【正文】 cets(水龍頭)were dry. The wind cut into me like a knife while I struggled 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(lái)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(cè)。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(guò)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(lái)。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(wú)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(cè)，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A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 We39。ve all had cases where we39。ve waited just a bit too long to pay an electric bill or speeding ticket. But one man, from California by reasonable assumption, who goes by Dave, recently took procrastination (拖延) one step further, by paying a parking ticket almost a halfcentury after it was given. In December 2018, the Minersville Police Department in Pennsylvania received a letter in the mail. Whoever wrote the letter decided it was best to keep his name somewhat unknown, so he put the return address as Wayward Road, Anytown California under the name Feeling guilty. When the officers opened the envelope, they found a brief letter, along with a $5 bill, and a parking ticket dating all the way back to 1974. The note read, Dear PD, I39。ve been carrying this ticket around for 40 plus years always intending to pay. Forgive me if I don39。t give you my info. With respect, Dave. Even though the initial parking ticket was only for $2, Dave must have felt awfully guilty because he left 150 percent, or $3, in interest. Michael Combs, the Police Chief of the Minersville Police Department, stated in an interview that the same ticket would cost about $20 if it were given today. Combs went on to share that the original ticket from 1974 was given to a vehicle that had an Ohio license plate. Because there was no system for tracking tickets given to outofstate cars back then, Dave could have gotten away with never paying the $2 fine. But apparently, guilt got the best of him, and he decided to finally cough up the money more than 40 years past its due date.（1）How much do we know about Dave? A.He lives in Wayward Road, Anytown California.B.The police are trying to find out more about him.C.His car probably came from Ohio at that time.D.Dave is of course the man39。s real name indeed.（2）Why didn39。t Dave pay for the parking ticket until recently? A.He pletely forgot about it in the past 44 years.B.He didn39。t find it until almost half a century later.C.He failed to find out who he should pay the money to.D.He didn39。t pay for it just because of procrastination.（3）What drove Dave to pay for the parking ticket at last? A.A strong sense of guilt.B.Fear of being tra