题文
It was blazing hot, just like most July days. I stepped into a tiny ice-cream shop to cool off with achocolate ice-cream. It was an old woman bent over a table near the door. Her back was so badly twisted that her face nearly touched the tabletop. I sat down facing her a couple of tables away.
“Poor woman,” I thought, “What does she get out of life? Why God let people live so long past their prime?”
As I thought, another aged lady entered the shop and sat down with her. Soon the two of them were talking about childhood days. They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years... In minutes, the two of them were trembling with laughter.
I looked again at the first woman, then in the mirror on a nearby wall, catching a picture of myself. I was wearing a dirty shirt. She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings. I was sad. She was laughing, smiling. I was putting the pieces of my life together. She had millions of wonderful memories to recall. I sat alone. She was sharing the day with a good friend. I was secretly worried about getting old. She was old, but it wasn’t hurting her.
As I left the shop, I thought of my foolish question about God letting people live past their prime. Why, that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
小题1:From the passage we know that the ice-shop _________.A．changed a lot in the pastB．had only a couple of tablesC．started its business 70 years ago.D．had only women shoppers.小题2:What is the meaning of the underlined word “prime” in this passage?A．miserable lifeB．wonderful experienceC．long careerD．time of great strength, beauty, vigor(活力)小题3: The writer implies all of the following except that _________.A．the old lady had lived a full and satisfying lifeB．the writer had more problems than the old ladyC．the old lady was very lonely and sadD．the old lady had learned to enjoy the simple things in life小题4: Which of the following is the conclusion the writer made about the old lady?A．She was more alive and sensitive to life than the writer.B．She considered the young man pitiable.C．She was to be pitied for her old age.D．People should not be allowed to live when they are too old.小题5:Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?A．To tell us the life of old peopleB．To show that old age does not mean being short of spirit.C．To show the difference between the old and the young.D．To make the reader have a pity on the old people. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
解析
文章大意是作者见到一个佝偻着背的老人，一开始对她充满了同情，认为她活在世上是不快乐的。但后来经过观察，作者发现老人其实比自己好过得有滋有味，年老并不意味着不幸。
小题1: C.推理判断题。根据文章第三段第二句话They talked of how little the shop had changed in 70 years...说明这家店有七十年历史了。
小题2:D语义题。前句作者说可怜的人，她在生活中还能得到什么呢？充满了对老人是同情，所以接下来作者说上帝为什么让人经过那么长悲惨的生活呢？miserable悲惨的。
小题3: C推理判断题。根据第五段，the two of them were trembling with laughter.说明C是错误的。再根据She was well dressed in white, her hands sparking with gold rings.说明老人生活得很美满。A是正确的。根据整个第五段的描述，可以推断B、D是正确的。
小题4: A细节题。根据文章最后一句话that woman was more alive, more sensitive to life than I was. Age has not bent her spirit.
小题5: B主旨大意题。全文拿老人和作者比较，一个年轻，一个年老，但年轻的生活不怎么样，年老的却过得有滋有味。就是要表明年老并不意味着缺乏生活的精神。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“It was blazing hot, .....”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。
