题文
阅读理解。 Usually,when your teacher asks a question,there is only one correct answer. But there is one questionthat has
millions of correct answers. That question is "What's your name?" Everyone gives a different answer, but
everyone is
correct.
Have you ever wondered about people's names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?
People's first names,or given names,are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy
could be named George Washington Smith;a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.
Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means "bright" ; Beatrice means
"one who
gives happiness" ;Donald means "world ruler" ;Leonard means " as brave as a lion".
The earliest last names,or sumames,were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or
Brooks probably lived near a brook (小溪) ;someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a
long,paved road. The Greenwood
family lived in or near a leafy forest.
Other early sumames came from people's occupations. The most common occupational name is
Smith,which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past,smiths were very
important workers in every town andvillage. Some other occupational names are: Carter-a person who
owned or drove a cart;Potter-a person who made
pots and pans. The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native
village. The Carpenter's great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.
Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin,or their size,or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village,the John with the gray hair
probably became John Gray. Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish
was probably an excellent swimmer and John Light-foot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.
Some family names were made by adding something to the father's name. English-speaking people
added-s or -son.
The Johnsons are descendants of John;the Roberts family's ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish
people added Mac or Mc or 0. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O'Donnells
are descendants of the same Donnell.1. Which of the following aspects do the sumames in the passage NOT cover? A. Places where people lived.
B. People's characters.
C. Talents that people possessed.
D. People's occupations.2. According to the passage,the ancestors of the Potter family n.ost probably ____.A. owned or drove a cart
B. made things with metals
C. made kitchen tools or contains
D. built houses and fumiture3. Suppose an English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-bom
son 'o become a world leader,the baby might be named ______ A. Beatrice Smith
B. Leonard Carter
C. George Longstreet
D. Donald Greenwood4. The underlined word "descendants" in the last paragraph means a person's _____A. later generations
B. friends and relatives
C. colleagues and partners
D. later sponsors 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。 Usua.....”主要考查你对 [历史文化类阅读 ]考点的理解。历史文化类阅读
什么是历史文化类阅读：
本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。
历史文化类阅读技巧：
【题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。
【答题方法】在做这类阅读理解题时，我们应注意以下几个方面：
1、采用先题后文：先读题目，再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点，如果带着问题读文章，有利于我们抓细节。
2、先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后，自然会加深我们对文章的理解，这样更有利于做主旨大意题。
3、重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类：一类是Main idea型；一类是Topic或Title型。
在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点：
a．读首句抓大意。
文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁，而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心，即主题句在文章开头。因此，要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。
b．读尾句抓大意。
有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾，作为对全篇的总结。
c．读首段抓大意。
有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同，而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。
d．从段落中抓大意。
有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中，这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题，在主题句出现后，再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。
e．归纳要点抓大意。
有些文章或段落无明显的主题句，只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。
