【正文】 ggled to get two electric heaters in place around the section of frozen pipes. The waterlines were buried except for a small piece that connected up to my house. I put a heater on each side of it, ran the extension cords(軟線)into my house and plugged them in. Both heaters roared to life and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipes. My fingers had already started to go numb, so I stayed inside to wait. I could only hope that this bit of warmth could get my water flowing again. Finally, after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again. I went back outside into the biller cold and gathered my heaters up. I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled with Thank you heavenward and returned inside to make myself a hot breakfast. Sometimes the coldness of this life can get to us as well. It can make our hearts feel icy and frozen. It can keep our kindness and love from flowing out to others. Sometimes, though, all we need is a bit of warnth to get us going again. It can be a simple smile, a kind word, a heartfelt hug, a morning sunrise, a bird39。s song or any gentle reminder of just how much God loves us. Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that gel us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of wannth for others every chance we get.（1）What was the direct reason why the water pipes were frozen? A.The jet stream.B.The low temperature.C.The cold wind.D.The author39。s own carelessness.（2）Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase roared to in Paragraph 2? A.Began functioning smoothly.B.Worked inappropriately.C.Broke down suddenly.D.Screamed out loudly.（3）What did the author think of his work? A.Embarassed.B.Satisfied.C.Mad with joy.D.Cautiously optimistic.（4）What is the last paragraph mainly centered on? A.The coldness of life has a negative effect on our life quality.B.We meet with the coldness of life unavoidably and unwillingly.C.We should be thankful for bits of warmth of life.D.We should seize every chance to receive warmth of life from others.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一個(gè)寒冷的冬天早晨，由于作者的粗心大意而使水管凍死，沒水可用。作者只得想盡辦法自己修復(fù)，最后得到了熱水做了早餐。作者從這件事得出，不要讓生活中的寒冷影響我們，要感激生活中給我們帶來的每一個(gè)溫暖。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“I had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets (水龍頭) were dry” 可知，頭天晚上我忘記了讓水龍頭的水一直處于滴水的狀態(tài)，現(xiàn)在水管凍結(jié)了，水龍頭也流不出水了。由此可知，導(dǎo)致水管凍結(jié)的直接原因是由于作者本人的疏忽。故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第二段中的“... and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipe…after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again”可知，兩個(gè)加熱器開始向凍結(jié)的水管吹熱空氣，…二十分鐘后，水又開始流過我的水龍頭。此處roared to life表達(dá)的含義應(yīng)該是兩臺(tái)加熱器開始正常運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)起來。分析選項(xiàng)可知A符合題意，故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled with Thank you heavenward and returned inside to make myself a hot breakfast.”中的smiled和“a joy filled with Thank you”可知，作者對(duì)自己的工作很滿意。故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that gel us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of warmth for others every chance we get.”可知，作者強(qiáng)調(diào)我們要感激生活中的每一個(gè)溫暖，無論它們是多么的微不足道。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 When my father married my mother in 1943, he gave my mother a 1937 crown coin and told her to keep it in the back of her purse and not to spend it. This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it. When I was married in 1970 my husband who had heard this story, obtained a 1937 crown coin for me and I have always kept it in my wallet, and I have always had enough for my needs. A friend recently fell on hard times, partly through external (外部的) circumstances and partly through poor planning. Friends and I have loaned her money, paid her bills, given her food, and even tried to teach her budget techniques, but none of them has been a solution. She has just slipped deeper and deeper into financial trouble and depression. Last week she looked pale and unwell, very depressed and hopeless, very sad for a friend to see and I then thought about how the crown coin, a physical reminder of another39。s care and love had protected me, so I went to the bank for a $ 100 dollarbill. I told my friend the story and asked her to keep the $ 100 in the back of her wallet. It turned out that she didn39。t have a wallet, so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins. She immediately felt better—I feel rich, and thank you for being a good friend, she said, and we were both a bit teary. I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I39。d never used, and thought, I39。ll give that to my friend. I opened it, and inside, found $ 100.（1）What did the 1937 crown coin from the author39。s father mean to her mother? A.His concern for her.B.His pity and protection for her.C.His care and love for her.D.His pride and respect for her.（2）Where did the author39。s friend keep the $ 100 dollarbill? A.In the back of her wallet.B.In a little pencil case.C.In the pocket of her raincoat.D.In the layer of her suitcase.（3）What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A.The author became rich all of a sudden.B.The author39。s friend would receive a wallet as a gift.C.The author39。s friend was not touched by her story.D.The author felt unfortable when receiving the bill.（4）What can be the best title for the text? A.A crown coinB.160