【正文】 waited until he jumped into the taxi. La Guardia Airport, please, he said. As always, I wondered about my passenger. What do you do? I am working at the hospital. For some unknown reason, I decided to ask for his help. Could I ask a favor of you? He didn39。t answer. I have a son, 16. He39。s doing well in school. He wants a job this summer. Is there any possibility that you might get him a summer job? After a minute, he said, The medical students have a research project. Maybe he could fit in. Have him send me his school records. He searched his pocket and handed me a card. That evening, I pulled the card from my pocket. Robbie, I said proudly, This could be a summer job for you. Send him your school records. He read it out loud, Fred Plum, New York Hospital. Is this a joke? he said in doubt. After I shouted and threatened (恐嚇) to cut off his pocketmoney, Robbie promised to send off his grades the next morning. Two weeks later, when I arrived home, my son handed me a letter from Plum. He was to phone Plum39。s secretary for an interview. Robbie got the job. The white coat he wore made him feel more important than he really was. As high school graduation neared, Plum was kind enough to write letters of remendation (推薦) for universities. At last, Robbie was admitted to New York Medical College. It never happened to me that a stranger should change my son39。s future.（1）The author threatened to cut off Robbie39。s pocketmoney probably because _________. was tired after a day39。s work. didn39。t earn enough money. was unwilling to work. didn39。t believe what he said.（2）It can be inferred from the passage that Plum is _________. and selfless. and careful. and helpful. and handsome.（3）What message does the passage want to tell us? stranger may change your life. must be friendly to strangers. father should be responsible for his son. may have a great effect on people.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A 【解析】【分析】本文主要講述一名作為出租車司機的父親求助他的醫(yī)生乘客為他的兒子求得一份暑期工作，最終他的兒子被紐約醫(yī)學(xué)院錄取了，陌生人也可能改變你的生活。 （1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中“Is this a joke?” he said in doubt. After I shouted and threatened (恐嚇) to cut off his pocketmoney, Robbie promised to send off his grades the next morning. “這是個玩笑嗎?”他懷疑地說。在我大喊大叫并威脅要切斷他的零用錢后，Robbie答應(yīng)第二天早上把他的成績寄出去。可知，作者威脅切斷了他的零用錢，是因為作者不相信羅比所說的。故選D。（2）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中“The medical students have a research project. Maybe he could fit in. Have him send me his school records.”“ 醫(yī)學(xué)院的學(xué)生有一個研究項目。也許他能適應(yīng)。讓他把他的成績單寄給我?！焙偷箶?shù)第二段中As high school graduation neared, Plum was kind enough to write letters of remendation (推薦) for universities.“隨著高中畢業(yè)的臨近，Plum好心地為大學(xué)寫了推薦信。”可知Plum是一個親切好心、樂于助人的人。故選C。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段It never happened to me that a stranger should change my son39。s future.“我從未想過一個陌生人會改變我兒子的未來。”可知，文章想告訴我們陌生人可能改變你的生活。故選A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。推理判斷題是?？嫉念}型，在閱讀時，抓住文章主題和細(xì)節(jié)，分析文章結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)在的聯(lián)系，挖掘文章的深層含義。8．閱讀理解 The United States is home to 562 recognized American Indian Nations each with its own language. Yet the number of native. Americans with the ability to speak their tribe39。s language has decreased over the past century. Now, Indian Nations are trying different ways to expand the number of native speakers, and increase interest in their munities to learn tribal languages. Since the late 1800s many American Indian children have attended boarding schools. At that time, Indian children were required to attend schools by law, and the government forced Indian families to send their children to such schools. The children were separated from their families. and given English name The teachers often taught native American students in English, instead of the language of their parents. They were told they needed to learn English in order to get a job, earn money and buy a house or nice things. However, fearing a loss of history and culture, the Indian Nations are experimenting with new ways to increase the language ability of tribal members. At least one organization is turning to modern technologyThe Sealaska Heritage Institute, a nonprofit group, has developed two apps for speakers of the Tlingit language. The Learning Tlingit app serves as a reference for important language topics such as conversation phrases, number, and letters. The Tlingit tribe has about 10, 000 members. They live mainly in southeastern Alaska. But as of 2013, the tribe had only 125 native speakers left. in addition, very few young people are able to speak Tlingit. Currently there are two apps, called Learning Tlingit and Tlingit Language Games. The Learning Tlingit app serves as a language guide. It provides Tlingit words and expressions, the tribal alphabet, as well as a basic list of the words included. With the Tlingit Language Games app, users are given a choice of different places of environments, like a house, forest or ocean.（1）What is the problem the native Americans are facing now? number of native Americans has been increasing. and fewer native Americans speak their own language. native language has been extinct.39。s hard to increase the interest of hearing native languages.（2）What will be the result if more and more native Americans only speak English? will get better jobs and higher pay. will teach their own children to speak English. will lose their history and culture. will get along well with the government.（3）What can we know about Tlingit? can help the native people know some language topics. can help the: native people earn money and buy a. house or nice things is a very popular app among the native speakers is a native language spoken by fewer than 200 people.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? Indian tribes39。 efforts to increase native speakers. for the disappearance of some American Indian languages. to help the native tribes lead a traditional life. popularity of the language learning apps.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，美國的印第安人正在使用新的方法來增加本族語言的使用，否則，他們的本族語言將面臨嚴(yán)重的危機。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Yet the number of native. Americans with the ability to speak their tribe39。s language has decreased over the past century. ”但是能說他們本族語言的本地美國人的數(shù)量在過去的一個世紀(jì)中已將減少?？芍?，會說本族語的美國土著的人數(shù)在過去的一個多世紀(jì)中已經(jīng)減少了，故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段中的“However, fearing a loss of history and culture, the Indian Nations are experimenting with new ways to increase the language ability of tribal members.”然而，害怕失去自己的歷史和文化，許多印第安部落嘗試新的方法來提升族人的本族語使用能力?？芍?，如果越來