something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We complained about how unfair was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish boys sitting in her car on their way to Detroit Public Library, depressed and restless I wandered reluctantly among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this verbal visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page. Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet refuge from my other world.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am a doctor. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom snapped off the TV set and put us in he car for that drive to the library.
56. We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ________. A. the author and his brother had done well in school B. the author had been very concerned about his school work
C. the author had spent much time watching TV after school D. the author had realized how important schooling was
57. According to the passage, which of the following words can best describe the author’s mother? A. Tolerant and decisive. B. Aggressive and open. C. Determined and farsighted. D. Persistent and literate.
58. The underlined word “peevish” in the passage can be replaced by ________. A. naughty
B. bad-tempered
C. patient
D. obedient
59. The author began to love books for the following EXCEPT that ________. A. he could constantly review the plots in the books B. he could visualize what he read in his mind C. he could get many rewards from his mother D. he realized that books offered him new experience 【答案】56. C 57. C 58. B 59. C 【解析】 【分析】
本文属于记叙文，讲述作者小时候成绩很差，看很多电视节目，但是作者母亲关了电视，要求他去图书馆读书，因此作者沉醉于书籍之中，最终改变了作者的人生。 【56题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. We watched TV every night.可知，作者小时候在学校成绩很糟糕，也没有去关注这个问题，每天晚上看电视，可知，作者看电视时间过多，故选C。 【57题详解】
推理判断题。根据第二段So she came home one day, snapped off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves.可知，母亲关了电视，向我们解释我们需要自己做一些事情，可知，作者的母亲很坚定要孩子做一些事情，以及“You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”可知，每周要读两本书，写读书报告，因此可知，作者母亲很有远见，故选C。 【58题详解】
词义猜测题。根据本句后文depressed and restless I wandered reluctantly among the children’s books可知，抑郁的，又不停的，作者不情愿在儿童书籍中间穿行，可知，作者当时是很不情愿去图书馆，故很生气，故选B。 【59题详解】
推理判断题。根据倒数第四段For the first time in my life I was lost in another world.以及倒数第三段There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip of a page. Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet refuge from my other world.可知，作者第一次沉醉在书籍之中，这种感觉是电视节目无法提供的，因此作者喜欢上了看书籍，文章没有提及母亲的奖励，故选C。
【点睛】词义猜测题做题技巧。关于词义猜测题做题技巧。词义猜测题是阅读理解中常见的一种题型，主要有对生词的词义猜测，熟词新义以及代词的猜测。其关键是根据上下文的逻辑关系，利用已掌握的信息，有必要的时候，借助生活或者文化常识，确定单词的词义。
比如小题3，根据本句后文depressed and restless I wandered reluctantly among the children’s books可知，抑郁的，又不停的，作者不情愿在儿童书籍中间穿行，可知，作者当时是很不情愿去图书馆，故很生气，故选B。 B
NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE (PG)
Age 10+
Sparkling book adaptation has great characters, some scares.
“Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase” is based on a classic 1930 Nancy Drew mystery book and is aimed at teens. Although the story involves a politically motivated kidnapping and a supposedly haunted house, the scariest moment is during what turns out to be a dream sequence. Positive messages include courage and teamwork, and strong role models (mostly female) are at the center of the action. (89 minutes)
WONDER PARK (PG) Age 8+
Imaginative bur intense adventure deals with worry and fear.
“Wonder Park” is an animated adventure about an imaginative girl named June(voiced by Brianna Denski). who’s spent years dreaming up a magical amusement park named Wonderland with her mom (Jennifer Gamer), You can expect plenty of action (including explosions and peril), as well as the looming presence of worry and sadness, since June is dealing with the fact that her mom has a serious illness. The film celebrates imagination, curiosity and perseverance, and it underlines the importance of not letting fear stop you from being yourself and doing what you love (93 minutes)
CAPTIVE STATE (PG-13) Age 14+
Dark, disconnected but smart alien invasion move.
“Captive State” is an alien-invasion movie set in a future Chicago. Some humans try to cooperate with the conquering aliens, while others try to rebel; there’s a very complex plan at the heart of the story, Violence is the biggest issue: Humans are killed, both vaporized by aliens and shot by guns. There are explosions, blood splatters, gory surgeries, gross alien