【正文】 s are timeless, Jenkyns says. Pride and Prejudice（《做慢與偏見》）（1813） is Austen39。 s most famous work. It is a love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. At first, they dislike each other. Elizabeth is pretty, smart and lively. She is proud because Mr. Darcy doesn39。t know about her and her family. Mr. Darcy is handsome, rich and has a better family background. So, he is proud as well. At the same time, Mr. Darcy holds a prejudice against the Bennet family. He has no understanding of why the family, especially the mother and daughters who try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands. He thinks they are vulgar. Anyway, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy finally fall in love and bee a romantic couple but their families don39。t want them to do so. In Pride and Prejudice, some of the main things that Jane Austen wanted to teach people are as follows. Opposites can attract each other. Lovers should not only make each other feel relaxed or fortable, but also educate and improve each other. Austen is often called the greatest romantic writer, so it is surprising she remained unmarried. Maybe she was too romantic, waiting for the perfect man, Jenkyns says.（1）From Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2, we can know_______. A.Jane Austen passed away in her fiftiesB.Austen39。s works remain popular todayC.all of Austen39。s works have been made into filmsD.Austen39。s works are mostly about war and the family（2）Which of the following sentences is TRUE? A.Elizabeth and Mr Darcy fall in love at first sight.B.Elizabeth has a better family background than Mr Darcy.C.Mr Darcy has a good impression of Elizabeth39。s family.D.Elizabeth and Mr Darcy bee a romantic couple in the end.（3）What does the underlined word vulgar in Paragraph 3 mean? A.粗俗的B.魯莽的C.吝嗇的D.偽善的（4）From what Jenkyns says, we can learn_______. A.opposites can attract each otherB.lovers should improve each otherC.Austen39。s works go beyond her timesD.Austen married a perfect man at last【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】主要講了英國(guó)小說家Jane Austen及其作品《傲慢與偏見》。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Today Austen39。s books are more popular than Austen的書比之前更受歡迎，即現(xiàn)在一直受歡迎，故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy finally fall in love and bee a romantic couple可知Elizabeth和Darcy最終成為一對(duì)浪漫的夫婦，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)前句可知媽媽和女兒千方百計(jì)找到富有的和有權(quán)利的丈夫，Darcy認(rèn)為他們是粗俗的，故選A。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Maybe she was too romantic, waiting for the perfect man, Jenkyns Austen沒有結(jié)婚，因?yàn)樗寺髁x了，一直等待完美的男士，即她的作品已經(jīng)超越了那個(gè)年代，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】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。13．閱讀理解 Vision—phones（可視電話） Many inventions are very useful in our daily life. They have greatly changed our life. For example, radios, telephones and televisions are widely used in the world. When you turn on the radio, you can listen. But when you use the telephone, you can not only listen to others but also chat with them. However, you can39。t see anything at all. The television is much better than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it, but they can39。t take part in what they see. Today, some people are using a type of telephone called the vision phone. With it two people can see each other when they are talking Visionphones can be of great use when you have something to show the person when you are calling him or her. It may also have other uses in the future. Some day you may be able to call up a library and ask to read a book over your visionphone. You may be able to do some shopping through it too. Perhaps in the future, the visionphone will e into wide use in our everyday life.（1）According to the passage, we can guess that the _______ was invented last. A.radioB.televisionC.telephoneD.visionphone（2）Maybe the visionphone can take the place of（代替） _______ some day. A.the radioB.the telephoneC.the televisionD.the car（3）According to the passage, what can we do through the vision—phone? A.Take medicine.B.Order what we need.C.Travel around the world.D.Try on clothes.（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.The visionphone is more advanced （先進(jìn)的） than radios telephones or televisions.B.People will use the visionphone in the future less than now.C.Visionphones will be unhelpful in people39。s life.D.It is impossible to do some shopping through the visionphone.【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】主要講了可視電話在我們生活中廣泛使用。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)some people are using a type of telephone called the vision ，故選D。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)some people are using a type of telephone called the vision ，即可視電話或許會(huì)代替手機(jī)，故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)You may be able to do some shopping through it ，即訂購(gòu)我們需要的，故選B。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)radios, telephones and televisions are widely used in the 、電話和電視被廣泛應(yīng)用，即可視電話比收音機(jī)或者電視更先進(jìn)，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】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。14．閱讀理解 There are many possible problems we have when we learn languages. First, sometimes people feel shy when they speak a foreign language and they start using strange voices. When someone does not understand us, we may start speaking more loudly, but it does not help when it is a language problem! Second, when people learn languages from books, they may know the grammar and vocabulary quite well, but not be able to pronounce words correctly. Then there may be many misunderstandings（誤解）. Sometimes someone says something very nice and polite, but because their pronunciation is wrong, it causes trouble—people hear something very naughty and everyone39。s face