【英语】2019届高考英语二轮复习查缺补漏之阅读理解篇：故事类

【英语】2019届高考英语二轮复习查缺补漏之阅读理解篇：故事类

故事类 ‎1、My First Marathon(马拉松)‎ ‎    A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.‎ ‎   I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was "not athletic".‎ ‎   The idea that I was "not athletic" stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!‎ ‎   The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.‎ ‎   Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!‎ ‎   At mile 3, I passed a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!"‎ ‎   By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.‎ ‎   By mile 21, I was starving!‎ ‎   As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.‎ ‎   I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.‎ ‎   Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a "marathon winner".‎ ‎1.A month before the marathon, the author ____________. A.was well trained B.felt scared C.made up his mind to run D.lost hope 2.Why did the author mention the P.E. class in his 7th year? A.To acknowledge the support of his ‎ teacher. B.To amuse the readers with a funny story. C.To show he was not talented in sports. D.To share a precious memory. 3.How was the author’s first marathon? A.He made it. B.He quit halfway. C.He got the first prize. D.He walked to the end. 4.What does the story mainly tell us? A.A man owes his success to his family support. B.A winner is one with a great effort of will. C.Failure is the mother of success. D.One is never too old to learn.‎ ‎2    Every winter, I get nervous as I hear about people going to work and school with the flu, spreading it to unsuspecting friends and colleagues under the banner that they are needed and can tough it out.‎ ‎    It's an awful flu season this year, and there have been terribly sad cases of people, including otherwise healthy children, dying from it. Maybe this will be the year when people who are sick will stay home until they are not contagious. Maybe this is the year we'll realize our culture of working at all costs is not only bad for us but puts others at risk.‎ ‎    Our daughter Julia, who is 13, is one of those people at risk. Julia has an autoimmune disease I couldn't even pronounce when she was diagnosed 10 years ago. The disease is a cruel and complex combination of autoimmune attacks on various organs.‎ ‎    It took years for an amazing team at SickKids Hospital in Toronto to get a handle on how to manage Julia's symptoms. Now, she is doing really well. But each winter we watch in frustration as we see people make the sick march to work.‎ ‎    You know who you are. You wake up feeling awful. You are clammy and have a sore throat and horrible cough. You take two Tylenol,__have a cup of tea and head to work. You don't like ‎ the other options. You would miss out on something that seems important at the time, or you may disappoint your boss or your co-workers.‎ ‎    You are pushing through the day even though if you stopped to think about it for a moment, you would admit that you should be home in bed. You may even have the flu. I know your kind. I was your kind. I was committed to work, my employer, my colleagues and my clients, over my own health. I was sure that I would be fine.‎ ‎    After dealing with Julia's health problems, I am all too aware how reckless this is. Now I stay home when I'm sick. But I don't always see my friends doing the same.‎ ‎1.The passage was written to ________. A.inform the public of the terrible weather B.remind people not to go to work with the flu C.persuade the sick to go to hospital D.inspire people to work harder 2.What probably makes people keep on working even with the flu? A.Devotion to their work. B.Fierce competition. C.Desire to earn more money. D.Envy from their colleagues. 3.What has helped to change the writer's attitude toward working with disease? A.The regulations of the company. B.The working culture. C.Sad cases of people dying from the flu. D.His or her daughter's disease. 4.The underlined word can be the name for ________. A.a kind of food B.a kind of medicine C.a kind of drink D.a kind of tool ‎ ‎3、    A schoolgirl saved her father’s life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic(过敏的) reaction which stopped his heart.     Izzy, nine, restarted father Colm’s heart by stamping(踩) on his chest after he fell down at home and stopped breathing.     Izzy's mother, Debbie, immediately called 999 but Izzy knew doctors would never arrive in time to save her father, so decided to use CPR.     However, she quickly discovered her arms weren’t strong enough, so she stamped on her father’s chest instead.     Debbie then took over with some more conventional chest compressions(按压) until the ambulance arrived.     Izzy, who has been given a bravery award by her school, said:" I just kicked him really hard. My mum taught me CPR but I knew I wasn’t strong enough to use hands. I was quite scared. The doctor said I might as well be a doctor or a nurse. My mum said that Dad was going to hospital with a big footprint on his chest."     "She’s a little star," said Debbie. "I was really upset but Izzy just took over. I just can't believe what she did. I really think all children should be taught first aid. Izzy did CPR then the doctor turned up. Colm had to have more treatment on the way to the hospital and we’ve got to see an expert."     Truck driver Colm, 35, suffered a mystery allergic reaction on Saturday and was taken to hospital, but was sent home only for it to happen again the next day. The second attack was so serious that his airway swelled, preventing him from breathing, his blood pressure dropped suddenly, and his heart stopped for a moment.     He has now made a full recovery from his suffering. 1.Izzy kicked her father in the chest _______. A.to express her helplessness B.to practise CPR on him C.to keep him awake D.to restart his heart ‎2.What’s the rig ht order of the events?‎ ‎①Izzy kicked Colm. ②Debbie called 999. ③Izzy learned CPR. ④Colm’s heart stopped A.③①②④ B.④②③① C.③④②① D.④③①② 3.What does Paragraph 8 mainly talk about? A.What Colm suffered. B.Colm's present condition. C.What caused Colm9s allergy. D.Symptoms of Colm's allergic reaction. 4.Why does the author write the news? A.To describe a serious accident. B.To prove the importance of CPR. C.To report a 9-year-old girl's brave act. D.To call people’s attention to allergic reaction.‎ ‎4、    On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.‎ ‎    "Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?” the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. "I’m from Mississippi too."     Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.‎ ‎    "They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said. “I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking."     Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, ‎ it was pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi.     “My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added. “And I said: ‘Now you know. These are the people that make me write them.’”     Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.     “I don’t make them up,” she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. “I don’t have to.”     Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.‎ ‎1.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe? A.Two strangers joined her. B.Her childhood friends came in. C.A heavy rain ruined the dinner. D.Some people held a party there. 2.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s _________. A.readers B.parties C.friends D.stories 3.What can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction? A.They live in big cities. B.They are mostly women. C.They come from real life. D.They are pleasure seekers.‎ ‎5、    Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone-faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had read carefully, hoping to hide myself. "What could be causing everyone to act this way?”‎ ‎    Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my new school. lt seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington.Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before.As I searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America.I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant.I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip(掷) a coin. Heads- the commander,and tails —the peanuts guy.Ah! Tails,my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.‎ ‎    Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly class, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear,“My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?‎ ‎    Obviously, my grade was awful.Heartbroken but fearless,I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re-dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not fair, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster's office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my opinion to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!‎ ‎1.What did the author’s classmates think about his ‎ report? A.Controversial. B.Ridiculous. C.Boring. D.Puzzling. 2.Why was the author confused about the task? A.He was unfamiliar with American history. B.He followed the advice and flipped a coin. C.He forgot his teacher’s instructions. D.He was not familiar with the new school. 3.The underlined word "burning" in Para.3 probably means ________. A.annoyed B.ashamed C.ready D.eager 4.In the end, the author turned things around __________. A.by redoing his task B.through his own efforts C.with the help of his grandfather D.under the guidance of his headmaster ‎6、    When was the last time you told someone they inspire you to go to work each morning?‎ ‎    Teachers at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri, did just that this September, when they pulled individual students out of class to tell them just how much they appreciated them.‎ ‎    The students’ reactions, which were captured (捕捉) on video and shared on YouTube in a now-viral video, ranged from shy thanks to hugs and tears.‎ ‎   “I have been challenged to find a student who makes me want to come to school every day,” says one teacher in the video, “and that’s you.”‎ ‎    Jamie McSparin, a teacher in charge of the school’s academy program for at-risk sophomores (二年级学生)and juniors, posed the challenge, writes ABC News.‎ ‎   “Initially when we pulled the kids out, they all thought they were in trouble,” McSparin told ABC News. “Any teacher-student interaction always seems to be negative (消极的), and that was something that bothered me, too. No matter if they’re a good kid or a trouble maker or anything, they always thought they were in trouble,” she says.‎ ‎    McSparin says she got the idea for the project after attending a professional development workshop this summer called the power of positivity.‎ ‎   “I like the idea of letting students know they are appreciated, because we do appreciate them, I just don’t think we say it enough,” she told local news outlet WDAF-TV.It’s safe to say the challenge was effective.‎ ‎   “I feel special,” said one of the boys in the video. “You should,” said his teacher. “You are special.”‎ ‎1.What does the underlined word “posed” in Paragraph 5 mean? A.Presented. B.Rejected. C.Ignored. D.Evaluated. 2.How did the students probably feel when pulled out of the classroom at first? A.Nervous. B.Thrilled. C.Curious. D.Encouraged. 3.What inspired McSparin to challenge the project? A.The trouble caused by students. B.The need of shooting the video. C.A seminar named the power of positivity. D.A program related to students’ interactions. 4.What message does this text mainly convey? A.Challenge is unavoidable in life. B.Everyone needs to be appreciated. C.Positivity outweighs negativity. D.News media contribute to students’ progress.‎ ‎7、    Wherever she goes, Molly leaves her marks. Without saying a word, she speaks to people with her kind eyes. Even when she walks away, she leaves an impression. Molly’s mark is a smile,‎ ‎ stamped into the ground by the horseshoe at the bottom of her false leg.     A few years ago, Molly was badly attacked by a dog. The dog bit all four Molly’s legs and left large cuts on her face. Molly’s owner, Kate Harris, took her to an animal hospital. Doctors there were able to save Molly’s life, but soon one of her legs became very infected.     At first, doctors thought Molly would have to be put to sleep. But Molly changed their minds. This pony, doctors noticed, shifted her weight, and rested her good legs from time to time. Doctors knew that Molly had amazing intelligence, and that she wanted to live.      Several doctors operated on Molly, and removed her infected leg. A false leg was made for her. The leg was a hollow cast with a pole at the bottom for balance. Doctors gave Molly a special horseshoe at the bottom of the leg. This horseshoe she had had a stamp of a smiling face in it!     After the operation, Molly walked around on all four legs, as if nothing had ever happened to her! Now, with every step she takes, she stamps a smile in the dirt. But she leaves her mark in other ways, too.     Kate Harris took Molly to the false leg center. There were children there who, like Molly, had artificial arms or legs. They were amazed to see a pony with a false leg. Molly made them smile and gave them hope. Soon, Molly began to visit schools, nursing homes, army bases and hospitals. A book was even written about Molly! 1.Molly is the name of a _____. A.dog B.horse C.parent D.child 2.Which of the following is true according to the text? A.Molly can speak to people in kind words. B.Kate Harris took Molly to a children's hospital after the attack. C.In the beginning, doctors had planned to end Molly's life. D.Molly sometimes leaves smiling marks on people's faces. 3.What is unique about Molly? A.Molly has a false leg with a horseshoe shaped like a smiling face. B.Molly ran a race and won the first ‎ prize. C.Molly often visits places such as schools and parks. D.Molly has become a symbol of hope for people of all ages. 4.Which is the best title for the passage? A.A Book on Molly B.A False Leg C.A Successful Operation D.Leaving Her Mark ‎8、    I work with Volunteers for Wildlife, a rescue and education organization at Bailey Arboretum in Locust Valley. Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain. However, when it works, it is simply beautiful.‎ ‎    I got a rescue call from a woman in Muttontown. She had found a young owl(猫头鹰) on the ground. When I arrived, I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl. It had already been placed in a carrier for safety.‎ ‎    I examined the chick(雏鸟) and it seemed fine. If I could locate the nest, I might have been able to put it back, but no luck. My next work was to construct a nest and anchor it in a tree.‎ ‎    The homeowner was very helpful. A wire basket was found. I put some pine branches into the basket to make this nest safe and comfortable. I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down.‎ ‎    Now all that was needed were the parents, but they were absent. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks. These advertise the presence of chicks to adults; they might also encourage our chick to start calling as well. I gave the owner as much information as possible and headed home to see what news the night might bring.‎ ‎    A nervous night to be sure,but sometimes the spirits of nature smile on us all! The homeowner called to say that the parents had responded to the recordings. I drove over and saw the chick in the nest looking healthy and active. And it was accompanied in the nest by the greatest sight of all — LUNCH! The parents had done their duty and would probably continue to do so.‎ ‎1.What is unavoidable in the author’s rescue work according to paragraph 1?‎ A.Efforts made in vain. B.Getting injured in his ‎ work. C.Feeling uncertain about his future. D.Creatures forced out of their homes.‎ ‎2.Why was the author called to Muttontown?‎ A.To rescue a woman. B.To take care of a woman. C.To look at a baby owl. D.To cure a young owl.‎ ‎3.What made the chick calm down?‎ A.A new nest. B.Some food. C.A recording. D.Its parents.‎ ‎4.How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?‎ A.It's unexpected. B.It's beautiful. C.It's humorous. D.It's discouraging.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ 答案以及解析 ‎1答案及解析：‎ 答案：1.C; 2.C; 3.A; 4.B 解析：‎ 本文为一篇记叙文。讲述了自己第一次跑马拉松,凭借自己的意志力成功跑完全程的励志故事。‎ ‎1. 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Yet, I was determined to go ahead.可知,马拉松赛前一个月尽管作者脚踝受伤使得训练时间缩短,但作者仍下定决心参赛。故选C。‎ ‎2. 细节理解题。根据文章第二段I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was "not athletic"可知,作者提到7年级的事情是为了证明自己真的没有运动天赋。故选C。‎ ‎3. 细节理解题。根据文章第10段I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.可知,作者坚持到了最后,而且得到了一块奖牌,虽然不是第一名,由此可见他成功地跑完了马拉松。故选A。‎ ‎39. 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,作者在讲述自己跑马拉松的经历,再根据最后一段Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a "marathon winner".可知,作者成功跑完马拉松源于自己的意志。故选B。‎ 点睛:文章主题和中心思想的阐述往往需要大量细节信息的支持,这些细节对于理解全文内容至关重要,同时也是归纳和概括文章中心思想的基础。命题人往往会要求考生根据不同的要求阅读文章,以获得某些特定的信息,或准确地寻求所需的细节,并对细节进行直接或间接辨认和理解。文章细节的理解可以细化为:(1)一一对应型。(2)语言转述型。(3)语意理解型。(4)是非辨别型。(5)事实排序型。‎ 此题中的前三题为细节理解题。细节理解题首先要根据题干准确定位信息句,其次要对信息句进行准确的理解和判断,如第一题为转述型,I was determined to go ahead即made up his mind to run。第二题为语义理解题。根据文章第二段的信息In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well.可知,作者没有运动天赋。而第三题则为转述型,根据信息句I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.可知,作者跑完了马拉松,正好与made it 意义相同。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎2答案及解析：‎ 答案： 1.B; 2.A; 3.D; 4.B 解析： 1.纵观全文可得,作者的观点是如果感冒或者是流感,就不应该带病坚持工作。 2.由五、六段最后几句话可知,带病工作的原因就是不想让别人失望,把工作看成是高于一切的事情。 3.从最后一段第一句话可得出答案。 4.不舒服带病上班,肯定是要吃药来缓解痛苦的。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎3答案及解析：‎ 答案：1.D; 2.C; 3.A; 4.C 解析：1.本文为记叙文,题材是人物故事类。35岁的卡车司机Colm在家中因为过敏而心跳骤停,挽救他生命的不是随后赶来的救护车,也不是他的妻子,而是他还在上小学的9岁的女儿。你知道这个小女孩是怎么挽救了自己爸爸的生命的吗?是靠她那双小脚丫。 细节理解题。根据第二段的restarted father Cohn’s heart by stamping(踩) on his chest可知答案为D项,她这么做是为了让爸爸的心脏重新跳动。 2.细节理解题。首先应该是小女儿Izzy学会了急救知识CPR③,某一天Colm的心脏突然停止了跳动④;看到这一突发状况,妻子Debbie立即拨打急救电话999②;小女儿Izzy开始用脚丫踩爸爸的胸膛进行急救①。由此可知答案为C项。 3.由第八段的sufferde a mystery allergic reaction...The second attack was so serious that...可知这一段主要是描述Colm到底患了什么病,所以答案为A项。B、D两项是该段的细节而不是主题;该段没有介绍是什么导致他过敏,故排除C项。 4.推理判断题。作者一开始描述这个小女孩用自己的急救知识来挽救父亲生命的经过,接下来是小女孩的妈妈对此事的描述。所以作者写这篇文章就是为了向读者报道这样的一件事,所以答案为C项。 【长难句分析】A schoolgirl saved her father’s life by kicking him in the chest after he suffered a serious allergic reaction which stopped his heart.—个女学生在她的父亲遭受了一次严重的导致心跳停止的过敏反应之后,她通过敲打父亲的胸部挽救了他的生命。该句为复合句。其中after引导的是时间状语从句,从句which stopped his heart是定语从句,修饰a serious allergic reaction;主句中的by引导的是方式状语。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎4答案及解析：‎ 答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.C 解析：1.文章介绍了一位女作家请纽约的朋友吃饭时发生的故事。Welty是一位年纪比较大的作家,她来自密西西比。Welty的作品都是来自于现实的生活。 细节理解题。根据第一段“another customer was approaching their table”和第三段"the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair”可知,先后有两个陌生人(一位女士及其同伴)加入了 Welty他们的聚会,故选A。 2.猜测词义题。划线的them指代前面提到的人或物,根据“Now we believe your ‎ stories”可知,them指代的是Welty写的小说里面的故事,听了Welty和两个陌生人的有关密西西比的谈话之后,Welty的朋友相信了Welty小说里的故事都是来源于生活,故选D。 3.推理判断题。根据“I don’t make them up”和“Welty’s people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus.”可知,Welty小说里的人物并非虚构的,他们都来源于现实的生活,故选C。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎5答案及解析：‎ 答案：1.B; 2.A; 3.D; 4.B 解析：1.推理判断题。由第一段第一句中的“ only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes”,可知同学们认为作者的报告是可笑的(ridiculous),所以选B项。controversial有争议的;boring令人厌烦的;puzzling令人困惑的。 2.细节理解题。由第二段中的第四句“Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before.”,可知作者不熟悉美国历史,A项正确;B、D两项是文中的事实,但并不是作者不知如何完成作业的原因,故排除;C项与原文内容不符,作者没有忘记老师的要求,所以C项本身就不正确。 3.词义猜测题。由文中第一句同学们都笑作者和本句中作者放下报告,坐在桌旁,可推知作者是急着想知道己究竟哪儿出了错误,所以eager“急切的”符合题意。annoyed生气的; ashamed羞愧的;ready准备好的。故选D。 4.细节理解题。由最后一段第五句“ Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year." 可知,作者通过自己的努力扭转了局面,故选B项。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎6答案及解析：‎ 答案：1.A; 2.A; 3.C; 4.B 解析：1.词义猜测题,根据第五段可知Jamie McSparin老师发起了这项挑战,并参与其中。故选A。 2.推理判断题,根据第六段中的Initially when we pulled ihe kids out, they all thought they were in trouble可知,当第一次走出教室时,孩子们都认为他们有麻烦了。故选A。 3.细节理解题。根据文章倒数第四段可知.McSparin是参加了一个叫做“积极的力量”的专业发展研讨会之后有了这个想法的。故选C. 4.推理判断题。根据文章倒数第三段及最后两段内容可以推断,每个人都需要被欣赏。故选B.‎ ‎ ‎ ‎7答案及解析：‎ 答案：1.B; 2.C; 3.A; 4.D 解析：1.文章介绍了一匹名叫Molly的马在很小的时候不幸受伤,依靠假肢顽强生存下来的故事,它给了那些在逆境中的人们以极大的精神鼓舞,引导人们在逆境中保持乐观,看到希望。 B.细节理解题。由第一段中的horseshoe可知Molly是一匹马。 2.C.细节理解题。由第三段的“At first, doctors thought Molly would have to be put to sleep” 可以看出:起初,医生认为 Molly会不得不以人道的方法结束生命。由此可以看出:C项“In the beginning, doctors had planned to end Molly’s life. ” 正确。注意选项所说的“end Molly’s life”对应原文的“Molly would have to be put to sleep” 。 3.A.细节理解题。由文章第四段的“Doctors gave Molly a special horseshoe at the …a stamp of a smiling face in it!” 可知这是因伤致残的Molly和同类相比特有的东西。故选A。 4.D.主旨大意题。纵观全文可以看出,文章开篇点题,也就是说,第一句话“Wherever she goes, Molly leaves her marks” 就是文章的主题句。下文对此进行了进一步的阐述:Molly’s mark is a smile, stamped into the ground by the horseshoe at the bottom of her false leg.然后详细解释了这个假肢的由来,故D最能概括全文。其他各项都是文章的细节,不能概括全文。‎ ‎ ‎ ‎8答案及解析：‎ 答案：1.A; 2.C; 3.A; 4.B 解析：1.根据文章第一段第二句Trying to help injured, displaced or sick creatures can be heartbreaking; survival is never certain可知,帮助生物是心碎的,生存下来永远不是确定的。因此可以得知,救援工作的努力有时会白费。其余选项文章均未提及。故正确答案为A。 2.根据文章第二段内容可知,“我”从一个女人那里得知有一个猫头鹰幼鸟在地上,因此“我”被通知去Muttontown是为了看猫头鹰幼鸟。故正确答案为C。 3.根据文章第四段最后一句I placed the chick in the nest, and it quickly calmed down可知当“我”把幼鸟放进巢里时,它镇静下来。因此可以得知“我”做的新巢穴可以使幼鸟镇静下来。故正确答案为A。 4.结合文章第一段最后一句However, when it works, it is simply beautiful以及全文“我”对猫头鹰幼鸟的帮助和努力的奏效。可以得知作者对于整个事件的感受是美丽的。故正确答案为B。‎ ‎ ‎