英語閱讀開頭第一句old

1. 以「When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. 」開頭的英語閱讀理解

原文和題目如下：

When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children, I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used to (習慣於) speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand French. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language problem.
wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a call and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.
"Yes", I said, "I want to give my friend a ring."
"Well, that's nice," he said, "Are you getting married? But aren't you a bit young?"
"Who is talking about marriage?" I replied. "I only want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've
arrived. Can you tell me where there is a phone box?"
"Oh," he said, "There is a phone downstairs."
When at last we met, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me.
"Don't worry," he said to me. "I had so many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which American use differently in meaning from British. You'll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time, British and American people understand each other!"

61. Where was the writer from? He was from________.
A. America B. France C. England D. another country
62. The writer thought________in America.
A. he wouldn't have any language difficulties
B. he would not understand the Americans
C. the Americans might not understand him
D. he would have difficulty at the airport
63. The writer wanted to ________.
A. buy a ring for his friend
B. make a call to his friend
C. go to the telephone company
D. see his friend off
64. From the passage we can see that "give somebody a ring" ________.
A. means the same in America as in England
B. means "call somebody" to the old man
C. has two different meanings
D. means "be going to get married" in England
65. In the last paragraph the word "they" refers to________.
A. the old man and the boy
B. the Americans
C. the British
D. the French

答案如下：
61--65 CABCB

2. 英語閱讀說明文總是看了後面忘前面，怎麼辦

閱讀是要求在有限的時間內提取有用的信息，希望下文對你有所幫助。

閱讀理解能力測試的主要要求是：

1．讀材料的主旨和大意，以及用以說明主旨和大意的事實和細節。

2．既理解具體的事實，也理解抽象的概念。

3．既理解字面的意思，也理解深層的含義，包括作者的態度，意圖等。

4．既理解某句，某段的含義，也理解全篇的邏輯關系，並據此進行推理和判斷。

5．既能根據所提供的信息去理解，也能結合中學生應有的常識去理解。根據這五項要求，我們可將閱讀理解多項選擇題歸納為以下幾種題型：細節理解題，詞句理解題，主題、主旨題，猜測詞義題，推理判斷題。下面作者結合平時教學中的經驗體會，談一談做英語閱讀理解題的技巧與策略。

一、 先看題干，帶著問題讀文章。

即先看試題，再讀文章。閱讀題干，首先要掌握問題的類型，分清是客觀信息題還是主觀判斷題。客觀信息題可以從文章中直接找到答案；而主觀判斷題考查的是對文章的感情基調，作者未加陳述的觀點以及貫穿全文的中心主旨的理解等，這類題必須經過對作者的態度、意圖以及對整篇文章進行深一層的推理等。其次，了解試題題干以及各個選項所包含的信息，然後有針對性地對文章進行掃讀，對有關信息進行快速定位，再將相關信息進行整合、甄別、分析、對比，有根有據地排除干擾項，選出正確答案。此法加強了閱讀的針對性，提高了做題的准確率，節省了寶貴的時間。特別適用於對圖形表格類題材的理解。

二、 速讀全文，了解大意知主題。

閱讀的目的是獲取信息。一個人的閱讀能力的高低決定了他能否快速高效吸收有用信息。閱讀能力一般指閱讀速度和理解能力兩個方面。閱讀速度是閱讀最基本的能力。沒有一定的閱讀速度就不能順利地輸入信息，更談不上運用英語。近幾年的高考閱讀速度大約是每分鍾40個詞左右。考生必須在十分有限的時間內運用略讀、掃讀、跳讀等技巧快速閱讀，搜尋關鍵詞、主題句，捕捉時空、順序、情節、人物、觀點，並且理清文章脈絡，把握語篇實質。

抓主題句這是快速掌握文章大意的主要方法。主題句一般出現在文章的開頭和結尾。用歸納法撰寫的文章，都是表述細節的句子在前，概述性的句子居後。此時主題句就是文章的最後一句。通常用演繹法撰寫的文章，大都遵循從一般到個別的寫作程序，即從概述開始，隨之輔以細說。這時，主題句就是文章的第一句。當然也有些文章沒有主題句，需要讀者自己去歸納。主題句往往對全文起提示、啟迪、概括、歸納之作用，主旨大意題，歸納概括題，中心思想題往往直接可從主題句中找到答案。

試試看，你能找出下面一段文章的主題句嗎？

The panda is a popular animal. Stories about the panda in the Washington Zoo are always front page news and important features on television newscasts. Stuffed pandas are among the most popular toys for children, and panda postcards are always in demand in zoo gift shops.

不難看出，文章的第一句是主題句，後面的句子都圍繞這個句子展開。

三、 詳讀細節，理順思路與文章脈絡。

文章絕不是互不相乾的句子雜亂無章的堆砌。作者為文，有脈可循。如記敘文多以人物為中心，以時間或空間為線索，按事件的發生、發展、結局展開故事；論述體則包含論點、論據、結論三大要素，通過解釋、舉例來闡述觀點。你可根據文章的特點，詳讀細節，以動詞、時間、地點、事件、因果等為線索，找出關鍵詞語，運用"畫圖列表法"，勾畫出一幅完整清晰的文章主題和細節的認知圖。

例如：SEFC 3A Feed the World(2)

本文通過四個不同的國家和地區，總結了世界飢荒的主要原因。運用圖表，文章的結構和思路就一目瞭然了。

Reasons for world hunger

In EU: 1) Food is bought from farmers and thrown away.

2) Farmers are paid not to grow crops.

In India: Most land is owned by rich land owners.

In less developed countries: Farmers are forced to plant cash crops.

In western countries: Grain is fed to beef cattle.

四、 邏輯推理，做好深層理解題。

在實際閱讀中，有時作者並未把意圖說出來，閱讀者要根據字面意思，通過語篇邏輯關系，研究細節的暗示，推敲作者的態度，理解文章的寓義。這就是通常所說的深層理解。深層理解主要包括歸納概括題（中心思想，加標題等）和推理判斷題，是閱讀理解中的難點。深層理解是一種創造性的思維活動。它必須忠實於原文；要以文章提供的事實和線索為依據，立足已知推斷未知，不能憑空想像，隨意揣測；它要求讀者對文字的表面信息進行分析、挖掘和邏輯推理，不能就事論事，以偏概全。只有吃透文章的字面意思，推理才有前提和基礎。推理題在提問中常用的詞有：

infer,推斷 imply 暗示 , suggest建議 , indicate指點

Annealing

Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. If metal is heated and then cooled very quickly, for example by dipping (浸) it in water, it will be very hard but also very brittle-that is, it will break easily. Metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as easily. It is possible to make metal as hard or as soft as it is wished, by annealing it. The metal is heated, and allowed to cool slowly for a certain length of time. The longer the heated metal takes to cool slowly, the softer it becomes. Annealing can also be used on other material, such as glass.

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高考英語閱讀理解技巧

1. Why do people put hot metal in water?

A. To make it hard. B. To make it soft.

C. To make it cool. D. To make it brittle.

2. In annealing, the required hardness of metal depends on __.

A. the quantity of water used B. the temperature of the metal

C. the softness of the metal D. the timing of the operation

3. As suggested by the text, how can glass be made less brittle?

A. It can be heated and then cooled quickly.

B. It can be cooled and then heated slowly.

C. It can be heated and then cooled slowly.

D. It can be cooled and then heated quickly.

1、答案為A，此題屬推斷歸納題。文中第二句說如果把金屬加熱，然後迅速放到水裡冷卻，也就會變得非常硬，但也變得脆。hard 是工藝的主觀目的。brittle是伴隨的客觀結果，故選A而不選D。B項明顯錯誤；C項是手段不是目的，因此，都可排除。

2、答案為D,此題屬概括歸納題。timing 是時間的選擇。本答案的依據是5和6兩句，"The metal is heated,…length of time.","The longer…the softer it becomes."cool 的時間是可以控制的，時間越長越 soft,即硬度就越低。由此我們可得出結論：在退火過程中，金屬的硬度是受到冷卻的時間長短影響的。

3、答案為C此題屬推理判斷題。文中提到"metal"。最後一句說退火工藝同樣可用於象玻璃一類的其他材料。文中我們已知"annealing"就是先"heat"後"cool slowly"。由此推斷C是正確的。

五、 猜詞悟義，掃除閱讀攔路虎。

猜詞是應用英語的重要能力，也是高考中常用的題型。它不但需要准確無誤地理解上下文，而且要有較大的泛讀量，掌握或認識較多的課外詞彙。我們要學會"順藤摸瓜"，通過構詞，語法，定義，同位，對比，因果，常識，上下文等線索確定詞義。

a. 定義法

如：Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly.

句子給予annealing 以明確的定義，即"退火"。

It will be very hard but also very brittle------that is , it will break easily.

從後面的解釋中我們可以了解到brittle 是"脆"的意思。

The herdsman , who looks after sheep,earns about 650yuan a year.

定語從句中 looks after sheep 就表明了 herdsman 的詞義為"牧人"。

b 同位法

如：

They traveled a long way , at last got to a castle, a large building in old times.

同位語部分a large building in old times 給出了 castle 的確切詞義，即"城堡"。

We are on the night shift----from midnight to 8 a.m.---this week.

兩個破折號之間的短語很清楚地表明night shift 是"夜班"的意思。

c. 對比法

She is usually prompt for all her class, but today she arrived in the middle of her first class.

but 一詞表轉折，因此but 前後的意思正相反。後半句的意思是她今天"第一節上了一半才來"，因此反向推理，可得出她平時一向"准時"的結論。

d. 構詞法（前綴、後綴、復合、派生等）

Perhaps, we can see some possibilities for next fifty years. But the next hundred?

possibility 是 possible 的同根名詞， 據此可以判斷定 possibility 意思是"可能性"。

e. 因果法

The lack of movement caused the muscles to weaken。Sometimes the weakness was permanent。So the player could never play the sport again.

從後面的結果"永遠不能再運動"中，可以推測 permanent 的意思為"永遠的，永久的"。

六、 養成習慣，潛移默化結碩果。

良好的閱讀習慣：

1、養成默讀習慣，使注意力集中的文字元號上，糾正唇讀，心讀，喉讀等做法，以免分散精力，影響閱讀速度。

2、克服指讀、回視、重讀等不良習慣，因為這樣容易使理解只停留在某個詞或句子上，使獲得的信息支離破碎。要善於抓住句子中的核心詞，從一個句子快速地掃視到另一個句子，進行連貫性理解。如：

"Would you like to do some shopping together with me? If you are free, please ring me back to tell me about it."

這個句子，只要掃視劃線的核心詞，其語義就基本上清楚了。

英語閱讀能力的培養是一個漸進的復雜過程，要養成每天閱讀英語的習慣，循序漸進，持之以恆，精泛結合，廣泛獵奇。在潛移默化中你會感覺到你的閱讀能力又有了長足的提高。

3. 求一篇 英語閱讀理解 開頭是When I was 13 years old, l became a vegetarian and quickly

When I was nine years old living in a small town in North Carolina,I found an ad for selling greeting cards in the back of a children's magazine. I thought to myself I could do this. I asked my mother to let me send for the cards. Two weeks later when the cards arrived, I opened the parcel, caught the cards and rushed from the house. Three hourslater, I returned home with no card and a pocket full of money. A sales-person was born.
When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler.I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler's talk, which made everyone excited. I left there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I turned to my father and said, "Dad, I want to make people feel like that." My lather asked me what I meant. "I want to be a motivational speaker just like Mr. Zigler," I answered. A dream was born.
Recently, I began following my dream of motivating others. After a four-year job in a big company beginning as a sales trainer and ending as a sales manager, I left the company in the end. Many people were surprised that I would leave after getting a great income. And they asked why I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my decision to start my own company after attending a sales meeting. The chairman of our company delivered a talk that changed my life. He asked us, "If a genie would give you three wishes, what would they be?" After we wrote down the three wishes, he asked, "Why do you need a genie?" i knew I was ready and did not need a genie's help to become a motivational speaker. I wanted to move forward rather than end up with a mouth full of "if only..." later on. A motivational speaker was born.
提示：think to oneself 盤算；自思自忖 motivational adj.鼓動性的 risk v.冒險 genie n.精靈
Read the passage and choose the best answer. 閱讀短文後，選擇最佳答案。
1. What is the passage mainly about? ( )
A. Something the writer did when he was a child.
B. How the writer became a salesperson.
C. Somebody who helped the writer start his own company.
D. When the writer began to have the strange dream.
2. The sentence "A salesperson was born" means 「__________」 ( )
A. the writer began to be a salesperson then
B. a child born at that time became a salesperson later
C. the writer knew he could be a salesperson
D. it was how the first salesperson was born
3. Why did the writer want to leave the company?( )
A. The chairman told him to do so.
B. He couldn't motivate others in his work.
C. The meeting made him very unhappy.
D. He wanted to find a better way to make his dream come true.
4. What might happen next, according to the writer' s idea?( )
A. The writer would start his own company and become a great motivational speaker.
B. The writer' s dream could not come true because genies didn't help him.
C. The company would come to an end when the writer left.
D. The writer would motivate everyone to join his company.
應該是

4. 誰知道一篇英語完形填空的開頭是shanghai，June7(AP)-A 16-year-old

其實是一篇閱讀理解改編成了完形填空
SHANGHAI, June 7（AP）-A 16-year-old girl's suicide after she was barred from a key exam draw attention to increasing worries over academic pressures, as millions of Chinese students began annual college entrance tests on Wednesday.
The three-day exam, viewed as important to future career and financial success, has a record 9.5 million high school students across China competing for just 2.6 million university places. For kids and parents alike, it's a difficulty that experts say causes extreme emotional distress. "Pressure from study and exams is a top reason for psychological problems among Chinese youth," said Jin Wuguan, director of the Youth Psychological Counseling Center at Shanghai's Ruijin Hospital.
In China's increasingly success oriented, pressure-cooker cities, academic stress is seen as a rising cause of youth suicides and even murders of parents by children who are driven crazy by intolerable pressure to perform.
According to her family and newspaper accounts, 16-year-old Wu Wenwen drowned herself after she was stopped at the exam room door because her hair wasn't tied back as her school required. Returning in tied hair, she was then told the end-of-term exam had already started and she was too late to take it. In tears, Wu called her mother, and then disappeared. Her body was found the same night in a nearby lake.
China doesn't keep comprehensive statistics on student suicides, but Jin said health care professionals see the problem worsening, even among elementary students. Most Chinese schools still lack advisers and teachers receive little training in spotting symptoms of emotional distress, Jin said. Parents are little help, often piling on pressure while ignoring their children's emotional development, he said. "It's a basic unwillingness or inability to recognize and deal with with emotional problems," Jin said.
Wang Yufeng, of Peking University's Institute of Mental, estimates the rate of emotional disorders such as depression among Chinese students under age 17 at up to 32 percent , a total of 30 million students.
Others say that figure may be as high as 50 percent. A survey last year by the government's China Youth and Children Research Center showed 57.6 percent of students felt highly distressed by academic pressures.
最好自己做哦。。

5. 開頭是the old-fashioned的英文閱讀理解答案

The old-fashioned general store is fast disappearing. This is, perhaps, a pity, because shopping today seems to lack that personal contact which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally. He could, for instance, remember which brand of tea Mrs. Smith usually bought or what sort of washing-powder Mrs. Jones preferred. Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but also a social meeting place.
A prosperous general store might have employed four or five assistants, and so there were very few problems in management as far as the staff were concerned. But now that the supermarket has replaced the general store, the job of the manager has changed completely. The modern supermarket manager has to cope with a staff of as many as a hundred, apart from all the other everyday problems of running a large business.
Every morning the manager must, like the commander of an army division, carry out an inspection of his store to make sure that everything is ready for the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. He will have to give advice and make decisions as problems arise, and he must know how to get his huge staff to work efficiently with their respective responsibilities. No matter what he has to do throughout the day, however, the supermarket manager must be ready for any emergency that may arise. They say in the trade that you are not really an experienced supermarket manager until you have dealt with a flood, a fire, a birth and a death in your store. (Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)
【小題1】 Why is it a pity that there are fewer old-fashioned general stores now? _____________________________.
【小題2】 The shopkeeper was often the most well-informed person in the neighborhood because _____________________________.
【小題3】 The words 「… a flood, a fire, a birth and a death …」 in the last sentence refer to _____________________________.
【小題4】 What must the manager do every morning? ___________________________.
答案
【小題1】Because there is less personal contact between managers and customers.
【小題2】the customers exchanged gossip with him while buying things. / the store was a social meeting place.
【小題3】any emergency that may arise in the store.
【小題4】He must inspect everything well for the business./ He must get everything ready for the business./ He must prepare well for the business of the day./ He must see to it that all will run smoothly.
解析試題分析：本文敘述了購物中心不僅是買和賣的場所，同時也是人們見面會聚的地方，這里的經理的工作也與以前不同，每天早晨經理要為這一天的生意准備好一切，還必須時刻准備好處理緊急事件，能夠協調好職工之間的事情。
【小題1】根據because shopping today seems to lack that personal contact which existed when the shopkeeper knew all his regular customers personally.故用Because there is less personal contact between managers and customers.
【小題2】根據Not only was the shop a center of buying and selling, but also a social meeting place. 故用the customers exchanged gossip with him while buying things. / the store was a social meeting place.
【小題3】根據the supermarket manager must be ready for any emergency that may arise. 故用any emergency that may arise in the store.
【小題4】根據make sure that everything is ready for the business of the day. He must see that everything is running smoothly. 故用He must inspect everything well for the business./ He must get everything ready for the business./ He must prepare well for the business of the day./ He must see to it that all will run smoothly.
考點：閱讀表達。
點評：閱讀表達題型的測試目的是從多方位多角度考查考生通過閱讀獲取信息、處理信息並進行書面表達的能力。比傳統的閱讀理解題更具有綜合性和主觀性，更能體現對考生的綜合語言運用能力的考查。開放性問題是閱讀表達中主觀性最強的試題，要求考生結合文章的大意、個人的觀點經驗來回答相關問題。

6. 求答案，英語閱讀，開頭是When I was about twelve years old, I had an enemy

( ) 41. A. longer B. shorter C. politer D. fairer
( ) 42. A. ll B. brave C. angry D. happy
( ) 43. A. quietly B. carelessly C. casually D. differently
( ) 44. A. came out B. dealt with C. got over D. thought about
( ) 45. A. strategies B. ideas C. photos D. books
( ) 46. A. crazy B. true C. strict D. simple
( ) 47. A. as B. against C. since D. for
( ) 48. A. proce B. check C. borrow D. change
( ) 49. A. first B. second C. last D. next
( ) 50. A. described B. needed C. warned D. refused
( ) 51. A. everything B. anyone C. nothing D. anything
( ) 52. A. shout B. teach C. listen D. read
( ) 53. A. that B. why C. where D. who
( ) 54. A. so B. or C. for D. but
( ) 55. A. advice B. excuse C. features D. promises
41. A 42. C 43. A 44. D 45. B
46. B 47. A 48. D 49. A 50. D
51. B 52. C 53. A 54. D 55. A

7. 一篇英語閱讀開頭第一句是這個，求答案，急急急

在十八世紀40年代後期，一個名叫Evelyn的年輕女子，1940s就是從1940～1949.named是過去分詞做後置定語

8. 英語閱讀

給你找了一些，自己挑吧。
閱讀理解1
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (滿意) him.
One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未來). They talked for a long time.
「Have a look at your watch, please,」 said the girl. 「What time is it now?」
「Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,」 said Jack. 「Where's yours?」
「I left it at home.」
Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, 「Bang! Bang! Bang!」
The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, 「It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?」
1. Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
A. sixteen B. eighteen C. twenty D. fifteen
2. The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.
A. he's her grandson B. he's clever
C. he can keep quiet D. he gets home on time
3. From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.
A. classmate B. colleague (同事)
C. aunt D. wife
4. The word 「stamp」 in the story means ______ in Chinese.
A. 蓋印 B. 跺 C. 貼郵票 D. 承認
5. Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (為了) ________.
A. to wake his grandma up
B. to make his grandma angry
C. that his grandma was going to tell him the time
D. that his grandma was going to buy him a watch
參考答案 ： 1．B 2．C 3．A 4．B 5．C
講解：
1．第一句介紹傑克今年20歲，2年前中學畢業，故選B。
2．結合前後文意，前面講他吃完飯就去睡覺，並且很快就睡著了，文章最後介紹他用腳跺樓，發出聲音，奶奶阻止他，說明他奶奶怕吵，綜合判斷選C。
3．由第二段倒數第二句判斷。
4．根據文意，他奶奶住他樓下，倒數第二句又講他用腳在地板上發出「Bang...」的聲音，故應是用腳跺樓。
5．因他表壞了，Mary 又沒帶，他們想知道時間。
閱讀理解2
We are all busy talking about and using the Internet (互聯網), but how many of us know the history of the Internet?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (網路) didn't work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.
At first the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made 'surfing' (瀏覽) the Internet more convenient.
Today it is easy to get on-line (上網) and it is said that millions of people use the Internet everyday. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.
判斷下列句子是否符合短文內容，符合的用「T」表示，不符合的用 「F」表示。
l. The Internet has a history of less than thirty years.
T F
2. In the 1960s computer networks went wrong easily.
T F
3. Computers become cheaper so that many hospitals and banks were allowed to use them.
T F
4. People didn't have enough software to get on-line conveniently until the early 1990s.
T F
參考答案： 1．F 2．T 3．F 4．T
講解：
1．第二段開頭講互聯網是在60年代建立的，故至今歷史已超過30年。
2．文中第二段闡明計算機網路工作狀況不好(didn't work well)。
3．第三段中說明大學、醫院等都被允許使用電腦，然而，計算機仍然很貴，並且網路很難使用。
4．由第三段最後幾句介紹可知，到90年代，計算機便宜且好用。科學家也發展了軟體使網上瀏覽更方便。而本題干用了not…until句型，譯為「直到90年代早期人們才有足夠的軟體上網」。
閱讀理解3
Mr. and Mrs. Turner live outside a small town. They have a big farm and they are always busy working on it. Their son, Peter, studied at a middle school. The young man studied hard and did well in his lessons. It made them happy.
Last month Peter finished middle school and passed the entrance examination (升學考試). Mrs. Turner was very happy and told the farmers about it.
Yesterday morning the woman went to the town to buy something for her son. On the bus she told one of her friends how clever and able her son was. She spoke very loudly. All the people in the bus began to listen to her.
「Which university (大學) will your son study in?」 a woman next to her asked.
「In the most famous university in our country!」 Mrs. Turner said happily.
「The most famous university?」
「Oxford University (牛津).」
Most of the passengers (乘客) looked at her carefully. Some of them said to her, 「Congratulations!」
A woman said, 「I'm sure he'll know Fred Smith.」
「Who's Fred Smith?」
「He's my son.」
「Does he study in the university, too?」
「No, 」said the woman. 「He is one of the professors.」
l. The story happened in ________.
A. America B. France C. Germany D. England
2. Mr. and Mrs. Turner were happy because ________.
A. their son did well in his lessons
B. they have a big farm
C. they have a good harvest
D. their son studied at a middle school
3. Mrs. Turner wanted everyone to know ________.
A. her son finished middle school
B. her son was handsome
C. her son was going to study in a university
D. her son was very friendly to others
4. Mrs. Turner spoke so loudly in the bus that __________.
A. her friend could hear her
B. all the people could hear her
C. she hoped to make all the people happy
D. she hoped they would say congratulations to her
5. Which of the following is true? __________.
A. The woman wasn't interested in Mrs. Turner's words
B. Mrs. Turner knew nothing about the famous university
C. The woman wanted to stop Mrs. Turner from showing off (炫耀)
D. The woman next to Mrs. Turner wanted to show off her son, too
參考答案 ： 1．D 2．A 3．C 4．B 5．C
講解：
1．因為牛津大學是英國的著名大學。
2．第一段最後一句講「這使他們高興」。「It」指代前一句講的情況，即他們的兒子功課很好。
3．根據第三段文意判斷。
4．第三段最後一句講「所有人都開始聽她講。」故A不對；她這樣做只是想炫耀一下而已。C、D描述的意思都不確切。
5．文章前面做了鋪墊，講Mrs．Turner 如何炫耀她兒子考上大學，結尾講那個婦女說自己的兒子是教授不論真假，她是在阻止Mrs. Turner的炫耀。
閱讀理解4
「Cool」 is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.
「Cool」 can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything. When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say 「It's cool.」You may think, 「He's so cool,」 when you see your favourite footballer.
We all maximize (擴大) the meaning of 「cool」. You can use it instead of many words such as 「new」 or 「surprising」. Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall (瀑布) they had visited. On one student's paper was just the one sentence, 「It's so cool」. Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.
But the story also shows a scarcity (缺乏) of words. Without 「cool」, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility (可信性). Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word 「cool」? I can. And I think they are also very cool.
1. We know that the word 「cool」 has ________.
A. only one meaning B. no meanings
C. many different meanings D. the same meaning
2. In the passage, the word 「express」 means「________」.
A. see B. show C. know D. feel
3. If you are ________ something, you may say, 「It's cool.」
A. interested in B. angry about
C. afraid of D. unhappy with
4. The writer takes an example to show he is _________ the way the word is used.
A. pleased with B. strange to
C. worried about D. careful with
5. In the passage, the writer suggests (暗示) that the word 「cool」_________.
A. can be used instead of many words
B. usually means something interesting
C. can make your life colourful
D. may not be as cool as it seems
參考答案 ： 1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C 5．D
講解：
1．見首句。
2．由「express」前後詞義關系可推斷出是「表達」的意思，與「show」同義。
3．由第二段首句可知。
4．由例子中的學生用cool 一詞概括出他的所有感受，知cool詞義的擴大會導致語言中詞彙的缺乏，是令人擔憂的。
5．結合第4題的答案可做出選擇。
參考答案 ： 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. C
講解：
1. 由短文最後一句「They had travelled 1,797 kilometres from London」可知，最接近「for nearly 1,800 kilometres」，因此選A。
2. 由短文第2段倒數第3句「So they were able to change its weight」可知答案為D。
3. 從第3段可以看出，越往上溫度越低，因此應選A。
4. 由短文最後一段倒數第2句「They came down in Poland...」可知答案為D。
5. 縱觀全文可以看出答案C不正確。
閱讀理解6
If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.
When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.
If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents are to blame, and few of us know that it is just his own fault.
Have you ever found that some people can' t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.
So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practise remembering.
1. The main reason for one's poor memory is that his parents have poor memories.
T F
2. If you don't use your arms or legs for some time, they will become strong.
T F
3. A good memory comes from more practice.
T F
4. Some people can't read or write, but they have better memories, because they have saved trouble.
T F
5. The best title of this passage is 「How to Have a Good Memory」.
參考答案： 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T
講解：
1. 文中沒有此說法。 2. 從第一段可判斷。
3. 第二段開頭已說明。 4. 第四段開頭已說明。
5. 最後一段點題。
閱讀理解7
A meteorite (隕石) almost hit an 80-year-old man named Arthur Pettifer in Britain when he was working in his garden. The meteorite was the biggest in the past 26 years in Britain.
The meteorite weighed (重量) one kilo, and might be over four thousand million (百萬) years old.
「I hear the big noise in the air. I looked up and saw the tops of the trees coming and going,」 he said. 「I didn't know what it was.」
Meteorites are small things from the small planets in space. About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found. Mr. Pettifer's meteorite is the fifth to fall in Britain since the Second World War.
Mr. Pettifer is glad. 「When you think about it coming from so far away, it really is something strange.」
1. The meteorite was ______ Mr Pettifer when it fell down.
A. close to B. far from C. hitting D. coming to
2. The meteorite was already ______ years old.
A. 40,000,000,000 B. 40,000,000
C. 400,000,000 D. 4,000,000,000
3. Mr. Pettifer found the tops of the trees coming and going because ______.
A. the trees were afraid
B. the fast falling meteorite kept the tree tops moving
C. it was going to rain
D. the moving was made by wind
4. ______ people see a meteorite fall although they visit the earth often each year.
A. Quite a few B. some C. Few D. Many
5. Mr. Pettifer was ______ to see the falling of the meteorite.
A. happy B. afraid C. sorry D. angry
參考答案
1. 從短文第1句看出隕石落下時幾乎砸著Mr Pettifer，故答案應選A。
2. 由短文第2段中「…，and might be over four thousand million」4000百萬即40億，故答案應是D。
3. Mr Pettifer發現樹梢來回搖擺是因為下落的隕石使它來回動，故答案選B。
4. 由短文第4段「About 3,500 meteorites may fall on earth every year, but only very few are found.」一句可推斷，答案選C。
5. 由短文最後一段第1句「Mr Pettifer is glad 」可以看出，且happy與glad意思相近，故答案應選A。
閱讀理解8
One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn』t sure of that was on September 11.
I usually wake up a 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed (撞擊) into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction (反應) was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing (目擊) an act of terrorism.
My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn』t understand how something this terrible could have happened.
It wasn』t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy (悲劇). People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant(寬容的). Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious(珍貴的), to let myself get worried over small things. I』ve learned also that you can』t take things for granted. Things change in the blink of an eye. People go to work and don』t come back. One moment they』re living and the next minute they』re not. And, it doesn』t matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.
You try to learn from what happened. You can』t be used up by it. You can』t live by it. All you can do is just live.
1. The word 「positive」 in the passage probably means ______.
A. terrible B. bad C. good D. real
2. What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?
A. A fire starting B. A plane flying
C. A terrible accident D. An act of terrorism.
3. From September 11, the writer had realized that___________.
A. people should make the most of every minute they have
B. he has become less tolerant towards others
C. he should get worried about little things
D. life is too short to care about others.
4. What』s the best title of this passage?
A. A Report about September 11
B. The Tragedy of September 11
C. September 11 and My Family
D. September 11 and My Turn.
參考答案
講解：
1. C 見第一行，不管（no matter）事情多糟，總能發現有益的東西。
2. D 見第六行。
3. A 見倒數第三行。So we all need to make the most of every minute we have.
4. D
閱讀理解9
閱讀下列短文，並根據短文內容選出能完成短文題目的最佳答案。
Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said：Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Children』s Hospital are asking for money for children』s toys(玩具). Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys are needed to keep these sick(生病的)children happy and quiet. Money for them can be sent to the hospital.
After Mrs. Weeks read the story，she said，「This story gave me an idea.」
「You want us to bring some money for the toys.」 「We could bring some of our own toys for the children in the hospital.」 said the boys and girls one after another.
「Well，your ideas would be nice，」 Mrs Weeks said，「but mine is different.」
「We could make some toys.」 shouted one of them.
Mrs. Weeks smiled. 「Do you think you could make toys?」 she asked.
「Yes, yes.」 the whole class answered.
「Great! Let』s begin to make toys tomorrow.」 said Mrs. Weeks.
On Saturday afternoon，Mrs. Weeks took children to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the class felt happy，too.
A few days later，Mrs. Weeks read another newspaper story to the class:
Some school pupils brought toys to Children』s Hospital last week. The toys were made by the pupils of Grade Three in Green Street School. The doctor said，「We have never had so many wonderful toys. Our children are very happy with them. They say，『THANK YOU，GRADE THREE.』」
1. What was the first newspaper story mainly(主要)about?
A. Sick children in Children』s Hospital
B. Doctors in Children』s Hospital.
C. Mrs. Weeks and her students.
D. Toys made by the boys and girls.
2. What 「idea」 did Mrs. Weeks have in mind?
A. Ask the class to give some money to the children in the hospital.
B. Ask the class to send some of their own toys to the children in the hospital.
C. Let the class make some toys themselves and give them to the children in the hospital.
D. Tell the class to go to see the children in the hospital.
3. Doctors in Children』s Hospital didn』t have ____ to keep the children happy and quiet.
A. enough time B. enough boys and girls
C. get money to buy toys for D. enough doctors
4. At first，the doctors in Children』s Hospital wanted to ____ the sick children.
A. give some money to B. make some toys for
C. get money to buy toys for D. borrow some toys for
5. What Mrs Weeks really wanted to do is to ____.
A. let everyone know her class
B. save some money for toys
C. make herself famous
D. teach the pupils to do things themselves and be helpful to others
參考答案： 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. D
講解：
1. 根據第1段newspaper story的內容得知，文章主要講的是在兒童醫院生病住院的孩子，故答案為A。
2. 從文中孩子們建議用錢買玩具或帶自己的玩具去醫院，而「Mrs Weeks said，『but mine is different.』」到有人提議「make some toys」時她微笑，可判斷答案為C。
3. 縱觀整個新聞內容可知沒有足夠的玩具供生病的孩子們玩，故答案為C。
4. 由文中說醫生「ask for money for children』s toys」得知玩具不夠，因此本題答案選C。
5. 從文章中可以看出Mrs Weeks的本意就是教學生學會關心愛護別人，故答案D是正確的。
閱讀理解10
Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot a lot of things. So his wife always had to say to him，「Don't forget this.」
One day he went on a long way alone. Before he left home，his wife said，「Now you have all these things. You need them on your way. Take care of your things on the way.」He went to the station. He bought a ticket and got on the train with it.
About an hour later，the conctor b

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方老太太獨自住在鄉下的一個小房子里。

10. 英語閱讀l理解第一句An old couple living on Xinjiang know how important

住在新疆的一對老夫婦知道。。。。多重要。

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