【正文】 old 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(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”我自己對自己問題的答案是簡單的，同時(shí)前一句作者也提出了自己的問題：為什么他會(huì)停下給我說他的觀點(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 的故選B。根據(jù)最后一段，針對我們當(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。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，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。 It was at least two months before Christmas when nineyearold Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bicycle.t mention it again. We bought the latest fashionable Baby Sitter39。 It was just too late, what with all the details of preparing Christmas dinner and buying lastminute gifts. We could only think of the bicycle and the disappointment of our child. What if I make a little bicycle out of clay and write a note that she could trade the clay model in for a real bike? Her dad asked. The theory, of course, being that since that is a highticket item and she is such a big girl, it would be much better for her to pick it out. So he spent the next five hours painstakingly working with clay to make a tiny bike. She looked at me and then at her dad and said, so does this mean that I trade in this bike that Daddy made me for a real one? Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, I could never trade in this beautiful bicycle that Daddy made me. I39。 At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet!（1）Rose39。t buy her the bike she wanted because ______. A.they thought she had changed her mindC.t have time to do any shoppingD.He thought Rose was too young for a real bike.B.t want to disappoint his daughter.C.He wanted to give his daughter a surprise.（3）From the story, we know that ______. A.s father was an artist with special skillsB.The parents were moved and proud of the girlD.父母沒有給她買自行車，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為Rose可能對自行車失去了興趣，為了滿足女兒的 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。t mention it ，作者夫妻倆認(rèn)為Rose買自行車的愿望褪去了，所以沒給她買。 （2）考查推理判斷。故選B。根據(jù)最后一段“At that moment, we would have moved heaven and earth to buy her every bicycle on the planet!”作者夫婦愿意竭盡全力給Rose買自行車可推知：這對父母親為女兒的行為而感到并覺得自豪。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)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，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。 Russ Gremel, now 98 years old, decided it was time to donate $2 million to the Illinois Audubon Society, a charity to purchase ne