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. 细节定位

when， where， who， why， how. 常见的问题有：

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.逻辑推理

常见的问题为：

From the passage， it can be inferred that…

This passage has probably been taken from…

这类问题一般有三个特点：1.不违背推理原则； 2. 推断条件充分； 3. 理解题的答案不明显。 如果问题中有了imply， suggest， infer等表示暗示意义的词时，解题时切不可把原文中已明确陈述的事实作为答案。另外要特别注意文中出现的修饰语。

有些阅读考查学生的推理能力。这类的问题一般不能从文章中直接找出答案，应该找到相关信息在文章中的位置，联系上下文进行推理。如一篇文章中有这样的一句话：

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

3.逻辑推理

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

后面有一个问题：

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

在阅读考试中，考生的常识和知识面与阅读能力同样重要，考生平时应该进行广泛阅读。如在一篇谈到地球上时区划分的文章中有这样的一个问题：

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

阅读理解的方法：

先不读文章、先去看问题，看一个问题、找相关的文章在什么地方。

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，忽视

dangerous 危险的

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 有兴趣的

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 阿尔卑斯山

mental 脑力的

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：先看问题

第二步：找关键词

第三步：先读懂问题，再读懂关键词所在的句子

第四步：选项中的词和文章中的词有相近的关系

who climb mountains （这是一个定语从句，在这里修饰 those）

每一段的第一句话是这段的主题句（topic sentence）

linked by a rope on which（定语从句，介词放在前面）

teamwork 团对合作

that are stronger and more powerful than man（定语从句，修饰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 （鸟嘴）。 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 （类人猿） 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 科学家

What made scientists think 什么使得科学家认为什么 a number of +可数名词复数

reward 报酬，奖励

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在此相当于问题里面的trick（把戏，戏法）

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 荣誉

conduct n 行为，品行

v 领导，指导

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 危险的

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 鹅

make a noise 发出声音

watch out： 戒备、提防（可能发生的麻烦）

eg. Watch out！ Theres a car coming. 小心！汽车来了。

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.

已经要求职员留意伪钞。

which looks different from others（定语从句，修饰前面的ball）

turn on 开

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 （在此处）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 平稳的

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 举例，例如

airliner 客机

take off 起飞

lift out 从……上面抬起来

push down 推下去，陷进去

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 （爆发） 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 （外壳） 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

首段首句非常关键

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 （南极洲） 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，积累

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 （宇航员） 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

一般情况下，文章第一句话（主题句）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 存储

答案：C

本文重点掌握第4题和第5题。

第4题主要在没有关键词的情况下，进行常识判断并选择。

第5题运用关键词定位原文，并排除错误选项，再对余下的选项对照原文进行二次分析，最终确定选项。

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 （蒸发） 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 引导的是同位语从句。

常见的同位语从句的引导词：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 无盖的

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 虚拟语气

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

做阅读理解时，要抓紧时间，对于简单的题目（如：常识题）不要花太多时间，对于较难的题目要对照原文多加分析。

下次课的主要内容是Passage 8和Passage 9，预习并找出两篇文章的关键句。

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 （铆钉） 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

选项中一般有地点、人物和时间的题都比较容易。

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 为人所知 过去式bore 过去分词borne.

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel 人物名

masterpiece 著作、代表作

答案：C

一般选项D不是正确选项。A、B、C至少有一个是正确选项。

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 工程奇迹

slant=slope 斜坡

sideways 一旁的， 向侧面的

答案：B

4. The article describes the tower as being ______.

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

describe 描述

lacy 花边状的

solid 坚固的

needlelike 象针一般的

spidery 蜘蛛状的

答案：A

984-foot adj作定语修饰tower当有“-”联字符时，则foot用单数形式。

例如：a 3000-word composition 一篇3000字的文章

network 网状物

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

A. lifts B. escalators

C. steel ladders D. spiral stairways

platform 平台

escalator 电动扶梯

ladder 梯子

spiral stairways 螺旋梯

答案：A

thousands of 成千上万的

inward 向里面地

slope 倾斜

rise vi 升起

landmark （航海）陆标， 地界标， 里程碑， 划时代的事

even 常用于比较级前，起修饰作用。

constructed for radio and television 过去分词短语作定语修饰主语station.

对于文章中的长难句，要进行语法和句法分析。

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 动词不定式被动式作定语。

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 此题根据原句用排除法比较容易。

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 栏杆

set sth. up： 摆放或竖起某物。

main run 主要的滑雪道

ski jump 跳高滑雪

badminton 羽毛球

wrestle 摔交

polo 马球

baseball 棒球

soccer 足球（美）

take part in 参加

答案：A

set sth. up： 摆放或竖起某物。

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

警方在通往城外的路上设置了路障。

答题技巧之一：当定位关键句时出现长难句时，可先对问题的选项进行分析，用排除法缩小选择范围，最后再根据原文意思进行判断、选择。

下次课内容：运用所学答题技巧预习 Passage 10 和 Passage 11.

Passage 10

The keyboard （键盘） 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

解题关键是找文章的主旨句

一般开头第一句话是就是全文的主题句

typewriter 打字机

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

一般情况出现有关键词的关键句，则从下文中找

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

考试时明确找准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

一般在关键词出现的前后两三句找答案

keep from=prevent

vowel 元音

做题根据文章中出现的为准

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这样的选项要特别注意

非限制性定语从句

jam sth. （up） （使某物）因被卡住而不能动弹或发生故障

eg. The key turned halfway and then jammed.

钥匙转了一半就卡住了。

Theres something jamming （up） the lock.

有什么东西把锁卡住了。

holding the letters 现在分词做定语

catch （sth.）in/on sth. 使（某物）固着、卡住、缠住、绊住或挂住某物

eg. Her dress caught on a nail. 她的衣服让钉子给钩住了。

He caught his foot on a tree root and stumbled.

他一只脚被树根绊住而跌倒了。

如果题目答案中有Both，All of above这样的选项要特别注意

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

借助关键词找答案，在关键词出现的句子中或上下附近的句子中找

pulled by horses 过去分词短语做定语

2. Which of the following do the Amish use？

A. Electric light. B. New medicine.

C. Modern machinery. D. Oil.

先找关键词第一次出现的句子及上下句，看有没有包含答案的信息，如果没有

再找关键词第二次出现的句子

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

做题紧扣原文来排除，尽量不要做发散思维

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、通读答案进行推测 2、通读每段的首句和末句，找包含答案的信息

答案：C

做题方法：先看选项，再读每段的首尾句，如类似则把该段细读

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，再读每段首末句，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（责任），”he says. “It builds discipline（纪律性）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.

先通读选项，再读每段首尾句，如包含选项信息则细看

used to do 过去常常做某事

答案：D

做这类问题先读选项，译成汉语，读每段首尾句找包含选项信息

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

细节定位题

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

如果关键词不明确，就读每一段首句，找到于问题接近的段落细读

sign up for sth. 参加俱乐部（课程等）

eg. sign up for a secretarial course 注册参加秘书课程

两种解决阅读理解问题的方法：

1、问下面哪个答案正确或错误的方法：先读选项，再读每段的首尾句， 如包含选项中的词则细读；

2、关键词不明确的题目的方法：先把问题读清楚，再读每段的首尾句， 如有意思相近的词则细读；

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（年历）”。 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.”

文章题材：人物传记

特点：多次出现人物的姓名、地点、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 发财

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

选项包含Both要特别注意

答案：D

大部分阅读理解是细节方面的问题，要注意细节定位，先看问题中的关键

词，再按顺序找句中关键词首先出现的地方

下次课内容：passage 14 passage 15 passage 16

先看问题，画出相对应的关键句子，作出答案，检验自己的做题能力

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 定语从句引导词

that 也是定语从句引导词

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 定语从句引导词

答案：A

本题的ended是关键词，要留心。

4. The United States now consists of ______.

A. thirteen states

B. fifty states

C. thirty-seven states

D. fifty-two states

常识题

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 足够的

the number of 谓语要用单数形式。

答案：D

1. 文章的主题句一般就是第一段的第一句话。

2. 遇见提问时间的题要谨慎，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 巨大而刺耳的声音

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 引导定语从句

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 尽某人最大努力

fail in 失败

suffer in 遭受……

succeed in 在……成功

答案：D

sail through 顺利通过（考试、测验等）

eg. She sailed through her finals.她顺利通过期末考试。

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 奖励

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 笔试

答案：D

注意：本文的体裁――记叙文，文章的主题句一般比较隐蔽。

who has since made such a difference in his life.中的who引导定语从句，修饰the police officer.

that 引导定语从句修饰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.

文章体裁――人物传记

遇到此类题型先看四个选项，然后回到原文去找正确答案。

see to it that： 一定注意到┄┄；务必┄┄。

eg. See to it that youre ready on time！ 到时候你千万要准备好！

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 天文学

carry on 开展、进行

work out 计算、算出

which 引导非限制性定语从句。

答案：C

根据关键词定位相应的地方，如得不出答案，则往文章下面继续找，再进行分析、判断并得出正确的答案。

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 引导定语从句。

link to religious beliefs 同……宗教信仰联系在一起。

the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies 天体运行论

预习 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 pri