题文
There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were 41 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an 42 price of $28, which was popular just then with 43 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the 44 was perfect.John 45 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 46 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 47 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and 48 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and 49 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 50 his behavior. When I mentioned this 51 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It 52 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned 53 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran 54 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 55 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never 56 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 57 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 58 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different 59 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 60 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
小题1:A.turningB.holdingC.showingD.hanging小题2:A.unreasonableB.unbearableC.unbelievableD.unfair小题3:A.teenagersB.adultsC.womenD.men小题4:A.colorB.priceC.styleD.fit小题5:A.sentB.carriedC.broughtD.wore小题6:A.casuallyB.comfortablyC.carefullyD.quickly小题7:A.happinessB.changeC.smileD.matter小题8:A.reasonedB.heatedC.wildD.strong小题9:A.considerateB.handsomeC.hopefulD.curious小题10:A.of B.onC.inD.at小题11:A.incidentB.accidentC.affair D.event小题12:A.canB.mustC.willD.should小题13:A.thisB.themC.itD.one小题14:A.downB.withC.intoD.after小题15:A.looking up at B.looking down onC.putting up withD.coming up with小题16:A.changeB.mistakeC.tradeD.turn小题17:A.HoweverB.MoreoverC.ThereforeD.Besides小题18:A.attachingB.joiningC.relatingD.matching小题19:A.meanB.methodsC.approachesD.measures小题20:A.whereB.whyC.howD.when 题型:未知难度:其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A
解析
小题1:本题考查动词。其他的大衣都显得没精打采,惟独这件衣服趾高气扬。hold up 举起;与前面的drooped相对。
小题2:本题考查形容词。做得很漂亮,商标是第五大街的,价钱让人难以置信,只卖28美元。
小题3:本题考查名词。那时在小伙子们中很流行。14岁的儿子试穿,自然是对孩子们来说的。
小题4:本题考查名词。衣服合身极了。fit合适的衣服。
小题5:本题考查动词。第二天约翰就穿着它去上学了。
小题6:本题考查副名词。一边在椅子背儿上把衣服仔细地叠起来。自己喜欢的东西,自然小心对待。
小题7:本题考查名词。在接下来的几周内,约翰慢慢地变了。结合下文“变得听话而不再故意作对,遇事能心平气和地商讨而不再强词夺理。他变得更明事理、更有礼貌,也更体贴人了。他也乐于讨人欢喜。”可知答案。也可根据51题后的what caused the changes。
小题8:本题考查动词。 见47题解析。
小题9:本题考查形容词。见47题解析。
小题10:本题考查介词。他会很慷慨地把自己的磁带借给弟弟,并告诫他如何有良好的行为举止。lecture sb on/about sth 告诫某人有关某事。
小题11:本题考查名词。当我对他的一个老师提起这件事,并说我不知道这是为什么时,她笑着说:“一定是(must)因为他的大衣!”incident 指小事件或附带事件。
小题12:本题考查情态动词。见51题解析。
小题13:本题考查代词。另一个老师告诉他,她要给他一个好成绩,不仅仅因为他理应获得,还因为她喜欢他的大衣。It代替a good mark。
小题14:本题考查介词。在图书馆里我们遇见了一位朋友,他已经很长时间没有看见我们的孩子了。run into偶然碰见;遭遇。
小题15:本题考查动词短语。看着约翰长高的个子,品评着他大衣的样式,这位朋友不禁问道:“这是约翰吗?”[look up at ]抬头向上看……。
小题16:本题考查动词。约翰和我都知道不应该以貌取人。mistake for把…错认为…。
小题17:本题考查副词。“可穿着优雅为世人看,在思想上、言语上、行动上实践优秀的标准,以达到内外的和谐统一,这又另当别论”。与上文是转折关系。
小题18:本题考查动词。match sth to sth 将...和...搭配起来。
小题19:本题考查名词。尝试不同的生活方式就如同试衣服一样简单。approaches to sth……的方法/方式。
小题20:本题考查连词。where 引导定语从句在句中作状语。“整个世界、整个未来在你面前展开,犹如一幅巨大的画卷,那里的每一扇门都敞开着。”
考点
据考高分专家说,试题“There at a secondhan.....”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。



