【正文】 the few photos outside. You see, my father died when I was only four years old.s Day and it being on our minds, my wife asked this question only this morning:s side of the family. Two of our grandchildren were able to join us. On Thursday night my two adult children took us out to dinner as our daughter lives in Bathurst and she will be there for Father39。通讀全文，把握文意；熟讀第一段，了解主題句；分清段落結(jié)構(gòu)，把握各段段意；了解題干，在原文依次找依據(jù)。根據(jù)文章第三、四自然段可知作者分析了他的可信性和不可信性，作者對于 老人言持客觀態(tài)度，故選B。故選C。 tales. After much of this knowledge has been accumulated （積累)from thousands of years of experience in family health care. 老人言仍然有許多真理，這些知識是從幾千年的家庭保健經(jīng)驗中積累起來的。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章中本句意思是：即使科學(xué)能告訴我們那些 老人言是（能容水的）值得相信的，但 老人言中還有很多正確的東西，hold water在此處意思是：能裝水的；值得相信的，站得住腳的。故選D。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Curious【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】中國有句俗話：不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前。C.Objective tales in the text? A.Because it is related to family health care.（4）What is the author39。Because it is based on many years39。Because it is told by our ancestors.B.To be suitable.（3）Why do we need to respect the body of knowledge in the old wives39。To be admirable.To be valuable.To be believable.D.Swimming after a meal is dangerous.B.Eating garlic is good for our eyes.t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives39。s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜）is good for you ,too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds. Old wives tales are beliefs passed down from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents39。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及詞義猜測和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。即作者寫這篇文章的目的是說服別人。它給我們提供了一個學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)驗。失敗并不意味著你永遠(yuǎn)不會成功。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Success es to the one who dares, even after failure, to think positively and look forward confidently. After all, it is only the experience that makes a man tough. Failure does not mean you will never make it. It means that it will take a little longer. It provides us with a learning experience.”成功屬于那些即使在失敗之后仍敢積極思考并充滿信心地展望未來的人。故選C。根據(jù)第四段中的“things bee difficult, and every effort seems to bring disappointment, it can be tempting to lower your expectations or even”可知當(dāng)事情變得困難，每一次努力似乎都會帶來失望，它可能會降低你的期望，甚至降低你的目標(biāo)和抱負(fù)。故選A。我現(xiàn)在準(zhǔn)備好面對失敗了。根據(jù)第四段中的“I was no exception. I thought of running away.”我也不例外。故選D。一開始介紹了作者的教授提出的一個觀點(diǎn)，但是作者當(dāng)時不以為然，直到在今后實際生活中真正遇到了失敗或挑戰(zhàn)時才認(rèn)識到了教授的觀點(diǎn)。作者當(dāng)時不以為然當(dāng)，直到自己親身經(jīng)歷了失敗和挑戰(zhàn)后，作者才意識到人們面對挑戰(zhàn)或失敗時要大膽應(yīng)對，保持積極的心態(tài)。D.C.B.s purpose of writing the passage is most likely to ________. A.D.C.B.Calm（3）What does the underlined phrase water down in the 4th paragraph probably mean? A.C.Indifferentgiving examples（2）How did the author feel when the war between Iraq and Kuwait broke out? A.making parisonsB.offering analyses Success es to the one who dares, even after failure, to think positively and look forward confidently. After all, it is only the experience that makes a man tough. Failure does not mean you will never make it. It means that it will take a little longer. It provides us with a learning experience.（1）The main method the author uses to support his understanding of his professor39。 I decided to hang on, telling myself, I am not afraid of challenges and obstacles. I stayed on through months of uncertainty and insecurity. Finances ran low, and banks could not wait to get their dues. To add to all this, the banks even threatened to take all my vehicles. I felt I made a wrong decision to move there. I was now ready to face failure. As usual, things bee difficult, and every effort seems to bring disappointment, it can be tempting to lower your expectations or even water down your goals and ambitions. I was no exception. I thought of running away. I remembered the words of Thomas Edison, Many of life39。 I landed in a small city in the Middle East to set up a firm, a world－class car rental firm. Having decided on the project, I earnestly settled in preparation. With a positive mind, I told myself nothing should stop me now, and was more than keen to make it a success.4．閱讀理解 故選C。s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.”相信那些夢想并直接面對我們的恐懼使我們能夠超越自己的極限生活）可知，Amy用她的故事告訴了我們：只要我們擁抱挑戰(zhàn)，敢于想象，心懷感恩，我們依然可以給爛透了的生活——絕地反擊。我想，最棒的是，我能使我的腳適合貨架上所有的鞋的尺寸。根據(jù)第三段中的“And if I snowboard again, my feet aren39。故選D。s belief in those dreams and facing our fears directly that allow us to live our lives beyond our limits.”相信那些夢想并直接面對我們的恐懼使我們能夠超越自己的極限生活。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由此可知，作者已經(jīng)學(xué)會把她的殘疾看作是一種福氣。s why I believe that our imaginations can be used as tools for breaking through borders, because in our minds, we can do anything and we can be anything.”它們迫使我依靠我的想象力并相信各種可能性，這就是為什么我相信我們的想象力可以用作突破邊界的工具，因為在我們的思維中，我們可以做任何事情，我們可以成為任何事情。根據(jù)最后一段中的“They39。故選B。 （1）考查句義猜測。D.interesting but regretfulC.proud but stubbornImagination is more important than knowledge.D.Roman is not built in one day.B.The author has learnt to see her disabilities as blessings.D.t like her job as a massage therapist.B.The author felt hard to choose between the old Amy and the new Amy.（2）According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? A.The author realized she had to learn to accept a new herself gladly.C.s belief in those dreams and facing our f