【正文】 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(lái)給作者說(shuō)“在失去前你不知道你得到了什么”。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。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(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(huì)更加明顯，不是像之前那么微妙。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。s a miracle.”可知，智者給作者說(shuō) 的故選B。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A。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。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。 【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。 For most of her life, Suanne Laqueur39。 Although Laqueur began writing at a young age, dancing always took center stage. She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother39。t want to own it.s disinterest in running the studio changed when she became a selfpublished author. In the fall of 2013, she decided to pursue Selfpublishing as a way of sharing her first pleted novel with friends and family. During the process, she realized that following her true passion—telling stories through writing—made the business of the art worthwhile, and owning that business meant she could direct her writing career however she chose.s Digest SelfPublished Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize. she says. If you work with traditional publishing, it39。s marketable, There are tradeoffs, which everyone will tell you, but by selfpublishing I have control of the book, I have control of the story, and I39。was a parttime writer when she was youngB.t like teaching dancing in factC.was interested in running her mother39。Her mother39。B.Selfpublishing her novels.D.became a failure.B.got all the attention.D.s said? A.She will never use traditional publishing.C.She enjoys the way of selfpublishing.【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，蘇安妮后來(lái)，成為一名自主出版的作家，自費(fèi)出版了自己的小說(shuō)。s Digest)自出版圖書(shū)獎(jiǎng)上大出風(fēng)頭。根據(jù)第二段中的“Although Laqueur began writing at a young age, dancing always took center stage. She majored in dance and theater at Alfred University and taught at her mother39。她在阿爾弗雷德大學(xué)主修舞蹈和戲劇，并在她母親的舞蹈工作室任教多年。故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“Yet Laqueur39。作家，想出版自己的小說(shuō)時(shí)，改變了她對(duì)商業(yè)的態(tài)度。 （3）考查推理判斷。s Digest SelfPublished Book Awards, topping more than 2,300 entries to win the grand prize.”可知“第25屆年度作家文摘出版圖書(shū)頒獎(jiǎng)上，2300多篇作品獲得了大獎(jiǎng)”。 （4）考查推理判斷。m cool with that.”可知，她認(rèn)為自主出版的方式讓她能出版自己的書(shū)，自己要寫的故事。分析選項(xiàng)可知D項(xiàng)符合題意，故選D。5．閱讀理解 Open water swimmingt prepared for how rou