【正文】 hinking and the brief attention spans of modern consumers, forcing people into considering works more deliberately. 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Your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, someone will stop to help. People here are kind like that. Little did I know we were about to experience some of that remarkable Newfoundland kindness for ourselves. Our teenagers hurried ahead, and as we walked behind, admiring the scenery, two women in sunglasses and summer hiking gear stopped. d heard us discussing different routes, then asked if we39。They looked to be in their 40s, and were both enthusiastic to share their local expertise. I explained that there were no cars available during our week on the island, so we had to rely on cabs instead. Dumbfounded, my husband and I just smiled in disbelief. 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Who knows what act of kindness we39。s family have in Newfoundland? couldn39。t have a car.（2）The underlined word dumbfounded in Paragraph 12 is closest in meaning to ______. （3）What impressed the author most during her stay in Newfoundland? talkative cab driver. whales swimming. beautiful scenery of the island. help from an enthusiastic stranger.（4）What can we infer about the author from the last paragraph? is looking forward to meeting Alma once more. expects to visit Newfoundland again. hasn39。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選D。根據(jù)第十二段中的“my husband and I just smiled in disbelief”我丈夫和我只是不相信地笑著，可知，當(dāng)Alma提出讓作者一家開自己的車去旅行的時(shí)候，作者和丈夫很驚詫。故選A。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Instead, it was the act of kindness from a plete stranger that made us realize how special Newfoundland really was.”取而代之，是一個(gè)陌生人的善意之舉讓我意識(shí)到紐芬蘭的真正特別之處。故選D?？v觀全文可知，陌生人的善良和熱情好客給作者留下了最深刻印象，且根據(jù)最后一段“Next year, there39。ll be taking our summer vacation. Who knows what act of kindness we39。誰知道到時(shí)候我們又會(huì)遇到什么樣的善意之舉呢？可知，作者將還會(huì)去紐芬蘭島旅行，期待那里人們的熱情。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。When Andrew Kaplan recalls, his stories leave the impression that he has managed to pack multiple lives into a single existence: A war reporter in his 20s. an army member, a successful businessman and later. the author of numerous spy novels and Hollywood scripts. If all goes according to plan future generations will be able to interact with him using voice puting platforms of mobile devices, asking him questions, letting him tell stories and drawing upon a lifetime39。Someday, Kaplan, who playfully refers to himself as a pig, may be remembered as one of the world39。For decades, Silicon Valley futurists have sought to free humanity from the life cycle. Today, a new generation of panies is selling some approximation(近似) of virtual immortality, which gives people the opportunity to preserve one39。Kaplan is eager to bee one of the world39。If technology succeeds in creating emotionally intelligent digital humans, experts say, it may forever change the way living people cooperate with puters and experience loss. AndyBot may bee one of the world39。s achievements. introduce the topic AndyBot. arouse readers interest in Kaplan. introduce Kaplan39。 （1）考查推理判斷?？ㄆ仗m回憶往昔的時(shí)候，他的故事讓人感覺他活出了各種各樣的人生：20多歲的時(shí)候是戰(zhàn)地記者，還是一名軍人，一位成功的商人，隨后又是很多間諜小說和好萊塢劇本的作者?？ㄆ仗m豐富多彩的人生；在根據(jù)第二段中的“Now the silver haired 78year old has realized he would like his loved ones to have access to those stories, even when he is no longer alive to share them. Kaplan has agreed to bee “AndyBot” a virtual person who will be”現(xiàn)在這位花白頭發(fā)的78歲的老人想要他愛的人知道這些故事，甚至當(dāng)他去世之后還可以分享這些故事。故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“Now the silver haired 78year old has realized he would like his loved ones to have access to those stories, even when he is no longer alive to share them. Kaplan has agreed to bee ‘AndyBot’...a virtual person who will be”現(xiàn)在這位花白頭發(fā)的78歲的老人想要他愛的人知道這些故事，甚至當(dāng)他去世之后還可以分享這些故事。故選A。根據(jù)第三段中的“If all goes according to plan. future generations will be able to interact with him using voice puting platforms of mobile devices, asking him questions, letting him tell stories and drawing upon a lifetime39?？芍ㄆ仗m成為“數(shù)字人”后，他的后代仍能得到他一生經(jīng)驗(yàn)的寶貴建議。 （4）考查推理判斷。故選D。9．閱讀理解 The Lights Night Tour in Washingt