【正文】 0。B.He is the hero in many of Christie39。s works.C.He is a real police officer.D.He is the writer who wrote a biography of Christie.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文主要介紹以寫謀殺故事而成為世界著名推理小說家的Agatha Christie以及她的作品。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中In her 50year writing profession, Christie39。s murder stories made her the world39。s bestknown mystery (神秘)writer.(在克里斯蒂50年的寫作生涯中，她的謀殺故事使她成為世界上最著名的神秘作家。)可知，Agatha Christie寫謀殺故事。故選D。 （2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中In her 50year writing profession, Christie39。s murder stories made her the world39。s bestknown mystery (神秘)writer. Only the Bible and Shakespeare39。s works have sold more copies than her.（在她50年的寫作生涯中，克里斯蒂的謀殺故事使她成為世界上最著名的神秘作家。只有《圣經(jīng)》和莎士比亞的作品比她賣得多。）可知，克里斯蒂是世界第三暢銷作家。故選C。（3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中Her work has continuing appeal for viewers, said director Laura Mackie. There is always a desire for a really good detective novel.可知，Laura Mackie認(rèn)為她的作品對觀眾有著持續(xù)的吸引力，人們總是渴望一本真正好的偵探小說。因此在Mackie看來，克里斯蒂的小說之所以會對觀眾產(chǎn)生持續(xù)的吸引力是因?yàn)槿藗兛释x真正好的偵探小說。故選D。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduced Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian police officer who starred in 30 of her ，Hercule Poirot是克里斯蒂30部作品中的男主角。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。介紹人物類閱讀理解要專注人物的生平和成就，抓住文章細(xì)節(jié)，而且要理解全文，把握文章主旨。結(jié)合上下文合理概括，做有依據(jù)的推理。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 In 2011, Nancy Ballard went for a routine checkup that turned into something extraordinary. In fact, she was carrying a painting of a plant she39。d done when she arrived at her doctor39。s San Francisco office. It would be great if we had artwork like that for our chemotherapy (化療) rooms, the nurse said. Ballard asked to see one. She was shocked by what she found. The walls were dull and bare, and the paint was chipping (剝落). It was a depressing room for a depressing routine—patients restricted to chemo drips for perhaps several hours, often with nothing to look at other than those sad walls. Ballard didn39。t have cancer herself, but she could sympathize with the patients. I couldn39。t imagine how anyone could even think about getting healthy in a room like that, she says. As it happens, Ballard39。s physician, Stephen Hufford, was ill with cancer himself, so finding time to decorate the rooms was low on his todo list. So Ballard made it her mission to brighten up the place. She started by ing 20 local designers. I wrote, 39。You don39。t know me. But my heart hurts after seeing these rooms, she remembers. She then asked whether they would donate their time and money to transform just one of Dr. Hufford39。s rooms each. As it happened, six of them wrote back almost immediately. Six rooms got new paint, light fixtures, artwork, and furniture. Dr. Hufford was delighted. All the patients feel relieved of the pain because of it, he said. He even noted that his own tone of voice was different in the rooms and that he was better able to connect with his patients. Ballard was so encouraged by the patients39。 reactions that she created a nonprofit, Rooms That Rock 4 Chemo, to raise money and decorate more spaces. Since then, she has worked on 20 projects, including one in Pennsylvania. We were in Philadelphia for a ribbon cutting, and a woman was there on her third battle with cancer, says Ballard. When she saw what we39。d done, she said, 39。I39。m gonna beat it this time. I thought I wasn39。t going to, but now I know I39。m gonna beat it.（1）What made Ballard decide to help decorate the chemotherapy rooms? A.Her sympathy for cancer patients.B.Her passion for room decoration.C.The good relationship with Hufford.D.The request of a nurse in San Francisco.（2）What oute does Ballard39。s effort bring about? A.More hospitals will be built,B.Hufford cured more patients.C.The cancer patients were feeling better.D.Hufford39。s chemotherapy rooms got good fame.（3）Which words best describe Nancy Ballard? A.Loving and devoted.B.Talented and energetic.C.Rich and generous.D.Ambitious and creative.（4）Which can be a suitable title for the passage? A.Design for HopeB.Battle against CancerC.Donation for PatientsD.Decoration in Hospital【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】這是一篇記敘文，Nancy Ballard出于對癌癥病人的同情，決定幫忙裝飾化療室。Ballard的努力，使得癌癥患者重新對生活充滿了希望。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Ballard didn39。t have cancer herself, but she could sympathize with the patients.”Ballard本人并沒有患癌癥，但她同情病人。由此可知，Ballard對癌癥病人的同情，使她決定幫忙裝飾化療室，故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的‘All the patients feel relieved of the pain because of it,’ he said.”他說：“所有的病人都因此感到疼痛減輕了。”由此可知，Ballard的努力使得癌癥患者感覺好多了，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Ballard was so encouraged by the patients39。 reactions that she created a nonprofit, Rooms That Rock 4 Chemo, to raise money and decorate more spaces.”病人的反應(yīng)讓巴拉德深受鼓舞，她創(chuàng)建了一個(gè)非營利組織Rooms that Rock Chemo來籌集資金，并裝飾更多的空間。由此推斷出，Nancy Ballard是一個(gè)有愛心，有奉獻(xiàn)精神的人，故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。本文介紹了Nancy Ballard出于對癌癥病人的同情，決定幫忙裝飾化療室。Ballard的努力，使得癌癥患者重新對生活充滿了希望。所以這篇文章最好的題目是“為希望而設(shè)計(jì)”，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(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。9．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 If you feel sick or unfortable, you might seek out a doctor. But what to do if you don39。t quite know where you fit into this world and you39。re tired of carrying that burden alone? I answered strangers39。 questions on life puzzles at the entrance to the New York City subway at 57th and 8th. A group of strangers had stopped by because they were carrying around some deep, meaningful questions that had long gone unanswered, like why can39。t I be happier in my life? And then I spotted her, who would be my toughest questioner of the day. She was about 6 years old and held her mother39。s hand as she craned (伸長脖子) her neck to stare at us. Her mother stopped, but the girl hesitated. It39。s OK, I offered. Do you have a question? The girl smiled at her mother, then let go of her hand to walk over towards us. She looked me dead in the eye and said: How do I know I39。m real? Suddenly I was back in graduate school. Should I talk about the French philosopher Rene Descartes to prove our existence, with the phrase I think, therefore I am? Or, mention English philosopher G. E. Moore and his famous here is one hand, here is the other, to prove the existence of the external world? But then the answer came to me. I remembered that the most important part of philosophy was feeding our sense of wonder. Close your eyes, I said. She did. Well, did you disappear? She smiled and shook her head, then opened her eyes. Congratulatio