【正文】 sters.（4）What can be the best title for the text? A.A Popular Mexican Bakery Chain in HoustonB.Wait for the Eventual Rescue in a Big DisasterC.All Kinds of Disasters Caused by Hurricane Harvey in HoustonD.Bake Bread to Make a Difference in Face of Hurricane Harvey【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，Hurricane Harvey到來時(shí)面包店繼續(xù)烤面包所產(chǎn)生的意義。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread.”可知，Hurricane Harvey引發(fā)洪水后，面包店的工作人員自愿為他們的社區(qū)做面包。故選A。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Instead，we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others.”相反,我們應(yīng)該采取積極的行動(dòng)來拯救自己和幫助別人。由Instead可知與前句構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，再由positive可推知?jiǎng)澗€詞的意思是令人絕望的。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days,”可知，Hurricane Harvey造成休斯敦停電。故選B。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Whenever a disaster occurs, nobody should just feel forlorn. Instead, we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others. Our acts of kindness will make a big difference.”可知，文章講述的是Hurricane Harvey到來時(shí)面包店繼續(xù)烤面包所產(chǎn)生的意義。故選D。 【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。7．閱讀理解 Wilbur and Orville Wright were the two youngest sons of Bishop Milton Wright, Wilbur was born on a farm near Millville and Orville was born in August in the house the family would e to occupy for more than 40 years in Dayton. Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children, with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country. Orville and Wilbur would build duplicates（復(fù)制品）of these toys and bounce them off the ceiling. They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand. Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was, the more they saw it as a challenge. Exploring the unknown was such a joy for then that Orville once said, I can remember when Wilbur and I could hardly wait for the morning to e to get at something that interested us. That39。s happiness. Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. Orville designed and then built a printing press（印刷機(jī)）for this enterprise. At first, they did contract printing for other people, and soon one of their customers during the early 1890s was Father Milton39。s church. They also tried the newspaper business, and although their two newspapers, the West Side News and The Evening Item were considered to be of high quality, Dayton already had daily newspapers, so the Wrights soon returned to contract printing. Branching out into other areas, they also opened a bicycle business. Bicycling was the fastest growing sport in the country at that time, and their repair shop soon led them into building bicycles of their own design, often with tools of their own construction, such as the lathe（車床）driven by a onecylinder gasoline engine built by Orville. The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes. （1）What may inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright to be keen on flight in childhood？ A.Their experiences of taking a flight.B.Their wishes to travel by plane.C.The toys their father brought for them.D.Their interest in duplicating toys.（2）What kind of children were the Wright brothers？ A.Enthusiastic and curious.B.Quiet and modes.C.Naughty but clever.D.Stubborn but careful（3）What business did Wilbur and Orville enter shortly after high school？ A.The toy business.B.The printing business.C.The lathe business.D.The bicycle business.（4）What will possibly be discussed following this text？ A.Who guided them a lot on their way to success.B.What trouble they would meet in their business.C.Why they closed their bicycle shop suddenly.D.How the two brothers began to invent planes.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了 萊特兄弟是怎樣的發(fā)明飛機(jī)的過程。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children，with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country”奧維爾后來發(fā)現(xiàn)他和威爾伯對(duì)飛行第一次興趣是從他們小時(shí)候開始的，由于他們的父親從鄉(xiāng)村給他們帶回家的，用橡皮筋為動(dòng)力的直升機(jī)玩具，可知選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand”他們只是因?yàn)樗麄冞€不明白的原因 而對(duì)這些事情瘋狂 ；和第三段中的“Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was，the more they saw it as a challenge”兩個(gè)男孩都喜歡解決別人覺得困難的問題。問題越難，他們就越覺得這是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn) 可推出選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“ Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. ”把他們的天賦投入工作 中，孩子們高中畢業(yè)后不久就進(jìn)入了印刷業(yè)。 故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes”自行車店將提供生計(jì) ，允許他們?cè)陲w機(jī)上進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn) ，可知選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 8．閱讀理解 Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I was a director at 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 rewardi