【正文】 Turning into the sun, he began the long, winding drive through the Cascades. He liked this country and felt unpressed stopping now and then to make notes about interesting possibilities for future expeditions or to shoot what he called memory snapshots. The purpose of these causal photographs was to remind him of places he might want to visit again and approach more seriously. In later afternoon he turned north at Spokane, picking up . Route 2, which would take him halfway across the northe。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(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，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。根據(jù)第一段中的“But one man, from California by reasonable assumption, who goes by Dave, recently took procrastination (拖延) one step further, by paying a parking ticket almost a halfcentury after it was given．”可知，本文講述的是一位神秘的拖延者終于支付了44年的停車罰單。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“But apparently, guilt got the best of him, and he decided to finally cough up the money more than 40 years past its due date．”可知，一種強烈 的故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“Combs went on to share that the original ticket from 1974 was given to a vehicle that had an Ohio license plate．”可知，Dave的車可能來自俄亥俄州。Parking Ticket Carried Around for Almost Half a Century from Ohio【答案】 （1）C（2）D（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，一位神秘的拖延者終于支付了44年的停車罰單。Mysterious Procrastinator Finally Pays 44YearOld Parking TicketC.Sudden change of his financial situation.（4）Which of the following can be the best title? A.Fear of being tracked by the police.C.t pay for it just because of procrastination.（3）What drove Dave to pay for the parking ticket at last? A.He failed to find out who he should pay the money to.D.He didn39。t Dave pay for the parking ticket until recently? A.Dave is of course the man39。The police are trying to find out more about him.C. Because there was no system for tracking tickets given to outofstate cars back then, Dave could have gotten away with never paying the $2 fine. But apparently, guilt got the best of him, and he decided to finally cough up the money more than 40 years past its due date.（1）How much do we know about Dave? A. Even though the initial parking ticket was only for $2, Dave must have felt awfully guilty because he left 150 percent, or $3, in interest.ve been carrying this ticket around for 40 plus years always intending to pay. Forgive me if I don39。 In December 2018, the Minersville Police Department in Pennsylvania received a letter in the mail. Whoever wrote the letter decided it was best to keep his name somewhat unknown, so he put the return address as Wayward Road, Anytown California under the name Feeling guilty.ve all had cases where we39。 結(jié)合上下文合理概括，做有依據(jù)的推理。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, introduced Hercule Poirot, a retired Belgian police officer who starred in 30 of her ，Hercule Poirot是克里斯蒂30部作品中的男主角。故選D。根據(jù)第三段中Her work has continuing appeal for viewers, said director Laura Mackie. There is always a desire for a really good detective novel.可知，Laura Mackie認為她的作品對觀眾有著持續(xù)的吸引力，人們總是渴望一本真正好的偵探小說。故選C。只有《圣經(jīng)》和莎士比亞的作品比她賣得多。s bestknown mystery (神秘)writer. Only the Bible and Shakespeare39。根據(jù)第二段中In her 50year writing profession, Christie39。故選D。s bestknown mystery (神秘)writer.(在克里斯蒂50年的寫作生涯中，她的謀殺故事使她成為世界上最著名的神秘作家。根據(jù)第二段中In her 50year writing profession, Christie39。He is the writer who wrote a biography of Christie.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）D（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文主要介紹以寫謀殺故事而成為世界著名推理小說家的Agatha Christie以及她的作品。He is a real police officer.He is the hero in many of Christie39。s coworker.Because people are longing to read really good detective novels.（4）What is Hercule Poirot? A.Because she has a good knowledge of weapons.C.s novels have continuous appeal for viewers? A.has had all her novels turned into films（3）From Mackie39。has been a teacher at a police academyC.joined the Army in World War ID.C.B. Poirot is a tidy little man with a funnylooking moustache, an eggshaped head and a high opinion of himself. He draws conclusions from observing the behaviour of those around him, always managing to spot patterns that others cannot see. Poirot has bee so famous that someone has even written his biography, The Life and Times of Hercule Poirot.（1）What kind of works did Agatha Christie write? A. Born in 1890 in England, Christie was educated at home and began her writing career while working as a nurse during World War I. She went on to produce 79 novels and lots of short stories, dying at the age of 86. With her knowledge of murder, Christie could have been a teacher at police academies.s works have sold more copies than her.s murder stories made her the world39。t think I dare look at a really horrible and damaged body, Agatha Christie once said.7．閱讀理解 所以本文主要是告訴讀者Johnson編纂詞典的故事，故選D。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“This need to fix the English language is best illustrated (描述) in the making of The Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson.”及最后一段中的Samuel Johnson為詞典編纂所作的努力可以推斷出，Samuel Johnson使得英語標準化。故選C。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第一段中的“These, however, were often little more than lists of hard words”可知，早期英語詞典的問題是只是增加了一些難詞。To introduce how Johnson plete his dictionary.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了Johnson編纂詞典的故事。To encourage people to work on a project.C.He plained of working conditions.（4）What is the purpose of this passage? A.He cared about authority a lot.C.He standardized English.D.A maker of dictionaries.B.A publisher.D.They list just a few foreign words.C.s modern biographer Walter Jackson Bate, the original total number could have been over 240,000. How many words were defined by the lexicographer? Over 40,000 words appeared in two large books in April of 1755. Did Johnson fully understand the h