【正文】 .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(bào)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(bào)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?yàn)樗麄冊贐ow Street 這個(gè)街道附近工作。故這些人是來防止小偷的。故選A。 【點(diǎn)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。13．閱讀理解 Jane Austen（17751817）, an English novelist, started writing from an early age and pleted six major novels in her life. Today Austen39。s books are more popular than ever. Some of her novels have been made into films while her books continue to be bestsellers Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English from the University of Oxford says that her novels are about marriage, friendships and the family, which are still with us today. The stories 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】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 The years from 500 to 1450 are called the Middle ages. Sometimes they are also called the Dark Ages since few people had an education during that time. Still, there were lots of new ideas and inventions. Many of them came from China.Paper Money In 1023. the first government—printed （政府印制的） paper money was printed in China. Before that, paper money had been printed just by panies. Marco polo was an Italian explorer who went to China. He wrote about paper Money. Paper money did not bee popular in Europe Until Sweden began printing it in 1601.Movable type printing machine Bi Sheng Made the first movable type printing machine in China in the 1000s. Before this， people had to make copies of books by writing out the whole book by hand.Magnetic（磁的）pass A pass is usually used to tell you what direction you are going. The Magnetic pass was first used by the Chinese around 200. But at that time， pe