16．It all began with a stop at a red light．
    Kevin Saiwen was driving his 14-year-old daughter，Hannah，back from a sleepover in 2006．While waiting at a traffic light，they saw a black Mercedes Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other．
"Dad，if that man had a less nice car，that man there could have a meal．"Hannah protested．The light changed and they drove on，but Hannah was too young to be reasonable．She pestered （糾纏）her parents about inequity，insisting that she wanted to do something．
"What do you want to do？"her mom responded．"SelI our house？"
    Warning!Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager．Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds （收入）to charity，while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home．
    Eventually，that's what the family did．The project--crazy，impetuous （魯莽的）and absolutely inspiring--is written down in detail in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month：The Power of Half．It's a book that，frankly，I'd be nervous about leaving around where my own teenage kids might find it．An impressionable child reads this，and the next thing you know your whole family is out on the street．
    At a time of enormous needs in Haiti and elsewhere，when so many Americans are trying to help Haitians by sending everything from text messages to shoes，the Salwens offer an example of a family that came together to make a difference-for themselves as much as the people they were trying to help．In a column a week ago，it described neurological （神經(jīng)學(xué)的）evidence from brain scans （掃描）that unselfishness lights up parts of the brain normally associated with more primary satisfaction．The Salwens'experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessness．
    Mr．Salwen and his wife，Joan，had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger house．But after they downsized，there was much less space to retreat to，so the family members spent more time around each other．A smaller house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendly house．

41．What does the underlined word"inequity"most probably mean in Paragraph 3？A
A．Unfairness．
B．Satisfaction．
C．Personal attitude．
D．Reasonable statement．
42．What is suggested in the underlined sentence"Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager．"in Paragraph 5？D
A．Never advise an idealistic child to make a grand gesture．
B．Unless a child is realistic，never give any promise．
C．Give an immediate answer if the child is reasonable．
D．Don't respond to a child's demands without consideration．
43．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？C
A．The Salwens donated a lot to charity though they weren't rich．
B．Unselfishness comes from people's primary satisfaction．
C．Hannah's parents sold their house at Hannah's request．
D．The writer's children asked him to sell their house．
44．What can we learn from the last paragraph？B
A．The Salwens regretted selling their house．
B．The family members got much closer．
C．People living in small houses are happy．
D．The Salwens intend to buy another big house．
45．The best title for the passage should be"D"．
A．The Less，the Better
B．An Expected Satisfaction
C．Something We Can Live Without
D．Somewhat Crazy but Inspiring．

分析 這篇文章講的是Kevin Salwen 受到女兒的啟發(fā)，賣了自己的房子，換了小的，剩下的錢，用來幫助有需要的人，而他們自己的家庭也更加親密了．

解答 41．A．詞義猜測題：從第二段的句子：they saw a black Mercedes Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other．可知女兒看見的是不平等的事情，選A．
42．D．句意理解題：根據(jù)句子Warning!Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager．可知這句話的意思是：提醒：不要給一個理想主義的孩子這么大方的提議！所以是：不要不加考慮就回答一個孩子的要求，選D
43．C．細節(jié)理解題：從文章第六段的句子：Eventually，that's what the family did．The project-crazy，impetuous （魯莽的） and utterly inspiring可知Hannah 讓父母做慈善的事情，他們賣了房子．選C．
44．B．細節(jié)理解題：從最后一段的句子：But after they downsized，there was much less space to retreat to，so the family members spent more time around each other．A smaller house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendly house．可知Salwen 家人的關(guān)系更加親密了，選B
45．D． 推理判斷題：這篇文章講的是Kevin Salwen 受到女兒的啟發(fā)，賣了自己的房子，換了小的，剩下的錢，用來幫助有需要的人，正如文章的句子：Eventually，that's what the family did．The project-crazy，impetuous （魯莽的） and utterly inspiring這個做法有點瘋狂但是激勵人心，選 D

點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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My connecting flight was in Frankfurt，Germany，14 hours from Denver．Sitting in a crowded plane watching bad movies couldn't dampen my excitement．When the woman next to me asked me where I was going，I happily answered and was pleased to note a tone of jealousy in her response．
But when I arrived in Frankfurt，fear and anxiety began to set in．Being in an enormous，busy building in a country where I couldn't speak the language was frightening，but as I found my way，I gained confidence．When I boarded the second plane and discovered that the flight was less than an hour，I was filled with excitement as I thought of how I would manage in a country with a new language．
When I stepped on the ground of Pairs for the first time，I was extremely happy and excited．I gathered my bags and joined the crowd of people waiting for friends and family．I quickly had my first experience trying to communicate in a language that I had only practiced in school．As I left the airport，I looked for familiar monuments I had read about，but the landscape looked very ordinary．Then，with one sharp turn，the Eiffel Tower came into view，and I was finally in Pairs．
33．Which of the following is true according to the passage？D
A．It was the first time that the writer had traveled abroad．
B．In the new term the writer was to study French in Paris．
C．The crowded plane made the writer less excited．
D．The writer flew to Paris via another country．
34．What can we learn from the passage？C
A．The writer was travelling with a woman friend of her parents'．
B．Arriving in Paris，the writer saw some family friends waiting for her．
C．The writer was not alone when travelling to the airport in Denver．
D．The writer had great difficulty communicating with people in French．
35．What is the passage mainly about？A
A．The writer's excitement and happiness on her journey to Paris．
B．The writer's exciting experiences of studying French in Paris．
C．The writer's expectation for French art，fashion，food and culture．
D．The writer's excitement resulting from her first ride on a plane．

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11．May 18，2015
    It has been almost eight weeks since my dad left Earth and everything seems to be back to normal．My dad calls me at least once a week．I am also able to have a video conference with him about once a month．We had our second video conference yesterday．Dad asked me to respond to his e-mails．I am not very good at that，so I hardly do that．He gave me a tour of parts of the Space Station and I was able to meet a few of the other astronauts on board．I do miss him and the video conferences make it a lot easier．
      June 21，2015
I am on the summer break from school right now．But before school ended，my dad set up a video conference with my class．All the kids enjoyed seeing him and asking him questions about space．I don't care how many times I see it．I still have to laugh when I see him flip around in zero gravity and eat floating M&M's．
Two nights ago，my mom and I went to a beach party with my classmate Joe and his family．Just around 9：10 pm，we looked at the night sky and saw the International Space Station（ISS） fly over．It looked like a bright star just moving across the sky．For those four minutes we were all watching．I couldn't help but miss my dad．
    Today is Father's Day．My sister and I did a video conference with our dad at the same time．She was in Houston，I was in Virginia Beach and my dad was flying over us．He put his video monitor in his window and took a picture of us with Virginia Beach in the backgro und．
24．After her dad went to space，the author most frequentlyC
A．contacts him by e-mail                   
B．sees astronauts on board
C．talks with him over the phone        
D．has video conferences with him．
25．How does the author probably find her dad's eating floating M&M's？D
A．Difficult        
B．Relaxing        
C．Scary           
D．Funny
26．What did the author do on the night of June 19，2015？B
A．She celebrated Father's Day．
B．She watched the ISS fly over the sky．
C．She took a picture of Virginia Beach．
D．She had a video conference with her dad．
27．In the text，the author clearly shows that sheA  
A．misses her dad a lot                 
B．is very proud of her dad．
C．used to be with her dad a lot            
D．dreams of becoming an astronaut．

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