【正文】 the “s”, you know. Kate: That’s right. Frances with an “e” is a girl’s name. But they are both pronounced the same. Why did they name your nephew Francis? John: I don’t know. They considered a lot of other names, like Richard, Edward, Philip, David, and several others. Kate: What if the baby had been a girl? Didn’t they have any girl’s names in mind? John: They couldn’t agree on any. Whenever he suggested a girl’s name, she said, “I hate that name!” Some people have very strong feelings about names. Kate: I think most people do. Sometimes I decided not to like someone I haven’t even met, just because I don’t like his name. John: That reminds me of something I read a few days ago. Somebody had found out that school children with certain names get low marks in school just because of their names. Kate: Their family names? John: No, their first names. That’s what the article said. 1. The first sentence “Has your sister’s baby arrived yet?” means _______. A. Has your sister’s baby e here yet? B. Has your sister’s baby reached your home yet? C. Has your sister’s baby been sent to you yet? D. Has your sister given birth to that baby yet? 2. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage? A. Francis is boy’s name. B. Frances is a girl’s name. C. Francis and Frances have the same pronunciation. D. There is no difference between Francis and Frances. 3. According to the passage, we can infer that a nephew is _______. A. a baby boy B. a baby girl C. the son of one’s brother’s or sister’sD. the daughter of one’s brother’s or sister’s. 4. Reading the passage, we can know _______. A. Americans have only first namesB. Americans have only family namesC. Americans have both first names and family namesD. Americans have either first names or family names【答案與解析】本文是一篇對(duì)話，是 John 和 Kate 關(guān)于人的名字的談?wù)摗rancis 和 Frances 的讀音是相同的。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段第3句 He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday 可知答案為 A。推斷題。根據(jù) He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didn’t receive any answers 可知答案為D。細(xì)節(jié)題。在他們的船沉沒(méi)之后，the couple是一直待在船上直至獲救的，而不是一直都在jumped into the liferaft。1. B。aof誰(shuí)被搶走了手表？讀完全文我們可知The3. C。 1. B。運(yùn)用排除法：前3項(xiàng)文中都沒(méi)有提到，盡管第4項(xiàng)也沒(méi)有提到，但比較符合常理。1. B。根據(jù) The lady was so surprised and hurt so much that she could not reply for a moment 可知此題答案為 D。1. A。閱讀全文后得知本文講述的是發(fā)生在拿破侖將軍和店主之間的故事，故選 B。根據(jù) Will you tell us how you felt when they were looking for you? 可知這位店主想知道這位偉人那時(shí)的感覺是否和常人一樣，據(jù)此 A 為正確答案。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段 his young patient got well and was soon able to get up and run about again 可知答案為 B。細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第1段第二、三句 One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market 可知答案為B。在Mrs. Harris剛開始寫請(qǐng)柬時(shí)是寫Party: 6:30 to 8:30 pm，大概兩個(gè)小時(shí)，即答案C。(8)Mr. Harris used to work in Dover, but then he changed his work, and he and his wife moved to another town. They did not have many friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people, and after a few weeks, they often went to dinner or to parties at other people’s houses.Then Mrs. Harris said to her husband, “We’ve been to a lot of other people’s houses, and now we must invite them to our house, mustn’t we?”“Yes, certainly,” answered her husband, “A big party will be the easiest thing, won’t it? Then we can start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month.”So Mrs. Harris said, “Yes, I’ll invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December.”“How many will that be?” Mr. Harris asked. “Don’t invite too many.”Mrs. Harris was beginning to write the invitations when her husband saw that she was writing, “Party: 6:30 to 8:30 .”“That isn’t very nice, is it?” he said. “You’re telling our guests that they must go at 8:30.” So Mrs. Harris just wrote “Party: 6:30 .”A lot of guests came, and they all had a good time, so they did not go home at 8:30. In fact they were still there at midnight when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived. He said, “You must stop making a noise, because someone has plained(抱怨).” Mr. Harris said he did not want to quarrel with the policeman, so everyone went home. They were sorry to have to go.When Mr. and Mrs. Harris were alone again, she said to him. “That was a surprise, wasn’t it? Who plained about the noise?”“I did,” Mr Harris answered in a tired voice.1. Why did Mr. Harris and his wife move to another town?A. They wanted to make some new friends.B. Mr. Harris changed his work.C. They wanted to meet a lot of interesting people.D. They enjoyed going to parties and visiting other people’s houses.2 What made Mr. and Mrs. Harris hold a party at their house? A. It was easy to hold a big party at home.B. They could ask people to dinner in small numbers.C. They had gone to other people’s parties many times.D. They liked making friends with others.3. How long would Mrs. Harris like the party to last? A. From the morning till night.B. About fourteen hours.C. About two hours. D. Till midnight4. When did the party end that evening? A. At about 8:30.B. When the policeman talked with Mr. Harris on the phone.C. About twelve o’clock..D. When someone telephoned the police station.5. Why did Mr. Harris telephoned the policeman about the noise? A. Because someone rang his door bell many times at midnight.B. He did not want his friends to stay late that night.C. His friends had a good time that night and also feel tired.D. Because he hated the noise.【答案與解析】這是一篇關(guān)于Harris夫婦之間舉行宴會(huì)所發(fā)生的有趣的故事。據(jù)此可知答案為A。alone由此句可推知答案。Frenchman是staying with his wife at the best hotel，由此句可推知答案。根據(jù)第3段的第2句They also had a fishingline and a machine to make salt water into drinking watertwo things which saved their lives可知：a fishingline 和 a machine救了他們的命。因此應(yīng)該選擇 D。推斷題。(5)I Don’t Think I Wrote WrongLao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were respected(尊敬) and could get a lot of money. He