【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 B. madeC. takenD. followed10. A. noonB. eveningC. afternoonD. morning【答案】（1）B；（2）C；（3）A；（4）D；（5）C；（6）B；（7）C；（8）A；（9）D；（10）B； 【解析】【分析】大意：本文主要介紹了當(dāng)被英國或美國朋友邀請到家里做客時的一些禮儀及要注意的事項。（1）大意：如果你的美國朋友沒有邀請你到家里，你不應(yīng)該覺得沮喪。根據(jù)第一句Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. 英美人士喜歡請人到家里做客，可知此處在討論英美人邀請客人到家里做客的事。故選B。（2）大意：詢問你的主人，你應(yīng)該到達(dá)的時間。根據(jù)Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 . and end at about ，客人應(yīng)該主動向主人詢問前來拜訪的時間，用should。故選C。（3）大意：帶花、巧克力、或一瓶酒做禮物是禮貌的。A作為，B像，C有，D沒有。這些東西是作為禮物拿去的。故選A。（4）大意：通常晚上是以飲料和小吃開始的。固定搭配start with以……開始。故選D。（5）大意：如果你想要格外禮貌就說說你有多喜歡這個房子和墻上的照片。稱贊房子和裝飾是一種很有禮貌的行為，所以如果你想展示自己的禮貌，你可以這么做。故選C。（6）大意：問及這些物品的價錢就無禮了。根據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)折詞but可知，稱贊物品是禮貌的行為，但詢問價錢是無禮的。故選B。（7）大意：在很多家庭中，丈夫和妻子分別坐在桌子的兩端。根據(jù)西方的習(xí)俗，主人夫婦是要分開坐在桌子的兩端的。+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)；；+可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)；。根據(jù)西方的習(xí)俗，丈夫坐一端，妻子坐另一端。故選C。（8）大意：你很可能以一些湯或者小東西開始這一餐。A可能，可能性很大；B可以，表能力；C可以，常用于請求幫助；D可能，可能性比較小。根據(jù)外國人用餐的習(xí)慣可知，他們以湯或一些小的食物開始。故選A。（9）大意：甜點接下來應(yīng)該上咖啡。固定搭配followed by接下來。故選D。（10）大意：你享不享受這樣的一個晚上？通讀短文可知，這里討論的是在主人家享用晚宴的禮節(jié)。故選B?！军c評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗證。二、閱讀理解6．根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容出選擇正確答案。A A farmer had a brother in town who was a gardener, and his brother had a garden full of the finest fruit trees. So his skill and his beautiful trees were famous everywhere. One day the farmer went into the town to visit his brother, and was surprised at the trees that grew quite well. Look, my brother, said the gardener. I will give you an apple tree, the best from my garden, and you, and your children, and your children39。s children will enjoy it. Then the gardener called his workmen and ordered them to take up the tree and carry it to his brother39。s farm. They did so, and the next morning the farmer began to wonder where he should plant it. If I plant it on the hill, he said to himself, the wind might catch it and shake down the delicious fruit before it is ripe. If I plant it close to the road, passersby will see it and take away the applesbut if I plant it too near the door of my house, my children may pick the fruit. So, after he had thought the matter over, he planted the tree behind his barn （谷倉）. Time passed, but the tree had no fruit the first year, nor the secondthen the farmer called his brother. When the gardener came, the farmer said angrily, You have cheated me, and given me a useless tree instead of a fruitful one. This is the third year and still it brings out nothing but leaves! The gardener laughed and said, See where the tree was planted, it has no sun or warmth. How could you expect flowers and fruit?（1）From the passage, we can see the farmer planted the apple treeA.behind his barnB.on the hillC.close to the roadD.near his house（2）The underlined word ripe means __________ in Chinese.A.掛果B.成熟C.開花D.成長（3）What is NOT mentioned in the fifth paragraph?A.What happened to the apple tree.B.Why the farmer got angry with his brother.C.What kind of man the farmer was.D.Why the farmer called his brother.（4）Which of the following is NOT true?A.The farmer39。s brother had a garden full of the finest fruit trees.B.The gardener gave his brother the best apple tree from his garden.C.No flowers, fruit or leaves were on the apple tree. D.The farmer thought his brother gave him a useless tree.（5）What do you know from the end of the story?A.The farmer moved the tree to the roadside.B.The gardener took the tree to the roadside.C.The tree will have no fruit any more.D.The gardener taught the farmer a lesson.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】農(nóng)民從城里的園丁那里移植了一棵蘋果樹，把它種在他的谷倉后面，三年了，果樹沒有長出像園丁說的那樣的果子。這是為什么呢？園丁來了一看恍然大悟。（1）細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第四段So, after he had thought the matter over, he planted the tree behind his barn （谷倉）.可知選A。（2）詞義猜測。句意：“如果我把它種在山上，在果實成熟前大風(fēng)會吹果樹，把可口的果實晃掉?！币虼诉xB。（3）細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段可知，兩年樹沒有結(jié)果實；農(nóng)民很生氣，給哥哥打電話說他哥哥騙他。沒有提到農(nóng)民是怎么樣一個人，故選C。（4）細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段This is the third year and still it brings out nothing but leaves! 可知樹沒有開花結(jié)果，但是長有葉子。故選C。（5）推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段，園丁告訴農(nóng)民樹不結(jié)果的原因，故選D，給他上了一課?！军c評】閱讀理解考查對篇章的把握和對細(xì)節(jié)的識別能力，答題時注意緊扣問題中的關(guān)鍵詞，在文章中尋找答案。7．閱讀理解 I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket to the film Titanic last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that tickets could be bought at the cinema box office in Richland Hills every day between 10：00 . and 4：00 . Because I work from 9：00 5：30 ., the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round（往返）trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one ing around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the tripso I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for fiftyfive minutes. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line. I caught the next bus and went back across the town. Then on Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car. It was not cheap, but I felt it would be worthwhile to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like one hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But I quickly found out that it was because they had already sold o