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【題目】 My daughter Kelly is a cautious person. She needs to warm up to situations, and is hesitant to try new things. But this has been a year of firsts for my girl that has filled her with a new sense of confidence. This year she moved to lap lane in swimming where she was preparing for a swim team. This year she learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And this year she completed her first kids’ triathlon (三項(xiàng)全能).

On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her, we got all the equipment she’d need, and we kept talking about the race. But as we waited the two hours for the older kids to finish before her turn, she held my leg a little harder and told me she loved me a few too many times. She was nervous but trying to keep it together.

And then it was her turn. From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.

I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life. It wasn’t because she did a sport or anything like that. It was because she was afraid of something and conquered that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.

I kept looking at her with smile. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.

【1】What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A.The race began in the early morning.

B.Kelly prepared for her brother’s birthday party.

C.Kelly was eager for her turn in the race.

D.The whole family gave Kelly support.

【2】Seeing Kelly’s performance in the race, the author felt_________.

A.worried and hesitantB.excited and proud

C.anxious and uneasyD.curious and concerned

【3】In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “conquered” probably means_________.

A.to succeed in dealing with or control something

B.to take control of an area and its people by force

C.to become very popular or successful in a place

D.to defeat someone especially in a competition

【4】In the ending paragraphs the author felt like “I won that day” because Kelly___________.

A.expressed love to herB.won the gold medal

C.overcame the fearD.took part in the sport

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。講述了作者的女兒今年完成了她的第一次兒童鐵人三項(xiàng)，作者為女兒的變化感到驕傲的故事。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“On Saturday, with a thunderstorm coming soon and my son’s birthday party later in the day, we all went out in the dark of the morning for Kelly to participate in her first triathlon. We practiced transitions from swim to bike to run with her, we got all the equipment she’d need, and we kept talking about the race.”（周六，暴風(fēng)雨即將來臨，我兒子的生日聚會也會在當(dāng)天晚些時候舉行，我們所有人都在早上天黑的時候出發(fā)，為了Kelly參加的第一次三項(xiàng)全能。我們和她一起練習(xí)從游泳到騎車到跑步之間的過渡，我們準(zhǔn)備了她需要的所有裝備，我們一直在談?wù)撨@場比賽。）可推知，全家人都在支持Kelly參加比賽。故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段“From the second she jumped into the water, my heart soared. My daughter transformed into the most confident human being I had ever seen. She dominated that swim, crushed that bike ride and ran to the finish with the biggest smile on her face.”（從她跳進(jìn)水里那一刻，我的心飛起來了。我的女兒變成了一個我從來沒見過的、最自信的人。她在游泳中占據(jù)優(yōu)勢，在騎行中領(lǐng)先，臉上帶著最大的笑容跑向終點(diǎn)。）和第四段“I can honestly say that I never felt so proud of someone in my entire life.”（我可以誠實(shí)地說，在我整個生命中，我從沒為某個人感到如此驕傲。）可知，作者看到Kelly比賽中的表現(xiàn)時，她感到興奮和自豪。故選B。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)劃線單詞所在句子“It was because she was afraid of something and conquered that fear with confidence and a fire I hadn’t seen before.”（是因?yàn)樗�害怕某些事，但是她用我之前沒見過的自信和激情conquered這份恐懼。）可知，此處指Kelly用信心和激情克服了恐懼。因此猜測conquered意為“克服，對付”。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“I kept looking at her with smile. She might be wearing the finalist medal but I felt like I won that day. I won the chance to see my girl shine.”（我一直微笑著看著她。她可能帶著決賽獎牌，但我卻感覺那天是我贏了。我贏得了看到我的女兒發(fā)光的樣子的機(jī)會。）可知，作者有這種自己贏得感覺是因?yàn)榭吹脚畠?/span>Kelly克服了恐懼。故選C。

閱讀理解中的常出現(xiàn)推理判斷題有邏輯推理、只是判斷等。這類考題常出現(xiàn)的詞有：learn from, infer, indicate等。進(jìn)行邏輯推理時，根據(jù)文章中所陳述的事實(shí)、例證等進(jìn)行推理，得出合乎邏輯的推理。如第一小題，題干關(guān)鍵詞“learn from”，通過閱讀第二自然段，可知，第二段描寫了一家人為Kelly比賽做準(zhǔn)備的一系列活動，從而推出全家支持Kelly的結(jié)論，得出正確答案。