【正文】 No Pains No Gains is about Harry, who works with his father, a carpenter, in Philippines. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop and. Hospital or Cinema? Elizabeth Beckman, who studies English in Sydney, wrote this story earlier this year. Betty is a young and beautiful Brazilian（ 巴西的） woman. Her dream is to bee a doctor. She goes to Sydney to study English and medicine but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the US with him to bee a film star.... What will Betty do?（1）After we read this, we know that this is ________________. A.apiece of newsB.an adC.a diaryD.a menu（2）The Longest Night is about ________________. A.William Smith39。s lifeB.William Smith39。s last bookC.William Smith39。s jobD.the nurse Susan and a sick baby（3）From the title No Pains No Gains, we may know that Harry ________________ at last. A.has made a successB.is still poorC.doesn39。t have to work hardD.has killed the man in black（4）What39。s the meaning of the word carpenter? A.A shop owner.B.A businessman.C.A hard working man.D.A person who makes wooden things（5）Which of the following is TRUE? A.William Smith is still alive.B.Emma is twenty years old.C.Susan had taught English for two years.D.Elizabeth wrote Hospital or Cinema? years ago.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）D（5）B 【解析】【分析】主要講了書店里今年最暢銷的小說的廣告。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Do you enjoy novels? The best sellers of the year are waiting for you in our bookstore!你喜歡小說嗎？今年的暢銷書在我們書店等著你，可知是書店的一則廣告，即ad，故選B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)The Longest Night Susan is a nurse in southern England. There she works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Susan has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big 。她在一家小醫(yī)院工作。有一天，一個嬰兒病得很厲害，蘇珊不得不開一整晚的車把她送到最近的大城市，可知是護(hù)士Susan和生病的男孩間的故事，故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)No Pains No Gains（收獲） Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop ，一個穿黑衣服的男人買了店里最漂亮的桌子，可知Harry最后成功了，故選A。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)后句They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs可知他們工作很長時間制作桌椅，所以carpenter意思是制作木頭家具的人，故選D。 （5）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)This exciting story is Emma Brown39。s 20歲了，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解，主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題，注意從文中仔細(xì)尋找答案。10．閱讀理解 Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some ways. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar. In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year from midnight on December 31st to January 1st, People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal（正式的）clothes, and they may drink champagne（香檳） at midnight. During the first minute of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead, But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They wele the new year with the first light of the sunrise. Many cultures also do special things to get rid of（擺脫）bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes, The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh（重新）. Other mon traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year. Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year39。s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck he will have in the new year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck on New Year39。s Day. In the United States, some people eat blackeyed peas for good luckbut to get good luck for a whole year, you have to eat 365 of them!（1）The passage is mainly about____________. A.the meaning of Happy New Year!B.several different New Year traditionsC.what to eat on New Year39。s DayD.why people dress up nicely on New Year39。s Day（2）It39。s clear that____________. A.some cultures celebrate New Year in the morningB.the Western people celebrate New Year only on New Year39。s DayC.people in Ecuador go to parties from December 31st to January 1stD.no cultures do special things to celebrate New Year（3）To have a happy new year, ____________. A.friends talk to each other in special waysB.families make big dolls filled with old clothesC.some people get up early to watch the sunriseD.Europeans eat 365 grapes on New Year39。s Day（4）When eating black eyed peas on New Year39。s Day, people think____________. A.one pea brings one day of luckB.black eyed peas are the best medicineC.the peas are too black and taste badD.the peas are helpful to count numbers【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介紹了西方國家不同的慶祝新年的方式， （1）主旨大意題，通過閱讀全文可知，短文主要介紹了不同國家不同的新年慶祝方式，故答案是B。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù) But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. 可知，一些國家喜歡在早晨慶祝新年，故答案是A。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù) But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sunrise. They wele the new year with the first light of the sunrise. 可知，為了過一個快樂的新年，人們要早起看日出，故答案是C。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)In the United States, some people eat