阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选

题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项

（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选 项。

I took home a briefcase full of troubles . As I sat down on that hot and damp 36, there seemed to be no 37to the problems hanging around in my brain . So I picked up a book , settled into a comfortable chair and 38 my own special therapy (疗法): 39 reading .

I 40 three or four hours on two short chapters of Personal History by Vincent Sheean—tasting each paragraph , staying over a sentence , a phrase , or even a single word , building a detailed mental picture of the scene . No longer was I in Sydney , Australia , on a sticky hot night . Enjoying every word , I 41 foreign journalist Vincent Sheean on a tour to China and anot

her to Russia . I was 42 in the author’s world . And when finally I put it down , my mind was totally 43 .

Next morning , four words from the book—“take the long 44 ” were still in my mind . At my desk , I had a long-view look at my 45 . once more , super-slow-reading had giv

en me not o nly 46but perspective (视角)， and helped me in my everyday affairs .

I discovered its 47 years ago . Before that , if I had been really interested in a book , I would48 from page to page , 49 to know what came next . Now , I decided , I had to become a miser （守财奴）with 50 and stretch every sentence like a poor man spending his last dollar .

I had started with the practical object of making my book last . But by the end of the second week I began to realize 51 I was getting from super-slow-reading itself . Sometimes just a particular phrase52 my attention , sometimes a sentence . I would read it slowly, analyze it , read it again—perhaps changing down into an even 53 speed—and then sit for 20 minutes thinking about it before moving on . I was like a pianist 54 a piece of music , phrase by phrase , practicing it , trying to discover and55 exactly what the composer(作曲家) was trying to convey.

小题1:

A．day

B．morning

C．afternoon

D．evening小题2:

A．solutions

B．doubt

C．wonder

D．courses小题3:

A．tried on

B．applied

C．practiced

D．managed小题4:

A．fast

B．super fast

C．super slow

D．slow小题5:

A．spent

B．wasted

C．cost

D．took小题6:

A．united

B．attended

C．attracted

D．joined小题7:

A．found

B．lost

C．persuaded

D．accepted小题8:

A．broken

B．discouraged

C．refreshed

D．awakened小题9:

A．view

B．care

C．walk

D．distance小题10:

A．therapy

B．problems

C．rea

ding

D．work小题11:

A．difficulty

B．success

C．achievement

D．pleasure小题12:

A．use

B．disadvantage

C．value

D．importa

nce小题13:

A．look

B．read

C．analyze

D．digest小题14:

A．worried

B．eager

C．glad

D．anxious小题15:

A．books

B．troubles

C．words

D．music小题16:

A．how well

B．how long

C．how many

D．how much小题17:

A．caught

B．missed

C．escaped

D．paid

小题18:

A．faster

B．higher

C．lower

D．slower小题19:

A．playing

B．studying

C．writing

D．singing小题20:

A．realize

B．recognize

C．repay

D．understand

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:A

小题3:B

小题4:C

小题5:A

小题6:D

小题7:B

小题8:C

小题9:A

小题10:B

小题11:D

小题12:C

小题13:B

小题14:B

小题15:C

小题16:D

小题17:A

小题18:C

小题19:B

小题20:D

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。