【正文】 sly illC.he got up late Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying no, criticizing, getting 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. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和主旨大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類(lèi)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。ve lost it. ”在失去前你不知道你得到了什么可推斷，智者告訴作者要珍惜現(xiàn)在所擁有的。從智者的行為“ing down from the top of this historic mountain”下山；和智者對(duì)作者說(shuō)的話“Sometimes you don39。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段，針對(duì)我們當(dāng)下不同的需求，奇跡時(shí)時(shí)處處都以不同原因存在著。故選B。s a miracle.”可知，智者給作者說(shuō) 的 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。Until后的從句可以看出奇跡每次變得會(huì)更加明顯，不是像之前那么微妙。根據(jù)第七段中的“And each time they do, they bee a little less subtle, until we can39。故選D。根據(jù)第六段中的“My answer to my own question was easy”我自己對(duì)自己?jiǎn)栴}的答案是簡(jiǎn)單的，同時(shí)前一句作者也提出了自己的問(wèn)題：為什么他會(huì)停下給我說(shuō)他的觀點(diǎn)。故選C。根據(jù)第五段中的“that I39。并講述了作者通過(guò)這件事情對(duì)奇跡的思考，我們生活時(shí)時(shí)處處都存在奇跡。這位智者停下來(lái)給作者說(shuō)“在失去前你不知道你得到了什么”。Try to have a hearttoheart conversation with the Asian man.D.Continue walking up to the top of the mountain.B.D.Is a miracle significant to us?C.Can you recognize a miracle?what the Asian man said was abundant in the philosophy of lifeD.s appearance had a deciding effect on his future lifeB.Sufficient.（4）The author viewed the meet with the Asian man as a miracle in his life in that ________. A.C.Delicate.What was the probability that others told us the right words?（3）Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word subtle in paragraph 7? A.Why did the Asian man go to the mountain?C.He waited patiently in expectation of meeting a wise person.（2）What does the underlined part my own question refer to in paragraph 6? A.It was a holy place for a religious person to head for.C.re everywhere and occur every day for different reasons, in response to the different needs that we may have in the moment. Our job may be less about questioning the extraordinary things that happen in our daily lives and more about accepting the gifts they bring.（1）Why did the author make a pilgrimage to Mt Horeb in Egypt? A.s okay as well. It seems that our miracles have a way of ing back to us again and again. And each time they do, they bee a little less subtle, until we can39。 I suspect that we all experience small miracles in our lives every day. Sometimes we have the wisdom and the courage to recognize them for what they are In the moments when we don39。 I had to ask myself what the chances were of an Asian man dressed in an Egyptian galabia ing down from the top of this historic mountain just when I was walking up, stopping before me, and offering his wisdom, seemingly from out of nowhere. My answer to my own question was easy: the odds were slim to none! In a meet that lasted less than two minutes on a mountain halfway around the world from my home, a total stranger had brought clarity and the hint of a warning, regarding the huge changes that I would make within a matter of days. In my way of thinking, that39。s mountain, that I39。 That moment in my life was a small miracle. The reason is less about what the man said and more about the timing and the context. The year was 1989, and the Cold War was drawing to a close. what the man on the trail couldn39。t know what you have lost until you39。 As we neared one another, I was the first to speak, Hello, I said, stopping on the trail for a moment to catch my breath. Not a sound came from the man as he walked closer. I thought that maybe he hadn39。d seen. Rather than the hightech fabrics and styles that had been the norm, this man was wearing traditional Egyptian clothing. He wore a tattered, rustcolored galabia and obviously old and thicksoled sandals that were covered in dust. What made his appearance so odd, though, was that the man didn39。d occasionally see other hikers who were ing down from a day on the mountain. While they would generally pass with simply a nod or a greeting in another language, there was one man that day who did neither.d spent the day at St. Catherine39。 On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt39。t aware, we may miss them altogether. They can e from the lips of a stranger we suddenly and mysteriously meet at just the right instant. If we listen carefully, we39。t be missed. Other times they39。d least expect. They can e to us as a great change in our physical reality or as a simple coincidence in our lives. Sometimes they39。3．閱讀理解 故選C。根據(jù)最后一段中的It39。故選D。t have a whole lot of hope they could fix them, but they did,‘ Emily says. ”艾米麗說(shuō):能修好它們，我沒(méi)有抱太大的希望，但他們做到了。 （3）考查推理判斷。s blog about the experience, and soon Operation Photo Rescue, as it came to be known, had s from hundreds of volunteers, including photographers and restoration experts, eager to help.“后來(lái)被稱為照片救援行動(dòng)的網(wǎng)站，收到了數(shù)百名志愿者的電子郵件，其中包括攝影師和修復(fù)專家，他們都渴望提供幫助，可知，他們的行動(dòng)鼓舞了其他的志愿者加入。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的I told them I could take the ruined pictures, copy them and give them digitally restored (修復(fù)) photos, 可知，攝影記者麗貝卡塞爾會(huì)幫助他們修復(fù)受損的照片。埃利斯通過(guò)照片修復(fù)，他們讓很多人丟失的記憶得到恢復(fù)，同時(shí)，也贏得了人們的肯定。D.An Act of GenerosityC.Sceptical.（4）What is the best title for the passage? A.C.Hopeless.made their work known in their newspaper（3）How did Emily Lancaster feel when she first heard about Operation Photo Rescue? A.spent four days mending the photosB.quit their jobs in 2006D.help with their damaged photosC.take them to their tem