Question

It's generally agreed that heroes are great and always admired by common people.However,most of us have no clear idea about heroes.At some point,we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.

Although there are a lot of differences in cultures,heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics（特点）which give us courage and make us want to learn from them.A hero does something worth talking about.A hero usually put others before and does his/her best to help people in need.A hero has a special story to tell and is thought highly of by people.

But a hero is not just the person with great fame（名声）.A hero has powers larger than himself/herself.Some people want to live like a hero,and they have to experience life with new and further meaning.A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve.What do they want to live and die for?If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame,they may be famous persons but not heroes.

A hero has a vision（视野）from the mountaintop.He/She has the power to move people.He/She creates new possibilities.Without Gandhi,India might still be part of Britain.Without Martin Luther King,Jr.,Americans might take different buses,eat in different restaurants,go for walks in different parks,and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.

There might be changes in society without a hero,but the speed of change would be rather slow.Thanks to heroes in history,they make the society develop so rapidly.

1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A. How to be a hero.    B. What a hero is like.

C. The fame of a hero.    D. The lifestyle of a hero.

2.What is a sure test for people who want to be heroes?

A. What or whom they serve.    B. Money they make in all.

C. Experience they get for life.    D. How or when to serve others.

3.Why did Americans take different buses before Martin Luther King,Jr.?

A. Because they liked different buses.

B. Because of the rules of bus companies.

C. Because of the different colors of their skin.

D. Because they made different amount of money.

4.What can we learn from the text?

A. We don't need heroes any more.

B. People living just for fame can be heroes.

C. Heroes make the society develop slowly.

D. Heroes are able to create new possibilities.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】每个时代都有英雄，英雄能给我们勇气和力量，为我们树立了学习的榜样。文章分析了什么样的人能被称为英雄，检测英雄的标准及英雄们对社会的贡献。

1.B

主旨大意题。第二段中heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics（特点）which give us courage and make us want to learn from them.是总说英雄们的共同点，A hero does something worth talking about. A hero usually put others before and does his/her best to help people in need. A hero has a special story to tell and is thought highly of by people.是英雄的具体表现。所以本段主要讲的是什么样的人能被称为英雄，故选B.

2.A

细节推理题。根据第三段A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve.可知看一个人是为谁和为什么服务的是检验英雄的有效测试内容，故选A.

3.C

细节推理题。根据第四段Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.可知在马丁路德金之前人们坐不同的公交车是因为肤色不同，种族歧视。故选C.

4.D

推理判断题。根据最后一段A hero has a vision（视野）from the mountaintop. He/She has the power to move people. He/She creates new possibilities.可知英雄们有宽阔的视野，有感动人的力量，能创造新的可能。故选D.

【名师点睛】

细节理解题属直接解答性问题，是阅读理解题中最简单的一种，多数属中低难度的题。事实和细节题的命题特点是：对文章或某一段落中的一些特定细节或文章重要事实的理解，一般包括直接理解题和语义转化题。直接理解题能在原文直接找到答案，而语义转化题则需要将题目信息与原文信息加工或整理后才能得出结论。

做细节理解题具体方法与步骤如下：

1.略读材料，大概了解原文，掌握中心或主旨；

2.按文章的体裁，作者写作的组织模式及有关的信息词。如for example, first, second…等预测应该到何处寻找自己所需要的事实；

3.将自己精力放在寻找你所需要的细节上。快速通篇跳读，全文扫视，找到细节出处，待找到含细节句子时，放慢速度，仔细核对比较内容，直至找到答案。如小题2考查检验英雄的有效测试内容，根据第三段A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve.可知看一个人是为谁和为什么服务的是检验英雄的有效测试内容。小题3根据第四段Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.可知在马丁路德金之前人们坐不同的公交车是因为肤色不同，种族歧视。