全國(guó)中考英語(yǔ)閱讀沖刺(四)社會(huì)文化篇

SectionIV社會(huì)文化篇

Passage32

Formostpeople,theword“fashion”means“clothes”.Butpeop

lemayaskthequestion,“Whatclothesareinfashion?”Andtheyus

etheadjective（形容詞）“fashionable”inthesameway:"Shewasw

earingafashionablecolor.”

Butofcoursetherearefashionsinmanythings,notonlyinclot

hes.Therearefashionsinholidays,inrestaurants,infilmsandboo

ks.Thereareevenfashionsinschoolsubjects,jobsandinlanguage

s.

Fashionschangeastimegoes.Ifyoulookatpicturesofpeopleo

rthingsfromthepast,youwillseethatfashionshavealwayschange

d.AnEnglishhouseof1750wasdifferentfromhisgrandsonin1860.

Todayfashionschangeveryquickly.Someofthisisnatural（自然

的）.Wehearaboutthingsmuchmorequicklythaninthepast.Newspap

ers,radios,telephonesandtelevisionsendinformationfromonecoun

trytoanotherinafewhours.

Newfashionsmeanthatpeoplewillbuynewthings,soyouseethe

reismoneyinfashion.

1.Fromthispassageweknowthat“fashion“means.

A.clothesB.manythingsC.mostofthepopularthingsD.everyt

hing

2.Whichofthefollowingthingsisfashionabletoday?

A.SurfingontheInternetB.HavingafamilydinneronNewYear'

sDay

C.LearningtosingsongsontheradioD.Doingmorningexercises

atschool.

3.Todayfashionschangeveryquicklybecause.

A.PeoplereadnewspaperseverydayB.radiossendinformationf

romonecountrytoanother

C.newthingsthatpeoplelikeareoftenshownonTV

D.peoplequicklylearnwhatishappeningintheworld

4.uThereismoneyinfashion."means.

A.clothesareexpensiveB.moneycomesfromfashion

C.peoplelikenewthingsD.therearenofashionswithoutmoney

Passage33

FirstFrenchman:Ionceheardsomeoneshout,“Lookout,〃Iputmy

headoutofawindowandabasin（盆）ofwaterfellonme.Itseems

that“Lookout"maymean〃don'tlookout.〃

SecondFrenchman:OnceIwasonashipandheardthecaptain（船

長(zhǎng)）shout,“Allhandsondeck,/zIputmyhandsonthedeckandsomeon

ewalkedonthem.

ThirdFrenchman:IoncevisitedanEnglishfriendearlyinthemo

rningandthemaidwhocametothedoorandsaid,〃He'snotupyet.

Comebackinhalfanhour,，zWhenIwentagainforhim,shesaid,〃He

'snotdownyet.〃

〃Ifhe'snotupandhe,snotdown,whereishe?〃Iasked.

Shesaid,〃He'sstillinbed.WhenIsay'He'snotup'Imea

n'hehasnotyetgotup'.WhenIsay'He'snotdown'Imean'h

ehasnotyetcomedownstairs,'〃

L"Lookout"heremeans””.

A.putyourheadoutofthewindowandlookB.Takecare

C.I'mgoingtopourthewaterD.Helpme

2.“Allhandsondeck〃means"_______”.

A.Allthesailorsgather（集合）ondeckB.Giveyourhandstome

C.PutyourrighthandandlefthandondeckD.Shakeyourhandsw

ithme

3.Whenthemaidsaid,"He'snotupyet."Shemeantthat

A.hehasnotgrownupyetB.hehasnotyetgotup

C.hehasnotwokeupyetD.hehasnotyetcomeupstairs

4.WhenthethirdFrenchmanwentback,theEnglishfriend_

A.waswashinghisfaceB.washavinghisbreakfast

C.wasstillinanupstairsroomD.wasreadinganewspaper

5.Whichdoyouthinkisthebesttitleforthisarticle?

A.ThreeFrenchmenandtheirEnglishFriendsB.TheEnglishLangu

age

C.ThreeFrenchStoriesD.WhataLanguage!

Passage34

Newspapersareveryimportantinourdailylife.Manypeoplebegi

ntheirdaybyreadingthepaper.Inthiswaytheylearnwhatisgoin

gonintheworld.Sometimes,however,theydidn'thavethetimeto

readthenewscarefullyandmustbepleasedwithaquicklookatthe

frontpage.Atothertimestheymaybeinsuchahurrythattheyhave

timeonlytohaveaquicklookattheheadlines（標(biāo)題）.

Therearenewspaperstopleaseeveryreader.Inbigcitiesthere

aremanytypeswithseveraldifferenteditionseveryday.Insometow

nstherearefewernewspapersandperhapsonlyoneeditioneachday.

Insomeplacesthepaperisprintedweekly.

Mostpapershaveseveraleditions,especiallyonSundayswhenthe

editionislargerthanusual.Therearebesidesthefrontpagewith

themostimportantnews,thesportsnews,theamusement（娛樂）page,

abusinesspageandsoon.

1.Peoplereadnewspaperto______.

A.learnaboutthemostimportantnewsB.bepleased

C.getsomeinformationD.learnaboutwhatevertheywant

2.Readingtheheadlines,peoplecanknow.

A.whatthepassagesareaboutB.whatisgoingon

C.aboutthemostimportantnewsD.aboutsports

3.Inbigcitiesnewspapersareusuallyprinted.

A.dailyB.weeklyC.monthlyD.yearly

4.MostpapershaveonSundaysthanusual.

A.moretypesB.morepagesC.lesstypesD.lesspages

5.Ifyouwanttoseeafilm,you'dbetterreadinanews

paper.

A.thebusinesspageB.thefrontpage

C.thesportspageD.theamusementpage

Passage35

ThisdictionarytellsyouaboutEnglishwordsandhowtousethem

inreading,writingandspeakingEnglish.Itnotonlygivesthemean

ingofwords,itcanalsohelpyouwithspelling,wordbuilding,gram

marandpronunciation.

Touseyourdictionarycorrectly,youneedtounderstandhowthe

dictionaryworks.Atthefrontofthebook,youwillfindsomeexerci

sestohelpyoumakethemostuseofyourdictionary.

Ifyoulookuptheword“colour”,youwillfindtwospellingsf

orthisword."Colour”isusedinBritishEnglish,while“color”

isusedinAmericanEnglish.Whensuchathinghappens,thedictionar

yshowsitwiththeword“BrE"forBritishEnglishand“AmE”for

AmericanEnglish.

Thedictionaryalsohelpsyoupronouncewordscorrectly.Ituses

aspecialalphabet（特殊字母表）toshowpronunciation.Ifyouturnto

theinsidebackface,youwillseeallthephoneticletters（音標(biāo)）w

ithsomewordstoshowyouhowtheyarepronounced.Justhavealook

thispagewhenyou'renotsurehowtosayaword.

Themostimportantreasonforusingadictionaryistofindoutt

hemeaningofaword-itsDEFINITION.

Inthisdictionary,thedefinitionshavebeenwrittenusingonly

2000words.Thismeansthatthedefinitionsofeventhemostdifficul

twordsaresimplyexplained（簡(jiǎn)單解釋）andeasytounderstand.

Whenawordhasmorethanonemeaning,readallthemeaningsunti

1youfindtheonethatcorrectlytellstheuseofthewordyouare1

ookingfor.

Mostofthewordsinthisdictionarycanbeusedbypeopleinall

partsoftheworld.

1.Thisdictionarycannothelpyouwith____.

A.singingB.grammarC.spellingD.pronunciation

2.____ofthewordsinthedictionaryhavetwospellings.

A.AllB.OneC.FewD.Some

3.TheAmEspellingoftheChineseword“顏色"inthisdictionary

is.

A.colourB.collarC.colorD.corner

4.Thephoneticalphabethelpsyoueachwordcorrectly.

A.understandB.writeC.sayD.know

5.TheChinesemeaningof“definition”hereis_____.

A.詞性B.詞條C.詞義D.詞庫(kù)

6.Howmanywordsarethereinthisdictionary?.

A.TwothousandB.OnethousandC.OnehundredD.Wedon'tknow

7.Thedictionaryexplains

A.someofthedifficultwordsB.allthewordsinasimpleway

C.alltheeasywordsD.thewordsoftwomeanings

Passage36

TheWinterOlympicsisalsocalledtheWhiteOlympics.Atthisti

me,manycolorfulstampsarepublished（發(fā)行）tomark（標(biāo)志）thegrea

tGames.ThefirststampsmarkingtheopeningcameoutonJanuary25,

1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOlympics.Fromthenon,

publishingstampsduringtheWhiteOlympicsbecamearule（規(guī)定）.

Duringthe4thWinterOlympicGamesagroupofstampswerepublis

hedinGermanyinNovember1936.ThefiveringsofOlympicsweredraw

nonthefrontofthesportswear.Itwasthefirsttimethatthering

sappearedonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics.

Inthe1950's,thestampsofthiskindbecamemorecolorful.Whe

ntheWhiteOlympicscame,thehostcountries（東道主）aswellasthe

non-hostcountriespublishedstampstomarkthoseGames.Chinaalso

publishedfourstampsinFebruary1980,whentheChinesesportsmenbe

gantotakepartintheWhiteOlympics.

JapanistheonlyAsiancountrythathaseverheldtheWhiteOlym

pics.Altogether14,500millionstampsweresoldtocollectmoneyfo

rthissportsmeeting.

Differentkindsofsportsweredrawnonthesesmallstamps.Peopl

ecanenjoythebeautyofthewonderfulmovementsofsomesportsmen.

1.TheWhiteOlympicsandtheWinterOlympics______.

A.arethesamethingB.aredifferentgames

C.arenotheldinwinterD.areheldinsummer

2.Theworldmadeitaruletopublishstampstomarkthegreatwo

ridGames______.

A.aftertheyear1936B.afterthe3rdWinterOlympics

C.beforethe3rdWhiteOlympicsD.beforetheyear1932

3.TheWinterOlympicsisheldonce.

A.everytwoyearsB.everythreeyearsC.everyfouryearsD.

everyfiveyears

4.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.OnlythehostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

B.Onlythenon-hostcountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGa

mes.

C.AllthecountriescanpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

D.Japancan'tpublishstampstomarkthoseGames.

5.WhatmayappearonthestampsoftheWhiteOlympics?

A.Basketball.B.Tabletennis.C.Football.D.Skating.

Passage37

In1998,WorldCupFootballMatchheldinFrancetookupanewru

le.Insteadoftheusualblackandwhiteball,acolorfulballwasus

edinthegame.Thenewballwasmadeupof32piecesofthreecolors:

red,blueandwhite.Interestinglyenough,theFrenchnationalflag

happenedtobeinthreecolors,too.Besides,32teamstookpartint

hecomingWorldCup.Butearlyfootballwasmadeupofeightpieceso

fleather.Astimewentby,morepiecesofleatherwereused,from12

piecesto18to26andthento32now.

Aboutthreemillionsuchnewfootballsweremade.Andthensomep

layerswereplayingthenewballintheirtraining.Themakershavew

arnedthegoalkeeperthatthenewballfliesinadirectlineatafa

stspeed.

Aftertryingtheballforsometime,afootballersaidthattheb

allwasquitedifferentfromthetraditional（傳統(tǒng)的）blackandwhite

one,andthatthegoalkeeperwouldfindithardertocatchthem.Ano

therfootballersaidthattherewouldbemoregoals."Fortheplayer

ontheground,thenewballiseasiertocontrolasitflies.Agood

playercanshootinmoregoals,“hesaid.

1.Whatwasthenewruleinthe1998WorldCupFootballMatch?

A.Thenewballmadeupof32piecesofthreecolorswasused.

B.Theflagsoftheteamswereinthreecolors.C.Only32teamst

ookpartinthegame.

D.Thewhiteandblackfootballwasusedinstead.

2.WhatisthecoloroftheFrenchnationalflag?

A.Blackandwhite.B.Redandblack.C.Blue,redandwhiteD.

Black,whiteandred.

3.Whichofthefollowingsentencesisnottrue?

A.Earlyfootballsweremadeupofeightpiecesofleatherintwo

colors.

B.Eighteenpiecesofleatherwereonceusedtomakeafootball.

C.Footballersoftenusedtheblackandwhiteballsinthepast.

D.Thefootballmadeupoftwelvepiecesofleatherwasjustused

bytwelveteams.

4.Itisnoteasyforthegoalkeeperstocatchthenewfootballs,

because______.

A.theyarenotasbigastheoldonesB.theyflyatafastsp

eed

C.theyaremadeupofmorepiecesofleatherthantheoldones

D.thegoalkeepershaven?ttriedthenewfootball

5.WhatJsthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.FootballofNewKindB.98WorldCupFootballMatch

C.GoalkeepersandPlayersD.Three-colorFlagofFrance

Passage38

Mostpeoplehaveflownkitesorhaveseenoneorrideanddipin

astrongspringwind.Notsomanypeopleknowthatkiteswerefirstm

adeinChinathousandsofyearsago.Theancient（古代的）Chinesewer

emakingandflyingkitesevenbeforetheywerewriting.

Alongtimeago,theChinesemadekitestouseinwars.Theywoul

dflythesewarkitesinthedark.Thekiteswerefixedsothatthey

madestrangesounds.Menwhowereatwarwiththemwouldheartheses

oundsandrunaway.Thethoughtthosesoundsweremadebygodsinthe

sky.

TheancientChinesealsoflewkitestobringgoodluckandtomak

etheircropsgrowrichandtall.Sometimestheytiedlongstrings

（繩子）andhooks（李勾）totheirkites.Thentheywouldflythekiteso

verwater,lettingthehookshangdowntocatchfish.

TheChineseusesticks,stringsandpaperfortheirkites.Someo

fthesekiteslooklikeanimalsortrees.Otherslooklikebirdsorh

ouses.

1.Themainideaofthefirstparagraphisthat.

A.kiteswerefirstmadeinChinaB.mostofushaveflownorse

enone

C.theancientChineseweremakingkitesbeforetheywerewriting

D.theancientChineseweregoodatmakingkites

2.InancientChinakitescouldbeusedfor______.

A.catchingfishB.helpingpeopleflyC.wateringthecropsD.h

elpingpeoplewalkinthedark

3.TheancientChineseusedkitesinwarsbecausethekites

A.couldbringgoodluckB.lookedlikeanimalsC.couldhelpth

emwinawarD.couldflyhigh

4.TheChineseusuallyusefortheirkites.

A.sticks,stringsandgrassB.strings,hairandwood

C.paper,stringsandsticksD.paper,ropesandhooks

5.Whatisthebesttitleofthispassage?

A.LuckyKitesB.StrangeKitesC.BeautifulKitesD.Chinese

Kites

Passage39

Shanghai:Carrentals（出租）arebecomingmoreandmorepopulara

saninexpensivewayoftakingtoroads.Businesspeople,foreignand

familiesalikearemakinggooduseofthegrowingindustry（工業(yè)）.

ThefirstcarrentalcompanyopenedinShanghaiin1992andnow1

2carrentalplayersareinthegame,withmorethan11,500carsint

heirbooks.

Thelargestplayer-ShanghaiBasherTourismCarRentalCenteroffe

rsawidevarietyofchoices-deluxesedans,minivans,stationwagons,

coaches.Santanasedansarethebigfavorite.

Companiescanattract（吸弓I）enoughcustomers（消費(fèi)者）for70per

centoftheircarseverymonth.Thisfigure（數(shù)字）shootsupduringh

olidayseasonslikeNationalDay,LaborDayandNewYear,sDay,with

somerecording100%rental.

Themainmarketforcerestsinthegrowingpopulationofwhite-co

liaremployees（白領(lǐng)雇員），whocanaffordthenewservice,saidZhuan

gYu,marketingmanagerofShanghaiAngelCarRentalCo.

1.Thewordsadeluxesedans,““minivans“andastationwagons”

usedinthetextreferto（指）_____.

A.carsinthemakingB.carrentalfirmsC.carsforrentD.car

makers

2.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothetex

t?

A.70%ofthecarscanberentedoutonholiday.

B.70%ofthecustomersarewhite-collaremployees.

C.Morefirmsareopenforserviceduringholidayseasons.

D.Somefirmsrentoutalltheircarsduringholidayseasons.

3.ShanghaiJscarrentalindustryisgrowingsofastmainlydue

to.

A.bettercarssuppliedbyproducersB.fastserviceoffered

bycarrentalfirms

C.theincreasingnumberofwhite-collaremployees

D.people,sgrowinginterestintravelingduringholidays

Passage40

ThecostofmedicalcareintheUnitedStatesisveryhigh.More

timeandmoneythatdoctorsspendontheirmedicaleducationisproba

blyonereasonforthisproblem.

Avisittoadoctor?sofficecostsfrom15to50dollars.Itis

almostimpossibleforpeopletopayforthemedicalcaretheyneed.M

anypeopleintheUnitedStatesthinkthatdoctorsareoverpaid.Most

doctors,however,disagree.Theysaythattheywererequired（要求）

tostudymedicineforalongtime.Tuitionformanyyearsofmedical

educationcostsalotofmoney.Doctorssaythatitisnecessaryfor

mostmedicalstudentstoborrowmoneyfrombanktopaytheirtuition.

Becausetheirmoneymustberepaidtothebank,youngdoctorsneedt

oreceivealotofmoneyfortheirwork.So,theycharge（收費(fèi)）peopl

ehighpricesformedicalcare.

Therefore,itispossiblethatthehighcostofmedicalcareinA

mericaisunnecessary,becausehightuitionisonecauseofhighcost

s.Onewaytolowercostswouldbetohavemedicalschoolsthataref

reeorhavelowtuition.

1.Theword“tuition”inthepassageprobablyrefersto___.

A.teachingthestudentsB.studyingthecoursesC.paymentfor

educationD.livingatschool

2.Thereasonforthehighmedicalcosttoldinthepassageistha

A.tuitioninmedicalschoolsishighB.thepriceofmedicineis

high

C.doctorsareoverpaidD.doctorsmustpaymoneytothebanks

3.Onewaytolowerthecostofmedicalcarewouldbe.

A.nottoseeadoctorB.topaydoctorslessmoney

C.toletmedicalstudentshavefreeorpartlyfreemedicaleduca

tion

D.toforbiddoctorstoasktheirpatientsfortoomuchmoney

4.Themainideaofthearticleisthat___.

A.avisittoadoctor?sofficemaycostasmuchas$15to$50i

ntheUnitedStates

B.thecostofmedicalcareisthemainreasonforthehighcosts

intheUnitedStates

C.medicalcareintheUnitedStatescostsalotofmoneybecause

doctorswanttoberich

D.thehighcostoftuitioninmedicalschoolsisonereasonfor

thehighcostofmedicalcareinAmerica

5.ThecostofmedicalcareintheUnitedStatesisveryhigh.Wha

tdoesthewriterthinkaboutit?

A.Heagreesthatdoctorsareoverpaid.

B.Hethinksitabigproblemandsuggestsawaytosettleit.

C.Hedoesn，tthinkthemedicalstudentsshouldborrowmoneyfrom

banks.

D.Hedoesn*tthinkitnecessaryforthemedicalstudentstostud

yforalongtime.

Passage41

Youwillhavealotofreadingtodointhisgradethisyear.You

candomoreofitinlesstimeifyoulearntoreadrapidly.

Perhapsyouhavebeentoldaboutsomehabits（習(xí)慣）whichkeepa

personfromreadingfastandhavebeenstronglyaskedtobreakthose

habitswhichyoumighthave.

Doyoustillhaveanyofthesebadhabits?Checkyourselfbyansw

ering"yes'or"no”tothesequestions.

（1）Doyoumoveyourlips（嘴唇）whenreadingsilently?

（2）Doyoupointtowordswithyourfingerasyouread?

（3）Doyoumoveyourheadfromsidetosideasyouread?

（4）Doyoureadonewordatatime?

Ifyouanswer“yes"toanyofthesequestions,startatonceto

breakthehabit.Ifyoumoveyourlips,holdyourfingersoverthem,

orholdapieceofpaperbetweenyourlipswhileyouarereading.The

nifyourlipsmove,yourwillknowitandcanstopthem.

Ifyoupointtowords,holdthetwosidesofyourbook,oneside

withyourlefthand,theothersidewithyourrighthand.Thenyouwo

n'thaveafreefingertouseinpointingwhilereading.Ifyoumove

yourhead,placeyourchin（下巴）inonehandandholdyourheadstil

1（靜止不動(dòng)的）.

Ifyoureadnomorethanoneortwothreewordsatatime,youne

edtoworkveryhardinlearningtotakein（吸收）morewordsateach

glance（一瞥）asyoureyestravelacrossthelinesofwords.

Evenifyoudoratherfastnow,youcanlearntoreadevenfaster.

Asyouprobablyhavebeentold,theseoffastreadingistotakein

wholegroupsofwordsateachglance.Readinthoughtgroupsandfor

ce（迫使）youreyesalongthelinesofwordsatfastasyoucanmake

themgo.Anyonewhopracticesdoingthesethingswillbeabletoread

faster.

1.Youmayholdyourfingersoveryourlipswhilereadingsoas

A.totellotherstobesilentB.tofeelwhetheryourlipsmove

ornot

C.toholdapieceofpaperbetweenthemD.tokeepyourselffrom

talkingtoothers

2.Whenyouread,.

A.don,tkeepyourheadstillB.don'tholdyourbookswithyou

rhands

C.don'tstandupnearadeskD.don'tuseyourfingertopoint

towords

3.Ifyoulearntoreadfast,______

A.youcanreadmoreinlesstimeB.youcanwritefaster

C.youcanunderstandbetterD.youcanreadlessinmoretime

4.Youmustthosehabitsthatwearetalkingaboutinthisr

eading.

A.rememberB.haveC.getridof（改掉）D.keep

5.Thisreadingmainlyabout______.

A.thewayofreadingfastB.theimportanceoffastreading

C.thebadhabitsinreadingD.howtospeakquickly

SectionIV社會(huì)文化篇答案與解析

Passage32【答案與解析】本文從“時(shí)尚”這個(gè)字眼談起，說到和“時(shí)尚”有關(guān)的社

會(huì)生活方方面的事情。時(shí)尚隨著時(shí)代的改變而變化。尤其是在現(xiàn)代，時(shí)尚變化之迅速令人慨

嘆。短文最后說，新的時(shí)尚出現(xiàn)意味人們要購(gòu)買一些新潮的東西。因些，時(shí)尚總是與金錢相

伴而生的。

l.Co由首段的幾句話可以推測(cè)出fashion有“時(shí)尚”、“流行”之意。故答案以C為

最佳。

2.Ao根據(jù)前面幾段所述，可知時(shí)尚即是新近的。選項(xiàng)A意為“網(wǎng)上沖浪”，與其它幾

個(gè)選項(xiàng)相比，顯然要時(shí)髦得多。故為正確答案。

3.Do答案源自“Wehearaboutthingsmuchmorequicklythaninthepast.New

spapers,radios,telephonesandtelevisionsendinformationfromonecountryto

anotherinafewhours.”一句中。

4.Do文后的這句"Newfashionsmeanthatpeoplewillbuynewthings,soyou

seethereismoneyinfashion.是本題的重要依據(jù)。

Passage33

【答案與解析】習(xí)語(yǔ)是最讓英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者感到頭疼的東西。本文講述了三個(gè)法國(guó)人曲解英

語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)的經(jīng)歷，讀后讓人忍俊不禁。第一個(gè)法國(guó)人誤將?"Lookout!”理解為“向外看”（實(shí)

際意義是“當(dāng)心！”）；第二個(gè)法國(guó)人將"Allhandsondeck"誤認(rèn)為是"把手放到甲板上”

的意思（實(shí)際上該短語(yǔ)的意思是“所有海員到甲板上集合”）；第三名法國(guó)人對(duì)那位女仆話語(yǔ)

中的"up"和"down”弄得昏了頭，以致于鬧了個(gè)"Ifhe'snotupandhe'snotdow

n,whereishe?”的笑話。

1.B.由英語(yǔ)知識(shí)或根據(jù)“Iputmyheadoutofawindowandabasinofwaterfe

11onme.Itseemsthat'Lookout'maymean'don'tlookout.'"可知。

2?A.根據(jù)整體意思及“…andsomeonewalkedonthem.”可知這是集合的口令。

3.B.文中“WhenIsay'He'snotup',Imean'hehasnotyetgotup'.”

一句已經(jīng)說得很明白。

4.C."…Imean（hehasnotyetcomedownstairs,J”這句話是解題的關(guān)鍵。

5.D.整篇文章講了三個(gè)由于對(duì)英語(yǔ)不很精通而誤解以致于鬧了笑話的故事。行文間流露

出作者對(duì)英語(yǔ)這門語(yǔ)言的“不可望文生義”發(fā)出了感嘆。選D既合題意又具有極強(qiáng)的幽默味

道。

Passage34

【答案與解析】在日常生活中，報(bào)紙起著十分重要的作用。通過翻閱報(bào)紙，人們可以了

解天下大事。由于城市、小鎮(zhèn)、農(nóng)村之間存在著差別，每個(gè)地方出版發(fā)行的報(bào)紙是不相同的。

報(bào)紙大多都有好幾個(gè)版面，尤其是周末版，里面的內(nèi)容包羅萬(wàn)象，可以滿足不同層次人們的

需要。

1.1）。本題看似簡(jiǎn)單，實(shí)則復(fù)雜，須閱讀完全文后方能解答得出。前三個(gè)選項(xiàng)都有斷章

取義之嫌。

2.A。讀了標(biāo)題可基本了解該短文的大概內(nèi)容。A為最恰當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢浮?/p>

3.Ao答案即在“Inbigcitiestherearemanytypeswithseveraldifferented

itionseveryday.“中。

4.B。根據(jù)“especiallyonSundayswhentheeditionislargerthanusual.”這

一句話可推測(cè)出B為正確答案。要注意onSundays這個(gè)短語(yǔ)，否則可能會(huì)誤選A。

5.Do由短文最后的"Therearebesidesthefrontpagewiththemostimportant

news,thesportsnews,theamusementpage,abusinesspageandsoon."這句話，

可知電影屬于娛樂這一范疇。

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【答案與解析】這篇短文可能是一本英文詞典的“序言”，介紹了這本詞典的用途和使

用方法。另外,該文中還著重提到了AmericanEnglish和BritishEnglish在拼寫上存在

的差異。

I.A.通過短文第一段的第一個(gè)句子，幾乎不費(fèi)力氣就能選出正確答案。

2.D.此題需要仔細(xì)推敲第二段文字，通過理解段意（如果熟悉英文詞典或懂得一些英文

詞典的使用常識(shí)則可以直接進(jìn)行選擇）和推敲四個(gè)選項(xiàng)的詞語(yǔ)意思而確定。All和One都屬

于“走極端”的選項(xiàng)，不能入選;Few本義是“幾乎沒有”，不符合文意，只有D項(xiàng)正確。

3.C.答案在第三段。文中"while'color'isusedinAmericanEnglish."已給出

明確答案。

4.C.通過文中“Weuseaspecialalphabet（特殊字母表）toshowpronunciation.w

一句判斷。關(guān)鍵詞是“pronunciation（發(fā)音）”，清楚這個(gè)詞的意思，我們無(wú)疑會(huì)選擇C。

5.C.應(yīng)重點(diǎn)參考5?—6段。實(shí)際上，第五段中已有“tofindoutthemeaningofaw

ord-itsDEFINITION."。"meaningofaword”中沒有生詞,那么，選擇對(duì)應(yīng)的漢語(yǔ)“詞

義”豈不易如反掌！

6.D.要讀完全文后，才能確認(rèn)。因?yàn)槲闹刑岬降臄?shù)字只有一個(gè)“2000”，但它決不是詞

典的收詞數(shù)，而是用來(lái)“簡(jiǎn)單解釋”詞義的用詞數(shù)。文中并沒有提及詞典的“收詞量”，因

此，答案應(yīng)該是D。

7.B.答案就在"Thismeansthatthedefinitionsofeventhemostdifficultwo

rdsaresimplyexplained（簡(jiǎn)單解釋）andeasytounderstand."一句中。選B最為恰當(dāng)。

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【答案與解析】1932年第三屆冬季奧動(dòng)會(huì)在美國(guó)舉辦時(shí)，第一枚紀(jì)念冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)開幕

的郵票誕生了。從此，每當(dāng)舉辦冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)時(shí)，為其發(fā)行郵票成了一個(gè)不成文的規(guī)定。193

6年第四屆冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)在德國(guó)舉辦時(shí)，五環(huán)標(biāo)志首次在冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)的郵票出現(xiàn)。在十九世紀(jì)

五十年代，為冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)發(fā)行的郵票更加豐富多彩了。中國(guó)也為紀(jì)念首次參加冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)發(fā)

行了郵票。值得一提的是，日本是唯一的一個(gè)曾舉辦過冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)的亞洲國(guó)家。為了給運(yùn)動(dòng)

會(huì)集資，當(dāng)時(shí)發(fā)行了一千多億張郵票。

LA。本題屬表層理解題。答案即是短文第一句話。

2.Bo答案源自"ThefirststampsmarkingtheopeningcameoutonJanuary25,

1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOlympics.n一句中。

3.Co根據(jù)"…onJanuary25,1932intheUnitedStatesforthe3rdWhiteOly

mpics.這句話可知第三屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)是1932年舉行的，再由"Duri