For Rachael and Leigh Badman, there is only one wish on their Christmas list this year__ that their sick daughter survives until December 25.
Fifteen –year-old Paige suffers from a rare brain condition. The disease affects as few as 12 people in the world, and can kill her any day without warning. And her condition has deteriorated in recent months. Each time she closes her eyes, she may never wake up. Rachael and Leigh Badman are worried that she couldn’t live through Christmas. They filled their house with Christmas decorations on November1, so she could enjoy her favorite day of the year in advance.
Paige was diagnosed with the condition four years ago. Mrs. Badman described the condition as “being on death row” as she never knows if she will wake up and still have a daughter. She said, “ Paige always loves Christmas and it’s heartbreaking to see her suffering like this.”
In the last months, Paige has been unable to eat and has never walked or spoken. But she loves music, and enjoys watching pop stars’ DVDs. And in May she also went on holiday to Florida with her parents and little brother, Kefton. The family , who have already organized parts of Paige’s funeral, also saw the teenager swimming with dolphins during the trip. Since then, however, her condition has worsened.
Mrs Badman, who is separated from her husband and works as Paige’s full-time carer, said, “Now she can’t eat or drink anymore, and her brain is shrinking.(萎縮) With all her problems, we just thought, ‘Let’s get the Christmas tree up as soon as possible.’ We’re praying she lives to see Christmas Day.”
小題1:Paige’s parents got the Christmas tree up on November 1 to ____.
A．let her enjoy the great time with visitors
B．let her understand her parents’ love
C．let her enjoy Christmas early before her death
D．let her receive more good wishes from others
小題2:Mrs Badman described Paige as “ being on death row” because ______.
A．Paige could die at any time without warning
B．she found Paige struggling painfully
C．she had organized Paige’s funeral
D．Paige lost the abilities to walk and speak
小題3:The underlined word can be replaced by “_____”.
A．proved satisfyingB．grown strongerC．got improvedD．become worse
小題4:What can be learned from the passage?
A．Christmas is Paige’s favorite festival.
B．12% of children in the world suffer from the disease.
C．Paige enjoyed watching pop stars’ DVDs on a trip.
D．Paige travelled with her family before suffering the disease.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：文章介紹Paige得了一種罕見的病，隨時(shí) 有可能死去，父母為了讓她享受圣誕節(jié)提前裝飾了圣誕樹。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題;從第二段的句子：They filled their house with Christmas decorations on November1, so she could enjoy her favorite day of the year in advance. 可知Paige’的父母是想在她死前提前過(guò)圣誕節(jié)。選C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：as she never knows if she will wake up and still have a daughter. 可知Mrs Badman知道Paige會(huì)沒有任何預(yù)警就死去。選 A
小題3:猜詞題;從第二段的句子：Each time she closes her eyes, she may never wake up. 可知Paige的情況越來(lái)越糟糕。選D
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題;從第二段的句子：They filled their house with Christmas decorations on November1, so she could enjoy her favorite day of the year in advance.可知圣誕節(jié)是Paige最喜歡的節(jié)日。選A 。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問(wèn)題快速閱讀短文，找出與問(wèn)題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子，再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：不詳 題型：完形填空

It was a sunny day. A city man was driving along a country road with a new wagon（馬車）and a beautiful pair of horses. He didn’t pay a lot of  11  to where he was going. Pretty soon  12_ that he was lost, but he continued to drive, expecting to refind his way or to 13  someone who could tell him how to get back to the  14  .
It was a long 15 road. For many __16__ he kept on driving. When it was almost dark ，he saw in a field a tall  17  ploughing（犁地） the land. He stopped his   18 team of horses near the fence and called out，“Hello，farmer.”
“Hello，yourself，”the farmer___19____，still ploughing .
“Where does the horse go？”he asked without knowing his language mistakes.
“I haven’t seen it go anywhere. It   20  stays right where it is，”said the farmer，withoutstopping his work.
“How far is it to the next town？” said the city man，speaking a little more   21  .
“Don’t know. I never  22 it,” replied the farmer. By this time the city man was getting 23 .“What do you know？You’re the biggest fool I ever saw.”
Finally stopping, the farmer turned and looked for a long time  24  at the city man. Then he said，“Maybe I don’t know much.   25  I am a fool. But at least I’m not lost！” 
小題1:
A．signsB．ordersC．a(chǎn)ttentionD．direction
小題2:
A．realizedB．recognizedC．a(chǎn)cceptedD．received
小題3:
A．missB．meetC．lookD．lose
小題4:
A．townB．countryC．capitalD．village
小題5:
A．lonelyB．busyC．dirtyD．crowded
小題6:A seconds     B. minutes           C. hours              D years
小題7:
A．driverB．policemanC．farmerD．worker
小題8:
A．strongB．tiredC．weakD．tiring
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)skedB．demandedC．repliedD．ordered
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)lways B．oftenC．sometimesD．seldom
小題11:
A．politelyB．friendly C．loudlyD．a(chǎn)ngrily
小題12:
A．judged B．measuredC．sawD．studied
小題13:
A．sadB．lovelyC．friendlyD．a(chǎn)ngry
小題14:
A．gladly B．immediatelyC．silentlyD．excitedly
小題15:
A．GenerallyB．FortunatelyC．CertainlyD．Perhaps

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