【正文】 s. The method of making it was spread throughout most parts of Eurasia by the end of 13th century.Paper making China was the first country in the world to make paper. During the Western Han Dynasty （206 BC一9 AD）, paper was made in some places in China, It was developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty （25 AD 220 AD） by Cai Lun. He made paper with bark, ropes, rags and so on. Before it was invented, the ancient Chinese carved characters on animal bones and stones. They also wrote them on bamboo and wooden sticks.Printing It was developed in 1041~1048 in the Song Dynasty. A man named Bi Sheng carved characters on pieces of clay and wood. Then he put ink on them. After the characters were printed on paper, the pieces of clay or wood could be used again. This technology then spread to Korea, Japan and Europe. It was the basic method at that time.（1）After the ____________ was invented, the oceans were open to travel. A.passB.printingC.gunpowderD.papermaking（2）At first, gunpowder was used for____________. A.finding directionsB.making fireworksC.carving charactersD.writing（3）Printing was developed in the____________. A.Tang DynastyB.Song DynastyC.Han DynastyD.Qing Dynasty（4）The best title for the reading material is____________. A.The Four Dynasties of Ancient ChinaB.The Four Great Inventors of Ancient ChinaC.The Four Great Inventions of Ancient ChinaD.The Four Great History Characters of Ancient China【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文講述了中國(guó)古代的四大發(fā)明，指南針，火藥，造紙和印刷。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)pass的信息中After it was invented, the oceans were open to travel 可知，指南針發(fā)明后，海洋向旅游開放，故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)gunpowder的信息中At first, it was used for making fireworks 可知， 起初，火藥被用于制作煙火，故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)printing的信息中It was developed in 1041~1048 in the Song Dynasty 可知， 印刷術(shù)是在宋朝發(fā)展起來(lái)的 ，故選B。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)本文講述了中國(guó)古代的四大發(fā)明，指南針，火藥，造紙和印刷可知，The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China 中國(guó)古代的四大發(fā)明，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題和主旨題，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案，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, Kate said 可知Kate為，Miriam感到驕傲，故選A。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)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，可知標(biāo)題適合是11yearold Fights to Save Elephants 11歲的孩子為了拯救大象而戰(zhàn)斗 ，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，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；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息，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。