【正文】 uld be. I had arranged to stay in a farmhouse outside a village in southern Italy. My schedule said that the plane would arrived in Italy at five o39。clock in the afternoon and it was a thirtyminute drive from the airport to the village. I wanted to get to my destination before it got dark, so I could have a drink, watch the sunset and enjoy an evening meal. The problems began at the airport. My plane was three hours late taking off. I walked around the airport, looked in the shops, and drank coffee in the cafes. I didn39。t eat anything. That was a mistake! When the plane finally took off, they gave me a cold, tasteless meal which I could not eat. We arrived in Italy in the early evening and I was feeling lightheaded from the lack of food. The sun was setting as I was collecting my bags! I missed it pletely! I went to the desk to find my hire car and that was when I discovered the next problem. The receptionist couldn39。t find my name in the puter and there were no more cars. There were no buses or trains to the village, and the taxis were in strike. The receptionist felt sorry for me. She phoned her brother, Alessandro, who agreed to take me to the village. I waited for Alessandro at the front gate and he arrived driving a very old car with smoke pouring out of the engine. We set off. Fifteen minutes later we broke down. I was tired and depressed, and very, very hungry. I began to think my parents were right. Maybe I was too young to travel on my own. Luckily, Alessandro was a mechanic. After an hour, he fixed the car and we started driving again. It was nearly midnight when we arrived at the farmhouse. A man opened the door and smiled. Come in, he said. We have been waiting for you. I sat with a group of the friendliest people I39。ve ever met and had a meal that was absolutely wonderful. And I39。m glad to say that the rest of my trip turned out to be exactly the same.（1）What time did the plane finally arrive? A.5 pm.B.5:30pm.C.8 pm.D.8:30pm.（2）How did the writer feel when he landed in Italy？ A.Hungry because he hadn39。t eaten for many hours.B.Tired because he hadn39。t slept on the plane.C.Angry because the plane was so late.D.Confused because no one was there to meet him.（3）Why did the writer miss the sunset? A.He was busy getting his bags.B.The plane arrived late in the night.C.The plane39。s window was closed.D.He didn39。t realise the time.（4）Which of the following is NOT a problem described by the writer? A.His plane was late.B.He lost his luggage.C.There were no taxis.D.His car broke down.（5）What was the writer39。s impression of Italian people? A.They were kind and friendly.B.They were formal and cold.C.They were nice but unorganised.D.They were casual and careless.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A（4）B（5）A 【解析】【分析】文章大意：本文主要講述作者第一次獨自旅游的經(jīng)歷，開始一系列不順利，但到達目的地后遇到了最友好的人們，余下的旅行都挺好。 （1）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第二段中My schedule said that the plane would arrived in Italy at five o39。clock in the afternoon和第三段第二句My plane was three hours late taking ，故選C。 （2）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第四段第一句We arrived in Italy in the early evening and I was feeling lightheaded from the lack of ，故選A。 （3）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第四段第二、三句The sun was setting as I was collecting my bags! I missed it pletely!可知他忙著拿他的包而錯過了日落，故選A。 （4）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第三段中The problems began at the airport. My plane was three hours late taking were no buses or trains to the village, and the taxis were in minutes later we broke “他丟了行李”是他遇到的問題，故選B。 （5）細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)最后一段中I sat with a group of the friendliest people I39。ve ever met and had a meal that was absolutely ，故選A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，本文主要涉及細節(jié)題，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案。9．閱讀理解 Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly（蝴蝶）. The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis（蛹）. Feeling sorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly es out easily. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn39。t struggle（掙扎；奮斗） to leave the chrysalis, it can39。t fly! The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly. When people are young, meeting and overing challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle. One famous businessman, who now owns many big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. His father39。s death forced him to mature fast. He had to bring up a family of nine people. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives. Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some activities for young people which provide them with challenges, like rockclimbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overe challenges. The young people of today will bee the leaders of tomorrow. For countries to continue to bee successful, it is important that the young people learn to meet challenges and overe them.（1）From the story we know that the butterfly can39。t fly because ________. A.it gets out by itselfB.the man feels sorry for itC.it tries to challenge itselfD.the man helps it e out（2）Dennis39。s example shows that successful people should ________. A.overe the difficultiesB.take up business earlyC.bee the leaders of tomorrowD.sell clothes from door to door（3）The meaning of the underlined word mature in the passage i