miracle是什么意思

中考英语阅读理解专项训练

Aneight—year-oldchildheardherparentstalkingaboutherlittle

knewwasthathewasverysickandtheyhadnomoney.

Onlyaveryexpensiveoperationcouldsavehimnowandtherewasnoone

tolendthemthemoney。Whensheheardherdaddysaytohertearful

mother,”Onlyamiraclecansavehimnow，”thelittlegirlwentto

herbedroomandpulledhermoneyfromitshidingplaceandcountedit

carefully.

Shehurriedtoadrugstore（药店)withthemoneyinherhand。

”Andwhatdoyouwant?"askedthesalesman。"It'sformylittle

brother，"thegirlanswered.”He'sreally，reallysickandIwantto

buyamiracle。""Pardon？”saidthesalesman。

"MybrotherAndrewhassomethingbadgrowingin-sidehisheadandmy

uchdoesamiracle

cost?""Wedon’tllamiraclehere，child。I’msorry，"the

salesmansaidwithasmile."Listen，ifitisn'tenough，Icantry

llmehowmuchitcosts."

Awell-dresdmanhearditandasked,”Whatkindofamiracledoes

yourbrotherneed？”

”Idon'tknow，”sheansweredwithhereyesfulloftears。”He's

reallysickandmumsaysheneedsanopera-tion。Butmydaddycan'tpay

forit,soIhavebroughtallmymoney."

”Howmuchdoyouhave？”askedtheman。”$1。11，butIcantry

andgetsomemore，”sheanswered.

"Well,whatluck，"smiledtheman.”$1。11，thepriceofa

miracleforlittlebrothers."

Hetookupthegirl’shandandsaid，"Takemetowhereyoulive。

Iwanttoeyourbrotherandmeetyourparents。Let'seifIhave

thekindofmiracleyouneed。”

Thatwell—dresdmanwasDrCarltonArmstrong,afamousdoctor.

Theoperationwassuccessfulanditwasn'tlongbeforeAndrewwashome

hdidthemiraclecost?

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

sthetroubleinthelittlegirl’sfamily？

dnomoney。

C。Nothingcouldsaveherbrother.D。BothAandB。

2。Intheeyeofthelittlegirl，amiraclemightbe_______.

A。somethinginterestingB。somethingbeautiful

nderfulmedicineD。somegoodfood

tlegirlsaidagainandagain"……Icantryandgetsome

more.”Thatshows_______.

A。shehadstillkeptsomemoneyB。shehopednottoberefud

C。ughtmoneywas

easytoget

dethemiraclehappen？

l'sloveforherbrother。l’smoney.

icinefromthedrugstore。D。Nobodycantell.

5。Fromthepassagewecaninfer（推断）that_______。

A。Thedoctordidn'taskforanypay

leissuretohappenifyoukeepon

C。Thelittlegirlislovelybutnotsoclever

D。Andrewwasinfactnotsosickastheyhadthought

答案与解析

1。选D。根据第1段中的Allsheknewwasthathewasverysickand

theyhadnomoney可知答案。

2。选C.由于这个小女孩的家很穷，而她的兄弟又病得那样重,所以她的父

亲说Onlyamiraclecansavehimnow，小女孩听了之后便翻出她所有的"积蓄

"去药店购买miracle，由此可见,小女孩可能认为miracle是一种什么很神奇

的药。注:miracle的实际意思是”奇迹”，Onlyamiraclecansavehimnow

的意思是"只有出现奇迹才可能救得了他”。

3。选B.根据上下文语境，Icantryandgetsomemore后其实省略了

money一词，句意为"我会想办法弄更多钱来的”。因为小女孩担心自己的钱不

够而买不到miracle，所以反复对药店老板和那位穿着讲究的人说这句话，其意

思显然是希望自己不遭到拒绝.

4.选A.根据文章内容，用排除法可知只有选项A最佳.即是这个小女孩对其

兄弟的爱感动了著名医生CarltonArmstrong先生，从而出现"奇迹”，使她的

兄弟获救.

5.选A.因为这个小女孩的家很穷,就是因为支付不起昂贵的医疗费才会有奇

迹一说，而最后小女孩的兄弟确实是康复了,显然医生并没有要求他们家支付医疗

费。

ChristmasEvemeansawarmget—togetherwithfriends,acandlelight

din

ner，orperhapsacelebrationatapub（酒馆）forstudents。

But，forCaiYingjie,thenighthasadifferentmeaning：helping

beggars（乞丐）andthehomeless(peoplewithouthomes）。

Cai，whoisastudentinjournalismatTsinghua,couldbefoundat

Beijing’sWudaokouLightRailwayStationthatspecialevening。When

shesawanoldbeggar,shetookthecold，roughhandsofthewoman

withherwarm，cleanhands，andgavethewomansomewarmbreadand

helpedherputonapairofnewgloves（手套)。

Thewomanwassurpridforafewconds,thenburstintotears,

saying"forthefirsttimeIfeelrespected（尊重)"。

Caisaid，”Abeggar’'swhyIwantto

helpthem."Caiwasoneof14TsinghuastudentsspendingChristmasEve

lkedinthecoldwindalongthestreetsfrom4to

7pmonFriday，visiting15beggarsinBeijing’sHaidianDistrict.

Theybroughtbreadandgloveswiththem，andstoppedtogreet

ggargreetedthem

withalookofsurpri.

"Iknowtheactivitycan’thelpmuch，butit’smeanttoshowour

respectandcareforbeggarsandthehomelesswhohavebeenneglected

forsolong，”saidSun,headofthegroup."AndChristmasisagood

timeforthat。"

根据以上短文内容,然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1。WhatdoesChristmasEvemeantothe14Tsinghuastudents？

15beggarstoTsinghua。

B。Gettingtogetherwithfriends.

gcaretothebeggarsandthehomeless.

gbreadandglovestothebeggars.

esthebeggarmeanbysaying"forthefirsttimeIfeel

respected”？

garhasbeenwaitingforCaiforlong.

B。Thebeggarhasn'tbeenshowncareforsolong.

C。ThebeggarhasbeenrespectingCaiforalongtime。

thefirsttimethebeggarhasenTsinghuastudents.

3。Whatdideachbeggarfeelwhentheyreceivedgreetings？

A。.

。

d”neglected”inthelastpassagemeans_______。

A。

C。takencareofD。givennoenoughcare

答案与解析

1.选C.第1段的最后一句…helpingbeggars(乞丐）andthehomeless

（peoplewithouthomes）。就是他们的决定,即去帮助那些乞丐和无家可归的

人，给他们以关爱.答案选C.

2。选B。根据第3段中的woman所说的话：…forthefirsttimeIfeel

respected（尊重）。我们可以推断出：乞丐们有太长的时间没人关心了。故答案

为B.

3.选B.在第6段中有这样一句Eachbeggargreetedthemwithalookof

surpri。而B选项中Amazed的同义表达就是surprid,所以答案为B.

4。选D.本文讲述了14个清华学子在平安夜帮助流浪汉和乞丐们的故事。

这些流浪汉和乞丐们都感到十分的意外和温暖,我们由此可推断他们应该是长期

givennoenoughcare(被忽视的）原因。这样我们就可以排除A、B、C三项，

最后正确答案为D.

Whatareyougoingtodoifyouareinaburninghou？Howwill

youescape？Doyouknowhowtosaveyourlf？Pleareadthe

followingpassage.

Escapingafireisariousmatter。Knowingwhattododuringa

firecansaveyoulife。Itisimportanttoknowthewaysyoucanu

andshowthemtoeveryoneinthefamily,suchasstairwaysandfire

escapes,butnotlifts。

Fromthelowerfloorsofthebuildings,escapingthroughwindowsis

possible，learnthebestwayofleavingbywindowswiththeleast

chanceofriousinjury。

averageperson，hangingbythefinger-tipswillhaveadropofabout

outtheheightofanaverageman。Of

cour，itissafertojumpashortwaythantostayinaburning

building。

to

keepthedoorclod。Orsmokeandfiremaybedrawnintotheroom。

Keepyourheadlowatthewindowtobesureyougetfreshairrather

thansmokethatmayleaked(渗)intotheroom.

Onacondorthirdfloor，thebestwindowsforescapearetho

thatopenontoaroof。Fromtheroofapersoncandroptotheground

moresafely。Droppingontocement（水泥）

（灌木丛）andgrasscanhelptobreakafall。

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

portantto_______.

thefireintheburninghouB。knowthewaystoescape

thefire

faburninghouD。keepthedoorclod

ssibletoescapethroughthewindows_______。

restrong

enough

iveonalowerfloorD。Ifyouhavealongrope

3。WhichofthefollowingescapingwayisNOTright?_______.

escapethoughstairways。B。Youcanchoofireescapes.

C。Escapefromthewindowsthatopenontoaroof.D。Ualiftto

comedownatonce。

ewindowsothat_______ifthebuildingisonfire.

callforhelp

C。beenfirst

5。Thebesttitleofthepassageis_______。

A。EscapingfromtheWindowsB。SaveYourlfintheBurningHou

dgeonFireD。WaitingforHelp

答案与解析

1.选B.从句子Itisimportanttoknowthewaysyoucanuandshow

themtoeveryoneinthefamily，…可知,当房子着火后，最重要的是你要知道

thewaystoescapethefire（逃生方式），故答案选B.

2.选C。在短文的第2段说到…fromthelowerfloorsofbuilding

escapingthroughwindowsispossible。故选C。

3。选D.在短文中特别强调在大火发生时，人们可以从stairways和fire

escapes逃生,butnotlifts(但不能从电梯），因为那是相当危险的。

4。选A.在短文的第5段提到了可…keepyourheadlowatthewindow

tobesureyougetfreshair…可知.

5.选B。通读全文后，短文的大意很明显，在着火的大楼中自救的方法应是

短文的主题，故选B。

Napogaisa12—year—oldgirlinGhana，rdforher

orning，sheleaveshomeathalfpast

s

hersixhourstogetenoughcleanwaterfordailycookinganddrinking.

nsof

n’tgetenoughcleanwater

tokeephealthy.

llotherdays,wemustalsoremember

erweuisthemostimportantnaturalresourceontheearth.

Watercovers70％oftheearth'ssurface。Butmostofthatisa

’tuitforverymanythings。Freshwatercoversonly1

％oftheearth'ssurface.

Youprobablyfeelluckythatyourlifeisn’tashardasNapoga’s.

Butthatdoesn'tmeanyoudon'thavetoworryaboutwater。Weallface

riouswaterproblems。dsof

thingsfromcars，factories,farmsandhomesmakeourrivers，lakes，

andoceansdirty。Pollutedwaterisverybadforpeopletodrink。And

dirtywaterisbadforfish，，34％ofallkindsoffishare

dyingout。

Howdocarsandfactoriesmakeourwaterdirty？First，they

，whenitrains，therainwatercomesdownand

ain,calledacidrain，isalso

badforplants,animalsandbuildings。

Scientistssaythatin30years，morethanhalfofthepeoplein

theworldwon'tolearnhowtosave

morewaterforourlvesandourchildren。Hereissomeadvicefor

savingwater：

saveasmuch

as450literachmonth.

Leakytaps（漏水的龙头)wastealotofwater。Fixthemrightaway！

Youcaneasilycutyour10-minuteshowers（沐浴)inhalf-andyou'll

bejustasclean。

Whenyouwashdishes，don'tletthewaterrun。

washing

machineisn'tfull，you'rewastingwater！

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

orningNapogawenttogetcleanwater_______。

hefinishedschool

CwithoutgoingtoschoolD。aftersheplayedwithherfriends

arth，_______。

eriswidelyudthanfreshwater

sverylittlewaterforourliving

C。thereis71％offreshwater

D。wedon’tneedtoworryaboutwater

in_______。

A。isonlybadforlivingthings

roducedinfactories

’tdoharmtopeople，butit’sbadforplants，animals

andbuildings

D。doesn'tjustdoharmtohumanbeingsbuttoani—mals，plants

andbuildings

4。Whichofthefollowingwasteswater?

tenminutesifwewantacleanshower.

ldputinenoughclotheswhenwewashtheminwashing

machines.

keepyourlfcleanbyhavingashowerforfiveminutes.

’tletthewaterrunwhenwebrushourteethandwash

dishes。

5。What’sthemainideaofthepassage?

ingmustbedonetopreventwaterformbe-ingpolluted.

atermeansmuchtohumanbeingsandlivingthingsaround

us。

'stimetotakecareofthewaterweu。

D。Wateristhemostimportantnaturalresourceontheearth。

答案与解析

1。选C.从第1段中的句子Shehasnotimetogotoschool可知，她根

本没有去上学。故选C。

2。选B。短文第3段中介绍了全球70％被水覆盖,但只有1%才是饮用淡水.

而世界上的很多国家和地区都缺水.所以选B项，即我们的生活用水很少。

3。选D.由第5段中的句子Dirtyrain，calledacidrain，isalso

badforplantsanimalsandbuildings.可知,acidrain（酸雨）的危害很大。

故答案选D.

4.选A.A选项与C选项相互矛盾，则必有一个为正确选项。而从第3点建议

(advice)可知,你可以沐浴只须五分钟来节约用水，若用10分钟则是浪费水。故

选A.

5。选C。读完全文我们知道地球上的水资源有限,所以大家都要节约用水。

故选C。

AlfredNobel,thegreatSwedishinventorandindustrialist，wasborn

inStockholmonOctober21,1833，butmovedtoRussiawithhisparents

in1842，wherehisfather，Immanuel,madeastrongpositionforhimlf

intheengineeringindustry。ImmanuelNobelinventedlandmineandmadea

lotofmoneyfromthegovernmentduringtheCrimeanWar，butwent

，thefamilyreturnedtoSwedenin1859，where

Alfredbeganhisownstudyofexplosivesinh

isfather’slab。Hehadneverbeentoschooloruniversitybuthad

taughthimlf，andbythetimehewastwenty，hebecameaskillful

chemistandexcellentlinguist,speakingSwedish，Russian，German，

FrenchandEnglish。Hebuiltupover80companiesin20different

lwaysarchingforameaningtolife。Hespentmuch

timeandmoneyworkingonhowtoendthewars,andthepeacebetween

nations，ouslastwill，in

whichheleftmoneytoprovideprizesforoutstandingworkin

physics,chemistry，physiology,medicine，literatureandpeace，isa

，themanisrememberedand

respectedlongafterhisdeath.

根据短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的正确答案。

asAlfredNobelborn？Hewasbornin________.

A。olm

D。Moscow

2。WhatdidImmanuelNobelinventedduringtheCrimeanWar？

A。Theengineeringindustry.

B。Astrongposition.

C。Landmine.

fexplosives.

AlfredNobelreturntoSweden？Becauhisfather

________。

inprison

C。

ycompaniesdidAlfredNobelbuildup？Hebuiltup

________companiesindifferentcountries。

A.20B.40

C。60D.80

sAlfredNobelalwaysaringfor？________。

meandmoremoney

B。Ameaningtolife

C。Howtoendthewar

D。Thepeacebetweennations

答案与解析

1.B.根据AlfredNobel，thegreatSwedishinventorand

industrialist，wasborninStockholmonOctober21，1833.（伟大的瑞典

发明家和实业家诺贝尔于1883年10月21日出生于斯德哥尔摩)就能确定正确选

项。

2.C.根据ImmanuelNobelinventedlandmineandmadealotofmoney

fromthegovernmentduringtheCrimeanWar（以马利？诺贝尔在克里米亚战争

中发明地雷，挣了很多钱)就能确定正确答案.

3。A。根据wentbankruptsoonafter（不久破产了）就能确定正确答案。

4。D。根据Hebuiltupover80companiesin20differentcountries

（他在20个国家建了80多个公司）就能确定答案。

5B。根据Hewasalwaysarchingforameaningtolife（他总是在搜

索生活的意义)就能确定答案。

stohidehiyesbehindhishair。He

doesn'r，ifyoutalktohimaboutmusic，

he’llhavealottosay.

ThisisJayChou,the24-year—oldTaiwanepopking。Hisfansare

soexcitedbecauhewillsingsongsinBeijingonSeptember12。Tho

songsarefromhisnewalbum，”YeHuimei",andthealbumwasrelead

（发行)inJulyandwasnamedafterhismother.

ottalkmuchanddid

badlyinmanyschoolsubjects。

Hismothernoticedtheboy’sspecialinterestinmusicandnthim

ditandkepton

practicing.

notspeakclearlywhenhesings

singerhashugecrowdsoffans。"Heisreallygoodat

music。Itmakeshimattractive（有魅力的）tome，"saidLiuJiajun，a

Junior2studentinNo.101MiddleSchoolinBeijing。

”rfollowsothers，”saidZhang

Yujie，aJunior1girlatHuaibeiMiddleSchoolinSihong，Jiangsu

Province。

根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1。Fromthispassage,weknowthatJayChou_______。

handsomeB。hasabrightsmile

akestoomuchnoiD……isapopmusicstar

2。Hisfansaresoexcitedbecau_______.

singnewsongsin

Beijing

albumwasnamedafter

hismother

3。Whenhewasalittlechild，he_______.

linhisstudyatschool

C。startedtolikemusicD。hadhugecrowdsoffans

4。Accordingtooneofhisfans，Jay_______.

A。isagoodstudentB。haslongandbeautifulhair

l—knownpianistD。isveryattractivetothem

tence”Heneverfollowsothers”inthelastparagraph

means____

yshashisownstyle（风格）

stowalkalone

C。hedoesn’tlikeotherpeople'ssongsatall

D。noonecancatchupwithhim

答案与解析

1.选D。根据第5段中的Chouisnotveryhandsome.可知A不对；根据

第1段中的Hedoesn'tsmileveryoften可知B不对；根据第1段中的Heis

quietandshy可知C也不对.故答案选D。

2.选B.根据第2段中的Hisfansaresoexcitedbecauhewillsing

songsinBeijingonSeptember12可知答案。

3。选C。根据第4段的Hismothernoticedtheboy'sspecialinterest

inmusic可知Chou小的时候就对音乐很感兴趣，也就是或那时就开始喜欢音乐

了.

4。选D.根据第5段中Itmakeshimattractivetome可知答案.

5。选A。这句话本意是说他不会跟随其他人，但跟文章主题音乐联系起

来，以及根据前面一句话Heistruetohimlf可知隐含意义为他有自己的音乐

风格。