【正文】 jar he stole held less than $ 50.ve been on the wrong side of the law several times in my life, Harvey told WFAA. It feels good to be on the right side and do something positive.s treat, as a thankyou. But the rescuers say Hoffman deserves credit too. It could have turned real ugly. Sample told the media He handled himself like a real professional.（1）What made Hoffman call for help when arresting the suspect? A.B.He wanted to push the thief into the car.He couldn39。To follow the fashion.B.To record the detective39。To avoid being involved in the incident.（3）What can be inferred about Harvey? A.He might have had some illegal behaviour.C.D.s attitude towards Hoffman? A.Prejudiced.C.Cautious.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，偵探Jon Hoffman在捉偷善款的小偷時遇到困難尋求幫助，Andre Harvey和 Kirby Sample幫助了他。根據(jù)第一段中的“But Hoffman had trouble containing the thief, and they got into a struggle.”可知，Hoffman控制住那個嫌疑人有困難，并且他們扭打在一起。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。及“But when he asked for help, I thought, well, there won39。由這兩句可知，即他們記錄了警察的暴力。 （3）考查推理判斷。ve been on the wrong side of the law several times in my life”可知，Harvey曾經(jīng)違反過法律。 （4）考查推理判斷。ve been on the wrong side of the law several times in my life,” Harvey told WFAA.“ It feels good to be on the right side and do something positive最后一段“But the rescuers say Hoffman deserves credit too，”尤其是最后Sample told the media “He handled himself like a real professional”可知，這兩個人認(rèn)為Hoffman很專業(yè)，很欣賞他。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 In the nineteenth century, one of America39。 Walt Whitman was born in eighteen nineteen in New York City. During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world. As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter. He was thirtysix years old when he published his first book of poetry in eighteen fiftyfive. He called it Leaves of Grass. It had only twelve poems. The poems are written in free verse. The lines do not follow any set form. Some lines are short. Some are long. The words at the end of each line do not have a similar sound. They do not rhyme.s greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Grass. Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman39。s poems. The new form of his poetry surprised many people. Even his own brother told Whitman that he should stop writing poetry. But Whitman had many things to say. And he continued to say them. Readers began to understand that America had a great new poetic voice.s poems praise the United States and its democracy. The poet expressed his love for America and its people in many ways. Experts today praise Leaves of Grass as a major literary work. In eighteen seventythree, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke. He spent the last years of his life in Camden, New Jersey. Whitman was poor and weak during the last years of his life. He died in eighteen ninetytwo. Some critics say Walt Whitman was a spokesman for democracy. Others say he was not a spokesman for anything. Instead, they simply call him a great poet.（1）What can we know about Whitman? A.He is the first great poet in the USAC.His poems show his love for his country.（2）Why was Leaves of Grass refused at first? A.The form of poetry is special.C.t famous then.D.Accused.B.Published.D.Walt Whitman—a Great SoldierB.Walt Whitman and Leaves of GrassD. Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草葉集》。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Walt Whitman39。Walt Whitman的詩贊美美國及其民主。可知選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“The new form of his poetry surprised many people. （3）考查詞義猜測?！笨芍?，人們不接受Walt Whitman的詩集，可推知denounced可能是“指責(zé)，批評”之意，選A?？v觀全文可知，本文講述了美國著名作家Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草葉集》，并圍繞《草葉集》的開始不被接受到最后的大受歡迎展開，故選C。5．閱讀理解 Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian39。t work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.s boss came up to him. Suddenly, Brian forced a smile and stretched out his hand. How do you do! he said. I39。m applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Doesn39。 The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.s the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that edians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance (忍受力) than people in any other forum.（1）Brian was late for his job because ________. A.B.he was caught in a traffic jamhe was busy applying for a new job（2）What can we infer about humor? A.B.Brian often saved his job with humor.D.chargeB.gave upD.Many people lack in a sense of humor.B.It wasn39。Humor is the most interesting way of solving problems.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，上班族Brian因為遇到了交通阻塞上班遲到，而在此之前他已經(jīng)收到了遲到的最后通牒，因此這次很可能被辭退。你好!他說。我正在申請一份工作，據(jù)我所知，這份工作在35分鐘前才開始招聘。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查推理判斷。工作，用的是唯一能贏的工具——笑聲。 （3）考查詞義猜測。故可知劃線部分單詞意思為努力忍住；抑制住，故選D。根據(jù)第二段中的“Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job.”可知Brian在上班路上遇到了交通堵塞，就在他收到上班遲到的最后通牒后不久。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。 When my father married my mother in 1943 he gave my mother a 1937 crown