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an. After posting a notice in the munity newsletter, Rebecca and Dave received 500 photos in four days. For each, the pair took a new digital picture, then used hightech software to erase water spots and restore colors. It just so happened that a popular website linked to Dave39。 Though digital restoration is a painstaking process, mending irreplaceable family pictures means the world to victims like Emily Lancaster, 71, who took out piles of ruined photo albums after Katrina, never thinking the mess could be saved. But she just couldn39。t have a whole lot of hope they could fix them, but they did, Emily says. Almost every day I think about all the pictures I39。m so happy to have these two. operating costs are covered by donations. It39。take them to their temporary homehelp with their damaged photosC.D.quit their jobs in 2006B.spent four days mending the photosmade their work known in their newspaper(3)How did Emily Lancaster feel when she first heard about Operation Photo Rescue? A.Hopeless.C.Sceptical.(4)What is the best title for the passage? A.An Act of GenerosityC.D.埃利斯通過照片修復(fù),他們讓很多人丟失的記憶得到恢復(fù),同時,也贏得了人們的肯定。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幫助他們修復(fù)受損的照片。 (2)考查細節(jié)理解。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.“后來被稱為照片救援行動的網(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,他們的行動鼓舞了其他的志愿者加入。 (3)考查推理判斷。t have a whole lot of hope they could fix them, but they did,‘ Emily says. ”艾米麗說:能修好它們,我沒有抱太大的希望,但他們做到了。故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的It39。故選C。4.閱讀理解 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。t be missed. Other times they39。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。 On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt39。d spent the day at St. Catherine39。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 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。 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。t know what you have lost until you39。 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。s mountain, that I39。 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。 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。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。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.It was a holy place for a religious person to head for.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.Why did the Asian man go to the mountain?C.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.Delicate.C.Sufficient.(4)The author viewed the meet with the Asian man as a miracle in his life in that ________. A.s appearance had a deciding effect on his future lifeB.what the Asian man said was abundant in the philosophy of lifeD.Can you recognize a miracle?Is a miracle significant to us?C.D.Continue walking up to the top of the mountain.B.Try to have a hearttoheart conversation with the Asian man.D.這位智者停下來給作者說“在失去前你不知道你得到了什么”。并講述了作者通過這件事情對奇跡的思考,我們生活時時處處都存在奇跡。根據(jù)第五段中的“that I39。故選C。根據(jù)第六段中的“My answer to my own question was easy”我自己對自己問題的答案是簡單的,同時前一句作者也提出了自己的問題:為什么他會停下給我說他的觀點。故選D。根據(jù)第七段中的“And each time they do, they bee a little less subtle, until we can39。Until后的從句可以看出奇跡每次變得會更加明顯,不是像之前那么微妙。 (4)考查細節(jié)理解。s a miracle.”可知,智者給作者說 的故選B。根據(jù)最后一段,針對我們當下不同的需求,奇跡時時處處都以不同原因存在著。故選A。從智者的行為“ing down from the top of this historic mountain”下山;和智者對作者說的話“Sometimes you don39。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。