C
An officer told Mary that her parents and all the servants(仆人) were dead. “I know I should be sad,” she thought, “but I am not very sad. Maybe it’s because they were too busy to spend time with me.”
For a short time, Mary went to live with a clergyman(牧师) named Mr Crawford. Mary wasn’t happy living with the Crawford family. Then one day, Mr Crawford said, “Tomorrow you will leave India and go to England. You have an uncle there, Archibald Craven. He lives at Misselthwaite Manor.”
Mary travelled from India to England by ship. When she arrived in London, a lady called Mrs Medlock met her. She was Archibald Craven’s housekeeper. “What a plain and unhappy child!” Mrs Medlock thought. Mary thought, “I don’t like this woman, and I am sure she doesn’t like me. I’m sure I won’t be happy at Misselthwaite Manor.”
Mrs Medlock said, “We must take a train. Misselthwaite Manor is in Yorkshire. That’s a long way from London.” When she and Mary were on the train, she said, “Mr Craven is now like your parent. He is your guardian(监护人). He won’t spend any time with you. He’s always alone. He had a wife whom he loved very much, but she died. He is now a very unhappy and lonely man. He doesn’t want to see or speak to anyone except Pitcher.”
“Who’s he?” Mary asked.
“He’s a very old man who looked after Mr Craven when he was a boy,” Mrs Medlock told her. “Most of the rooms in the house are locked. You’ll be able to go into only a few of them.”
Mary thought about what her life was going to be like there.
—Adapted from *The Secret Garden*
()38. What was Mrs Medlock?
A. An officer.
B. A clergyman.
C. A housekeeper.
D. A guardian.
()39. What can you infer from the passage?
A. Mary felt very sad about her parents’ death.
B. Mrs Medlock didn’t know Mr Craven.
C. Mary lived a happy life with the Crawford family.
D. Mary probably didn’t have a close relationship(关系) with her parents.
()40. What’s the RIGHT order of the following events?
①Mary lived with the Crawford family. ②Mary lost her parents.
③Mrs Medlock told Mary about her uncle. ④Mary met Mrs Medlock in London.
A. ①②③④
B. ①③④②
C. ②①④③
D. ②③④①
()41. What was Mary’s life probably going to be like at Misselthwaite Manor?
A. Life would be full of joy.
B. Life would be easy and comfortable.
C. She would feel unhappy there.
D. She would get on well with her uncle.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章节选自《秘密花园》，主要讲述了性情孤僻的小女孩玛丽在父母双亡后的生活。
38. C 细节理解题。根据第三段的“She was Archibald Craven's housekeeper.”可知，Mrs Medlock 是管家，故选 C。
39. D 推理判断题。根据第一段可知，Mary 得知她的父母去世后并没有感到太难过，因为她的父母很忙，很少陪她。所以可推知她和她父母的关系并不是很亲近。故选 D。
40. C 事件排序题。通读全文可知，Mary 先是失去了父母，然后和牧师 Crawford 一家一起生活，然后在伦敦和 Medlock 夫人会面，Medlock 夫人告诉 Mary 关于 Mary 的舅舅的事情。故选 C。
41. C 推理判断题。根据第四段可知 Mary 的舅舅不会花时间陪她。再结合第三段的“I'm sure I won't be happy at Misselthwaite Manor.”可推断，Mary 在那里的生活可能是不开心的。故选 C。

【分析】
做这篇阅读理解时，首先先通读全文梳理故事的时间线和核心人物信息，再针对每道题的题型特点对应解题：1. 第38题是细节理解题，直接在原文中定位和Mrs Medlock身份相关的语句，就能直接锁定答案；2. 第39题是推理判断题，将每个选项逐一和原文内容比对，排除和原文表述矛盾的错误选项，剩下的就是符合逻辑的推断结果；3. 第40题是事件排序题，先确定最早发生的事件是玛丽失去父母，再顺着原文的叙事顺序逐一核对后续事件的先后，排除不符合时间线的选项即可；4. 第41题是推理判断题，结合原文中庄园的环境设定、玛丽的心理活动以及舅舅的性格特点，就能推断出玛丽后续的生活状态。
【解析】
38. 细节理解题：根据原文第三段"When she arrived in London, a lady called Mrs Medlock met her. She was Archibald Craven’s housekeeper." 可知Mrs Medlock的身份是管家，对应选项C。
39. 推理判断题：逐一核对选项：A选项，原文第一段提到玛丽得知父母去世后并没有感到非常难过，和选项A表述矛盾；B选项，Mrs Medlock是Archibald Craven的庄园管家，显然十分了解他，和选项B表述矛盾；C选项，原文第二段提到"Mary wasn’t happy living with the Crawford family"，和选项C表述矛盾；D选项，原文第一段说明玛丽的父母一直很忙没有时间陪她，玛丽得知他们去世也没有太过悲伤，可以推断玛丽和父母的关系并不亲近，D正确。
40. 事件排序题：梳理全文叙事顺序：首先军官告知玛丽她的父母和所有仆人都去世了（事件②），之后玛丽短暂和Crawford牧师一家同住（事件①），之后玛丽乘船到伦敦见到了Mrs Medlock（事件④），两人坐上火车后Mrs Medlock向玛丽介绍了她的舅舅的相关情况（事件③），正确顺序是②①④③，对应选项C。
41. 推理判断题：结合原文内容：玛丽本身就不喜欢Mrs Medlock，她的舅舅性格孤僻不愿意见人，庄园大部分房间都被锁上，玛丽自己也心想肯定在庄园不会开心，可以推断玛丽在米塞斯维特庄园的生活大概率是不开心的，对应选项C。
【答案】
38. C
39. D
40. C
41. C
【知识点】
细节信息定位
文本推理判断
记叙文事件排序
【点评】
本题选取经典儿童文学《秘密花园》的节选片段作为阅读素材，考点覆盖了阅读理解常见的细节查找、逻辑推断、事件排序三类题型，既能够考查学生快速抓取文本关键信息的能力，也能锻炼学生梳理记叙文叙事脉络的能力，整体难度适中，适合用来巩固基础阅读解题技巧。
【难度系数】
0.7