【正文】 are seriously polluted.B.Australia is famous for its sheep, kangaroos and large population.C.We ran back to the car because we were in the middle of the white sheep.D.If you go to the countryside in Australia, you will see a large number of white sheep.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）D 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了澳大利亞的人文環(huán)境和景色。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 It is a little smaller than China. 可知，它比中國(guó)小一點(diǎn)，故選D。 （2）推斷題。根據(jù)文章提到的 In spring every year, Perth has the wild flowers39。 exhibition可知，在春天，可以看花展，結(jié)合澳大利亞和北半球季節(jié)相反，可知它的春天在10月，故選A。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章提到的 After a short drive from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. 可知，可以看到很多山羊，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。9．閱讀理解 For more than six million American children, ing home after school means ing to an empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have something in mon. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children. They39。re children who look after themselves while their parents are working. And their bad condition has bee a subject of concern.Lynette Long was once the headmistress of an elementary school. She said, We had a school rule against wearing jewellery. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys fastened. I was constantly telling them to put them inside their shirts. There were so many keys. It never came to my mind what they meant, Slowly, she learned they were house keys. She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the impact（影響） working couples and single parents were having on their children. Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone. One in each three latchkey children the Longs talked to reported being scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety. The most mon way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed, or in a closet. The second is TV. They39。ll often play it at high volume. It39。s hard to get statistics（統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)） on latchkey children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.（1）The main idea about latchkey children is that they _________________. A.are growing in numbersB.suffer problems from being left aloneC.watch too much TV during the dayD.are also found in middle class neighbourhoods（2）Which sentence in the second paragraph is the topic sentence? A.We had a school rule against wearing jewellery.B.A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys fastened.C.Slowly, she learned they were house keys.D.I was constantly telling them to put them inside their shirts.（3）he main feeling these children have when they are at home by themselves is _________________. A.tirednessB.freedomC.lonelinessD.fear（4）The Longs39。 study was mainly on _________________. A.lonely children who have single parentsB.children whose parents are working or who have one parent onlyC.children who have the problem of fearD.parents who are working far from their homes（5）We may draw a conclusion（結(jié)論） that _________________. A.it39。s difficult to find out how many latchkey children there areB.latchkey children try to hide their feelingsC.latchkey children often watch TV with their parentsD.latchkey children enjoy having such a large amount of time alone【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）D（4）B（5）A 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了美國(guó)一些“鑰匙兒童”的生活情況這一社會(huì)問題。 （1）推理題。根據(jù) their bad condition has bee a subject of concern 他們的糟糕狀況已經(jīng)成為人們關(guān)注的話題 可知， 關(guān)于鑰匙兒童的主要觀點(diǎn)是他們獨(dú)自一人會(huì)有問題，故選B。 （2）主旨題。根據(jù) Slowly, she learned they were house keys 可知， 慢慢地，她了解到它們是房子的鑰匙是第二段的主題句子，故選C。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Fear is the biggest problem faced by children at home alone 可知， 這些孩子獨(dú)自在家時(shí)的主要感覺是害怕，故選D。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) They learned of the impact（影響） working couples and single parents were having on their children 可知，主要研究父母在工作或只有一個(gè)父母的孩子，故選B。 （5）推理題。根據(jù) It39。s hard to get statistics（統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)） on latchkey children 可知，結(jié)論是很難查出有多少掛鑰匙的孩子，故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，主旨題，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。10．閱讀理解 This August, we39。ll wele guests from all over the world. Some of them follow their own special cultural traditions. It39。s important for us to know about them. In many countries, such as Thailand, India and Malaysia, people believe that the left hand is unclean. So, it39。s not proper to use one39。s left hand to hold food, touch others or pass objects. Doing so may offend some guests. Some Westerners may be offended if you touch 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