【分析】短文是节选自一本小说，讲述了作者和父亲远居他国时，母亲对祖国的想念．

【解答】1．C．主旨大意题．根据故事的第一段的描述In this passage adapted from a novel， a Canadian woman recalls her childhood during the 1960s． Originally form China， the family traveled to Irvine， Ontario， Canada， where the parents opened a restaurant， the Dragon Café．可知在首段中，讲述者主要强调关于他父母的日常生活．所以C项能概括故事首段的意思．故选C．

2．B．推理判断题，第二段讲了作者父母的生活一成不变，但第三段提到的But my life was changing是随着作者逐渐长大，她的生活开始发生了变化，因此第三段主要强调的是作者发生的重大的变化，故答案为B．

3．A．推理判断题，根据句子As a young girl I never really thought about my parents'lives in Irvine，how small their world must have seemed，never extending beyond the Dragon Café可知，作者的母亲住在Irvine的时候，她的世界只有Dragon Café，可以推测她母亲是孤独的，故答案为A．

4．A．细节题．根据文章第四段内容，Whenever she talked about happy times， they were during her childhood in that distant land．每当她谈到快乐的时光，他们都是在她童年时的那片遥远的土地上．结合选项，故选A．

5．C．推理判断题，根据句子she carefully folded it and stored it back in her suitcase可知母亲非常珍爱第四段提到的物品，因为那是与母亲深爱的祖国相联系的东西，故答案为C．

6．A．细节理解题．根据最后一段的描述There were times when I felt guilty about my own happiness in Irvine． We had come to Canada because of me， but I was the only one who had found a home．可知作者的成长脱离了她父母的传统文化．所以A项能最好地描述叙述者的发展的特点．故选A．

【点评】做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．

第二节 任务型阅读

请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填八一个最恰当的单词．注意：每个空格只填一个单词．

31．（10分）Sometimes， we all get the feeling that we aren't making the progress we want to in life． Perhaps we don't have the career we want， the relationship we want or the body we want． |This is a somewhat universal experience but some of us feel it more strongly than others． And when it has been going on long enough， we start to look for help from outside sources． This is where the life coach comes in， as someone who promises to help us sort our lives out and make positive progress toward our goals．

The easiest way to think of a life coach is as a personal trainer for your entire life． While a personal trainer might write you a program to help you get in shape and then encourage you to carry out that program， a life coach will give you a program that can help you in multiple areas of your life and then give you the same motivation and encouragement． Ideally， this should mean developing in you the kind of traits and knowledge that will eventually allow you