【正文】 er Christmas. That is why that day became known as Boxing Day. Today, many businesses, organizations and families try to keep the traditional spirit of Boxing Day alive by donating（捐贈） their time, services and money to aid Food Banks, providing gifts for the poor, or helping families in need. Besides, spending time with family and shopping are popular Boxing Day activities now. （1）If Christmas Day is on a Saturday, Boxing Day will be celebrated on____________. A.December 25thB.December 26thC.December 27thD.December 28th（2）Sailors dropped money into the Christmas Box in order to____________. A.save the poorB.pay for the priestC.discover new landD.pray for sailing safety（3）What does the underlined phrase“sealed up mean in Chinese? A.密封B.懸掛C.歸還D.傳遞（4）The purpose of the passage is____________. A.to praise the kindness of priestsB.to introduce the origins of Boxing DayC.to call on people to help the poorD.to pare Boxing Day with Christmas Day【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】文章大意：在英國。節(jié)禮日通常在12月26日舉行，這是圣誕節(jié)后的第二天。但是，嚴(yán)格來說，節(jié)禮日是圣誕節(jié)后的第一個工作日。像圣誕節(jié)一樣，節(jié)禮日也是一個公共假日。這意味著這是整個英國的非工作日。當(dāng)節(jié)禮日是星期六或星期日時，下一個星期一是公共假日。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)When Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday is the public ，如果圣誕節(jié)在星期六，節(jié)禮日就在星期一，也就是十二月二十七日，故答案是C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)Those sailors who wanted to ensure a safe return would drop money into the ，故答案是D。 （3）詞義猜測題，根據(jù)The priest wouldn39。t open it to share the contents with the poor until ，可知之前箱子被密封了，故答案是A。 （4）主旨大意題，根據(jù)文章介紹了節(jié)禮日的起源，故答案是B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題、詞義猜測題和主旨大意題。細(xì)節(jié)理解題要可以直接從文中尋找答案；詞義猜測題，需要根據(jù)單詞所在的語境，進(jìn)行合理想象，確定單詞的意思；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 It was Mother39。s Day. John was so busy with his work that he couldn39。t go back home. When he passed by a flower shop in the evening, an idea came to his mind, I39。ll send mom some roses（玫瑰）.While John was picking his flowers, a young man went inside. How many roses can I get for only five dollars, Madam? he asked. The assistant（店員） was trying to tell him roses were as expensive as forty dollars a dozen（一打）. Maybe he would be happy with carnations（康乃馨）. No, I have to have red roses, he said. My mom was badly ill last year and I didn39。t get to spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, it has to be roses, for roses are her favorite. After hearing it, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the assistant said, Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you. Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twentyfive dollars that John paid to see the exciting moment. Then John paid for his dozen of roses and told the assistant to send them to his mother. As he walked out, he felt nice. Suddenly he saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon John realized it was not a park but a cemetery（墓地）. Crying, the young man carefully put down the roses, Mom, oh, Mom, why didn39。t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mom and tell her I love her. Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked to the shop. He would take the flowers home himself.（1）John spent altogether（總共） in the flower shop that day. A.$5B.$25C.$30D.$55（2）The young man cried at the cemetery because he . A.had spent all his money on the rosesB.wasn39。t able to tell his mother he loved her himselfC.felt sorry to ask John to pay for his flowersD.hadn39。t got enough money for his sick mother（3）At last John changed his mind and went home because he wanted to . A.tell his mother he loved her himselfB.ask his mother for more moneyC.tell his mother the young man39。s storyD.ask his mother if she liked roses（4）The writer writes the passage in order to tell us . A.buy roses for your mother when she is illB.let your mother know how much you love herC.work hard to get more money for your motherD.send your mother flowers on Mother39。s Day【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文描述了母親節(jié)那天約翰在花店買花時發(fā)生的一個小故事，告知人們要讓母親知道你是多么的愛她。 （1）推理題。根據(jù)After hearing this, John said he would pay the rest of the money for the young man. Moved by both of them, the shop assistant said, “Well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you two.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the air. He thanked John, and ran out of the shop. It was well worth twentyfive dollars John paid to see the exciting moment. 可推知約翰那天在花店花了55美元，故選D。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Crying, the young man carefully laid the roses, “Mum, oh, Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.”可知年輕人不能告訴他媽媽他對她的愛，故選B。 （3）推理題。根據(jù)Seeing this, John turned and quickly walked back to the shop. He would take the flowers home ，故選A。 （4）主旨題。讀短文可知，作者旨在通過本文告知讀者要讓你的母親知道你是多么愛她，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，和主旨題3種常考題型，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。