【正文】 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。7．閱讀理解 Please Take my Children to Work Day（PTCW Day） first began as a holiday for hardworking and tired stayathome mothers to take a day off. Now, this day is fit for any parent. It was created in 2003 and is celebrated each year on June 25, but it isn39。t a public holiday. It encourages friends and family to take care of the children so that the stayathome parent can have some time to relax. Kamehameha Day is held on June 11 each year. Kamehameha the Great was the monarch（君主） of Hawaii. He is famous and respected for establishing（建立） the Kingdom of Hawaii in Day is a public holiday in Hawaii, and this is a day off for people School and most businesses are closed. DDay is celebrated in the . to memorize the Normandy landings in France on June 6, 1944. On the day, American army and other Allied forces（盟軍） fought hard and the World War Ⅱ（WWⅡ） in Europe was over soon. It is not a public holiday. Businesses have normal opening hours. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 each year to honor the United States flag. On the same day, the United States Army celebrates its birthday. Although Flag Day is a great celebration across the country, it is not a public holiday.（1）If you are a stay﹣at﹣home parent, what can you do to relax on PTCW Day？ A.Take a day off.B.Go to work earlier.C.Look after children.D.Do some housework.（2）Which is a public holiday？ A.PTCW Day.B.Kamehameha Day.C.D﹣Day.D.Flag Day.（3）When is the United States Amy39。s birthday？ A.On June 6.B.On June 11.C.On June 14.D.On June 25.（4）What can we know about D﹣Day？ A.It is celebrated in France.B.The WWⅡ ended before 1944.C.Businesses are closed for it.D.The Normandy landings happened in 1944.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）C（4）D 【解析】【分析】大意：本文分別講述了Work Day, Kamehameha Day, D﹣Day和Flag Day等節(jié)日時(shí)間，以及它們的意義。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一句Please Take my Children to Work Day（PTCW Day） first began as a holiday for hard﹣working and tired stayathome mothers to take a day off. 帶孩子工作日（PTCW日）最初是作為一個(gè)在家里勞累的媽媽們休息一天的節(jié)日。 可知，這一天媽媽們可以休息一天，故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Kamehameha Day is held on June 11 each year. Kamehameha Day is a public holiday in Hawaii，and this is a day off for people ?？拦拦帐窍耐牡墓布偃?，這是人民學(xué)校的休息日。可知，卡美哈美哈日是個(gè)公共假期， 故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 each year to honor the United States flag On the same day，the United States Army celebrates its birthday，國(guó)旗日是每年6月14日慶祝美國(guó)國(guó)旗的同一天，美國(guó)陸軍慶祝其生日，可知，美國(guó)陸軍是6月14日，故選C。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段DDay is celebrated in the U. S. to memorize the Normandy landings in France on June 6，在美國(guó)慶祝諾曼底登陸日，紀(jì)念諾曼底登陸法國(guó)?？芍?，諾曼底登陸是在1944年， 故選D。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解能力，細(xì)節(jié)題、是閱讀理解題中?？碱}型。細(xì)節(jié)題要從文中尋找答案。8．閱讀理解 One Thursday afternoon, when I was in Grade 9, a new boy came into my classroom. He was short and thin. He walked up to the teacher and told her, very seriously, that he was new. His name was Christian. He sat down, took a look at me, and then looked away. I didn39。t think he was very nice and I was sure he wasn39。t the type I would like to bee friends with. During that year, I didn39。t talk to him much, but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly. He never ate lunch with anybody, and he never talked to anybody but me. But one day I joined those unkind kids who were making fun of him. We made fun of him though I thought it was wrong. Haven39。t you got any friends? a kid asked Christian, who had walked past us alone, head down. No, he h