【題目】 On a steamy July day in Bayonet Point, Florida, Gene Work and his brother-in-law, Mark Rouco, were renewing Gene’s lawn. It had grown brown and patchy in the heat, and the homeowners’ association had threatened to heavily fine him if the situation wasn’t improved. The new sod (草皮) was sitting in the driveway on four pallets, but the job was slow-going. Gene, then 40, wasn’t feeling right. He went inside to take a break and collapsed on the couch, clutching his chest. His wife, Melissa Work, called 911 quickly.

Even though he was staring down death. Gene had one thing on his mind: that lawn If the sod wasn’t put down that day, it would die. “While he was having his heart attack, literally in and out of consciousness, he kept begging me to have it put down because he didn’t want it to go to waste,” Melissa wrote in a Facebook post.

Soon Pasco County Fire Rescue arrived and took Gene and Melissa to the hospital, leaving Rouco behind to tackle the yard. Within an hour, he had managed to remove the old grass. He was about to lay the new sod, which he feared would take him well into the night, when two emergency vehicles appeared. Seven men--the same ones who had treated his brother--got out. Gene had told them how badly he’d wanted to get the sod down, so they had returned to help. The job was done in under two hours.

Meanwhile, Gene had surgery to insert stents (支架) in his heart, alleviating a potentially deadly blockage. He’s home now, fully recovered--and enjoying his beautiful lawn.

The Works are still amazed that those EMTs (Emergency medical technician) went above and beyond their job description. “These men,” Melissa told tampabay. com, “saved Gene’s life, and then came back to save his grass. That’s just so awesome.”

【1】Why did Gene want to renew his lawn?

A.It was in bad condition.B.He was fined by the association.

C.The sod grew too slowly.D.He disliked the color of the lawn.

【2】The seven men (EMTs) returned in order to ________.

A.perform their dutiesB.help with Gene’s lawn

C.check Gene’s houseD.send Gene back from hospital

【3】What does the underlined word “alleviating” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A.remove.B.cause.

C.ease.D.expand.

【4】Which of the following best describes EMTs?

A.selfless.B.helpful.

C.honest.D.devoted.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

本文為記敘文。佛羅里達(dá)州的急救醫(yī)生救了吉恩的生命，然后回來救了他的草。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。依據(jù)第一段It had grown brown and patchy in the heat...可知，吉恩想要更新他的草坪是因?yàn)樗臓顩r很差了。故A選項(xiàng)正確。

【2】推理判斷題。依據(jù)Gene had told them how badly he'd wanted to get the sod down, so they had returned to help.可知，這七個(gè)人(急診醫(yī)生)回來是為了幫吉恩修剪草坪。故B選項(xiàng)正確。

【3】詞義猜測題。依據(jù)前后句，吉恩接受了支架植入手術(shù)，這減輕了潛在的致命性阻塞。由此推知，alleviating意為“減輕”。A. remove移除；B. cause造成；C. ease減輕，緩解；D. expand擴(kuò)張。故C選項(xiàng)正確。

【4】推理判斷題。EMTs遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出了其工作范圍，不但救了基恩的命，還救了基恩的草。救人是工作職責(zé)，救草彰顯其樂以助人。A. selfless無私的；B. helpful有幫助的；C. honest誠實(shí)的；D. devoted獻(xiàn)身的，忠誠的。故B選項(xiàng)正確。

依據(jù)邏輯推理猜測詞義：運(yùn)用邏輯推理猜測詞義是使用最廣考查最多也最易失分的猜詞方式。要求考生具備整合分散、復(fù)雜信息的能力，充分利用上下文中相關(guān)的詞匯并結(jié)合具體的語境，從形式和內(nèi)容上把握語言之間的內(nèi)在聯(lián)系，理順語言之間的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)而達(dá)到猜詞的目的。在第3小題中，可以根據(jù)該劃線詞所在的上下文語境來推測其意義。依據(jù)前后句意，吉恩接受了心臟支架植入手術(shù)，減輕了潛在的致命性阻塞。由此推知，alleviating意為“減輕”。A. remove移除；B. cause造成；C. ease減輕，緩解；D. expand擴(kuò)張。故C選項(xiàng)正確。

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