【題目】閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文, 從給的四個選項 (A、B、C和D) 中, 選出最佳選項。

After years of study,I have known there are only two types of people in this world:those who get to the airport early and those who arrive as the plane is about to take off.

If there were any justice in this world,the earlyairport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the lateairport people would be punished.But the earlyairport people get ulcers(潰瘍),heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone (急得團團轉(zhuǎn)).The lateairport people are hardly aware that they are flying.

A guy of that kind once said,“Don’t hurry.If you miss your flight,it’s because God didn’t want you to go.”This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.

Earlyairport people suffer another“name”.They are called exactly what they are—wimps(懦夫).I know I am an earlyairport person for years.My luggage will get on the plane first,which makes it the last luggage they take off the plane after landing.

Another strange thing:No matter how early I showed up,I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat.I figured it was a trick.I figured there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said,“Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere today?If he is,give me his seat.”

After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead,I have learned another fact about earlyairport people and lateairport people:

They always marry each other.

【1】We can learn from the passage that________.

A.lateairport persons often get ulcers or heart attacks

B.earlyairport persons are always relaxed during the flight

C.earlyairport persons get their luggage first after landing

D.lateairport persons always take things easy

2The fifth paragraph mainly tells us________.

A.someone always plays tricks on the writer

B.the airlines usually fool passengers

C.earlyairport persons always can’t get good seats

D.the service of airlines is very bad

3The purpose of writing the passage is to________.

A.give useful tips on taking a plane

B.offer advice about catching a plane

C.express the writer’s anxiety about taking planes

D.show peoples two attitudes toward catching planes

4It could be inferred that the writer’s wife is________.

A.a(chǎn)n earlyairport woman B.a(chǎn) lateairport woman

C.a(chǎn) hottempered woman D.a(chǎn) sensitive woman

5The writing style of the passage would be best described as________.

A.serious B.simple

C.humorous D.ironic

【答案】

【1】D

2C

3D

4B

5C

【解析】

【1】細節(jié)理解題。從第二段及第三段所舉事例可知,晚到機場的人總是沉得住氣,不慌不忙,故選D。從第二段第二句可知A項和B項錯;從第四段最后一句可知C項錯。

2段落大意題。從第五段可知作者通過描述自己的親身經(jīng)歷得出一個結(jié)論:早到機場的人往往不能得到想要的座位,故C選項正確。A項是作者的一個玩笑。因為他總是得不到想要的座位,所以才會說I figured it was a trick;B項和D項無法從第五段推出。

3意圖推測題。通讀全文不難推斷出作者寫此文章主要介紹了人們對于趕飛機的兩種截然不同的態(tài)度,故D選項正確。

4推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章可知作者屬于“早到機場的人!蔽恼碌慕Y(jié)尾提到了作者的另一個發(fā)現(xiàn):早到機場的人總是與晚到機場的人結(jié)婚。由此,可推知作者的妻子屬于“晚到機場的人”,故選B。

5推理判斷題。綜觀全文,作者的寫作風格詼諧幽默,妙趣橫生,故選C。

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