Question

Thirteen years ago, my brother died. I was in sever sorrow. I remember putting one foot in front of the other—things needed to get done, tasks, completed—but feeling terribly empty inside. Four years later, I has still not gotten a job. My savings had run out.

In 2010, I began to think about rebuilding my life. When I was out walking my dog, Macarena, whom I had bought a year after my brother’s death, I had the feeling that if I could get control over my hair, I could get control over life.

My hair has annoyed me for most of my life. It’s huge, curly and has a life all its own. I have countless hair stories that could easily become horror stories! For example, once my mother took me to get my hair done at a beauty salon and the stylist gave me a cut that looked like a monster!

Now, you see why mastering my hair was so important to me. I watched countless YouTube videos from a community of women who shared hairstyles, which was a do-it-yourself community I was inspired by. As I started to develop a more loving relationship with my hair, I realized my curly hair was teaching me a lot about patience. That shedding (脱落) is an important part of the “letting go” process to make way for the new. Our hair is the only part we can cut off, grow back, color, curl and straighten. The only thing we can change at will is to tell the world who we are.

Now I’m the captain of my ship. But for my hair, I would never have known that.

1.After the author’s brother died, she ________.

A. lost her job and was bathed in tears

B. was very sad and unable to do anything

C. couldn’t recover from the loss of her brother

D. filled her daily life with work to lift up her spirits

2.What did the author think was the key to rebuilding her life?

A. Saving on a tight budget.

B. Getting a dog for company.

C. Acquiring a well-paid job.

D. Fixing the problem of her hair.

3.What can we learn from the author’s experience?

A. Everyone should learn to love himself and care for others.

B. Changing oneself takes patience and is a way to control his life.

C. It is necessary to forget one’s past and live in harmony with nature.

D. Hair shows one’s unique qualities and is a symbol of difficulties in life.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A. Start from the Head    B. Clear up the Mess

C. Make up for the Loss    D. Just Do It Yourself

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】作者在十三年前失去了自己的哥哥，这使她陷入极度伤心无法自拔。后来她决定从控制自己的头发开始改变自己的人生。而头发也使她明白了改变需要耐心，改变生活要先改变自己。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，她哥哥去世后，她陷入了极度的伤心中，内心非常空虚，而且也没有找到工作，因此可以推断，她无法从失去哥哥的阴影中走出来，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的I had the feeling that if I could get control over my hair, I could get control over life.可知，她认为如果能控制自己的头发，就能够控制自己的生活。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据第四段内容可知，她决定改变自己，开始爱自己的头发，而头发使她懂得了要有耐心，头发脱落又再长出来，发型的改变等让她也慢慢的改变了自己的生活。因此改变自己需要耐心，同时也是改变生活的一种方式。故选B。

4.主旨大意题题。本文主要讲述的作者通过头发逐渐地明白了生活的真谛，并改变了自己的生活，因此头发是本文的主题，故A项作文章题目合适。

【名师点睛】

主旨大意题的解题技巧

主旨大意题一般包括：短文标题、主题大意或段落大意等。此题型要求考生在理解文章后归纳文章要点，概括中心思想。考生需要分析文章的篇章结构，抓住文章的开头或结尾，从而找出能概括文章的主题句。主题句的特点：（1）语言特点：归纳性、概括性、抽象性；（2）位置特点：主题句常出现在“总结性”语言的“信号词”后，如：in summary, in a word, as a result, finally, in short, in conclusion和in brief等；主题句常出现在“转移话题式”语言的“信号词”后，如：but, however, nevertheless等。标题的语言特点：独特新颖、概括性强、短小精炼。

主旨大意主要的解题策略有：

（1）标题类。文章标题可以是单词，短语，也可以是句子，它的特点是：短小精悍，多为一短语；涵盖性强，一般要求能覆盖全文，其确定的范围要恰当，既不能太大，也不能太小；精确性强，不能随意改变语言表意的程度及色彩。

例如，本文的第4小题

What may be the best title for the text?

A. Start from the Head B. Clear up the Mess

C. Make up for the Loss D. Just Do It Yourself

这个题就是典型的标题类。本文一直在强调如果能控制自己的头发，那就能控制人生。而头发就寓意从头开始，因此A选项符合文意，且短小精悍，覆盖全文内容。

（2）主旨类。概括主旨的方法是：先看首尾或各段开头再看全文找主题句，若无明显主题句，就通过关键词句来概括(如议论文中寻找表达作者观点态度的词句，记叙文寻找概括情节和中心的动词或反映人物特点的形容词)。文中出现两种或两种以上的不同观点时，务必牢记作者的观点才是体现全文中心的。此时，要注意一些转折词，如but, yet, however, although, in spite of, by contrast, on the contrary等。当文章中表示相反的观点时，往往用到这些词。答题时要弄清哪个是作者的观点，排除迷惑性信息，准确归纳主旨大意。