【正文】 ses as much as possible. In 1749, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people for stopping thieves. They were like policemen and were called Bow Street Runners because they worked near Bow Street. Fifty years later, there were about 120Bow Street Runners, but London had bee very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan （or London） Police Service was started with about 3, 000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses.Today, London police are quite well—paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even higher than for the others.（1）In 1700, the men who protected the streets in London were paid _______. A.a fewB.nothingC.a littleD.a lot（2）About 300 years ago, many people _______. A.wanted to leave LondonB.had big houses in LondonC.became policemenD.came to live in London（3）People didn39。t leave their houses because _______. A.they had no moneyB.they were afraid of losing moneyC.the city was not cleanD.they liked homes（4）The Bow Street Runners _______. A.stopped people from stealingB.stole moneyC.paid people for stealingD.stopped people riding horses【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】文章大意：主要講述了倫敦警察的發(fā)展史，起初倫敦沒有警察，但隨著越來越多的人來到倫敦居住，小偷變得多了起來。Henry就花錢雇傭一些人來防止小偷，倫敦的警察就產(chǎn)生了。后來警察的數(shù)量越來越多了，報酬也越來越高了。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not ，在1700年，倫敦根本沒有警察，少數(shù)的老人來保護(hù)城市的街道，而且題目沒有報酬。故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live ，在大約300年前，倫敦變得越來越大，越來越多的人來到倫敦居住。故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as ，在300年前，倫敦的街道上有很多的小偷，所以人們都盡可能的呆在自己的家里。故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句In 1750,Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow ，在1750年，Henry Fielding開始付錢請一些人來防止小偷。他們就像今天的警察一樣，他們被叫做Bow Street Runners，因為他們在Bow Street 這個街道附近工作。故這些人是來防止小偷的。故選A。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文主要考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題，首先仔細(xì)閱讀文后的問題，弄清問題的大意；然后帶著問題閱讀短文，抓住關(guān)鍵信息，選擇正確答案。二、中考英語完形填空（含答案詳細(xì)解析）9．閱讀下面短文，掌握大意，然后從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。 Have you ever eaten a dandelion （蒲公英）? Me neither. Have you ever blown it to make a wish? Me, too. Time to pick dandelions, Athena, Mum opened the car door and I entered with a 1 . My hometown is in Greece （希臘）, where dandelions are 2 on the menu. But I didn39。t eat dandelions. Why did I have to 3 them with my family every spring? Then I said goodbye to my new friend Brigid, whose family had 4 moved in our neighborhood in New York. I was 5 Brigid didn39。t ask where we were going. Nobody in America ate dandelions. I always worried that 6 would notice us picking dandelions. We 7 into a wild field. Hundreds of lively yellow flowers appeared everywhere. Then we stopped our car. Dad went over to cut dandelions and put them in his bag. But I just hid in the book. 8 do we cat dandelions? I asked. The best food in the world. Dad answered, shaking a handful of greens. 9 we were ready to leave, we had enough dandelions. On the way home, Mum and Dad talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our 10 Greek food. The night of the party, Brigid arrived with her parents. Mum served 11 different。Greek foods. Our guests ate everything. Finally came the dandelions. Wait! I said to Brigid. But it was too 12 . You ate the dandelions! I told her. We both 13 , and she ate another bite. 14 , she said. Mum was smiling at us. After dinner. Brigid and I went to the backyard and lay on the grass. The stars reminded me of dandelions in the soft field. I closed my eyes and made a 15 : to be as openminded as my family and my new friend.1. A. bagB. bookC. menuD. flower2. A. everB. neverC. alwaysD. hardly3. A. pickB. plantC. watchD. water4. A. quicklyB. quietlyC. finallyD. recently5. A. sadB. gladC. proudD. disappointed6. A. anyoneB. someoneC. everyoneD. no one7. A. ranB. flewC. droveD. walked8. A. HowB. WhyC. WhenD. Where9. A. WhenB. SinceC. UnlessD. Although10. A. newB. fastC. expensiveD. traditional11. A. itB. herC. himD. them12. A. lateB. earlyC. luckyD. quick13. A. bowedB. shookC. laughedD. greeted14. A. Be carefulB. Never mindC. Not badD. You39。 re wele15. A. wishB. reportC. speechD. Suggestion【答案】 （1）A；（2）C；（3）A；（4）D；（5）B；（6）B；（7）C；（8）B；（9）A；（10）D；（11）D；（12）A；（13）C；（14）C；（15）A； 【解析】【分析】主要講了作者和家人在紐約田野里采摘蒲公英，并且晚上邀請新鄰居吃蒲公英。（1）句意：我?guī)е粋€包進(jìn)入。；；；。根據(jù)前文可知去摘蒲公英，所以是帶著包，故選A。（2）句意：我的家鄉(xiāng)在希臘，那里的菜單上總是有蒲公英。；；；。根據(jù)后文可知作者媽媽做了希臘食物——蒲公英，所以希臘菜單上總是有蒲公英，故選C。（3）句意：為什么我每年春天不得不和家人采摘它們？；；；。根據(jù)前文可知作者一家人去采摘蒲公英，故選A。（4）句意：然后我和我們的新鄰居說再見，他家最近搬到紐約在我們的新街區(qū)。；；；。新鄰居是最近搬來的，故選D。（5）句意：我是高興的不Bigid沒問我們?nèi)ツ?。；；；。根?jù)后句可知美國人不吃蒲公英，所以作者是高興的，沒人知道我們?nèi)フ压?，故選B。（6）句意：我總是擔(dān)心有人將注意到我們摘蒲公英。；；；。作者擔(dān)心有人會看見他們摘蒲公英，故選B。（7）句意：我們開車來到一個田野。；；；。根據(jù)Then we stopped our ，可知是開車去的，故選C。（8）句意：為什么我們吃蒲公英？；；；。根據(jù)The best food in the world. Dad answered可知爸爸回答了作者的提問：為什么吃蒲公英，爸爸說是世界上最好的食物，故選B。（9）句意：當(dāng)我們準(zhǔn)備離開時，我們有足夠的蒲公英。.......時候；；；。當(dāng)離開時作者一家摘了足夠的蒲公英，故選A。（10）句意：爸爸媽媽談?wù)摻o新鄰居舉辦一個晚餐聚會來嘗試我們傳統(tǒng)的希臘食物。；；；。蒲公英是希臘傳統(tǒng)食物，故選D。（11）句意：媽媽提供他們不同的希臘食物。；；；。根據(jù)前句可知Brigid和父母一起來的，所以媽媽款待