【正文】 ave as much to say here. d feel better equipped to deal with uncertainty if we talked about it more. I had so fully bought into the belief that with enough effort, I could control what happened in my life. I actually caught myself thinking I could work my way out of my cancer. As it turns out, cancer doesn39。s work.t just a feelgood exercise. For example, technology and medicine have progressed to the point that many patients are living longer than they would have even a decade ago. These are achievements worth celebrating. And yet I wonder if the focus on success is sometimes misguided here as well. If it is one reason why we tend to pursue expensive endoflife treatments, they often acplish little other than to make a patient39。 My hope here is to make a case for thinking about meaning, in the same way we think about pursuing success. In that spirit, I39。Success is the dream.Success lies in hard work.C.Failure is always avoidable.（2）What does the underlined word it in Paragraph 3 probably refer to? A.B.C.D.live as long as possibleB.make great progress in medicineget expensive endoflife treatments（4）What can we learn from the last paragraph? A.We can benefit from some unlucky things.C.Personally there are different meanings in life.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】短文大意：在美國(guó)人們經(jīng)常談?wù)摮晒?。美?guó)人認(rèn)為努力工作就能獲得個(gè)人成功每個(gè)人都能在不同的事物中找到意義。根據(jù)第一段中的And not by coincidence the idea that hard work leads to personal success is as American as apple 。 （2）推理判斷題。d feel better equipped to deal with uncertainty if we talked about it more. 可知我們會(huì)感覺(jué)更好地準(zhǔn)備好應(yīng)對(duì)不確定性，如果我們更多地談?wù)撍９蔬xC。根據(jù)第四段中的The fact is that, when asked, many patients would rather focus on living meaningfully in their final ，在生命的最后幾天，許多病人實(shí)際上更專注于有意義的生活，故選B。根據(jù)最后一段The diversity in their responses reflects the fact that there are no right or wrong answers here. We each can find meaning in different ，關(guān)于人生意義的回答，沒(méi)有對(duì)或錯(cuò)的答案，每個(gè)人都能在不同的事物中找到意義，故選D。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題和推理判斷題。7．閱讀理解 m going to, how far away it is from home. Instead, he was upset about the world his generation is turning over to mine, a world he fears has a dark and difficult future if it has a future at all. As I lay on the living room couch, listening to their conversation, starting to worry about the future my father was describing, I found myself looking at some old family photos.I considered some of the awful things my grandparents and great﹣grandparents had seen in their lifetimes: two world wars, killer flu, segregation（隔離） , a nuclear bomb.I believe that my generation will see better things, too that we will witness the time when AIDS is cured and cancer is defeated. I will see things as incredible to me today as the internet to my father when he was 16.（1）Why was the author39。He was upset about which college for the author to go to.B.s home.C.What upset him is whether there is a future for the author39。s first reaction to his father39。Indifferent.B.Worried.D.The world was full of terrible things that could not be solved.B.All those terrible things that worried the author actually didn39。Those pictures showed that people never worried about their future.（4）What is the best title of the article？ A.B.The world will never be peacefulD. （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。這些照片幫助我理解了為什么。 （4）考查主旨大意。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。 The associates I hired in my bicycle and lawn mower shop like myself were never perfect。 One day the placement officer asked me to interview a young man who was having trouble finding a job. He told me that David was a little shy, did not talk much and was afraid to go on with interviews. He requested that I give David an interview just for practice. He plainly told David that I had no positions open at the time and the interview was just for practice. One day, shortly before Christmas, a large truck came to the shop, packed with 250 new bicycles. It had to be unloaded right away or the driver would leave. It was raining. Some of my workers (without physical limitations) chose not to brave the weather to get into work, so I was shorthanded. It seemed everything was going wrong and on top of it, David came in the front door and just stood there. I looked at him and shouted,“Well, all right! Fill out a time card and help me unload this truck!” however, he rarely chose to. He drove my truck and made deliveries. The customers would praise David, saying,“He doesn39。. A.B.find a parttime worker in needD.. A.there were no other workers in the shop thenC.he realized David was dependable（3）We can infer from the last paragraph that some customers just play jokes on DavidB.the author feels lucky to hire DavidD.他也讓作者明白:作者的伙伴們和作者一樣都不完美,但卻很優(yōu)秀。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選B。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段可知,當(dāng)裝滿250輛新自行車(chē)的大卡車(chē)冒雨到達(dá)時(shí),一些工人不愿在這樣的天氣情況下工作,因此人手短缺。結(jié)合最后一段可知,David從此開(kāi)始在這里工作了。 （3）考查推理判斷。由此可推知,作者感覺(jué)很幸運(yùn)能有這樣的員工。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】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，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。Why play games? Because they are fun, and a lot more besides. Following the rules, planning your next move and acting as a team member are all game ideas that you will e across throughout your life. Many children39。Many sports encourage national or local pride. The most famous games of all, the Olympic Games, bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly petition. People who watch the event wave flags, knowing that a gold medal is a win for an entire country, not just the athlete who earned it. For countries experiencing natural disasters or war, an Olympic win can mean so much. Next time you play your favorite game or sport, think about why you enjoy it, what skills are needed, and whether these skills will help you in other aspects of your life.（1）What are children expected to learn Through playing hideandseek? a team leader the basic rules as a g