题文
Mr. West intended to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never 1 to find time to go to the shops. At last, when it was the week 2 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he 3 that he could not wait any longer. He worked in an office, and 4 had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch 5 .The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour.Mr. West stood politely at the edge(边)of a crowd of women who were 6 forward to try to get to the people who were 7 necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forward slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 8 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly past him.
After half an hour, he was just as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been 9 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his 10 of doing things: he put his head down, 11 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the 12 of the crowd as hard as he could.
The women around him became very 13 when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold him.” Why can’t you behave like a gentleman?” they shouted.
“Ladies,” he 14 them,” I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no 15 ,so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”
小题1:A．sureB．certain C．ableD．possible小题2:A．beforeB．afterC．tillD．within小题3:A．promisedB．decidedC．agreed D．insisted小题4:A．neverB．sometimesC．seldom D．usually小题5:A．hourB．momentC．minuteD．second小题6:A．pullingB．pushingC．gatheringD．managing小题7:A．sellingB．buyingC．choosingD．seizing小题8:A．goingB．enteringC．fetchingD．coming小题9:A．whereB．untilC．whenD．even if小题10:A．habitB．wayC．actionD．sign小题11:A．caughtB．madeC．blewD．gave小题12:A．centerB．endC．frontD．back小题13:A．patientB．angryC．surprisedD．nervous小题14:A．hatedB．wavedC．explainedD．answered小题15:A．treasureB．goodC．respectD．present 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:C
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:B
解析
本篇文章是讲述了一个幽默的小故事。在解题时一定要注意上下文的联系。小题1:推理题；根据上文的he was always very busy推断出他不能够找出时间。
小题2:常识题；一定是在圣诞节之前给妻子买礼物。
小题3:词义辨析；根据句意得知应该是他决定不能在等待了。
小题4:考查副词词义辨析；根据句意：通常在一家餐厅吃午饭。
小题5:名词辨析；对于吃午饭来说BCD的时间都太短，不符合常理。
小题6:动词辨析；根据上下文得知那群妇女拥挤着向前买东西。
小题7:动词辨析；who were 40 necklaces and earrings.修饰前面的the people，应该是卖项链和耳环。
小题8:词组辨析；enter是接物动词，后面不要into;越来越多的妇女进入商店，应该选择come into.
小题9:考查时间状语从句.句意：半小时以后他还在他刚刚进来时的地方。
小题10:名词意义辨析。改变做事的方法。
小题11:考查动词。发出突然的大叫声。
小题12:逻辑推理题。他想给老婆买礼物，肯定是向前挤向柜台。
小题13:逻辑推理；看到他这样粗鲁的行为，其他的人看到一定很生气。
小题14:面对别人的质问，他肯定是回答。
小题15:固定词组do sb no good意为：对某人没有好处。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Mr. West intended to.....”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。
