阅读理解

　　(A)

　　In the kitchen of my mother’s houses there has always been a wooden stand(木架)with a small notepad(记事本)and a hole for a pencil.

　　I’m looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they always did. Surely it can’t be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.

　　“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking bank into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”

　　My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I’ve always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”

　　Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”

　　This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is, as a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible(看不到的)exhibits at every meal.

　　( ) 1. Why has the author’s mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?

　　A. To leave messages.

　　B. To list her everyday tasks.

　　C. To note down maths problems.

　　D. To write down a flash of inspiration.

　　( ) 2. What is the author’s original opinion about the wooden stand?

　　A. It has great value for the family.

　　B. It needs to be replaced by a better one.

　　C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.

　　D .It should be passed on to the next generation.

　　( ) 3. The author feels embarrassed for _________

　　A. blaming her mother wrongly.

　　B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.

　　C. not making good use of time as her mother did.

　　D. not making any breakthrough in her field.

　　( ) 4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

　　A .The mother is successful in her career.

　　B. The family members like traveling.

　　C. The author had little time to play when young.

　　D. The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.

　　( ) 5. In the author’s mind ,her mother is____

　　A. strange in behavior.

　　B. keen on her research.

　　C. fond of collecting old things.

　　D. careless about her appearance.

　　本篇文章为记叙文。主要讲述“我”的母亲总是习惯实用厨房里的记事本和铅笔。50年过去了，换了 5 所房子，可母亲的习惯没有改变，却更热衷于此。我突然意识到母亲是位天才的数学家。

　　46. D细节理解题。 根据第四段第三句 never knew when I might want to note down an idea, “and I was always in the kitchen in those days”可知作者母亲随时在存放的记事本上记录自己的想法，故选 D 项。

　　47. B 推理判断题。根据第三段作者说的“I’m just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.”“Can’t you afford a pen”可知作者态度，是在反问母亲，想让母亲用更好的笔和记事本，故选B

　　48. C 细节理解题，根据第五段第二句“I fell embarrassed that T complain about not having enough child-free time to work”可判断选C项

　　49. A 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容，可知我意识到母亲的成功，她是天才数学家，母亲充分利用了厨房里的记事本写下数学，以及她对我的影响，由此判断选A

　　50. B细节理解题。根据第五段第二句母亲的话““One day I was cooking and watching baby …It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”可知，作者的母亲很热衷于自己的发现，由此判断选B

　　阅读理解-----(B)

　　Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that weren't bad enough, he had no health insurance.

　　After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rock star, and created diabeticrockstar.com, a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.

　　Jason Swencki’s son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children's forums(论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. "They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone." Kody is anything but alone.

　　Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.

　　These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity(慈善机构), Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rocks tar Festival in the Caribbean.

　　Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rock star's original members. "But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now."

　　( ) 1. Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas?

　　A. He needs to go to the doctor every day.

　　B. He studies the leading cause of diabetes

　　C. He has a positive attitude to this disease.

　　D. He encourages diabetics by writing articles.

　　( ) 2. Diabeitcrockstar.com was created for _________.

　　A. diabetics to communicate

　　B. volunteers to find jobs

　　C. children to amuse themselves

　　D. rock stars to share resources.

　　( ) 3. According to the text, Kody ______.

　　A. feel lonely because of his illness

　　B. benefits from diabeticrockstar.com

　　C. helps create the online kid’s forums

　　D. writes children’s stories online

　　( ) 4. What can we learn about Fight It?

　　A. It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties.

　　B. It organizes parties for volunteer once a year.

　　C. It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics.

　　D. It owns a well-known medical website.

　　( ) 5. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ______.

　　A. works full-time in a diabetes charity

　　B. employs 22 people for his website

　　C. helps diabetics in his own way

　　D. ties to find a cure for diabetes

　　56. C 细节理解题。通读全文可知，Christopher Thomas 对于自己的疾病采取了积极的态度， 所以 C 项正确。A 项与 Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life 不符; 项与文中的 Thomas 开办网站， B 与病人及其家属分享有关的 信息和资源不符;D 项提到的写作是 Thomas 的专职工作，而他的志愿工作才是运作 Fight It 这个慈善机构。

　　57. A 细节理解题。根据 a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources 可知 A 项正确。

　　58.B细节理解题。根据 Father and son visit the online children's forums(论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers. "They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel alone." 可知 B 项正确。

　　59.A 细节理解题。根据 Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash.可知 A 项正确。

　　60. C 推理判断题。 根据 But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now. 可知 Thomas 在用自己的方式帮助糖尿病人， 所以 C 项正确。 项与 Thomas often devotes up A to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables 不符;B 项与 Even with a staff of 22 volunteers;D 项与"Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstar's original members. "But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now."不符。