This morning as I was getting the children ready or school, I helped them prepare breakfast and pack their lunches. I reviewed spelling words with them and made sure that their homework was collected in their bags. I had seen the weather forecast for the day and knew it was going to remain cool all day. I suggested they wear sweaters for the walk to the us stop. My kids chose to repulse my advice. My son decided that all he needed was a T-shirt, not a sweater.
I didn’t force(強(qiáng)迫) them to wear sweaters and we went to the bus stop. It is a full kilometer walk to the top of a treeless hill and the wind felt like a knife cutting through the skin. My children endured(忍受) the cold until halfway, when I gave them with the sweaters I had quietly carried under my arm. Then took them without complaint, and I bit my tongue from saying, “I told you so.”
What I was asking my children to do was to trust me. Trust Mom to have their best interests in mind. Trust Mom to know what she is talking about. Even though they didn’t know that I had read the outdoor thermometer (溫度計) before they woke up and I had seen the day’s weather forecast, I wanted them to trust me. By ignoring me, they were saying that they didn’t believe I knew what was best for them. What they knew was that yesterday was a warm enough day for shorts. What they knew was that it was warm enough in the house to wear shorts. Therefore, they felt sure enough to make their own decision on what to wear outside.
Too many times we depend on what we know of yesterday, and how we feel today, and so we make decisions based on them. Too many times we think that we know better, so we can deal with things better. But we are wrong.
小題1:It can be inferred from the first paragraph that      .
A．the author didn’t believe in her children
B．the author took her children to school every morning
C．the author’s children always followed her advice
D．the author had a very busy morning that day
小題2:The underlined word  “repulse” in the first paragraph means      .
A．refuseB．followC．seekD．doubt
小題3:What can be learned from the passage?
A．The author’s children always ignore her.
B．The author takes great care of the children in life.
C．The author’s children always make wrong decisions.
D．The author always force her children to wear sweaters.
小題4:The author writes this passage to      .
A．tell the readers how to ask for advice
B．offer advice on how to teach children
C．explain the importance of trusting others
D．give advice on how to make decisions

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：本文講述了早晨上學(xué)的時候孩子們拒絕了我讓他們穿毛衣的建議，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)天氣很冷，最終穿上了毛衣。用這個故事告訴我們要信任別人，不要總是只相信自己的判斷。
小題1:D 推理題。根據(jù)第一段前4行This morning as I was getting the children ready or school, I helped them prepare breakfast and pack their lunches. I reviewed spelling words with them and made sure that their homework was collected in their bags. I had seen the weather forecast for the day and knew it was going to remain cool all day.可知我整個早晨都很忙碌，忙著給孩子準(zhǔn)備各種東西，故D正確。
小題2:A 推理題。根據(jù)I suggested they wear sweaters for the walk to the us stop. My kids chose to repulse my advice. My son decided that all he needed was a T-shirt, not a sweater.我建議孩子穿毛衣，后面說他們要穿T恤，而不是毛衣。可知他們拒絕了我的建議。故A正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段I helped them prepare breakfast and pack their lunches. I reviewed spelling words with them and made sure that their homework was collected in their bags. I had seen the weather forecast for the day and knew it was going to remain cool all day. I suggested they wear sweaters for the walk to the us stop.可知我給孩子們準(zhǔn)備的很充分，為他們做了很多事情，說明我把孩子照顧得很好。故B正確。
小題4:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段內(nèi)容可知孩子們在起初的時候，不相信媽媽，后來證明母親是正確的。很多時候我們都是只相信自己的判斷，而忽視了別人的看法，文章主要告訴我們的就是要信任別人。故C正確。
點評：本文講述了早晨上學(xué)的時候孩子們拒絕了我讓他們穿毛衣的建議，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)天氣很冷，最終穿上了毛衣。用這個故事告訴我們要信任別人，不要總是只相信自己的判斷。要求考生在閱讀理解整體語篇的基礎(chǔ)上，把握文章的真正內(nèi)涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，從字里行間捕捉有用的提示和線索，這是推理的前提和基礎(chǔ);要對文字的表面信息進(jìn)行挖掘加工，由表入里，由淺入深，從具體到抽象，從非凡到一般，通過分析、綜合、判定等，進(jìn)行深層處理，符合邏輯地推理。不能就是論事，斷章取義，以偏概全。要忠實于原文，以文章提供的事實和線索為依據(jù)。
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D．who think their goals are hard to reach
小題3:What does the underlined word "indispensable" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A．outgoing B．a(chǎn)ttractiveC．importantD．energetic
小題4:What message does the author want to convey（傳遞） in the last paragraph?
A．To overlook one's disadvantages.
B．To make full use of one's advantages.
C．To have great confidence in one's abilities.
D．To make objective evaluations of one's abilities.

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We always want what we cannot have. When we’re young, we want to stay out late, have romantic relationships, and be __36__. However, when we’re __37__, we want to go back to being young and we __38__ the days when we didn’t have to worry about complex love affairs, __39__ pressure, and money problems.
Young people believe adulthood __40__ freedom from parents and schoolwork. When they get older, they feel that __41__is freedom from work pressure and family responsibilities. To  __42__ this feeling, people say, “The grass is always __43__ on the other side.”
As teenagers, we like to be like adults but as young adults, we __44__to be young again. We think about staying out late, __45__ our own money to spend. Suddenly, they see that love can result in _46__hearts; staying out late makes it hard to get ready for__47__the next morning. They find out that adult life is not as __48__as they thought it would be and suddenly, __49__ becomes very scary.
Life is __50__. It gives us time to__51__ but also requires us to work. The time will come when we must grow up and we will always look __52__ wishing we __53__being young a bit longer. That time will not come back. It is normal to want what we cannot have but the __54__ is that to be happy is to appreciate what we have. That is the first step to growing up. __55__life becomes more complex we will not regret the time we wasted wishing we were adults.
小題1:
A．comfortableB．dependentC．independentD．polite
小題2:
A．olderB．defeated C．marriedD．confident
小題3:
A．likeB．forgetC．regretD．miss
小題4:
A．studyB．jobC．a(chǎn)geD．health
小題5:
A．creates B．showsC．meansD．limits
小題6:
A．childhoodB．a(chǎn)dulthoodC．parenthoodD．romanticism
小題7:
A．reduceB．describe C．experienceD．understand
小題8:
A．greener B．thinnerC．yellowD．colorful
小題9:
A．wishB．decideC．returnD．stop
小題10:
A．making B．havingC．worrying aboutD．showing off
小題11:
A．healthyB．a(chǎn)mbitiousC．brokenD．excited
小題12:
A．breakfastB．schoolC．exercise D．work
小題13:
A．richB．busy C．free D．easy
小題14:
A．lifeB．love C．careerD．future
小題15:
A．longB．shortC．fair D．beautiful
小題16:
A．studyB．thinkC．play D．live
小題17:
A．up B．down C．back D．into
小題18:
A．stoppedB．enjoyedC．imagined D．tried
小題19:
A．reason B．resultC．dreamD．truth
小題20:
A．If B．When C．UnlessD．Before

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