【正文】 into sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into months and the months into years. One day, however, about midafternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away. So it is with opportunity（機會）. Unless we are vigilant, it39。s easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and it39。s just as easy to throw it away.（1）According to the passage, the touchstone is a stone __________. A.that you can touchB.that can turn mon metal into pure goldC.that can bring you thousands of pebblesD.that can bring you good luck（2）The man threw the touchstone into the sea because __________________. A.it was coldB.it was a normal pebbleC.he was too tired to hold itD.he had formed a habit（3）How did the man probably feel when he realized it was the touchstone? A.Excited.B.Moved.C.Interested.D.Regretted.（4）What39。s the meaning of the underlined word “vigilant” in the last paragraph? A.Brave enough.B.Hard—working enough.C.Careful enough.D.Strong enough.（5）What does the writer want to tell us? A.Opportunity knocks but once.B.Use it or lose it.C.Where there is a will, there is a way.D.Practice makes perfect.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）D（4）C（5）A 【解析】【分析】主要講了亞歷山大圖書館被燒毀后，一個窮人得到了僅存的一本書，書中介紹到：感覺溫暖的鵝卵石可以讓普通的金屬變成金子。他開始檢測鵝卵石，每次都把涼的鵝卵石扔進大海里，最后他撿到了一顆溫暖的鵝卵石，但是因為習慣，他像以前一樣把石頭扔進大海，最終才發(fā)現(xiàn)自己失去了一次機會。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)The touchstone was a small pebble（鵝卵石）that could turn any mon metal into pure ，故選B。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it ，故選D。 （3）推斷題。根據(jù)常識可知他意識到自己把溫暖的鵝卵石扔進大海里時肯定感到后悔，regretted，故選D。 （4）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)后句可知失去機會是容易的，除非我們是仔細的，所以意思是仔細的，認真的，即careful，故選C。 （5）主旨題。根據(jù)全文可知主要講了機會只有一次，故選A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題三種?？碱}型，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。9．閱讀理解 What can we learn from the special, very successful people in the world who make the impossible possible? Lesson 1: Ways of creative thinking are needed Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves because they like to develop their own ways of thinking. They think standard ways of teaching might stop people from being creative and having new ideas. Lesson 2: The answer might not be what you expect Find your answers from factsnot start with an expectation of what you will find. Stephen Jacobsen from Northwestern University believed what he was taught: that water on the Earth came from icy ets（封星）or planets which hit into the Earth. However, by studying a special rock, he discovered that it acts like a sponge. This suggests that the Earth39。s water may have e from inside, driven to the surface to form the oceans, by geological activities. I had a pretty hard time making others believe it, he said. But think about the fact that you may be the first person to see something for the first time that doesn39。t happen very often. When it does, it39。s amazing. Lesson 3: A little luck goes a long way Years of planning went into a recent achievement in space travel. The European Space Agency39。s Philae, a robot landing craft, met up with Comet 67P, which is 480 million kilometres away. The trip from the Earth by Philae had taken ten years! The scientists had no idea what the surface of the et would be like. If the landing failed, it would be impossible to get information from the spacecraft. Twenty years of work would have been wasted. When Philae tried to land, it bounced（彈起）away from the et39。s icy surface twice. Luckily, however, Philae landed successfully and began sending information back to the Earth.（1）Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn39。t finish college because . A.they preferred to learn by themselvesB.they needed standard ways of teachingC.their teachers didn39。t like their new ideasD.their teachers weren39。t able to teach them（2）In Lesson 2, the writer mainly wants to tell us that . A.we should get answers from factsB.we can believe what we are taughtC.it39。s hard to make others believe somethingD.an expectation can help get an answer in research（3）The example Philae in Lesson 3 shows that . A.Comet 67P is not far away from the EarthB.it tookPhilae20 years to reach Comet 67PC.Philae landed on Comet 67P with a little luckD.scientists knew nothing about the surface of Comet 67P（4）The best title for this passage is . A.Ways of discoveringB.Lessons for successC.Ways of being specialD.Lessons for experiments【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】文章大意：我們能從世界上那些使不可能的事情成為可能的特別的、非常成功的人身上學到什么呢？第一要有需要創(chuàng)造性思維的方式；第二從事實中找出你的答案，而不是從對你將要找到的東西的期望開始。第三要有一點點運氣，從事實中找出你的答案，而不是從對你將要找到的東西的期望開始。 （1）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù) Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of college. They prefer to teach themselves可知，比爾蓋茨和馬克扎克伯格喜歡自學，所以退學，故答案是A。 （2）主旨大意題，根據(jù)Find your answers from factsnot start with an expectation of what you will find. 可知，第二課主要說的是要從事實中找答案，故答案是A。 （3）邏輯推理題，根據(jù)第三顆主要說的是要有點運氣，但是彗星67P上環(huán)境如何無人知道，成功與否無人知道，這就需要一點運氣了，故答案是C。 （4）標題判斷題，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，這三課都是從成功那里學到的，也是為了成功，故答案是B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)理解題、邏輯推理題、標題判斷題和主旨大意題。細節(jié)理解題要可以直接從文中尋找答案；文章出處題需要根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容確定其來源；邏輯推理題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息；標題判斷題需要在充分理解文章的基礎上，總結中心思想，凝練句式，最終確定答案；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。10．閱讀理解 We are often asked to make a speech in life. Most of us are afraid of it and don39。t do a good job. Here are some simple steps to make your speech a successful one. First of all, find out everything you can about your subject and at the same time find out as much as you can about your audience. Who are they? What do they know about your subject? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech. Then try to arrange your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible. Never forget your audience. Don39。t talk over their heads or talk down to them. When you are giving your speech, speak slowly and clearly, look