【正文】 out in pain. But the hand was stuck fast. How would they get it out? The father suggested breaking the vase but it was quite valuable and the child39。s hand might be cut in the process. Yet he knew that if all else failed, there would be no other alternative. So he said to the boy, Now, let39。s make one more try. Open your hand and stretch your fingers out straight, like I39。m doing, and then pull! But Dad, said the boy, if I do that, I39。ll lose my penny! The boy had had a coin in his hand all the time and was holding it securely in his tight little fist. And he wasn39。t prepared to open his hand and lose the penny. But once he opened his hand, it came out of the vase easily. I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me. Early in my marriage, all I cared about was being the best volleyball player in the state of Wisconsin. One year, when Kristi was working shifts at General Motors, I played in 1,400 games, peting four nights a week and 40 out of 52 weekends. My team won over 1,000 games. Success on the volleyball court, but a huge loss in my relationship with my Kristi. When I finally let go, I looked back at what I had done and was ashamed. Not only did I show my wife she wasn39。t the most important thing to me, but I missed out on a lot of relationship building time. My life is so much richer now that I am not a slave to that drive to be the best player I could be.（1）Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A.The Beautiful Vase in Your LifeB.The Way of Keeping Balance in LifeC.My Dream of Being the Best Volleyball PlayerD.Holding On to What Is Important（2）The author tells the story about the boy and the vase to show ______. A.how naughty a little boy can beB.we need to drop the unimportant things in our lifeC.a little boy may do something sillyD.money is not the most important for us（3）Why did the boy get his hand stuck in the vase? A.He had a coin in his hand.B.He didn39。t know how to stretch his fingers.C.He was afraid to break the vase.D.His hand was hurt inside the vase.（4）What can we infer from the last paragraph? A.The author had his relationship with Kristi improved.B.The author didn39。t regret what he had done.C.The author still plays volleyball as much as before.D.Kristi left the author in the end.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由一個(gè)小男孩抓著硬幣的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來這個(gè)故事引發(fā)了對(duì)生活的思考——要抓住生活中真正重要的東西，放開不重要的東西。 （1）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第三段中的“I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me.”可知，作者由一個(gè)小男孩抓著硬幣的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來這個(gè)故事引發(fā)了對(duì)生活的思考——要抓住生活中真正重要的東西，放開不重要的東西，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“But once he opened his hand, it came out of the vase easily.”可知，一旦他放下手中的硬幣，他的手很容易就能從花瓶里拿出來；再根據(jù)第三段中的“I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me.”可知，作者聯(lián)想到自己曾經(jīng)抓住自認(rèn)為是重要的東西不放手，可知，作者用這個(gè)故事告訴我們需要放下生活中不重要的東西，故選B。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“The boy had had a coin in his hand all the time and was holding it securely in his tight little fist.”可知，男孩的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來是因?yàn)樗掷镞粋€(gè)硬幣，故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“My life is so much richer now that I am not a slave to that drive to be the best player I could be.”可知，現(xiàn)在作者的生活豐富多了，不再是那種想成為最好球員的欲望的奴隸，他與妻子克里斯蒂之間的關(guān)系一定會(huì)有了改善，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，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．閱讀理解 Old wives tales are beliefs passed down from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents39。 telling us to eat more of certain foods of not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time. Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜）is good for you ,too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds. Unfortunately, not all of Mom39。s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don39。t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives39。 tales. After much of this knowledge has been accumulated (積累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care. We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.（1）Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A.Eating garlic is good for our eyes.B.Carrots prevent people from catching colds.C.Swimming after a meal is dangerous.D.Sticky sweets tend to damage our teeth.（2）According to the passage, what does the underlined phrase hold water mean? A.To be believable.B.To be valuable.C.To be admirable.D.To be suitable.（3）Why do we need to respect the body of knowledge in the old wives39。 tales? A.Because it is told by our ancestors.B.Because it is scientifically supported.C.Because it is based on many years39。 experience.D.Because it is related to family health care.（4）What is the author39。s attitude toward old wives39。 tales in the text? A.SubjectiveB.ObjectiveC.DissatisfiedD.Curious【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】中國有句俗話：不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前。本文客觀評(píng)價(jià)了保持身體健康的 老人言的正確性。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三自然段的最后一句 Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. 用谷物制成的粘性糖果比用單糖制成的糖果容易引起更多的問題。故選D。 （2）詞義猜測(cè)題