14．Daniel was born in New Orleans，LA．，in 1962，slow to walk and talk，and short．He was the tiniest in his class，but he developed a warm，outgoing nature and was popular with his peers（同齡人）．And he became skillful at sports．
Baseball gave him his earliest challenge．He was an excellent players in Little League．At graduation，the coach named Daniel the team's most valuable player．
His finest hour，though，came at a school science meeting．He entered an exhibit explaining how the circulatory system works．It was traditional，especially compared to（與…相比）the modern，computerized，blinking-light models entered by other students．My wife，Sara，felt embarrassed for him．
It turned out that the other kids had made their exhibits．As the judges went on their rounds，they found that these other kids couldn't answer their questions．Daniel answered every one．When the judges awarded the Albert Einstein Plague for the best exhibit，they gave it to him．
By the time Daniel left for college he stood six feet tall and weighed 170pounds．He was in superb condition，but he quit baseball for English literature．I was sorry that he would not develop his athletic talent，but proud that he had made such a satisfactory decision．
One day I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I didn't take a year or two off to travel when I finished college．This is the best way，to my way of thinking，to broaden oneself．Once I had married and begun working，I found that the dream of living in another culture had disappeared．Daniel thought about this．After graduation，he worked as a waiter at college，a bike messenger and a house painter．With the money he earned，he had enough to go to Paris．
The night before he was to leave，I tossed in bed．I was trying to figure out something to say．Nothing came to mind．Maybe，I thought，it wasn't necessary to say anything．
28．How can we describe little Daniel？D
A．He was thin and tall．
B．He was slow in his study．
C．He was good at basketball．
D．He got on well with his classmates．
29．Why was Daniel's mother upset about his exhibit？A
A．Because it was not to the taste of the judges．
B．Because it was computerized．
C．Because it was designed by his father．
D．Because it was attractive．
30．How did the author feel about the major（專業）Daniel chose at college？B
A．Angry．B．Satisfied．C．Disappointed．D．Astonished．
31．What can we infer according to Paragraph 6？C
A．Daniel will study in Paris．
B．Daniel dropped out of college．
C．What the author said impressed Daniel greatly．
D．Daniel worked hard to pay off the money he borrowed．
分析 本文主要講述了作者的兒子丹尼從出生到上大學之時的一些故事．
解答 28．D 細節題．根據文章內容，He was the tiniest in his class，but he developed a warm，outgoing nature and was popular with his peers（同齡人）．And he became skillful at sports．小丹尼在班級里是最小的，但是他與同學朋友相處的極好．結合選項，故選D．
29．A 細節題．根據文章內容，His finest hour，though，came at a school science meeting．He entered an exhibit explaining how the circulatory system works．It was traditional，especially compared to（與…相比）the modern，computerized，blinking-light models entered by other students．My wife，Sara，felt embarrassed for him．丹尼參加了一個科學興趣社．因為他的研究內容是血液系統的工作原理．這與現在的一些研究項目不同，我的妻子擔心，小丹尼的研究不能的得到裁判的肯定．結合選項，故選A
30．B 細節題．根據文章內容，He was in superb condition，but he quit baseball for English literature．I was sorry that he would not develop his athletic talent，but proud that he had made such a satisfactory decision．丹尼上大學的時候放棄了打球而選擇了英語文學，但我很驕傲他做了一個令人滿意的決定．結合選項，故選B
31．C 推理題．根據文章內容，One day I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I didn't take a year or two off to travel when I finished college．This is the best way，to my way of thinking，to broaden oneself．Once I had married and begun working，I found that the dream of living in another culture had disappeared．Daniel thought about this．After graduation，he worked as a waiter at college，a bike messenger and a house painter．With the money he earned，he had enough to go to Paris．在我對丹尼講述了我的遺憾以后，丹尼在畢業以后選擇了工作一段時間以后，用掙得的錢出門旅行，開拓視野；由此可知，作者的話，對丹尼影響很大．結合選項，故選C
點評 題目涉及多道細節理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．
