【正文】 Sports are also an event that unites people. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. People on all continents play it — some for fun and some for a living. Nicolette Iribarne, a Californian soccer player, has discovered a way to spread hope through soccer. He created a foundation to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a promising future. s games have a practical side. Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grownups. For instance, some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones, which sharpens the handeye coordination (協(xié)調(diào)) needed in hunting. Think about some of the games you played as a young child, such as ropejumping and hideandseek. Such games are entertaining and fun. But perhaps more importantly, they translate life into exciting dramas that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives, such as taking turns and cooperating . 9．閱讀理解 故選C。根據(jù)最后一段可知，David在作者的店里勤勤懇懇工作了十八年,還受到了顧客的贊揚(yáng)。故選A。這時(shí)作者正好看到David進(jìn)來,于是叫他過來幫忙。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二中的“He requested that I give David an interview just for practice.”可知,他要求作者給David進(jìn)行一次面試,僅僅只是為了練習(xí)。在跟他們一起工作的日子里,作者學(xué)會(huì)了寬恕、理解和耐心。the author prefers David to be more outgoing【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，David是作者的一位雇員,雖然他不善言辭,但勤懇踏實(shí)的工作態(tài)度贏得了顧客的贊美。David has had his character changed through workC.. A.David kept showing upD.he needed someone who was willing to work thenB.show sympathy for him（2）The author finally hired David because give him some practiceC.find a person who is reliablet talk, but he really shows you how to operate a lawn mower!”（1）The author gave David an interview to David worked for my bicycle shop for eighteen years. He came to work every day thirty minutes early. He could talk。 When David came in for the interview, he hardly said a word. I told him what we did at the bicycle shop and showed him around. I told David to keep showing up because the number one thing an employer wanted in an associate was dependability. David was very quiet (he was evaluated as a slow learner in school).Every ten days or so, for weeks after the interview, David walked into the bicycle shop and stood by the front door. He never said a word, just stood by the door. however, they were excellent. Working with them as they improved taught me new ways to show forgiveness, understanding, and patience.8．閱讀理解 作者聽到父母談話，到看到照片感悟?qū)頃?huì)更好，可知文本最好標(biāo)題為B項(xiàng)，故選B?？芍髡哂上容厒兘?jīng)歷的事情得出結(jié)論，未來會(huì)更美好，故選B。根據(jù)第三段中的“ I believe tomorrow will be better than today that the world my generation grows into is going Lo get better， not worse． Those pictures helped me understand why．”我相信明天會(huì)比今天更好﹣﹣我這一代人成長(zhǎng)的世界會(huì)變得更好，而不是更糟。根據(jù)第三段中的“l(fā)istening to their conversation， starting to worry about the future my father was describing．”可知作者開始時(shí)是擔(dān)心的，因而C項(xiàng)正確．聽著他們的談話，開始擔(dān)心我父親描述的未來，故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“a world he fears has a dark and difficult future if it has a future at all．”他害怕世界有一個(gè)黑暗而艱難的未來如果它有一個(gè)未來的話，可知在最近的一個(gè)晚上，作者的父親心煩意亂是因?yàn)閾?dān)心作者這一代人的未來，故選D 。All that exists will e to an end【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者從聽到父母談話，到看到照片，感悟?qū)頃?huì)更好。Tomorrow will be better than todayC.Never worry about your futuret exist.D.Though the world was full of terrible things, it would get better.C.Sensitive.（3）What did those photos make the author understand? A.C.Optimistic.s worry? A.s generation.（2）What was the author39。He was worried about his dark and difficult future ing soon.D.He was upset that the college is too far from the author39。s dad upset on a recent night？ A. But they saw other things, too, better things: the end of two world wars, passage of the civil rights laws. There was a picture of my grandfather who was a member of the class of 1942, the war class. Next to his picture were photos of my great﹣grandparents. Seeing those pictures made me feel a lot better. I believe tomorrow will be better than today — that the world my generation grows into is going to get better, not worse. Those pictures helped me understand why. There will be a disease that kills millions, a disastrous energy crisis, a horrible worldwide depression and a nuclear explosion set off in anger.On a recent night, while I was busy thinking about important social issues, like what to do over the week﹣end and who to do it with, I overheard my parents talking about my future. My dad was upset not the usual stuff that he and Mom and, I guess, a lot of parents worry about like which college I39。細(xì)節(jié)理解題要注意從文中尋找答案；推理判斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。 （4）推理判斷題。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。可推斷，it指代的是不確定性。根據(jù)第三段中的We39。故選B。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。成功是夢(mèng)想，是終點(diǎn)。We can find the same meaning in our life.D.The author thinks pursuing success is wrong.B.D.live a more meaningful lifeC.Belief.（3）In their final days many patients actually want to______. A.Uncertainty.Culture.Equipment.D.Apple pie is the best food.B.ve asked several people, each of whom has met misfortune, how they find meaning in their lives. The diversity in their responses reflects the fact that there are no right or wrong answers here. We each can find meaning in different things.（1）What is the typical American idea? A.s final days painful and frightening. The fact is that, when asked, many patients would rather focus on living meaningfully in their final days. We might also make wiser decisions — this isn39。t really care about one39。I think uncertainty does us all harm. We39。re faced with a lifechanging diagnosis (診斷), the passing of a loved one or job loss. We don39。But the reality is that sometimes we fail. And sometimes things, through no fault of our own, don39。 6．閱讀理解 細(xì)節(jié)理解題要注意根據(jù)題目和文章的關(guān)鍵詞在文章中尋找答案。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。s most important lessons, therefore, has to be how to handle failure best.（人生中很重要的一課是學(xué)會(huì)如何最好地處理失?。笨芍?，本文是教給大家如何有效地面對(duì)失敗。 （3）主旨大意題。s response is to failure, th