A
My cousin is nine years old, a little bit fat and doesn't do really well at school. As the youngest in the household, she is heavily teased, and thus has developed some resistance and distrust towards adults, who usually don't put high hopes in her.
Yesterday we went to an art exhibition together. There were paintings from kids with disabilities. My little girl has keen eyes, for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show. She also voluntarily helped to arrange the chairs and table for a sharing session, painted by herself alongside new friends while I attended the sharing, and cheerfully helped me to get my bag from another room, something that doesn't happen often at home as she's usually glued to her iPad.
We went to buy books together. I bought a book written by a mom telling about her journey with her autistic(自闭症的) son. On the bus back home, I briefly introduced the book to my cousin, and to my surprise she was truly interested. She kept asking me to tell more stories about this friend in the book who struggles with small things in life. This is the first time I've seen her so interested in a topic. Usually when she talks to me, she describes events at school and at home without a clear focus. I'm very touched that the life of an unknown stranger has found its way into this little girl's heart.
I'm very thankful for the power of books, for the beauty that my cousin showed to me, and for the time we had together. I pray that I can keep seeing clearly the wonderful things in her, so that whenever the not-so-kind world puts her down, I can remind her how truly wonderful she has always been.
1. Why does the little girl have a bad attitude to some adults?
A. Because she doesn't do really well at school.
B. Because she is the youngest in the household.
C. Because the adults constantly make fun of her.
D. Because the adults don’t put any hopes in her.
2. The underlined word in Paragraph Two can be replaced by .
A. charming B. sharp
C. loving D. pretty
3. Whom does “an unknown stranger” in Paragraph Three refer to?
A. The autistic son. B. The writer’s cousin.
C. The mother. D. The writer.
【答案】1. C 2. B 3. A
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。记叙了一次作者和堂妹去参观一次艺术展览后去买书，作者在书店里找到一本一位母亲写的书，记录了她和患有自闭症的儿子的旅程。并讲述给了堂妹听，谁知道堂妹非常感兴趣，这是作者第一次看到她对一个话题如此感兴趣。感动于一个陌生人的生活进入了这个小女孩的内心。祈祷以后能够一直看到堂妹身上美好的东西。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段As the youngest in the household, she is heavily teased, and thus has developed some resistance and distrust towards adults, who usually don't put high hopes in her.（作为家里最小的孩子，她经常被人取笑，因此对成年人产生了一些抵触和不信任，而成年人通常不会对她寄予厚望。）可知这个小女孩对一些成年人态度是因为大人们总是取笑她。故选C。
【2题详解】
词义猜测题。根据下文for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show可知她最喜欢的画也是展览中最好的，可知她的眼光非常犀利敏锐，故划线单词意思为“锐利的”，故选B。
【3题详解】
词意猜测题。根据第三段We went to buy books together. I bought a book written by a mom telling about her journey with her autistic(自闭症的) son. On the bus back home, I briefly introduced the book to my cousin, and to my surprise she was truly interested. She kept asking me to tell more stories about this friend in the book who struggles with small things in life.（我们一起去买书。我买了一本由一位母亲写的书，讲述了她和患有自闭症的儿子的旅程。在回家的公车上，我把这本书简单地介绍给我表妹，令我惊讶的是，她真的很感兴趣。她一直让我给她讲书中这位朋友的故事，她在生活中为小事而奋斗。）可知表妹对书中自闭症的儿子感兴趣，因此作者感动于一个陌生人的生活进入了这个小女孩的内心。故an unknown stranger指代自闭症儿子。故选A。
【点睛】词义猜测题是高考阅读理解中常考题型之一，可以大致分为
① 定义猜词，可以根据定义信息和举例猜测词义。如文中常用refer to，be called或that’s to say，such as等。
② 逻辑猜词可以根据同义词、反义词、因果关系词等猜测词义，例如，similarly,the same as,but,however,while,on the other hand,since ,because等，所猜词与这些提示词前/后面部分的含义一样、相反或是前因后果。
③ 语法猜词，可以根据构词法，再结合上下文进行猜词。
④ 语境猜词，猜测词义离不开上下文的语境，通过上下文提供的情景和线索进行合理的分析，同时还要关注其所在的整段及整篇文章。
⑤ 指代猜词即找出人称代词、指示代词、关系代词或关系副词等所指代的内容，做题时要注意指代词的位置，以便于判断，然后用所找的指代内容替换划线代词，核实其逻辑、意义、位置等是否一致，最后比较所找部分与选项，确定意思最接近的选项。
如第二小题，根据下文for the paintings she liked most were also the best of the show可知她最喜欢的画也是展览中最好的，可知她的眼光非常犀利敏锐，故划线单词意思为“锐利的”，故选B。
