【正文】 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(chéng)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(gè)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(yáng)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(guó)最重要的人物，作者以Hill事例向我們展示了表揚(yáng)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(rèn)為他是一個(gè)出了名的壞小孩，可推出壞小孩一般對(duì)他人都是不友好的，故選C。 （2）細(xì)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(fù)繼母的期望，B選項(xiàng)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(yáng)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(yáng)的重要性，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解能力，細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題是閱讀理解題中常考題型。細(xì)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 With the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Chinese. Do you think it is necessary for UK pupils to learn Chinese? Seneca （Canada） I studied French for 2 years in high school, and German for 4 years in college and got good marks. I studied Chinese for about 4 months before moving to China. Any language, if you don39。t use it, it will be easy to lose. I39。ve forgotten the French I learned except for a few phrases. I speak Chinese every day. My writing, reading and listening are quite good, but far from fluent. I think nowadays, it39。s almost necessary to learn Chinese.Tony （the UK） Learning any language can be valuable, but it is not suitable for everyone. Chinese is a difficult language to learn, and teachers in the UK are not good at teaching foreign languages. However, China is a big and developing market for English business people. For them, Chinese is worth learning.Bill （the US） I don39。t think Chinese will bee as widely spoken throughout the world as English. To learn Chinese, you have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it It39。s too difficult to learn. But in the future Chinese will bee more popular, and that is a good thing.（1）Senaca learnt German for ______. A.2 yearsB.4 monthsC.4 yearsD.6 years（2）The underlined word fluent means ______ in Chinese. A.糟糕的B.流利的C.完美的D.成熟的（3）From the passage we know ______. A.Bill doesn39。t think Chinese will replace English in the futureB.Bill thinks it is easy to learn ChineseC.teachers in England are very good at teaching ChineseD.Seneca is very good at speaking Chinese（4）What39。s the best title for the passage? A.How to learn Chinese wellB.Chinese will be the first language in the worldC.Do you like Chinese?D.Is it necessary to learn Chinese?【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】主要講了來自加拿大、英國(guó)和美國(guó)的學(xué)生對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)漢語有必要嗎的觀點(diǎn)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)I studied French for 2 years in high school, and German for 4 years in college可知學(xué)習(xí)法語2年，學(xué)習(xí)德語4年，故選C。 （2）推斷題。根據(jù)前句My writing, reading and listening are quite good我的寫作、閱讀和聽力是好的，但是遠(yuǎn)不流利，故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)I don39。t think Chinese will bee as widely spoken throughout the world as ，即漢語不會(huì)取代英語，故選A。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)全文可知主要講了來自加拿大、英國(guó)和美國(guó)的學(xué)生對(duì)學(xué)習(xí)漢語有必要嗎的觀點(diǎn)。故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題和主旨題三種?？碱}型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，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。11．閱讀理解 When our son Bradley was ten, the new bicycle he had received earlier that year was stolen. Owning a bicycle was a big deal to our children when they were little. They spent hours and hours, day after day, on their bicycles, riding up and down the footpath, and at the front of the house. We also rode together as a family a lot. Bicycling was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air without spending any money. Bradley had discovered that his bicycle had been stolen from our backyard in Campbell town, South Australia, when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldn39。t believe that someone would do this. He got a large piece of cardboard, painted a sign begging for the bicycle to be returned, and tied the sign to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white envelope with the magical words, Buy yourself a new bicycle. There was a $100 banknote inside. We were very touched that someone had the heart to do this. We39。ve never been able to thank the person but we suspect（猜想）that it may have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley painted a big ! on the sign and we left it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards, hoping the kind stranger would drive down our street. A delighted Bradley was able to buy a new bicycle. As the years went on, the bicycles became bigger and more expensive but remained just as important for those family bicycle rides. Now Bradley is 25. Sometimes I miss the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them. All th