题文
On a cool November afternoon in Fleming Island, Florida, Melissa Hawkinson, 41, was driving her five-year-old twins home from school when she saw a sudden splash in Doctors Lake just ahead. What was that? She thought. As she drove up to the scene, she saw a half-submerged car sinking about 30 yards offshore. “It was going down pretty quickly,” Hawkinson recalls. She stopped the car near the boat ramp and ran toward the water. Water is going to be cold, she thought.She took off her vest and leather boots, got into the icy water, and swam to the car, where she found Cameron Dorsey, five, trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.
Hawkinson tried to open the door, but it was locked. So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door. She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock. The driver, the boy’s suicidal father, swam back to land on his own. Afterward, Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket. “For ten or 15 minutes, I couldn’t stop shaking,” she said.
There’s nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson, the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手，高手)---19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona--- every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another: what makes them brave?
Moreover, can bravery be learned, or is it a quality with which you are born? The answer is complex. Bravery taps the mind, brain and heart. It comes from instinct, training and sympathy. Today, neurologists, psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery, trying to uncover the mystery.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that _______.A．Melissa Hawkinson was a 41-year-old nurseB．it was spring when the accident happenedC．Melissa Hawkinson was picking up her five-year-old sonD．Melissa Hawkinson was kind and courageous.小题2:What conclusion can we draw from the third paragraph?A．Not everyone was ready to risk saving the five-year-old boy..B．The father committed suicide because of the divorce.C．The father was saved in the end by Melissa Hawkinson.D．No one else was available except Melissa Hawkinson.小题3:How does the writer find other people on the dockside?A．Warm and ready to helpB．ThoughtfulC．Kind of cold-bloodedD．Not skillful at swimming小题4:What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?A．To set us thinking what makes people brave.B．To call on us to learn from such people as Hawkinson.C．To remind people of risk while saving others.D．To show people bravery can be learned. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
文章通过讲述Melissa Hawkinson 冒生命危险在冰冷的水中救出被困在汽车里面的孩子，而很多人只是在一旁观看，由此作者引发感想，是什么让一些人这么勇敢？
小题1:推理题：从文章的内容：可知Melissa Hawkinson 冒生命危险在冰冷的水中救出被困在汽车里面的孩子，说明她是很善良也很有勇气，选D
小题2:推理题：从第三段的句子：She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock.可知不是每个人都准备救这个五岁的孩子的，选A
小题3:推理题：从文章第四段的句子：Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Melissa Hawkinson.的勇敢和岸边的人形成对比，可知作者认为在岸边围观的人有点冷血，选C
小题4:写作意图题：从文章倒数第二段的句子：what makes them brave?和最后一段的内容：可知作者的目的是让我们思考是什么让人们勇敢。选A
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“On a cool November a.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
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。
