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allet but with some added happiness that was tagged along! Hunter was on his way to attend his sister39。s wedding on a Las Vegasbound flight when he realized that he has misplaced his wallet, sometime during the journey. Hunter39。s family reached out to the Frontier flight to enquire if someone had handed it over to them. Unfortunately, there was no sign of the missing wallet. But wait. The story was far from over. Just a week after Hunter39。s sister39。s wedding, he received a package in his mail. And guess what? There was his wallet! Surprisingly, the wallet was not the only thing that was inside the package. It also had a handwritten note for Hunter which turned out to be a bonus! The piece of paper read,Hunter, Found this on a Frontier flight from Omaha to Denver — row 12, seat F wedged between the seat and wall. Thought you might want it back. All the best.. I rounded your cash up to an even $100, so you could celebrate getting your wallet back. HAVE FUN!!! Moved by the touching gesture, Hunter39。s mom, Jeannie Shamatt, decided to write a post on Facebook giving a detailed description of the incident. She also urged everyone to share the post as she would like to meet and greet the person behind the act of kindness, personally. Now, thanks to the astonishing power of social media, the post finally reached the man behind the note. The man was identified as Todd Brown and it was one of his coworkers who made sure Jeannie Shamatt39。s post reaches his colleague. Jeannie turned to Facebook again to thank Brown and his family for restoring her faith in humanity. I try to teach my children to do the right things in life, help people when you can regardless of the oute. This story is more about restoring faith in people than anything. We hear a lot of bad news but not enough good news. I personally want to thank Todd Brown and his wife for restoring faith that there are amazing people out there.(1)How did Hunter Shamatt get his wallet back? A.Todd Brown sent it back.B.The police mailed it back.C.He found the wallet by himself.D.The Frontier flight helped him get it back.(2)What things were found in the package? A.A wallet and a tag.B.A wallet and a note.C.A note and a tag.D.A mail and a tag.(3)How did Hunter39。s mom feel after receiving the package? A.Touched.B.Uninterested.C.Satisfied.D.Confused.(4)What does the author intend to convey? A.Friendship.B.Freedom.C.Kindness.D.Justice.【答案】 (1)A(2)B(3)A(4)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,敘述了Todd Brown撿到Hunter的錢包,將其寄還給Hunter的故事。體現(xiàn)了Todd Brown善良,拾金不昧的品質(zhì)。 (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Just a week after Hunter39。s sister39。s wedding, he received a package in his mail. And guess what? There was his wallet! … It also had a handwritten note … Hunter, Found this on a Frontier flight from Omaha to Denver — row 12, seat F wedged between the seat and wall. Thought you might want it back. All the best. … Now, thanks to the astonishing power of social media, the post finally reached the man behind the note. The man was identified as Todd Brown可知,Todd Brown撿到了Hunter的錢包,然后將它通過郵遞的方式寄還給了Hunter。故選A。 (2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的And guess what? There was his wallet! Surprisingly, the wallet was not the only thing that was inside the package. It also had a handwritten note for Hunter可知,包裹里不僅有錢包而且有一張便條。故選B。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的Moved by the touching gesture, Hunter39。s mom, Jeannie Shamatt, decided to write a post on Facebook可知,Hunter母親被Todd Brown拾金不昧的行為感動了。故選A。 (4)考查推理判斷。通讀全文可知,文章敘述了Todd Brown撿到Hunter的錢包,將其寄還給Hunter的故事。這個(gè)故事體現(xiàn)了Todd Brown善良,拾金不昧的品質(zhì)。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】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,同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。8.閱讀下列短文,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)。 . Pei, the ChineseAmerican, who was regarded as one of the last great modernist architects, has died at the age of 102. Although he worked mostly in the United States, Pei will always be remembered for a European project: His redevelopment of the Louvre Museum in Paris in the 1980s. He gave us the glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard, along with three smaller pyramids and a vast subterranean (地下的) addition to the museum entrance. Pei was the first foreign architect to work on the Louvre in its long history, and initially his designs were fiercely opposed. But in the end, the French—and everyone else—were won over. Winning the fifth Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1983, he was thought as giving the 20th century some of its most beautiful inside spaces and outside forms … His talent and skill in the use of materials approach the level of poetry. After studying architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Pei set up his own architectural practice in New York in 1955. Designing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library amp。 Museum in 1964 established him as a name. His East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1978 changed people39。s ideas of a museum. The site was an odd trapezoid (梯形) shape. Pei39。s solution was to cut it in two. The resulting building was dramatic, light and elegant—one of the first crowdpleasing cathedrals of modern art. Though known as a modernist, and notable for his forms based on arrangements of simple geometric (幾何的) shapes, he once urged Chinese architects to look more to their architectural tradition rather than designing in a western style. In person, . Pei was goodhumored, charming and unusually modest. His working process was evolutionary, but inn