Question

8．Once many years ago，I pulled a family out of a burning car somewhere in Wyoming．Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide．In closing she called me a hero．
That got me thinking about what a hero is．Was I a hero because I pulled a family from a burning car？If so，how could I be a hero just because I wrote a story that saved someone's life？
Today I looked up the word"hero"in the dictionary to see exactly what it meant．It read"a person who does something brave"and also"a person who is good and noble"．
That statement impressed me more than the part about being brave．So I thought about something very important．And I remembered what happened to me years ago．
After my marriage of twenty years ended，I was in such a condition．I was within hours trying to get up enough courage to end the pain and misery．When I returned home，someone had sent me a card in the mail which told me how much they would appreciate me as a friend．That wonderful card probably saved my life．That person，without even knowing it，saved a life and became a hero．
The many stories I kept writing in the following years saved the life of a teenage boy．In turn that makes the person who sent me the card a double hero．I suppose that is why I fight so hard to help the children now living in orphanages （孤儿院）．Most children come out of these institutions with a very hard and bitter attitude against the world．The gifts we send them let them know that they have not been forgotten．Hopefully，most of them will never hurt anyone because of the kindness shown to them by those of us who cared．If it works，we will also become"heroes"．
56．The main idea of the passage isB
A．why the writer should be a hero     
B．what a hero exactly is
C．whether the writer is a hero             
D．that everyone is a hero
57．Why did the woman call the writer a hero at the end of the call？A
A．Because his story saved her son's life．
B．Because he saved a family from a burning car．
C．Because he asked her son not to kill himself．
D．Because he was cute and kind to everybody．
58．What does the underlined word"it"in the last sentence of Paragraph 5 refer to？
C
A．The wonderful card the writer received．
B．The action of sending the card．
C．The fact that the sender helped the writer．
D．The fact that the sender was a friend of the writer．
59．According to the writer，who can be considered as a hero？D
A．A person who is brave
B．A person who writes wonderful stories．
C．A person who can hold a door for others
D．A person who helps someone in trouble．

Answer 1

分析 本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们介绍了不同时期作者对什么样的人才是"英雄"的不同认识，现在作者认为见义勇为的人是英雄，帮助那些需要帮助的人也是英雄的一种表现．

解答 56．B  主旨大意题．通读全文可知文章主要介绍了不同时期作者对什么样的人才是"英雄"的不同认识．故选B．
57．A  细节理解题．根据第一段Last week I received a telephone call from a woman who could not stop crying as she told me that one of my stories had saved her son from committing suicide．In closing she called me a hero．可知女士感激作者是因为他的故事阻止了她儿子自杀，故选A．
58．C  词义理解题．根据第五段That wonderful card probably saved my life．那个美好的卡片救了作者的命，尽管送卡片的人没有意识到这一点可知，it应该指代作者获救这件事．故选C．
59．D  推理判断题．根据作者对英雄的解释，可知见义勇为的人是英雄，帮助那些需要帮助的人也是英雄，故选D．

点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．