1．JeawGilles was a millionaire．But Tuesday night，he was sleeping in his car．
Jean-Gilles was the owner of the Peace of Mind Hotel in Jacrnel，Haiti，a three-story，30-room building in a quiet tropical valley on Haiti's southern coast，25miles from the noises of the capital，Port-au-Prince．Jean-Gilles and his wife，Marie，lived in an apartment on the property，close enough to watch carefully over the guest rooms，conference rooms and restaurant，close enough that they know the first name of every guest．
After the 7.0-earthquake hit at 4：57pm on Jan．12，2010，they slept in their aging Isuzu，parked in the hotel driveway．
Jean-Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck．He was working in a ground-floor conference room and first heard，then felt the quake．He asked his electrician．Rob-elTle St．Louis，who was working nearby，what was happening．
"Get out．Now．Get out．Now．"St．Louis said．
Jean-Gilles cleared the falling structure by a mere second，he estimated．His wife，who was working in the couple's apartment on the second floor，wasn't able to get clear．People nearby heard her screams after the shaking stopped and removed the building blocks around her by hand．She was shaken and scratched，but walked away from the ruins．
"I am alive．God is good．"she repeated over and over on Saturday．
The Peacc of Mind Hotel was a dream which had come true for Jean-Gilles，57，and Marie，59．Born in Port-au-Prince，they moved to the United States shortly after meeting 34years ago．Together，they woned a beauty supply store in Jersey City，New Jwesey，and invested in real estate．In 2003，they cashed out their US investments，returned to Haiti and began building the peace of Mind Hotel，looking to make a future for themselves and the people of their homeland．
49．Which of the following statements about Jean-Gilles is TRUE？D
A．He lived far from the Peace of Mind Hotel．
B．He helped St．Louis to manage a hotel．
C．He was born in Haiti in 1976．
D．He once owned a store in the US．
50．According to the passage，the peace of Mind HotelA
A．offered guests different services
B．was located in the capital city of Haiti
C．was a building with 30guest rooms
D．was owned by Marie and St．Louis
51．When the earthquake hit，Marie wasC．
A．sleeping in the car
B．working in the conference room
C．woking on the second floor
D．cooking in the restaurant
52．It can be inferred from the passage thatB．
A．Haiti is the 51st state of the US
B．the earthquake happened quickly and unexpectedly
C．nobody in the hotel died in the earthquake
D．Marie was not sad about losing her property in the earthquake．
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了再一次突然发生的地震中的故事，Gilles 和他的妻子Marie经营一家酒店，除了提供住宿外，还兼有会议、餐饮服务等，在地震突然发生的时候Marie正在二楼工作，她感受到了房屋的震动，在地震结束之后他们很庆幸自己还活着，他们从没有感到离死亡这么近．
解答 49．D 细节理解题，根据最后一段第二句"Together，they owned a beauty supply store in Jersey city，New Jersey，and invested in real estate"可知他曾经在美国拥有一家商店，故选D．
50．A 细节理解题，根据第而段"Jean-Gilles and his wife，Marie，lived in an apartment on the property，close enough to watch carefully over the gugest rooms，conference rooms and restaurant"可知酒店除了提供住宿外，还兼有提供会议、餐饮服务等，故选A．
51．C 细节理解题，根据第六段His wife，who was working in the couple's apartment on the second floor，wasn't able to get clear．可知地震发生时Marie正在二楼工作，故选C．
52．B 推理判断题，根据第四段"Jean-Gilles figured a second was the difference between life and death when the earthquake struck"可知Jean Gilles认为当地震发生的时候只有生存和死亡的区别，由此推知地震来的很猛烈很突然，让人猝不及防，故选B．
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．
