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s 30minute ride into town ended at a bike store, where they got more water and food for the dog. That was when Andrea Shaw, an accountant from Maine in town on business, happened by. The dog made a headed straight for her, licking and loving on her, says Dixon. Shaw was struck and, after learning what had happened, declared her intentions: I am keeping this dog.t taken off on him. He was injured, so he wasn39。s hind legs (后肢) into the back pockets of his cycling jacket. Then he hung the dog39。t leave him, Little said. Out there next to the Oxbow Meadows, he was going to bee the lunch of an alligator living in the river. Jarrett Little was road testing his mountain bike outside of Columbus, Georgia, when his riding partner, Chris Dixon, stopped suddenly. Something in the distance moving among the trees had caught her attention. It turned out to be a sandycolored fivemonthold puppy.9.閱讀短文,從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中,選出最佳選項?!备改附Y(jié)婚時,父親送給母親一枚1937年的王冠硬幣,讓母親時刻感到他的關心和愛,文章由此而展開,作者結(jié)婚時,丈夫也送她一枚王冠硬幣,然后作者又運用這枚王冠硬幣的影響(代表了另一個人的關心和愛)送給一個經(jīng)濟困難的朋友一張百元紙幣放在錢包里保護她,全文都是圍繞“王冠硬幣”而展開,故選A。 (4)考查主旨大意。d never used, and thought, I39。 (3)考查推理判斷。 (2)考查細節(jié)理解。 (1)考查細節(jié)理解。D.A hard lifeB.A crown coins friend was not touched by her story.D.s friend would receive a wallet as a gift.C.The author became rich all of a sudden.B.D.In the pocket of her raincoat.B.s friend keep the $ 100 dollarbill? A.D.His pity and protection for her.C.s father mean to her mother? A.d never used, and thought, I39。t have a wallet, so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins. She immediately felt better—I feel rich, and thank you for being a good friend, she said, and we were both a bit teary.s care and love had protected me, so I went to the bank for a $ 100 dollarbill. A friend recently fell on hard times, partly through external (外部的) circumstances and partly through poor planning. Friends and I have loaned her money, paid her bills, given her food, and even tried to teach her budget techniques, but none of them has been a solution. She has just slipped deeper and deeper into financial trouble and depression. When my father married my mother in 1943, he gave my mother a 1937 crown coin and told her to keep it in the back of her purse and not to spend it. This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it.8.閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段“Esther39。故選D。根據(jù)第四段中的“When I led her to the bedroom and showed her the surprise, Alisha stood in the doorway like a statue. ”當我把她帶到臥室,給她看這個驚喜時,Alisha像雕像一樣站在門口。所以為了哄她開心,以便她接受這頭豬,故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“It39??芍?,家里的另一半是他的終身伴侶,故選C。 (1)考查詞義猜測。A Lovely Pig Removing a Couple39。An Abandoned Pig Finding a Warm HomeC.She was frozen for a while.(4)What is the best title for the text? A.She showed interest in her.C.s reaction the moment she saw Esther? A.s arrival.D.To make an apology to her.C.Esther(2)Why did the author cook Alisha a meal? A.AlishaSteveLaura Esther39。 When I led her to the bedroom and showed her the surprise, Alisha stood in the doorway like a statue. It took her a few seconds to know what I had done. She plained about my unreasonable action. She insisted there was no more room in the house.d take the animal. When I got home with the pig, I hid her in the bedroom, and began to prepare a dinner for Alisha—her favourite bacon cheeseburgers. It39。s tough to bring a pig back to the house I share with two dogs, two cats, and my lifelong partner.t keep my mini pig.ve always been an animal lover. I39。 【點評】本題考點涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系,進行分析,推理,概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。可知,本文告訴我們的是人多力量大。 (4)考查主旨大意??芍?,出院志愿者為病人打電話來檢查他們的健康狀況。 (3)考查推理判斷??芍琕iolette覺得她的工作會給她一種歸屬感。根據(jù)第三段中的“Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. ‘It makes me feel a bit more plete,’” Violette是一名退休的圖書館經(jīng)理,她已經(jīng)幫了六年的忙。故選A。他們會幫助病人,鼓勵他們吃東西。t focus on eating. 我們的許多病人都是老年人,可能會被醫(yī)院嘈雜繁忙的環(huán)境所迷惑,因此不會集中精力吃飯。 (1)考查推理判斷。D.Many hands make light work.C.Ring to check their health condition.(4)Which of the following can best describe the theme of the text? A.Pay a visit to them at home C.She believes helping patients with meals is to free up the munity.(3)What does a discharge volunteer do for the patients? A.She finds it easy to plete her work.C.The occupation existed more than ten years ago.(2)What does Violette think of her work? A.They are great assistants for doctors.C. The volunteers in Kingston work from a dedicated officea small room in one of the buildings on the hospital grounds, where a Christmas tree decorated with baubles (小飾物) bearing the faces of volunteers sits in the corner. All the volunteers e and gather here, it gets very busy at times, smiles Nicola Hutin, 67, a discharge support volunteer. A mother of two, and grandmother of four, she was a membership coordinator (協(xié)調(diào)員) for a trade association until she retired, and has since volunteered at the hospital one morning a week for 18 months.(1)What can we learn about dining panions? A. Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. It makes me feel a bit more plete, she says simply. Helping with the meals frees up the nurses to get on with other things. I believe in being a part of the munity and this hospital is part of my munity. Many of our patients are elderly and can be confused by the noisy, busy environment of the hospital and so won39。6.閱讀理解 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“Finally, he finished. The word count now read‘498’.”以及倒數(shù)第二段中的“‘Perfect,’ he thought,‘ just under the word limit.’He knew this was the story that would win.”可知他寫了498個字,剛好在字數(shù)限制內(nèi),由此