【正文】 e 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溫暖，無論它們是多么的微不足道。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】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。7．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 The siesta petition took place in a supermarket, with plenty of shoppers, screaming babies, talking voices, and footsteps to take the petitors39。 attention away from their after lunch sleeps. Five bright blue sofas were laid out, and five petitors at a time were allowed to take a 20minute sleep. A doctor measured their pulse to time how long they actually spent on asleep. Competitors earned extra points for snoring (打鼾), sleeping in strange positions, or wearing silly pajamas (睡衣). The winners of each round advance to the next stage in the petition. It39。s amazing that any of those people would fall asleep in the middle of such a busy place, while on couches that they are not used to. Yet, many of them did. They hugged pillows or soft toy bears. They covered their eyes with sleep masks, too. Whatever it took to help them fall asleep fast and stay asleep. The siesta is a tradition in Spain that many feel is being forgotten. It used to be that people would take a brief nap after lunch every day. This would energize them, and keep them going for the rest of the day. Not to mention the health benefits of a good nap. But, that39。s all changing. People are too busy making money or watching gossip shows on TV after lunch to care about taking a nap. The National Association of Friends of the Siesta wants to bring Spain back to their traditional roots. They are doing this by having the siesta petition. They set up the petition to reward the best sleepers with money. Actually, they were paid to sleep. There are really health benefits to a midday nap. We could all learn from this tradition. It39。s a much better way to get more energy than drinking a cup of coffee. It is also believed that a nap, and in fact a good night39。s sleep, can help reduce heart disease. The more rested we are, the less stress we feel with daytoday life.（1）The underlined word siesta here probably means ________. A.oversleepB.night sleepC.a short sleep after supperD.a short sleep after lunch（2）In what situation did the petition take place? A.In a noisy place.B.In a quiet place.C.In a fortable place.D.In a familiar place.（3）When the petitors went to sleep, they could ________. A.have their own bedsB.use nothing to cover their eyesC.have doctors to help themD.use something to help them sleep（4）The petition is held because the Association wants to ________. A.know if people still know the traditional habitB.call on people to have their traditional habitC.do some research on how people sleepD.give people money in this way【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了一次“午睡比賽”。午睡比賽在一家超市舉行，有很多購物者、尖叫的嬰兒、說話的聲音和腳步聲，以分散競爭對手午飯后睡覺時的注意力。舉辦這項(xiàng)比賽是因?yàn)閰f(xié)會想要號召人們養(yǎng)成他們的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣。 （1）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第四段中的“The siesta is a tradition in Spain that many feel is being forgotten. It used to be that people would take a brief nap after lunch every day. ”午睡是西班牙的一項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)，許多人覺得這項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)正在被遺忘。過去，人們每天午飯后都會小睡一會兒。由此可知第一段中的劃線詞的意思是“午飯后的短睡”。故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“It39。s amazing that any of those people would fall asleep in the middle of such a busy place, while on couches that they are not used to.”令人驚訝的是，盡管在他們不習(xí)慣的沙發(fā)上，這些人中的任何一個會在這么繁忙的地方睡著。可知，比賽是在嘈雜的地方進(jìn)行的。故選A。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“They hugged pillows or soft toy bears. They covered their eyes with sleep masks, too. Whatever it took to help them fall asleep fast and stay asleep. ”他們抱著枕頭或柔軟的玩具熊。他們也用睡眠面罩蒙住眼睛。無論如何要幫助他們快速入睡并保持睡眠?？芍?，當(dāng)參賽者去睡時，他們可以用一些東西來幫助他們?nèi)胨?。故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“The National Association of Friends of the Siesta wants to bring Spain back to their traditional roots. ”National Association of Friends of the Siesta希望讓西班牙回歸傳統(tǒng)?！笨芍?，舉辦這項(xiàng)比賽是因?yàn)閰f(xié)會想要號召人們養(yǎng)成他們的傳統(tǒng)習(xí)慣。故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Fifty years ago I had a young family of three boys. My husband Johnny and I left them with a friend while we made a rare trip to the cinema in Liverpool. It was dark and pouring with rain but with the headlights shining on the road we saw something ahead of us. Johnny pulled to a stop and I jumped out, ran to the grass edge and grabbed a small, wet, and frightened creature. I wrapped it safely in my woollen hat and insisted that my husband turn back and head for home. We thought it was a baby rabbit because it had long ears and was grayishbrown in colour. Once home, we filled a box with tornup newspaper and a warm towel. We named our new animal Bobsy as we had no idea of its sex. Sadly though, on the third day with us, it caught its back foot in a door and we quickly realised it was broken. We rushed to the vet (獸醫(yī)), who said, It39。s only a rabbit, I39。ll put it to sleep. Our response was a very determined, No way !We found another vet and told that she was a baby hare. We were told we should continue to keep her in her box for a week and her foot would heal. After her recovery, Bobsy learnt to use the kitty litter tray. She would b her long ears with her front paws. The local paper heard about this and came to our house to take her photo and write a story about her. We had her for seven wonderful years before we moved to New Zealand and we will never forge