题目内容
5."Why do we have to learn this useless thing?"Of all the questions I have heard from my students during my years in the classroom,this was the one most frequently asked.I would answer it by telling them about an experience I once had.It was an experience I had with a students,who I shall call Alan,early in my teaching career.When Alan was in the eighth grade,he majored in"trouble".He had studied how to be a bully(恃强凌弱者) and was getting his master's degree in"thievery".
Every day I had my students memorize a famous saying from a great thinker.No one complained about this daily routine more than Alan-right up to the day he was dismissed.Then I lost touch with him for five years.Then one day,he called.
He told me that after being sent to juvenile prison(少年犯管教所),he hated himself so much that he had cut his wrists with a knife.
He said,"You know what?Mr.Schlatter,as I lay there with my life running out of my body,I suddenly remembered that useless saying you made me write twenty times one day.‘There is no failure except in no longer trying.'Then it suddenly made sense to me.As long as I was alive,I wasn't a failure,but if I allowed myself to die,I would most certainly die a failure.So with my remaining strength,I called for help and started a new life."
At the time he had heard the saying,it as a pebble(鹅卵石) which made no sense to him.But when he needed guidance in a moment of difficulty,it had become a diamond.And so it is to you.I say,gather all the pebbles you can,and you can count on a future filled with diamonds.
18.When Alan studied at school,he was probably good atD.
A.memorizing sayings
B.complaining routine work
C.communicating with others
D.stealing things and threatening others
19.The underlined word"dismissed"in the third paragraph is closest in meaning toA.
A.expelled B.retired C.ignored D.fired
20.What can we learn from the passage?C.
A.Remembering some saying from great thinkers is very important.
B.Alan is not a good student because he didn't memorize the sayings.
C.Sometimes the small thing in the life may become a wise guidance when we are in trouble.
D.Try to collect as many pebbles as we can because they will become shining diamonds one day.
21.What would be the best title?C.
A.Alan B.A Saying C.Pebbles D.A Story.
分析 本文为科教类议论文,文章强调平时的积累;文章讲述了Alan的故事;Alan在学校积累的格言最初就像是无意义的鹅卵石,但是在深陷困境时变成熠熠发光的钻石救了Alan.通过这篇文章作者告诫我们平时要多积累"鹅卵石",我们就能拥有一个充满钻石的为来;
解答 18.答案是D.细节理解题;从第2段的信息"he majored in"trouble".(他的专业是制造麻烦)"和"He had studied how to be a bully(恃强凌弱者) and was getting his master's degree in"thievery".(他学习如何恃强凌弱者,快要在盗窃方面获得硕士学位)"可知,Alan不仅欺负别人,还偷东西.故选D.
19.答案是A.词汇猜测题.从上文可知,Alan在校表现很糟糕;下文第四段提到"after being sent to juvenile prison(少年犯管教所)"推断他被学校"(dismissed)开除了",故选出A.
20.答案是C.推断题;从最后一段的信息"At the time he had heard the saying,it was a pebble(鹅卵石) which made no sense to him.But when he needed guidance in a moment of difficulty,it had become a diamond."可知,艾伦当初听到这句格言的时候,它还只是一颗无意义鹅卵石;在深陷困境时,即使不起眼的鹅卵石,也可能变成熠熠发光的钻石;由此推断,生活中的一件不起眼的小事,也有可能给我们帮助,给我们指引.故选C.
21.答案是C.主旨大意题. 文章的最后一段是故事的升华,也是作者讲述这个故事的目的:Alan在学校积累的格言最初就像是无意义的鹅卵石,但是在深陷困境时变成熠熠发光的钻石救了Alan.通过这篇文章作者告诫我们平时要多积累"鹅卵石",我们就能拥有一个充满钻石的为来;Pebble是最能体现中心的词.故选C.
点评 阅读要整体理解文章,在做细节题时根据题干定位细节,在语境中正确理解原句,然后对照选项做出合理的判断;必要的时候要进行推理,透过句子表面看作者的真正意图.如果是主旨大意的判断要把握文章整体,避免以偏概全.