12.Not long ago,I answered a telephone call from an old friend Jack."Hi,Steve,"he said,"I just wanted to see how you are getting along."For whatever reason,for months our paths had simply not crossed.It was good to talk with him.I wondered why we hadn't kept in touch better.Towards the end of the conversation,he said,"If you need me in any way,I will be happy to help out."And he meant it.
That call came at just the right time.That time,I had just about reached the lowest point in my life.I lost my job because of my poor performance,but I really needed the job to support the family.I needed those words of encouragement.The phone did it.I hung up the phone feeling real warmth in my chest.
And that day I re-learned something important about life:life is mainly about people---not plans and schedules,not to-do lists and a million tasks left undone---it's about people.
My friend reminded me that it is never enough just to love; we must also express it.He advised me to share my trouble with my wife or even my children.He would like to have phone calls and be my listener.What good is our love toward others if we don't find ways to let them know?
George William Childs said like this:Do not keep the box of your love and friendship sealed(封閉) up until your friends are dead.Fill their lives with sweetness.Speak cheering words while their ears can hear them and while their hearts can be made happier.Say the kind things you mean to say before they go.Happiness may be just a phone call away.
28.By"our paths had simply not crossed",the author meansD
A.they avoided meeting each other
B.they lived far away from each other
C.they went different ways to go to work
D.they didn't have contact with each other
29.What happened to Steve when he received Jack's call?B
A.He ran out of money
B.He was out of work
C.He lost his friends'support
D.He couldn't balance his work and family
30.What's Jack's suggestion to the author?D
A.Running his own business
B.Caring more about life than work
C.Working hard to support his family
D.Communicating with his family and friends
31.According to George William Childs,A
A.love should be spoken out
B.true love suffers,and is silent
C.happiness is as simple as a phone call
D.don't say bad words about your beloved ones.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了史提夫在人生最低谷接到杰克的電話,受到他的鼓勵,明白了愛就要說出來.
解答 28.D.句意理解題.根據(jù)第一段For whatever reason,for months our paths had simply not crossed.It was good to talk with him可知跟他聊天真是太好了,即兩人很久沒有聯(lián)系了;故選D.
29.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段That time,I had just about reached the lowest point in my life.I lost my job because of my poor performance可知史提夫接到杰克的電話是在剛失業(yè)不久;故選B.
30.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段My friend reminded me that it is never enough just to love; we must also express it.He advised me to share my trouble with my wife or even my children可知杰克對作者的建議是多與家人和朋友溝通;故選D.
31.A.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段George William Childs said like this:Do not keep the box of your love and friendship sealed(封閉) up until your friends are dead.Fill their lives with sweetness可知George William Childs認為愛要說出來;故選A.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.