11．That summer an army of crickets（蟋蟀） started a war with my father．Dad cared for insects no more than Mamma，but he could tolerate a few living in the basement．Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy．Then to support her point she wouldn't go to bed．She drank coffee and smoked my father's cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV．Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave，so Dad drove to the store and hurried back．He sprayed poison from a jug．When he was finished he told us that was the end of it．
For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry．He suggested that we'd all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma．I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didn't like because he scratched for no reason．
However，soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom．Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back，but Dad said these were certainly new ones．He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison，and then he sprayed the basement again．
A couple of weeks later，when both live and dead crickets kept turning up，Dad emptied the basement of junk．Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests．
While we ate supper that evening，the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile．The only gasoline was in the lawn mower's（割草機(jī)） fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house．Once the roof caught，there wasn't much anyone could do．
After the fire trucks left，Mamma took the others to Aunt Gail's．I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road．We worked into the night and we didn't talk much，while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence．

56．What do we know about the author's mother？A
A．She didn't like insects at all．
B．She liked insects more than his father．
C．She cared for insects very much．
D．She could only tolerate a few insects．
57．The author's father drove to the store to buyB．
A．cigarettes for himself
B．some poison
C．more coffee for his wife
D．some gasoline
58．The author's father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thoughtC．
A．they were no longer useful
B．the crickets were afraid of fires
C．they became the home of crickets
D．the dead crickets came back to life
59．We learn from the last paragraph thatA．
A．the author's family lost their battle against the crickets
B．the author's parents learned to put up with insects
C．the author's family didn't suffer much in the fire
D．the author's parents got divorced．

分析 本文講述了作者媽媽不能忍受蟋蟀的叫聲，父親用毒藥毒死蟋蟀后再焚燒它們的身體時(shí)不小心引著了木堆，割草機(jī)油箱中的汽油發(fā)生爆炸并波及到房屋，作者的媽媽帶著其他人去了Gail嬸嬸家，作者和爸爸還有Burt叔叔把房屋中的東西搬出去后堆放在路邊，并一直忙到晚上，此時(shí)打破他們之間沉默的還是蟋蟀的叫聲這一故事．

解答 56---59 ABCA
56．A  推理題，第一段中提到作者的爸爸能夠容忍在地下室中有幾只昆蟲，而作者的媽媽在城市中長(zhǎng)大，說蟋蟀太吵了，為了證明這一點(diǎn)，她不肯睡覺，喝咖啡，吸煙，甚至要威脅離開，由此可知她根本不喜歡昆蟲．故選A．
57．B細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)第一段中"Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave，so Dad drove to the store and hurried back．He sprayed poison from a jug．"內(nèi)容可知，在作者的媽媽的一番折騰后，作者的爸爸開車去商店買回了一些毒藥．故選B．
58．C  細(xì)節(jié)題．根據(jù)第四段最后一句"Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests．"爸爸焚燒了大量舊報(bào)紙和舊雜志，說蟋蟀已經(jīng)把報(bào)紙和雜志變成了窩．故選C．
59．A    推理題，作者的爸爸用毒藥殺死一些蟋蟀，之后木堆起火，割草機(jī)油箱中的汽油發(fā)生爆炸并波及到房屋，作者的媽媽帶著其他人去了Gail嬸嬸家，作者和爸爸還有Burt叔叔把房屋中的東西搬出去后堆放在路邊，并一直忙到晚上，此時(shí)打破他們之間沉默的還是蟋蟀的叫聲，由此可推斷在與蟋蟀的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，作者一家失敗了．故選A．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 英語記敘文以描寫敘述為主，主要描寫人物、事件、地點(diǎn)、或過程．特點(diǎn)是，其主題往往潛伏在字里行間，沒有直接地表白出來；文章主旨要透過體察所揭示的人物、事件來進(jìn)行提煉．描寫手法大多按時(shí)間跨度、空間順序、上下順序來展開．閱讀記敘文體應(yīng)采取掠讀和掃讀的方法，快速抓住文中描寫的主要內(nèi)容，從整體上去把握文章的連貫性，進(jìn)而大體上揣測(cè)出作者的寫作意圖及情感主線．高考閱讀就記敘文設(shè)題大多以細(xì)節(jié)理解為主．

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20．One day I was walking home along the street with my iPod on，when suddenly my headphones（耳機(jī)） were knocked off my head and a man threw his arm around my neck，saying"Just be quiet．"I was being attacked，and this man's arm was gripping （緊夾） onto me!I started screaming and tried to pull him off me，but failed．He was forcing me to walk towards the back of an auto repair shop and he just kept saying："Be quiet．"
My mind froze with fear．Then I heard my great-grandmother's voice in my head．She was saying："Come on now，I know you are stronger than that!"She was the rock in our family until she died four years ago．
I have never had any self-defense（自衛(wèi)） training，but I went for it-I let out a loud scream as I kicked my leg back into his shin（脛骨）!He let go of me and I ran off．When I looked back to see if he was running after me，I saw he was running in the opposite direction．Then I ran like crazy to a nearby drugstore．
I asked the girl at the counter for O1 phone and called my mom．She picked me up five minutes later and I explained what happened through sobs．"I am calling the police!"She exclaimed．When we got home，two officers were waiting for us and I told them what had happened．
After my experience，I was afraid to do anything．Things slowly got better，but I still don't like anyone going near my neck．
The fear isn't totally gone-after all，the guy is still out there somewhere．But I had a new understanding of my own strength．I never expected to be able to fight off an attacker．I am stronger than I realized．
61．How did the author get rid of the man？D
A．Her great-grandmother came and helped．
B．She used all her strength to pull him off her．
C．Her loud scream scared the attacker and people came to help．
D．Her great-grandmother's words gave her the strength to defend herself．
62．After the author escaped from the man，B．
A．she called the police               
B．she called her mother
C．she screamed to get more attention 
D．she looked back to remember his appearance
63．What does the underlined word"sobs"in Paragraph 4 probably mean？C
A．Smiles．B．Quarrels．C．Cries．D．Complaints．
64．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？B
A．The accident left no influence on the author now．
B．The attack made the author more confident in a way．
C．The author Suddenly remembered some self-defense moves．
D．The author was so frightened that she did nothing to fight back．
65．What might be the author's purpose of writing this passage？D
A．To show the importance of self-defense training．
B．To warn teenagers of possible dangers on the way to school．
C．To show how brave she was while she was being attacked at that time．
D．To share her experience and tell us that we are perhaps not as weak as we thought we were．

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科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

1．It is early morning in northern Gaza．The streets are filled with children on their way to school．Most carry backpacks almost as big as themselves．All are dressed in clean and tidy uniforms．It is quite an incongruoussight as they walk past piles of destroyed buildings from Israel's military operation earlier this year．
In the Elyen family home，nine-year-old Huda is nervous．Her mother is still preparing sandwiches．Huda is worried she will be late for school．
As bags are packed and hair curled，there is not much wriggle （身體扭動(dòng)） room for the three school-aged children here．The Elyens live in a weak，one-bedroom shelter．
Their house was destroyed and one of their cousins killed in an Israeli airstrike in January．Amer，their father，is worried about the winter．He tells me he cannot afford a proper roof．
He has been out of work for three years，ever since Israel forced heavy restrictions （限制） on border crossings into the Gaza Strip （加沙地帶），damaging the already weak local economy．
Amer says he hopes his children will finish their schooling，regardless of poverty or violence．
He had to leave school as a young boy to help support his brothers and sisters．He firmly believes that education can open doors to a better life．
But many of Gaza's schoolchildren are less optimistic．They know that no matter how educated they are，opportunities are scarce．Unemployment is unavoidable．
Escaping Gaza for a better life elsewhere is almost impossible，as neighboring Israel and Egypt keep their crossings with Gaza pretty much sealed shut．
Schooling is also repeatedly interrupted by conflict．This is sometimes due to violence but mainly because of military action by Israel．Israel says this is in response to rocket by Gaza militants （激進(jìn)分子），aimed at Israeli citizens．
55．The underlined word"incongruous"in the first paragraph probably meansD．
A．not famous                             
B．not familiar 
C．not beautiful                           
D．lacking in harmony
56．From the passage，we can infer the following EXCEPTD．．
A．Elyen's family is very poor．
B．there are five people in Elyen's family in total                         
C．it is very difficult to find a job in northern Gaza
D．people in Gaza can make a living by escaping Gaza
57．According to the passage，which of the following about Amer is true？A
A．He supports his children to go to school．
B．He will manage to get a proper roof．
C．He had a good education when he was young．
D．He thinks that education is of little importance．
58．The main idea of the passage should be （that）B．
A．the present situation in Gaza
B．the children in Gaza are hungry for learning
C．the life of people in Gaza
D．the poor children in Gaza．

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