题文
阅读理解。 A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in thecountryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the
centre of the city, got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colours.
It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided
to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took
the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when
she got the painter's bill (帐单). At the bottom of it were these words:"Four hours watching Miss Hall sing
and dance: 3 pounds," with this note:"After 5 p.m. I get 15 shillings (先令) an hour instead of 10 shillings." 1. The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because _____. [ ]A. she liked to live in the busiest place.
B. she didn't like to live in the country.
C. her home was far away from where she worked.
D. she didn't want to go back to her hometown any longer. 2. In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress _____. [ ]A. gave him two tickets for her show
B. sang and danced for him for hours
C. paid him 3 pounds
D. decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour 3. The actress got the painter's bill _____. [ ]A. to ask for the money of his painting work.
B. to ask to pay for his watching her show
C. in which he showed his thanks for the tickets
D. in which he expressed his dissatisfaction 4. It can be learned from the text that one pound is _____ shillings. A. 10
B. 12
C. 20
D. 15 5. What kind of man was the painter? [ ]A. He was a careful man.
B. He was a poor man.
C. He was not friendly to others.
D. He knew little about music and dances. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解。 A be.....”主要考查你对 [故事类阅读 ]考点的理解。故事类阅读
故事类阅读概念：
这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
故事类阅读应试技巧：
1、抓住文章的6个要素：
阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此，无论是顺叙还是倒叙，阅读此类文章时，必须要找到它结构中的5个W（when, where, who, why, what）和1个H（how），不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问，寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。
2、注意作者的议论和抒情：
高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达，因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换，也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题，讲完一件事情后，作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线，它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图，属于必考点，所以要仔细体会。
3、结合前两点归纳文章中心，把握作者态度：
故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的，它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时，尤其要分析文章的结尾，因为很多文章卒章显志，用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心；文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关；也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外，叙述一件事必有其目的，或阐明某一观点，或赞美某种品德，或抨击某种陋习，这就要求我们在阅读时，通过对细节（第1点中的六要素）的理解，把握作者的态度。
4、有章有据进行解题判断：
分析文章，归纳主题，属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章，架空分析，一定让分析在文章中有依据。
