【正文】 D.75%（2）The words smiles are infectious means . A.smiles is a kind of illnessB.smiles keep people fitC.your smiles can make others warm and want to smile tooD.it39。s hard to make others smile（3）Which is the right picture to the last paragraph? A.B.C.D. （4）The passage mainly talks about . A.a boy39。s speech in classB.how to note cardsC.the fear of public speakingD.how to make a speech better【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了如何使得人們演講能力很出色。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 According to a study, there are 3 of every 4 people having such a problem 可知，一共有百分之75的人害怕在公眾場合說話，故選D。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 So if you want your speech to go off well, smile. That will make everyone smile and maybe those smiles will make you actually smile. 可知，微笑可以給人溫暖并且使得他人也笑，故選C。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段描述的是手勢，可知所選的圖片應(yīng)該是手的圖片，故選B。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)本文主要介紹了如何使得演講更好，可知文章的大意為如何使得演講更好，故選D。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題三種常考題型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。9．閱讀所給材料，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, and a poor man got it. The book wasn39。t very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum（羊皮紙）on which was written the secret of the Touchstone. The touchstone was a small pebble（鵝卵石）that could turn any mon metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this. The real stone would feel warn, while ordinary pebbles are cold. So the man sold his house, bought a tent, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up normal pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebbles hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold—throw it into sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into months and the months into years. One day, however, about midafternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it up. So when the one he wanted came along, he still threw it away. So it is with opportunity（機會）. Unless we are vigilant, it39。s easy to fail to realize an opportunity when it is in hand and it39。s just as easy to throw it away.（1）According to the passage, the touchstone is a stone __________. A.that you can touchB.that can turn mon metal into pure goldC.that can bring you thousands of pebblesD.that can bring you good luck（2）The man threw the touchstone into the sea because __________________. A.it was coldB.it was a normal pebbleC.he was too tired to hold itD.he had formed a habit（3）How did the man probably feel when he realized it was the touchstone? A.Excited.B.Moved.C.Interested.D.Regretted.（4）What39。s the meaning of the underlined word “vigilant” in the last paragraph? A.Brave enough.B.Hard—working enough.C.Careful enough.D.Strong enough.（5）What does the writer want to tell us? A.Opportunity knocks but once.B.Use it or lose it.C.Where there is a will, there is a way.D.Practice makes perfect.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）D（4）C（5）A 【解析】【分析】主要講了亞歷山大圖書館被燒毀后，一個窮人得到了僅存的一本書，書中介紹到：感覺溫暖的鵝卵石可以讓普通的金屬變成金子。他開始檢測鵝卵石，每次都把涼的鵝卵石扔進(jìn)大海里，最后他撿到了一顆溫暖的鵝卵石，但是因為習(xí)慣，他像以前一樣把石頭扔進(jìn)大海，最終才發(fā)現(xiàn)自己失去了一次機會。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)The touchstone was a small pebble（鵝卵石）that could turn any mon metal into pure ，故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)He was used to throwing each pebble into the sea as soon as he picked it ，故選D。 （3）推斷題。根據(jù)常識可知他意識到自己把溫暖的鵝卵石扔進(jìn)大海里時肯定感到后悔，regretted，故選D。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)后句可知失去機會是容易的，除非我們是仔細(xì)的，所以意思是仔細(xì)的，認(rèn)真的，即careful，故選C。 （5）主旨題。根據(jù)全文可知主要講了機會只有一次，故選A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題三種常考題型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。10．閱讀理解 When my brother and I were children, we spent a few weeks each summer in the countryside with our uncle. He was a geologist and loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university. More often than not, we followed him. One day, we left early and this time, our uncle gave us two backpacks. You can help me carry the samples（樣本）, he explained. Sure, why not? The whole day, we walked around the countryside, and every now and then, our uncle put stones in our bags. We were a bit surprised that sometimes he also took some stones out from our bags, but thought he had just found better samples. We reached the house in the late afternoon. The backpacks were so heavy that we were really tired out when we put them on the ground. Yet our uncle39。s backpack was halfempty. Why did you give us so many stones? we asked. I didn39。t. You did, he said, waiting for a while before continuing. You did not know it, but I made you go through a little attitude（態(tài)度） test today. What do you mean an attitude test? we wanted to know. It is something someone once did to me. You see, I listened to every word you said. And whenever you plained（抱怨） about anyone or anything, I added a stone to your bags. And whenever you talked about something in an attitude of positive thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks. We did. They were full. I hope you remember this little attitude test. You see, your negative（負(fù)面的） thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is. So look at those bags and start paying attention to what you say and how you say things. This little lesson was one of the most important I ever had. And I remember my uncle with great love for teaching us one of the most important lessons in lifethe