【正文】 er on. Mr. Chen picked up his books and walked off to teach Class 2. Later, on Friday, Mr. Chen spoke to Mr. Long, the P. E. teacher. Mr. Long agreed that it seemed strange for David to be absent so often on gym days. They thought about it for a while. David is a good athlete（運(yùn)動(dòng)員）, Mr. Long finally said, but he39。s afraid of heights. I was hard on him once because he wouldn39。t climb more than a couple of meters up the rope. Do you think that39。s why he39。s been absent recently? Yes, I think so, Mr. Chen said. I39。m going to talk to him this afternoon before he goes home. Well, I39。ve got a suggestion to make, said Mr. Long. If he39。s scared of heights, he39。d better e and see me after school. Quite a few people suffer from （遭受） vertigo. I39。ll be glad to help him. “That39。s very kind of you, said Mr. Chen. I39。ll get him to e and see you on Monday or Tuesday.（1）The letter was sent to Mr. Chen because David on Thursday. A.was flat homeB.didn39。t go to schoolC.was absent from P. E class（2）Mr. Chen was puzzled by the letter because . A.David39。s mother sent him the letterB.he couldn39。t understand the letterC.it didn39。t seem to be written by an educated adult（3）Mr. Chen got the idea that David39。s absence had something to do with P. E. after he . A.studied the timetableB.studied the class registerC.talked with Mr. Long（4）The underlined word vertigo means in the passage. A.身體疼痛B.恐高眩暈C.腸胃痙攣（5）From the passage we know . A.David didn39。t like P. E. classesB.David didn39。t like Mr. Long39。s being hard on himC.David was afraid of heights【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）A（4）B（5）C 【解析】【分析】大意：陳老師對(duì)David媽媽寫(xiě)的請(qǐng)假條感到很疑惑，因?yàn)樯厦嬗袔滋幷Z(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤。陳老師經(jīng)過(guò)調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)，每周四David就會(huì)請(qǐng)假，而那是體育課。跟David的體育老師交流之后，陳老師覺(jué)得David可能恐高，因此請(qǐng)假不上體育課，陳老師決定和David談?wù)劜椭?（1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)請(qǐng)假條中David was absent 。和第二段 Yesterday was ，可知因?yàn)镈avid周四沒(méi)有去學(xué)校，所以媽媽給陳老師寫(xiě)了請(qǐng)假條。故選B。 （2）推斷題。根據(jù)第二段 She wouldn39。t make mistakes like these even if she did write the letter in a hurry. 她不會(huì)犯像這樣的錯(cuò)誤即使她是匆忙寫(xiě)的信，可知陳老師很疑惑，因?yàn)檫@封信似乎不像是一個(gè)受過(guò)教育的成人寫(xiě)的。故選C。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段 Then he took out a copy of the timetable（課程表）for his class. 然后他拿出了他的班級(jí)的課程表復(fù)印件，可知，陳老師在研究完課程表之后發(fā)現(xiàn)David請(qǐng)假和體育課有關(guān)。故選A。 （4）詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文 If he39。s scared of heights, he39。d better e and see me after school. 如果他害怕高，他最好放學(xué)后來(lái)找我，可知vertigo指的是恐高。故選B。 （5）推斷題。通讀全文可知，David每周四都請(qǐng)假，因?yàn)槊恐芩亩加畜w育課，說(shuō)明David恐高。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、詞義猜測(cè)題和推斷題三種常考題型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；詞義猜測(cè)題需要聯(lián)系上下文，理解句子大意，推測(cè)出單詞的意思；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息。10．閱讀理解 When my brother and I were children, we spent a few weeks each summer in the countryside with our uncle. He was a geologist and loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university. More often than not, we followed him. One day, we left early and this time, our uncle gave us two backpacks. You can help me carry the samples（樣本）, he explained. Sure, why not? The whole day, we walked around the countryside, and every now and then, our uncle put stones in our bags. We were a bit surprised that sometimes he also took some stones out from our bags, but thought he had just found better samples. We reached the house in the late afternoon. The backpacks were so heavy that we were really tired out when we put them on the ground. Yet our uncle39。s backpack was halfempty. Why did you give us so many stones? we asked. I didn39。t. You did, he said, waiting for a while before continuing. You did not know it, but I made you go through a little attitude（態(tài)度） test today. What do you mean an attitude test? we wanted to know. It is something someone once did to me. You see, I listened to every word you said. And whenever you plained（抱怨） about anyone or anything, I added a stone to your bags. And whenever you talked about something in an attitude of positive thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks. We did. They were full. I hope you remember this little attitude test. You see, your negative（負(fù)面的） thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is. So look at those bags and start paying attention to what you say and how you say things. This little lesson was one of the most important I ever had. And I remember my uncle with great love for teaching us one of the most important lessons in lifethe power of attitude.（1）A geologist is a person who . A.grows plantsB.studies the earthC.sells stonesD.draws pictures（2）What did the writer and his brother often do when staying with their uncle in the countryside? A.They often followed him to collect stones.B.They often followed him to his university.C.They often studied the stones with him.D.They often took long walks to enjoy nature.（3）When the writer and his brother returned home late in the afternoon, . A.they were tired but happy that they had helped their uncleB.they wished they could collect more sample stonesC.they found that their bags were filled with stonesD.they were angry to find their uncle39。s bag halfempty（4）How did the uncle explain the attitude test to the author? A.By giving examples of good stones.B.By asking questions about the stones.C.By using famous sayings about stones.D.By paring negative thoughts to stones.（5）This article is mainly written to tell us that . A.we should do science tests from time to timeB.we should spend more time collecting storiesC.we should be more positive when facing difficultiesD.we should pay more attention to our backpacks【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）D（5）C 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章講述了跟叔叔在一起的時(shí)候做的一個(gè)態(tài)度測(cè)試，告訴我們一個(gè)道理，要用積極的態(tài)度去面對(duì)我們遇到的困難。不要讓消極的思想占領(lǐng)你的大腦。 （1）詞義猜測(cè)題，根據(jù) loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university. 可知他叔叔喜歡收集石頭，并且放到學(xué)校的收藏里面，因此可是他是地質(zhì)愛(ài)好者，應(yīng)該是地理學(xué)家，地理學(xué)家就是研究地球的人，故答案是B （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù) He was ageologistand loved to go on long walks to find st