【正文】 t a pany in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。t pletely unexpected. I signed a pile of papers and left the pany. So, 40 plus years of employment was over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and producing biodegradable(可生物降解的)packaging from waste. This is called clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year. Five years later, I39。m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we39。ve done. And I am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. But what I really long for is to find other firsttime entrepreneurs(企業(yè)家)who are my age. I want to connect with them. So I want to do something about that in a few years. I want us to start talking more about people who don39。t bee entrepreneurs until they are seniors. And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a munity.（1）What happened to the author nine years ago? A.He retired from his former pany.B.He failed an interview.C.He had a good family background.D.He changed his job to a better one.（2）Why was the new business meaningful to the author? A.It was beneficial to the environment.B.It developed a clean technology.C.It provided jobs for lots of people.D.It brought in quite a lot of money.（3）What is the author39。s attitude to the development of his own pany? A.Cautious.B.Disappointed.C.Ambiguous.D.Positive.（4）What does the author plan to do in the future? A.To do something else about environment.B.To help people who want to bee successful.C.To meet more people from different backgrounds.D.To build a munity for senior entrepreneurs.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了64歲的作者退休后開創(chuàng)了自己的事業(yè)，成為一位老年企業(yè)家的故事。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。t pletely unexpected.及第二段中的“Retirement was not a choice for me.可知，9年前的那個會議是64歲的作者的離職面談，由此可知，9年前作者從原來的公司退休了，故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year.可知，新事業(yè)對作者很有意義是因為它每年可以幫助減少數(shù)十億磅的一次性塑料包裝的浪費，也就是對環(huán)境有好處，故選A。 （3）考查觀點態(tài)度。根據(jù)第三段中的“Five years later, I39。m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。ve won more than 20 awards for the work that we39。ve done.可知，作者的公司每年的收入都翻番，而且還與一個合作者一起贏得了20多個獎項，由此可知，作者對自己公司的發(fā)展的態(tài)度是積極的，故選D。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a munity.可知，作者計劃將來為來自不同行業(yè)、地區(qū)和國家的老年企業(yè)家建立一個社區(qū)，故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和觀點態(tài)度兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理，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四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 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 forget her.（1）Why did Johnny stop his car suddenly? A.He came across a friend.B.The headlights went out.C.His car broke down on the road.D.He noticed something in front of him.（2）What happened to the little animal on its third day? A.It slept on a door.B.It was stuck in a door.C.Its foot got seriously injured.D.It fell off from the top of a door.（3）Which best describes the family39。s attitude towards the rabbit? A.ConsiderateB.CruelC.HopelessD.Indifferent（4）What is the passage mainly intended to do? A.To tell the importance of protecting small animals.B.To remember unusual experiences with a small rabbit.C.To persuade people to give generously and receive thankfully.D.To make the rabbit widely known to local people by paper.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，50年前作者一家人與一只被撿來的小兔子的故事，作者一家人永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記它。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的It was dark and pouring with rain but with the h