【正文】 tting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it39。t the early bird get the worm?m Brian. I39。 Yes, the boss was, as Brian entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room (更衣室): everyone was hard at work. Brian39。s being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this bynowfamiliar excuse wouldn39。 Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor. 根據(jù)最后一段中的“The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes”自行車(chē)店將提供生計(jì) ，允許他們?cè)陲w機(jī)上進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn) ，可知選D。 故選B。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand”他們只是因?yàn)樗麄冞€不明白的原因 而對(duì)這些事情瘋狂 ；和第三段中的“Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was，the more they saw it as a challenge”兩個(gè)男孩都喜歡解決別人覺(jué)得困難的問(wèn)題。奧維爾后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)他和威爾伯對(duì)飛行第一次興趣是從他們小時(shí)候開(kāi)始的，由于他們的父親從鄉(xiāng)村給他們帶回家的，用橡皮筋為動(dòng)力的直升機(jī)玩具，可知選C。根據(jù)第二段中的“Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。How the two brothers began to invent planes.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了 萊特兄弟是怎樣的發(fā)明飛機(jī)的過(guò)程。What trouble they would meet in their business.C.The bicycle business.（4）What will possibly be discussed following this text？ A.The printing business.C.Stubborn but careful（3）What business did Wilbur and Orville enter shortly after high school？ A.Quiet and modes.C.Their interest in duplicating toys.（2）What kind of children were the Wright brothers？ A.Their wishes to travel by plane.C. Branching out into other areas, they also opened a bicycle business. Bicycling was the fastest growing sport in the country at that time, and their repair shop soon led them into building bicycles of their own design, often with tools of their own construction, such as the lathe（車(chē)床）driven by a onecylinder gasoline engine built by Orville. The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood（生計(jì)）that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes. （1）What may inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright to be keen on flight in childhood？ A. Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. Orville designed and then built a printing press（印刷機(jī)）for this enterprise. At first, they did contract printing for other people, and soon one of their customers during the early 1890s was Father Milton39。 Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was, the more they saw it as a challenge. Exploring the unknown was such a joy for then that Orville once said, I can remember when Wilbur and I could hardly wait for the morning to e to get at something that interested us. That39。 Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。4．閱讀理解 本文講述了小貓的出現(xiàn)給了想要自殺的退伍軍人Marino生活的希望，拯救了Marino, C項(xiàng)（士兵與小貓之間的救贖）最能體現(xiàn)本文大意，故選C。故選B。這讓他又活了過(guò)來(lái)并哭了。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“Josh Marino, a veteran of the Iraq war who suffered the effects of PTSD of suicide”可知Marino參加了伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，戰(zhàn)后患上了PTSD，并因?yàn)镻TSD的影響想自殺。How can a cat be used to stop suicide 【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記述文，退伍軍人Marino患上了PTSD(戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷)，在他準(zhǔn)備自殺時(shí)一只小貓出現(xiàn)尋求他的撫摸，小貓的出現(xiàn)給了他生活的希望，改變了他的生活。The man and the cat.C.He suddenly realized that the cat came to help him on purpose.（3）What is the best title for the passage? A.The little cat gave him hope to treasure life.C.He just couldn39。PTSD is a kind of disease which cannot be cured now.D.Taking part in the Iraq war had bad effects on Josh Marino.B. Marino has made a video of his and Scout39。 From this accidental encounter everything changed. Marino found a new purpose in life through the friendly cat, who he named Scout, and who he credits with saving his life. I stopped thinking about all my problems, and started thinking about all his problems, and what I could do to help him, Marino said. The bond between them was instant，but that wasn39。 I didn39。 PTSD(戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷) is sadly a mon affliction(折磨) for many soldiers who have witnessed conflict, an invisible wound that continues to cause incredible suffering long after the guns have fallen silent. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷題型的考查，是一篇故事類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。m hooked, and want to give it another go. I39。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“I recalled overhearing people talking about how they kept swimming through the pain, so I tried. But it didn39。根據(jù)第二段中的“There seemed to be a mix of openwater enthusiasts alongside plete beginners—which is precisely the aim of the swims, to get as many people as possible pleting their own challenge. The oldest woman peting was 77, taking part in the twomile race, alongside a man who last year had swum in every onemile race.”可知，參賽者包括天然水域游泳的愛(ài)好者，也包括初學(xué)者，也有很多人完成自己的挑戰(zhàn)，這里面就有77歲參加2英里游泳的老人，也有去年參加一英里的男子，故可知，該比賽參與者范圍很廣，故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“But I, along with 10,000 others, was about to plete the challenge.”可知，我馬上和其他10000名游泳者完成這項(xiàng)挑戰(zhàn)，故可知，他們很堅(jiān)定要完成這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)，故選D。 （1）考查推理判斷。D.Her eagerness to repeat the experience.B.Her confidence in her own ability.it would have been easier if she had taken others39。the race became harder than she had expectedC.To introduce the various events of the race.（3）The author suggests in Paragraph 4 that ______. A.To praise the experienced swimmers.C.Determined to be as tough as the people around her.（2）Why does the author mention the two people in Paragraph 2? A.Disappointed by the difficult conditions.C.ve already signed up for my next openwater swim.（1）How did the author feel before the race? A.t matter—the atmosphere was fantastic and everyone felt a sense of achievement, whatever their time. I39。t want to stop, so I bent my right knee and just kicked with the left leg. it felt more like swimming in the sea than a