题文
Ever since Jerusha started her college, she began to write letters. Through a series of letters, from freshman to senior in college, she shared her life and study with an unknown gentleman, who never wrote back. Here is the very first letter.Dear Mr. Kind,
Here I am! I traveled yesterday for four hours in a train. It's a funny experience. I never rode in one before.
College is the biggest, most confusing place — I get lost whenever I leave my room. I will tell you more later when I'm feeling less puzzled. Now I want to write a letter first just to get me familiar to you.
It seems strange to be writing letters to somebody you don't know. It seems strange for me to be writing letters at all — I've never written more than three or four in my life, so please overlook it if they are not a model kind.
Before leaving yesterday morning, Mrs. Lippett and I had a very serious talk. She told me how to behave, especially towards the kind gentleman who is doing so much for me. I must take care to be very respectful.
I have been thinking of you a great deal this summer; having somebody take an interest in me after all these years makes me feel as though I had found a sort of family. It seems as though I belonged to somebody now, and it's a very comfortable feeling. I must say, however, that when I think about you, my imaqination has very little to work upon.
There are just three things that I know:
I .You are tall.
II .You are rich.
III. You hate girl.
I suppose I might call you Dear Mr. Girl-Hater. only that's rather unpleasant to me. Or Dear Mr. Rich-Man, but that's unpleasant to you, as though money were the only important thing about you. Maybe you won't stay rich all your life; But at least you will stay tall all your life! So I decide to call you Dear Daddy-long-legs. I hope you won't mind. It's just a private pet name — we won't tell Mrs. Lippett.
The ten o'clock bell is going to ring in two minutes. Our day is divided by bells. We eat and sleep and study by bells. There it goes! Lights out. Good night.
You can see how strictly I obey rules due to my training in the John Grier Home.
Yours most respectfully,
Jerusha Abbott
小题1:Which of the following is NOT the reason for Jerusha to write the letter to Mr.Kind?A．To get her familiar to him.B．To present her thankfulness to him.C．To share her brand-new college life with him.D．To apologize to him for not writing letters too often.小题2:If Mrs. Lippett learned that the writer calls the man she writes to Daddy-long-legs, she would probably.A．burst into laughterB．think it acceptableC．criticize the writerD．inform the man小题3:By "when I think about you, my imagination has very little to work upon.", the writer intends to tell us that .A．the man she writes to is dull and boringB．she is not familiar with the one she writes toC．it is not interesting at all to write to a strangerD．she lacks imagination when it comes to writing a letter小题4:Jerusha was probably while she worked on the letter.A．curiousB．light-heartedC．seriousD．skeptical 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B
解析
本文是一位刚进入大学的大学生给一位素未谋面却一直在帮着她的一位绅士的第一封信。小题1:D细节理解题。根据信的第二段最后一句话可知A项正确；根据第四段，Mrs. Lippett告诉我如何处世，尤其对那个一直帮助自己的人，说明作者写信也为了表达感激之情。作者刚进大学，故写信也为了分享他刚打大学的生活。故只有D是错误的。答案为D。
小题2:C推断题。由第四段可知，Mrs. Lippett告诫我要对帮助自己的人礼貌，而自己却给那人起绰号，所以如果她知道的话，应该会生气。
小题3:B猜测句意题。本句话的意思是：当我想起你的时候，我的想象力根本无法开展工作。说明“我”的“你”的了解甚少，不知如何展开想象。
小题4:B 推理判断题。根据作者写作的目的和所写的内容可知，作者当时心情很轻松。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Ever since Jerusha s.....”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。
