì)與人們的矛盾時(shí)，不要執(zhí)著于怨恨，伸出你的手來化解它，學(xué)會(huì)首先向別人道歉，讓別人是對(duì)的，這并不意味著你是錯(cuò)的。（1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。第一段中的“Stubbornly, we wait for someone else to reach out to us—believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.”固執(zhí)地說，我們等著別人來找我們——相信這是我們能夠原諒或重新點(diǎn)燃友誼或家庭關(guān)系的唯一途徑。可知rekindle是“恢復(fù)”之意，選A。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“ She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she wouldn39。t speak to him again unless he called first.”她說她和她兒子對(duì)他的妻子意見不和，她不會(huì)再和他說話除非他先打電話。故選C。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy.”我們開始相信我們的地位比我們的幸福更重要。其實(shí)不然，如果你想成為一個(gè)更愛好和平的人，就必須明白“正確”幾乎永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)比讓自己快樂更重要?？芍狝、B、C三項(xiàng)都是人們不愿首先道歉的原因，故選D。（4）考查寫作意圖?？v觀全文可知，本文探討了面對(duì)與人們的矛盾時(shí)，應(yīng)該做主動(dòng)言和的那個(gè)人，這樣才能消除心中的怨恨，并且獲得幸福，因此本文的目的是告訴讀者在發(fā)生痛苦的事情時(shí)要先主動(dòng)道歉，故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和寫作意圖三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇生活類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 From the loss of wildlife to rising sea levels, we39。re all well aware of the problems that climate change could cause. But while it may seem like such issues won39。t affect most of us directly，it looks like future generations could grow up without something that many of us now take for granted: chocolate. According to an essay published by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, changes to the climate in the regions that produce cacao the plant from which chocolate is produced may mean that it will soon bee extinct. Most of the world39。s cacao grows in countries close to the equator，with over half of it growing in the African nations of Ghana and Ivory Coast.It39。s predicted that by 2050, climate change will have accelerated the rate at which temperatures in these countries rise, making it extremely difficult for cacao to grow there. The problem doesn39。t lie in increased heat, however，but in lower humidity (濕度)，as it39。s believed that rainfall will stay at the same level if the temperature rises. “In other words, as higher temperatures squeeze more water out of soil and plants, it39。s unlikely that rainfall will increase enough to offset the moisture (含水量) loss,” Michon Scott, the essay39。s author, wrote. To help fight this problem, researchers from Berkeley University in the US are working on changing the DNA of cacao plants to allow them to survive in dryer conditions by using gene editing technology, according to US News. In the meantime, US pany Mars, one of the world39。s biggest manufacturers of chocolate products, announced in January that it would spend $1 billion to help reduce the effects of climate change. “This is a world issue, and it requires everyone to work together,” Mars spokesperson Barry Parkin told Business Insider. The message here is that if we all do our part, we may be able to prevent some of the worst impacts of climate change. Or if we39。re unlucky, chocolate will bee a thing of the past.（1）What could make it hard for cacao to survive around the equator in the future? A.The increased heat there.B.The higher humidity there.C.The decrease in rainfall there.D.The moisture loss in the soil there.（2）What does the underlined word “offset” in the seventh paragraph mean? A.hold backB.make up for