【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 s power to bond together those who share a mon vision of the future.”點(diǎn)名了主題，說(shuō)明了科幻小說(shuō)的力量，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解 For years, decades in fact, I39。ve puzzled over the response most people have when I tell them I mostly travel alone. You39。re so brave! Why is it that a woman travelling alone, as I have often done for months at a time, is perceived to be brave, whereas men who travel alone are entirely unremarkable?You are only brave when you are afraid of something but still do it anyway. I have never been afraid of travelling alone. The first time I travelled alone was when I was 19. I was due to travel in Europe with a friend at the end of the summer. She announced by letter two days before our departure that she would be leaving me halfway at Vienna. It was too late by then to rope in another friend, so it was either to go home after Vienna, or keep going by myself. I kept going. I got on trains by myself, checked into hostels by myself and found my way around by myself. It was weird at first, but later I stopped worrying about it. When I got back to Ireland after that trip, I felt proud of myself. I had done something I had assumed would be hard, and it had turned out to be not hard at all. That was three decades ago, and since then I have travelled all over the world, usually on my own. I still do what I did then, which is to keep a diary. The greatest gift of solo travel has been those I39。ve met along the way. I may have set off alone each time but I39。ve encountered many people who became important to me. I met my husband in Kathmandu, Nepal. I met lifelong friends in Australia, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, India, Indonesia and many other places.（1）What makes the author puzzled when she tells people of her experience? A.People39。s disbelief.B.People39。s response.C.People39。s approval.D.People39。s criticism.（2）What does the author say about her first time to travel alone? A.It was a trip by design.B.She had to choose to go by herself.C.It was harder than expected.D.She set off all alone.（3）What do the underlined words solo travel in the last paragraph mean? A.Group Travel.B.Travelling with friends.C.Travelling alone.D.Travelling with music.（4）How has the author benefited from her travel? A.She has overe her fear of travelling alone.B.She has written a couple of books.C.She has received a great many gifts.D.She has met many people all the way.【答案】 （1）B（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了自己多年來(lái)，獨(dú)自旅行的經(jīng)歷。作者從中收獲了很多。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段“For years, decades in fact, I39。ve puzzled over the response most people have when I tell them I mostly travel alone.”多年來(lái)，甚至幾十年來(lái)，當(dāng)我告訴大多數(shù)人我主要是獨(dú)自旅行時(shí)，他們的反應(yīng)讓我感到困惑。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“She announced by letter two days before our departure that she would be leaving me halfway at Vienna. It was too late by then to rope in another friend, so it was either to go home after Vienna, or keep going by myself. I kept going. I got on trains by myself, checked into hostels by myself and found my way around by myself.”在我們動(dòng)身的前兩天，她寫(xiě)信通知我，她將在維也納中途離開(kāi)我。那時(shí)再找一個(gè)朋友已經(jīng)太晚了，所以我要么從維也納回家，要么一個(gè)人繼續(xù)走。我繼續(xù)。我自己上了火車(chē)，自己住旅館，自己找路?？芍?，關(guān)于她第一次獨(dú)自旅行，作者說(shuō)她不得不選擇自己去，故選B。 （3）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“That was three decades ago, and since then I have travelled all over the world, usually on my own. I still do what I did then, which is to keep a diary.”那是30年前的事了，從那時(shí)起，我周游世界，通常是獨(dú)自一人。我仍然做我當(dāng)時(shí)做的事，那就是記日記。由此可知，文“The greatest gift of solo travel has been those I39。ve met along the way.”的意思是獨(dú)自旅行最棒的禮物就是一路上遇到的人。 solo travel 的意思是獨(dú)自旅行，故選C。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“I may have set off alone each time but I39。ve encountered many people who became important to me. I met my husband in Kathmandu, Nepal. I met lifelong friends in Australia, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, India, Indonesia and many other places.”我可能每次都是獨(dú)自出發(fā)，但我遇到了很多對(duì)我很重要的人。我在尼泊爾加德滿(mǎn)都遇見(jiàn)了我的丈夫。我在澳大利亞、波蘭、匈牙利、土耳其、印度、印度尼西亞等地結(jié)識(shí)了一生的朋友。可知作者從她的旅行中得到的好處是一路上她遇到了很多人，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和詞義猜測(cè)兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行推理歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 During the period from 1660 through 1800, Great Britain became the world39。s leader. Language itself became submitted to rules during this period. This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson. Guides to the English language had been in existence before Johnson began his project in 1746. These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words. When definitions of mon words were supplied, they were often unhelpful. For example, a horse was defined in an early dictionary as a beast well known. Johnson changed all that, but the task was not an easy one. Renting a house at 17 Gough Square, Johnson began working in the worst of conditions. Supported only by his publisher, Johnson worked on the Dictionary with five assistants. Compared to the French Academy39。s dictionary, which took forty workers fiftyfive years to plete (16391694), Johnson39。s dictionary was pleted by very few people very quickly.Balanced on a chair with only three legs, Johnson sat against a wall in a room filled with books. Johnson would read widely from these books, mark passages illustrating the use of a particular word, and give the books to his assistants so that they could copy the passages on slips of paper. These slips were then stuck to eighty large notebooks under the key words that Johnson had selected. Fixing the word by this method, Johnson could record a word，s usage and its definition. How many passages were used? According to Johnson39。s modern biographer Walter Jackson Bate, the original total number could have been over 240,000. How many words were defined by the lexicographer? Over 40,000 words appeared in two large books in April of 1755. Did Johnson fully understand the huge task he was undertaking when he began? As he told his contemporary biographer James Boswell, I knew very well what I was undertaking and very well how to do it — and have done it very well.（1）What is the problem of early English dictionaries? A.They only offer simple pictures.160