Question

【題目】

Clouds

On a beautiful spring afternoon

I relax and lie down

On the soft green grass

Breathing in the fresh smell that I can feel all around

My attention is taken up to the clouds.

For up there in the bright blue sky

Is a fluffy white world of cotton candy animals

And castles built with marshmallow bricks.

But I must be creative and take the time

To bring this world into focus

So I take a breath

And squint my eyes just a little bit.

And before I know it----there they are----A big bear

Soft as a pillow, quietly curls up to sleep

As a tiny, cotton ball mouse

Jumps out from a lion 's house

What a treat to spend my afternoon

With these newly found friends moving by!

Word Bank :

breathe v. 呼吸

fluffy adj. 松軟的

cotton candy 棉花糖

castle n. 城堡

marshmallow bricks

棉花軟糖似的磚塊

pillow n. 枕頭

【1】When is the speaker watching clouds in the poem?

A. In the morning.B. At noon.

C. In the afternoon.D. At night.

【2】The speaker in the poem is_____.

A. on his bedB. on the grass

C. on the streetD. on the beach

【3】Which word best describes the speaker in the poem?

A. Busy.B. Tired.C. Peaceful.D. Bored.

【4】The underlined part " squint my eyes just a little bit "in the poem probably means_____.

A. close my eyes a little bit and try to see things clearly

B. open my eyes widely

C. shut my eyes to avoid seeing something unpleasant

D. make my eyes full of tears

【5】The writer wrote this poem to______.

A. show the readers where to watch clouds

B. teach the readers about cloud shapes

C. explain to the readers how clouds can change

D. tell the readers about his cloud watching

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

本篇詩歌難度適中，主要描寫作者一天下午躺在草地上觀察云。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)On a beautiful spring afternoon，I relax-and lie down可知，作者在下午觀察云，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I relax and lie down On the soft green grass可知，作者躺在草地上，故選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)I relax and lie down On the soft green grass Breathing in the fresh smell that I can feel all around My attention is taken up to the clouds可知，我放輕松躺在柔軟的草地上，呼吸著新鮮空氣，我能感覺到周圍的一切，我的注意力被云彩吸引了，可以推斷出作者現(xiàn)在是平靜的，故選C。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)But I must be creative and take the time，To bring this world into focus，So I take a breath，And squint my eyes just a little bit. And before I know it ----there they are ----A big bear可知，我閉上眼，然后當我的意識來臨時，他們來了，我看到了一只大熊，所以表示我閉上了眼睛并且嘗試著看得更清楚，故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)整篇文章可知，主要講述作者告訴讀者他所觀察到的云，包括熊、枕頭、棉球老鼠以及獅子的家等，故選D。

解答詞義猜測題時，可以使用如下技巧：1、根據(jù)上下文來猜測詞義；2、通過同義詞或近義詞來猜測詞義；3、通過構詞法來猜測詞義；4、通過定義或釋義來猜測詞義；5、通過句法功能來猜測詞義；6、通過轉折和因果關系來猜測詞義；7. 通過生活常識來猜測詞義。對于這類題采取“代入法”也非常有效，即將備選答案逐一代入文中，哪一個選項能使句子的意思通順、連貫，且與上下文的內(nèi)容一致，哪一個選項就是該題的正確答案。例如第4題。