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【題目】Smith had to drive across the Sahara. It was a journey across hundreds of miles of an empty and dry area. After he had been driving for a few hours, there was a sandstorm came. Then his car left the road and broke down.

Smith began walking across the hot sand under the sun. He hoped he would soon reach the road again.

Soon, his tongue (舌頭) was thick with thirst. He needed water, but everywhere he looked there was nothing except sand.

Smith kept walking. Then, about an hour later, a man riding a camel came into sight. Smith waved to him. The man on the camel rode up to him and stopped.

“Please,” Smith said, “I am dying of thirst. Let me have some of your water.”

The man slowly shook his head. “You can’t have any water,” he said, “but I’ll sell you a beautiful tie.”

“I don’t want a tie.” Smith shouted at him furiously. “I need water.”

But the man turned away quickly and rode off.

Smith continued walking. Two hours later, he met another man riding a camel. This time he asked if he could buy some water, but the man refused, saying, “No, but I’ll sell you a tie.”

Angrily, Smith turned away from him and continued walking.

Three hours later, by which time he was near death, Smith saw a large hotel in the distance. It stood alone in the middle of the desert, surrounded by palm trees. Smith managed to reach the main entrance. He was about to enter the hotel when the doorman stopped him.

“Hey!” he said. “This is a first-class hotel. You can’t come in here without a tie.”

【1】Picture _____ shows the right place where the story happened.

A. B. C. D.

【2】The man on the camel offered Smith _______.

A. some water to drinkB. a ride on his camel

C. the name of a hotelD. a beautiful tie

【3】The underlined word “furiously” in the passage probably means “_________”.

A. angrilyB. worriedlyC. nervouslyD. sadly

【4】Smith met _______ person (s) in the story.

A. oneB. twoC. threeD. four

【5】According to the passage, Smith will be allowed to enter the hotel if _______.

A. he drives a carB. he tips the doorman

C. he has enough waterD. he wears a tie

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述史密斯在沙漠中車壞了，他走路穿過沙漠，在途中，他想喝水，他碰到了兩個人，他們沒有給史密斯水，而是說賣一個領(lǐng)帶給他，但是都被史密斯拒絕了。最后他看到了一個大酒店，他打算進(jìn)去，但是門衛(wèi)攔住他說，沒有領(lǐng)帶不能進(jìn)入。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Smith had to drive across the Sahara. It was a journey across hundreds of miles of an empty and dry area可知，這個故事發(fā)生在沙漠，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The man slowly shook his head. “You can’t have any water,” he said, “but I’ll sell you a beautiful tie.”可知，在駱駝上的人想要給史密斯先生一個漂亮的領(lǐng)帶，故選D。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)“I don’t want a tie.” Smith shouted at him furiously. “I need water.”可知，史密斯很渴，所以他想要水，但是這個人只賣給他領(lǐng)帶，所以史密斯先生是生氣的，故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)a man riding a camel came into sight、he met another man riding a camel、He was about to enter the hotel when the doorman stopped him可知，史密斯先生遇到兩個騎駱駝的人和一個門衛(wèi)，所以是三個人，故選C。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Hey!” he said. “This is a first-class hotel. You can’t come in here without a tie.”可知，史密斯有領(lǐng)帶才可以進(jìn)入酒店，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(gòu)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(zhuǎn)折和因果關(guān)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3題。