第二十六组(建议用时：25分钟)阅读理解A
(2015·高考浙江卷)In 2004their canine lust.
But why，they pleaded.“Because I don’t have time to take care of a dog.” But we’ll do it.“Really？You’re going to walk the dog？Feed the dog？Bathe the dog？” Yes (everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day)，neither thought to walk the dog.While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots，to schedule her vet appointments，to feed and clean her，Misty knew this on day one.As she looked up at the three new humans in her life (small，medium，and large)，she calculated，“The_medium_one_is_the_sucker_in_the_pack.”
Quickly，she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld (心灵融合)．She’d look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers(附肢)d splaying across my stomach as I watched television.
Even so，part of me continued to resent walking duty.Joe and Becky had promised.Not fair，I’d balk (不心甘情愿地做) silently as she and I walked.“Not fairurn home.
Then one day—January 1，2007，to be exact—my husband’s doctor uttered an unthinkable word：(白血病)．With thatsix months of hospitalizations，Becky，12 at the time，adjusted to other adults being in the house when she returned from school.My work colleagues adjusted to my taking off at a moment’s notice for medical emergencies.Every part of my life changed；no part of my old routine remained.：Misty still needed walking.At the beginning wanted to walk Misty.The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet，peaceful time to gather my thoughts or to just be before the day’s medical drama unfolded.The evening walk was a time to shake off the day’s upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.
When serious illness visits your household，it’s not just your daily routine and your assumptions about the future that are no longer familiar.Pretty much everyone you know acts differently.
Not Misty.Take her for a walk，and she had no interest in Joe’s blood counts or bone marrow test results.On the street or in the park，she had only one thing on her mind：squirrels！She was so joyous that at life goes
on.
After Joe died in 2009，Misty slept on his pillow.
I’m grateful—to a point.The truth is，after years of balking，I’ve come to enjoy my walks with Misty.As I watch her chase after a squirrel，throwing her whole being into the hereandnow of an exercise that has never once ended in victory，she reminds me，too，that no matter how harsh the present or unpredictable the future，there’s almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment.
1．Why didn’t the writer agree to raise a dog at the beginning of the story?
A．She was afraid the dog would get the family into trouble.
B．It would be her business to take care of the dog.
C．Her husband and daughter were united as one.
D．She didn’t want to spoil her daughter.
2．Which of the following is the closest in meaning to “The medium one is the sucker in the pack.”(Paragraph 3)?
A．“The middleaged person loves me most.”
B．“The mediumsized woman is the hostess.”
C．“The man in the middle is the one who has the final say.”
D．“The woman is the kind and trustworthy one in the family.”
3．It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ________． could solve math problems
C．the writer was a slow learner
D．no one walked Misty the first day
4．The story came to its turning point when ________．tried to please the writer
5．Why did the writer continue to walk Misty while Joe was in hospital?
A．Misty couldn’t live without her.
B．Her friends didn’t offer any help.
C．The walk provided her with spiritual comfort.
D．She didn’t want Misty to be others’ companion.
6．What is the message the writer wants to convey in the passage?
A．One should learn to enjoy hard times.
B．A disaster can change everything in life.
C．Moments of joy suggest that there is still hope ahead.
D．People will change their attitude toward you when you are in difficulty.
B
A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing.Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human sentiment． clothing received for distribution to the natives in that cold and poor district of the north.Among the gifts was a box of knittings for children, knitted(编 and sent by a woman in Toronto.
Nurse Austen was busy, exhausted and not feeling too well that winter.She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement.But_that_was_not_her_way．She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, ted gloves and caps, and what they said when they got them，and how they looked when they wore them.She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings “to see how much happiness and warmth she had created”．Not long after，she received the following answer from Canada.
Dear Miss Austen：rse I cannot write this, so my daughterinlaw is doing it for me.She also sewed the seams and made the buttonholes for the knitted things.
I know something of the work you are doing.At the age of nineteen I married a man who was going to China to be a missionary(传教士)．For forty years, o the States where he took charge of a settlement house in Brooklyn, New York.A surprising number of the problems we faced there were similar to the problems we had met in China.When my husband died, I came to Toronto to live with my son and daughterinlaw.They are very good to me, and I pride myself that I am little trouble to them, though it is hard for a blind old lady to be sure of anything.
What I most want to say，my dear, is this.For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or books as I could collect.In various parts of the world and to various parts of the world I have sent them.Sometimes I have received a printed note of acknowledgement from the headquarters depot or mission board, sometimes nothing.Occasionally I have been informed that my contribution was planned for Syria or Armenia or the upper Yangtze.But never before in all that time have I had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said.I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that.May God bless you.
Sincerely yours，
Laura N. Russell
7．The underlined word “sentiment” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means“ ________ ”． B．gentle feeling(in Paragraph 3) implies that ________．usy to write a note of acknowledgement
C．she was not busy, exhausted or feeling too well that time
D．she wrote a letter telling all about the village and the children
9．Why was Laura so happy when she received the letter from Miss Austen? Because ________．s now living in ________．________ and sent contributions to people all over the
world.
A．Toronto and New York only
B．Syria and Armenia once
C．the upper Yangtze area alone
D．many places of the world
阅读理解
A
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述的是一开始在女儿和丈夫的坚持下，尽管作者反对，家里还是养了一只狗，结果正如作者所料，从第二天开始自己就得承担与狗相关的一切家务。开始的时候作者很不心甘情愿，但是当丈夫患了白血病之后，作者开始喜欢和这只狗待在一起的时光。因为她从遛狗的体验中悟出生活的哲理——尽管有时生活艰难，前途难测，但人生总有希望和快乐。
1．解析：选B。细节理解题。由第二段中的Because I don’t have time to take care of a dog.可知，作者在一开始不同意养狗是因为她事先知道照顾狗将会是她的事情。故选B项。
2．解析：选D。句意理解题。根据前面提到的．..I would be the one...Misty knew this on day one.可知，在Misty眼里，the medium one就是指作者。再根据下一段中的Quickly，she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan mind meld.可知，很快作者就和狗相处得很融洽了，几乎达到了心灵融合的地步，也就是说，狗比较相信她的女主人了。故选D项。
3．解析：选A。推理判断题。从第三段中的Misty knew this on day one可以看出，Misty很聪明，故选A项。第三段并没有提及Misty会解数学题，所以B项错误；由第三段中的While I was slow to accept that...可知，作者不得不慢慢接受这些事实，而不是说她是学东西慢的一个人，所以C项错误；由第三段中的everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day可知，D项表述错误。
4．解析：选B。细节理解题。由第六段中的Then one day—January 1,2007，to be exact...以及第八段中的As the months went by，I began to realize that I actually wanted to walk Misty.可知，在2007年，事情发生了转折。
5．解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第八段内容可知，在那些对作者来说难熬的日子里，只有在和Misty 一起散步的时候作者才能暂时忘掉烦恼，才能得到片刻的安宁。故选C项。
6．解析：选C。主旨大意题。本文的最后三段使文章的主题得到了升华。从倒数第三段中的She was so joyous that even on the worst days，she could make me smile.On a daily basis，she reminded me that life goes on.以及最后一段内容可知，作者从Misty身上看到了生活中的希望，故选C项“快乐的时刻表明前面仍然有希望”。
B
7．解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据第一段第一句“A letter of reply is sometimes a most
treasured thing.”的导入，以及第三段倒数第二句中的“to see how much
happiness and warmth she had created”，并结合下文的例子可推知，此处
sentiment是一种温暖的情感。故选B。
8．解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第三段第二句“She could have written just ordinary routine
notes of acknowledgement.”的虚拟语气可推知，她不会只写一封普通的感谢信。故选A。
9．解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第四段第一、二句“Your letter made me happy.I did not
expect such a full return.”以及最后一段倒数第二、三句“But never before
in all that time have I had a personal letter picturing the village and telling
me who is wearing the clothing and what they said.I did not suppose that
ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that.”可知，Laura很开心是因为她之前从没有收到过这样的感谢信。故选C。
10．解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“Among the gifts was a box of knittings
for children，knitted(编织)and sent by a woman in Toronto.”以及第三段倒数第一句“Not long after，she received the following answer from
Canada.”并结合下文的故事可知，Laura目前生活在加拿大的多伦多。故选C。
11．解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段第三句“In various parts of the world and to
various parts of the world I have sent them.”可知，Ms.Laura这么多年来去过许多地方，而且一直在向世界各地捐献自己的物品。故选D。