【正文】 h them or their personal thingseven by accident. If this happens, say sorry politely. Some elderly Westerners may be offended if you try to help them without their agreement. People think numbers can be lucky or unlucky. Some Westerners avoid the number 13 because they believe it is unlucky. Muslims（穆斯林）do not eat pork, and words like pigs are not considered proper. People from Brazil, Italy and Pakistan do not give handkerchiefs（手帕）as gifts. They believe a handkerchief is closely connected with unhappy feelings. Wine is not sent as a gift in many parts of western and middle Asia, where most Muslims live. （1）Indians don39。t hold food with the left hand because they consider it _____. A.uncleanB.uselessC.valuelessD.unimportant（2）The word offend in the second paragraph might mean______. A.honorB.helpC.hateD.hurt（3）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A.People from Pakistan like to send handkerchiefs as gifts.B.All the elderly people in the West like being helped by others.C.The number 13 is thought to be unlucky by some Westerners.D.Westerners do not mind their personal things being touched.（4）What does the passage mainly talk about? A.lucky numbers.B.Traditional food.C.Culture differences.D.Hands and handkerchiefs.【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）C（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了世界各地的獨(dú)特的文化傳統(tǒng)。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)In many countries, such as Thailand, India and Malaysia, people believe that the left hand is unclean可知， 印度人不會(huì)用左手拿食物，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為食物不干凈，故選A。 （2）詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)So, it39。s not proper to use one39。s left hand to hold food, touch others or pass objects所以，用左手拿食物、觸摸別人或傳遞物品是不合適的，可知offend，冒犯，故是hurt，傷害的意思，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Some Westerners avoid the number 13 because they believe it is unlucky可知， 一些西方人認(rèn)為數(shù)字13不吉利正確，故選C。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)本文介紹了世界各地的獨(dú)特的文化傳統(tǒng)，可知 Culture differences文化差異是合適的標(biāo)題，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題，詞義猜測(cè)題和主旨題四種?？碱}型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案，詞義猜測(cè)題需要根據(jù)上下文提煉相關(guān)信息鎖定詞意，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 On Miriam39。s 9th birthday two years ago, her aunt, who lives in Kenya（肯尼亞）, gave money to a group that cares for elephants to celebrate Miriam39。s birthday. Then Miriam and her mother visited Africa to learn how the group was helping elephants. Later, Miriam fell in love with the animals and wanted to help save them. A few months after visiting Africa, Miriam watched How I Became an Elephant, a film about the mistreatment of elephants in Thailand, and a young girl39。s effort to save them. Miriam decided she wanted to raise money to save elephants. Last year, Miriam created a program called They Deserve（應(yīng)得） to Be Free after seeing how young elephants are abused in Thailand. She learned how people take a baby elephant, don39。t give it food or water for days and beat it hard. It made me really sad. I need to do something useful. Miriam said. Miriam is working to make money for Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. She asked her friends to give money to the park rather than giving her birthday gifts. She recently joined about 12 other students in an art center. They made elephants from clay and decorated（裝飾） them. Then she created a plan to sell clay elephants. Kate, Miriam39。s art teacher, opened her art studio（工作室） to Miriam and her friends on weekends so they could make clay elephants. She even gave them the clay. It39。s great to see a young student wanting to spend her time on something meaningful. This is what we should all work towards, Kate said. Miriam says she has sold 180 clay elephants worth 2, 000 dollars, and all of that money has been sent to Elephant Nature Park in Thailand.（1）Miriam went to Africa to ________. A.join a groupB.visit her auntC.help save elephantsD.learn about the group（2）The underlined word abused in Paragraph 3 means . A.虐待B.殺害C.訓(xùn)練D.飼養(yǎng)（3）Which of the following is TRUE about Kate from the passage? A.She was probably very proud of Miriam.B.She taught Miriam to make clay elephants.C.She spent time selling clay elephants with Miriam.D.She was worried that Miriam39。s plan wouldn39。t work.（4）The best title for the passage is probably . A.Elephants Are in Great DangerB.Care for Animals, Care for EarthC.11yearold Fights to Save ElephantsD.Protect AnimalsDuty of Everyone【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了一個(gè)有愛(ài)心，為了大象做了很多事情的女孩。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Then Miriam and her mother visited Africa to learn how the group was helping elephants 可知米里亞姆訪問(wèn)了非洲，為了了解該組織，故選D。 （2）詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù) Miriam created a program called They Deserve（應(yīng)得） to Be Free after seeing how young elephants areabusedin Thailand. She learned how people take a baby elephant, don39。t give it food or water for days and beat it hard 可知abused，虐待，故選A。 （3）推理題。根據(jù) She even gave them the clay. It39。s great to see a young student wanting to spend her time on something meaningful. This is what we should all work towards, Kat