阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
On a Saturday night at home while relaxing with friends, a dog showed up at the house. In an attempt to find the legal owner and return the dog, we knocked on the door of the legal owner and an old man opened the door. This was the start of an interesting week.
The old man sat down, made himself at home, and gifted us the dog. After a brief visit, he left, and we were now the proud owners of this dog. It takes experience and knowledge to know that our lifestyle can?t satisfy the needs of this dog; the owner that gifted us the dog was mismatched for him as well.
Three attempts to return the dog to his old owner failed. (I think he was avoiding us.) Because our lifestyle didn?t allow us to give this poor dog the attention he needed, he disturbed the neighbors. They got involved. After we shared the story, they gained a new perspective and wisely stepped in to help us find a solution.
One week later it was decided that dog would be picked up from us by the old neighbor. He would then return it to the previous owner who was more equipped to care for it.
When faced with unexpected challenges in life, it helps to see everyone? s perspective. We have to look at one another?s perspective to solve a problem with honesty, experience and knowledge. That?s the sign of a leader. Although the old neighbor typically has little to do with leadership, it did bring a neighborhood together to understand one another and work as a team to solve a problem.
1.Why was the dog taken to the author?s home? A. To find food to eat. B. To seek a proper owner. C. The author was friendly to him. D. The old man couldn?t feed him.
2.What did the author find after he was gifted with the dog? A. He didn?t like the dog at all. B. He could deal with dog easily. C. The old neighbor was cheating him. D. It was unsuitable for him to keep the dog. 3.What does the author intend to stress in the text?
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A. The value of team spirit. B. The smartness of the old neighbor. C. The importance of leadership skills.
D. The need for calmness in front of challenges. 【答案】 1.B 2.D 3.A
3.A主旨大意题。作者前面是属于记叙部分，最后一段点题了，尤其是
That?s the sign of a leader. Although the old neighbor typically has little to do with leadership, it did bring a neighborhood together to understand one another and work as a team to solve a problem.可知作者强调团队精神的作用，故选A。 考点：考查记叙文阅读 【题型】阅读理解 【难度】一般 7.阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Choke Selassie, aged 13, is working hard to help drivers avoid potholes(坑洼). The eighth-grader was inspired to kick off his creation on a recent morning, when his mother was driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. He decided to do something about the pothole problem in his city.
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Choke developed the app with his friends Rodriguez Ratliff and Emmanuel Brooks. When the app detects a pothole, it is highlighted in red. And if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you with a beep. Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes and look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that have them.
The app relies on current available information about the streets of Jackson, already stored in a database of the city?s 311 call system. Through the call system, citizens dial 3-1-1 to report non-emergency problems which include potholes. Choke and his friends determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in Jackson would give them a large enough sample size to test the prototype.
While developing the app, the boys took part in a Minority Male Makers Program sponsored by Verizon and held at Jackson State University. They learned 3D printing and design, and how to create apps. Through the program, Choke and his friends received encouragement and guidance.
Although the app isn?t yet available for sale, Choke is already looking for ways to improve the app. He hopes to add more to it until it spreads all over the country. 1.Why is the car damage mentioned in the first paragraph? A. To scold the road builders. B. To introduce their bad luck. C. To tell the inspiration for the app. D. To warn the danger of careless driving. 2.What is the app used to do? A. Warn drivers about potholes. B. Help drivers obey traffic rules. C. Tell drivers to avoid red lights. D. Stop drivers using mobile phones.
3.How does the app work through the 311 call system? A. By replying to citizens? calls. B. By broadcasting traffic accidents. C. By settling non- emergency problems. D. By using its information about potholes. 4.Which can be Choke?s future target?
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A. Encouraging more kids to create apps. B. Taking part in more learning programs. C. Making the app available for sale online. D. Making the app include streets nationwide. 【答案】 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.D
1.C 推理判断题。根据文章第一段后两句Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. He decided to do something about the pothole problem in his city.可知，在第一段提到汽车受损是为了告诉读者检测路面有坑洼的APP的灵感。故选C。
2.A 细节理解题。根据第二段三、四句if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you with a beep（如果你靠近坑洼，你的电话会警告你一声。）Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes and look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that have them.（司机也可以使用应用程序来报告任何坑洼，寻找他们可以采取的其他路线，以避免他们走的道路。）可知，选A。
3.D 细节理解题。根据第三段第一、二句The app relies on current available information about the streets of Jackson, already stored in a database of the city?s 311 call system. Through the call system, citizens dial 3-1-1 to report non-emergency problems which include potholes. （该程序依赖当前可利用的关于Jackson街道的信息，信息已存储在城市的311呼叫系统的数据库中，通过这个呼叫系统，人们拨打311来报告非紧急问题，其中包括路面坑洼的问题。）可知，故选D。
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考点：考查记叙文阅读 【题型】阅读理解 【难度】较难 8.阅读理解
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
On the eve of our daughters? weddings, I gave both of them what I considered to be excellent marital advice: never leave your husband unsupervised (无人监督的) with pruning shears (修枝剪).
If only I had taken my own advice. I recently let my guard down. Thirty-some years of marriage can do that to a woman. Give a man pruning shears and electric trimmers (电动修剪器) and he will give new meaning to “armed and dangerous.”
One day earlier this year, my husband said that the crab apple tree was dead. “Why do you think it is dead?” I asked. “Look at it. There?s not a leaf on it.”
“There?s not a leaf on anything. It?s March,” I said.
“It looked sick last fall and with this bitter winter we had, I?m convinced it?s dead.”
The truth is he?s never liked the crabapple. Sure, it has beautiful blooms in the spring, but then it gets a disease, the leaves curl, and it drops those little apples that sit on the driveway.
Each passing week he pronounced the tree dead. Eventually I began to believe him. Though he agreed it would be a regrettable loss, there was a twinkle in his eye. He armed himself a couple of weeks ago and began trimming. A branch here, a branch there, a small limb, then a large limb. I watched and then decided to check the wood on some of the branches closer to the trunk. I broke one off and saw green.
The crabapple was not dead. It just hadn?t had time to leaf out. The tree was now falling to one side, but it was not dead. I would have told him so, but he had moved on to a maple. Once the man starts, he can?t stop. One trim leads to another.
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