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o be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。To build a munity for senior entrepreneurs.【答案】 (1)A(2)A(3)D(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,講述了64歲的作者退休后開創(chuàng)了自己的事業(yè),成為一位老年企業(yè)家的故事。To help people who want to bee successful.C.Positive.(4)What does the author plan to do in the future? A.C.Disappointed.s attitude to the development of his own pany? A.D.It developed a clean technology.C.It was beneficial to the environment.D.He had a good family background.B.He retired from his former pany. So I want to do something about that in a few years. I want us to start talking more about people who don39。ve done.m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。 So, 40 plus years of employment was over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and producing biodegradable(可生物降解的)packaging from waste. This is called clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year. Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I was a director at a pany in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解,推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析,推理,概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。 (4)考查主旨大意。d never used and thought I39。 (3)考查推理判斷。 (2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 (1)考查推理判斷。于是,就給了這位朋友一張百元的鈔票,也讓她放進(jìn)錢包里,希望帶給她好運(yùn)和信心。A gift from my father【答案】 (1)C(2)B(3)B(4)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者的一位朋友陷入了經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī),幫她的方法都不起效。C.The help to a friendThe author felt unfortable when receiving the bill.(4)What can be the best title for the text? A.The author39。The author39。In the layer of her suitcase.(3)What can he inferred from the last Paragraph? A.In a little pencil case.C.In the back of her wallet.His pride and respect for her.(2)Where did the author39。His care and love for her.B.His concern for her.ll give that to my friend. I opened it and inside found $100. The universe is very just and if your heart is open the reward always es.(1)What did the 1937 crown coin from the author39。 The reason for passing this on is not to praise any generosity on my part but to show the power of random acts of kindness. I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I39。s care and love, had protected me so I went to the bank for a $100 dollar bill. I told my friend the story and asked her to keep the $100 in the back of her wallet. It turned out that she didn39。 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, even given her food and 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 spend it. This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it. 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)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(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析,推理,概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。 (3)考查主旨大意。由此可以推斷小貓的出現(xiàn)給了他生活的希望,他因此而哭泣。根據(jù)第三段中的“Meowing out of the bushes next to him came a stray black and white kitten (小貓) which, ….I broke down crying. I burst into tears.”可知在Marino準(zhǔn)備自殺的時候,一只小貓從灌木叢走出來蹭他的腿,讓他撫摸自己。這說明參加伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭對Marino產(chǎn)生了不好的影響,故選A。 (1)考查推理判斷。A rescue between a soldier and a cat.D.PTSD a disease cured by a soldier.B.The wild little cat attacked him so badly.D.t help crying.B.PTSD usually happens after the soldiers drop their guns.(2)Why did Josh Marino suddenly burst into tears according to the passage? A.Josh Marino wounded badly during the Iraq war.C.s remarkable story of healing and heartbreak which you can watch on the Internet. The story is dedicated to showing how animals can help humans through tough times, as well as humans can help them. It is a beautiful story that is sure to tug at your heart strings, showing just how powerful the bond between humans and animals can be. We love it, and we hope you do too!(1)What can we get from the first two paragraphs? A.t the end of the story.t want to deal with it anymore, Marino said. He wrote a goodbye note, grabbed a knife and went outside for a final cigarette in the rain. But then, from the deepest depth of despair came hope. Meowing out of the bushes next to him came a stray black and white kitten (小貓) which, according to Marino, just walked up and started rubbing up against my leg and let me pet him. I came to life again and I broke down crying. I burst into tears. A lot of us e home without realizing we are bringing the war home with us, said Josh Marino, a veteran (退伍兵)of the Iraq war who suffered the effects of PTSD of suicide .3.閱讀理解 故選D。他還在全國范圍內(nèi)發(fā)表演講,闡述讓低收入學(xué)生更容易接受和負(fù)擔(dān)得起高等教育的必要性。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Under Bacow39。故選A??芍?,Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston.“Bacow因改變了一所沉睡的在波士頓的其他大學(xué)面前黯然失色的大學(xué)而贏得了聲譽(yù)。 (3)考查詞義猜測??芍?,Bacow的父親擅長電子產(chǎn)品。 (2)考查推理判斷。s journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.”他的家庭經(jīng)歷反映了大學(xué)教育改變幾代人的力量,以及美國歷史上一直存在的機(jī)遇。 (1)考查推理判斷。Bacow39。s leadership in Tufts.s family.C.B.How to be admitted to Harvard University.D.C.B.s father came to the . after World War II broke out