【正文】 e working in London.s swimming pool, I led the way. The world opened up to me because I chose to travel alone. I joined plete strangers, who bee close friends. Years later, one couple from the backpacking group even flew from Sydney to Phoenix to be in my wedding. The trip was such a special experience that it gave me confidence in all areas of my life. Since then, I39。 On my third day wandering in Israel with my new friends, I bumped into the woman I was supposed to meet. Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。sick of riding on a bumpy busB.upset about the sudden changesorry about the impractical plan（2）Which of the following best describes the backpackers the author met? A.Jobless and poorly educated.C.D.s sixth sense told her that ______. A.it might cause trouble to have a swimC.it could add excitement to get a free ride（4）What can be inferred from the passage? A.s lifelong friends.B.The woman missed the phone call with the purpose of traveling alone.D.途中她遇見(jiàn)了五個(gè)背包客，這些背包客邀請(qǐng)她一起去旅游，她和這些人一起經(jīng)歷了美好的幾天，并和他們成了好朋友。根據(jù)第一段中的My plan was to travel with a friend of a friend, I explained, but when I called her that morning, she didn39。 （2）考查推理判斷。t you travel with us?’ one of the backpackers offered可知這些背包客邀請(qǐng)作者一起旅游，說(shuō)明他們很熱心；根據(jù) They were experienced adventurers who would work for a few months, save, then travel for as long as they could可知這些背包客旅游經(jīng)驗(yàn)很豐富，所以是值得信任的，綜合選C。根據(jù)第三段中的It seemed risky to travel with strangers, but my instinct said yes.可知這些背包客邀請(qǐng)作者一起旅游時(shí)，她的本能也就是第六感說(shuō)了好，也就是說(shuō)她的第六感讓她相信她能和這些背包客相處的很好，才會(huì)答應(yīng)他們的邀請(qǐng)，故選A。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的The world opened up to me because I chose to travel alone.可知作者覺(jué)得自己選擇一個(gè)人旅游讓自己看到了更大的世界，以及最后一段中的Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。由此可以判斷作者認(rèn)為自己選擇一個(gè)人去旅行是一個(gè)很好的決定，故選D。6．閱讀理解 t answer it, I said to Sam. Our door in the inner city is constantly knocked on。 Sam opened the door and it was Mervin.s a bird on the second floor, he said. It39。 Sam followed Mervin upstairs. Mervin pointed and turned to let Sam look. It was a pigeon, the most mon of all birds, the bird most likely to foul (弄臟) your newly washed car. And it wasn39。 Sam asked him to repeat that. Number two, Mervin said. The pigeon has been sitting in his own number two, and now it39。 Why does everyone think you must solve the problems around here? I said to Sam when he returned with his story. It39。t agree. Then he went to the garage and emptied the cardboard box containing our imported camping mats. He returned with the gray pigeon in the box. He showed the bird to our children and they decided to keep it.She felt bored.B.She got excited.D.It was learning to fly.B.It got caught in the rain.D.Shelter from rain.Give it to Mervin.C.Make a nest for the bird.（4）What can we learn about Sam from the text? A.B.C.D. （1）考查推理判斷。t answer it ”及“Sam has a fulltime job and cannot spend his days answering requests to fix leaking baths or carry cash to the bank”可知，作者讓Sam不要應(yīng)門(mén)，因?yàn)樗龑?duì)那些找Sam的人不斷的敲門(mén)感到厭煩。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。所以它是被自己的糞便困住了。 （3）考查推理判斷。故選D。全文介紹了Sam如何救助一只鴿子，由此可以推斷出Sam很有愛(ài)心。 【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，是一篇故事類(lèi)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。 Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I was a director at a pany in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。 So, 40 plus years of employment was over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and producing biodegradable(可生物降解的)packaging from waste. This is called clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of singleuse plastic packaging wasted each year.m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。ve done. So I want to do something about that in a few years. I want us to start talking more about people who don39。He retired from his former pany.B.He had a good family background.D.It was beneficial to the environment.It developed a clean technology.C.D.s attitude to the development of his own pany? A.Disappointed.C.Positive.（4）What does the author plan to do in the future? A.To help people who want to bee successful.C.To build a munity for senior entrepreneurs.【答案】 （1）A（2）A（3）D（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了64歲的作者退休后開(kāi)創(chuàng)了自己的事業(yè)，成為一位老年企業(yè)家的故事。根據(jù)第一段中的“That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn39。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （3）考查觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度。m delighted and proud to share with you that our ine has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we39。ve done.可知，作者的公司每年的收入都翻番，而且還與一個(gè)合作者一起贏得了20多個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，由此可知，作者對(duì)自己公司的發(fā)展的態(tài)度是積極的，故選D。根據(jù)最后一段中的“And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a munity.可知，作者計(jì)劃將來(lái)為來(lái)自不同行業(yè)、地區(qū)和國(guó)家的老年企業(yè)家建立一個(gè)社區(qū)，故選D。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer. This was one more weapon for her to defeat my strange problem—inability to read.s Room. I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf at random. The cover of a book caught my eye. It presented a picture of a beagle. I had recently had a beagle, the first and only animal panion I ever had as a child. He was my secret sharer, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the money to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.s cover was a beagle which looked ide