(C) A Different Roast Every Day Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday. He usually went to the seaside, but one day he saw an ad(广告) in a newspaper. " Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing. Good prices (价格)." "This sounds like a good idea," he thought. "I"ll spend a month at Willow Farm. I"ll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They"ll make a change from sitting by the seaside." Four days later he returned home. "What"s wrong with Willow Farm?" his friend Jack asked him. " Didn"t you enjoy country life?" "Country life was fine," Alan said, "but there was another problem." "Oh, what?" "Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton (烤羊肉) for dinner." "Fresh meat is the best." "I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner." "Lucky you!" "You don"t understand," Alan said. "On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner." "A different roast every day," Jack said. " Let me finish," Alan said, " on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn"t dare to stay for dinner!" 小题1:Where did Alan work? He worked ___. A.on a farm | B.at a school | C.in a restaurant | D.in an office in a city | 小题2:Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday? A.by the seaside | B.in the country | C.in the mountains | D.on an island | 小题3:Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow Farm? Because ___. A.he lived near there | B.he had a good friend there | C.he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside | D.he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country | 小题4:How many days did he stay on the farm? A.A few days. | B.A week. | C.Three days. | D.Four days. | 小题5: What made Alan return so soon? A.He fell ill. | B.The air there was not fresh. | C.The prices were too high. | D.He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner. |
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试题分析:本文讲述了Alan到农村度假的故事。 小题1:D 细节题。根据Alan worked in an office in the city.说明D正确。 小题2:A 细节题。根据He usually went to the seaside可知他经常去海边度假,故A正确。 小题3:C 细节题。根据文章4,5行"This sounds like a good idea," he thought. "I"ll spend a month at Willow Farm. I"ll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They"ll make a change from sitting by the seaside."可知这种度假方式和在海边度假方式不一样。故C正确。 小题4:D 细节题。根据Four days later he returned home. 可知他在那里过了4天,故D正确。 小题5:D 推理题。根据文章最后2行"A different roast every day," Jack said. " Let me finish," Alan said, " on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn"t dare to stay for dinner!" 可知他害怕D项内容,故D正确。 点评:本文讲述了Alan到农村度假的故事。本文考查细节题为主,细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息或是其变体。搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法即先读题,然后带着问题快速阅读短文,找出与问题有关的词语或句子,再对相关部分进行分析对比,找出答案。 |
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A This is a talk by a London taxi(出租车)driver. "I"ve been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis." "It"s a nice job most of time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon." "I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning." "Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows." "I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on .I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief. Luckily the woman came downstairs.She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!" 小题1:The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____. A.make money | B.drive | C.climb in through the window | D.meet a lot of people | 小题2:The woman climbed in through the window because _____.A.she wanted to have a sleep | B.her husband didn"t open the door for her | C.she didn"t want to pay the driver | D.she couldn"t find her key | 小题3:The story happened _____. A.early in the morning | B.late at night | C.20 miles outside London | D.near the police station | 小题4:Which of the following is wrong? A.The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning. | B.The police made a mistake. | C.The woman had no money to pay the driver. | D.The woman had forgotten about the driver and the dog. | 小题5:The driver climbed in through the window to A.get money from the woman | B.return the dog to the woman | C.phone the police | D.see what was happening in the house |
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(B) Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable. We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南针). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.” 小题1:The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .A.bright | B.dirty | C.comfortable | D.dark | 小题2:When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____ A.Of course , it loves me , since I love it . | B.If I love it , it should love me. | C.I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it . | D.I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger . | 小题3: The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.A.she thinks it will be very exciting | B.she likes sports and enjoys canoeing | C.she has decided to realize a childhood dream | D.she wants to be still active when she gets old | 小题4:What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?A.Someone who does not show what she is feeling . | B.Someone who is very proud and sure of her success . | C.Someone who doesn’t use her head much . | D.Someone who is open , honest and brave . | 小题5:The best title for this passage is ____ .A.Life Begins at Sixty | B.A Round Coast Sail | C.An Old Woman Sailor | D.An Unusual Hobby(爱好) |
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E A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job without hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute” someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?” The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. I’m Mr. Davis.” Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy. I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange construction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required. “All right then,” I said. “Okey, here we go.” Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this moment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, you’ll all get your turn. Once at a time, once at a time!” A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I inspected the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment. 小题1:The author took the job to teach writing because ______.A.he had written some stories | B.he wanted to be expected | C.he wanted to please his father | D.he had dreamed of being a teacher | 小题2:Before he started his class, the author asked the students to ______.A.write down their suggestions on the paper cards | B.cut maple leaves out of the construction paper | C.cut some cards out of the construction paper | D.write down their names on the paper cards | 小题3:What did the students do when the author started his class?A.They began to talk. | B.They stayed silent. | C.They raised their hands. | D.They shouted to be heard. | 小题4:The author chose the composition topic probably because ______.A.he got disappointed with his first class | B.he had prepared the topic before class | C.he wanted to calm down the students | D.he thought it was an easy topic |
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Joe wanted a bike. He asked his parents for the money and they had said he must 1 it. But how? He thought about this 2 he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask kids to work for 3 . Maybe he could clear away snow for the neighbors. 4 this was summer. He’d have to 5 a long time for that. He couldn’t cut grass for their gardens 6 he had no tools to do the work with. Then Joe saw one of his 7 , Dick, delivering 8 . I could do that, he 9 . Maybe I could get the bike right 10 . I could pay for it 11 each week. He ran to catch up 12 Dick.Joe asked 13 questions about having a paper route. He learned that 14 was possible to earn twenty-five dollars each week. He learned 15 the job took about three 16 each night. Dick gave him the 17 of the newspaper manager. Joe almost flew home. After he had 18 his plan, his mother smiled. “I think it’s a great idea.” she said. “I’ll call the newspaper.” “Wait Mom,” Joe said. “I’ll19 . After all, I’m going to be a businessman now.” Joe’s mother smiled 20.
小题6: | A.because | B.so | C.although | D.but |
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小题7: | A.classmate | B.classmates | C.parents | D.parent |
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小题8: | A.newspapers | B.news | C.cards | D.message |
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小题9: | A.talked | B.agreed | C.thought | D.told |
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小题11: | A.little | B.few | C.a little | D.a few |
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小题13: | A.many a | B.much | C.plenty | D.a great many |
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小题16: | A.days | B.minutes | C.hours | D.hour |
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小题17: | A.address | B.telephone | C.phone number | D.manager |
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小题18: | A.explained | B.talked | C.thought | D.changed |
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小题20: | A.sadly | B.angry | C.proud | D.proudly |
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When I was a college student, I did a lot of traveling abroad. That was because a professor 小题1: me to do so. She said, “Now it is the time for you to travel around the world, 小题2: your knowledge through actual experiences and have fun?” I 小题3: her. Since I started to work for a 小题4: company, however, I have done most of my traveling through the Internet. By using the Internet, I have seen the 小题5: of many cities on my computer screen. And I have really made business 小题6:, too. With the help of the Internet, I have also got 小题7: about food in different countries. Therefore, I was beginning to feel that actual trips were 小题8: necessary when I happened to read a famous chef"s (厨师) comment on the Internet. He said, “It is very difficult to have real Italian food in a foreign country, because we enjoy food and the 小题9: around us at the same time. So why don"t you fly over to Italy and enjoy real Italian 小题10:? “Those words reminded me of my 小题11: advice. As information technology 小题12: , you might be able to do without making some real trips. But this also means that you will miss the various 小题13: you can get from traveling. Today there are people who 小题14: direct communication with others and spend much of their time on the Internet. It is not surprising to see a group of people 小题15: not with each other but into their micro phones. It seems as if such people are 小题16: by an invisible wall. They seem to be losing out on a good chance to 小题17: and talk with other people. I do not think that they are taking good advantage of information technology. We should use information technology as a tool to make our daily 小题18: more fruitful. However, we should never let it 小题19: our time for face to -face communication. Let"s make use of information technology more 小题20: , and have great fun in experiencing the actual world.
小题21: | A.promised | B.allowed | C.hurried | D.encouraged |
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小题22: | A.build up | B.use | C.practise | D.exchange |
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小题23: | A.agreed with | B.learned from | C.followed | D.obeyed |
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小题24: | A.car | B.food | C.clothing | D.machine |
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小题25: | A.life | B.rivers | C.sights | D.houses |
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小题26: | A.plans | B.bargain | C.progress | D.trips |
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小题27: | A.information | B.taste | C.cooks | D.feelings |
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小题28: | A.even more | B.no longer | C.much | D.actually |
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小题29: | A.people | B.drink | C.atmosphere | D.environment |
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小题30: | A.shoes | B.dishes | C.customers | D.situations |
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小题31: | A.friend"s | B.parents" | C.professor"s | D.boss"s |
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小题32: | A.produces | B.advertises | C.forms | D.advances |
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小题33: | A.news | B.pleasures | C.troubles | D.places |
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小题34: | A.avoid | B.keep | C.lose | D.enjoy |
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小题35: | A.meeting | B.talking | C.communicating | D.traveling |
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小题36: | A.stopped | B.met | C.surrounded | D.hurt |
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小题37: | A.look at | B.employ | C.travel | D.meet |
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小题38: | A.communication | B.study | C.work | D.action |
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小题39: | A.spare | B.increase | C.reduce | D.make use of |
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小题40: | A.wisely | B.correctly | C.or less | D.slowly |
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