【正文】 mart Dodd.D.A loving son.（5）Why did people set up Father39。s Day to honour fathers? A.Because fathers want to get together with their children.B.Because fathers express great love to their children.C.Because fathers give popular gifts to their children,D.Because fathers make contributions to the raising of children.【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）C（5）D 【解析】【分析】主要講了中國重要的節(jié)日——中秋節(jié)。 （1）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the ，故選C。 （2）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)At night the moon is usually round and ，故選B。 （3）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Father39。s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in the US and the ，故選A。 （4）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Sonora Smart Dodd, a loving daughter from Spokane, had the good idea that society must celebrate a day to honour father可知Sonora Smart Dodd提出慶祝父親節(jié)的主意，故選C。 （5）細節(jié)題。根據(jù)because they make important contributions to the raising of 。故選D。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，主要考查細節(jié)題，注意從文中仔細尋找答案。9．閱讀理解 The word, photography, was first used in 1839. It es from the Greek words that mean to write with light. But photography could only give people static pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story. Back in 1872, people didn39。t know exactly（確切地） whether all four of a horse39。s hooves（蹄） left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn39。t think so. At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse39。s legs move so fast that it is impossible to tell just by looking. So they needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. Then Stanford offered $ 25,000 to the famous photographer, Muybridge, to help find the answer. In the beginning, Muybridge failed to get clear images, but he didn39。t give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence（連續(xù)） of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse39。s hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running. Though Edison is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison39。s invention.（1）The underlined word static in Paragraph 1 most probably means . A.prettyB.darkC.movingD.still（2）What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about? A.Whose horse ran faster.B.Whether a horse would fall over while running.C.Whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures.D.Whether a horse39。s hooves all left the ground at the same time while running.（3）Muybridge finally found the exact answer to the bet in . A.1839B.1872C.1878D.1889（4）The passage mainly tells us . A.that Thomas Edison created the first movieB.that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static picturesC.how photography helped people know more about animalsD.how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion（移動） successfully【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要介紹了 Eadweard Muybridge拍到移動的照片的故事。 （1）詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文 So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. 所以科學家很努力地嘗試找到讓照片動起來的方法，可知以前的照片是靜止的，static意為still“靜止的”。故選D。 （2）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段 Back in 1872, people didn39。t know exactly（確切地） whether all four of a horse39。s hooves（蹄） left the ground at the same time when it was running. 可知， Leland Stanford和朋友打賭馬在奔跑的時候是不是四只馬蹄都離地。故選D。 （3）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段 In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence（連續(xù)） of 12 photos. 可知，直到1878年， Muybridge ，才設法拍到連續(xù)的12張照片。故選C。 （4）主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章主要介紹了 Eadweard Muybridge拍到移動的照片的故事。故選D。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，首先快速瀏覽、分析問題，抓住關鍵詞；其次帶著問題通讀全文，了解文章大意，找到依據(jù)，確定答案；最后再檢查一遍，確保答案正確。10．閱讀理解 In Britain. Boxing Day is usually celebrated on December 26th, which is the following day after Christmas Day. However, strictly speaking, Boxing Day is the first weekday after Christmas. Like Christmas Day, Boxing Day is a public holiday. This means it39。s a nonworking day in the whole of Britain. When Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday is the public holiday. The exact origin（起源）of the holiday is unclear. One of the thoughts is that during the Middle Ages, when great sailing ships were setting off to discover new land, a Christmas Box was placed by a priest（神父）on each ship. Those sailors who wanted to ensure a safe return would drop money into the box. It was sealed up and kept on board until the ship came home safely. Then the box was handed over to the priest in exchange for the saying of a mass of thanks for the success of the sailing. The priest wouldn39。t open it to share the contents with the poor until Christmas. One more thought is about the Alms Box placed in every church on Christmas Day. Worshippers（做禮拜的人） put gifts for the poor into it. These boxes were always opened the day after 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