【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 h was in knots, but I decided to head out anyway, thinking I might run into her if I traveled to Tiberius, where we had planned to go together. Why don39。t you travel with us? one of the backpackers offered. They were experienced adventurers who would work for a few months, save, then travel for as long as they could. Their current plan was to explore the Middle East and Europe in three months while working in London. It seemed risky to travel with strangers, but my instinct said yes. For the next two weeks, I explored Israel with the backpackers and learned to trust my instincts in all types of new and interesting situations. When they hook a ride, I took the bus, but when they wanted to steal into the King David Hotel39。s swimming pool, I led the way. The world opened up to me because I chose to travel alone. I joined plete strangers, who bee close friends. Years later, one couple from the backpacking group even flew from Sydney to Phoenix to be in my wedding. The trip was such a special experience that it gave me confidence in all areas of my life. Since then, I39。ve backpacked alone across South Africa, skydived from 12,000 feet in New Zealand and even moved across the . with no job lined up. On my third day wandering in Israel with my new friends, I bumped into the woman I was supposed to meet. Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。t picked up the phone.（1）By My stomach was in knots (in paragraph 1), the author most likely means that she was ______. A.sick of riding on a bumpy busB.nervous of meeting strangersC.upset about the sudden changeD.sorry about the impractical plan（2）Which of the following best describes the backpackers the author met? A.Courageous but disrespectful.B.Jobless and poorly educated.C.Warmhearted and trustworthy.D.Homeless but lighthearted.（3）The author39。s sixth sense told her that ______. A.she would get along with the backpackersB.it might cause trouble to have a swimC.she ought to stay away from the backpackersD.it could add excitement to get a free ride（4）What can be inferred from the passage? A.Most of the backpackers became the author39。s lifelong friends.B.The author gathered the courage to be a fulltime backpack traveler.C.The woman missed the phone call with the purpose of traveling alone.D.The author considered it the best decision of her life to travel on her own.【答案】 （1）C（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者原本與朋友約好去旅游，卻被放了鴿子，她決定一個(gè)人去。途中她遇見了五個(gè)背包客，這些背包客邀請她一起去旅游，她和這些人一起經(jīng)歷了美好的幾天，并和他們成了好朋友。 （1）考查句義猜測。根據(jù)第一段中的My plan was to travel with a friend of a friend, I explained, but when I called her that morning, she didn39。t pick up and I had no other way to reach her.可知作者被朋友放鴿子了，被放鴿子肯定是失望的，故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的‘Why don39。t you travel with us?’ one of the backpackers offered可知這些背包客邀請作者一起旅游，說明他們很熱心；根據(jù) They were experienced adventurers who would work for a few months, save, then travel for as long as they could可知這些背包客旅游經(jīng)驗(yàn)很豐富，所以是值得信任的，綜合選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的It seemed risky to travel with strangers, but my instinct said yes.可知這些背包客邀請作者一起旅游時(shí)，她的本能也就是第六感說了好，也就是說她的第六感讓她相信她能和這些背包客相處的很好，才會答應(yīng)他們的邀請，故選A。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的The world opened up to me because I chose to travel alone.可知作者覺得自己選擇一個(gè)人旅游讓自己看到了更大的世界，以及最后一段中的Though I was happy she was all right, I was grateful she hadn39。t picked up the phone.可知作者慶幸她的朋友沒有接她的電話。由此可以判斷作者認(rèn)為自己選擇一個(gè)人去旅行是一個(gè)很好的決定，故選D。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及句義猜測和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，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.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 Joh