【文章內容簡介】 peared 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.B.They list just a few foreign words.C.They simply give some translations.D.They add no more than some big words.（2）What does the underlined word lexicographer in paragraph 4 refer to? A.A publisher.B.A biographer.C.A maker of dictionaries.D.An assistant.（3）What can we infer about Samuel Johnson from the text? A.He standardized English.B.He cared about authority a lot.C.He gained much financial support.D.He plained of working conditions.（4）What is the purpose of this passage? A.To discuss the problems of dictionaries.B.To encourage people to work on a project.C.To persuade people to buy the new dictionary.D.To introduce how Johnson plete his dictionary.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了Johnson編纂詞典的故事。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words”可知，早期英語詞典的問題是只是增加了一些難詞。故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)最后一段中的“How many words were defined by the lexicographer?”中的關鍵詞defined及聯(lián)系前后句，可以猜測出這里lexicographer指的是詞典編纂者。故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“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.”及最后一段中的Samuel Johnson為詞典編纂所作的努力可以推斷出，Samuel Johnson使得英語標準化。故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。閱讀全文可知，文章主要介紹了Samuel Johnson在惡劣的條件下編纂詞典的。所以本文主要是告訴讀者Johnson編纂詞典的故事，故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和推理判斷三個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 The boy sat on his chair, with his hand above the keyboard. He thought about what to write. He recalled that the petition deadline was merely a week away. But he still had not even started on his piece. He looked at the brochure again. WRITING COMPETITION! the title read. His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing petition, and now he was taking it on as his personal task for the holidays. As the boy reflected on his previous writing efforts, he realized how hopeless his task of winning was. Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing. Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story. The words shot towards him like a storm of leaves. Words were ing easily, flowing through him, faster than he could type. He typed faster than he ever had before. He continued to type, amazed at how easy writing this story was. The boy could not stop writing. He looked at the word count and saw the number 248 staring right back at him. He was not even halfway yet. Then he heard the call of his mother saying time for bed. He continued writing the piece, ignoring her. He had to make up for the time he had lost thinking about a topic to write. Finally, he finished. The word count now read498. Perfect, he thought, just under the word limit. He knew this was the story that would win. He went onto Google and searched for the petition. He found the page but there was no Enter button.（1）What caused the boy to take part in the writing petition? A.A new puter.B.The prize money.C.His own interest.D.His mom39。s advice.（2）How did the boy finish his earlier writing? A.His mom helped him.B.He copied others39。 ideas.C.His friends assisted him.D.He used his imagination.（3）Why did the boy delay his writing? A.Because he was terribly lazy.B.Because he didn39。t know what to write.C.Because he wasn39。t confident.D.Because he read too many stories.（4）Which might be the maximum word limit for each entry? A.100.B.250.C.500.D.1000.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一個男孩，在媽媽的建議下，參加了寫作比賽。一開始，他不知道寫些什么，后來，有了創(chuàng)作的靈感，文章一氣呵成。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“His mom had encouraged him to enter the writing petition”可知這個男孩媽媽的建議使這個男孩參加了寫作比賽，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Every story he ever wrote was based on other stories. He had little imagination, and unfortunately, imagination was the key to writing.”他寫的每一個故事都是根據(jù)其他故事改編的。他缺乏想象力，不幸的是，想象力是寫作的關鍵。由此推斷出這個男孩是通過抄襲別人的想法，來完成他早期的寫作的，故選B。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的“Suddenly, he had a brainwave. This time, he came up with an original and imaginative story.”突然，他靈光一閃。這一次，他想出了一個新穎而富有想象力的故事。由此推斷出，男孩推遲寫作是因為他不知道該寫什么，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“Finally, he finished. The word count now read‘498’.”以及倒數(shù)第二段中的“‘Perfect,’ he thought,‘ just under the word limit.’He knew this was the story that would win.”可知他寫了498個字，剛好在字數(shù)限制內，由此推斷出每篇文章的最大字數(shù)限制是500字，故選C。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準確捕捉細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀理解 It was a morning in January. The jet stream (急流)had dipped dow