【正文】 promoter of a good cause.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.He used to be a school teacher.C.Biggest surprise to others.（3）What can we know about the author? A.Unexpected way to do things.C.s death.（2）Which can best explain the underlined part default setting in paragraph 5? A.Helga couldn39。Helga had no one to talk to on her flight to Arizona.C.s anxiety over her father39。s story? A.ve made it my mission to do my part in sharing stories with students, teachers, and parents about our need for character and sympathy. I39。m reminded all the time that, for many of us, kindness is not usually our default setting. We spend so much time worrying about our problems, our lives, our insecurities, getting to our flight so we walk by or ignore people in need of help. Kindness isn39。s story. For 2 hours she sat and wept while thousands walked to and fro in the airport. Helga looked at me and said, Houston, not a single person stopped and asked if I was okay that day. It was that day that I realized how much we need each other. It was that day I realized that kindness isn39。 When she arrived at the airport in Arizona, she walked to the nearest wall, sat down, and cried. And here is the part I39。s health was on the decline. Later her father39。 Hi, my name is Helga!5．閱讀理解 故選D。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第二段中的“When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days,”可知，Hurricane Harvey造成休斯敦停電。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Instead，we should take positive action to save ourselves and help others.”相反,我們應(yīng)該采取積極的行動來拯救自己和幫助別人。故選A。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。All Kinds of Disasters Caused by Hurricane Harvey in HoustonD.A Popular Mexican Bakery Chain in HoustonB.The staff in the bakery sent enough flour to emergency centers.D.Alvarado organized his workers to bake much bread.B.D.C.B.They ate nothing but to wait for their munity to rescue them.（2）Which of the following best explains forlorn underlined in the last paragraph? A.They felt sorry that they couldn39。They volunteered to make bread for their munity.B. The flood water rose in the street outside. They took advantage of their emergency power supply to bake bread. They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to create hundreds of loaves and sheets of sweet bread. Although the water kept rising, they continued baking to help more people. By the time the owner managed to get to them, they had made so much bread that we took the loaves to loads of emergency centers across the city for people affected by the floods. When the staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were trapped inside the building for two days, they didn39。 Recently whenever I turned on my puter or my mobile phone, news about the great effect of Hurricane Harvey on thousands of people caught my eyes. We saw many unfortunate events. However, there were also the bright news that confirmed the goodness of mankind. As a journalist, I wrote many human interesting stories during my career. That39。 【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）考查推理判斷。 （3）考查推理判斷。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （1）考查主旨大意。fortunate【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，51歲的Rainer在南非的海域拍攝沙丁魚遷徙過程中。C.generousHe struggled violently.（4）According to the passage, we can say that Rainer was very_______. A.He cried desperately.C.tortoises.（3）What did Rainer probably do first once in the whales mouth? A.C.Seals.An Adventurous Trip off Coast Of Point Elizabeth（2）What animals does Sardine Run appeal to most? A.The Annual Migration of Billions of Sea sardinesC.A Diver39。 The whale quickly realized he was no sardine! As the whale turned sideways, he opened his mouth slightly to release me, and I was washed out, together with what felt like tons of water, of his mouth, recalled Rainer. Though the entire incident lasted just seconds, it felt like a year to Rainer. While Toperczer was filming the terrifying turn of events with his video camera, Rainer, who was trapped had first and engulfed(吞噬)in darkness inside the whales mouth, was trying to survive. Nothing can actually prepare you for the event when you end up inside the pure instinct(本能), the diver told Barcroft TV. Knowing in the whale39。 In early February 2019, 51yearold Rainer Schimpf and his team set out to film South Africa39。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，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。鄧肯十歲時輟學(xué)去教別人跳舞，文章主要介紹了她的經(jīng)歷以及所取得的成功。 （4）考查主旨大意。由此可推斷出，作者在最后一段想要告訴我們每個人都是獨(dú)特的天才。鄧肯是個失敗者。根據(jù)最后一段中的“if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”如果你以爬樹的能力來判斷一條魚，它終其一生都會認(rèn)為自己是愚蠢的。故選C。很自然，這在一開始就引起了人們的嘲笑和大笑，但隨著她的工作越來越多，這樣的事情就不那么頻繁了。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Not only was she already talented enough to earn money even at that age, but she also had a rare kind of confidence”即使在那個年齡，她也有足夠的天賦去掙錢，而且她還有一種罕見的自信；以及“something to elevate the fire that is already burning inside of her ”能讓她心中燃燒的火焰更旺，可推測出劃線部分的意思應(yīng)為“用困難推動她向夢想前進(jìn)”。鄧肯十歲時輟學(xué)去教別人跳舞，作者講述了她的早期的經(jīng)歷以及其取得成功的原因。s early experiences and the reasons for her success.39。s career development and other dancers39。 There is an old quotation if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. And it captures an important truth. At school, Isadora Duncan was a failure. In the dance hall, she gave form to brilliance.（1）What does the underlined phrase treat troubles as fuel mean? used troubles to push her forward towards her dream. was good at burning away everyday troubles. turned Duncan into a confident girl. lit the fire of dancing in Duncan.（2）Which of the following is TRUE about Duncan? expe