My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him, but the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card （成績報告單）arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six failing grades for the year. At this rate he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I'm giving the whole thing up to you.” Just then, I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster, “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time” and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a great improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll（光榮榜）. In his fourth year, I attended a parent-­teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home，he said, “Mum，remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
小題1:By saying “Karl became withdrawn” the author means that the boy changed entirely and ________.
A．he preferred to stay at school
B．he stayed at home all day
C．he refused to talk to his mother
D．he began to like his life
小題2:There was silence on the other end of the line because ________.
A．the speaker was too moved to say anything to his mother
B．the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking
C．the speaker didn't want the mother to recognize his voice
D．the speaker didn’t want to interrupt the mother
小題3:What is the main idea of this passage?
A．Children in single-­parent families often have mental problems.
B．Mother’s love plays an important role in teenagers’ life.
C．Being understood by parents is not necessary to teenagers.
D．School education is a failure.
小題4: Which is not true according to the article?
A．Karl changed a lot after his father died.
B．What Karl did at school showed that he didn’t love his mother.
C．Karl’s mother tried many ways to help him.
D．Karl’s teachers were surprised at his change.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B

試題分析：本文講述母愛感動了一個頑童，使他成為一個非常優(yōu)秀的學生的故事。
小題1:句意猜測題。根據(jù)第一段第二句“我越想和他說話，他越不說”可得出答案。選C。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文的最后可知，打電話的是Karl，他聽了媽媽的話后很受震動。選A。
小題3:主旨大意題。本文講述的故事中，正是母愛感動了這個頑童，使他成為一個非常優(yōu)秀的學生，選B。
小題4:推理題：從文章的最后一句話“That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”可知karl在學校的表現(xiàn)說明他是愛媽媽的。選B。
點評：本文考查細節(jié)題為主，細節(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使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(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節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子，再對相關(guān)部分進行分析對比，找出答案。
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D．Think twice before you do.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly（蝴蝶） caught in a thorn（荊棘）bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy（仙女）. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”
The fairy leaned（傾斜） toward her and whispered（耳語）in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness. She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, afraid that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure（安全的）they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
小題1:Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan（孤兒） girl     .
A．felt sorrow, but she didn’t help itB．failed to help it release from the thorn
C．fell down on it tooD．helped the butterfly escape from the thorn
小題2:The butterfly     after being saved by the little girl.
A．flied awayB．was more beautiful than before
C．changed into a fairyD．still died
小題3:The only thing that the little girl wanted was       .
A．wealthB．parentsC．happinessD．friends
小題4:The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because      .
A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t want her to die
B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died
C．they wanted to pray for her after her death
D．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

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