小高考英語閱讀理解題及答案解析

A. 高考英語閱讀理解的解題技巧

英語閱讀理解題的難度在不斷增大,考生們也大多知難而進，在英語試卷中，閱讀理解在分數上佔到大部分，所以起到至關重要的作用。如果閱讀理解沒有做好，那麼就很難在考試中取得高分。既然閱讀理解如此重要，如何提高閱讀理解的解題速度和解題正確率就成為一個非常現實的話題了，具體從四個步驟來展開：
第一步：通讀全文，把握文章大意
拿到閱讀篇章，第一步就是要求通讀全文，力爭把握文章體裁和脈絡，做到能夠回答when(故事發生的時間)、where(故事發生的地點)、who(文章的主人公)和what(文章講述了什麼事情)等問題。

第二步：細讀題干，查尋轉換內容
把握文章大意後，必須把注意力集中到文章題目上來，對於題干內容，必須要提煉出最能夠說明問題的詞、片語或者句型，然後再在這個基礎上從文章中找出同義詞、片語或者句型，這一遍帶著目的讀文章必須是字斟句酌、非常仔細。

第三步：掃讀語塊，搜索有效信息
剛才我們已經在文章中找到了與題干吻合的單詞、片語或者句型，在這個吻合單詞、片語或者句型周圍掃描，力爭找到能夠說明問題，幫助選擇正確答案的信息。
第四步：查讀題項，定位正確答案
在第三步搜索到有效信息的基礎上，進入了最後的攻堅階段，即臨門一腳、找出正確答案的階段，在這一階段，有時會發現問題解決起來就不難了：）~
一些方法詳細的可以看這里：）~~

B. 還有高考英語閱讀題（帶答案的）嗎，給我多弄點，謝謝了！

第二小題 閱讀理解（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項，並在答題卡上將該項塗黑。
( A )
「 Fire! Fire!」 What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house and my room was on the top floor. I jumped out of bed, opened the door and stepped outside the house. There was full of thick smoke.
I began to run, but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see fire all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and heat. Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.
I saw a doorway in fire, then I put the bundle over my face and ran. My feet burned me terrible, but I got through. As I reached the cold air outside, my bundle of clothes gave a thin cry, I nearly dropped it in my surprise. Then I was in a crowd gathered in the street. A woman in a night-dress and a borrowed man』s coat screamed as she saw me and came running madly.
She was the Mayor』s wife, and I had saved her baby.

26. When the fire arose in the middle of the night, the author was _______.
A. at home B. sleeping C. sitting in bed D. both A and B
27.The author saved the baby _____.
A. because he was very brave.
B. because he liked the baby very much.
C. but he just happened to save it.
D. because it was the Mayor』s baby.
28. He ran in the wrong direction because he _______.
A. was a stranger there B. could see nothing
C. was not completely awake D. Both A and C
29.He put the bundle over his face and ran in order to ______.
A. save the baby B. call for help
C. protect his face D. run quickly
30. Form which group of words, we can learn the fire took place out of people』s surprise?
A. old and wooden house, a bundle
B. crashed to, fell down
C. terrible, half-awake
D. bare feet, a borrowed man』s coat
( B )
Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than the speed of sound. In one second, light travels about 300,000 km, but sound travels only 344m. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a race. If you stand some distance away from the starter, you can see smoke come from his gun before the sound reaches your ears. This great speed of light proces (產生) some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light rays（光線）left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light which you can see from it tonight started to travel towards you four years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million km per minute. In some cases（在某種情況下）the light from one of tonight』s stars started on its journey to you before you were born.
Thus, if we want to be honest, we cannot say 「 The stars are shinning tonight.」 We have to say, 「 The stars look pretty. They were shining four years ago but their light has only just reached Earth.」

31. If you stand 200 meters away from a man who is firing a gun to start a race, you will find out that _____.
A. you can hear the gun before you see the smoke.
B. sound does not travel as fast as light.
C. the sound of the gun will reach you before the man fires his gun.
D. sound travels about a million times faster than light.
32. .Sunlight clearly _____ than the light of the moon.
A. has to travel a greater distance
B. moves less quickly
C. travels much more quickly
D. is less powerful
33. What does 「 it」 in the second paragraph refer to?
A. moon light B. light rays C. the nearest star D. the moon
34. The scientific way of saying 「 The stars are shining tonight」 should be________.
A. the stars have been shining all the time.
B. the stars seen tonight will be shining four years later.
C. the stars were shining long ago but are seen tonight.
D. the starlight seen today could be seen four years ago.
35. The light of the nearest star you see tonight has been ______ for years.
A. on the earth B. on the moon
C. away from the sun D. away from the star
第二小題 閱讀理解（共10小題；每小題2分，滿分20分）
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第三部分：閱讀理解（共兩節; 每小題2分，滿分20分）
第一節：閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
Almost no young people today know who the cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit is, but they certainly recognize his successor, Bugs Bunny. Oswald, Bugs, and hundreds of other characters were created by Walt Disney, perhaps the most famous cartoonist in history.
Born in Chicago in 1901, Walt Disney always wanted to be an artist. After returning from World War I, in which he drove an ambulance, Disney worked as a commercial artist. He enjoyed drawing cartoons more than anything else, and decided to try his hand at a technology that was new at the time, moving pictures.
In the 1920』s, he proced several films where he made cartoon characters move as if by magic. The technique Disney used was painstaking. He made hundreds or even thousands of repeated drawings of the same character. In each drawing, the character was changed just a bit. A film was taken of the series of drawings, and when it was shown, the characters appeared to move. The process, called animation, is still used today, although computers have made the process much easier.
In 1928, Disney created his most famous character, Mortimer Mouse, who we know today as Mickey. The mouse starred in a cartoon called Steamboat Willie, which was unusual because it involved the use of a sound track. Within the next few years, Disney invented many of his other characters.
The list of Disney』s animation successes is long and memorable. It includes Pinocchio, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. Perhaps his most remarkable animated film is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Created in 1937, it was an immediate success. Today, more than fifty years later, it is still one of the most popular films for children.
56. What is one of the chief differences between animation today and in Walt Disney』s early years?
A. More people like animated movies. B. Fewer people like animated movies.
C. Computers have made the job easier. D. Computers have made the job harder.
57. Which of these words best describes Walt Disney?
A. Creative. B. Athletic. C. Exciting. D. Quiet.
58. What makes the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs so remarkable?
A. It was a little success when created.
B. It took more than a year to make it.
C. It was made at a time when there were no computers.
D. It has remained popular for more than fifty years.
59. The author of this passage would probably agree that ______.
A. Oswald the Rabbit is well-known today
B. Walt Disney is a remarkable person
C. animation is an easy technique
D. cartoons move by magic
60. What does the underlined word 「painstaking」 (in Paragraph 3) probably mean?
A. Something that hurts because it involves hard work.
B. Taking a long time and involving much hard work.
C. Requiring a lot of effort, like running a marathon.
D. Requiring many fine tools, such as pens and pencils.
61. The secret of animation is to _______.
A. make drawings that are exactly the same, then film them
B. choose names for characters that make people remember them
C. combine music, voices, and sound effects with pictures
D. make a film of many drawings that change just a little
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C. 高考英語閱讀理解答題技巧

首先，你應該明確做題的步驟：

1、快速瀏覽題干，通過題干先對問題做一些區分。一般來說，出題人在題目的設置方面，都會按照文章的內容來依次設置問題的順序。問題設置的難度也是由淺入深。所以，大家在第一遍閱讀文章時，基本上可以將該篇文章的1-3小題做出答案或是找到問題在文章中顯示的位置。如果是考細節的題目，你可以在第一遍瀏覽文章的時候，拿鉛筆把題干中最具代表性的幾個詞劃出來，為第二遍精讀時找尋答案或是思考答案做鋪墊。

2、看過題干之後，再返回原文閱讀，在閱讀的過程中不用過於注重詞句的把握，遇到不認識的單詞不必作太久的停留，以免影響閱讀速度。

3、近些年英語閱讀的特點是幾乎不出現需要綜合跨段的信息情況。因而，理解之後就可以立即返回題目，閱讀選項進行選擇。

5、在做態度題的時候，尤其要注意開頭和結尾部分，重點是形容詞的把握，並且要重視文中出現的有明顯轉折詞的地方。

你喜歡將文章類型分類，而我覺得，將題型分類更科學：

①詞彙題。這類題考查目的是，讓考生以上下文內容為參考，嘗試理解文中出現的生詞。而文章中出現這個生詞的位置，往往下文中出現的內容是對這個詞的解釋、說明、舉例等。

②主旨題。大家應該很熟悉這類題型。碰到這類題最簡單的方法是把文中每段的首句串起來考慮。若是僅問其中某一段的中心思想，則可將該段的首、尾句加起來考慮。

③作者觀點、態度題。這種題是考查讀者對於作者的寫作意圖和態度是否明了。解題的關鍵是要看作者在文中用了什麼樣的口氣。若用褒義詞，顯然是贊成；若用貶義詞，顯然是反對；若客觀陳述，則是中性的立場，不偏不倚。更為明顯地一個解題辦法，就是尋找文中的轉折詞，一般轉折此後面的文段表明了作者的觀點。

④細節問題。這類題出現的特點是，以考查文章中某一個細節問題為入手點。它可能出現與原文中某一句話。但是，往往照抄原文的句子並不一定是正確選項。這類題的正確答案，應該是與原文意思和所問問題相符的才對。

⑤推理性問題。既然這類題被命名為推理題，你就不應該指望在原文中搜索出答案，而應該通過自己的理解去推理答案，但切忌憑空瞎想，要忠實原文內容去推理。這類題是閱讀理解種最難的一類問題。你只有以原文中某句話或某個詞語為依據去合理推測才能找到合適的答案。

做英語閱讀，需要有量的積累，但是如果只知道一味埋頭做題，同樣無濟於事。做了一定量的題目以後，需要有一個反思總結。要把自己錯的題歸類出來，屬於上面5種題型的哪一種。並將自己的答案與參考答案進行對比，體會出題者的意圖和你理解的偏差。俗話說吃一塹長一智，再同一類型題上多次總結錯誤後，我相信你就會慢慢地減少錯誤率。最後得到滿意的結果。

祝你成功！

D. 高考英語閱讀選題目題如何做

一、考點聚焦
1、題型特點
閱讀是理解和吸收書面信息的能力。《中學英語教學大綱》規定，中學生應側重培養閱讀理解能力。
閱讀材料的選取原則為：
（1）閱讀量不少於1000個單詞。近三年超過2000字篇數為5篇，讀速要求為44.2，44.6和46.3wpm。
（2）題材多樣化，包括科普、社會、文化、政治、史地、經濟、新聞報道乃至廣告說明。
（3）體裁避免單一化，包括記敘文、說明文、應用文等。
2、試題要求
（1）掌握所讀材料的主旨和大意，以及用以說明主旨和大意的事實和細節。
（2）既理解具體的事實，也理解抽象的概念。
（3）既理解字面意思，也理解深層含義，包括作者的態度、意圖等。
（4）既理解某句、某段的意義也理解全篇的邏輯關系，並據此進行推理和判斷。
（5）能根據材料所提供的信息，結合中學生應有的常識正確判斷生詞的含義。
3、基本能力
（1）能迅速看準每句的結構，抓住主句的主語、謂語、賓語。
（2）有一定的詞彙量和辨詞能力。
（3）能靈活運用所學語法知識，根據句中的某個詞迅速斷定真假、語態和時態等。
（4）對英美文化背景知識有一定了解。
（5）有良好的思維能力，能邊看邊加工所得到的信息，從而作出正確分析、判斷和綜合。
（6）有平時大量閱讀作基礎，有一定的語感和相當的閱讀速度。

二、應試技巧點撥
1、四個步驟
（1）速讀短文，了解短文的主旨大意，辨別文體，掌握結構。
（2）看題。了解考查內容，帶著問題讀材料，尋找答案。
（3）復讀。對所選答案有針對性地尋找支撐論點的關鍵信息。
（4）核查。注意各題的答案應邏輯一致，不能自相矛盾。盡可能找到（從文中）根據，確保正確無誤。
2、四個善於
（1）關於審題，找出文中依據。
（2）善於尋找線索。
（3）善於抓主題句，解決概括題。
（4）善於篩選、比較、衡量、綜合文章的有用信息。
3、三個避免
（1）只見樹木不見林。
（2）難題耗時太多。
（3）閱讀方式不當。
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三、精典範例
例1 （NMET 2001）
Shanghai: Car rentals（出租）are becoming more and more popular as an inexpensive way of taking to the roads. Business people, foreigners and families alike are making good use of the growing instry.

The first car rental firm opened in Shanghai in 1992 and now 12 car rental players are in the game, with more than 11,500 cars in their books.

The largest player—Shanghai Bashi Tourism Car Rental Center offers a wide variety of choices—deluxe sedans, minivans, station wagons, coaches. Santana sedans are big favorite.

Firms can attract enough customers for 70 percent of their cars every month. This figure shoots up ring holiday seasons like National Day, Labor Day and New Year's Day, with some recording 100 percent rental.

The major market force rests in the growing population of white-collar employees（白領雇員），who can afford the new service, said Zhuang Yu, marketing manager of Shanghai Angel car Rental Co.
( )1. The words "deluxe sedans","minivans"and "station wagons"used in the text refer to ___________.
A.cars in the making B.car rental firms
C.cars for rent D.car makers
( )2. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A. 70% of the cars can be rented out on holiday.
B. 70% of the customers are while-collar employees.
C. More firms are open for service ring holiday seasons.
D. Some firms rent out all their cars ring holiday seasons.
( )3. Shanghai's car rental instry is growing so fast mainly e to ___________.
A. better cars supplied by procers.
B. fast service offered by car rental firms.
C. the increasing number of white-collar emplioyees.
D. people's growing interest in travelling ring holidays.
解析：
1.C。上文提到："Shanghai Bashi旅遊車租賃中心"提供了廣泛豐富的選擇，可判斷選擇的內容為可供租賃的車型。故選C。
2.D。文中提到的數據70%為"每月汽車租出量"，故A、B都不正確。"This figure shoots up ring holiday seasons …, with some recording 100 percent rental"判斷出D項陳述正確的，即"一些公司在節假日里能夠把汽車全部租出去。"
3.C。文章最後一段引用"汽車租賃中心市場經理"（Zhuang Yu）的話解釋了上海汽車租賃行車迅猛發展的原因根源於"the growing population of white-collar employees"。故選C。

例2：（2004年全國卷II）
Rome had the Forum. London has Speaker's Corner. Now always–on– the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill.

Liz and Bill, two college graates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners. Just talk.

Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says,"Talk to Me."they attract conversatio- nalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.

They don't collect money. They don't push religion(宗教). So what's the point?

"To see what happens, said Liz."We simply enjoy life with open communication（交流）."
Shortly after the September 11,2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return.

"It started as a crazy idea,"Liz said."We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories. People will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything."

Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take. She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went.

Marcia had lost her husband to a serious disease."That was very heavy on my mind,"Marcia said."To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good,"she explained.

To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year. A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters.

They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they'll consider.
1. What did Liz and Bill start doing after September 2001?
A. Chatting with people. B. Setting up street signs
C. Telling stories to strangers D. Organizing a speaker's corner
2. What they have been doing can be described as .
A. pointless B. normal C. crazy D. successful
3. Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?
A. They knew Liz and Bill very well.
B. They happened to meet the writer of the text.
C. They organized the get-together in the city park.
D. They are examples of those who talked to Liz and Bill.
4. What will Liz and Bill do in the future?
A. Go in for publishing. B. Do more television programs.
C. Continue what they are doing. D. Spend more time reading books.
5. How do they like they idea of writing a book?
A. They have decided to wait a year or two
B. They will think about it carefully
C. They agreed immediately
D. They find it hard to do that
解析：
1.A。本篇講述了兩個大學畢業生與陌生人交談，傾聽人們向他們傾述的互惠的活動。文章從聯想開始，簡介Liz and Bill（這是兩個人的名字，又是交談與傾聽活動的名稱）做什麼，怎樣開始的，效果如何，未來打算等，其中等六段和第七段是插敘（從shortly after…到…experiences, anything.），講述的就是兩個年輕人怎樣開始這一活動的。故選A項；開始與人聊天。
2.D。Liz and Bill活動很成功。從倒數第二段可知：為慶祝該活動一周所舉辦的聚會，有許多人參加，記者和攝影師都來了，說明很成功。
3.D。Liz和Bill同許多人談生活，傾聽過許多人跟他們談心，Denise和Marcia是其中的兩人。提到他們來做例子。
4.C。最後一段的前一句說明他們還想吸引更多的人來加入這一活動，與他們聊天。故選C。
5.B。本題問Liz和Bill怎麼看待寫本書這回事，全篇最後一句可知，但本句結構較復雜。something是代詞，是a book的同位語，"they'll consider"是定語從句，"they say"起到插入語的作用。全句可譯為：有些出版商表達了給Liz和Bill 出本書的興趣，Liz和Bill說他們會考慮這件事。consider一詞可解釋為think about carefully，"something"指出書寫書。故選B。

例3：
My first reaction was annoyance. It was Friday afternoon, and I was within an hour of finishing my work for the week. As I was leaving, a nurse brought me one more patient message. The statement read: "Mrs.Jones called to say that she has had blurred vision（視覺模糊）ever since her medical test this morning."I smiled. Suddenly our tests were causing eye problems.

This week my patients had questioned everything. My patient with high blood pressure had stopped coming to her treatment on the advice of an Internet chat room. A woman who had a mental problem was substituting(用……代替)St . John's word for her medication. Now Mrs. Jones was imagining problems. I rolled my eyes.

My second reaction was worry. As I looked through her record, I tried to figure out why she would have blurred vision, but nothing in her record explained the new problem. She's probably just anxious, I thought. Still, she wouldn't have called if she had been all right. I picked up the phone.

What I next felt can only be described as delight. Before I made the call, the nurse ran in: Mrs. Jones called. Her vision is fine. Turns out she picked up the wrong glasses when she left the office. The X-raytechnician has been having the same problem. I let out a laugh. Mrs. Jones had been right. Her vision had been blurred. Now we know why.

Finally I felt shame. I came to realize what Mrs. Jones had taught me. I had first known she was wrong, that her anxiety had clouded her judgment. Instead, my medical training had clouded mine. Now I me for my help. They pay me to listen, diagnose（診斷），treat and talk. That suggests trust; I must remember that, and trust them too.

1.The writer smiled while reading the patient message because he knew .
A. Mrs. Jones would ask for more tests
B. the patient was being unreasonable
C. the nurse was joking with him
D. Mrs. Jones would call him
2. What had caused Mrs . Jones' eye problem?
A. Wrong glasses B. Medical checkup.
C. Her own imagination D. Chatting on the Internet
3.The underlined words"clouded her judgment"in the last paragraph probably mean .
A. made her less trustful toward the doctor
B. put her in control of her own feelings
C. made her less able to think clearly
D. put her in a dangerous situation
解析：
1.B。本篇講一個醫生要結束一周的工作時幾分鍾內的心理歷程。一周來，病人們不斷懷疑或不信任自己，其中一個病人Mrs.Jones也來電話說上午看完病後眼睛看不清東西，醫生先是煩躁，進而擔心焦慮是否真的有問題或病人只是在想像，再而是高興——Mrs.Jones只是戴錯了眼鏡，自己的診斷治療沒問題。最後是慚愧，病人還是信任自己的，自己也必須信任病人。文章第二段活用了許多過去完成時，說明這些事先發生，許多病人開始沒道理地懷疑自己，現在又輪到Mrs.Jones。所以醫生知道這位病人有些沒理性。
2.A。第四段的前幾句說明了Mrs.Jones視力正常，（下班）離開辦公室時拿錯了眼鏡。
3.C。畫線部分中cloud作動詞用，是用雲擋住的意思，整體畫線部分應是"影響了她的判斷力，使她不能正常思考"，本題可用代入法解決。

例4：
It's not the flashiest car in the world. Not even close. But the 1971 Volkswagen named Helios can do something most cars can't : run on solar energy—energy from the sun's light and head!
Joshua Bechtold, 14,and the other students at the Riverside School in Lyndonville, Vermont, worked They named their car after Helios, the sun god in Greek mythology（神話）。
The 4-year-old Tour de Sol encourages the use of "green",or environmen- tally friendly, cars to help rece pollution and save enengy. It's not a race. Cars are judged on fuel efficiency（耗油量）rather than speed. In the week-long event, 44 cars took the 350-mile tour from Waterbury, Connecticut, to Lake George, New York. Of the 23 student cars, Helios was the only one built by middle school students.

A teacher drove Helios, but the children talked with people wherever they stopped along the road."That was my favorite part,"says Anna Browne,15."We explained how the car runs."

Due in part to old, inefficient batteries（電池），Helios finished fourth—out of four—in its kind, the sun-powered class."We were there for the fun of it,"Anna says,"We're proud of Helios,"says Ariel Gleicher, 14."It's a car that's good for the environment."

1. What is special about the car Helios in the text?
A. It was built by middle school students
B. It has an attractive design
C. It was made in 1971
D. It won the fourth prize
2. How many sun-powered cars took part in the race?
A. 1 B. 4 C. 23 D. 44
3. What would be the best title for the text?
A. The Making of Helios
B. 1999 American Tour de Sol
C. Sun-powered Gars on the Road
D. Use of Green Cars in Connecticut
4. The students felt proud of Helios because .
A. it could run as far as 350 miles
B. it was favored by many children
C. it had high-quality batteries
D. it was driven by clean energy
解析：
1.A。從第一段"run on solar energy"和第二段"Joshua Bechtold,14, and the other students…worked many months to get Helois ready."可知本車利用太陽能，並且由學生製做。
2.B。從最後一段"Helois finished fourth-out of four-in its kind, the sun-powered class"可知，四輛同類車參賽，Helois得第四名。
3.C。全文講述Helois這類太陽能車。本文不止講Helois的製作，排除A。本文講Helois參賽前後的事，不以賽事為主，排除B。環保汽車的使用不止在Connectinut, 排除D。
4.D。學生們對此車感到自豪是因為該車環保，而非車速或小孩子喜歡，且它的電池舊而效率低，排除其他各項。

例5：
The other day, my friend Jane was invited to a 40th birthday party. The time printed on the invitation was 7:30 pm. Jane went off with her husband, expecting a merry evening of wine, food, and song.

By 9:45,everybody was having great fun, but no food had appeared. Jane and David were restless. Other guests began whispering that they, too, were starving. But no one wanted to leave, just in case some food was about to appear. By 11:00, there was still no food, and everyone was completely off their heads. Jane and David left hungry and angry.

Their experience suggests that the words on the printed invitations need to be made clearer. Everyone reads and understands the invitations differently. Most of us would agree that 6:30—8:30pm means drinks only, go out to dinner afterwards; 8:00pm or 8:30pm means possible dinner, but 9:30pm and any time thereafter means no food, eat beforehand, roll up late.

But this is not always the case. If asked to a students' party at 6:30pm, it is normal for guests not to appear before midnight, if at all, and no one cares. Being the first to arrive—looking eager—is social death. When my mother asked to a party for 6:30, she likes to be there, if not on time, then no later than seven. My age group (late thirties)falls somewhere between the two, but because we still think we're young. We're probably closer to student-time than grown-up time.

The accepted custom at present is confusing（混亂的），sometimes annoying, and it often means you may go home hungry, but it does lend every part that precious element（成分）of surprise.
1. The underlined words"off their heads"probably mean .
A. tired B. crazy C. curious D. hopeless
2. Jane and David's story is used to show that .
A. party-goers usually get hungry at parties
B. party invitations can be confusing
C. people should ask for food at parties
D. birthday parties for middle-aged people are ll
3. For some young people, arriving on time for a students' party will probably be considered .
A. very difficult B. particularly thoughtful
C. friendly and polite D. socially unacceptable
4. According to the writer, people in their late thirties .
A. are likely to arrive late for a party
B. care little about the party time
C. haven't really grown up yet
D. like surprises at parties
5. What is the general idea of the text? .
A. It's safe to arrive late just when food is served
B. It's wise to eat something before going to a party
C. It's important to follow social rules of party-going
D. It's necessary to read invitations carefully
解析：
1.B。參加晚會的人沒吃晚飯，到晚11點，人們餓瘋了。
2.B。開頭的故事做為例子，說明邀請信函令人迷茫，人們無法把握該如何去做。
3.D。第四段前幾句說明，年輕的學生赴晚會遲到很正常。急切地第一個趕到的人太少見了。
4.A。第四段最後提及三十多歲的人參加晚會的時間接近學生的時間，故可能遲到。
5.C。全文可知，不同年齡段的人到達晚會的時間不同，對晚會時間理解不同，不遵從社會習慣，便會出現餓肚子等現象。所以，按社會習俗參加晚會極為重要。

例6：
Cannes will rock to the sound of a cancan dance this year when Moulin Rouge by the Australian director Baz Luhrmann opens the French film festival

(電影節)in May. The musical stars Nicole Kidman as a singer, and John Leguizamo as the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautree. It will be competing for the palme d'Or, the festival's top prize. The festival runs to May 21.

The American actor Tommy Lee Jones, 54, has married his longtime girlfriend, Dawn Maria Laurel, 36, in a private wedding in San Antonio."It wasn't a big to-do,"said Fred Biery, a U.S. District Judge who performed the service. He refused to discuss things further."These are very private people,"he said.
Loretta Lynn is being treated for a very bad cold in Tennessee and will miss several appearances. The country singer, 65, was admitted to a hospital near her home in Hurricane Mills."She is in good condition, but the doctors are watching her closely,"a spokeswoman said.

The French-Algerian singer Enrico Macias was named a United Nations peace messenger. Enrico joins eight other people who act as goodwill envoys（使者）for the United Nations, among them are the writer Elie Wiesel and the basketball player Magie Johnson.
1. We can learn from the text that Henri de Toulouse-Lantree is .
A. a figure in a film B. a dancer in a show
C. a country singer D. a prize winner
2. We know from the text that .
A. Moulin Rouge won the top prize in a film festival
B. Loretta Lynn is under the doctor's care
C. eight people serve as the UN goodwill enjoys
D. Fred Biery was Tommy Lee Jones' assistant
3. This text most probably appears in .
A. a book on film stars B. a film review in a magazine
C. a newspaper D. a notice
解析：
1.A。第一段"…and John Leguizamo as the artist Hentti de You-louse－ Lautree."可知，as前省略了will act, as前的人是一個演員，其後的人是電影中的角色。
2.B。第四段"She (Loretta Lynn)is in good condition, but the doctors are watching her closely"可知答案。Moulin Rough（一部影片）即將參加電影節，尚未獲獎，排除A。Enrico Macias同其他八人一道，共九人，排除C。Fred Biery是一個法官，故排除D。
3.C。全文四小段文章均是關於影視娛樂圈的事，應該是從報紙的休閑娛樂欄目中選取的文章。

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