Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific in

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Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block. No specific in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat. As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become. When I was a kid in New Jery of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were clod, almost nobody worked, and the highways, as a result, were not desperate steeplechas(障碍赛跑) they have become today. My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-ek.The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for an hour of devotion, an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there was no houwork that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, different from the other days of the week, becau everyone emed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone emed to have time for everybody el.Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to find that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association. In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visiting someone el’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to DO this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall, to participating in a road race, to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel strange, which sounds like an echo from another era.I suppo I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land and tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere el, the state’s powerfully rural feature still keeps at least remnants(残余部分) of the moral of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries(反复无常的情况) and a challenging environment. 小题1:The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when＿＿.A．everyone was paying a visit to some relatives far awayB．everyone emed to be free for othersC．Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the houD．nearly every adult would go to church and children weren’t at school小题2:In the fourth paragraph, the writer compares the respon “I’m making a Sunday visit to family” to an echo from another era becau_____.A．people nowadays prefer staying at home on SundayB．such answers are rarely heard in our modern societyC．people in the city dislike being disturbed on SundayD．visiting someone on Sunday was routine in the past小题3:From the last paragraph we may infer that_____.A．people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environmentB．people in Maine have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolutely new lifeC．land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tenD．people in Maine tend to help each other out of necessity小题4:What’s the main idea of the passage?A．Doing many activities on Sunday is beneficial.B．We should often travel a long distance to visit some friends and relatives.C．Nowadays, Sunday has almost lost its association as a day of rest.D．We should abandon some old tradition. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B小题2:B小题3:D小题4:C

解析

本文讲述了在以前Sunday visit是非常流行的，人们在星期天都去看望家人朋友，放松娱乐自己，而在现代社会里，这样的机会是很少的，人们在周末都忙着别的事情，似乎星期天和放松休息没有什么关系了。小题1:B推理题。根据文章第二段描述尤其是1,2行When I was a kid in New Jery of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine. Most stores were clod, almost nobody worked,以及第三段最后2行Sunday was, indeed, different from the other days of the week, becau everyone emed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone emed to have time for everybody el. 可知过去在星期天每个人似乎都很自由。故B正确。小题2: B细节题。根据文章第4段最后2行If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel strange, which sounds like an echo from another era.人们惊讶的原因也许就是这样的回到在现代社会已经很少出现了。人们都去做别的事情了。故B正确。小题3:D推理题。根据文章最后4行Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere el, the state’s powerfully rural feature still keeps at least remnants(残余部分) of the moral of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries(反复无常的情况) and a challenging environment.可知在Maine人们总是在相互帮助。故D正确。小题4: C主旨大意题。作者在本文中讲述了在过去Sunday visit是非常流行的，人们在星期天都去看望家人朋友，放松娱乐自己，而在现代社会里，这样的机会是很少的，人们在周末都忙着别的事情，似乎星期天和放松休息没有什么关系了。故C正确。

考点

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人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。