1、 that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fitIt took me years to discover and strengthen this assuranceIt had to start with the simplest thingsOnce a man gave me an indoor baseballI thought he was making fun of me and I was h
2、urtI cant use this I saidTake it with you, he urged me, and roll it around The words stuck in my headRoll it around! By rolling the ball I could hear where it wentThis gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseballAt Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I in
3、vented a successful variation of baseballWe called it ground ballAll my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a timeI had to learn my limitationsIt was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited
4、 the bitterness of failureI would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress1We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _A the author lost his sight because of a car crashB the author wouldnt love life if the disaster didnt happenC the disaster made the author appreciate what
5、he hadD the disaster strengthened the authors desire to see2Whats the most difficult thing for the author?A How to adjust himself to realityB Building up assurance that he can find his place in lifeC Learning to manage his life aloneD How to invent a successful variation of baseball3According to the
6、 context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author _A would sit in a rocking chair and enjoy his lifeB would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chairC would lose his will to struggle against difficultiesD would sit in a chair and stay at home4What is the best tit
7、le for the passage?A A Miserable LifeB Struggle Against DifficultiesC A Disaster Makes a Strong PersonD An Unforgettable Experience【答案】1C2B3C4C【解析】【分析】试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述了灾难挫折是如何成就一个人的。作者在年幼时失明，在经历了多年的彷徨无助之后，终于在亲人朋友的帮助下，找回了自信，学会了如何面对困难，并且在纷杂的社会中找到了自己的一席之地，实现了自己一个又一个的梦想。1细节理解题。由文章第一段的“It occurred to me
8、the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadnt been blind.”可知，那天我突然想到如果我没有失明的话我可能不会像现在这样爱上生活，因此这场灾难使作者感激他所拥有的一切。故选C。2细节理解题。由文章第三段的“ The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself.” 和下文提到的“ that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there
9、is a special place where I can make myself fit”可知，对作者来说在纷杂的社会找的适合自己的位置是最难的，故选B。3词意猜测题。由上文“The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myselfThat was basic”可知，对于作者来说最难的是学会相信自己，那是基本的，因此推断，如果他不能做到那样，他就会崩溃，进一步推理可知，画线部分表示余生都会失去与困难作斗争的勇气。4标题判断题。作者在文章第一段讲述了自己的遭遇，提到a calamity（灾难） can do strange thin
10、gs to people然后叙述自己是如何找到自信，克服困难一步一步取得成功的。这些都说明了一个道理：只要意志坚强，逆境挫折不会击垮一个人，相反会成就一个人，所以C项“灾难使人坚强”为最佳标题。【点睛】近几年高考阅读中猜测词义考查方法多样化。其中根据上下文语境推测越来越多的被考查。有时候，短文中出现一个需要猜测的单词或短语，上下文的内容会对其解释或者提供一些有用信息，这就是判断该词的主要依据。小题2属于词义猜测题。我们可以根据上文的内容“The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myselfThat was basic”知道，对于作
11、者来说最难的是学会相信自己，那是基本的，通过逻辑推理可以知道画线句句意：如果他不能做到那样，他就会崩溃，进一步推理可知，画线部分表示余生都会失去与困难作斗争的勇气。The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painti
12、ng classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles（风格）. It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be w
13、ith your friends at the swimming pool?First we had to read about ancient Egyptians（古埃及人） and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ag
14、es who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly （鬈曲的） hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldnt see what was so great about art.On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I sa
15、w a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldnt stop looking at this painting ! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was
16、really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.5The aim of the mother s plan was to _.A take them to visit the museum B introduce them to the world of artC ask them to read about artists D show them different painting styles6What was the writer s experience
17、 in the museum before the last visit?A She came to feel her mother s love. B She liked many paintings.C She hardly enjoyed herself. D She could understand the pictures of fat babies.7What made the writer go through a change that summer?A One of Marys paintings. B A strange way of painting.C Artists
18、in the Middle Ages. D Her mother s instruction.8From the text, we can see _.A the importance of curiosity B the effect of artC the value of learning D the power of family education5B6C7A8B5这是一道推断题。根据第一段“.my mother decided to bring us to the world of art.but that we would have to spend one afternoon
19、a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum”可知这个母亲带孩子去画展的目的是向他们介绍艺术世界。6这是一道推断题。根据第二段“My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny,but I was not interested.”可知在最后一次去画展前，作者对画展并不感兴趣。7这是一道推断题。根据最后一段“I couldnt stop looking at this painting ! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a pain
20、ter who could interest me so much.”可知作者很喜欢Mary的画，在此之前作者并不喜欢艺术，是Mary的画让作者有了改变。Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease,
21、as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich
22、and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt ha
23、s no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World Wa
24、r . Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which
25、 might be responsible for the spread of disease.On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist（免疫学家），encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.9The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath ho
26、uses because .A they lived healthily in a dirty environment.B they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay inC they believed disease could be spread in public bathsD they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease10Which of the following best describes Henry IVs attitude to bathing?A Afraid. B Curious.C Approving. D Uninterested.11How does the passage mainly develop?A By providing examples. B By making comparisons.C By following the order of time. D By following the order o
