【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 It was a morning in January. The jet stream (急流)had dipped down, causing the Arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside, but the cold wind made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, I was kneeling in the snow alongside my house trying to open a tiny door, so I eoukl get in. 1 had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets(水龍頭)were dry. The wind cut into me like a knife while I struggled to get two electric heaters in place around the section of frozen pipes. The waterlines were buried except for a small piece that connected up to my house. I put a heater on each side of it, ran the extension cords(軟線)into my house and plugged them in. Both heaters roared to life and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipes. My fingers had already started to go numb, so I stayed inside to wait. I could only hope that this bit of warmth could get my water flowing again. Finally, after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again. I went back outside into the biller cold and gathered my heaters up. I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled with Thank you heavenward and returned inside to make myself a hot breakfast. Sometimes the coldness of this life can get to us as well. It can make our hearts feel icy and frozen. It can keep our kindness and love from flowing out to others. Sometimes, though, all we need is a bit of warnth to get us going again. It can be a simple smile, a kind word, a heartfelt hug, a morning sunrise, a bird39。s song or any gentle reminder of just how much God loves us. Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that gel us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of wannth for others every chance we get.（1）What was the direct reason why the water pipes were frozen? A.The jet stream.B.The low temperature.C.The cold wind.D.The author39。s own carelessness.（2）Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase roared to in Paragraph 2? A.Began functioning smoothly.B.Worked inappropriately.C.Broke down suddenly.D.Screamed out loudly.（3）What did the author think of his work? A.Embarassed.B.Satisfied.C.Mad with joy.D.Cautiously optimistic.（4）What is the last paragraph mainly centered on? A.The coldness of life has a negative effect on our life quality.B.We meet with the coldness of life unavoidably and unwillingly.C.We should be thankful for bits of warmth of life.D.We should seize every chance to receive warmth of life from others.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一個(gè)寒冷的冬天早晨，由于作者的粗心大意而使水管凍死，沒(méi)水可用。作者只得想盡辦法自己修復(fù)，最后得到了熱水做了早餐。作者從這件事得出，不要讓生活中的寒冷影響我們，要感激生活中給我們帶來(lái)的每一個(gè)溫暖。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“I had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets (水龍頭) were dry” 可知，頭天晚上我忘記了讓水龍頭的水一直處于滴水的狀態(tài)，現(xiàn)在水管凍結(jié)了，水龍頭也流不出水了。由此可知，導(dǎo)致水管凍結(jié)的直接原因是由于作者本人的疏忽。故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“... and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipe…after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again”可知，兩個(gè)加熱器開(kāi)始向凍結(jié)的水管吹熱空氣，…二十分鐘后，水又開(kāi)始流過(guò)我的水龍頭。此處roared to life表達(dá)的含義應(yīng)該是兩臺(tái)加熱器開(kāi)始正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)起來(lái)。分析選項(xiàng)可知A符合題意，故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled with Thank you heavenward and returned inside to make myself a hot breakfast.”中的smiled和“a joy filled with Thank you”可知，作者對(duì)自己的工作很滿意。故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that gel us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of warmth for others every chance we get.”可知，作者強(qiáng)調(diào)我們要感激生活中的每一個(gè)溫暖，無(wú)論它們是多么的微不足道。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，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 Back in 1988, I was working at the University of Bonn in Germany as a research fellow. I took some time off in early May to visit a friend, who was the director of a museum in Viterbo, in central Italy. I set out by train, which crossed the Swiss border to reach Zurich, winding through valleys and along hillsides, and entering tunnels and making its way through the Swiss Alps. The scenery was so beautiful. The train then crossed the Italian border before passing through Milan and Florence, then finally stopping in Rome. I was lucky, as my hotel was close to the railway station. The next morning, I had a coffee at a nearby caf233。 and eagerly set out to visit as many of the famous Roman landmarks as possible. The following day I headed back to the train station, intending to take a short train ride to Viterbo to meet up with my friend. When I arrived at the station and attempted to locate the correct platform, I quickly realized that the station was closed for an upgrade (升級(jí)). For a moment my mind went blank and did not know what to do. My biggest problem was my luggage—my suitcase and hand luggage were so heavy that I couldn39。t move about easily. As I don39。t speak Italian, I could not ask anyone for instructions. I dragged my suitcase about 100 meters to a nearby motor mechanics. A tall, strong man of about 50 years of age was working there and I excused myself and asked where the nearest station was. I am sure that he did not understand me properly but he could easily guess that I was looking for a station. He replied, but I did not understand. He smiled, wiped his hands and said something, which I guessed to mean e along. So I dragged my suitcase along and followed him. He opened the door of his car, motioned to me to get in and then drove for a few minutes to the next station. I got out, unloaded my luggage, then shook his hand with thanks. He smiled back and drove away. Ther