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【題目】I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.

So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house.

I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.

As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.

I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water.

In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I’d left behind was gone…but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper（后保險杠）of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.

By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.

【1】Why did the author leave home?

A. To look after her sister. B. To attend a music festival.

C. To watch a performance. D. To visit her husband’s cousin.

【2】How did the author feel when she left home?

A. Disappointed. B. Worried.

C. Tired. D. Unwilling.

【3】What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?

A. Gathered. B. Struggled.

C. Escaped. D. Hid.

【4】What might be the title for the passage?

A. Lost it All, Gained Even More. B. Once Gone, Never Returned.

C. Caught in the Hurricane. D. Trapped in a Dilemma.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】試題作者離開家?guī)椭�姐姐的音樂�?jié)，她所在的城市遭遇到颶風(fēng)，她家里的東西都失去了，幸好丈夫幸存下來，他們重建了家園，而且感情更好了。

【1】B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的句子“I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival.”可知，作者離開家是為了參加一個音樂節(jié)。故選B。

【2】D 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段的句子“not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will.”可知，作者在離開家的時候是不愿意的。故選D。

【3】C 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第三段的句子“The hurricane was predicted to hit our city,”颶風(fēng)被預(yù)測襲擊這個城市，很多人都逃離了。可知，“evacuated”的意思是“逃離”。故選C。

【4】A 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，作者離開家?guī)椭�姐姐的音樂�?jié)，期間她所在的城市遭遇到颶風(fēng)，她家里東西都失去了，幸好丈夫幸存下來，他們重建了家園，而且感情更好了。Lost it All, Gained Even More是最好的標題。故選A。

詞義猜測題。利用上下文提供的情景和線索，進行合乎邏輯的綜合分析進而推測詞義，是閱讀過程中的一大關(guān)鍵，這也是近年來高考考查的熱點。最常見的就是利用上下文語境、常識和語法關(guān)系推斷詞義。1.抓住所需推斷詞匯前后的“mean”或系動詞或破折號等直接定義該詞的部分。2.抓住文章主旨與該段所表達的中心。特別對于議論文要牢記論點與論據(jù)的相互支撐關(guān)系�！�3】C詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章第三段的句子“The hurricane was predicted to hit our city,”颶風(fēng)被預(yù)測襲擊了這個城市，很多人都逃離了。可知，“evacuated”的意思是“逃離”。故選C。