【題目】 A decade ago, colored lights danced around the living room on New Year's Eve and happy music was played. Upstairs, the children were asleep. But I wasn't feeling happy. In mid-December, my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die. He had less than a year left, the doctors said.

In the years since that painful season, I have come to look back upon New Year's Eve as an ending and a beginning. New Year's Eve brings a halt to the endless commitments that fill our daily lives and a chance to reflect.

New Year's Eve is full of possibility, and anticipation. What will be the surprising experiences and delightful successes in the coming year? But also, what disappointments are waiting for us in the next twelve months?

In many ways, New Year's Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future. That line is made up of a series of moments of transition that take us out of the old and into the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It's about letting go of the familiar and diving headlong （迅猛地）into the unfamiliar.

Just as, back then, I had to face letting go of the life I had led with my beloved husband and stepping into a new world as a widowed（喪偶的）mom. I find that each year I have to step out of the version of me that suited the year that is ending and ease into the version of me who will rise to the goals I am holding for myself for the year ahead.

Last year at this time, I sat in a chair in southern France and drank in the stillness and beauty of the countryside around me. The three children and I had brought into this world talked and laughed around the table beside me as we enjoyed a lunch of bread and cheese.

I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing （熱情洋溢的）heart that was full of hope. It was another ending and another beginning. May we all transition into the best of what lies ahead. May we all find happiness in this holiday season.

【1】What made the author unhappy on New Year's Eve a decade before?

A.The pressure she faced in her work.

B.The health problem her husband faced.

C.The information received from her family.

D.The relationship between her and husband.

【2】What does the underlined word "halt" in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Stop.B.Beginning.C.Meaning.D.Tradition.

【3】What does the author think people should do at a new year?

A.Set challenging goals for the next year.

B.Break with daily routines and form a new habit.

C.Spend more time with family members.

D.Think about the past and get ready for the future.

【4】What is the author's attitude toward the future?

A.Calm.B.Indifferent.C.Doubtful.D.Expectant.

【5】What is the main purpose of the article?

A.To memorialize her husband.

B.To show how she got through a hard time.

C.To share her view of New Year's Eve.

D.To remind us that uncertainty is part of life.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。作者分享了她對除夕夜的看法。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中In mid-December, my husband and I had been informed that he had cancer and that he was going to die.“12月中旬，我和丈夫被告知他患了癌癥，生命垂危。”由此可知，10年前的新年前夜，她丈夫的健康問題讓她很不開心。故選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。.根據(jù)第二段第一句In the years since that painful season, I have come to look back upon New Year's Eve as an ending and a beginning.“在那個痛苦的季節(jié)之后的許多年里，我開始把除夕看作一個結(jié)束和一個開始。”和第二句中的the endless commitments that fill our daily lives and a chance to reflect.“充斥著我們?nèi)粘Ｉ畹臒o盡的承諾，并帶來一個反思的機會。”可知，要把無盡的承諾在除夕“停止”，由此推知劃線詞的意思是“停止”。故選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段In many ways, New Year's Eve and the days that surround it are a line between past and future. That line is made up of a series of moments of transition that take us out of the old and into the new. Transition can be challenging for many of us. It's about letting go of the familiar and diving headlong （迅猛地）into the unfamiliar.“從很多方面來說，除夕和新年前后的日子是過去和未來之間的一條線。這條線是由一系列轉(zhuǎn)變的時刻組成的，這些轉(zhuǎn)變把我們帶出舊的，帶進新的。過渡對我們很多人來說都是具有挑戰(zhàn)性的。放手熟悉的，一頭扎進不熟悉的。”由此可知，作者認為人們在新年應(yīng)該“想想過去，為未來做好準備。”故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing （熱情洋溢的）heart that was full of hope.“我心里充滿了喜悅和希望。”由此可知，作者對未來充滿了“期待”。故選D。.

【5】目的意圖題。根據(jù)最后一段I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing （熱情洋溢的）heart that was full of hope. It was another ending and another beginning. May we all transition into the best of what lies ahead. May we all find happiness in this holiday season.“我心里充滿了喜悅和希望。這是另一個結(jié)束，也是另一個開始。愿我們都能過渡到最好的未來。愿我們都能在這個佳節(jié)找到幸福。”由此可知，這篇文章的目的是“為了分享她對除夕夜的看法。”故選C。

推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫或綜合。推理判斷題的題干中通常含infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等標志性詞語。 這種題型主要包括細節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點推斷題、寫作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測想象推斷題。本題第5小題，根據(jù)最后一段I was filled with a sense of joy and I had a glowing （熱情洋溢的）heart that was full of hope. It was another ending and another beginning. May we all transition into the best of what lies ahead. May we all find happiness in this holiday season.“我心里充滿了喜悅和希望。這是另一個結(jié)束，也是另一個開始。愿我們都能過渡到最好的未來。愿我們都能在這個佳節(jié)找到幸福。”由此可知，這篇文章的目的是“為了分享她對除夕夜的看法。”故選C。

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