一、阅读教材 P56 ~ P57 的课文，选出下列各题的最佳选项
()1. Why does Robert often feel lonely?
A. Because he doesn't have any friends.
B. Because he has to stay at home every day.
C. Because he doesn't like school.
D. Because he doesn't like playing with others.
()2. How does John help Robert feel like the other kids?
A. By buying him a new bike.
B. By taking him to the park.
C. By putting him in a trailer and pulling it along with his bike.
D. By playing games with him at home.

1. B 2. C

【分析】这是两道基于指定教材课文的阅读理解细节题，第1题需定位Robert感到孤独的原因，从课文中提取对应信息后匹配选项；第2题需找到John帮助Robert融入其他孩子的具体方式，同样定位课文内容，对比选出正确选项。
【解析】第1题，根据教材P56~P57的课文内容，Robert感到孤独的原因是每天不得不待在家里，对应选项B；第2题，课文中John帮助Robert的方式是用拖车将Robert和自己的自行车连接起来，让Robert能和其他孩子一样活动，对应选项C。
【答案】1.B 2.C
【知识点】英语阅读理解，课文细节理解
【点评】本题考查学生对指定教材课文细节信息的提取能力，属于基础题型，只要熟悉对应段落内容即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.8

二、阅读教材P56~P57的课文，回答下列问题
1. Why can't Robert move at all?

2. What does John refuse to do?

3. What powers the Taylor brothers' bike according to the passage?

1. Because Robert / he has a serious disease. 2. John / He refuses to race without his brother. 3. The love between the Taylor brothers powers their bike. / The love between the Taylor brothers.

【分析】本题为课文阅读理解细节题，解题思路为：先明确需阅读教材P56~P57的指定内容，针对每个问题的核心关键词（第1题：Robert无法移动的原因；第2题：John拒绝做的事；第3题：Taylor兄弟自行车的动力），在指定课文中定位对应信息，提取准确内容作答即可。
【解析】1. 从指定课文中定位Robert无法移动的原因是他患有严重疾病；2. 定位John拒绝的内容是不带他兄弟参赛；3. 定位Taylor兄弟自行车的动力是兄弟间的爱。
【答案】1. Because Robert / he has a serious disease. 2. John / He refuses to race without his brother. 3. The love between the Taylor brothers powers their bike. / The love between the Taylor brothers.
【知识点】课文阅读理解、细节信息提取
【点评】本题考查学生对指定课文内容的细节查找能力，属于基础题型，只要认真阅读指定段落即可轻松完成。
【难度系数】0.7

三、阅读教材 P56 ~ P57 的课文，完成短文填空
请从方框内选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使文章完整连贯。注意每空一词，每词仅用一次，有两词为多余选项。
serious pull race matter lonely hard a across power refuse but like
John and Robert Taylor are brothers and very close. But Robert has a disease and cannot move at all. He has to stay at home every day and he often feels .
John sees how sad Robert is and decides to help. He comes up with plan. He puts Robert in a trailer and it along with his bike. For the first time, Robert feels the other kids.
Now, the brothers often take part in bike together. It's for John to pull Robert's trailer. But he to race without his brother. They are family and they love spending time together.
For the Taylor brothers, the result doesn't really . What's important is the love they have for each other. And that love their bike. Love always wins.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. serious 2. lonely 3. a 4. pulls 5. like 6. races 7. hard 8. refuses 9. matter 10. powers

【分析】
首先通读短文理解主旨：Taylor兄弟间的暖心故事，Robert患病无法行动，哥哥John帮助他参与活动，体现兄弟间的深厚情谊。解题时，先明确方框内词汇的词性，再结合每个空的语境、词性要求选择合适词汇，根据语法规则变形，同时注意每词仅用一次的限制。
【解析】
1. 修饰名词disease需用形容词，方框中形容词serious符合语境，故填serious。
2. feel后接形容词作表语，结合Robert独自在家的语境，填lonely。
3. plan为可数名词单数，表泛指“一个计划”，用不定冠词a，故填a。
4. 主语为he，一般现在时，与puts并列，动词pull变第三人称单数pulls，故填pulls。
5. 固定搭配feel like意为“像”，符合Robert的感受，故填like。
6. 此处指参加自行车比赛，race用复数形式races，故填races。
7. 固定句型It's + adj + for sb to do sth，此处表示拉拖车对John来说是困难的，填hard。
8. 主语为he，一般现在时，结合语境“拒绝没有兄弟的比赛”，refuse变第三人称单数refuses，故填refuses。
9. doesn't后接动词原形，结合语境“结果不重要”，填matter。
10. 主语为love，一般现在时，此处表示“爱赋予自行车力量”，power变第三人称单数powers，故填powers。
【答案】
1. serious 2. lonely 3. a 4. pulls 5. like 6. races 7. hard 8. refuses 9. matter 10. powers
【知识点】
形容词的用法、动词的时态、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为短文词汇填空，考查词汇在语境中的运用，需结合语义、词性及语法变形词汇，整体难度适中，能有效考查学生的词汇掌握与语境运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.5