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character and sympathy. I39。s story? A.s anxiety over her father39。Helga had no one to talk to on her flight to Arizona.C.Helga couldn39。s death.(2)Which can best explain the underlined part default setting in paragraph 5? A.Unexpected way to do things.C.Biggest surprise to others.(3)What can we know about the author? A.He used to be a school teacher.C.He is a promoter of a good cause.(4)What can be a suitable title for the text? A.Making Kindness NormalC.Practising Kindness on the Plane【答案】 (1)C(2)A(3)D(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者乘飛機(jī)時(shí)和女乘客 Helga 坐在了一起,Helga講述了關(guān)于她的父親死亡時(shí),她在 (1)考查推理判斷。ll never forget about Helga39。 ”可知作者對(duì)Helga哭泣時(shí)來來往往的人漠不關(guān)心的態(tài)度印象深刻,受到了觸動(dòng),故選C。根據(jù)第五段中的“ (3)考查推理判斷。I work in schools nationwide speaking about sympathy, kindness, empathy (同理心) and love. ”以及最后一段中的“ ve made it my mission to do my part in sharing stories with students, teachers, and parents about our need for character and sympathy. (4)考查主旨大意,縱觀全文可知??芍xB。6.閱讀理解 s extremely difficult to find the time to be a part of any production. For me, it was a onceinalifetime opportunity to try acting through the Senior Play Project.t particularly difficult, more to see who may be a better fit tor certain roles. We were told our roles in the various plays, and started to work immediately. My first character is a man named Roger who is a senior advisor to a presidential candidate in a play called The Spot. He39。s tough political races. He39。 While I had really interesting characters, and the plays were funny and such a great experience to act in, I really love the Senior Play Project for the people. I worked with 12 other seniors who not only loved what they were doing, but offered help and advice throughout my entire learning process. there is no one who isn39。ve learned to appreciate live theatre, and the effort that every person in the show, both onstage and offstage, puts into it.(1)How did the author feel about being in the project? A.B.C.D.He means what he says.He puts up an advertisement.C.D.The people.B.The characters.D.The Senior Play Project.Acting for the First Time.C.A Lesson Learnt through Acting.【答案】 (1)A(2)C(3)A(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者講述了第一次登臺(tái)表演的經(jīng)歷。根據(jù)第一段中的“As someone who takes part in so many activities, it39。故選A。根據(jù)第四段中的“My first character is a man named Roger who is a senior advisor to a presidential candidate in a play called ‘The Spot.’ He39。s tough political races.”可知,羅杰在劇中是一位總統(tǒng)候選人的高級(jí)顧問,從而可以推斷出,他給候選人提供建議。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選A。根據(jù)第一段中的“On Wednesday, January 13th, I performed on stage for the first time.”及全文內(nèi)容可知,文章主要敘述作者第一次登臺(tái)表演的經(jīng)歷。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解,推理判斷和主旨大意三個(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。 Fear started taking over, I was walking into my first school in America. I had traveled a long distance from India in order to join my parents, who had been for three years, hoping America would help my future. My father decided that I would be better off going to school here, so I enrolled(登記)in the local high school in my new town.t have anything like that. Then he asked me to choose where I would sit. I didn39。t use the technology we had. We had to take notes as the teacher spoke.s still fourth period. Changing from a gentle tone to a harsher(刺耳的)one, she said, That is the lunch bell, young man.t have this in India. Every confusion seemed like a barrier I had to get through to reach my goal. At the end of the day, I was on my way to the bus which we didn39。t so bad.(1)The author attended an American high school because _______. A.his family wanted him to have a bright futureC.he had been longing to leave his homeland(2)What do we know about the author39。He went to the wrong class for the second period.B.He got the Course Requirements sheet from his classmate.D.WorriedPuzzledRelievedExcited【答案】 (1)B(2)D(3)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者從印度來到美國,在美國上高中。 (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。故選B。根據(jù)第二段中的He gave me a sheet called Course Requirements, which I would never get in India”“I didn39。t use the technology we had”以及第六段中的“I felt lucky because we didn39。例如:自己選擇座位,課程安排等。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。t so bad可知,作者一開始非常害怕,非常焦慮,但是到了這一天結(jié)束的時(shí)候,他感覺這一天不是那么糟糕。選C。8.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. Every afternoon around four o39。t mind if the children waited for their bus inside. Sometimes I would hand out a bus fare when a ticket went missing — always repaid the next day. On snowy days I would give away some doughnuts. I would lock the door at closing time, and we waited in the warm shop until their bus finally arrived.clock. He identified himself as the father of two of my favorites.t a big deal, and that I enjoyed the kids. Now I think about all the people who keep an eye on my own children. They bee, well, Doughnut Ladies. Like the men at the skating rink (滑冰場(chǎng)) who let my boys ring home。t leave until I arrived to pick her up。 That wasn39。called the children39。provided schoolchildren with warm sheltersC.s helpD.t a big deal, (in paragraph 4) the author meant that _______. A.t found it hard to get along with the childrenB.t made a lot of money from the childrenC.t spent plenty of time with the childrenD.t done anything very significant(3)According to the author, those who _______ are Doughnut Ladies. A.provide free doughnuts for the poorC.D.taking responsibility is a virtuedevotion coexists with rewardC.D.她的善意得到了他人的感謝,她的孩子也得到了他人的幫助。根據(jù)第二段中的I would lock the door at closing time, and we waited in the warm shop until their bus finally ,和孩子們一起在暖和的商店里等待公交車。 (2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)語境,作者的回答是想表達(dá)她做的事不是特別重要,只是一件小事罷了,故選D。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Or that nice police officer who took pity on my boy