Question

【題目】There lived a couple in a small town in Australia. The lady was very talkative(多話的). Usually she kept talking with people on the phone hour after hour when she was alone at home. Once in a blue moon, she hung up in 30 minutes

At the end of every month, when the couple got the telephone bill, the husband was amazed by the cost and he was so worried about this. The lady promised to talk for a shorter time, but she didn’t keep her promise, though she really tried hard.

One Saturday evening, they were dining at the table and the phone rang.

The lady stood up immediately. She ran to the phone and started chatting.

After about 30 minutes, she hang up and came back to the table.

The husband was happy that she hang up in 30 minutes which was a good sign where she normally doesn’t hung up at least for 2 hours. So he asked happily, “________?”

“No, it was a wrong number.” replied the lady.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】The underlined words “Once in a blue moon” most probably mean ________.

A. AlwaysB. SometimesC. Seldom

【2】The husband was ________ when he got the telephone bill.

A. happy and excitedB. surprised and worriedC. angry and crazy

【3】When the telephone rang, ________.

A. the lady went to answer the phone at once

B. the husband was not at home

C. the couple were watching TV in the sitting room

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the-passage?

A. The couple lived in a small city in Australia.

B. The lady usually spent at most 2 hours talking on the phone.

C. The phone call was from a stranger that Saturday evening.

【5】“________” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A. Was your friend busy so that she bung up so soon

B. Why did your father hang up first

C. Was it your father or your friend

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述一個(gè)女士健談，每次打電話至少兩個(gè)小時(shí)，但是有一次她打電話只打了30分鐘，原因竟是一個(gè)陌生人打錯(cuò)了電話。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)Usually she kept talking with people on the phone hour after hour when she was alone at home可知，這個(gè)女士每次打電話都是一個(gè)小時(shí)接著一個(gè)小時(shí)說，幾乎沒有在30分鐘內(nèi)就將電話掛掉。所以表示“幾乎沒有”，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)At the end of every month, when the couple got the telephone bill, the husband was amazed by the cost and he was so worried about this可知，每次得到電話賬單時(shí)，他都又吃驚又擔(dān)心，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The husband was happy that she hang up in 30 minutes which was a good sign where she normally doesn’t hung up at least for 2 hours可知，他的丈夫在家，排除B；根據(jù)One Saturday evening, they were dining at the table and the phone rang可知，他們?cè)诔燥垼�排�?/span>C。根據(jù)The lady stood up immediately. She ran to the phone and started chatting可知，這個(gè)女士立刻去接電話，故選A。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)There lived a couple in a small town in Australia可知，他們住在一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)上，排除A；根據(jù)The husband was happy that she hang up in 30 minutes which was a good sign where she normally doesn’t hung up at least for 2 hours可知，這個(gè)女士每次打電話至少2小時(shí)，排除B；根據(jù)No, it was a wrong number.” replied the lady可知嗎，這是一個(gè)陌生人的號(hào)碼，故選C。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)The husband was happy that she hang up in 30 minutes which was a good sign where she normally doesn’t hung up at least for 2 hours可知，這個(gè)女士每次打電話至少2小時(shí)，但是這次只打了30分鐘，且根據(jù)下文No可知，用一般疑問句，表示“你的朋友很忙，這么快就掛點(diǎn)電話了嗎？”，故選A。

解答詞義猜測(cè)題時(shí)，可以使用如下技巧：1、根據(jù)上下文來猜測(cè)詞義；2、通過同義詞或近義詞來猜測(cè)詞義；3、通過構(gòu)詞法來猜測(cè)詞義；4、通過定義或釋義來猜測(cè)詞義；5、通過句法功能來猜測(cè)詞義；6、通過轉(zhuǎn)折和因果關(guān)系來猜測(cè)詞義；7. 通過生活常識(shí)來猜測(cè)詞義。對(duì)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(gè)選項(xiàng)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(gè)選項(xiàng)就是該題的正確答案。例如第1題。