One night the dog began to bark suddenly? It made Mr Erens ? ______ ①______ ? to sleep? He had to get up and tried his ?______ ② ______ ? to stop it， but the beast wouldn't stop， and kept on ?______ ③ ______ ???
① A? go not B? not go C? not to go D? to not go?
② A? well B? good C? better D? best?
③ A? bark B? to bark C? barking D? barked?
以上3個(gè)小題中所給答案從語意上都是正確的，這就要求選擇語法正確的那一個(gè)。?第一空中根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，要填一個(gè)賓語補(bǔ)足語。而動(dòng)詞 make 后面的定語補(bǔ)足語應(yīng)省去不定式符號(hào) to， 且其否定式 ＋ not，即不定式的否定式為 not to do， 而省去 to 后則應(yīng)為 not do． 在動(dòng)詞前直接＋ not?故應(yīng)選B。?而第二個(gè)空顯然是一個(gè)固定搭配。語意上為： Mr? Erens盡力地阻止狗叫，所以應(yīng)選D。 try one's best 是盡力而為之意。?第三個(gè)空顯然是 keep on doing something 連續(xù)不斷之意，應(yīng)選 ing 的動(dòng)詞形式。其答案為C。?
例如： A man and his wife had a small bar near a station? They often worked late into the night， ?______ ①______ ? people came to drink there while they were ? ______ ② ______ ? trains??At two o'clock one morning， one man was still at a table in the small bar? He was asleep? The bar man's wife wanted to leave? She looked ?______ ③______? the bar several times， and each time the man was ? ______ ④ ______ ? there? Then at last she went to her husband and said to him， "You ? ______ ⑤ ______ ? that man six times， George ，
? ______ ⑥ ______? he isn't drinking anything?"?
① A? as soon as B? because C? so D? though ?
② A? catching up with B? getting on C? looking after D? waiting for ?
③ A? at B? for C? into D? out of ?
④ A? always B? often C? still D? already ?
⑤ A? have woken B? wake C? had woken D? will wake ?
⑥ A? and B? but C? yet D? too ?
從文中看，第一選項(xiàng)，由于給了不同的連詞，從意義選擇應(yīng)為B。第二選項(xiàng)均為分詞形式，也應(yīng)從語意上選擇，其答案是D。 第三選項(xiàng)給了四個(gè)介詞，而 into 則是從外向里觀看，所以應(yīng)選C。第四項(xiàng)是副詞 still 意為仍然，從意義上應(yīng)選擇C。 而第五項(xiàng)所給的是同個(gè)動(dòng)詞，只是時(shí)態(tài)不同。從故事情景看，只能選完成時(shí)態(tài)A。 而最后一個(gè)選項(xiàng)是連詞，由于句意則只能用 but 轉(zhuǎn)折連詞。?
例： John drove a taxi through the busy streets of Boston every day??John was ?____________
A? a manager B? a driver C? a policeman D? a dustman ?
由此我們應(yīng)能由drive a taxi 來得出結(jié)論約翰是位出租車司機(jī)而不是別的什么人。?
例：Mrs Barker's sister was ill? She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday， but not at the weekend， so every Friday evening Mrs Baker used to go off to spend the weekend at her home in a neighboring town…?This meant that Mr? Baker … First he had to drive home from the station? Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train??Who was ill? ____________ ??
Like many other families in 1870， Katie Olson and her family had come to the grassy plains of Kansas? Katie liked the prairie and their new sold house? But with no friends to play with， she was very lonely? Besides her mother and father， she had only her little brother， Matt， for company? She missed their old home in Wisconsir? ?Then one day her father had exciting news? Some settlers had bought the farm near the Olson's land? Katie became so excited on hearing the news that she thought she might burst? She begged her father to let her ride over with him to greet their new neighbors??The two rode across the prairie? They found Mr? and Mrs Laski were hard at working building their sod home? Katie was disappointed? She had hoped there would be some children to play with? But soon Mr Laski called out?" Anna， and Carl,come out of the wagon?" A boy and a girl? jumped down and came over to Katie? Katie didn't believe it? Her wish had come true??
1? Who was the most important person in the story??
A? Matt B? Katie C? Mr Laski D? Anna and Carl ?
2? What was Katie's problem in the story??
A? She had no friend. B? She didn't like Kansas.?
C? She couldn't ride a horse. D? She didn't like Anna and Carl. ?
People sometimes change their way of doing business? In a village in Africa， people are using money for the first time? They're doing business with the world? ?Before this tribe (部落) used money， people came to the market in the village to trade (交易) things they had for things they needed? Now people must use money to buy what they want??Before using money， people helped one another? Their father who was head of the family， gave food， and clothing to his sons and their families? In return， the sons worked for their father? Now people no longer work for one another free? Instead， they are paid for the work they do??When a new road was needed. Everyone in the village helped build it,Now people must pay money to the village chief (首領(lǐng)) for roads and schools? The chief hires workers to build these new projects? More and better roads and schools are being built?It is not easy for people to change a way of doing business? To change from trading goods to using money takes time??
① The story doesn't say so， but it makes you think that ____________.?
A? family members often quarrel (爭吵) about money?
B? Africans do not change their way of doing business?
C? Africans refuse to use money?
D? families do not help one another in the same way now ?
［答案］ D.?
② On the whole this story is about ____________ ??
例：… on Saturday afternoon they began with the back of the house? The next Saturday Tom went to a football match while his wife painted the front of the house? The next day they found they couldn't open any of the front windows? They get them open at last， but they broke three of the seven and they were very expensive to repair
?①? They lasted for about ______ days??
A? two B? three?
C? more than seven D? Less than seven
?
［答案］ A.?
②? They had to get someone to make repair for ______ windows??
例： Man has a big brain? He can think， learn and speak…?…but no animal learns when we speak? Scientists do not really know? They only know that man can speak because he has a big brain??
Once there was a clever farmer? Though he was poor， he decided one day to take the king a roast goose (烤鵝) as a present? He had not had ?____ 1 ____?to cat that day， and soon the ?____ 2 ____ ? of the roast goose became too much for him as (當(dāng)……時(shí)) he ? ____ 3 ____ ? it to the king， so he ate one of its legs??When he came before the king and gave him the goose， the king ?____ 4 ?____ saw that it had only one leg??Now， the king ?____ 5 ____ ? was born with one bad leg， so he had never been able to ?____ 6 ____ ? properly (正常地)? When he saw the goose with only one leg， he thought the farmer had ?____ 7 ____ ? this to laugh at him? Of course he was very ?____ 8 ____?? The farmer was told that if anybody laughed at the king， he would be ?____ 9____ ? at once??"Where is ____? 10 ____ ? leg of the goose?" the king asked??" All the geese (goose 的復(fù)數(shù)) in this ? ____ 11 ____ ? of the country have one leg only， " the farmer answered??"Do you think I'm a fool(傻子)?" the king shouted??"____? 12 ____ ?，" said the farmer， "if you look out of the window， you will see geese with one leg by the ? ____ 13____ ??"?The king looked，and there the geese were ? ____ 14 ____ ? on one leg beside the water? The king at once told one of his men to ? ____ 15 ____ ? them with a big stick， and of course， they ? ____ 16 ____ ?their other legs and ran away??"There， " said the king? " You were lying(說謊)? That ? ____ 17 ____ ? that the geese here have two legs， like all other ? ____ 18 ____ ? in the country?"?"But it doesn't show anything，" answered the farmer， "if your men threw a big stick like that at me， I would grow two ? ____19 ____ ? legs myself to help me to run away ____? 20 ____ ??"
1? A? less B? all C? little D? much
2? A? head B? neck C? smell D? temperature
3? A? returned B? carried C? sent D? handed
4? A? at once B? at last C? by then D? on time
5? A? once B? really C? himself D? yet
6? A? come B? walk C? see D? eat
7? A? kept B? done C? made D? found
8? A? sorry B? worried C? sad D? angry
9? A? helped B? killed C? saved D? covered
10? A? other B? another C? that D? the other
11? A? city B? village C? farm D? part
12? A? Certainly not B? Of course C? That's nothing D? Never mind
13? A? hole B? forest C? lake D? house
14? A? swimming B? resting C? flying D? lying
15? A? fill B? lock C? hit D? keep
16? A? sent up B? put down C? did with D? moved away
17? A? shows B? talks C? sees D? knows
18? A? geese B? animals C? legs D? farmers
19? A? slower B? faster C? less D? more
20? A? more slowly B? more carefully C? faster D? earlier
［答案］ 1? D 2? C 3? B 4? A 5? C
6? B 7? B 8? D 9? B 10? D
11? D 12? A 13? C 14? B 15? C
16? B 17? A 18? A 19? D 20? C
其中1選 much是應(yīng)能從文章字里行間中猜到的，它應(yīng)為much food to eat? 而將food 省略。2要知道 smell 可以作系動(dòng)詞，但也可以作名詞，而4則為多個(gè)短語的詞語辨析：at once 立刻， at last 最終， by then 到那時(shí)為止，on time 準(zhǔn)時(shí)。所以應(yīng)為at once? 7則要熟悉英語的習(xí)慣用法，即干這件事要用do，而不用make? 10之所以要用D則是因?yàn)轾Z有兩只腿，由于只剩一只而問另一只哪里去了，要用特指的定冠詞。而 other 則為泛指的形容詞，一般指復(fù)數(shù)， another雖然也指單數(shù)，但也應(yīng)用于泛指的情況。而11題因其后有 of the country， 是在鄉(xiāng)村的這個(gè)部分，所以只能用part? country 是不可數(shù)名詞作"鄉(xiāng)村"講，作為可數(shù)名詞則作"國家"講。而作"鄉(xiāng)村"講時(shí)，前面的定冠詞不可少。19則是要通讀全文才知道鵝一只腿站立體息，而一被哄趕則放下另一只腿跑走了，人是兩條腿站著，當(dāng)被哄趕時(shí)那應(yīng)是再長出兩條腿奔跑著逃走。由此可見中考的難題越來越不在語法項(xiàng)，而在閱讀和完形上用以選拔高質(zhì)量的學(xué)生。?
We were going to play a team from a country school? They didn't come until the game time arrived? They looked ? ____ 1 ____ ? than we had thought? They were wearing dirty blue jeans (仔褲) and looked like farm boys? We even thought that they had never seen a basketball before??We all sat down? We felt that we didn't ? ____ 2 ____ ? any practice (訓(xùn)練) against a team like that??It was already so late that no ? ____ 3 ____ ? could be given to them for a warm?up??The game began??One of our boys ? ____ 4 ____ ? the ball and he shot (擲) a long pass to our forward (前鋒)? From out of nowhere a boy in a dirty T?shirt ____ 5____ ? the pass and with a beautiful form (姿勢) he shot and got two points (分)??They ? ____ 6 ____ ? us??Then they got another ? ____ 7____ ? of points in a minute??Soon it was all over? The country team ? ____ 8____ ? us??We certainly learned that even though a team is good， there is usually another ? ____ 9 ____ ? a little better? But the important lesson learned was: One can't tell a man， or a team，by the ? ____10 ____ ???
1? A? stronger B? younger C? worse D? less
2? A? get B? try C? use D? need
3? A? basket B? space C? ball D? time
4? A? got B? played C? missed D? carried
5? A? caught B? changed C? started D? stopped
6? A? surprised B? kept C? broke D? hit
7? A? half B? pair C? group D? double
8? A? won B? saved C? beat D? joined
9? A? just B? already C? about D? almost
10? A? T?shirts B? clothes C? places D? points
［答案］ 1? C 2? D 3? D 4? A 5? D
6? A 7? B 8? C 9? A 10? B
［析］ 在1題中可以看出stronger， younger worse， less 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)全可以選，語法是正確的。從文章開始到這里并看不出其原因?yàn)槭裁匆x擇C，這時(shí)只能將其選擇空出往后面看，所以提醒考生要注意的是千萬不要一一對完形填空作出選擇，有很多情況 是后面的情景決定了前面的選擇。當(dāng)看到 We even thought that they had never seen a basketball before 和 We felt that we didn't need (2) any practice against a team like that? 則就肯定會(huì)得到第一個(gè)空的選項(xiàng)決不是比我們強(qiáng)壯，也不可能是少，更不可能是年輕、而是球技不佳，比我們差得很遠(yuǎn)。?而5題是要仔細(xì)考慮才能得到正確的結(jié)論。這四個(gè)動(dòng)詞都可以用在籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)中，但要注意的是，其后面的名詞是pass，在這里應(yīng)譯為"長傳"。而這個(gè)長傳這里決不是開始，而是被截住了。所以這里應(yīng)用stopped。 即"攔截了一個(gè)長傳。"而 caught 的賓語應(yīng)換為ball球就對了。B 選項(xiàng)為"改變"，用于這里就不合題意了。而7項(xiàng)雖然很多人都知道籃球規(guī)則，投一球按兩分計(jì)算，但這里應(yīng)選哪個(gè)詞則拿不準(zhǔn)了，主要在B選項(xiàng)與D選項(xiàng)之間發(fā)生了問題。不知double的真實(shí)意義是"加倍，翻一翻"之意，還是"一對，一雙，兩倍"之意。其困難點(diǎn)還有9項(xiàng)，它的選擇應(yīng)為 just，這是由全文所決定的。它的意思是不論一個(gè)隊(duì)多么好，總會(huì)有一個(gè)隊(duì)會(huì)比你強(qiáng)出一點(diǎn)兒，哪怕是僅僅一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。這也就是完形填空不易拿滿分之處。這里要提醒大家的是：語言是十分靈活的，要經(jīng)常不斷地學(xué)習(xí)思考才會(huì)有所進(jìn)步。?
Peter was a small boy? He lived with his parents in a small house near some hills? The people there were all poor??One night it was very dry and windy??When everybody was asleep， Peter suddenly heard some noise? It came out from the kitchen (廚房)? He got up and walked to the kitchen? He found that the wood beside the stove (火爐) was burning? There was no water tap (水龍頭) in the house， so he could not put out (撲滅) the fire? He shouted loudly to wake up everyone in the house? Then he ran out of his house and knocked on the doors of many houses to wake the people up? They all left their houses quickly??At last the fire was put out by the firemen? Many houses were burnt? But nobody was hurt in the fire??
1? Peter lived with his ______ ??
A? sisters B? brothers C? uncles D? parents
?
2? One night he found that ______ beside the stove was burning??
A? the table B? the wood C? the door D? the window
?
3?______ ， so he could not put out the fire??
A? Everybody was asleep B? He couldn't shout loudly?
C? The kitchen was very big D? There was no water tap in the house
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4? Peter knocked on the doors of many houses ______z??
A? to wake the people up B? to get some water?
C? to find his classmates D? to visit them ?
5?______hurt in the fire??
A? People in other houses were B? Peter's parents were?
C? Nobody was D? Peter was ?
［答案］ 1? D 2? B 3? D 4? A 5? C?
［析］ 本題屬于表層理解閱讀考查題目，因?yàn)橥瓿善浯鸢杆枰男畔⒒旧峡梢灾苯訌奈恼轮蝎@取，并不太多的需要推理和對環(huán)境，習(xí)俗的分析與了解。例如1題可直接從文章中 He lived with his parents in a small…中獲取。2 題則可以從 He found that the wood beside the stove was buring 獲取答案。3 題幾乎是文章中的原句， There was no water tap in the house? 所以得分率會(huì)很高。4 題也可從文章中：Then he ran out of his house and knocked on the doors of many houses to wake the people up? 直接找出答案。5題的答案則可以從文章中最后一句獲得，如： But nobody was hurt in the fire。 這樣的閱讀題目，是屬于表層理解題目，也就是為了那些獲取畢業(yè)成績的分?jǐn)?shù)所設(shè)計(jì)的。其目的在于對普通同學(xué)給予適當(dāng)?shù)姆忠郧筮_(dá)到畢業(yè)之目的。這樣的題目雖然容易，但還是要小心為好，不要粗心大意，以免不必要的丟分。?
"You're just in time， Joe? We're going to play cowboys (牛仔) and Indians， and you can be the Indians， " one of my cousins (堂兄弟) said??"How many Indians?" I asked??"Oh， about a thousand，" he answered， and before I could say no， I was pushed out into the night and became a thousand Indians? Two minutes later I was running in the fields with a group of cowboys behind? The shouts of "After them? Let's catch the killers!" and other such TV?play language came into my ears as I ran round a corner and hurried into my Grandpa's car??"We've got him,boys? Let's go and catch him!"?But no one wanted to come to get me? All of my cousins except one were always very friendly with me? It was quiet outside? And I went out of the car to have a look??Just then I heard a shout， "Bring the rope (繩子)， and we can burn him?"?"Only Indians burn people? Cowboys …，" I stopped just in time? I had almost said， "Cowboys hang (絞死) people?"?I was tied to a tree， and the cowboys were looking for some wood when my dear mother called， "We're leaving now?"?"Untie me，" I shouted? "We're going?"?"Why did Bobby want matches (火柴)?" Mum asked when we were in the car? "He was asking Dad whether he had any?"?"Oh， he was just going to matches? MATCHES? Are you sure he wanted matches?"?Mother was quite sure， and I didn't say any more??
1? How many children played the Indians??
A? One thousand. B? One hundred. C? One group. D? One.
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2? Why did Joe's cousin say that Joe was just in time? Because ______ ??
A? there were not enough children for the game?
B? the game was just going to start?
C? none of his cousins wanted to be the Indians?
D? they were waiting for Joe
3? Joe didn't say "Cowboys hang people?" out because ______??
A? he was tied to a tree?
B? that would make things worse?
C? he was caught by the cowboys?
D? that would make the cowboys angry ?
4? Which of the following is TRUE??
A? One of Joe's cousins was looking for matches.?
B? Dad didn't want to give the children any matches.?
C? Bobby wanted to get some matches from his father.?
D? Mum didn't think children should play with matches.
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5? The name of the story should be "______ "??
A? Joe and his cousins?
B? Who knows what danger is waiting there?
C? Cowboys?and?Indians is a favourite children's game?
D? How cowboys and Indians fought in the past ?
［答案］ 1? D 2? C 3? B 4? A 5? B?
［析］ 本文在閱讀過程中會(huì)感到難度，而其問題與選項(xiàng)的設(shè)計(jì)更為困難。其難點(diǎn)不僅在于要閱讀好文章，而且要對問題和問題中的選擇項(xiàng)作深入仔細(xì)地閱讀。如1題的問句之意是有多少個(gè)孩子在游戲中扮演印第安人。而文章中又有"How many Indians?" I asked 當(dāng)作者問到有多少印第安人時(shí)，其答語為" about a thousand?" 這對于看不懂全文，而只認(rèn)識(shí)個(gè)別單詞的人就是一種很強(qiáng)的誤導(dǎo)作用。因題目中問的是 How many，而文章中的數(shù)字是 a thousand? 但如果認(rèn)真往下看則會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)：I was pushed out into the night and became a thousand Indians? 我被推入了黑暗之中變成了一千個(gè)印第安人。所以文章暗示了一個(gè)小孩來扮演一千個(gè)印第安人。這種題目的得分率自然不會(huì)很高。緊接而來的2題則更困難，問題問的是 Joe 的堂兄說他來的正是時(shí)候，是因?yàn)?nbsp;______。這是要認(rèn)真去推理來判定的。由文中的句子 and before I could say no …這顯然暗示了作者并不想扮演這樣的角色，所以可以推論是沒有人愿意扮演這個(gè)角色，但正在這個(gè)時(shí)候 Joe 來了，而且不由分說把Joe 推入了角色之中。而3題則更加困難，其題目之意是"Joe 沒有說出牛仔是絞死人"的這一句話是為了什么 ______。從文章中 Joe 被一群孩子追逐后被抓住，十分不高興，想從中解脫出來。因其他孩子講我們可以燒死他。所以 Joe 為了擺脫困境而要講出的話是："只有印第安人才燒人，而牛仔是用繩子絞死人。"后半句沒有講出來，是因?yàn)樗吹饺绻獰廊诉€需要找柴，找火柴，還是要一段時(shí)間的，但繩子就在他身上，如果絞死人那幾乎是立刻馬上之事。所以其答案選擇了B?！∵@樣的話可能會(huì)使事情更糟。4 題的題目是簡單的，即下面陳述中那個(gè)是真實(shí)的。由于中考英語答案是唯一的，所以只有一個(gè)是符合標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的。這時(shí)可以采用選取正確答案的方法，但實(shí)際上更好的辦法是排除法。把不正確的排除后再對其他項(xiàng)進(jìn)行對比，作出選擇。這叫作所謂的排除法。首先排除的應(yīng)是C選項(xiàng)，因文章中講在他們上車回家的路上媽媽問他："為什么Bobby 要火柴，他問爸爸是否有火柴。" 這里的爸爸顯然指的是 Joe 的爸爸而不是 Bobby的爸爸。而其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)則都處于可選之例：如A項(xiàng)應(yīng)為 Joe 的一個(gè)堂兄在找火柴。B項(xiàng)是爸爸不想給孩子任何火柴。D項(xiàng)是媽媽認(rèn)為孩子們不應(yīng)玩火柴。而B項(xiàng)，在文章中根本沒有進(jìn)述Joe 爸爸的態(tài)度，所以應(yīng)首先放棄，而D項(xiàng)是可以從推理中得到的，要不然他的母親不會(huì)在車上問這個(gè)問題，但是文章中并未直接提出來，所以只有A是對的。因其媽媽講 Bobby 是向 Joe的爸爸尋找火柴。而5項(xiàng)則更是要全文反復(fù)閱讀才可能領(lǐng)會(huì)到其中的原由的。文章的題目要概括全部文章內(nèi)容，但更重要的是從中抽取最重要的，也就是作者的主要意圖。從文章的最后兩句，當(dāng)作者反問他媽媽時(shí)說："他真的在找火柴?火柴、你敢肯定他是在找火柴嗎?"媽媽表示十分肯定，而作者再也不講什么了。顯然他感到如果玩下去危險(xiǎn)的存在。所以其答案是B。這也就是中考中要求較高的題目，雖然分?jǐn)?shù)不多但對要進(jìn)入重點(diǎn)高中的學(xué)生來說，這是個(gè)關(guān)鍵問題，也就是成功與失敗的焦點(diǎn)所在。?
例：We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers? Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights， and there my wife saw the bookshelf??It stood outside a furniture (家具)shop? "Buy it，" she said at once? "We'll carry it home on the roof?rack(車頂架)? I've always wanted one like that?"?What could I do? Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer， and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof?rack? It was tall and?narrow， quite heavy too??As it was getting darker， I drove slowly? Other drivers seemed more polite than usual that evening? The police even stopped traffic to let us through? Carrying furniture was a good idea??After a time my wife said， "There's a long line of cars behind? Why don't they overtake(超車)?"?Just at that time a police car did overtake? The two officers (警官) inside looked at us seriously when they went past? But then，with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the busy traffic? The police car stopped at our village church(教堂)?One of the officers came to me??"Right， sir，"he said?"Do you need any more help now?"?I didn't quite understand?"Thanks， officer，" I said? "You've been very kind? I live just down the road?"?He was looking at our things: first at the flowers， then at the bookshelf? "Well， well，" he said and laughed? "It's a bookshelf you've got there! We thought it was－er something else?"?My wife began to laugh? Suddenly I understood why the police drove here? I smilcd at the officer? "Yes， it's a bookshelf， but thanks again?" I drove home as fast as I could??
1? From the story we know that ______??
A? the writer was poor and didn't buy the bookshelf for his wife??
B? the writer's wife didn't like the bookshelf at all?
C? the writer was always glad to buy something for his wife?
D? the writer was not very glad to buy the bookshelf for his wife
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2? What made the writer think that carrying furniture was "a good idea"??
A? He could drive slowly and it was safe??
B? Other drivers would let him go first??
C? His wife could use a new bookshelf??
D? He could save a lot of money and time? ?
3? Why were the police and other drivers so kind to the writer??
A? Because they thought the writer liked studying very much and needed a bookshelf
B? Because they didn't think it was polite to overtake a car with a bookshelf on it??
C? Because they thought somebody in the writer's family had died and he needed help
D? Because they thought it was dangerous to carry a bookshelf on a car?
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4? Why did the writer's wife begin to laugh??
A? Because now she knew what mistake the police had made??
B? Because at last her husband understood why the police had driven to the church
C? Because the officer was always looking at the flowcrs and the bookshelf??
D? Because the police had helped them a lot? ?
5? When did the officers begin to realize(意識(shí)到)they had made a mistake??
A? Before they arrived at the church??
B? Before they overtook (overtake的過去式) the writer's car??
C? After one of them looked at the flowers and the bookshelf carefully at the church
D? After the writer's family left the church? ?
［答案］ 1?D 2?B 3?C 4?A 5?C?
［析］ 這篇文章有英國幽默的味道。英國的幽默是十分特別的，它一般都是講述一個(gè)故事，但當(dāng)結(jié)尾時(shí)僅幾句話則道出天機(jī)來。對于這樣的文章要從頭認(rèn)真看到尾，不要在考場中為了趕時(shí)間自認(rèn)為是全懂了，其實(shí)則不然。造成不必要的丟分。從1題可以看出作者十分不情愿地為其妻子買了個(gè)書架呢。第二段則出現(xiàn)"Buy it?"這樣的祈使句。初學(xué)者不易看出里面的原委。要知道祈使句在對話中常常帶有命令，或不客氣之意，所以從這里開始已看出作者的情緒了。其后的What can I do?又是一句抱怨的話，"我還能作什么嗎?"其后又是一句風(fēng)趣的抱怨：Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer?即暗示十分不情愿地又花了20美元。所以其答案是D。其后2題則是推理題，從作者買了書架之后一連串的奇怪事情發(fā)生了。首先是其他的駕駛員開車對他十分的禮貌，甚至警察阻擋其他車輛讓他先行。所以其答案是B。第3題則一句道破天機(jī)。因?yàn)榍皟杉乱咽棺髡吒械狡婀至?。后來警察竟然親自駕駛汽車為他開道。而且警察并不知道他要去什么地方就把他帶到教堂來了。這是因?yàn)橛⒚廊艘簧笫露家诮烫米觯浩湟皇浅錾鷷r(shí)在教堂洗禮，其二是結(jié)婚，其三則是死亡。所以警察不問其由而將他帶到教堂是為了幫助他。所以答案是C。當(dāng)警察講到We thought it was …er something else?時(shí)，顯然有個(gè)詞是不好意思講出口的，所以道出了文章的真實(shí)情況。這時(shí)不難對5題作出答復(fù)其答案是C。
