Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.
One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.
After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.
Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.
小題1:The underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means ________.
A．gradeB．statusC．healthD．disease
小題2:It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.
A．The 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel
B．The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip
C．Philip was really different in school
D．Philip was older and more sensitive
小題3:The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________.
A．play around on that beautiful spring day
B．put some symbol of “new life” into it
C．try to pull it apart in the middle
D．go out and discover themselves
小題4:After Philip explained his new life, ________.
A．The class thought he was clever.B．The class fell silent.
C．He began to study in the class.D．He felt dying.
小題5:We learn from the passage that ________.
A．The teacher used to have classes outdoors
B．The Philip’s new life wish was empty
C．Philip was healthy as a whole
D．Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:D

試題分析：本文講述了一個(gè)殘疾兒童Philip在學(xué)習(xí)班上受到的粗魯?shù)拇�，最后是一個(gè)游戲讓他的同學(xué)知道他將不久于人世，大家都接納了他與他成了好朋友。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)第一段最后一行This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.說明他患了一種疾病，故前面的該詞是指疾病的意思。故D項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:A 推斷題。根據(jù)第一段Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him.和第三段That’s stupid,” said someone. 都說明這些孩子里有人對他很粗魯很殘酷，故A正確。
小題3:B細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段2,3行the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.說明老師讓孩子們把新生活的象征放在了蛋里面，故B正確。
小題4:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段倒數(shù)2,3行Not a sound was heard in class at all.說明聽了他的話，大家都不說話了，故B正確。
小題5:D 推理題。根據(jù)第三段最后兩行Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.說明他被他的同學(xué)所接受了，成為班級的一部分了，故D正確。
點(diǎn)評：本文講述了一個(gè)殘疾兒童Philip在學(xué)習(xí)班上受到的粗魯?shù)拇觯詈笫且粋�(gè)游戲讓他的同學(xué)知道他將不久于人世，大家都接納了他與他成了好朋友。故事類短文要抓住故事的線索，按照故事發(fā)生的順序進(jìn)行仔細(xì)的推敲，同時(shí)在仔細(xì)審題和研讀選項(xiàng)的基礎(chǔ)之上，到文章中尋找對應(yīng)的語群，合理推斷，做出選擇。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

“Fire! Fire!” What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.
I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.
I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man’s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.
She was the Mayor’s wife, and I had saved her baby.
小題1:When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.
A．a(chǎn)t homeB．sleepingC．sitting in bedD．both A and B
小題2:The author saved the baby _____.
A．because he was very brave.
B．because he liked the baby very much.
C．but he just happened to save it.
D．because it was the Mayor’s baby.
小題3:He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.
A．was a stranger thereB．could see nothing
C．was not completely awakeD．Both A and C
小題4:He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.
A．save the babyB．call for help
C．protect his faceD．run quickly
小題5:Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people’s surprise?
A．old and wooden house, a bundle
B．crashed to, fell down
C．terrible, half-awake
D．bare feet, a borrowed man’s coat

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