10.Lie in bed,by an open window,and listen…
"No air conditioning?How can you sleep?"a friend asks,horrified.I tell her my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and reduce our electric bill.On this first night of our cost-cutting plan,it's only 85degrees.We're going to suffer,but the three kids complain anyway.
They have grown up in 72-degree comfort,protected from the world outside.
"It's too hot to sleep,"my 13-year-old daughter complains."I'm about to die from this heat,"her brother complains down the hall."Just try it tonight,"I tell them.In truth I'm too tired to turn for long.My face is sweaty,but I lie quietly listening to the cricket choirs outside that remind me of childhood.
The neighbor's dog howls.Probably a passing squirrel.It's been years since I took the time to really listen to the night.
I think about grandma,who lived to 92and still helped with my mom's gardening until just a few weeks before she died.And then,I'm back there at her house in the summer heat of my childhood.I move my pillow to the foot of grandma's bed and turn my face toward the open window.I turn the pillow,hunting for the cooler side.
Grandma saw me turn over and over."If you just watch for the breeze(清風),"she said,"you'll cool off and fall asleep."I stare at the filmy white curtain,willing it to move.Lying still,waiting,I suddenly notice the life outside the window.The bug chorus.Neighbors,porch(門廊)-sitting late,speak in unclear words that calm me.
"Mom,did you hear that?"my seven-year-old son cries,"I think it was an owl(貓頭鷹)family."
"Probably,"I tell him,"just keep listening…"
Without the working air conditioner,the house is peaceful,and the natural night noises seem close enough to touch.I hope I'm awake tonight when the first breeze comes in.
51.On the first night of the writer's cost-cutting plan,her childrenB.
A.live a comfortable life as usual
B.begin to be unhappy
C.a(chǎn)re protected from the world outside
D.a(chǎn)re about to die from the heat
52.The author talks about her grandmother and her childhood to show thatC.
A.people used to live a hard life
B.people at that time were hardworking
C.it's OK for people to live a simple life
D.she has learned a great deal from her grandma
53.In the writer's eyes,her children areD.
A.free from parents'protection
B.full of dissatisfaction with life
C.dependable because of parents'love
D.lacking in real test of hardships in life
54.Which of the following titles best suits the passage?A
A.Waiting for the Breeze.
B.An Interesting Experience.
C.Life at Present and Life in the Past.
D.Different Times,Different Children.
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章講述了他自己在夏天不開空調(diào)讓孩子體驗生活的艱難,也通過回憶奶奶和自己的童年說明如果沒有現(xiàn)代設備,我們一樣可以活得很好.
解答 51.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段"It's too hot to sleep,"my 13-year-old daughter complains."I'm about to die from this heat.可知在作者實行削減計劃的第一天晚上他的孩子們并不是很高興,故選B.
52.C 推理判斷題,根據(jù)第五段以及第六段The neighbor's dog howls.Probably a passing squirrel.It's been years since I took the time to really listen to the night.I think about grandma,who lived to 92and still helped with my mom's gardening until just a few weeks before she died.And then,I'm back there at her house in the summer heat of my childhood.可知作者提及自己的奶奶和童年為了向大家說明人們以前沒有空調(diào)等現(xiàn)代設備一樣過得很好,故選C.
53.D 推理判斷題,根據(jù)第二段I tell her my family has decided to shut the air conditioner off and reduce our electric bill.On this first night of our cost-cutting plan,it's only 85degrees.We're going to suffer,but the three kids complain anyway.可知作者這樣做就是為了讓孩子們體驗生活的艱難,故選D.
54.A 主旨大意題,通過全文可知文章講述作者在夏天不開空調(diào)讓孩子體驗生活的艱難,也通過回憶奶奶和自己的童年在說明沒有現(xiàn)代設備,我們一樣可以活得很好,本題可以利用排除法,BCD和文章根本不搭,故選A.
點評 考查學生的細節(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,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時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.