【正文】 ws that makes someone angry. It39。 Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, Oh, that bus left five minutes ago. Dreams of headcutting!s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked lightheartedly out of the door, piic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, Oh, boy, bad day for a piic. The weatherman says it39。 In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh (法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off. 【點評】本題考點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。故選A。我現(xiàn)在準備好面對失敗了。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，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)時才認識到了教授的觀點。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。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Even small acts of kindness can change someone39。故選B。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。因此推斷參加志愿活動給“我”提供了表達善意的機會，讓“我”感覺到生活有更大的意義。根據(jù)第二段中的“But by starting to do volunteer work when I was 14, I turned my problem into a passion for helping others. The opportunity to practice kindness in the face of so much anger made me feel like my life had a greater purpose.”可知，但是在我14歲的時候開始做志愿者工作，我把我的問題變成了幫助別人的熱情。故選C。 （1）考查推理判斷。 to bullies bravely. positive changes in their lives. others with kindness in daily life. to care more about others39。 lives better. helped to shape his dream career.（3）Why did the author choose writing as his job? was inspired by his teacher. could pass positive energy to readers. wanted to share his school experiences. found he had a talent for writing.（4）What does the author suggest readers do in the last paragraph? 39。s life. You never know what someone else is going through. But by practicing daily kindness, you bee an architect of positive change.（1）What was the author39。 After surviving terrible experiences at school and at home, I made a choice to take the optimistic, positive road in the next steps of my journey. My dream career, one I thought was only possible for the authors I loved, is what I am doing now. I have been a fulltime author of teen novels since 2007 and am grateful for this amazing opportunity to reach out to readers every single day. But by starting to do volunteer work when I was 14, I turned my problem into a passion for helping others. The opportunity to practice kindness made me feel like my life had a greater purpose. The more positive energy I shared, the more kindness and appreciation I received. I realized that my purpose in life would be to reach out to people, specifically teenagers, and help them feel less alone. 3．閱讀理解 故選C。s not a good idea to water down medicine.”削弱教育不是個好主意，就像削弱醫(yī)學(xué)不是個好主意一樣。 （4）考查推理判斷?？芍貏e優(yōu)秀的大學(xué)生可以提前畢業(yè)。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Few US universities have formally approved a ‘threeyear degree’ model.”美國很少有大學(xué)正式批準“三年制學(xué)位”模式?！?，故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“Few US universities have formally approved a ‘threeyear degree’ model.”很少有美國大學(xué)正式批準“三年學(xué)位”模式；以及最后一段中的“In my opinion, a quality fouryear education is always superior to a quality threeyear education.”在我看來，優(yōu)質(zhì)的四年教育總是優(yōu)于優(yōu)質(zhì)的三年教育。 credits make up one quarter of the required credits students are required to finish fouryear education before graduation excellent students can graduate ahead of time（4）We can infer that________. author is a college professor exploring ways to make learning more efficient author t