救家人于一场夜间大火的故事，既赞扬了狗对主人的忠诚，也体现了作者对家庭的责任和担当。
1．Why did Rock behave unusually? A．To upset the author. B．To hope to stay upstairs. C．To express his dissatisfaction. D．To inform the author of the fire.
D 解析：推理判断题。由下文作者意识到家中失火可知，Rock的不同寻常的表现实际上是在提醒家中失火了。
2．When did the author realize a fire had happened? A．When he got up to get some water. B．When he heard the bulldog barking.
C．When he caught sight of a light downstairs. D．When he walked downstairs a second time.
D 解析：细节理解题。由文章的第三段I walked downstairs again, and that’s when I saw fire.可知作者再次下楼时发现家中着火了。
3．What can we infer from the text? A．Rock didn’t survive the fire.
B．Nobody would like to help the author’s family. C．The author wouldn’t like to stay with Rock any longer. D．The author’s wife was so scared that she couldn’t say a word.
A 解析：推理判断题。根据倒数第二段最后一句以及最后一段作者还赞扬了狗的忠诚可知，大火之后再没见到Rock，只能说明Rock没能从大火中逃生。
4．What most probably drove the author to save the family in danger? A．His responsibility to the family. B．His strength to escape from the fire. C．His ability to put out the fire.
D．His confidence to overcome the difficulty.
A 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段的but I couldn’t let my family burn up，尤其是最后一段作者对自己救人行为的评价来看，他说自己不是英雄，而是像Rock一样出于对家庭的责任。
Ⅱ 完形填空
During a recent trip to San Diego, I learned about the importance of chasing your dream life in a planned way.
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On an early morning __1__on the beach, I walked past a surfer and said，“Gosh, it’s so early to be out here.”He replied，“I have to get it in early __2__I have to be at work by 8.”
I asked what he__3__ to do, and he replied, “I’ve built my whole life around being able to do the things I love, and surfing is one of my __4__.On weekdays, I wake up at 5 o’clock, I’m __5__the water by 6 o’clock, and then I head home，shower，and leave for work.”
It struck me that he__6__ his life so carefully.He’d become aware of what __7__ to him and made it happen.
My meeting with the surfer __8__ me of an exercise I had completed years before.It aims to help you __9__ your dream life through nine questions.For it to work, you must walk out of __10__and slide(滑) into your future self’s __11__ so that you can see __12__how you would like your life to be.
When I __13__the exercise in 2007, the vision(设想) I created was quite __14__from the reality.Don’t get me wrong; it’s not that I had a(n) __15__life.In fact, I was happy.But I clearly wasn’t __16__ I wanted to end up—there was __17__I wanted to accomplish.
In the years following the exercise, I began making __18__to move toward my dream life.Ninety-five percent of what seemed __19__ a decade ago is in my life today in some form, or I’m close to achieving it. Of course, my life isn’t __20__，but it’s a lot closer to my version of perfection because I have taken the time to craft a vision.
【解题导语】 一次在海滩偶遇，冲浪者对生活的周密安排让作者回忆起自己为实现梦想所做的努力以及这些努力的价值。
1．A.resting C．sleeping
B．working D．wandering
D 解析：根据下文“我”从冲浪者旁边经过，可以判断作者是在海滩徘徊。 2．A.while C．because
B．or D．though
C 解析：冲浪者解释了自己必须早早赶到那儿的原因。 3．A.meant C．refused
B．demanded D．admired
A 解析：从下文he replied可以推知作者是在问冲浪人的意图和打算。 4．A.movements
B．suggestions
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C．ways D．favorites
D 解析：与前文提到要努力做自己喜欢做的事相照应，强调冲浪是自己最喜欢做的事之一。
5．A.in C．on
C 解析：在水上冲浪，介词用on。 6．A.planned C．passed
B．lived D．enjoyed B．over D．through
A 解析：由上文可以推知，作者认为冲浪者把自己的生活规划得很有条理。 7．A.occurred C．walked
B．mattered D．headed
B 解析：冲浪者认识到生活中什么对他来说是重要的。与前文他对生活的细致安排和后文made it happen形成呼应。
8．A.told C．warned
B．informed D．reminded
D 解析：下文是作者回顾以前发生在自己身上的事，此处应理解为冲浪者的事情使作者想起了自己以前所做的事。
9．A.make sure of C．change
B．make use of D．remember
A 解析：根据后文内容可知，这个训练的目标是帮助你确认未来想要的生活。 10．A.thought C．dream
B．life D．reality
D 解析：与下文的future形成对照，此处指要从现实中走出来，进入到将来的位置。 11．A.position C．mind
A 解析：指作者对未来生活的定位。 12．A.immediately C．carefully
B．exactly D．simply B．respect D．success
B 解析：此处理解为：如果能从现实中走出来，进入到将来的位置就能准确地看到想要看到的生活的样子。
13．A.gave up C．went through
B．put off D．suffered from
C 解析：指作者在2007年通过了前文提到的那个训练。 14．A.different
B．absent
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C．safe D．free
A 解析：从下文推断，此处作者所说的是自己所创作的(生活)版本与现实不同。 15．A.busy C．colorful
B．bad D．easy
B 解析：与下文In fact, I was happy.形成对照，作者在声明自己并不是过着一种糟糕的生活。
16．A.why C．what
B．how D．where
D 解析：通过but形成转折关系，虽然作者开心，但很明显作者并没有到达想要停止的地方。
17．A.something C．nothing
B．less D．more
D 解析：根据上文以及下一段作者随后继续追逐向往的生活，可知作者还想获得更多。 18．A.apologies C．contributions
D 解析：作者做出决定朝着梦想进发。 19．A.amazing C．shocking
B．impossible D．important B．excuses D．decisions
B 解析：这里将曾经和现在进行对比，曾经觉得不可能的事情，现在却实现了。 20．A.perfect C．peaceful
B．ordinary D．active
A 解析：根据上文的I’m close to achieving it和下文的but it’s a lot closer to my version of perfection可知，作者的生活并不完美。
阅读强化训练(三) (建议用时：25分钟)
Ⅰ 阅读理解
The recent government announcement of an increase in university fees for the coming school year has angered young people planning to go to university. In addition, it has caused some of them quite understandably to question the value of a university education.
In an ideal(理想的) world, university education would be free and open to all. However in most western countries, students do contribute to the cost of going to university, and most accept that they should pay something towards the benefits they
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