【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 He took the sign, a small chair and 4 of his best stones and walked to the road in front of our garden. There he put the stones in a line and sat down on the chair. After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn39。t. Another half an hour later, a small car came down the road. Nick stood up, holding his sign up. A woman rolled down（搖下） a window and read the sign. I couldn39。t hear their talk, but I saw the woman turn to the driver and the man reach into his pocket for money. I sat in the yard, as Nick ran to me. Waving the dollar, he shouted. I told you I could sell one stone for a dollar—if you believe in yourself, you can do anything.（1）Why didn39。t the writer help his son? A.Because his wife is better at making a sign.B.Because he didn39。t know what to write.C.Because he was busy sweeping leaves.D.Because he didn39。t want his son to sell the stones.（2）The underlined words was fascinated with mean ________ . A.was far fromB.was afraid ofC.was famous forD.was interested in（3）Nick was a boy________. A.who was kindB.who had a strong mindC.who was honest（誠實(shí)的）D.who had many hobbies（4）From the passage we know________. A.the story happened in springB.the car was driven by a womanC.Nick spent half an hour selling one stoneD.the writer might be moved（感動）by his son【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了作者的兒子第一次賣石頭的故事。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) While I was sweeping leaves on the ground的描述可知作者正忙著所以沒幫他的兒子，故選C。 （2）詞義猜測題。根據(jù) Nickwas fascinated withstones and had collected many stones from all over的描述可知 was fascinated with 是感興趣的意思。be interested in，固定搭配，感興趣，故選D。（3）推理題。根據(jù) After half an hour, nobody passed by. I walked to him and asked him to go back, but he didn39。t和 if you believe in yourself, you can do anything 的描述，可知Nick是個意志堅定的人，故選B。 （4）推理題。根據(jù) if you believe in yourself, you can do anything可知作者會被兒子的精神感動，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，詞義猜測題3種常考題型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息，詞義猜測題需要根據(jù)上下文提煉相關(guān)信息鎖定詞意。11．閱讀短文，選擇正確的選項(xiàng)。 Australia is the greatest island in the world .It is to the south of the equator （赤道）. So when it is summer in our country, it is cold winter in Australia. Australia is big, but the population （人口） there is thin. The population is the same as that of Shanghai, a city of China. Australia is a young, diverse nation and the Australian people e from many different countries. Australia has many, many sheep. After a short drive from town, you will see sheep around you. You can also find a kangaroo which has a bag below its chest. The mother kangaroo keeps its babies in the bag. Australia is considered to be a relaxed, informal society. When greeting others, students and young people usually say Hello or Hi. Sometimes they say How39。s it going？ or Good day. In more formal （正式的） situations they usually shake hands the first time they meet. Good morning, Good afternoon or Pleased to meet you are formal greetings. English is Australia39。s national language.（1）Australia is the greatest island in the world .The word island means ________. A.國家B.城市C.山脈D.島嶼（2）Australia has the same population as ________. A.ShanghaiB.ChinaC.BeijingD.Japan（3）When it is summer in Australia, it is ________ in China. A.springB.autumnC.winterD.summer（4）When Australian people meet for the first time, they will ________. A.kiss each otherB.hug （擁抱） each otherC.nod to each otherD.shake hands【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】主要講了世界上最大的島——澳大利亞。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Australia is the greatest island in the world澳大利亞是世界上最大的島嶼，所以island意思是島嶼，故選D。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)The population is the same as that of Shanghai可知澳大利亞入口和上海入口一樣，故選A。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)So when it is summer in our country, it is cold winter in ，即中國夏天，澳大利亞冬天，故選C。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)In more formal （正式的） situations they usually shake hands the first time they meet. Good morning, Good afternoon or Pleased to meet you are formal ，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】考查閱讀理解，主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題，注意從文中仔細(xì)尋找答案。12．閱讀理解 An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had trouble. My money has finished and my friends have gone, said the young man. What will happen to me now? Don39。t worry, young man, answered Nasreddin. Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier. The young man was very glad. Am I going to get rich again then? he asked Nasreddin. No, I didn39。t mean that, said the old man. I meant tha