【正文】 them, and respected them. I got in touch with others to show my thanks. I went down into the city once a week and tried to help the homeless. I woke up every morning and listed everything I was thankful to in my life.（1）The writer didn39。t tell Grandpa his love because ________ to say love to grandpa before. A.he was too shyB.he was too afraidC.he was too busyD.he had no chances（2）The underlined word gratitude means ________. A.excitementB.surpriseC.worryD.thanks（3）The writer wants to tell us ________. A.how to take care of othersB.how to help others out of troubleC.how to stay in touch with othersD.how to share feelings with others（4）How did the writer39。s feelings change? 【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）D（4）The writer39。s feelings has changed from sorrow to gratefu. （答案不唯一，合理即可） 【解析】【分析】文章大意：這篇短文主要講述了祖父重病住院，我前去探望，想要告訴他我是多么的愛他。這件事改變了我，從那以后，我開始告訴我身邊的人，我多愛他們，關(guān)心他們，尊重他們。并和他們保持經(jīng)常聯(lián)系。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段Still feeling shy, I decided not to leave his bedside without letting him know.可知我還是很害羞，決定不讓他知道就不離開他的床邊。故選A。 （2）詞義猜測題。由第四段第三句I cried out, Grandpa, I just want to let you know how much I love you. I hope you already know that yet.可知作者想表達(dá)對外公的感激，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由根據(jù)最后一段提到From then on, I began telling people how much I love them, care for them, and respect 。故選D。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由根據(jù)最后一段提到I went down into the city once a week and tried to help the homeless. I woke up every morning and listed everything I was thankful to in my ，由對爺爺病重的悲痛，到最后想對家人表達(dá)自己的愛，以及感激生活，報(bào)答社會，故答案為 The writer39。s feelings has changed from sorrow to grateful（答案不唯一，合理即可） 。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解，首先通讀全文，了解全文大意，其次分析問題，抓住關(guān)鍵詞，在文中尋找相關(guān)信息，確定答案，最后再檢查一遍，確保答案正確。14．閱讀理解 A 16yearold Australian girl drove her bright pink ship out of Sydney Harbor on Sunday to begin her beautiful travel. She wanted to bee the youngest person to sail solo（單人）around the world. After saying goodbye to her parents beside the sea, Jessica sailed her 10meter ship out of Sydney harbor, smiling to wellwishers. Her plan is to make a 38thousandkilometer journey. Although people are not sure someone so young could make it, the girl and her parents insisted she was an experienced and good sailor. On the eve of her traveling, she said she was fully prepared. Jessica said, I suppose it39。s a big, scary（恐怖的）, and possibly risky（冒險的）thing to do, but yes, there39。s plenty of different risks, but it can39。t beat me. Jessica39。s trip is to last about eight months. In August, a 17yearold British boy, Mike, wanted to be the youngest solo roundtheworld sailor. He made a 45thousandkilometer trip in nine months. （1）What color is the girl39。s ship? A.Yellow.B.Blue.C.Pink.D.Red.（2）Where did she begin her journey? A.From Sydney Harbor.B.From Pearl Harbor.C.From Dalian Harbor.D.From a harbor in Japan.（3）Her plan is to make a thousand kilometer journey. A.18B.28C.38D.48（4）How long will her journey last about? A.Seven months.B.Eight months.C.Nine months.D.Ten months.（5）Which country is Mike from? A.America.B.Australia.C.Canada.D.England.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）C（4）B（5）D 【解析】【分析】短文大意：一個16歲的澳大利亞女孩從悉尼出發(fā)，開始了為期8個月的旅行，她已經(jīng)全部準(zhǔn)備好了，迎接這個挑戰(zhàn)，在8月一個英國男孩在9個月創(chuàng)下了航海記錄。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 A 16yearold Australian girl drove her bright pink ship out of Sydney Harbor on Sunday to begin her beautiful travel 可知，這個女孩的船的顏色是紫色的，故選C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 A 16yearold Australian girl drove her bright pink ship out of Sydney Harbor on Sunday to begin her beautiful travel 可知，她從悉尼海港出發(fā)，故選A。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 Her plan is to make a 38thousandkilometer journey 可知她的計(jì)劃是做一個38000千米的旅行，故選C。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 Jessica39。s trip is to last about eight months可知她的旅行會持續(xù)8個月，故選B。 （5）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 In August, a 17yearold British boy, Mike 可知，Mike來自英國，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】考查細(xì)節(jié)題，做此類題首先熟悉文章大意，熟悉問題，帶著問題到文章找出答案，即可。15．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Do you know where . Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books? She wrote the first book in a coffee shop. Was it because she felt more creative when working there? The answer might be yes. Scientists found that moderate （適度的） noise can make people more creative, The New York Times reported. Scientists did tests on students. They divided them into four groups. They then asked the students to do certain tasks involving creative thinking. But each group did the task with different volumes （音量） of background noise. They found that students did best when working under moderate noise—70