(E)
Li Fang, when she was a teenager, dreamed of going to the United States. 51. "I had a picture of the daddy sitting in the living room, the mommy doing some cooking and their kids playing games on the floor."
Li Fang decided to go to college in California. When she arrived, however, it was not the dream world she had imagined. "People were too busy and sometimes seemed unhappy," She said, "52. "
One of her most difficult classes was PE When the class played volleyball, the other students were good at it, but she wasn't. One afternoon, the PE teacher had Li Fang hit the ball to her teammates so that they could knock it over the net. It was easy for most people, but it made Li Fang scared. 53.
A young man on her team seemed to understand what she was going through. He walked up to her and said, "54. "
Li Fang said, "You will never understand how those words made me feel. Four words: You can do that. I felt like crying with happiness."
Six years has passed. Li Fang is back in China, working as a salesclerk. "I have never forgotten the words. 55. " She said. "From this experience I have learned a lesson: Whenever you say something to a person, cruel or kind, you have no idea how long the words will stay with them. " Now she still hears those four simple words: You can do that.
阅读短文,把 A~E 五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整。(10 分)
A. I felt very lonely.
B. Come on, You can do that.
C. When things are not going , I think of them.
D. She was afraid of failing and being laughed at by others.
E. Most of what she knew about American life was from textbooks.

51.E 52.A 53.D 54.B 55.C

【分析】本题为英语阅读句子填空题，需结合上下文语境和逻辑关系匹配选项。先梳理每个空缺处的前后文：51空前文提到李芳青少年时梦想去美国，后文是她想象的美国家庭场景，需对应她对美国的认知来源；52空前文说到达美国后并非想象的世界，人们忙碌不开心，需体现她的感受；53空前文提到排球课让李芳害怕，需解释害怕的原因；54空后文明确出现鼓励语“You can do that”，需对应男生的鼓励话语；55空前文说没忘那些鼓励的话，需对应遇到不顺时的反应，据此匹配选项。
【解析】
1. 51空：前文“dreamed of going to the United States”及后文李芳想象的美国家庭画面，说明她对美国的了解来自课本，对应E选项“Most of what she knew about American life was from textbooks.”，故选E。
2. 52空：前文“it was not the dream world she had imagined. People were too busy and sometimes seemed unhappy”体现李芳的孤独感受，对应A选项“I felt very lonely.”，故选A。
3. 53空：前文“it made Li Fang scared”需说明害怕的原因，D选项“She was afraid of failing and being laughed at by others.”符合语境，故选D。
4. 54空：后文明确提到鼓励语“You can do that”，对应B选项“Come on, You can do that.”，故选B。
5. 55空：前文“never forgotten the words”对应C选项“When things are not going well, I think of them.”，符合语境，故选C。
【答案】51.E 52.A 53.D 54.B 55.C
【知识点】英语阅读理解、语境理解
【点评】本题考查英语语篇衔接与语境匹配能力，是初中英语常见题型，需结合上下文逻辑选择合适句子，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.3

(F)
One night, Mary saw a girl sitting by the road near her house. The girl's coat was very old and thin. It couldn't keep warm at all. Mary thought a cotton coat may be helpful to the girl. So she opened the window and shouted to the girl, "Come to the front door of my house, please! " The girl was surprised, but she did as Mary said. She knocked at the door of Mary's house. Mary
opened the door and smiled warmly to the poor girl. She handed a cotton coat to the girl. Just then she saw a smile on the girl's face. That night, Mary was very happy for what she had done. The poor girl had never appeared(出现) again since that night. Years later, Mary almost forgot the poor girl. One day, Mary got a call from a lawyer (律师) called Jack. Jack invited her to his office. After they met, Jack gave Mary a letter. It said, "Forty years ago, a beautiful girl helped me. In that winter, she gave me warmth and hope. Later I got through the hardest time in my life and then started a happy life. " After Mary read the letter, she remembered that homeless girl. "Where is she now? " asked Mary.
"Mrs Hope died two months ago," answered Jack. "She left one of her houses to you. Besides, there is one more thing she left to you — a cotton coat. "
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。(10 分)
56. Why couldn't the girl's coat keep warm at all?

57. What did Mary give to the girl that night?

58. How did the girl feel when Mary asked her to the front door?

59. Who gave Mary a phone call?

60. Why did Mrs Hope leave a house to Mary?

56. Because her coat was very old and thin.
57. A cotton coat.
58. Surprised.
59. A lawyer called Jack.
60. Because Mrs Hope wanted to thank Mary.

【分析】本题是英语阅读理解的细节理解题，解题思路为：针对每个问题，先在原文中定位与问题相关的语句，提取语句中的关键信息，再将信息整理成符合问题要求的简洁答案。具体步骤：1. 56题定位描述女孩外套特征的语句，查找不能保暖的原因；2. 57题定位Mary赠予女孩的物品相关语句；3. 58题定位女孩被邀请后的情绪反应语句；4. 59题定位给Mary打电话的人物相关语句；5. 60题定位说明Mrs Hope留房子原因的语句。
【解析】
56题：根据原文第一段“The girl's coat was very old and thin. It couldn't keep warm at all.”，可知女孩的外套又旧又薄，因此不能保暖，答案为Because her coat was very old and thin.
57题：根据原文第一段“She handed a cotton coat to the girl.”，可知Mary给了女孩一件棉外套，答案为A cotton coat.
58题：根据原文第一段“The girl was surprised, but she did as Mary said.”，可知女孩的感受是惊讶，答案为Surprised.
59题：根据原文第二段“One day, Mary got a call from a lawyer (律师) called Jack.”，可知是名叫Jack的律师给Mary打的电话，答案为A lawyer called Jack.
60题：根据原文中Mrs Hope留下的信的内容，她提到Mary在四十年前给了她温暖和希望，帮助她度过人生最艰难的时期，因此留房子给Mary是为了感谢Mary，答案为Because Mrs Hope wanted to thank Mary.
【答案】
56. Because her coat was very old and thin.
57. A cotton coat.
58. Surprised.
59. A lawyer called Jack.
60. Because Mrs Hope wanted to thank Mary.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解，细节理解题
【点评】本题为英语阅读理解的细节类题目，所有答案均可直接从原文中定位获取，主要考查学生快速查找文本关键信息的能力，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.8