【正文】 nsity of what he endures by its present suffering, but chiefly by the pain that rankles (使痛心)after it.”可知，人們對痛苦的感知往往后知后覺，故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ therefore, Hester Prynne passed through this portion of her suffering, and came to a sort of scaffold （刑臺），at the western end of the marketplace ”因此，海絲特白蘭度過了這一段痛苦，來到市場西端的一個刑臺前，可推知選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 Don39。t answer it, I said to Sam. Our door in the inner city is constantly knocked on。 our previous door in the suburbs rarely so. Sam has a fulltime job and cannot spend his days answering requests to fix leaking baths or carry cash to the bank. Sam opened the door and it was Mervin. There39。s a bird on the second floor, he said. It39。s in trouble. Sam followed Mervin upstairs. Mervin pointed and turned to let Sam look. It was a pigeon, the most mon of all birds, the bird most likely to foul (弄臟) your newly washed car. And it wasn39。t flying away. It was stamping in circles. As Sam bent to look, Mervin coughed, Number two. Sam asked him to repeat that. Number two, Mervin said. The pigeon has been sitting in his own number two, and now it39。s stuck to his foot.It had rained for five days, and the bird was young. It could have been sheltering in a wet nest of its own waste, which had then dried on its foot, preventing it from flying away. The pigeon moved in a few more circles. Sam bent to take another look. Mervin said, All right, then. and walked away. Why does everyone think you must solve the problems around here? I said to Sam when he returned with his story. It39。s a bird. Just leave it on the stairs, and let nature take its course. Sam didn39。t agree. Then he went to the garage and emptied the cardboard box containing our imported camping mats. He returned with the gray pigeon in the box. He showed the bird to our children and they decided to keep it. They put its foot in the warm water bath and got rid of its waste. Immediately the pigeon erupted in a bomb of feathers and began flying.（1）How did the author feel about the knocks? A.She felt bored.B.She was frightened.C.She got excited.D.She was surprised.（2）Why was the pigeon moving in circles? A.It was learning to fly.B.It was badly injured.C.It got caught in the rain.D.It was trapped by its waste.（3）What did Sam use the cardboard box to do? A.Shelter from rain.B.Give it to Mervin.C.Wash camping mats.D.Make a nest for the bird.（4）What can we learn about Sam from the text? A.He was brave.B.He was clever.C.He was warmhearted.D.He was easygoing.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了Sam如何救助一只鴿子。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“ Don39。t answer it ”及“Sam has a fulltime job and cannot spend his days answering requests to fix leaking baths or carry cash to the bank”可知，作者讓Sam不要應門，因為她對那些找Sam的人不斷的敲門感到厭煩。故選A。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段中的“It could have been sheltering in a wet nest of its own waste, which had then dried on its foot, preventing it from flying away”可知，鴿子棲身在自己糞便的濕窩里，其糞便在腳上晾干了，阻止它飛走。所以它是被自己的糞便困住了。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第八段中的“Then he went to the garage and emptied the cardboard box containing our imported camping mats. He returned with the gray pigeon in the box. He showed the bird to our children and they decided to keep it”可知，他把紙板箱倒空并用紙箱把鴿子帶回來養(yǎng)，所以推斷出Sam用紙板箱做鳥巢。故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。全文介紹了Sam如何救助一只鴿子，由此可以推斷出Sam很有愛心。故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Violette Childe, 67, is a dining panion who helps serve patients lunches. The role was introduced ten years ago by a dietitian concerning that some patients were not eating their meals. Many of our patients are elderly and can be confused by the noisy, busy environment of the hospital and so won39。t focus on eating. explains Yvonne DonglasMorris, head of volunteering, who oversees the activities of all 528 of the trusty volunteers. Staff are busy with the clinical side of things, so the dining panions were introduced. They will assist the patients and encourage them to eat. Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. It makes me feel a bit more plete, she says simply. Helping with the meals frees up the nurses to get on with other things. I believe in being a part of the munity and this hospital is part of my munity. Another key role is played by the discharge volunteers, who offer support to the elderly, especially those aged 70 and overleaving hospital to return to an empty home. The team has a budget of ￡10 per person and will pop to the shops and buy milk, bread and a meal to tide them over for the first few hours. They then call the patients regularly, for as long as they need, to check how they are getting on and if they need extra support. The volunteers in Kingston work from a dedicated officea small room in one of the buildings on the hospital grounds, where a Christmas tree decorated with baubles (小飾物) bearing the faces of volunteers sits in the corner. All the volunteers e and gather here, it gets very busy at times, smiles Nicola Hutin, 67, a discharge support volunteer. A mother of two, and grandmother of four, she was a membership coordinator (協(xié)調員) for a trade association until she retired, and has since volunteered at the hospital one morning a week for 18 months.（1）What can we learn about dining panions? A.Their working conditions are noisy.B.They are great assistants for doctors.C.They often make patients more nervous.D.The occupation existed more than ten years ago.（2）What does Violette think