【正文】 ticket, and got on the plane. Twenty minutes after takeoff, the man began to worry. Oakland was north of Los Angeles, but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window all he could see was ocean. Is this plane going to Oakland? he asked the flight attendant. No, she said. We39。re going to AucklandAuckland, New Zealand. Because so many English words sound similar, misunderstandings among Englishspeaking people are not unmon. Most misunderstandings are much less serious. Every day, people speaking English ask one another questions like these: Did you say seventy or seventeen? Did you say that you can e or that you can39。t? Similarsounding words can be especially confusing（混淆）for people who speak English as a second language. When a Korean woman who lives in the United States arrived at work one morning, her boss asked her, Did you get a plate? No. she answered, wondering what in the world he meant. She worked in an office. Why did the boss ask her about a plate? All day she wondered about her boss39。s strange question, but she was too embarrassed to ask him about it. At five o39。clock, when she was getting ready to go home, her boss said, Please be on time tomorrow. You were 15 minutes late this morning. Sorry, she said. My car wouldn39。t start, and… Suddenly she stopped talking and began to smile. Now she understood. Her boss hadn39。t asked her, Did you get a plate? He had asked her, Did you get up late? Auckland and Oakland. A plate and up late. When similarsounding words cause a misunderstanding, probably the best thing to do is just to laugh and learn from the mistake. Of course, sometimes it39。s hard to laugh. The man who traveled to Auckland instead of Oakland didn39。t feel like laughing. But even that misunderstanding turned out all right in the end. The airline paid for the man39。s hotel room and meals in New Zealand and for his flight back to California. Oh well, the man later said. I always wanted to see New Zealand.（1）A man got on the bus and hid in the bus restroom with a bomb. （2）The 15milelong traffic jam was caused by the man in the restroom. （3）The man who traveled to New Zealand actually wanted to fly to California. （4）The boss of the Korean woman asked her if she had got a plate that day. （5）Misunderstandings happen sometimes because of the similarsounding words. 【答案】 （1）0（2）0（3）1（4）0（5）1 【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要通過(guò)幾個(gè)例子說(shuō)明英語(yǔ)中發(fā)音相似的詞有時(shí)會(huì)引起誤會(huì)。 （1）判斷題。根據(jù)第一段 He thought that if he hid in the restroom, he could ride to New York without paying. 他以為他如果躲在廁所里，就可以不用付錢去到紐約，可知他并沒(méi)有帶著炸彈。故答案為錯(cuò)誤。 （2）判斷題。根據(jù)第二段 There39。s a bomb（炸彈）in the restroom. 廁所里有一顆炸彈，可知十五公里長(zhǎng)的交通堵塞不是因?yàn)閹镉袀€(gè)流浪漢，而是因?yàn)閹镉袀€(gè)炸彈。故答案為錯(cuò)誤。 （3）判斷題。根據(jù)第三段 Two similarsounding English words also caused trouble for a man who wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland, California. 兩個(gè)發(fā)音相似的英語(yǔ)單詞也給一個(gè)想要從洛杉磯飛往加利福尼亞州奧克蘭的男人帶來(lái)了麻煩，可知那個(gè)男人實(shí)際上是要去加利福尼亞的。故答案為正確。 （4）判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段 Her boss hadn39。t asked her, Did you get a plate? He had asked her, Did you get up late? 她的老板沒(méi)有問(wèn)她“你有沒(méi)有拿到一個(gè)碟子”，而是問(wèn)她“你是不是起晚了”。故答案為錯(cuò)誤。 （5）判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段 Similarsounding words can be especially confusing（混淆）for people who speak English as a second language. 可知，誤會(huì)通常會(huì)因?yàn)閮蓚€(gè)發(fā)音相似的詞而發(fā)生。故答案為正確。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查任務(wù)型閱讀，關(guān)鍵在看懂文章，然后根據(jù)題目要求作答，注意盡量用文章的語(yǔ)言填寫答案。9．閱讀理解 Friends are important to the children. Research shows that children who have no friends can suffer from difficulties later in life. Friendship provides children with more than just fun. By making friends, children learn how to get in touch with others and solve problems. Having friends even does good to children39。s study for they can help each other after class. If parents care about their children whether they have made many friends, what matters is that the child is fortable and happy with his friends. Parents need to understand the steps children take in building friendships. First of all, be a friend of your child39。s. Good friendships start at home. Children begin to develop the necessary ability to go out and meet others through getting on with their parents. Greet the child warmly and let him know you are glad to see him. Children learn a lot from how their parents stay with them and other people. Teach children how to solve conflicts. Being able to work out conflicts is an important skill in getting along with others. If parents know the children have a conflict, let them work it out on their own. Only step in if it is really necessary, for example, an argument is getting physical. Give children chances to practise staying together. Make children play games that require teamwork and group problemsolving skills. For example, races are fun and provide plenty of practice in teamwork. In what way didn39。t you work well together? What might you do differently next time? For these ideas, read books such as Cooperative Sports and Games Book by Terry Orlick, and Team Building Activities for Every Group by Alanna Jones. Encourage children to express thanks to others. Parents can encourage children to do this by setting examples for them.（1）According to the article, if one child has no friend, he will . A.have some troubles in the futureB.worry about everything in the futureC.not know the importance of making friendsD.not find anybody to help him（2）Friendships can be helpful to children EXCEPT . A.providing a lot of funB.getting in touch with othersC.solving problemsD.helping others to cheat in the exams（3）The writer39。s purpose of writing the article is to . A.tell what parents should do to help children make friendsB.show having friends even does good to children39。s study during the classesC.tell parents to understand the steps of children39。s friendshipsD.show how important friendships are to children（4）When children have a conflict, parents should . A.let them fight with each other until they find who the winner isB.do nothing to the children and believe their abilitiesC.let them work it out by themselves and help if necessaryD.talk with them and try to find good ways to let them stay together【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】文章大意：朋友對(duì)孩子很重要。友誼給孩子們帶來(lái)的不僅僅是樂(lè)趣。通過(guò)交朋友，孩子們學(xué)會(huì)了如何與他人聯(lián)系和解決問(wèn)題。有朋友甚至對(duì)孩子的學(xué)習(xí)有好處，因?yàn)樗麄兛梢栽谡n后互相幫助。作為家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)學(xué)會(huì)如何幫助自己的孩子交朋友，本文就這問(wèn)題給我們提出了一些建議。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù) Research shows th