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ufficient.(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。(英語)英語閱讀理解(人物故事)專項習題及答案解析一、高中英語閱讀理解人物故事類1.閱讀理解 Sometimes just when we need the power of miracles to change our beliefs, they materialize in the places we39。re big and can39。re so subtle that if we aren39。ll always hear the right words, at the right time, to dazzle (目眩) us into a realization of something that we may have failed to notice only moments before.s Mt. Horeb. I39。s Monastery and wanted to get to the peak by sunset to see the valley below. As I was winding up the narrow path, I39。 I saw him ing from the last switchback on the trail that led to the backside of the mountain. As he got closer, I could see that he was dressed differently from the other hikers I39。t even appear to be Egyptian! He was a smallframed Asian man, had very little hair, and was wearing round, wirerimmed glasses.t heard me or the wind had carried my voice away from him in another direction. Suddenly he stopped directly in front of me on the high side of the trail, looked up from the ground, and spoke a single sentence to me in English, Sometimes you don39。ve lost it. As I took in what I had just heard, he simply stepped around me and continued his going down the trail.t have known is that it was during my Egyptian pilgrimage (朝圣), and specifically during my hike to the top of Moses39。d set the time aside to make decisions that would affect my career in the defense industry, my friends, my family, and, ultimately, my life.s a miracle.t, that39。t possibly miss the message that they bring to our lives!The key is that they39。He was in search of a miracle in his life.B.He intended to make arrangements for his life in the future.D.For what reason did the man stop before me?B.What change would I make within a matter of days?D.Apparent.B.Precise.D.the Asian man39。his words were in perfect response to the need he had at that momentC.the Asian man impressed on him the worth of what he had possessed(5)What might be the best title for the passage? A.B.When might a miracle occur?Why do we need a miracle?(6)After the encounter of the Asian man, what will the writer probably do immediately? A.Have a rest to refresh himself.C.Come down the mountain.【答案】 (1)C(2)D(3)B(4)B(5)A(6)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者講述了一次埃及朝圣時,爬到何烈山半山腰時,偶遇了一位正在下山的亞洲陌生人。點醒了作者做出正確的決定。 (1)考查細節(jié)理解。d set the time aside to make decisions that would affect my career in the defense industry, my friends, my family, and, ultimately, my life.”可知,作者把這段時間預留出來做一些影響他國防工