【正文】 however, they were excellent. Working with them as they improved taught me new ways to show forgiveness, understanding, and patience.9．閱讀理解 根據(jù)第一段中的“Compassion（同情）is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate passion into action. ”可知，同情是我們內(nèi)心幫助別人的愿望，通過努力，我們可以把它轉(zhuǎn)化為行動(dòng)，也就是說作者從這個(gè)經(jīng)歷中學(xué)到了同情意味著以某種方式幫助別人，故選D。t allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job.”可知，商店的規(guī)定不允許先拿貨后付錢，作者想保住這份工作所以不敢違反規(guī)定，故選C。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查推理判斷。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Experience is better gained through practice.D.Obeying the rules means more than passion.B.He wanted to keep his present job.D.He considered the old man dishonest.B.Hurt and disappointed.（3）Why did the author refuse the old gentle man39。Poor and lonely.B.could not afford anything more expensive（2）Which of the following best describes the old gentleman? A.forgot to take his credit card with himB.promised to obey the store rules Just then, another man, standing behind the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable, “Charge it to me,” was all he said.t help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before, and what he would be like if fortune had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didn39。s not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款機(jī)）with a box of biscuits. He said he was out of cash, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day.8．閱讀理解 根據(jù)最后一段中的“My life is so much richer now that I am not a slave to that drive to be the best player I could be.”可知，現(xiàn)在作者的生活豐富多了，不再是那種想成為最好球員的欲望的奴隸，他與妻子克里斯蒂之間的關(guān)系一定會(huì)有了改善，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“The boy had had a coin in his hand all the time and was holding it securely in his tight little fist.”可知，男孩的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來是因?yàn)樗掷镞粋€(gè)硬幣，故選A。根據(jù)第二段中的“But once he opened his hand, it came out of the vase easily.”可知，一旦他放下手中的硬幣，他的手很容易就能從花瓶里拿出來；再根據(jù)第三段中的“I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me.”可知，作者聯(lián)想到自己曾經(jīng)抓住自認(rèn)為是重要的東西不放手，可知，作者用這個(gè)故事告訴我們需要放下生活中不重要的東西，故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me.”可知，作者由一個(gè)小男孩抓著硬幣的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來這個(gè)故事引發(fā)了對(duì)生活的思考——要抓住生活中真正重要的東西，放開不重要的東西，故選D。Kristi left the author in the end.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者由一個(gè)小男孩抓著硬幣的手卡在花瓶里拿不出來這個(gè)故事引發(fā)了對(duì)生活的思考——要抓住生活中真正重要的東西，放開不重要的東西。t regret what he had done.C.The author had his relationship with Kristi improved.B.He was afraid to break the vase.D.He didn39。money is not the most important for us（3）Why did the boy get his hand stuck in the vase? A.we need to drop the unimportant things in our lifeC.Holding On to What Is Important（2）The author tells the story about the boy and the vase to show ______. A.The Way of Keeping Balance in LifeC.t the most important thing to me, but I missed out on a lot of relationship building time. My life is so much richer now that I am not a slave to that drive to be the best player I could be.（1）Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A. I used to hold on to things in my life that I thought were so important to me. Early in my marriage, all I cared about was being the best volleyball player in the state of Wisconsin. One year, when Kristi was working shifts at General Motors, I played in 1,400 games, peting four nights a week and 40 out of 52 weekends. My team won over 1,000 games. Success on the volleyball court, but a huge loss in my relationship with my Kristi. The boy had had a coin in his hand all the time and was holding it securely in his tight little fist. And he wasn39。m doing, and then pull! But Dad, said the boy, if I do that, I39。s hand might be cut in the process. Yet he knew that if all else failed, there would be no other alternative. So he said to the boy, Now, let39。7．閱讀理解 作者寫釣魚主要也是想表達(dá)作者父親的建議對(duì)作者后來銷售工作的啟發(fā)，因此可推斷這篇文章可能來自關(guān)于銷售的書，故選B。 （5）考查推理判斷。”幾年后，努力為比我年長和富有得多的人推廣長期服務(wù)，我逐漸了解到我們需要的是像顧客那樣去思考。根據(jù)最后一段中的“ My dad never once said, ‘If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.’ What he said was, ‘You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote longterm services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers.’” 我爸爸從來沒有說過，“如果你想釣一條魚，你需要像漁夫一樣思考。根據(jù)作者對(duì)魚的研究，可知在水邊樹下的淺水中更容易找到魚，故選D。此外，在陽光直射下，水通常比在陰涼處溫暖。根據(jù)第二段中的“That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don39。是隨著我慢慢長大，我理解了父親的話，于是我買了很多關(guān)于魚的書和參加關(guān)于魚的俱樂部和會(huì)議去了解魚的特點(diǎn)及習(xí)性，可推斷作者的父親的話的含義就是要想抓到魚就應(yīng)該多研究魚，了解魚，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。我通常很沮喪，不停地問他為什么。t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why.” 當(dāng)我九歲的時(shí)候，我喜歡和我爸爸一起去釣魚。根據(jù)第一段中的“When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn39。s story【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）D（4）B（5）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者小時(shí)候同父親釣魚，作者父親的關(guān)于釣魚的建議給了作者在釣魚，尤其是后來的銷售工作中的一些啟示。D.a novel on childhoodB. . A.it difficult to sell services to poor people（5）This passage most likely es froms sales ideas reasonables fishing advice inspiringC.B. . A.in shallow water under waterside trees（4）After entering the business world, the author foundin shallow water under sunlightB.in deep water on sunny daysD.To learn fishing by himself.C.To read about fish.He could not influence a fish as his father did.（2）What did the author39。His father did not teach him fishing.B.t pletely make sense. My dad never once said, If