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阅读理解。 How would you like an easy way to earn $2,500? All you have to do is to sit around and wait for yourmeals. There's a catch, however. You have to stay in a chicken cage with a stranger for a whole week.
There are no books or television or radio for amusement. You can't leave until the week is up. And a camera
will be recording your every move.
Two people actually took the job. The idea came from Rob Thompson, a video artist. He wanted to make
a film about the way animals are treated. His goal was to raise people's awareness of the living conditions of
animals that are raised for food. He decided to pay $5,000 out of his own savings to two people who were
willing to live like chickens for a week.
To Rob's surprise, quite a few people answered his advertisement. He had interviews and selected Eric,
a 24-year-old restaurant worker, and Pam, a 27-year-old chemist. The plan was for them to spend seven days
together in a chicken cage that was six feet long and three feet wide. A camera would record their experience,
which would take place in an art museum.
The week was long and difficult. They slept on a hard wooden floor. They couldn't stand up without
banging their heads. They ate vegetables and drink water from a garden hose-pipe (橡胶软管). Their only
privacy was a toilet surrounded by a curtain. There were no sinks, mirrors, or toothbrushes in the cage. Their
only inspiration was the two framed checks that hung on the wall outside the cage. Visitors who came here
were warned, "Do not feed the humans."
Finally it was over, and Pam and Eric came out of the cage. They had survived the week, and they each
had a $2,500 check in their hands. When Rob Thompson opened the cage, Eric came out, changed into clean
clothes, and ate a chocolate bar right away. "It's great for me to be able to stand up." he said. Pam just
changed her clothes and left. After a week of visitors and reporters watching her, she didn't want to talk to
anyone. 1. What kind of person is Rob Thompson? [ ]A. He is curious about people's personal life
B. He is kind-hearted to animals
C. He dislike people around
D. He likes to help poor people 2. The underlined word "catch" (in Paragraph 1) probably means ______. [ ]A. unsolved problem
B. surprising wonder
C. unbelievable condition
D. hidden difficulty 3. What made it the most difficult for the two to stay in the cage? [ ]A. That they had nothing for amusement.
B. That they couldn't lie down to sleep in the cage.
C. That they had to do almost everything under others' very eyes.
D. That they didn't have meat to eat. 4. What would be the best title for this passage?[ ]A. An Easy Way to Earn $2,500
B. Do Not Feed Humans
C. Living Like a Chicken
D. Getting Along Well Anyway 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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考点
据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解。 How .....”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。
