Question

Passage 4(2015 內(nèi)蒙古包頭，C) 

       In English,people use many expressions with the word dog.People inBritainandAmericalove their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs for walks,let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.However,dogs without owners to care for them lead a dif?ferent kind of life.The expression,to lead a dog’s life,means living an unhappy life.

      Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. Thaimeans many people are competing for the same thing,like good jobs.They say that to be successful,a person has to work very hard;to put it in another way,he has to work like a dog.Such work can make people dog-tired. And ihe situation will be even worse if they become sick as a dog.

      Sometimes we should let a sleeping dog lie, which means we’d better not trouble a person who is likely to cause problems. And if someone says you’ve a lucky dog,heis just saying you’re very lucky.

      Very often,people say every dog has its day.This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To a- chieve one^ goal,people often have to learn new skills.Yet some peo?ple say thal you can never teach an old dog new tricks.They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

      Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather.The dog days of summerare the hottest clays of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather.But we do not want it to rain too hard.In other words,we do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

1. What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. How to live with dogs. B. Expressions about dogs.

   C. People's love for dogs. D. Ways to train dogs.

2. According to what you have read above,working too hard can make people  .

   A. let a sleeping dog lie   B. become a lucky dog

   C. live in a dog-eat-dog world   D. work like a dog 3. What can we learn from the passage?

  A. It may be difficult for the young to learn new skills.

  B. Dogs play an important part in language and culture.

  C. We can be successful if we learn from our own mistakes.

  D. Dogs like the hottest days in summer very much.

4. If we say a person lives a dog's life,he might be  .

  A. a student who does quite well in English

  B. a baby that is well taken care of by its mother

  C. a person who has endless work to do

  D. an old person who refuses to accept new things

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. A

Passage 5

[語篇解讀]本文是一篇有關(guān)害羞的說明文。文中分析了人們?yōu)槭?么會(huì)害羞和怎樣克服害羞。

1. B主旨大意題。全文闡述了害羞這個(gè)話題。故答案為B項(xiàng)。

2. A詞義猜測(cè)題。根琚第二段內(nèi)容，害羞的寶寶通常有害羞的父母。 所以科學(xué)家得出的結(jié)論是害羞的部分原因是遺傳。故答案為A項(xiàng)。

3. C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章可知A、B、D均不符合文章內(nèi)容。故答 案為C項(xiàng)。

4. B主旨大意題。概括第二、三、四段的內(nèi)容可知害羞的原因有：遺 傳、家庭的大小、出生地點(diǎn)。故答案為B項(xiàng)。

5. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段可知為了克服害羞，科學(xué)家的建議 是嘗試新的事物、練習(xí)交談。故答案為B項(xiàng)。

6. A篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題�？v覽全文可知文章是總分總結(jié)構(gòu)。故答案為 A項(xiàng)。

[長(zhǎng)難句] The scientists said that these children were often bullied by their older brothers and sisters.科學(xué)家們說這些孩子經(jīng)常被他們的哥哥 姐姐們欺負(fù)。