Goldie's Secret

　　She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way, not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before. "We're moving house.'; "No space for her any more with the baby coming." "We never really wanted her, but what could we have done? She was a present." People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.

　　I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name. She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down. Always by my side, whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.

　　That's why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home, when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldn't hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.

　　By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie. But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them. "We didn't know what had happened to her," said the woman at the door. "I took her for a walk one day, soon after the puppies were born, and she just disappeared." "She must have tried to come back to them and got lost," added a boy from behind her.

　　I must admit I do miss Goldie, but I've got Nugget now, and she looks just like her mother. And I've learnt a good lesson: not to judge people.

　　( ) 1. How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?

　　A. Shocked. B. Sympathetic. C. Annoyed. D. Upset.

　　( ) 2. In her first few days at the author's house, Goldie .

　　AI felt worried B. was angry

　　C. ate a little D. sat by the fire

　　( ) 3. Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she .

　　A. saw her puppies B. heard familiar barking

　　C. wanted to leave the author D. found her way to her old home

　　( ) 4. The passage is organized in order of .

　　A. time B. effectiveness C. importance D. complexity

　　阅读技巧：夹叙夹议，叙为议服务，议为叙指导。把握了这句话就把握了阅读此类文章的真谛。叙述不分重点关注人物，情节的变化;议论一定看清楚作者想表明的道理。

　　答题技巧：本篇题目由3个细节题和一道文章结构题组成，难度都不大。细节题要求学生把握文章中的原文，做合理推断和转述。比如57题，将unsettled理解成worried。文章结构题基本属于送分题，要求学生作答，此篇记叙文按照时间顺序发展。

　　56.B

　　情绪推断，较难题。此推断题的难点在于，原文没有直接的形容词表述，要求学生通过具体的描述总结。原文第2段She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. There was nothing I could do to make her happy, it seemed. Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner's.划线句子表明作者同情被遗弃的小狗，希望帮助它高兴起来。

　　57.A

　　细节题，较难题。要做对此题主要要排除C项的干扰，原文第2段She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her. hardly ate anything的表述与ate little是不一样的。前者是几乎什么都不吃，后者是吃得少，此错误选项属于"改变否定/肯定的程度"。

　　58.D

　　原因推断题，简单题，通过原文第4段的描写可得正确答案。

　　59.A

　　问文章的行文结构，简单题，此篇记叙文按照时间顺序发展。

　　B

　　In his lowest days when few people bought his records, Taiwan singer Steve Chou (周传雄) lived alone in Canada and did little. One day, he passed by a local CD store and accidentally heard a song that greatly enchanted (迷住) him. His passion for music was suddenly rekindled (重新点燃).

　　“My heart tells me that music is the thing I truly want to do, not for fame or money,” Chou told Teens. “So I asked myself, ‘why not start all over again?’”

　　That's how we luckily regained this music genius, who has since then composed lots of hits for the pop music charts (排行榜). His emotional voice is enthralling (迷人的). "Sometimes we need to get close to nature to look deeply into our souls and see what we genuinely (真正地) want to follow," he said.

　　Following the success of Turkey in Blue, he has recently released his latest work Lovers Genesis. In this album he explores human relationships in the Internet age. This time, he takes the role of a calm observer rather than a struggling insider. "Technology itself is a good thing, but it depends on how you're going to use it," is Chou's advice to teenagers. Chou often gets his music ideas from trips. He has traveled to many places around the world and believes that learning a country's language is the fastest way of experiencing the culture behind it.

　　( ) 1. How was Steve Zhou’s passion for music rekindled?

　　A. He was encouraged by his friends.

　　B. When he passed by a store and heard a song that enchanted him.

　　C .He decided to rebuild his reputation.

　　D. A good idea suddenly occurred to him.

　　( ) 2. Which of the following songs belongs to Steve Zhou?

　　A. Heal the world B. I swear C. Lovers Genesis D. Lemon tree

　　( ) 3. How does Zhou get his music idea?

　　A. From his work life B. From his trips

　　C. From his friends D. From musical books

　　( ) 4. What does the underlined sentence mean?

　　A. Technology is always a good thing.

　　B. Technology by no means is a good thing.

　　C. If you use it properly, it will be helpful to your life.

　　D. We should not believe technology too much.

　　【文章大意】：文章主要向人们讲述了台湾歌手周传雄在经历事业低谷后重新开始自己的音乐创作的过程。

　　1.【考点分析】细节理解题。

　　【参考答案】B。

　　【解题思路】文中第一段提到he passed by a local CD store and accidentally heard a song that greatly enchanted (迷住) him.。可知周重新燃起的创作热情是源于一首CD歌曲的影响。

　　2.【考点分析】细节理解题。

　　【参考答案】C。

　　【解题思路】 文中的最后一段提到了周传雄的音乐作品，我们据此可以得知C项是正确参考答案。

　　3.【考点分析】细节理解题。

　　【参考答案】B。

　　【解题思路】文中最后一段提到Chou often gets his music ideas from trips .可知周传雄是在旅途中来寻找自己的想法，故B项正确。

　　4.【考点分析】句意理解题。

　　【参考答案】C。

　　【解题思路】句中讲到“科技是个好东西，但是关键在于你怎么使用它”，由此我们可知C 项正确。