閱讀理解

　　閱讀理解的問題可分為：

　　主題思想判斷

　　細節(jié)定位

　　邏輯推理

　　1. 主題思想判斷

　　常見的問題為：

　　The best title for the passage is_______.

　　This passage talks mainly about________.

　　The main idea of this passage is…

　　What does this passage mainly discuss？

　　2. 細節(jié)定位

　　when， where， who， why， how. 常見的問題有：

　　According to the passage， which of the following is true？

　　According to the passage， which of the following in NOT true？

　　According to the passage， all of the following are true EXCEPT…？

　　The passage suggests that…

　　How/When/Where does something happen？

　　3.邏輯推理

　　常見的問題為：

　　From the passage， it can be inferred that…

　　This passage has probably been taken from…

　　這類問題一般有三個特點：1.不違背推理原則； 2. 推斷條件充分； 3. 理解題的答案不明顯。 如果問題中有了imply， suggest， infer等表示暗示意義的詞時，解題時切不可把原文中已明確陳述的事實作為答案。另外要特別注意文中出現(xiàn)的修飾語。

　　有些閱讀考查學生的推理能力。這類的問題一般不能從文章中直接找出答案，應該找到相關(guān)信息在文章中的位置，聯(lián)系上下文進行推理。如一篇文章中有這樣的一句話：

　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean， your ship enters a different time zone every day.

　　3.邏輯推理

　　If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean， your ship enters a different time zone every day.

　　后面有一個問題：

　　From this passage it seems true that the Atlantic Ocean_________.

　　A. is in on e time zone

　　B. is divided into twenty-four zones

　　C. is divided into five time zones

　　D. cannot be crossed in five days

　　在閱讀考試中，考生的常識和知識面與閱讀能力同樣重要，考生平時應該進行廣泛閱讀。如在一篇談到地球上時區(qū)劃分的文章中有這樣的一個問題：

　　The international date line is the name for_________.

　　A. the beginning of any new time zone

　　B. any point where time changes by one hour

　　C. the point where a new day begins

　　D. any time zone in the Pacific Ocean

　　閱讀理解的方法：

　　先不讀文章、先去看問題，看一個問題、找相關(guān)的文章在什么地方。

　　Passage 1

　　Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules， as there are for such games as golf and football. There are， however， rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore， but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.

　　If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports， we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”。 We may well be mistaken in this. There are， it is true， no “matches” between “teams” of climbers， but when climbers are on a rock face， linked by a rope on which their lives may depend， there is obviously teamwork……

　　The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

　　It is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men， but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

　　1. Which of the following is not a “team game”？

　　A. Football.    B. Volleyball.

　　C. Tennis.D. Mountaineering.

　　Mountaineering   爬山

　　2. To ignore the rules of mountaineering would ______.

　　A. be dangerous

　　B. not do any harm

　　C. help the climbers to climb faster

　　D. give the climbers more freedom in the course of climbing

　　ignore   忽略，忽視

　　dangerous  危險的

　　3. According to the author， many people are attracted by mountain-eering because ______.

　　A. it is both dangerous and exciting

　　B. there is gold on some mountain peaks

　　C. it is the best form of sport

　　D. it is a sport free from man-made rules

　　attracted  有興趣的

　　freedom  自由

　　4. Only _______ can climb the highest mountains in the Alps.

　　A. experienced old men

　　B. young people

　　C. those who have high mental and physical qualities

　　D. strong sportsmen

　　Alps  阿爾卑斯山

　　mental  腦力的

　　5. Compared with young men， old climbers of sixty may climb a mountain with ______.

　　A. more skill

　　B. less time

　　C. less enjoyment

　　D. much more waste of effort

　　第一步：先看問題

　　第二步：找關(guān)鍵詞

　　第三步：先讀懂問題，再讀懂關(guān)鍵詞所在的句子

　　第四步：選項中的詞和文章中的詞有相近的關(guān)系

　　who climb mountains （這是一個定語從句，在這里修飾 those）

　　每一段的第一句話是這段的主題句（topic sentence）

　　linked by a rope on which（定語從句，介詞放在前面）

　　teamwork  團對合作

　　that are stronger and more powerful than man（定語從句，修飾forces）

　　topic sentence（It is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps.）

　　Passage 2

　　Can animals be made to work for us？ Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs that are now done by human beings.

　　They point out that at a circus， for example， we may see elephants， monkeys， dogs and other animals doing quite skillful things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely， you may notice that the trainer always gives the animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward. The scientists say that many different animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get reward for doing them.

　　Of course， as we know， dogs can be used to guard a house， and soldiers in both old and modern times have used geese to give warning by making a lot of noise when a stranger or an enemy comes near. But it may be possible to train animals to work in factories， In Russia， for example， pigeons， which are birdswith good eyesight， are being used to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are being made in one factory. When the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from others， it touches a steel plate with its beak （鳥嘴）。 This turns on a light to warn people in the factory. At the same time a few seeds are given as a reward. It takes three to five weeks to train a pigeon to do this and one pigeon can inspect 3，000 to 4，000 balls an hour.

　　Apes （類人猿） have been used in American in helping to make cars， and scientists believe that these large monkeys maybe one day gather crops and even drive trains.

　　1. What made scientists think animals can be made to work for us one day？

　　A. Animals are very skillful at a circus.

　　B. They are big and strong.

　　C. Some animals are as clever as human beings.

　　D. Animals can be trained because they like to get something as a reward.

　　scientists  科學家

　　What made scientists think 什么使得科學家認為什么 a number of +可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)

　　reward  報酬，獎勵

　　2. The trainer usually gives the animal a piece of candy or fruit ______.

　　A. when it is hungry

　　B. before it plays a trick

　　C. when it starts to play a trick

　　D. after it has done the trick

　　skillful things在此相當于問題里面的trick（把戲，戲法）

　　3. The “reward” in the passage means ______.

　　A. an honour given for doing something

　　B. money paid for doing something

　　C. attention paid to good conduct

　　D. something given in return for work

　　honour  榮譽

　　conduct  n  行為，品行

　　v  領(lǐng)導，指導

　　4. Many animals may be trained to do simple jobs if they know ______.

　　A. who their trainers are

　　B. they will be praised by their trainers

　　C. they will get a reward

　　D. something dangerous will happen to them

　　dangerous  危險的

　　5. Which of the following is not true？

　　A. Scientists consider apes may drive trains some day.

　　B. Apes have worked in some factories.

　　C. Apes may one day be used to gather crops.

　　D. An ape is not a large monkey.

　　monkey  猴子

　　geese  鵝

　　make a noise  發(fā)出聲音

　　watch out： 戒備、提防（可能發(fā)生的麻煩）

　　eg. Watch out！ Theres a car coming. 小心！汽車來了。

　　Watch out for sb./sth.： 警惕或注意某人（某事物）

　　eg. The staff were asked to watch out for forged banknotes.

　　已經(jīng)要求職員留意偽鈔。

　　which looks different from others（定語從句，修飾前面的ball）

　　turn on  開

　　Passage 3

　　We cannot feel speed. But our senses let us know that we are moving. We see things moving past us and feel that we are being shaken. We can feel acceleration， an increase in speed. But we notice it for only a short time. For instance， we feel it during the take off run of an airliner.

　　We feel the planes acceleration because our bodies do not gain speed as fast as the seat. Actually， our bodies are trying to stay in the same place， while the plane is carrying us forward.

　　Soon the plane reaches a steady speed. Then， because there is no longer any change in speed， the feeling of forward notion stops.

　　1. We can tell that we are moving by ______.

　　A. watching things move past

　　B. feeling the speed

　　C. feeling ourselves being shaken

　　D. Both A and C

　　tell （在此處）分辨

　　2. Acceleration is the name for ______.

　　A. an increase in speed

　　B. a steady speed

　　C. any kind of movement

　　D. the movement of a plane

　　acceleration  加速度

　　increase  增加

　　steady  平穩(wěn)的

　　3. During the take off of a plane， we feel that we are being ______.

　　A. thrown forward

　　B. pushed back against the seat

　　C. lifted out of the seat

　　D. pushed down into the seat

　　for instance  舉例，例如

　　airliner  客機

　　take off  起飛

　　lift out 從……上面抬起來

　　push down  推下去，陷進去

　　4. We feel the planes acceleration because out bodies gain speed ______.

　　A. just as fast as the plane

　　B. faster than the plane

　　C. more slowly than the plane

　　D. before the plane

　　5. The best title for this selection is ______.

　　A. The Takeoff Run of an Airliner

　　B. Our Feeling of Speed

　　C. The Acceleration

　　D. Speed Acceleration

　　Passage 4

　　Volcanoes （火山） have been erupting （爆發(fā)） on the earth for millions of years. More than five hundred still erupt today. These are called active volcanoes. Volcanoes are located in belts or chains. They are found where the earths crust （外殼） is weak. The weak spots let the hot rock escape when the volcano erupts.

　　Many volcano belts are mountain ranges along the edges of continents. One belt runs along the western coast of South America up through the western part of the United States. Other volcanoes are found in ocean basins.

　　About three-fifths of all active volcanoes in the world are in the Pacific Ocean. Many of these volcanoes erupt under the water. The Hawaiian Islands were built by volcanoes that began erupting under water and finally reached the surface of the ocean.

　　1. The selection says that about five hundred volcanoes ______.

　　A. will erupt this year

　　B. are still active

　　C. are located under water

　　D. are all that have ever been discovered

　　首段首句非常關(guān)鍵

　　1. B

　　2. Volcanoes are found ______.

　　A. where the earths crust is weak

　　B. along the edges of continents

　　C. in the ocean basins of the world

　　D. all of the above

　　2. D

　　3. Most of the active volcanoes are located in ______.

　　A. South America

　　B. the Pacific Ocean

　　C. the western United States

　　D. the Atlantic Ocean

　　3. B

　　4. The Hawaiian Islands were built by volcanoes that ______.

　　A. began erupting under water

　　B. formed a mountain range under water

　　C. finally reached the surface of the ocean

　　D. Both A and C

　　4. D

　　5. The best title for this selection is ______.

　　A. How the Hawaiian Islands Were Built

　　B. At the Bottom of the Ocean

　　C. Why Volcanoes Erupt

　　D. The Earths Volcanoes

　　5. D

　　Passage 5

　　The Antarctic （南極洲） is actually a desert. It is the only continent on the earth without a river or a lake.

　　The Antarctic is all ice all year round. The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero， at the South Pole. Explorers used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snowfall. But less than ten inches of snow falls each year. That is less than half an inch of water. Ten times that much moisture falls in parts of the Sahara.

　　The little snow that falls in Antarctic never melts. It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year. When the snow gets to be about eighty feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of the snow above it.

　　1. Antarctica is called a desert because it ______.

　　A. is sandy

　　B. has the same temperature as a desert

　　C. has little moisture and no lakes or rivers

　　D. All of the above

　　1. C

　　2. The Antarctic has ______.

　　A. ten times as much moisture as the Sahara

　　B. the same amount of moisture as the Sahara

　　C. about one-tenth the moisture of the Sahara

　　D. None of these.

　　2. D

　　3. The temperature in the Antarctic is ______.

　　A. always above zero

　　B. always below zero

　　C. never recorded

　　D. Both B and C

　　3. B

　　4. The snow in Antarctic is very deep because it ______.

　　A. never stops falling

　　B. piles up year after year

　　C. never melts

　　D. Both B and C

　　pile up  增多，積累

　　4. D

　　5. The snow turns to ice when ______.

　　A. it gets wet

　　B. the temperature gets colder

　　C. the next snowfall comes

　　D. the snow above it is heavy enough

　　5. D

　　Passage 6

　　Astronomers （宇航員） can tell just how hot the surface of the moon gets. The side of the moon toward the sun gets two degrees hotter than boiling water. The night side reaches 243 degrees below zero.

　　In a lunar eclipse （月食） the earths shadow falls on the moon. Then the moons temperature may drop 300 degrees in a very short time.

　　A temperature change like this cannot happen on the earth. Why does it happen on the moon？ Astronomers know that the surface of the moon is dust. On the earth， rocks store heat from the sun. When the sun goes down， the rocks stay warm. But the dust of the moon cannot store heat. So when the moon gets dark， the heat escapes quickly. The moon gets very cold.

　　1. Astronomers have found that the moons surface is ______.

　　A. always hotter than boiling water

　　B. either very hot or very cold

　　C. usually many degrees below zero

　　D. about the same as that of the earth

　　一般情況下，文章第一句話（主題句）是表明文章的中心。

　　that指代temperature.

　　答案：B

　　2. During a lunar eclipse， the moon is ______.

　　A. turned away from the sun

　　B. in the shadow of the sun

　　C. in the shadow of the earth

　　D. in direct sunlight

　　答案：C

　　3. Temperatures on the moon change ______.

　　A. very quickly          B. by only a few degrees

　　C. very slowly           D. only when there is an eclipse

　　答案：A

　　4. Temperatures on the earth change ______.

　　A. less than those on the moon

　　B. more slowly than those on the moon

　　C. more quickly than those on the moon

　　D. Both A and B

　　答案：D

　　5. The surface of the moon is ______.

　　A. rock that stores heat

　　B. dust that stores heat

　　C. dust that cannot store heat

　　D. rock that does not store heat

　　store  存儲

　　答案：C

　　本文重點掌握第4題和第5題。

　　第4題主要在沒有關(guān)鍵詞的情況下，進行常識判斷并選擇。

　　第5題運用關(guān)鍵詞定位原文，并排除錯誤選項，再對余下的選項對照原文進行二次分析，最終確定選項。

　　Passage 7

　　In our daily life， few people notice the fact that warm water freezes more quickly than cold. Sir Francis Bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. But few people believed him till 1970. In that year Canadian Scientist George Kell proved the English scholar was right. Dr. Kell filled an open bucket with cold water. He filled another with warm water. He exposed both to the same low temperature. The warm water froze first.

　　The lack of covers on the buckets was the secret. Some of the warm water changed to vapor. It evaporated （蒸發(fā)） into the air. This meant that less of the warm water was left to freeze. And so the warm water froze faster than the cold water even though it had a greater temperature drop to make.

　　1. Sir Francis Bacon was ______.

　　A. an American experimenter    B. a Canadian scientist

　　C. an English scholar            D. an Australian writer

　　本句that 引導的是同位語從句。

　　常見的同位語從句的引導詞：idea、fact、news、fear、belief、doubt、proof、evidence等。

　　答案：C

　　2. Dr. Kells buckets were both ______.

　　A. filled with water                     B. left uncovered

　　C. exposed to the same temperature   D. All of the above

　　another指的是another bucket.

　　expose  暴露

　　uncovered  無蓋的

　　答案：D

　　3. The second paragraph tells why ______.

　　A. Dr. Kell was studying water

　　B. the warm water froze first

　　C. Dr. Kell used buckets in his work

　　D. water freezes in underground pipes

　　underground  地下的

　　答案：B

　　4. No water vapor would have escaped into the air if the bucket had been ______.

　　A. warmed        B. covered        C. shaken        D. filled

　　if the bucket had been  虛擬語氣

　　答案：B

　　5. The cold water froze more slowly because ______.

　　A. salt was added to it         B. its bucket was smaller

　　C. there was more of it left    D. the air near it was moving

　　答案：C

　　做閱讀理解時，要抓緊時間，對于簡單的題目（如：常識題）不要花太多時間，對于較難的題目要對照原文多加分析。

　　下次課的主要內(nèi)容是Passage 8和Passage 9，預習并找出兩篇文章的關(guān)鍵句。

　　Passage 8

　　In 1889 all Paris admired the Eiffel Tower. It was the engineering wonder of the world. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel had completed his masterpiece in steel.

　　Steel as a building material was then still new. The 984-foot tower was a lacy network of girders （支架）。 There were thousands of steel pieces. Two and a half million rivets （鉚釘） joined them.

　　From four corners， the legs of the tower slope inward. They rise to form a pointed top. Lifts carry visitors to three platforms at different heights. On a clear day， countryside sixty miles off is viewed from the top platform.

　　As Eiffel planned， his structure is a landmark of Paris. It is even higher today. A station later constructed for radio and television has added almost fifty feet to the original height of the tower.

　　1. The Eiffel Tower was completed in ______.

　　A. 1949           B. 1869          C. 1889           D. 1899

　　選項中一般有地點、人物和時間的題都比較容易。

　　答案：C

　　2. The tower bears the name of ______.

　　A. the main river of Paris        B. a president of France

　　C. its builder                      D. None of the above

　　bear  v 為人所知  過去式bore  過去分詞borne.

　　Alexandre Gustave Eiffel  人物名

　　masterpiece  著作、代表作

　　答案：C

　　一般選項D不是正確選項。A、B、C至少有一個是正確選項。

　　3. The tower was an engineering wonder because of ______.

　　A. its sideways slant                    B. the use of steel

　　C. the use of glass                      D. its location

　　engineering wonder  工程奇跡

　　slant=slope  斜坡

　　sideways  一旁的， 向側(cè)面的

　　答案：B

　　4. The article describes the tower as being ______.

　　A. lacy         B. solid         C. needlelike       D. spidery

　　describe  描述

　　lacy  花邊狀的

　　solid  堅固的

　　needlelike  象針一般的

　　spidery  蜘蛛狀的

　　答案：A

　　984-foot  adj作定語修飾tower當有“-”聯(lián)字符時，則foot用單數(shù)形式。

　　例如：a 3000-word composition  一篇3000字的文章

　　network  網(wǎng)狀物

　　5. To reach the top platform， sightseers use ______.

　　A. lifts                               B. escalators

　　C. steel ladders                      D. spiral stairways

　　platform  平臺

　　escalator  電動扶梯

　　ladder  梯子

　　spiral stairways  螺旋梯

　　答案：A

　　thousands of  成千上萬的

　　inward  向里面地

　　slope  傾斜

　　rise  vi  升起

　　landmark  （航海）陸標， 地界標， 里程碑， 劃時代的事

　　even  常用于比較級前，起修飾作用。

　　constructed for radio and television  過去分詞短語作定語修飾主語station.

　　對于文章中的長難句，要進行語法和句法分析。

　　Passage 9

　　The people of Saskatoon wanted the 1971 Canada Winter Games to be held in their city. But they had a problem. Saskatoon has never been considered a good place to ski. For skiing， you need slopes. And Saskatoon sits in the middle of a prairie， a wide area of level land.

　　How do you think the people solved their problem？ They built a mountain from the ground up！ When finished， it stood 300 feet high. A T-bar was set up to take skiers to the top. From there they could ski down the quarter-mile main run or the 50-meter ski jump.

　　And so athletes from all over Canada went to Saskatoon to take part in the games. They swam. They played badminton and other indoor games. They boxed and wrestled. And they skied！

　　1. Saskatoon is a Canadian ______.

　　A. province      B. city         C. town          D. county

　　答案：B

　　to be held in their city  動詞不定式被動式作定語。

　　2. Saskatoon wasnt a good place to go skiing because the countryside was too ______.

　　A. flat           B. rocky         C. dry            D. cold

　　level  平坦的

　　flat  平坦的

　　答案：A

　　3. The people built a mountain mainly because they ______.

　　A. thought it would make the area more beautiful

　　B. wanted to go mountain-climbing

　　C. hoped to teach their children to ski

　　D. needed slopes for the Winter Games

　　mountain-climbing  爬山

　　答案：D  此題根據(jù)原句用排除法比較容易。

　　4. The height of the finished mountain was ______.

　　A. 50 metres                          B. a quarter of a mile

　　C. 300 feet                            D. 30 rods

　　答案：C

　　5. Besides skiing， sports events at the Winter Games included______.

　　A. boxing and wrestling               B. swimming and polo

　　C. boating and fishing                 D. baseball and soccer

　　bar  欄桿

　　set sth. up： 擺放或豎起某物。

　　main run  主要的滑雪道

　　ski jump    跳高滑雪

　　badminton  羽毛球

　　wrestle  摔交

　　polo  馬球

　　baseball  棒球

　　soccer  足球（美）

　　take part in  參加

　　答案：A

　　set sth. up： 擺放或豎起某物。

　　eg. Police set up road-blocks on routes leading out of the city.

　　警方在通往城外的路上設(shè)置了路障。

　　答題技巧之一：當定位關(guān)鍵句時出現(xiàn)長難句時，可先對問題的選項進行分析，用排除法縮小選擇范圍，最后再根據(jù)原文意思進行判斷、選擇。

　　下次課內(nèi)容：運用所學答題技巧預習 Passage 10 和 Passage 11.

　　Passage 10

　　The keyboard （鍵盤） of a typewriter refers to the set of keys in it. Most typewriters have “qwerty” keyboards. The name comes from the first six letters on the boards second line. The “qwerty” board was set up by C. L. Sholes， who was the first man to make a really good typewriter.

　　Some letters， such as S and T， are used together a great deal in English. Sholes placed such pairs of letter far apart on his keyboard. This made it harder for typists to learn the keyboard. But it helped keep typewriters from jamming. On early machines the bars holding the letters often caught on each other when moving quickly.

　　Sholes made the name of his machine easy to type. He placed on the same line all the letters of the word “type” and “writer”。

　　1. This article is mostly about a ______.

　　A. pair of letters                     B. keyboard

　　C. language                           D. mans life

　　解題關(guān)鍵是找文章的主旨句

　　一般開頭第一句話是就是全文的主題句

　　typewriter    打字機

　　2. The “qwerty” board is named for the ______.

　　A. man who set it up

　　B. company that sold it

　　C. order of six of its letters

　　D. letters used the most in English

　　一般情況出現(xiàn)有關(guān)鍵詞的關(guān)鍵句，則從下文中找

　　3. The “qwerty” was first set up ______.

　　A. with thirty-six letters               B. in six lines

　　C. by C. L. Sholes                      D. All of the above

　　考試時明確找準包含答案的信息即可

　　4. Sholes put S and T far apart because ______.

　　A. he hoped to prevent jamming

　　B. they are seldom used together

　　C. neither is a vowel

　　D. there wasnt room for them together

　　一般在關(guān)鍵詞出現(xiàn)的前后兩三句找答案

　　keep  from=prevent

　　vowel   元音

　　做題根據(jù)文章中出現(xiàn)的為準

　　5. The letters spelling typewriter are all in the ______.

　　A. same line

　　B. line beginning with “qwerty”

　　C. line with the numbers in it

　　D. Both A and B

　　如果有Both，All of above這樣的選項要特別注意

　　非限制性定語從句

　　jam sth. （up） （使某物）因被卡住而不能動彈或發(fā)生故障

　　eg. The key turned halfway and then jammed.

　　鑰匙轉(zhuǎn)了一半就卡住了。

　　Theres something jamming （up） the lock.

　　有什么東西把鎖卡住了。

　　holding the letters  現(xiàn)在分詞做定語

　　catch （sth.）in/on sth. 使（某物）固著、卡住、纏住、絆住或掛住某物

　　eg. Her dress caught on a nail.  她的衣服讓釘子給鉤住了。

　　He caught his foot on a tree root and stumbled.

　　他一只腳被樹根絆住而跌倒了。

　　如果題目答案中有Both，All of above這樣的選項要特別注意

　　Passage 11

　　The Amish are often called the “Plain people.” Their homes have no pictures on the walls， and no soft， comfortable furniture. The men wear dark trousers with white or blue shirts， and the women wear long dresses in dark colors. They ride in carriages pulled by horses.

　　The Amish have a saying： “The old way is the best way.” Although the Amish accept some new ideas - they use new medicines， for example - their way of life was not changed much in 300 years. They do not use electric lights， telephones or TVs.

　　Almost all Amish live on farms. They do not use modern machinery， yet their farms are successful because the Amish work hard and take good care of their land and animals. Their farms are always small. The Amish think it is wrong to have more land or more money than they need to live upon. A few years ago some Amish farmers discovered oil on their land. They immediately sold their land and moved away， without telling anyone about the oil.

　　The Amish will not buy insurance of any kind. When there is trouble， they help one another. If an Amish farmer gets sick， friends and neighbors will milk his cows and plant his fields. If a house burns down， as many as 200 men will come and build a new house in one day.

　　People are curious about the lives of the Amish. Every year thousands of people visit the part of Pennsylvania where most Amish live. Usually the Amish are not happy about the visitors. But they tolerate （容忍） them. Perhaps the Amish understand that the visitors want to experience， at least for a few days， the quieter， simpler Amish way of life.

　　1. The Amish are called the “Plain People” because they ______.

　　A. live on plains

　　B. live a simple life

　　C. do not like new ideas

　　D. do not care about their clothes

　　借助關(guān)鍵詞找答案，在關(guān)鍵詞出現(xiàn)的句子中或上下附近的句子中找

　　pulled by horses   過去分詞短語做定語

　　2. Which of the following do the Amish use？

　　A. Electric light.                       B. New medicine.

　　C. Modern machinery.                  D. Oil.

　　先找關(guān)鍵詞第一次出現(xiàn)的句子及上下句，看有沒有包含答案的信息，如果沒有

　　再找關(guān)鍵詞第二次出現(xiàn)的句子

　　3. Some Amish farmers left their land after discovering oil on it because they ______.

　　A. didnt want to have more money than they needed.

　　B. found the land not suitable for farming any more

　　C. were afraid of getting into trouble

　　D. didnt need oil in their life

　　做題緊扣原文來排除，盡量不要做發(fā)散思維

　　4. From the passage we know that the Amish people ______.

　　A. want to be separated from one another

　　B. used to take no medicines when they got ill

　　C. believe in what they have been doing for 300 years

　　D. keep small farms because they are easier to manage

　　1、通讀答案進行推測  2、通讀每段的首句和末句，找包含答案的信息

　　答案：C

　　做題方法：先看選項，再讀每段的首尾句，如類似則把該段細讀

　　5. What can be inferred from the passage？

　　A. The Amish way of life is considered to be the best for Americans.

　　B. The coming of visitors greatly improves the life of the Amish people.

　　C. People wonder at the Amish way of life.

　　D. The Amish people are born to tolerate others.

　　先看答案，再讀每段首末句，找出文章的主旨句

　　Passage 12

　　Take a deep breath and spend a week with the Lee family in Minneapolis. The three older Children - Anna， 12， Nathan， 9， and Kristian， 7 - play one sport or another almost all year round. （Lisa is only 1 so she gets a break here.） Annas practicing football， volleyball， basketball and softball. Nathan and Kristian do them all except volleyball. In the summer， add on tennis and swim lessons.

　　All of this means that dad， Darwin， a teacher， and mom， Joann， a nurse， spend a lot of time making sure everyone gets where he needs to be. Family dinners？ Forget about it. A busy family timetable， says Barbara Carlson， a school teacher， has become the new thing that shows your status （地位）。 “It used to be a house or car，” says Carlson， “Now you say， `youre busy？ You should see how busy we are.”

　　In hope of getting their children into Harvard， many parents send their children to violin lessons at 3 and sign them up for tennis as soon as theyre big enough to hold a bat. And thats just the warm-up. The real serious task begins as soon as they start school. Mr. Moffat， father of a nine-year-old boy， said， “its important for children to learn honour and responsibility（責任），”he says. “It builds discipline（紀律性）and character.”

　　Maybe， but scientists say that too many outside activities destroy something children need even more-time to connect with their family members. Professor William J. Doherty， a University of Minnesota professor of family social science says that if parents and children dont make time for each other， there will be problems. He says， “Parents are so eager to develop the children in every possible way that raising children becomes like product development.”

　　1. Which child of the Lee family has more activities than the others？

　　A. Nathan.      B. Kristian.

　　C. Anna.        D. Lisa.

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE of the Lee family？

　　A. A busy timetable is something new.

　　B. The children are taken wherever they want to go.

　　C. Lisa is free because she only has one activity.

　　D. It is difficult to have a family dinner.

　　先通讀選項，再讀每段首尾句，如包含選項信息則細看

　　used to do  過去常常做某事

　　答案：D

　　做這類問題先讀選項，譯成漢語，讀每段首尾句找包含選項信息

　　3. Why do some parents make their children practise sports or music even when they are very young？

　　A. To fill up the timetable for their spare time.

　　B. To find them a way into best universities.

　　C. To help them do well in school.

　　D. To show a kind of social status.

　　答案：B

　　細節(jié)定位題

　　4. “It” in “It used to be a house or car” refer to ______.

　　A. a busy family timetable

　　B. the thing that shows your status

　　C. the warm-up

　　D. outside activity

　　答案：B

　　5. What might the writer suggest parents should do for children？

　　A. Get them into various activities.

　　B. Build up a close family tie for them.

　　C. Prepare them for school as early as possible.

　　D. Help them understand honour and responsibility.

　　答案：B

　　如果關(guān)鍵詞不明確，就讀每一段首句，找到于問題接近的段落細讀

　　sign up for sth.  參加俱樂部（課程等）

　　eg. sign up for a secretarial course 注冊參加秘書課程

　　兩種解決閱讀理解問題的方法：

　　1、問下面哪個答案正確或錯誤的方法：先讀選項，再讀每段的首尾句，    如包含選項中的詞則細讀；

　　2、關(guān)鍵詞不明確的題目的方法：先把問題讀清楚，再讀每段的首尾句，    如有意思相近的詞則細讀；

　　Passage 13

　　Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston， Massachusetts. His mother and father were of Puritan（清教徒）religion. They left England and moved to the English colony of Massachusetts in order to escape persecution（迫害）for their religion. In Boston， Franklin left school when he was ten years old and worked for his father for two years. In Boston， Franklin left school when he was ten years old and worked for his father for two years. Then he went to work on his brothers newspaper. He became the editor of this paper when he was sixteen. Because he wanted to be independent， he went to Philadelphia. There he bought his own newspaper. He worked hard and saved his money. And by the age of 24 he was one of the most successful men in Philadelphia.

　　In 1732 Franklin published a book “POOR RICHARDS ALMANAC（年歷）”。 Most almanacs contained information for farmers， such as information about the days and weeks of the year and about the weather. To his almanac， Franklin added wise sayings， his observations about life. Some of these sayings are still famous today. For example， “Early to bed， early to rise makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise”， and “Waste not， want not，” and “A penny saved is a penny earned.”

　　文章題材：人物傳記

　　特點：多次出現(xiàn)人物的姓名、地點、年代

　　1. Benjamin Franklin was of ______.

　　A. English origin

　　B. American origin

　　C. French origin

　　D. not mentioned

　　2. His parents moved to Massachusetts because ______.

　　A. they wanted to make a fortune

　　B. they wanted to meet their relatives there

　　C. they were persecuted（迫害）in England

　　D. they wanted to have a visit there

　　fortune  發(fā)財

　　答案：C

　　3. At the age of 11， he worked for ______.

　　A. his brother

　　B. his father

　　C. himself

　　D. someone else

　　答案：B

　　4. He moved to Philadelphia because ______.

　　A. his brother didnt like him

　　B. he wanted to be dependent

　　C. he became the editor of the paper

　　D. he wanted to live on himself

　　live on oneself ＝independent

　　答案：D

　　5. Franklins almanacs contained ______.

　　A. information for farmers

　　B. wise sayings

　　C. poor Richards ideas

　　D. both A and B

　　選項包含Both要特別注意

　　答案：D

　　大部分閱讀理解是細節(jié)方面的問題，要注意細節(jié)定位，先看問題中的關(guān)鍵

　　詞，再按順序找句中關(guān)鍵詞首先出現(xiàn)的地方

　　下次課內(nèi)容：passage 14  passage 15  passage 16

　　先看問題，畫出相對應的關(guān)鍵句子，作出答案，檢驗自己的做題能力

　　Passage 14

　　New York is the place in the United States which most visitors see and the city that is most often described. In New York you would often hear the phrase “New York is not America”， and， of course you would like to see more of the country. You look at the map and choose what region to start with. You remember from history books that when the United States was formed there were only thirteen states. These were thirteen colonies which in 1776 had declared their independence from Great Britain and fought a seven-year War of Independence. The thirty-seven other states were admitted to the nation one by one， as they gained enough population. The last to come in were Alaska and Hawaii. They were admitted to the Union in 1959.

　　1. From the passage we learn that ______.

　　A. most visitors to the United States visit New York and say what it is like

　　B. most visitors see and describe that New York is a place in the United States

　　C. New York is seen and described in the United States

　　D. New York is the only place in the United States which visitors see and describe

　　which  定語從句引導詞

　　that  也是定語從句引導詞

　　say what it is like=describe it  描述

　　答案：A

　　2. The Phrase “New York is not America” means ______.

　　A. New York is not equal to America

　　B. New York does not represent America

　　C. New York does not belong to America

　　D. New York is New York and America is America

　　equal  平等的

　　答案：B

　　3. The War of Independence ended in ______.

　　A. 1783          B. 1776

　　C. 1769          D. 1959

　　which  定語從句引導詞

　　答案：A

　　本題的ended是關(guān)鍵詞，要留心。

　　4. The United States now consists of ______.

　　A. thirteen states

　　B. fifty states

　　C. thirty-seven states

　　D. fifty-two states

　　常識題

　　答案：B

　　5. According to the passage， the other thirty-seven states were not admitted at once but one by one because ______.

　　A. they did not take part in the War of Independence

　　B. they did not like to join the Union

　　C. they did not have money enough to invest

　　D. the number of people living in the states was not large sufficiently

　　sufficiently  足夠的

　　the number of  謂語要用單數(shù)形式。

　　答案：D

　　1. 文章的主題句一般就是第一段的第一句話。

　　2. 遇見提問時間的題要謹慎，不要大意了。

　　Passage 15

　　For 30 years， Randy J. Murphy drove without being stopped by the police-and without a drivers license.

　　The 46-year-old mans luck came to an end last May. On his way home from his job as a dishwasher， he turned up the radio in the car.

　　“I just turned round the corner， and there was Mark，” Murphy said of the police officer who has since made such a difference in his life.

　　Officer Mark Taylor had stopped the car as he heard the blaring music. When he asked for a drivers license， Murphy said that he didnt have one.

　　Murphy told Taylor he couldnt read well enough to take the written part of the licensing test. “He said people just dont help any more. I told him if he was willing， Id help him，” said Taylor. He gave Murphy his phone number. That afternoon Murphy called the officer.

　　For the next three months， the men met several times a week to review the questions which might appear in the test. When Murphy took the test， Taylor went with him. Murphy passed on his sixth attempt. He then sailed through the road test. On September 5， he got his license.

　　Taylors act of kindness won him the Officer of the Month award from the Knoxville police Department. “People should help each other if they can，” Taylor said. “Randy did all the work. I just guided him along.”

　　Although Murphy has overcome the difficulty that kept him from getting a drivers license， he hasnt stopped there. “We still meet once a week to read，” Taylor said. “Weve also become friends.”

　　“Im glad he pulled me over now，” said Murphy.

　　1. Murphy was stopped by Taylor because ______.

　　A. the music in his car was too loud

　　B. he drove without a drivers license

　　C. he made a wrong turn at a corner

　　D. he listened to the radio while driving

　　blare  巨大而刺耳的聲音

　　答案：A

　　2. After learning Murphys situation， Taylor decided ______.

　　A. to put an end to his luck

　　B. to help him learn how to read

　　C. to take away his drivers license

　　D. to stop him from doing silly things

　　which  引導定語從句

　　答案：B

　　3. In “He then sailed through the road test”， “sailed through” is close in meaning to ______.

　　A. tried his best in                    B. nearly failed in

　　C. suffered a lot in                   D. easily succeeded in

　　try ones best in  盡某人最大努力

　　fail in  失敗

　　suffer in  遭受……

　　succeed in  在……成功

　　答案：D

　　sail through  順利通過（考試、測驗等）

　　eg. She sailed through her finals.她順利通過期末考試。

　　4. According to Taylor， he helped Murphy pass the licensing test because ______.

　　A. he felt sorry for the bad situation of the poor

　　B. he wanted to win the Officer of the Month award

　　C. he hated to see people in need of help were not helped

　　D. he thought it was a policemans duty to help people read

　　award  獎勵

　　答案：C

　　5. How many written tests had Murphy taken before getting his license？

　　A. One.        B. Two.          C. Five.           D. Six.

　　written tests  筆試

　　答案：D

　　注意：本文的體裁――記敘文，文章的主題句一般比較隱蔽。

　　who has since made such a difference in his life.中的who引導定語從句，修飾the police officer.

　　that  引導定語從句修飾the difficulty.

　　Passage 16

　　Copernicus was born in Torun， Poland， on February 19， 1473. Little is known about his early life except that his father died when he was 10. An uncle adopted him， his two sisters， and his brother. The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a good education. Copernicus went to the University of Cracow. There he studied such subjects as Latin， mathematics， and astronomy. It was probably at that time that he changed his Polish name， Niklas Koppernigk， to the Latin form of Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1496 Copernicus went to Italy， where he spent the next 10 years studying at various universities.

　　In Copernicus time people still believed that all things - the sun， the stars， and the planets-moved around the earth. It was an old belief that few men had ever questioned. Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on this belief. Because the Church had long been the center of learning， the theory was also linked to religious beliefs.

　　In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland. A few years later he began to work for the Church. All those years Copernicus carried on his work in astronomy. He had just the most basic equipment and， like other scientists of his day， made observations with only his eyes. Still， using mathematics and logic， Copernicus

　　worked out a different theory， which held that the planets went around the sun.

　　Copernicus did not announce his ideas. He did not want to make trouble. But he could not hide the scientific truth. So he talked about his theory with his friends， who strongly advised him to have his work published. His great book， On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies， appeared at the very end of his life. Copernicus saw the first copy on the day he died， May 24， 1543.

　　1. Which of the following is TRUE about Copernicus？

　　A. He had two brothers and a sister.

　　B. He used to be called Niklas Koppernigk.

　　C. He lost his father soon after he was born. D. He spent 10 years at the University of Cracow.

　　文章體裁――人物傳記

　　遇到此類題型先看四個選項，然后回到原文去找正確答案。

　　see to it that： 一定注意到┄┄；務必┄┄。

　　eg. See to it that youre ready on time！ 到時候你千萬要準備好！

　　答案：B

　　2. From the passage we can see that Astronomy is ______.

　　A. the life experience of great men

　　B. the movement of the stars and the planets

　　C. the scientific study of natural objects in space

　　D. the theories developed by scientists of old times

　　Astronomy  天文學

　　carry on  開展、進行

　　work out  計算、算出

　　which  引導非限制性定語從句。

　　答案：C

　　根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞定位相應的地方，如得不出答案，則往文章下面繼續(xù)找，再進行分析、判斷并得出正確的答案。

　　3. Copernicus developed his theory ______.

　　A. using various telescopes

　　B. based on Aristotles beliefs

　　C. through observations and reasoning

　　D. under the encouragement of his friends

　　答案：C

　　4. The writer of the passage wants us to know that ______.

　　A. Copernicus did not tell about his discovery until the day of his death

　　B. for many years Copernicus dared to do nothing openly against the Church

　　C. pushed by his friends Copernicus decided to write a book in May 1543

　　D. shortly before he got back to Poland Copernicus started to work for the Church

　　答案：B

　　5. Copernicus had his great book published because ______.

　　A. he didnt agree with Aristotle

　　B. he could not hide the scientific truth

　　C. he worked for the church

　　D. his friends advised him to do so

　　答案：D

　　that  引導定語從句。

　　link to religious beliefs  同……宗教信仰聯(lián)系在一起。

　　the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies  天體運行論

　　預習 Passage 17.

　　Passage 17

　　When my son Ryan saw a T-shirt on sale for 5 dollars marked down from 8， he told me， “Well save 3 dollars if we buy it now.”

　　He looked at me in surprise when I answered， “Well save 5 dollars if we dont buy it at all.”

　　Todays children get lots of messages and values from television and from friends. They are encouraged to buy things they dont need. What they need is an understanding of the value of the dollar.

　　How do children learn the important facts of life？ Most schools do not teach them. It is up to parents to help their children.

　　To learn about money children need to have some. Early on， parents often handed out money on an as-needed basis. But experts say paying certain amount of money each week is the best way to teach children the meaning of money， how to use it and how to plan.

　　Your child is ready for some money each week around age 5 or 6， when he gets to know the relationship between money and shopping and asks you to buy him things.

　　But how much should the parents give？ Some experts suggest giving one dollar for each year of age， but Dr Olivia Mellan disagree： “I think 5 dollars a week is too much for a 5-year-old， and 15 dollars is probably not enough for a 15-year-old.” “Whats right for your child depends on three things： the childs level of

　　development， how much you can give， and what you expect him to pay for.“

　　No matter how much you give them， children will soon feel they need more. But Sharon M. Danes， a professor at the University of Minnesota， insists that children dont need a raise each year， “Theres no lesson to be learned when children expect an increase just because they are a year older，” she says. “What

　　they should learn is how to be good money earners， savers and spenders.“

　　1. In “an understanding of the value of the dollar”， the word dollar is best explained as ______.

　　A. values from TV and friends

　　B. what one saves

　　C. the price of a T-shirt

　　D. money in general

　　答案：D

　　2. What should parents do to help their children understand facts of life such as managing money？

　　A. Help the children plan their use of money.

　　B. Ask the children to hand out money carefully.

　　C. Give the children money on a monthly basis.

　　D. Permit the children to ask for more when needed.

　　experts  主語    say  謂語    其余為賓語從句。

　　paying certain amount of money each week  賓語從句中的主語

　　答案：A

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　　“帶著問題去找答案的方法”要靈活掌握，融會貫通。

　　be up to sb. ： 是某人的職責或義務。

　　eg. Its up to us to help those in need.  我們有責任幫助那些有困難的人。

　　hand out： 分發(fā)或分配某物。

　　eg. Relief workers were handing out emergency rations （to the survivors）。    救濟人員在（向生還者）分發(fā)緊急配給品。

　　3. Why does Dr Olivia Mellan have a different idea about the

　　amount of money given to children？

　　A. She holds that one dollar for each year of age is far from enough.

　　B. She believes that children should be given more than theyneed.

　　C. She feels that different age groups need different things.

　　D. She thinks that age difference is not the whole thing.

　　Whats right for your child  是主語從句，其后的謂語要用單數(shù)形式。

　　答案：D

　　C項中的need不符合原意

　　suggest doing sth.  建議做某事。

　　suggest that + 主語+（should）+動詞原形

　　4. According to Professor Danes， parents should ______.

　　A. give 5 dollars to children more than 15 years old

　　B. allow a yearly increase as their children grow older

　　C. refuse to pay for certain things their children want to have

　　D. teach their children how to make money and use it wisely

　　What they should learn 主語從句

　　earner 掙錢者

　　saver 存錢者

　　spender 花錢者

　　答案：D

　　5. From the passage， we know that ______.

　　A. experts agree that it is up to parents to help their children manage money

　　B. experts agree on the amount of money given to children

　　C. experts didnt agree on the amount of money given to children

　　D. experts agree that children dont need a raise each year

　　本題考查重點是文章的中心思想。

　　解題思路：看每一段的第一句話和最后一句話。

　　agree on  同意、達成一致

　　答案：C

　　類似題型（文章大意）要對每一段的第一句話認真閱讀。

　　A項是文章的細節(jié)內(nèi)容，不選。

　　做題目的：遇到每一種題型都會做。

　　agree on  sth.  （與某人）意見一致

　　eg. We couldnt agree on a date.  關(guān)于日期我們未能取得一致意見。

　　on sale  減價

　　in surprise  很驚訝地

　　Passage 18

　　You get all sorts of demands， and the mark of a good hotel is to supply whatever is asked for without sounding surprised. If a guest asks for rubber gloves， you dont ask why. You say， “No problem. What colour do you want？”

　　There have been some demands which， much as I would have liked to fill， I couldnt. A Japanese businessman， for example， thought the manager of a hotel was like the captain of a ship so he asked me to marry him and the woman he loved. There was one time， however， we did help out. A young man thought that if he asked his girlfriend to marry him at the Ritz she would say yes. He asked us to put the ring in a cake， and she accepted.

　　Top hotels are used more and more to impress. They are used for doing business. If youve got something to sell， take your clients to the best hotel where the surroundings are quite helpful. A friend of mine working at Savoy Hotel tells story about a man who gave him 5 pounds to say “Good morning， Mr. Smith” when he walked through the door with two other men. This he did， and could hear Mr. Smith saying， “I do wish they would leave me alone at this place.”

　　According to Julian Payne， the most powerful people in any hotel are the porters， who carry bags for hotel guests. “Porters can do almost anything. They can get you tables at the best restaurants or tickets for a popular concert. Dont ask me how they do it or what their deal is because I dont know. They know more about the history of the hotel and the guests than anyone else. They are invaluable. A head porter will come in even on his day off so he can say hello to someone he remembers visiting the hotel years ago.”

　　1. When guests ask for something strange， the manager of a good hotel would think ______.

　　A. how he can meet their needs

　　B. why they have such demands

　　C. what problems the hotel has

　　D. who is the best person to go to

　　2. Which of the following examples explains “we did help out？”

　　A. The hotel bought a ring for a young lady.

　　B. A Japanese married the woman he loved.

　　C. The manager once acted as a captain.

　　D. A young lady agreed to marry her boyfriend.

　　help（sb.） out：  幫助某人（尤指擺脫困難或危險）。

　　3. By saying “I do wish they would leave me alone at this place”， Mr. Smith ______.

　　A. showed that he disliked such people at the hotel

　　B. gave the impression that he was a constant guest

　　C. tried to make his clients feel sorry for him

　　D. sounded as if he was tired of such greetings

　　4. Why are the porters considered the most powerful people in expensive hotels？

　　A. They sell tickets for concerts.

　　B. They can complete difficult tasks.

　　C. They know the history of hotels.

　　D. They usually work in a hotel for a long time.

　　5. “much as I would have liked to fill” means ______.

　　A. though I would have liked to meet very much

　　B. if I would have liked to fill much

　　C. as if I would have liked to fill much

　　D. even if I would have liked to fill much

　　on his day off：  休息日

　　remember doing sth.   記得做過的事情

　　remember to do sth.   記得要做的事情

　　Passage 19

　　Today the official language of the United States and most of Canada is English. However， French almost became the official language because of a war.

　　The French and Indian War was fought between 1754 and 1763. The name of this war is not accurate because the war was actually between England and France. The Indians fought on the side of the French.

　　France and England were trying to gain control of North America. France held Canada， and England held part of what is now the United States. However， France tried to expand its land by moving southward into New York， Pennsylvania， Ohio， and Virginia. When the French built a fort on the Ohio River， the residents in Virginia sent George Washington to attack the fort in 1754. However， the French defeated Washington.

　　The French， aided by the Indians， outsmarted the English and won many early battles. Later， the British began to do well against the French. In the final battle in Quebec， Canada， General Wolfe of England faced General Montcalm from France. Both generals died in this battle， but the English outlasted the French and won the battle. Thus， most of North America today has the English culture and language.

　　1. A good title for this selection is ______.

　　A. The French and Indian War

　　B. The English Language

　　C. Washingtons Army

　　D. Official language

　　2. The word gain in paragraph 3 means ______.

　　A. borrow  B. get

　　C. buy  D. lose

　　3. We may conclude that George Washington preferred the ______.

　　A. Canada  B. French

　　C. Indians D. English

　　4. General Wolfe died in ______.

　　A. England B. France

　　C. Canada D. France

　　5. Washington lost his battle at the fort on the Ohio River ______.

　　A. at the beginning of the war

　　B. in the middle of the war

　　C. at the end of the war

　　D. during the war

　　accurate： 確切的，精確的

　　outsmart： 比（某人）精明、狡猾。

　　eg. We outsmarted them and got there first by taking a shorter route.

　　outlast：  last 比（某物）耐久、比某人（某物）命長。

　　eg. This clock has outlasted several owners.

　　這座時鐘的壽命比它的幾個主人的壽命都長。

　　Passage 20

　　Robert Kohout， 39， was working outside his home last October when he heard a frightening noise. He turned round and saw Walter Grahams car sinking into 8 feet of water of the in-ground swimming pool a little distance away from his yard.

　　Kohout immediately called to Grahams wife， Evelyn， to telephone 911. Then he ran back to his house to get Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo to help， who were at work inside the house. “There was no time for second thoughts，” side Reif， a farmers son， “The only thing to do was to get in the pool.”

　　The car doors were locked. Graham， 73， was unconscious， and his Mercury was rapidly filling with water. Reif struggled to break the drivers side window with a hammer but had trouble getting it done underwater.

　　Finally-some four minutes after the car had fallen into the pool——the glass was broken. By then， Graham was floating at the top of the flooded passenger compartment.

　　The three men pulled Graham out through the broken glass. He wasnt breathing and his heart stopped beating， so they performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The rescue team arrived in no time.

　　Doctors supplied him with advanced life support on the way to the hospital.

　　“These people were getting to Graham through the glass，” said Dr Jeff Messinger. “All three acted without regard for their own safety，” added Evelyn Graham， “They were truly angels watching over us.”

　　1. Who may Terence Reif and Glenn Fajardo most probably be？

　　A. Workmen.

　　B. Policemen.

　　C. Walters wife and son.

　　D. Roberts wife and son.

　　2.Immediately after Robert found the car sinking into the pool， he ______.

　　A. jumped into the pool

　　B. shouted to let Evelyn call the rescue team

　　C. ran to the nearest telephone

　　D. rushed into Grahams house to find his wife

　　3. What does the word resuscitation refer to in the story？

　　A. A way of saving people who have stopped breathing.

　　B. A way of saving people who have got drunk.

　　C. A way of saving people who got drunk.

　　D. A way of helping people who need water.

　　4. From the passage， we know that people dial 911 to call ______.

　　A. a doctor  B. the police

　　C. a rescue team D. angels

　　5. Which of the following would be the best title for this story？

　　A. The Underwater Car

　　B. Angels around Us

　　C. Rescue Team in Time

　　D. Safety First

　　turned round ： 轉(zhuǎn)過身， 看見

　　see sb./sth. doing

　　see sb./sth. do

　　have trouble （in ） doing sth.  做……是有困難的

　　compartment： 隔間

　　in no time ： very quickly ， 立刻，馬上

　　supply sb. with sth. ： 向某人提供某物

　　eg. He kept me well supplied with cups of coffee while I

　　wrote the report.    我寫報告時，他一直不停地給我一杯杯續(xù)咖啡

　　supply sb. with sth. ： 向某人提供某物

　　spply sth. to sb. ：  供應某人所需物品。

　　eg. a company supplying heating oil （to homes）

　�。ㄏ蜃�戶）供應燃油的公��

　　Passage 21

　　BEIJING （Associated Press） - China has a growing middle class， a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.

　　While China may be the worlds biggest toy-maker， much of the best is exported. Department stores here do not have enough high-quality toys. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.

　　A US company， BabyCare， is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.

　　BabyCare works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the companys “mothers club” get lectures and news letters on baby and child development at no extra cost - if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the companys educational toys and childcare books. BabyCares president says， “It starts during pregnancy（懷孕）， when the anxiety and needs are highest.” BabyCare works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors， nurses， and teachers - paid by BabyCare - advise parents， explaining toys that are designed for

　　children at each stage of development to age six.

　　BabyCare opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.

　　It is a new model for China and develops a market in young childrens education and health that no other companies are in.

　　1. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us？

　　A. Educational toys and foreign toy markets.

　　B. Problems with Chinas toy market and education.

　　C. Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China.

　　D. Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China.

　　2. Which of the following is a fact according to the passage？

　　A. Club members buy BabyCare products for free child-care advice.

　　B. Doctors in Beijing help in making BabyCare products.

　　C. Parents are encouraged to pay $18 for club activities.

　　D. BabyCare trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost.

　　3. BabyCare is developing its business in China by ______.

　　A. opening stores in Beijing hospitals

　　B. offering 18-month courses on child-care

　　C. setting up childrens education centers

　　D. forming close relationships with parents

　　4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage？

　　A. The middle class in China did not pay much attention to childrens education.

　　B. China is probably the biggest toy-maker in the world.

　　C. Many high-quality toys made in China are exported because of the low demand in the country.

　　D. The writer thinks BabyCare will succeed in China.

　　5. Which of the following would be the most suitable title for the passage？

　　A. Mothers Club in China

　　B. BabyCare and Doctors

　　C. American Company Model

　　D. Educational Toys On

　　Passage 22

　　A few years ago， it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap， a division between young people and their elders. Parents complained that children did not show them proper respect and obedience， while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong？ Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared？ Actually， the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics argue that it is built into the fabric of our society.

　　One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their life styles. In more traditional societies， when children grow up， they are expected to live in the same area as their parents， to marry people that their parents know and support， and often to continue the family occupation. In our society， young people often travel great distances for their education， most out of the family or home at an early age， marry or live or choose occupations different from those of their parents.

　　In our upwardly mobile society， parents often expect their children to do better than they did， to find better jobs， to make more money， and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often however， the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division between them. Often they discover that they have very little in common with each other.

　　Finally， the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture， elderly people are valued for their wisdom， but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become obsolete overnight.

　　The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds， separated by different skills and abilities.

　　No doubt， the generation gap will continue to be a feature of American life for some time to come. Its causes are rooted in the freedoms and opportunities of our society， and in the rapid pace at which society changes.

　　1.The main idea of the first paragraph is that _______.

　　A.the generation gap suddenly appeared

　　B.the generation gap is a feature of American life

　　C.how people can reduce the generation gap

　　D.many critics argue over the nature of the generation gap

　　2.The word “around” in paragraph 1 means _______.

　　A. on all sides

　　B. in every direction

　　C. near

　　D. in existence

　　3.Which one is NOT the cause of the generation gap？

　　A.Young people like to choose their own life styles.

　　B.American society is changing very fast.

　　C.Parents place high hopes on their children.

　　D.Modern education makes them think differently.

　　upwardly mobile： 能向較高社會地位和經(jīng)濟地位流動的

　　4.In American society， young people often ________.

　　A.rely on their parents to make a living

　　B.stay with their parents in order to get an opportunity for higher education

　　C.seek the best advice from their parents

　　D.have very little in common with their parents

　　5.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？

　　A.Parents should be more tolerable towards their children.

　　B.The young generation should value the older generation for their wisdom.

　　C.The generation gap is partly created by the older generation.

　　D.The generation gap should be avoidable in American society.

　　obsolete： 過時的

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