高考英语中，阅读理解是一种复杂的英语语言思维过程，它是考生对阅读的语篇材料进行认知、获得、筛选、加工和整合的全过程。考生要出色地完成英语语篇的阅读，尤其是课外篇目的阅读，则更加使得他们思维敏捷、感悟深厚、表达精准等具备多方面的综合英语素养和能力。因此，考生只要能够平时要求自己方法得窍，潜心阅读；快速整理，迅速消化。那么，他们在英语正考中自然就会瞬时心领神会，增分作答了。
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阅读理解测试的主要要求：
1.掌握所阅读材料的主旨和大意，以及用以说明主旨和大意的事实和细节。
2.既理解具体的事实，也理解抽象的概念。
3.既理解字面意思，也理解深层含义，包括作者的意图，态度等。
4.能理解某句，某段的意义，并能把握全篇的文脉，即句与句，段与段之间的关系，并能据此进行推理和判断。
5.能根据材料所提供的信息，结合中学生应有的常识准确判断生词的含义。
阅读理解题的主要特征：
1．语篇材料的真实性。
2．语篇体裁的多样化，重点涉及记叙文，说明文和议论文。
3．较大的阅读量和信息量。篇数一般控制在5篇以内，词量稳定在2000-2500之间，隐藏在表层结构“下面”的则是相当复杂的信息。
4．语篇结构较为复杂。阅读材料在时间顺序上，空间顺序上或逻辑推理上运用了较高级的组篇手段。
阅读文章题材与特征：
1．科技小品：介绍科普知识，科研动态以及科技成果的开发，特点和用途。此类文章理论性逻辑性较强，叙述条理，层次分明。特点是科技词汇较多，句子长且结构复杂，难懂。考生则需用词法，句法和语境三管齐下的方法以达到理解全篇把握主旨的目的。
2．说理小品：有理论，有事实。有较强的逻辑性。命题往往从有关细节以及文章的主旨或作者表达的意图等方面着手，考查考生思维和判断能力。
3．新闻报道：主题突出，要点明显。主要针对5个W（when, where,who, what, why）。
4．人物传记：以叙述某个人物的生平事迹，趣闻轶事，生活背景，成长或奋斗历程等为主。特点是以时间的先后顺序或事情的发展进程为主线，脉络清楚。所以，应抓住相关线索来获取有关信息，即主人翁在某个时间做什么，然后通过分析推理综合归纳的方法进行解题。
5．短篇故事：与人物传记不同的是其一般描述的是一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物，时间，地点和事情。命题往往从故事的情节，人物或事件间的关系，作者的态度，意图以及故事前因后果的推测等方面着手，考查考生对细节的辨认能力和推理判断能力。
6．史地文化：涉及某个或几个国家或地区的，河流，山脉，海洋，城镇等的地理位置以及与之相关的社会生活，政治经济，人文历史，文化习俗等方面的情况，相当一部分文章还附有图标或图表共选择。考生须弄清相关对象间的关系，结合所学的史地知识，选择正确答案。
7．幽默小品：这类文章是对社会生活，人物的性格特点，行为举止的某些可笑的特征进行戏剧性描绘的特殊文体。解题时，需要考生仔细揣摩事情发生的背景及作者的意图，特别要把握文章的最后几句，分析它们与上文的对应关系，找出文章的“幽默点”。
8．图形表格：无文字表述，或只有少量的文字表述。要求考生依据提供的图表进行理解或描述。常见的图表有流程图，地图，演示图，直方图，平面图等。阅读时必须弄清图表中个部分间的对应关系，同时针对题目要求进行有目的地阅读。
● 高考命题聚焦
▼整个语篇和上下文语境逻辑关系的考查
▼多层次细节推理综合的考查
▼主旨大意进行综合，归纳和推断的考查
▼词汇，短语和句意语意猜测的考查
● 高考考向探秘
■考查重点
▼语篇逻辑关系的理解 ▼语篇深层含义的理解 ▼背景或态度的理解
■考查难点
▼深层化理解 ▼细节化理解 ▼综合化理解
■考查热点
▼语篇分析理解 ▼深层推断理解 ▼全文综合理解
● 高考聚焦题型
【题型1】主旨题：通过分析文章的篇章结构，抓住文章开头的主题或文章最后的结论从而找出能概括文章主旨的题目和中心思想。
【典例1】Somesupermarkets have a special way of getting people to come to the bakerycounters.Sometimes they spray a “cake smaell”into the air.At other times theyspray the fresh of baking bread.These smells are enough to make people’s mouthswater. The customers then race madly to the counter to buy cakes,bread,rollsand other baked good!
Q: The main ideaof the paragraph is ___.
A. what cakessmell like B. why bakeriesmake money
C. how people areattracted to bakery counters D. what bakery counters in supermarkets sell
【分析】C。考查主旨判断。本文首句交代“有些超市用一些特殊的方法让顾客来面包柜买面包”，下文便是这种方法的具体介绍。选项A指蛋糕的味道，是具体信息；B项文章为提到；D项是说所卖的东西而不是所卖的方法；C项指所卖的方法，由此判断，C项正确。
【点拨】善用寻读法，找准主题句。
【题型解密】读首句抓大意。主题句可能出现在文章的开头。这些文章开门见山提出主题，随之用细节来解释或发展主题句所表达的主题思想。在说明文，议论文，科技文献和新闻报道中多采用这种方式。
【典例2】At this timethe state of South Carolina was having hard times. Year after year the soil hadbeen planted with the same crop. It was farmed by uneducated and carelessslaves, and the planters knew little about soil conservation. Because the soilwas beginning to wear out, crops were smaller. The younger people were notsatisfied to raise cotton on the poor soil of the old South. Many of them movedwestwards and started cotton plantations in Alabamaand Mississippi.What was more, so much cotton had been shipped to the factories in England and New Zealand that they had as muchcotton as they could use. This brought the price of cotton down. More and moreslaves were needed to work on the new and large plantations, and higher andhigher prices were demanded for them. Planters found their expenses rising andtheir incomes from the sale of cotton reduced. Hard times had come to southern Carolina.
1. The subject ofthis passage is ___.
A.economic difficulties of South Carolina B. that the planters knew nothing aboutfarming
C. thatthe soil in southern Carlina was not good D. the causes of hard times in South Carolina
2. Which of thefollowing sentences can summarize the main idea of the passage?
A. Hard times had come to South Carolina.
B. Planters found their expenses rising andtheir incomes from the sale of cotton reduced.
C. The soil was farmed by uneducated andcareless slaves.
D. More and more slaves were needed to workon the new and large plantation.
【分析】1. A 2. A。考查主旨判断。文章的首句指出“目前，南卡罗来纳面临着艰难状况”，下文便是艰难状况的原因，最后得出结论，用一句话对全文进行概括。所以第1题的最佳答案是A项；B项和C项都是后文的细节原因。D项指涉及原因并没有涉及现状，故不能选。第2题的最佳答案是A项。B，C和D项都是原因中的详细信息。
【点拨】善用寻读法，找准主题句。
【题型解密】读句尾抓大意。主题句可能出现在文章的段尾。这些文章通常先摆出事实依据，层层推理论证，在表述细节后归纳要点，最后自然的得出结论，即段落的主题。
【典例3】When you throw a ball up into the air as fast asyou can, the ball reaches a point where it seems to pause for a moment, andthen it comes down .When a bullet is shot straight up, it will reavel muchfaster and higher than a ball, but it, too, will come down. Whatevergoes up must come down. We have always thought this to be true. An airplanemay climb to a height of seventeen miles and then travel far and long. Yet itdoes not stay up forever. Finally, like everything else, the plane must comedown.
Q :Which of the following statements can best summarize the main idea of thepassage?
A. A ball falls down like a bullet.
B. Anything that goes up must fall down.
C. A plane travels in the same way as abullet.
D. Everything has weight.
【分析】B。考查主旨判断。本段文字完全按照“引题—主题思想—解释或继续论证”的顺序来写。文中的黑体部分是主题句，主题句之前举了两个例子，之后是对主题句的补充解释。A项和C项只是介绍了其中的细节情形，D项隐含意义很强，但很明显不是本文的主题。
【点拨】善用寻读法，找准主题句。
【题型解密】从段落中抓大意。有些文章或段落的主题句位于文章或段落的中间部分。此类文章往往以一句或几句话引出要表达的主题，在主题句出现后，再举例陈述细节或继续论证，即引题—主义思想—解释或继续论证。
【典例4】Wouldn’t it be terrible, if we didn’t havegrass? We would have to walk on bare soil. Can you guess what our playgroundswould look like? On a raining day we would get all muddy. On a dry day we wouldbreathe clouds of dust.
Q :The story mainly tells ___.
A. why we need rain
B. hoa grass is kept green
C. how grass helps us
D. without grass we would have to walk onbare soil
【分析】C。考查主旨判断。本段文字没有明显的主题句，而是从不同角度介绍了如果没有草，人类的生活就会受到影响，所以，我们完全可以从段落中得出结论，草对我们很有用， 故C项是最佳答案。
【点拨】善用寻读法，找准主题句。
【题型解密】归纳要点抓大意。主题隐含在文章中。文章或段落中没有明显的主题句，考生必须根据文中内容，进行综合分析，找出共同的东西，归纳成一般概念。这种类型的文章通常是叙述一件事的发展过程或是陈述一系列同等重要的细节或事实。
【典例5】An Australian wildlife park attendant survived acrocodile attack after her father jumped on the huge crocodile’s back and dugout its eyes as the horrified tourists looked on.
KarlaBrede, 21, was in a fairly good condition in good care in hospital with abroken bone, a broken leg and some injuries after the attack.
The4.5-metre crocodile caught Karla Bredle around the leg and then the waist whenshe fell during a crocodile feeling show for tourists.
Karla’sfather seized a long-handled tool and beat the crocodile on the head to force itto let go of her, but the tool was doing nothing. So he jumped on its back andstuck his fingers in its eyes and the crocodile let go of her.
Q :The best title of the passage is ___.
A. The Hateful Crocodile
B. Father Saved Daughter’s Life
C. A Terrible Accident
D. The Dangerous Place
【分析】B。考查主旨判断。通过全文可知，Karla Bredle被鳄鱼攻击，她的父亲不顾一切跳到鳄鱼背上，用手抠出鳄鱼的眼珠，救出了她。所以，由比较而得，只有B项最贴近主题。
【点拨】浓缩主题，选择标题。
【题型解密】标题位于文章之首，用来高度概括文章内容，点明文章主题，是文章中心思想最精炼的表达，可以帮助考生快速推测出整篇文章的主要内容，抓住文章讨论的中心。标题的特点是短小精悍，多为短语；概括性强，一般要求能覆盖全文大意，表述精确，不能随意改变语言表意的程度及色彩。选择文章标题时应注意以下几点：
1. 要在阅读原文的基础上，仔细考虑选项与文章主题是否有密切的关系。
2. 再看它对文章的概括性或覆盖面如何，看题目是过大还是过小。
3. 要避免下列三种错误： ①概括不够（多表现为部分代整体，从而导致不能全面概括文章大意）。②过度概括（多表现为标题概括内容超出了文章大意）。③以事实或细节代替抽象或具体的大意。
要正确地选择标题还需要了解标题的写作格式。一般来说，标题的写作方式是：以话题为核心，将控制性概念的词但一定的语法规则浓缩为概括主题句句意或中心思想的词组。例：某一文章的中心局为：Coffee is a universal beverage that is served in different waysaround the world.此句的话题为“Coffee”,控制性概念为“is a universal beverage that is served in different ways aroundthe world”因此，标题为：Coffee Around the World。
【典例6】“Have you ever been out on a boat and felt itlifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the rush ofenergy as waves came over you?”asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group atthe University of Edinburgh. “There is certainly a lot of energy in waves,” hesaid.
Q :The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to ___.
A. show the importance of waves
B. draw the readers’ attention to the topic
C. show Jamie Taylor’s importance
D. invite the readers to answer them
【分析】B。考查主旨判断。作者在开头提出问题让读者思考或是简单介绍与主题有关的其它事物，目的往往是为了引出主题，故答案选B。
【点拨】依据主题，辨清写作目的。
【题型解密】每篇文章都有一个特定的写作目的，或是向读者传递一个信息，或是娱乐读者，或是讲授某个道理。而这些信息通常并不比明确表达出来，而是隐含在文章之中，因此这类试题要求考生在理解文章总体内容地基础上领会作者的意图。写作目的通常有三种：1.娱乐读者。2.说服读者接受某种观点。3.告知读者某些信息。
【典例7】 We think of a flood or an earthquake as anatural disaster. To many of nature’s animals, however, the greatest disasteris the coming of large numbers of humans. When settlers came from the East to America’s greatwestern plains, they killed millions of bison, poisoned the prairie dogs andshot the coyotes. All this upset the area’s balance of nature. For the animals,it was worse than a flood or an earthquake.
Q :Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Natural Balance Itself
B. Floods and Earthquakes
C. American Settlers
D. Humans --- a Disaster to Nature
【分析】D。考查主旨判断。根据文中的首句，我们很容易认为A或B是准确的。但是。 文章真正的主题句是出现在however之后，即“the greatest disaster is the coming oflarge numbers of humans”。文章通过将人类的迁徙行为产生的后果与自然灾害相比，推断出人类才是真正破坏自然界的最大灾难。A，B和C项是反衬着个主题的细节信息，不能全面反映这篇文章的主题。
【点拨】掌握选项特点，选取最佳选项。
【题型解密】在做阅读理解题时，可利用排除法解题：首先排除最不可能的选项，再凭借对材料的理解来对剩余的选项进行筛选。这就需要我们了解准确选项和干扰选项的特点。
1. 正确选项的特点。
四个选项中，内容相近或完全相反的两个选项中往往有一个是正确答案。那些概括全文，内容全面，含意深刻，说明道理的选项通常是正确答案。
2. 错误选项的特点。
（1）以偏赅全，只是局部信息，或是一句没有展开论述的话。
（2）概括范围太宽，文章内容过于一般化，包含的内容超出或少于文章阐述的内容。
（3）无关信息，即在文章中找不到依据的信息。
【题型2】细节题：理解了具体的事实和细节后，有助于更好的明确主题。
【典例1】When I was achild, I often dreamed the time when I could leave home and escape to the city.We lived on a farm, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from theoutside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to thecapital. However, I soon discovered that city life has its problems too.
Is life betterthen, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens or twenties.However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peaceof the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back theresoon.
1. Whatwas the writer always thinking about when he was a child?
A. Staying on thefarm B. Moving tothe countryside
C. Leaving homefor the city D. Runningaway from the school
2. Which of thefollowing is true about the writer?
A. He is very old now. B. He is in good condition.
C. He prefers driving a car. D. He lives in the city now.
【分析】1. C。 考查细节。根据文中第一段中第一句话I often dreamedthe time when I could leave home and escape to the city可知，作者小时候经常梦想将来离开家乡去城市。题干中的thinkabout与这句话中的dreamof具有相似的意义。
2. D。考查细节。根据文中第后一段中的最后一句话I certainly hope to move back there soon可知，句中there则指上句中的the countryside。而其它三项均与该题无关联。
【点拨】语义转换，断章取义找细节。
【题型解密】断章取义找细节。在高考题中，细节理解测试题已由过去简单的对号入座直接答题转向通过语句的同义或反义转换来考查考生对英语语言的理解能力。解答这类题可用“断章取义法”，即带着问题有针对性地扫读短文，锁定相关词句，然后寻找相关的同义或反义表述。
【典例2】El Nino is thought to occur due to changes inthe normal patterns of trade wind circulation. Normally, these winds movewestward, carrying warm surface water to Indonesiaand Australiaand allowing cooler water to rise along the South American coast. For reasonsnot yet fully understood, these trade winds can sometimes be reduced, or evenreversed. This moves warmer water toward the coast of South America and raises water temperatures. Water causes heat to risefrom the ocean off Ecuadorand Peru,resulting in more storms and heavy rain full over these normally dry countries.
Q:According to the text, which of the following pictures shows the right El Nino?
Warm water Warm water Warm water Cold water
Cold water Cold water Cold water Warm water
120o E 80oW 120o E 80oW 120o E 80oW 120o E 80oW
A B C D
【分析】B。 考查细节。这是一道典型的图文转换题。根据图中空气的运动方向和海水的流动方向（自西向东）可判断出B项为正确答案。
【点拨】图文转换，按文索图找细节。
【题型解密】按文索图找细节。图文转换类的题，即根据短文描写确定相应图形，或根据图形选出相应的文字答案。此类题刻采用“文字锁定法”解题，即找出描绘图形的句段，按“文”索“图”，这样，便可迅速地锁定对应图形。
【典例3】After the summer Olympics are over, when all theathletes and viewers have gone home and the television audience has switchedoff, another group of athletes and fans will arrive at the host city, andanother competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the games forathletes with a disability. But in Beijing,for the first time, one of the greatest parlaympians will not be taking part.
She is aBritish athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thompson. Born with spina bifida(脊椎裂) which lefther paralysed from the waist down, Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7.At first, she was not keen on sport, apart from horse-riding, which gave her asense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more seriously.She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found athletics, andnever looked back.
Indeed, Tanni’sathletic career took off. In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprisevictory in the 100 metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games. In 1988,Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres. Evengreater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics. Tanni won gold inthe 100,200,400 and 800 metres relay, setting two worls records in the process.In the same year she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathonvictories.
Tanni retired finally after the VisaParalympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athgletes for Beijing2008 Olympic Games.
Q :What’s the right order of the events related to Tanni?
a.She works as a coach.
b.She took up athletics.
c.She won four medals in Barcelona.
d.She competed in her first Paralympic Games.
e.She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.
A. b,d,c,e,a B. a,d,b,c,e C.a,d,c,e,b D. b,d,a,e,c
【分析】A 考查细节。根据第一段和第二段可知，“b. She took up athletics”应排在第一位，根据第三段可知，“a. She works as a coach.”应排在最后一位，然后再根据第三段内容便知“d. She competedin her first Paralympic Games.”应排在第二位，这样就把答案找出来了。
【点拨】先后排序，首尾定位找细节。
【题型解密】首尾定位找细节。这种题型要求考生根据动作发生的先后顺序和句子之间的逻辑关系，确定事件发生的正确顺序。可采用“首尾定位法”，即先找出第一个动作和最后一个动作，迅速缩小选择范围，从而快速选出正确答案。
【典例4】Rrion Books, which decided there is a market increating cut-down classics, is slimming down some novels by such great writersas L. Tolstry, M. Mitchell and C. Bronte. Now, each of them has been whittleddown to about 400pages by cutting 30 to 40 per cent of the original, withwords, sentences, paragraphs and, in a few cases, chapters removed. The firstsix shortened editions, all priced at $ 6.99 and advertised as great reads “inhalf the time”, will go on sale next month, with plans for 50 to 100 more tofollow. The publishing house believes that modern readers will welcome theshorter versions.
Q :According to the message, Orion Books _____.
A. opposes the reading of originalclassics B. is embarrassed forcutting down classics
C. thinks cut-down classics have a brightfuture D. is cautious in itsdecision to cut down classics
【分析】C。 考查细节。根据第一句there is a market in creating cut-downclassics确定，C项正确。
【点拨】寻找信息点，题干定位找细节。
【题型解密】题干定位找细节。快速寻找信息点一般为功能型阅读题，主要形式有广告，公告，演出信息，航班时间表等。做这类题时，没有必要阅读全文，宜采用“题干定位法”解题。
【题型3】推理判断题：推理判断题是阅读理解题中难度较大，题量也较大的一类题型。其与其它题型相比，这类题的答案通常不能从原文中直接找到，而要经过分析，推理，判断才能获得。其往往要求考生能过通过表面的文字叙述“读出”隐藏在字里行间的深层含义。
但提问句中常含suggest, imply, infer, appear,conclude等词。
【典例1】The idea offighting a noise by making more noise sounds strange, but that’s exactly whatmotor engineers are doing in Germany and some other countries.
Carmarkers’ research and developmentlaboratories have already proved that mixing in more noise with the help ofloud speakers can reduce the unwanted noise.
Physicists’have known about the technique for a long time. Sound is made up of pressurewaves in the air. If two sound waves of the same frequency mix so that thehighest point of one wave happens at the same time with the lowest point of onewave, the result is no sound, therefore, by producing a perfect copy of thenoise and delaying it by half a wave cycle, we can kill the unwanted noise.Using this technique many carmakers are racing to develop noise-killing systemsboth inside and outside the cars.
Anothergood thing about the noise-killing system is that it saves the need for asilencer, which not only reduces the weight of a car, but also makes the motorburn less oil and work better.
Someengineers believe that the noise-killing system will be used in most cars in2009, but the carmakers haven’t decidedif they will put it into production because it would add several hundreddollars to the cost of their cars.
1.Whichof the following gives a general idea of how the noise-killing system works?
A. By producingpressure waves going in the opposite direction.
B. By mixinghigh frequency sound waves with low frequency sound waves.
C. By makingcopies of the unwanted sound waves and letting them out a little late.
D. By mixing new sound waves with the noiseand sending them out together.
2. Besides its mainfunction, the noise-killing system can ____?
A. make a car lighter B. make a car quieter
C. reduce the cost of a silencer D. improve the performance of a silencer
【分析】1. C。 考查推理判断。这篇文章谈的是消除噪音的方法，有一定的难度。根据四个选项分析短文中相应的内容可知，文章没有谈到消音时声波的方向问题，故可排除A项；文中明确提到这种原理的基本点是频率相同的声波，故也可以排除B项；文中确实谈到“mixing in more noise with the help of loudspeakers can reduce the unwanted noise”，但没有谈两者噪音混合后再同时放出来，所以D项也不对；最后看一下C项，它的意思是：复制待消除的噪音然后将其比原噪音稍晚一点放出。再根据文章第三段“by producing a perfect copy of the noiseand delaying it by half a wave cycle, we can kill the unwanted noise.”可知，C项是正确答案。
2. A。考查推理判断。第四段中的“reduces the weight of a car, but also makesthe motor burn less oil and work better”分析判断，A项正确。
【点拨】善用定性分析，巧断事物属性。
【题型解密】善用定性分析，巧断事物属性来进行推理判断。在高考题中，定性分析作为一种判断性分析，这是由语言的描述性功能所决定的。所谓定性分析就是针对某一特定内容作出判断分析，用最能说明这一特定内容本质特点的词语加以表达，而这些词语又不能是短文中的原话。
【典例2】 Do you always understand the directions on abottle of medicine? Do you know what is meant by “Take only as directed”? Readthe following directions and see if you understand them.
“To reducepain, take two tablets with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, asrequired. For night time and early morning relief take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take morethan six tablets in twenty-four hours.
For childrensix to twelve years old, give half the amount. For children under six yearsold, ask your doctor’s advice.
Reduce theamount if you suffer from restlessness or sleeplessness after taking themedicine”
1.Howmany tablets at most can a person over 12 have in 24 hours?
A. Three B. Four C. Six D. Eight
2. How manytablets should a nine-year-old child normally take in 24 hours?
A. Half a tablet B. One tablet
C. Two tablets D. Four tablets
【分析】1. C。 考查推理判断。第二段是针对成人的药物用量，由此推断：6片时24小时内所能服用的最大剂量，故答案选C项。
2. C。考查推理判断。成人首量为2片，随后每8小时服1片，即正常情况（24小时内）成人服4 片；6-12岁儿童服用此药时，剂量应减半。至于为缓解疼痛成人所服的2片，并非属于正常范围。
【点拨】擅用定量分析，解答数量计算。
【题型解密】擅用定量分析，解答数量计算来进行推理判断。在高考阅读题中，考生经常遇到数量问题就需要定量分析法了。定量分析在科学测量和实验中得到了广泛的应用，但在阅读理解题中主要用于科技短文等说明文的阅读。
【典例3】 We walked in so quietly that the nurse at thedesk didn’t even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by thedoor and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched, mouth open insurprise, mum took off her hat and coal and gave them to me to hold. She walkedquietly to the small room by the lift and took out a mop. She pushed the moppast the desk and as the nurse looked up, mum nodded and said,” Very dirtyfloors.”
“Yes, I am gladthey’ve finally decided to clean them.”The nurse answered. She looked at mumstrangely and said,” But aren’t you working late?”
Mum just pushedharder, each wipe of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. Iwaited until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing inthe big book.
After a longtime mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She quickly put the mop back andtook my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, mum bowed politely to thenurse and said ,”Thank you.”
Outside, mumtold me, “Dagmar is fine. No fever.”
“You saw her,mum?”
“Of course. Itold her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow.Dad will stop worrying as well. It’s a fine hospital. But such floors. A mop isno good. You need a brush. ”
1.Whenthe nurse talked to mum, she thought mum was a ___.
A. nurse B. visitor C. patient D. cleaner
2. After readingthe story what can we infer about the hospital?
A. It is children’s. B. It has strict rulesabout visiting hours.
C. The conditions here aren’t very good. D. The nurse and doctor there don’t workhard.
3.From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely _____.
A. the story-teller’s sister B. mum’s friend
C. the story-teller’s classmate D. Dad’s boss
【分析】1. D。 考查推理判断。根据短文中护士的话“But aren’t you working late”可知，她把妈妈当成了清洁工，由此判断，D项正确。
2. B。考查归纳推理。可用典型事例归纳法解题。分析全文：探视病人的时间已经过去，值班必备个人不再接待病人家属，也不会再让任何探视者入内妈妈大概知道医院规定严，无法通融，才会想出冒充清洁工入内这一主意。然后，比较分析几个选项不难发现，除了B项以外，其他几个选项都缺乏论据支持，由此判断，B项正确。
3. A。考查推理判断。将住院者Dagmar可能的四种身份加以分析和比较，能使叙述者即叙述者的母亲非常挂念，想方设法进去探视的人应该跟他们关系非常密切，由此判断，A项正确。
【点拨】巧妙利用演绎推理与归纳推理。
【题型解密】巧妙利用演绎推理与归纳推理。人类认识是一个有特殊到一般又由一般到特殊的无限反复的发展过程。根据人类认识的这一特点，逻辑学上一般把推理分为两大类：从特殊性的前提概括出一般性结论的推理就做归纳推理；从一般性前提到特殊性的结论的推理就叫演绎推理，在做阅读理解题时，主要用演绎推理，有时也用归纳推理。
【典例4】Do you know of anyone who uses the truth todeceive? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves outimportant information that should be included, he can give you a false picture.
For example,some might say,” I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. Itook that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundreddollars!”
This guy was awinner, right ? Maybe not. We then did cover that he bought $200 worth oftickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser!
He didn’t sayanything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose.That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they arejust as did honest.
Q:We may infer that the author believes people should _____.
A. buy lottery tickets B. make use of half-truths
C. not take anything at face value D. not trust the Yucky Company
【分析】C。 考查推理判断。根据短文中 “He didn’t say anything that was false, but heleft out important information on purpose.”中的left out和on purpose所带有的感情色彩可知，作者认为人们虽然有时没有撒谎，可是却故意漏掉重要的信息，所以，我们看问题时，不应只看表面现象。由此判断，C项正确。
【点拨】利用词汇感情色彩，推断作者情感态度。
【题型解密】利用词汇感情色彩，推断作者情感态度。每一篇文章都包含有作者的某种观点或态度，只不过有的是直截了当，有的含而不露，只有通过所用词汇的褒贬来体现。此类题可细分为作者态度题（表明作者的好恶）和作者观点题（表明作者对某事物的观点）。准确把握作者的情感和态度需要注意以下几点：
1. 作者对某一事物要么支持，要么反对，带中立色彩的词最不可能是正确答案。
2. “漠不关心类”词语一定不对，既然写文章就不会“不关心”。
3. 要区分开作者的态度和作者引用的别人的态度。
4. 作者观点一般与文中主旨相关联。
5. 当作者的态度没有明确提出时，要学会根据作者所使用的词语的褒贬性进行判断。
6. 一般情况下，带有表示绝对化或过于强烈感情的词的选项必错。如strong,complete, entire, enthusiastic等。
7. 持有保留态度的选项常常是正确答案。
【题型4】 词义猜测题：在阅读理解题中，一般允许有适当的生词出现，因此根据上下文的构成来判断其含义是解题的根本途径。
【典例1】 “Our parties are aimed for children 2 –10,”Anaclerio said,“ and they are very interactive and creative in thatthey built a sense of drama based on a subject.”
Q:What does the underlined word “interactive” mostly probably mean?
A.Attractive B. Aboutencouragement of each other
C. Forceful D. Interesting
【分析】B。 考查猜词意。文中interactive是由inter-（相互的）和形容词active（活动的）构成的，同时根据上下文的意思判断，盖茨的含义应是“互动的”，由此分析，B项是正确答案。
【点拨】根据构词法（转化，合成，派生）进行判断。
【题型解密】根据构词法（转化，合成，派生）进行判断。在英语中，有很多词可以在其前面加前缀或在其后面加后缀来构成另一个词。需要掌握相应的构词规则和灵活应用才能实现准确猜测词义。
【典例2】 New houses, large schools, modern factories,more horse and sheep---- everywhere we saw signs of prosperity.
Q:What does the underlined word “prosperity” mostly probably mean?
A. Rapiddevelopment B. Continuousconstruction
C. Beautiful secenery D. Strong movement
【分析】A。 考查猜词意。由文中的破折号前的内容可知，prosperity应是“繁荣”的意思，由此判断，A项是正确答案。
【点拨】上下文解释作出判断。
【题型解密】根据上下文解释作出判断。在英语中，有时短文中出现一个需猜测其意义的词或短语，下面接着出现其定义域或解释，这就是判断该词或短语意义的主要依据。
【典例3】 In 1901, H, G. Wells, an English writer, wrotea book describing a trip to the moon. When the explores landed on the moon,they did cover that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressedtheir surprise to the “moon people” theymet. In turn, the “moon people” expressed their surprise.“Why,” they asked,“are you traveling to power space when you don’t even use your inner space?”
H.G. Wellscould only imagine traveling to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did landon the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on themoon. However, the question that the “moon people” asked is still aninteresting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.
Q:What does the underlined word “it” refer to?
A. Discoveringthe moon’s inner space B.Using the earth’s inner space
C. Meeting the“moon people again” D.Traveling to outer space
【分析】B。 考查猜词意。文中it指上句中的the question, 而the question又指上一段中“月球人”所提的问题，所以经过两次查找可确定答案为B。
【点拨】上下文的指代关系进行判断。
【题型解密】根据上下文的指代关系作出判断。文章中的代词it, that, he, 或him，them等可以只上文提到过的人或物，其中it和that还可以指一件事。有时代词与其指代的对象像个较远；有时需要对前面提到过的内容进行总结，才能得出代词所指代的事。
【典例4】 Written language tends to be static,while spoken language constantly changes.
Q:According to the author, what does the underlined word “static” mean?
A.unchangeable B. inactive C.respective D. widespread
【分析】A。 考查猜词意。由句中转折连词while可知，“tends to be static”与 “changes”在意义上形成对比，从而得出static意为“停滞的”，故答案为A。
【点拨】转折或对比关系进行判断。
【题型解密】根据转折和对比关系作出判断。文中根据上下句的连接词，如but,however, otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意义上的差别，从而依据某一句的含义来确定另一句的含义。另外，分号（；）也可以表示转折，对比或不相干的意义。
【典例5】 There were so many demonstrators in the RedSquare that he had to elbow his way through the crowd.
Q:The underlined word “elbow”can be replaced by ____.
A. lose B. hide C.make D. push
【分析】D。 考查猜词意。根据“有许多示威者”可知，便可推断，elbow的词义为“用肘挤，用肘推”，故答案为D。
【点拨】因果关系进行判断。
【题型解密】根据因果关系作出判断。文中根据上下句的因果关系，即有因必有果，有果必有因进行词义推断是一项重要的猜词义的方式之一。
【典例6】 And if you’ve gathered your friends around you to rebuild a happy family atmosphere,you may fear that saying no will bring back the kind of conflict yougrew up with ---- or destroy the nice atmosphere you now enjoy.
Q:The underlined word “conflict” means ____.
A. dependentlife B. fierce fight C.bad manners D. painful feeling
【分析】B。 考查猜词意。根据破折号后面的or暗示出前后两句句意相近，由此推断conflict意为“冲突”，故答案为B。
【点拨】同位关系进行判断。
【题型解密】根据同位关系作出判断。文中有时出现新词，难词，这时候就跟着一个同位语，对前面的词进行解释，有时这种解释也可用连“or”连接。
【典例7】 Anyonechoosing to take up this free service will receive a recorded message directlyto their home, business or pager telling them of the level of warning, givingthem as much time as possible to carry out their flood plan and save items thatcannot be replaced if lost or damaged, such as photographs or children’sfavourite toys.
Q:What does the underlined word “pager”means in the passage?
A. A boy employedto carry luggage in hotels.
B. A piece of equipment designed to receiveand show messages.
C.A page of pagers written to off messages.
D. A person invited to write pages ofmessages.
【分析】B。 考查猜词意。文中由于pager与their home, business并列，因此推断它应该是表示地方或处所或属性或范畴的名词。根据上下文断定，pager应是“接受警告信号的地方或设备”，故答案为B。
【点拨】利用举例进行判断。
【题型解密】根据举例关系作出判断。常规来说，从具体到一般，依据文中所列举的例子便可猜出生词的意思。
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