Question

It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.

I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.

When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”

For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.

Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.

One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.

Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.

1.The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.

A. admire the sunset  B. cheer her up

C. offer some help   D. have a chat

2.Four years later, the author ______.

A. found her dream job

B. put an end to her marriage

C. worked in a laundry room

D. lived in the same community

3.After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably ______.

A. disappointed   B. puzzled

C. inspired       D. overjoyed

4.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened?

a. I shared a few words and beautiful sunset with the woman.

b. The woman I met years ago got into frustration after divorce.

c. I got divorced and felt lost in my life.

d. I came across a beautiful sunset but had no one to share with.

e. The woman felt astonished by the invitation from a stranger.

f. I recognized the woman I met before in the magazine.

A. b, d, e, f, a, c   B. d, e, a, c, f, b

C. d, e, a, f, b, c D. b, d, e, a, c, f

5.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Sharing Beauty  B. Never give up

C. Beauty of Life  D. An Unforgettable experience

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲的是几年前作者一个邀请店员看落日这样一个小小的举动改变了店员的心态。几年后作者离婚后非常沮丧却意外看到杂志上这个店员发表的一篇文章写的正好是当初作者的小小举动改变了她的生活。巧的是，这一举动再次改变了作者的心态。

1.A细节理解题。根据When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.“当她走到外边我和她说“‘看那日落，外边没有人再看，我想找一个人分享’”可知作者邀请店员欣赏日落，所以选A。

2.B细节理解题。根据Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage.“四年后我的境遇改变了很多，我结束了二十年的婚姻”可知作者离婚了，所以选B。

3.C细节理解题。根据“God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement.From that moment on, she turned her life around.“上帝在他的天堂里，万事俱好。”她明白了其中的真理，从那之后她的生活改善了”可知作者在反思自己曾经改变了别人的生活，自己也可以变得更好，所以选C。

4.D细节理解题。根据题意可知店员离婚在先，遇到作者后，作者邀请她看日落，开始她很惊讶，尽管如此，她还是看了日落并聆听了作者的美句，再之后作者离婚了，作者看到杂志顿悟了。所以选D。

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考点：新闻时事类阅读

【名师点睛】

英语高考阅读理解细节解题技巧

一、语义转换题——跳读查找法这是做事实细节题最基本也是最常用的方法。在通常情况下，细节题主要考查考生对某句话或某几句话的理解，同学们若能根据题干内容从原文中找到相关的句子，然后进行比较和分析，便可确定最佳答案。（如：小题3中题目问的是作者在读完杂志的文章后会有怎样的感觉，在原文中找到“God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,” and she had realized the truth in that statement.From that moment on, she turned her life around. “上帝在他的天堂里，万事俱好。” 她明白了其中的真理，从那之后她的生活改善了”可知作者在反思自己曾经改变了别人的生活，自己也可以变得更好，所以选C。）

运用跳读查找法时，同学们要特别注意试题（包括选项）与原文之间的适当变换。根据近几年的考题情况来看，现在很少有直接用原文中的句子进行考查和测试的，而通常要进行一定的处理。而这种“处理”主要就是指进行语义转换，其中包括同义变换、概念解析、归纳事实等。

二、细节排序题——首尾定位法

这种试题要求考生根据动作发生的先后顺序和句子之间的逻辑关系，找出事件发生的正确顺序同学们在做这种题时可采用“首尾定位法”，即最先找出第一个动作和最后一个动作，迅速缩小选择范围，从而快速选出正确答案。（如：小题4中题干要求我们排序，根据题意可知店员离婚在先，遇到作者后，作者邀请她看日落，开始她很惊讶，尽管如此，她还是看了日落并聆听了作者的美句，再之后作者离婚了，作者看到杂志顿悟了，所以选D。）

三、寻找信息题——题干定位法快速寻找信息题一般为功能阅读题，主要形式有广告、公告、演出信息、航班时间表等。做这类题时没有必要阅读全文，宜采用“题干定位法”。