【正文】 tepmother39。s words warmed his heart, his eyes full of tears. Then he started building friendship with his stepmother. And this became the drive of his life, making him create 28 successful golden rules, which helped tens of thousands of ordinary people walk on the road to success. Before his stepmother came, no one praised him smart, and his father and neighbors considered him as a bad boy. However, his stepmother39。s words changed his life. When Hill was 14 years old, his stepmother bought him a used typewriter and said to him, I believe you will bee a writer. Hill accepted his stepmother39。s gift and expectation, and started writing things to a local newspaper. He understood his stepmother39。s strong feeling of interest in his family while he saw with his own eyes she had changed his family. Therefore, he would do as well as she expected him to. The strength from his stepmother made him a rich man and famous writer in the United States and one of the most important persons in the 20th century. Praise will never be unnecessary, especially for children. Sincere （真誠的） praise may be better than 10,000 bad words.（1）What did people think of Hill before the age of nine? A.lever.B.Creative.C.Unfriendly.D.Stupid.（2）Which of the following is WRONG about Hill? A.He accepted his stepmother39。s typewriter.B.He failed to do as he was expected.C.He started writing to a local newspaper.D.He understood his stepmother.（3）The writer is most probably an expert of _________. A.house buildingB.dietC.news writingD.education（4）The passage was written mainly to tell us that _________. A.children should be praisedB.Hill39。s father married againC.Hill39。s stepmother was kind to himD.Hill39。s father was cruel to him【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）D（4）A 【解析】【分析】大意:一個在別人眼里是最壞的男孩的Hill，他繼母的來臨后，繼母幾句表揚的話改變了聰明的一生，他繼母的力量讓他成為一名富人作家和美國最重要的人物，作者以Hill事例向我們展示了表揚的重要性。 （1）推斷題。根據(jù)When he was small, Hill was a famous bad ，他九歲之前，人們認為他是一個出了名的壞小孩，可推出壞小孩一般對他人都是不友好的，故選C。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)started writing things to a local famous writer in the United States可知，Hill沒有辜負繼母的期望，B選項與原文不符，故選B。 （3）推斷題。作者以Hill事例向我們展示了表揚的重要性，可推出作者應(yīng)該是教育方面的專家，故選D。 （4）主旨題。作者以Hill事例向我們展示了表揚的重要性，故選A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解能力，細節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題是閱讀理解題中?？碱}型。細節(jié)題要從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要根據(jù)上下文，推斷出需要的信息；主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。10．閱讀理解 This August, we39。ll wele guests from all over the world. Some of them follow their own special cultural traditions. It39。s important for us to know about them. In many countries, such as Thailand, India and Malaysia, people believe that the left hand is unclean. So, it39。s not proper to use one39。s left hand to hold food, touch others or pass objects. Doing so may offend some guests. Some Westerners may be offended if you touch them or their personal thingseven by accident. If this happens, say sorry politely. Some elderly Westerners may be offended if you try to help them without their agreement. People think numbers can be lucky or unlucky. Some Westerners avoid the number 13 because they believe it is unlucky. Muslims（穆斯林）do not eat pork, and words like pigs are not considered proper. People from Brazil, Italy and Pakistan do not give handkerchiefs（手帕）as gifts. They believe a handkerchief is closely connected with unhappy feelings. Wine is not sent as a gift in many parts of western and middle Asia, where most Muslims live. （1）Indians don39。t hold food with the left hand because they consider it _____. A.uncleanB.uselessC.valuelessD.unimportant（2）The word offend in the second paragraph might mean______. A.honorB.helpC.hateD.hurt（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.People from Pakistan like to send handkerchiefs as gifts.B.All the elderly people in the West like being helped by others.C.The number 13 is thought to be unlucky by some Westerners.D.Westerners do not mind their personal things being touched.（4）What does the passage mainly talk about? A.lucky numbers.B.Traditional food.C.Culture differences.D.Hands and handkerchiefs.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了世界各地的獨特的文化傳統(tǒng)。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)In many countries, such as Thailand, India and Malaysia, people believe that the left hand is unclean可知， 印度人不會用左手拿食物，因為他們認為食物不干凈，故選A。 （2）詞義猜測題。根據(jù)So, it39。s not proper to use one39。s left hand to hold food, touch others or pass objects所以，用左手拿食物、觸摸別人或傳遞物品是不合適的，可知offend，冒犯，故是hurt，傷害的意思，故選D。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Some Westerners avoid the number 13 because they believe it is unlucky可知， 一些西方人認為數(shù)字13不吉利正確，故選C。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)本文介紹了世界各地的獨特的文化傳統(tǒng)，可知 Culture differences文化差異是合適的標題，故選C。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細節(jié)題，詞義猜測題和主旨題四種?？碱}型，細節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案，詞義猜測題需要根據(jù)上下文提煉相關(guān)信息鎖定詞意，主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。