5."Why do we have to learn this useless thing?"Of all the questions I have heard from my students during my years in the classroom,this was the one most frequently asked.I would answer it by telling them about an experience I once had.
It was an experience I had with a students,who I shall call Alan,early in my teaching career.When Alan was in the eighth grade,he majored in"trouble".He had studied how to be a bully(恃強凌弱者) and was getting his master's degree in"thievery".
Every day I had my students memorize a famous saying from a great thinker.No one complained about this daily routine more than Alan-right up to the day he was dismissed.Then I lost touch with him for five years.Then one day,he called.
He told me that after being sent to juvenile prison(少年犯管教所),he hated himself so much that he had cut his wrists with a knife.
He said,"You know what?Mr.Schlatter,as I lay there with my life running out of my body,I suddenly remembered that useless saying you made me write twenty times one day.‘There is no failure except in no longer trying.'Then it suddenly made sense to me.As long as I was alive,I wasn't a failure,but if I allowed myself to die,I would most certainly die a failure.So with my remaining strength,I called for help and started a new life."
At the time he had heard the saying,it as a pebble(鵝卵石) which made no sense to him.But when he needed guidance in a moment of difficulty,it had become a diamond.And so it is to you.I say,gather all the pebbles you can,and you can count on a future filled with diamonds.
18.When Alan studied at school,he was probably good atD.
A.memorizing sayings
B.complaining routine work
C.communicating with others
D.stealing things and threatening others
19.The underlined word"dismissed"in the third paragraph is closest in meaning toA.
A.expelled B.retired C.ignored D.fired
20.What can we learn from the passage?C.
A.Remembering some saying from great thinkers is very important.
B.Alan is not a good student because he didn't memorize the sayings.
C.Sometimes the small thing in the life may become a wise guidance when we are in trouble.
D.Try to collect as many pebbles as we can because they will become shining diamonds one day.
21.What would be the best title?C.
A.Alan B.A Saying C.Pebbles D.A Story.
分析 本文為科教類議論文,文章強調(diào)平時的積累;文章講述了Alan的故事;Alan在學校積累的格言最初就像是無意義的鵝卵石,但是在深陷困境時變成熠熠發(fā)光的鉆石救了Alan.通過這篇文章作者告誡我們平時要多積累"鵝卵石",我們就能擁有一個充滿鉆石的為來;
解答 18.答案是D.細節(jié)理解題;從第2段的信息"he majored in"trouble".(他的專業(yè)是制造麻煩)"和"He had studied how to be a bully(恃強凌弱者) and was getting his master's degree in"thievery".(他學習如何恃強凌弱者,快要在盜竊方面獲得碩士學位)"可知,Alan不僅欺負別人,還偷東西.故選D.
19.答案是A.詞匯猜測題.從上文可知,Alan在校表現(xiàn)很糟糕;下文第四段提到"after being sent to juvenile prison(少年犯管教所)"推斷他被學校"(dismissed)開除了",故選出A.
20.答案是C.推斷題;從最后一段的信息"At the time he had heard the saying,it was a pebble(鵝卵石) which made no sense to him.But when he needed guidance in a moment of difficulty,it had become a diamond."可知,艾倫當初聽到這句格言的時候,它還只是一顆無意義鵝卵石;在深陷困境時,即使不起眼的鵝卵石,也可能變成熠熠發(fā)光的鉆石;由此推斷,生活中的一件不起眼的小事,也有可能給我們幫助,給我們指引.故選C.
21.答案是C.主旨大意題. 文章的最后一段是故事的升華,也是作者講述這個故事的目的:Alan在學校積累的格言最初就像是無意義的鵝卵石,但是在深陷困境時變成熠熠發(fā)光的鉆石救了Alan.通過這篇文章作者告誡我們平時要多積累"鵝卵石",我們就能擁有一個充滿鉆石的為來;Pebble是最能體現(xiàn)中心的詞.故選C.
點評 閱讀要整體理解文章,在做細節(jié)題時根據(jù)題干定位細節(jié),在語境中正確理解原句,然后對照選項做出合理的判斷;必要的時候要進行推理,透過句子表面看作者的真正意圖.如果是主旨大意的判斷要把握文章整體,避免以偏概全.