15.Jean-Gilles was a millionaire.But Tuesday night,he was sleeping in his car.
Jean-Gilles was the owner of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacmel,Haiti,a three-story,30-room building in a quiet tropical valley on Haiti's southern coast,25 miles from the noises of the capital,Port-au-Prince.Jean-Gilles and his wife,Marie,lived in an apartment on the property,close enough to watch carefully over the guest rooms,conference rooms and restaurant,close enough that they know the first name of every guest.
After the 7.0-earthquake hit at 4:57 pm on Jan.12,2010,they slept in their aging Isuzu,parked in the hotel driveway.
Jean-Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck.He was working in a ground-floor conference room and first heard,then felt the quake.He asked his electrician,Roberne St.Louis,who was working nearby,what was happening.
"Get out.Now.Get out.Now,"St.Louis said.
Jean-Gilles cleared the falling structure by a mere second,he estimated.His wife,who was working in the couple's apartment on the second floor,wasn't able to get clear.People nearby heard her screams after the shaking stopped and removed the building blocks around her by hand.She was shaken and scratched,but walked away from the ruins.
"I am alive.God is good,"she repeated over and over on Saturday.
The Peace of Mind Hotel was a dream which had come true for Jean-Gilles,57,and Marie,59.Born in Port-au-Prince,they moved to the United States shortly after meeting 34 years ago.Together,they owned a beauty supply store in jersey City,New Jersey,and invested in real estate.In 2003,they cashed out their US investments,returned to Haiti and began building the Peace of Mind Hotel,looking to make a future for themselves and the people of their homeland.

64.Which of the following statements about Jean-Gilles is TURE?D
A.He lived far from the Peace of Mind Hotel.
B.He helped St.Louis to manage a hotel.
C.He was born in Haiti in 1976.
D.He once owned a store in the US.
65.According to the passage,the Peace of Mind Hotel.A
A.offered guests different services
B.was located in the capital city of Haiti
C.was a building with 30 guest rooms
D.was owned by Marie and St.Louis
66.When the earthquake hit,Marie was.C
A.sleeping in the car
B.working in the conference room
C.working on the second floor
D.cooking in the restaurant
67.It can be inferred from the passage that.B
A.Haiti is the 51 st state of the US
B.the earthquake happened quickly and unexpectedly
C.nobody in the hotel died in the earthquake
D.Marie was not sad about losing her property in the earthquake.

分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了再一次突然發(fā)生的地震中的故事,Gilles 和他的妻子Marie經(jīng)營一家酒店,除了提供住宿外,還兼有會議、餐飲服務(wù)等,在地震突然發(fā)生的時候Marie正在二樓工作,她感受到了房屋的震動,在地震結(jié)束之后他們很慶幸自己還活著,他們從沒有感到離死亡這么近.

解答 64.D  細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)最后一段第二句"Together,they owned a beauty supply store in Jersey city,New Jersey,and invested in real estate"可知他曾經(jīng)在美國擁有一家商店,故選D.
65.A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第而段"Jean-Gilles and his wife,Marie,lived in an apartment on the property,close enough to watch carefully over the gugest rooms,conference rooms and restaurant"可知酒店除了提供住宿外,還兼有提供會議、餐飲服務(wù)等,故選A.
66.C  細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第六段His wife,who was working in the couple's apartment on the second floor,wasn't able to get clear.可知地震發(fā)生時Marie正在二樓工作,故選C.
67.B  推理判斷題,根據(jù)第四段"Jean-Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck"可知Jean Gilles認(rèn)為當(dāng)?shù)卣鸢l(fā)生的時候只有生存和死亡的區(qū)別,由此推知地震來的很猛烈很突然,讓人猝不及防,故選B.

點(diǎn)評 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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