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When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, “Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn’t work out, you’ll have something to rely on.” Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, “the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course,” she recalls.

The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom. “I don’t know how to use a computer,” she admits.

Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. “I felt there was a need for a book like this,” she says. “I didn’t want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics to know that things get better when we’re self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease.”

But she hasn’t always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.

Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. “Everybody on earth can ask, ‘why me?’ about something or other,” she insists. “It doesn’t do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”

小题1:Why did Mary feel regretful?

A.She didn’t achieve her ambition.

B.She didn’t take care of her mother.

C.She didn’t complete her high school.

D.She didn’t follow her mother’s advice.小题2:We can know that before 1995 Mary      .

A.had two books published

B.received many career awards

C.knew how to use a computer

D.supported the JDRF by writing小题3:Mary’s second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her      .

A.living with diabetes

B.successful show business

C.service for an organization

D.remembrance of her mother小题4:When Mary received the life-changing news, she      .

A.lost control of herself

B.began a balanced diet

C.tried to get a treatment

D.behaved in an adult way小题5:What can we know from the last paragraph?

A.Mary feels pity for herself.

B.Mary has recovered from her disease.

C.Mary wants to help others as much as possible.

D.Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.

答案

小题1:D

小题2:B

小题3:A

小题4:A

小题5:C

题目分析:这是一篇人物介绍。文章讲述了Mary Moore的故事。她是一个赢得过许多奖项的女演员,流产和身患糖尿病使她曾经逃避、沉沦但随后她觉醒振作,最终投身糖尿病的防治。

小题1:细节理解题。由第二段第二句:Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom.可知Mary Moore是在为未能听从母亲的建议而懊悔。选D。

小题2:细节理解题。根据第三段第一句:Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress…可知,她的第二本书并不像1995出版的自传那样,对自己获得的奖项却介绍得更少了。由此可推断Mary Moore在1995年之前获得过不少奖项。第二段第二句:In her career, Mary won many awards也有提示。所以答案选B。

小题3:细节理解题。可在第三段第一句:…her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病)中找到答案。可知玛丽的第二本书Growing Up Again主要是关于她的得糖尿病的生活,选A。

小题4:推理判断题。根据第四段,特别是第四、五句“In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow up-again-and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her.”当Mary Moore听到改变她人生的消息时,她孩子气地选择了逃避,数年后,她才意识到她必须控制糖尿病而不是被它控制,由此可推断她当时失去了控制。选A。

小题5:细节理解题。根据最后一段第四、五、六句“Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I’ve come to realize the importance of that as I’ve grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be.”可知Mary Moore感受到了帮助别人的重要性,并尽可能地去帮助别人。故选C。

阅读理解与欣赏

修面

  随着九爷推子擦擦的声响,父亲浓密而微卷的胡子一绺一绺地掉在白色的围布上。父亲紧闭着眼,一动不动。

  很快,九爷就将父亲的络腮胡子和嘴唇周围的胡子推了一遍,父亲剩着胡碴的脸像收割后的麦地。

  九爷放下推子,说你爹怕有一两个月没剃胡子了吧?

  我说是的,他病了两个多月了。

  九爷取出香皂盒,吩咐我去倒点热水来。

  我提起墙角那只父亲用了许多年的铁壳水瓶,倒了开水,又从缸里舀出冷水对上,试了试水温,把脸盆端给了九爷。

  九爷拿出一张叠得整整齐齐的脸帕,卧进水里,停了一会儿后捞起,稍稍捏捏水,便用帕子在父亲的腮上和嘴唇四周来回地润;润过后,才用细毛刷子刷上香皂沫子,刷在父亲刚推过的胡碴上;然后九爷才掰开剃刀,向父亲抹满香皂沫子的脸上刮下去。我看着九爷努力地叉开腿,弓下身,不断地变换着姿势,以便更好地剃掉父亲粗壮的胡碴……

  小的时候,父亲总爱用他的胡碴扎我的脸。记得有一次我拉着父亲的手,指着墙上的马克思、恩格斯像对他说:爹,你为啥不留个他们那样的“大扫帚”呢?父亲笑着刮刮我的鼻子,说那多不方便,吃饭还得撩着胡子。说着父亲就做了一个撩起胡子的动作,惹得我哈哈大笑。其实我知道。作为民办教师的父亲工资微薄,同时也没有足够的时间经常去理发修面,因为每天都有两个班七八十名学生的课等着他去上、作业等着他去批改,还有许多永远做不完的家务。而父亲的胡子又属于长得特别快的那种,像割后的韭菜,因此父亲不得不每隔两三天,就用剪刀剪掉自己的胡子。父亲不是那种不修边幅的人,相反,他在学生面前总保持严肃、端庄、整洁的形象,剪掉胡子可以说是父亲不多的课余时间里十分关注的事情。九爷的剃刀刮过,父亲的腮边及嘴唇四周一片铁青。应当说,刮了胡子的父亲是个相貌堂堂的男人,尽管那脸庞多少显得有些苍白和瘦削。二十多年来,父亲很少正经八百地修过面,现在父亲有时间躺下来享受那每个成熟男子应当享有的刀子轻轻拂过的快感了……九爷是个地道的老剃头匠,每道工序都极熟练极认真,不多时,九爷的剃刀就又刮完了父亲的额头、眉下、鼻梁、耳廓,最后拧一把热毛巾,给父亲擦了脸。这样,修面的全部工序才算结束。九爷撤去围布,我扣上父亲半新的中山装的风纪扣,然后走出门,对等在门外的一长串臂缠黑纱、手拿白花的学生说,你们可以进去了…… (选自《小小说选刊》) 

1.写出你对“剪掉胡子可以说是父亲不多的课余时间里十分关注的事情”的理解。

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2.“等在门外的一长串臂缠黑纱、手拿白花的学生”中“一长串”一词可否删去?为什么?

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3.故事的结尾出人意料,但并不是故弄玄虚,文中有多处伏笔,请写出其中的3处。并写出这样结尾的作用。

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4.作者晓尧曾说:“小小说就是那种真正让自己感动过的东西,久久萦绕于怀之后,最终以绝佳的方式流泻出来。”在这篇小说中,①真正让作者感动过的“久久萦绕于怀”的是什么?②“绝佳的方式”又指什么?

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