A young boy was sitting in the back seat of the car eating an apple. He asked his father, “Why does my apple turn brown?” his father answered, “When the skin is removed, air reaches the flesh of the apple and causes oxidation. This changes the apple’s molecular structure and results in a brownish color.” The boy asked, “ Daddy, what are you talking about?”
I know how that boy feels. Sometimes I want answers to some of those confusing questions that we all meet with, such as how to get through difficult times or what to do in a tough situation. I just want to get it right.
The problem is that I don’t always have the answer I need. Nobody else seems to have them, either. So I go on making mistakes and think that I’ll never get it right.
Often I didn’t know what to do. I often made poor choices, but I gradually improved. Then I realized that I don’t HAVE TO always get it right. I don’t have to always know what to do all the time. All I really need to do is try my best, learn from my mistakes and go on.
Dr. Leo Buscaglia once said, “ No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. That would be pretty hard to do when you’re waiting for all the answers first.”
So you got it wrong. You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again. You may not get out of this world alive, but you can get plenty of life out of this world if you are not too worried about always getting it right.
小題1: In the beginning, the author tells the story of a boy and his father to ____.
A．show that the father is very knowledgeable
B．say something interesting about apples
C．introduce the subject of the passage
D．show that children nowadays ask more questions
小題2: How did the boy feel when he heard his father’s explanation?
A．He admired his father very much.
B．He knew what his father meant.
C．He thought that he had learned a lot from his father.
D．He felt it was difficult to understand.
小題3: What do Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s words mean?
A．We must make right choices as often as possible.
B．We can search the answers when enjoying life itself.
C．People have many desires when they enter the world.
D．It is hard to lead a happy and satisfying life.
小題4: What can be concluded from the passage?
A．We should learn from our mistakes and try again.
B．We should try to learn and understand the answers to questions.
C．It is very important to try to avoid mistakes.
D．It is our duty to make the world a better place.
小題5: What is the style of the passage?
A. novel       B. news     C. essay     D poem

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：這篇文章論述了我們?nèi)魏稳フ覍ご鸢福e了一些生動的例子，也引用了名人名言，說明一個道理：不要害怕犯錯，盡量去探尋真理。
小題1:寫作意圖題：文章并不是主要介紹這對父子，只是在引入話題。選C。
小題2:推理題：從男孩的話“ Daddy, what are you talking about?”說明他很難理解。選D。
小題3:從Dr. Leo Buscaglia’s 的話No one gets out of this world alive, so the time to live, learn, care, share, celebrate and love is now. 可知我們在享受生活的時候可以探究答案。選B。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：You made a mistake. So what should you do next? Forgive yourself and try again.可知選A。
小題5:這篇文章以論述為主，其間有舉例，引用，可知是一篇散文。選C。
點(diǎn)評：要求考生仔細(xì)閱讀文本，耐心審題，結(jié)合題目做出準(zhǔn)確的定位判斷。
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I met him last year shortly   36  his birthday, and after congratulating(祝賀) him, without thinking, I asked if he had had a good day. He   37  and said that he hadn’t really celebrated(慶祝). I felt so   38__.
I just couldn’t help(情不自禁) thinking of this nice, young man being    39  on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn(毛線) basket.   40  for me, I had enough yarn left. I set to work and knitted(編織) a   41  for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty   42  I didn’t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf(圍巾) would be clean when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had   43  to meet him so I had carried the scarf and a piece of my own birthday   44  around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The   45  in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
小題1:
A．work
B．energy
C．money
D．power
小題2:
A．realize
B．ignore
C．know
D．understand
小題3:
A．selling
B．reading
C．covering
D．buying
小題4:
A．birthday
B．house
C．height
D．hobby
小題5:
A．said
B．found
C．guessed
D．meant
小題6:
A．on
B．a(chǎn)t
C．before
D．a(chǎn)fter
小題7:
A．looked up
B．turned up
C．looked down
D．got down
小題8:
A．foolish
B．excited
C．clever
D．worried
小題9:
A．calm
B．happy
C．a(chǎn)lone
D．hungry
小題10:
A．Suddenly
B．Luckily
C．Badly
D．However
小題11:
A．scarf
B．cap
C．sock
D．glove
小題12:
A．when
B．because
C．so
D．a(chǎn)nd
小題13:
A．liked
B．hoped
C．promised
D．a(chǎn)greed
小題14:
A．cake
B．present
C．song
D．party
小題15:
A．light
B．pain
C．sight
D．fire

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