Question

Passage 6(2014江蘇蘇州昆山二模，B)

    I didn't think I had a passion (激情) .I would sit in front of the TV all day,thinking about nothing but the next show.It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.

    That day [ went with my mum to drive my sister to the gym. I was bored.Then,as my mum stopped at a red light,someone on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed in rags (衣衫襤褸) .He was homeless.That didn't interest me,for I had seen many like him before.

    Bui in some ways he was different. This man was not sitting down vvilh a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music.The radio seemed to be tiie most pre- cious (珍貴) thing he had.

    “Mum,why does that man have a radio even though (盡管) he's homeless?” I asked.

    He bought il,she replied. I was still unable to understand. But if he's homeless,why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn’t need."

    Well,Sarah,sometimes food and clothes aren't the most impor?tant things.We need happiness,too.^

    The man must care too much about music to buy a radio instead of food and clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it,there's nothing to look forward Lo.

    Since then Ive never spent a day without thinking of what’s truly important.A home,a meal,clothes—these things are only part of the picture. What often forgotten is that we all need a pleasure,a light in a dark day.We all need a passion.

1. How would Sarah spend her days long ago?

  A. She watched TV all day.

  B. She used to read a lot.

  C. She did nothing but thinking.

  D. She was always sleeping.

2. Why was the man different?

  A. He wore new clothes.

  B. He was sitting with a sad expression.

  C. He was homeless.

  D. He lived an active life though he was very poor.

3. What did Sarah do after she understood the fact?

  A. She thought all day without doing anything.

  B. She bought a radio just like the man's.

  C. She had a passion with everything from then on.

  D. She always danced to the music on the radio.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. Sometimes food and clothes are the most important things in our life.

   B. Money is the most important thing for a person.

   C. Music is more important than food or clothes.

   D. Happiness is the key to life and it is what we are looking forward to.

Answer 1

1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D

Passage 6

[語篇解讀]毫無激情的“我”整日沉迷于電視。一天，“我”看到一 個衣衫襤褸的無家可歸者手拿一部收音機(jī)，在隨著音樂翩翩起舞。從 媽媽的話中，“我”認(rèn)識到:一個棲身之所，一頓飯或者一件衣服并非是 生活的全部，一份快樂和激情才是最重要的和我們?nèi)菀缀雎缘臇|西。

1. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一'段第二句I would sit in front of the TV all day,thinking about nothing but the next show.可知，Sarah 整天看電視。 故選A項。

2. D推理判斷題。從第二至第八段作者的所見所聞和與母親的對話 可知:這個無家可歸者雖然生活困苦，但是積極樂觀。故選D項。

3. C推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后兩段可知：從此以后，Samh將改變她的 生活態(tài)度，變得樂觀和充滿激情。故選C項。

4. D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第二句I soon realized that happiness is the key to life. Without it’there's nothing to look forward to.可知，這是Samh從這件事中感悟到的，也是我們從這篇文章中學(xué)到 的。故選D項。

[長難句] Since then Fve never spent a day without thinking of whafs truly important.從那時起，我從未停止思考這個問題:什么才是生活中 真正重要的東西？本句主句用了現(xiàn)在完成時;what's truly important作think of的賓語 從句。