In the author's mind，her moth…——2010 高考英语第 49 题答案解析

【考点】OB：人生感悟类阅读；P4：逻辑推理；P6：作者情感态度．菁优网版权所有
【分析】本文从母亲一直在厨房使用的木头笔架说起，反映了母亲在繁重的家务工作中
能抓住片刻的灵感做数学方面的记录，成为一个成功的数学家．

【解答】46．答案：D．细节理解题．从I neverknew when I might want to note down an idea
到下一段的and I had a brilliant thought，but the stand was empty．可知正确答案时D．
47．答案：B．推理判断题．根据第三段中I"mjust amazed you still have the same stand for
holding the pad and pencil afterall these year．可推断，作者认为thewooden stand该换成更
好的了．
48．答案 ：C．细节理解题．最后一段中有Ifeel embarrassed that I complain about not having
enough child﹣free time towork．可知答案．
49． 答案 ：A． 推理判断题． 根据最后一段的第一句This story﹣which happened before I was
born﹣reminds me howextraordinary my mother was，and is also a gifted mathematician．推
断．

【解答】
答案 ：B．作者通过a woodenstand（木架）with asmall notepad（记事本）and ahole for
a pencil描写了一位母亲对事业的执着和热爱，由此可以推断B项正确．其它选项在文中
并没提到．
【点评】针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的阅读理解时，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．
20． （12.5分）To err is human．To blame the other guy is even more human．
Common sense is not all that common．
Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse？
These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语）are meant to be jokes，and yet they tell us a lot
about human nature．To err，or to make mistakes，is indeed a part of being human，but it seems
that most people don't want to accept the responsibility for the problem．Perhaps it is the
natural thing to do．The original quote about human nature went like this："To err is human，
to forgive，divine（神圣的） ．"This saying mirrors an deal people should be forgiving of
others'mistakes．Instead，we tend to do the opposite﹣find someone else to pass the blame on
to．However，taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a making of great
maturity．

Common sense is what we call clear thought．Having common sense means having a good
general plan that will make things work well，and it also means staying with the
plan．Commonsense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm，but you leave the
umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine．Common sense does not seem
to be common for large organizations，because there are so many things going on that one
person cannot be in charge of everything．People say that in a large company，"the right hand
does not know what the left hand is doing．"
And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a
work of art？One of the common problems with making excuses is that people，especially
young people．get the idea that it's okay not to be totally honest all the time．There is a
corollary（直接推论）to that：if good excuse is"good"even if it isn't honest，then where is the
place of the truth？