Question

My husband, my four-month-old daughter and I set out on a five-day driving journey from California to Washington. We had to stop frequently because our little child needed to stretch from the car seat.

One of our stops, once we crossed the Oregon border, was at a Black Bear Diner. Walking towards the front door we noticed a gentleman standing at one side. He was clearly untidy, without shoes and wearing worn clothing. We passed right by him and opened the restaurant door. Then something told me to go back.

Holding my daughter, I turned around and said to the gentleman, “Sir. Are you hungry?” He said, “Yes.” I then asked, “May we buy you something to eat?” He responded with, “Sure, I can order something myself.”

My husband opened the door and the gentleman went straight to the counter. I told him to order whatever he wanted. The manager of the restaurant came over quite quickly and looked frightened. I spoke before he had an opportunity to say anything. “This gentleman will have lunch with us today,” I said. “Please add his order to our bill.” The manager said with a frown(皱眉), “Okay.” We turned to our table and the gentleman said, loudly and quickly, “Thank You!” We were seated and upon completing our meal we were handed our bill. I asked my husband what the gentleman had ordered. One fresh orange juice, one coffee, one breakfast combination with a side of hash browns.

When we left the restaurant I looked for the gentleman but didn’t see him, but that very small act just made my day. I hope in some small way we were able to add some joy to his life, even if only for a few minutes.

1.From the appearance of the gentleman, we can guess he was probably a(n) _____.

A. waiter    B. beggar

C. actor    D. worker

2.The manager of the restaurant looked frightened because _____.

A. the man was not friendly

B. he was afraid the man wasn’t able to pay the food

C. he had fired the man before

D. the man had stolen something from the restaurant

3.From the passage, we can infer the man _____.

A. was hungry and ate a lot of food    B. felt ashamed and left secretly

C. was thankful for their kind act    D. was too proud to accept their offer

4.The phrase “made my day” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

A. wasted my money    B. made me feel sorry

C. made me very happy    D. moved me deeply

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】本文讲述了自己在旅行途中帮助了一位乞丐的故事来告诉我们帮助别人才能让自己真正的快乐起来。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“He was clearly untidy, without shoes and wearing worn clothing.”说明他的衣着很不整洁，没有穿鞋子衣服也很破旧，说明他最可能是一个乞丐。故C正确。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段中的“The manager of the restaurant came over quite quickly and looked frightened. I spoke before he had an opportunity to. ‘This gentleman will have lunch with us today,’ I said. ‘Please add his order to our bill.’”说明经理很担心这个乞丐付不起钱，我这样说就是为了打消他的顾虑。故D项正确。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的We turned to our table and the gentleman said, loudly and quickly, “Thank You!”说明这个乞丐对作者的善意的行为很感激。故A正确。

4.推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的that very small act just made my day. I hope in some small way we were able to add some joy to his life, even if only for a few minutes.说明这样的行为让我感觉很开心，故D正确。

【名师点睛】

推理判断试题属于高层次阅读理解题。这种题型包括判断题和推理题。这两类题常常相互依存，推理是为了得出正确的判断，正确的判断又依赖于合乎逻辑的推理。做好该题型要从整体上把握语篇内容，在语篇的表面意义与隐含意义、已知信息与未知信息间架起桥梁，透过字里行间，去体会作者的“弦外之音”。推理判断题常常可以分为如下几类：（1）细节推断。如时间、地点、人物关系等；（2）逻辑推断。根据已知的结果推断导致结果产生的可能原因；（3）目的、意图、态度推断。根据文章的论述，推断作者的写作目的以及作者情感态度；（4）预测想象推断。文章没有明确说明，要求根据语篇对文章可能涉及的内容进行预测判断。

A推理判断主要的设题方式有：

（1）It can be inferred from the passage (or the last paragraph) that…

（2）It can be learned from the passage (or the last paragraph) that…

（3）It can be concluded from the passage (or the last paragraph) that…

（4）It implies that…

（5）Where would you most probably find this passage?

（6）What would the author most likely continue to talk about in the next paragraph(s)?

B推理判断主要的解题策略有：

（1）根据不同文体，推断目的意图。不同的文章可能有不同的写作目的, 通常作者的写作目的有以下三种：1) to entertain readers（娱乐读者，让人发笑），常见于故事类的文章。2) to persuade readers（说服读者接受某种观点）常见于广告类的文章。3) to inform readers（告知读者某些信息）多见于科普类﹑新闻报道类﹑文化类或社会类的文章。高考阅读试题设计到各类文章，而以议论文为主，文章的主题句、核心句往往会直接或间接地表明作者的态度立场；阅读理解中也有说明文、描述文。前者因为其体裁的客观性，所以作者的态度也往往采取中立。而后者因为其文章观点往往不直接提出，而且作者写作时也常带有某种倾向性，所以，阅读时要善于根据文章的文体来学会推断作者的情感态度和目的。

（2）根据用词风格，推断情感态度。一篇好的文章，其用词风格常常直接流露或蕴含作者的内心世界和情感态度。所以阅读时要善于捕捉表达或暗示情感态度的词句或短语，捕捉那些烘托气氛，渲染情感的词句，进而很好地洞察作者的思想倾向，是支持、反对抑或中立？对于选项而言，要分清选项中的褒义词、中性词和贬义词，以此对照全文。如：1）表示褒义的词语：positive赞成的，supporting支持的，praising赞扬的，optimistic乐观的，admiring羡慕的，enthusiastic热情的等；2）表示中性的词语：uninterested无兴趣的，不感兴趣的； neutral中立的；impersonal不带个人感情的；subjective主观的；objective客观的等；3）表示贬义的词语：disgusted感到恶心的，厌恶的；critical批评的；negative 否定的，反对的；suspicious怀疑的；tolerant容忍的，忍让的；worried 担忧的等。

（3）根据写作思路，推断段落发展。不同的文体，写作思路和写作手法也不尽相同。做题时，要善于体会作者的写作思路，揣摩作者的谋篇布局，从宏观上左右文章的结构框架；同时，还要把握作者行文时所运用的修辞手段，如对比、举例、下定义等。通过梳理写作思路，明晰写作手法，即可对文章的发展作出比较科学合理的推断和预测。

（4）根据事实细节，推断合理信息。推理题要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基础上，作出一定判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含意义和深层意义。推理题所涉及的内容可能是文中某一句话，也可是某几句话，但做题的指导思想都是以文字信息为依据，既不能做出在原文中找不到文字根据的推理，也不能根据表面文字信息做多步推理。也就是说，要做到判断有据, 推论有理, 忠实原文。切忌用自己的观点代替作者的本意，切忌片面思考，得出片面结论。

如小题3，题干“From the passage, we can infer the man ”是典型的推理判断题类型，需要理解文中的内容，推理得出答案。根据最后一段中关键词“Thank You!”可以推知乞丐对作者是感激的，从而得出正确答案。