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【題目】 Clara Daly was sitting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”

Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. An air hostess came by and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf，” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.

When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk，” Clara said.

So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her，she “l(fā)ooked attentively at his face with such kindness，” a passenger reported.

“Clara was amazing,” an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. “You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel.”

Cook’s reply: “Best trip I’ve ever had.”

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【1】What was the air hostesses’ problem?

A. They had a very difficult passenger.

B. They couldn’t understand the passenger.

C. They didn’t know the passenger’s name.

D. They didn’t have what the passenger wanted.

【2】Why did Clara Daly believe she could help?

A. Because she happened to learn some ASL.

B. Because she had helped people like Cook.

C. Because she thought she might know Cook.

D. Because her grandfather had the same problem.

【3】Into which did Clara Daly finger spell with Tim Cook?

A B C D

A. AB. BC. CD. D

【4】Why did Tim Cook keep asking for service?

A. Because he was hungry and thirsty.

B. Because he needed someone to talk to.

C. Because he was afraid of taking planes.

D. Because he was interested in Clara’s story.

【5】Which of the following words best describe Clara Daly?

A. Brave and clever.B. Beautiful and lovely.

C. Patient and caring.D. Outgoing and friendly.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

該閱讀材料是一篇記敘文，本文向同學們介紹了正在學習ASL（美國手語）的Clara在一次飛機旅行中，幫助乘務(wù)人員，與聾啞人乘客Tim Cook進行溝通的事。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。題目：女乘務(wù)員的問題是什么？由第一段第2行廣播的內(nèi)容“Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”和第二段第三行“the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.”可知，女乘務(wù)員的問題是他們聽不懂乘客的話。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。題目：為什么Clara認為她能夠提供幫助？由第三段第 1 行“Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people”可知，Clara學過手語，故選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。題目：Clara與Tim Cook手指拼讀在哪？由第三段第 2 行“she knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man’s palm.”可知，是寫在手中，故選A。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。題目：Tim Cook為什么總是請求服務(wù)？由第五段“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk”可知，因為他需要找個人談?wù)�。故選B。

【5】推理判斷題。題目：下面哪一個詞最能描寫Clara Daly？通讀文章可知，Clara是耐心的、關(guān)心他人的。故此題應(yīng)選C。

用細節(jié)定位法來做細節(jié)理解題。

細節(jié)理解題屬直接解答性問題，是閱讀理解題中最簡單的一種，多數(shù)屬中低難度的送分題。但由于中考所占的比例很大，應(yīng)特別引起注意。

事實和細節(jié)題的命題特點是：把某詞語、某個句子或某具體事實用不同于原文的另一方式或句型表達，即同義改寫。解答這類題的竅門是：A)注意掌握英語的多種表達法；B）正確分析詞語在句中的作用；C）熟練運用英語的句型轉(zhuǎn)換；D）讀懂題干所提出的問題，并準確地找到文中涉及該問題的句子。

做細節(jié)題具體方法與步驟如下：

略讀材料,大概了解原文，掌握中心或主旨。

按文章的體裁，作者寫作的組織模式及有關(guān)的信息詞，如for example，first，second…等預(yù)測應(yīng)該到何處尋找自己所需要的事實。

將自己精力放在尋找你所需要的細節(jié)上，快速通篇跳讀，眼睛自左至右，自上而下呈Z形掃視，直到找到細節(jié)出處，待找到含細節(jié)句子時，放慢速度，仔細核對比較內(nèi)容，直至找到答案。