题文
It’s hard not to feel cheated and over-charged when you receive unexpected roaming (漫游) charges while traveling abroad—whether they come from making phone calls or checking e-mails.Jeff Gardner received an $ 11,000 bill from Verizon after spending four days in Jamaica. Before the trip, Mr. Gardner, who runs a fly-fishing business in Grayling, Michigan, said he called Verizon to find out what it would cost to use his cellphone for calls and his wireless card to check e-mails while in Jamaica. He said he was told that calls would be about $ 2 a minute and that there would be no extra charges for data as he was on an unlimited plan. The latter part turned out to be wrong.
“I don’t mind paying a fair amount for fair service, but $11,000 for four days is ridiculous,” said Mr. Gardner, who used his phone carefully and economically on the trip. He also tried to check and send e-mails using his wireless card, but quickly gave up after the e-mails didn’t go through. Still, his Verizon bill said more than 500,000 kilobytes (千字节) of data was delivered while he was in Jamaica, an amount Mr. Gardner said is 100 times what he normally uses in a month.
As travelers increasingly use smart phones abroad in the same way they do at home—to check e-mails, update Facebook and Twitter and pull up online maps—many are facing costly roaming fees, which providers charge when customers use their phones outside their service area. In fact, roaming charges have gotten so out of hand that the Federal Communications Commission has proposed a plan that would require wireless companies to send their customers a voice or text message when they are approaching their plan’s limit, when they have reached that limit and when they are starting to result in roaming fees.
小题1:Why did Jeff Gardner call Verizon before his trip to Jamaica?A．To hand over his business.B．To check his cellphone billC．To find out information about Jamaica.D．To find out information about roaming charges.小题2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?A．Extra charges were made for Jeff Gardner’s data delivery.B．Jeff Gardner’s calls were charged over $2 per minute.C．Jeff Gardner’s plan turned out to be limited.D．Jeff Gardner had difficulty delivering data abroad.小题3:During the trip, Jeff Gardner______.A．was careless with phone useB．delivered no more data than at homeC．received quite poor e-mail servicesD．frequently used his wireless card to send e-mails小题4:What should wireless companies do according to the Federal Communications Commission?A．Make customers know when they’re outside their service area.B．Get customers informed when they’re near the limit of their plan.C．Stop serving customers when they’ve reached their plan’s limit.D．Limit some services to reduce the amount of roaming charges abroad. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
你有过高昂的手机漫游费的经历吗？你认为这合理吗？Jeff Gardner在去牙买加旅游前咨询时，运营商说费用很低，结果四天的旅游让他收到了一万一千美元的漫游费。而他连一个电子邮件都没查到和寄出。很多人有过类似的经历。运营商应该事先告知用户要收取漫游费。
小题1:细节理解题。根据第二段he called Verizon to find out what it would cost to use his cellphone for calls and his wireless card to check e-mails while in Jamaica.可知。他打电话是要咨询关于手机漫游的问题。故选D。
小题2:句意猜测题。根据下一段的单据花费是四天$11,000可知，咨询说的每分钟$ 2是错的。故选A。
小题3:细节理解题。根据第三段介绍，他发电子邮件没成功很快就放弃了，说明电子邮件服务差，所以选C。
小题4:细节理解题。根据文章最后一句话可知，通讯公司应该在消费者将要超过其计划消费时提前告知手机用户。故选B。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“It’s hard not to fee.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
