Goldie's Secret

　　She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. "We're moving house.'; "No space for her any more with the baby coming." "We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present." People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.

　　I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.

　　That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.

　　By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. "We didn't know what had happened to her," said the woman at the door. "I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared." "She must have tried to come back to them and got lost," added a boy from behind her.

　　I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I've learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.

　　( ) 1. How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?

　　A. Shocked. B. Sympathetic. C. Annoyed. D. Upset.

　　( ) 2. In her first few days at the author's house, Goldie .

　　AI felt worried B. was angry

　　C. ate a little D. sat by the fire

　　( ) 3. Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she .

　　A. saw her puppies B. heard familiar barking

　　C. wanted to leave the author D. found her way to her old home

　　( ) 4. The passage is organized in order of .

　　A. time B. effectiveness C. importance D. complexity

　　閱讀技巧：夾敘夾議，敘為議服務(wù)，議為敘指導(dǎo)。把握了這句話就把握了閱讀此類文章的真諦。敘述不分重點(diǎn)關(guān)注人物，情節(jié)的變化;議論一定看清楚作者想表明的道理。

　　答題技巧：本篇題目由3個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)題和一道文章結(jié)構(gòu)題組成，難度都不大。細(xì)節(jié)題要求學(xué)生把握文章中的原文，做合理推斷和轉(zhuǎn)述。比如57題，將unsettled理解成worried。文章結(jié)構(gòu)題基本屬于送分題，要求學(xué)生作答，此篇記敘文按照時(shí)間順序發(fā)展。

　　56.B

　　情緒推斷，較難題。此推斷題的難點(diǎn)在于，原文沒有直接的形容詞表述，要求學(xué)生通過具體的描述總結(jié)。原文第2段She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's.劃線句子表明作者同情被遺棄的小狗，希望幫助它高興起來。

　　57.A

　　細(xì)節(jié)題，較難題。要做對此題主要要排除C項(xiàng)的干擾，原文第2段She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. hardly ate anything的表述與ate little是不一樣的。前者是幾乎什么都不吃，后者是吃得少，此錯(cuò)誤選項(xiàng)屬于"改變否定/肯定的程度"。

　　58.D

　　原因推斷題，簡單題，通過原文第4段的描寫可得正確答案。

　　59.A

　　問文章的行文結(jié)構(gòu)，簡單題，此篇記敘文按照時(shí)間順序發(fā)展。

　　B

　　In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou (周傳雄) lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and accidentally heard a song that greatly enchanted (迷住) him. His passion for music was suddenly rekindled (重新點(diǎn)燃).

　　“My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame or money,” Chou told Teens. “So I asked myself, ‘why not start all over again?’”

　　That's how we luckily regained this music genius, who has since then composed lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜). His emotional voice is enthralling (迷人的). "Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we genuinely (真正地) want to follow," he said.

　　Following the success of Turkey in Blue, he has recently released his latest work Lovers Genesis. In this album he explores human relationships in the Internet age. This time, he takes the role of a calm observer rather than a struggling insider. "Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you're going to use it," is Chou's advice to teenagers. Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country's language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it.

　　( ) 1. How was Steve Zhou’s passion for music rekindled?

　　A. He was encouraged by his friends.

　　B. When he passed by a store and heard a song that enchanted him.

　　C .He decided to rebuild his reputation.

　　D. A good idea suddenly occurred to him.

　　( ) 2. Which of the following songs belongs to Steve Zhou?

　　A. Heal the world B. I swear C. Lovers Genesis D. Lemon tree

　　( ) 3. How does Zhou get his music idea?

　　A. From his work life B. From his trips

　　C. From his friends D. From musical books

　　( ) 4. What does the underlined sentence mean?

　　A. Technology is always a good thing.

　　B. Technology by no means is a good thing.

　　C. If you use it properly, it will be helpful to your life.

　　D. We should not believe technology too much.

　　【文章大意】：文章主要向人們講述了臺(tái)灣歌手周傳雄在經(jīng)歷事業(yè)低谷后重新開始自己的音樂創(chuàng)作的過程。

　　1.【考點(diǎn)分析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。

　　【參考答案】B。

　　【解題思路】文中第一段提到he passed by a local CD store and accidentally heard a song that greatly enchanted (迷住) him.。可知周重新燃起的創(chuàng)作熱情是源于一首CD歌曲的影響。

　　2.【考點(diǎn)分析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。

　　【參考答案】C。

　　【解題思路】 文中的最后一段提到了周傳雄的音樂作品，我們據(jù)此可以得知C項(xiàng)是正確參考答案。

　　3.【考點(diǎn)分析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。

　　【參考答案】B。

　　【解題思路】文中最后一段提到Chou often gets his music ideas from trips .可知周傳雄是在旅途中來尋找自己的想法，故B項(xiàng)正確。

　　4.【考點(diǎn)分析】句意理解題。

　　【參考答案】C。

　　【解題思路】句中講到“科技是個(gè)好東西，但是關(guān)鍵在于你怎么使用它”，由此我們可知C 項(xiàng)正確。