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【題目】(C)

Jack London was a famous writer. He was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. His family was so poor that Jack had to leave school to make money at an early age. As a result, he had little education as a child. He worked hard in many different jobs--- working as a paper boy, a sailor, and a miller. Though he had to work long hours at these jobs, London spent all his free time on books, especially those travel and adventure books borrowed from the library. He travelled to Japan and Korea in 1893. These trips made London decide to educate himself and change his life. He returned to school, quickly completed high school and entered the University of California. After only one term, however, London gave up his studies and travelled to Alaska in 1897 in search of gold, but he failed as a gold miner.

Though unsuccessful, the trip to Alaska provided ideas for his career as a writer. Once back in California, London decided to work as a writer. He bought a typewriter and worked up to fifteen hours a day, changing his Alaskan adventures into short stories and novels.

In 1903, he became famous all over the country after he published the popular novel The Call of the Wild. He soon became the highest paid writer in the US. During his career, he wrote more than fifty books and got more than a million dollars. Several of his novels, including The Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904), The White Fang (1906), have become American most famous novels. People can always get encouragement and ideas about life from his works. To Build a Fire, for example, tells the story of a man who fought against the extreme cold to live through the Alaskan winter.

Jack London was a great writer in the history of literature. His works have been translated into different languages and are still popular all over the world. However, he was not a happy man. In poor health, he killed himself in 1916.

【1】Why didn’t Jack London get much education when he was young?

A. Because he could learn from his jobs.

B. Because he spent all his time travelling.

C. Because his family couldn’t afford his schooling.

D. Because he could teach himself by reading books.

【2】Which of the following jobs didn’t Jack do in his life?

A. A miller. B. A sailor. C. A writer. D. A waiter.

【3】What made Jack London start writing?

A. The trip to Alaska.

B. The books he read.

C. The university education.

D. The trip to Japan and Korea.

【4】Which of the followings is in the right order?

a. He travelled to Japan and Korea.

b. He went to Alaska in search of gold.

c. He published the book the White Fang.

d. He became famous all over the country.

e. He returned to school and entered the university.

A. a-e-b-d-c B. a-b-e-c-d C. e-a-b-d-c D. e-d-c-a-b

【5】According to the passage, Jack London’s books are _______________.

A. surprising B. humourous C. encouraging D. sympathetic

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】 A

【4】 A

【5】 C

【解析】

本篇文章主要講了作家Jack London的生平故事。

【1】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章第一段“His family was so poor that Jack had to leave school to make money at an early age. As a result, he had little education as a child.”,我們可知Jack小時候不能得到教育的原因是家里窮，所以選項C，因為家里不能支付學費，符合，故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章第一段“He worked hard in many different jobs--- working as a paper boy, a sailor, and a miller.”以及第二段“Once back in California, London decided to work as a writer.”我們可知Jack London做過sailor水手, miller碾磨工；writer.作家.故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章第二段第一句“Though unsuccessful, the trip to Alaska provided ideas for his career as a writer”，我們可知Jack London開始寫作是因為The trip to Alaska.，故選A.

【4】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)“He travelled to Japan and Korea in 1893”我們可知a為順序一；“These trips made London decide to educate himself and change his life. He returned to school, quickly completed high school and entered the University of California”從這可知因為日本韓國之星讓他重新學習，所以e為順序二；“London gave up his studies and travelled to Alaska in 1897 in search of gold”從這里推斷b為順序三；“In 1903, he became famous all over the country” 從這里推斷d為順序四；The White Fang (1906) 從這里推斷c為順序五，故選A.

【5】細節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“People can always get encouragement and ideas about life from his works”可知Jack London的作品給人鼓舞，故選C.

閱讀理解也是英語必考題型之一。

做題步驟：首先快速瀏覽，快速瀏覽有助于我們迅速的了解文章的大致信息，掌握文章的主題思想。例如，在本篇文章中，這是一篇人物生平的文章，那么我們首先得確定主人公，寫作的順序，各個時間段的事情發(fā)展。其次讀清題目，在答題時，一定不要急于去選擇，要看清楚題目，看清題目說的是什么，問的是什么。例如問題2. Which of the following jobs didn’t Jack do in his life?這里要注意“ don’t ”,是Jack沒有做過的工作是什么?可能在文中作者告訴我們的是Jack做了哪些工作，所以一定要讀題仔細；接著對照閱讀，將題目的問題與文章相應的部分進行對照閱讀，能夠幫助我們快速的尋找出答案所在。例如問題1.我們能很快的在文中找到對應解釋說明的句子“His family was so poor that Jack had to leave school to make money at an early age. As a result, he had little education as a child.”。答案排異，一道題目中，如果有2個或多個答案為同一個意思，那么答案肯定就不是這幾個，除非是多選題，所以，有時答題并我全靠文章，答案本身就有明顯的提示！答案選擇，如果對短文內(nèi)容無法理解，那么我們就只能從答案入手了，如果4個答案有3個是一個意思，那么就選擇另外一個。