【正文】 to look, ask questions, laugh, tease, and sometimes even challenge me to fight. I was teased cruelly as a kid. It wasn39。t fair, I knew, but that was just the way it was. Luckily, I was taught at a very young age a very important lesson. I am different and that39。s Okay—I39。m unique and I matter. No one could ever take that away from me. I knew this then, and I know this now. That alone helped me through the frustrations and heartaches of normal life. When I was in junior high school, I realized something else that helped me cope. Most teasing came from one of two places—people who were either jealous or ignorant (愚昧). I couldn39。t change the way they were, but I could change the way I felt. I was not going to feel bad because of their ignorance or jealousy. It wasn39。t worth it. Realizing this didn39。t stop them, or change the fact that these ments hurt. It did, however, give me a way to understand these people and deal with their treatment in a way that was okay for me. These things still happen today. It will probably happen the rest of my life. I will always be 7 feet, 6 inches ( meters) tall. I wouldn39。t change that for anything. People will always look because it is not every day that you see someone that tall. I learned that at a young age and I now try to teach my own children that they are unique and they matter. That is the message I give to you. Regardless of your race, religion, background, or circumstances ... Being different is okay.（1）The author mentioned his hometown to show us _______. A.he is from an ordinary familyB.his grandpa is strict with himC.he loves this lovely small townD.he had to do a lot of labor work（2）The author was often teased because _______. A.he grew up in a small townB.he was much taller than othersC.he fought with people easilyD.he didn39。t want people to watch him（3）What was the author39。s attitude towards being teased? A.He accepted the fact of being different and let it go.B.He felt angry failing to change others39。 opinions.C.He felt hurt hearing people39。s negative ments.D.He hated people39。s ignorance and jealousy.（4）Which of the following may best describe the theme of the passage? A.Everything es to the man who waits.B.It is the first step that is troublesome.C.Speech is silver, silence is gold.D.Keep your head up.【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了作者從小到大由于身高的特殊性受到了很多嘲笑和欺辱，但是作者并未此而感到沮喪．反而認(rèn)識到不管一個(gè)人的種族、宗教、背景或者所處的環(huán)境如何，與眾不同也是一種生活態(tài)度。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“ Castle Dale is a small town in central Utah”Castle Dale是“我”的家鄉(xiāng)，然后介紹了“我”在祖父的農(nóng)場長大每天做了很多雜事：給奶牛擠奶，喂雞、砍柴火等；暗示出從小我來自于一個(gè)普通的家庭，并沒有表現(xiàn)出特殊的地方。故選A。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“My unusual height caused people to look，ask questions，laugh，tease，and sometimes even challenge me to fight．”提到“我”從小身高特別高經(jīng)常受到周圍人的嘲笑。故案選B。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“I am different and that39。s Okay—I39。m unique and I matter. No one could ever take that away from me. I knew this then, and I know this now. “可知“我”自小雖然與眾不同，但是從內(nèi)心接受自己．以及最后一段中的“Regardless of your race, religion, background, or circumstances ... Being different is okay. ”可知，“我”走自己的路讓別人說去吧！故選A。（4）考查推理判斷。從整篇文章內(nèi)容來看，主要描述“我”從小到大由于身高的原因而與眾不同，并受到周圍人的取笑。但是“我”并為此感到自卑和沮喪，反而勇敢的接受自己并樂觀地積極面對。Keep your head up．“把頭抬起來”形象描述了“我”的心理狀態(tài)，符合題意。故選D。【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，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，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Samanta Schweblin, one of the best young Spanish language novelists nominated (提名) by British literary magazine Granta, has visited Beijing to promote the first Chinese edition of a collection of her short stories. The collection, Birds in the Mouth, has been translated and published by Shanghaibased publisher Reader. “Sometimes I hold the Chinese edition and choose a story at random and try to guess which one it is. But it is almost impossible for me。 even the length is different.” says Schweblin. “When a book is translated into a Western language, I can at least understand some parts of my stories, and therefore suffer some doubt about the quality of the translation. But my Chinese edition is more like an act of faith.” Born in Argentina in 1978, Schweblin says she is influenced by the literary traditions of the La Plata area, home to many famous LatinAmerican novelists. Interested in writing stories of ordinary lives where suddenly something extraordinary happens, something new, strange or unknown, she thinks, “The stranger and the unknown are not always related to ghosts or aliens, but can be something related to the known world, something that actually could happen.” Birds in the Mouth tells of a divorced father who worries about his 13yearold daughter and her mysterious appetites. It turns out that his daughter eats live birds. The idea for this story came to Schweblin when she was browsing the Internet, “Click, click, click, a picture of a little girl who looks frightened with her hands covering her mouth came to my eyes. Little by little, I developed the story in my mind, and then wrote it down” recalls Schweblin. Although there are elements of violence and bloodiness in Schweblin39。s stories, she skillfully hides them, thinking the trick to writing a thrilling story is to stop the monster from appearing, while maintaining a frightening and mysterious atmosphere.（1）Samanta Schweblin came to China to . A.pay a visit to BeijingB.translate her stories into ChineseC.help to make her book more popularD.publish her collection（2）When mentioning her Chinese edition, Schweblin thinks . A.she suffers some doubt about the quality of the translationB.her Chinese edition is slightly different f