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60。B.His feeling of staying with his dad.C.His earliest memory of his dad.D.His good relationship with his dad.(3)How does science fiction help the author at present? A.It leads him to pursue a desirable career.B.It brings him the courage to live better.C.It helps him solve the danger of technology.D.It makes him bee a source of his family39。s joy.(4)What may be the best title for the text? A.The Wonders of ScienceB.The Power of Science FictionC.The Versions of Science FictionD.The Time together with My Father【答案】 (1)C(2)D(3)A(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,作者和父親都熱愛科幻小說,它不僅幫助作者與父親建立了深厚的感情,而且?guī)椭髡邔?shí)現(xiàn)了夢想。 (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“but my dad and I bond over Star Trek. We tried a trip to Disney World, but one of my earliest memories wasn39。t Mickey, but a Klingon battle cruiser(巡洋) on the screen.”可知,作者與父親都喜歡看科幻小說,故選C。 (2)考查推理判斷。第二段舉例說明盡管時過境遷,但作者與父親的關(guān)系依舊非常好,故選D。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“A lifetime of science fiction has influenced more than just my relationship with my dad, but has also helped me shape my own hopes for the 39。m now a science writer.”可知科幻小說促使作者追求自己想要的職業(yè),并幫助他成為一名科學(xué)作家,故選A。 (4)考查主旨大意。第一段中的“I believe in the power of science fiction, not just for its capacity to transform dreams into reality, but also for its power to bond together those who share a mon vision of the future.”點(diǎn)名了主題,說明了科幻小說的力量,故選B。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解,推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析,推理,概括和歸納,從而選出正確答案。7.閱讀理解 Wilbur and Orville Wright were the two youngest sons of Bishop Milton Wright, Wilbur was born on a farm near Millville and Orville was born in August in the house the family would e to occupy for more than 40 years in Dayton. Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children, with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country. Orville and Wilbur would build duplicates(復(fù)制品)of these toys and bounce them off the ceiling. They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand. Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was, the more they saw it as a challenge. Exploring the unknown was such a joy for then that Orville once said, I can remember when Wilbur and I could hardly wait for the morning to e to get at something that interested us. That39。s happiness. Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. Orville designed and then built a printing press(印刷機(jī))for this enterprise. At first, they did contract printing for other people, and soon one of their customers during the early 1890s was Father Milton39。s church. They also tried the newspaper business, and although their two newspapers, the West Side News and The Evening Item were considered to be of high quality, Dayton already had daily newspapers, so the Wrights soon returned to contract printing. Branching out into other areas, they also opened a bicycle business. Bicycling was the fastest growing sport in the country at that time, and their repair shop soon led them into building bicycles of their own design, often with tools of their own construction, such as the lathe(車床)driven by a onecylinder gasoline engine built by Orville. The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood(生計(jì))that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes. (1)What may inspire Wilbur and Orville Wright to be keen on flight in childhood? A.Their experiences of taking a flight.B.Their wishes to travel by plane.C.The toys their father brought for them.D.Their interest in duplicating toys.(2)What kind of children were the Wright brothers? A.Enthusiastic and curious.B.Quiet and modes.C.Naughty but clever.D.Stubborn but careful(3)What business did Wilbur and Orville enter shortly after high school? A.The toy business.B.The printing business.C.The lathe business.D.The bicycle business.(4)What will possibly be discussed following this text? A.Who guided them a lot on their way to success.B.What trouble they would meet in their business.C.Why they closed their bicycle shop suddenly.D.How the two brothers began to invent planes.【答案】 (1)C(2)A(3)B(4)D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文,介紹了 萊特兄弟是怎樣的發(fā)明飛機(jī)的過程。 (1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Orville would discover in later years that he and Wilbur39。s first interests in flight began when they were children,with powered rubberbandhelicopter toys that their father would bring home for them from trips around the country”奧維爾后來發(fā)現(xiàn)他和威爾伯對飛行第一次興趣是從他們小時候開始的,由于他們的父親從鄉(xiāng)村給他們帶回家的,用橡皮筋為動力的直升機(jī)玩具,可知選C。 (2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“They were just crazy about these things for the reasons that they did not yet understand”他們只是因?yàn)樗麄冞€不明白的原因 而對這些事情瘋狂 ;和第三段中的“Both boys loved to solve problems that seemed difficult to others. The more difficult the problem was,the more they saw it as a challenge”兩個男孩都喜歡解決別人覺得困難的問題。問題越難,他們就越覺得這是一個挑戰(zhàn) 可推出選A。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“ Putting their gift to work, the boys entered the printing business soon after high school. ”把他們的天賦投入工作 中,孩子們高中畢業(yè)后不久就進(jìn)入了印刷業(yè)。 故選B。 (4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“The bicycle shop would provide the livelihood(生計(jì))that would allow them to carry out their experiments on airplanes”自行車店將提供生計(jì) ,允許他們在飛機(jī)上進(jìn)行實(shí)驗(yàn) ,可知選D。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查,是一篇故事類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,從而選出正確答案。 8.閱讀理解 Back in 1988, I was working at the University of Bonn in Germany as a research fellow. I took some time off in early May to visit a friend, who was the director of a museum in Viterbo, in central Italy. I set out by train, which crossed the Swiss border to reach Zurich, winding through valleys and along hillsides, and entering tunnels and making its way through the Swiss Alps. The scenery was so beautiful. The train then crossed the Italian border before passing through Milan and Florence, then finally stopping in Rome. I was lucky, as my hotel was close to the railway station. The next morning, I had a coffee at a nearby caf233。 and eagerly set out to visit as many of the famous Roman landmarks as possible. The foll