8.We'd arrived at Rockefeller Center station on the D train.As in many of New York's underground stations,trains pull in at both sides of the platform.Or rather,they seem to erupt into the station first on one side,then on the other.
Abruptly,my wife stopped.
"Uh,what's this?"she said.
I looked over her shoulder.There at our feet lay a young woman of about 20.She was on her stomach with the top half of her body on the platform,while her legs hung over the tracks kicking powerlessly.
She was stuck.She had also,clearly,been down on the tracks and discovered that climbing back up is really hard.
But unlike in our imaginings,this woman was not in panic,expecting her approaching death by the F train which would be screaming into the station in the next few minutes,if not seconds.
She was laughing!So was her friend who half-heartedly leant down to assist.The assistance was somewhat weakened by the fact that the friend was holding her smartphone.Was she hoping to capture this moment with a picture?Or composing a text?
It's well known that people's compulsive checking of their phones can be deadly.Among young people in America,texting is now the number one cause of car crashes.Maybe it's also a leading cause of leaving friends to die when they fall in the river or on to the train tracks.
I stepped forward,leant out as far as I could,got hold of her leg somewhere near the knee and,together with her finally-engaged friend,dragged the young woman on to the platform.
And you can guess why she'd been on the tracks.Still laughing,but maybe chastened (內(nèi)疚)by my look of horror she said,"Thanks.Sorry.My phone fell down there."
While I turned to hold my daughter's hand and head upstairs,the young woman and her friend walked away.I wonder when she'll be scared.
25.What was the young woman doing on the edge of the platform?B
A.Trying to get down on to the train tracks to pick up her phone.
B.Trying to get back on to the platform after jumping down.
C.Desperately waiting for someone to help her get back her phone.
D.Posing for her friend to capture a good picture with her smartphone.
26.Which of the following did the author think was NOT a cause of the young woman's dangerous situation?A
A.The station was too crowded.
B.She did not realize the danger.
C.She cared too much about her phone.
D.Her company didn't assist her whole-heartedly.
27.What was the author's worry about people like this young woman?C
A.They would cause damage to the underground system.
B.They knew too little about how to help others as well as themselves.
C.It would be too late when they understood how dangerous the situation is.
D.They would send misleading information to the public with their smartphones.
分析 本文作者寫了在火車站臺上看到的一個女人處于危險境地時并不以為然的故事.
解答 25.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)句子She was on her stomach with the top half of her body on the platform,while her legs hung over the tracks kicking powerlessly.身體掛在平臺上,腿掛在鐵軌上無力地踢著.所以答案選B.
26.A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文中句子 this woman was not in panic,這個女人并不驚慌.So was her friend who half-heartedly leant down to assist.她的朋友敷衍了事地去協(xié)助.My phone fell down there.我的電話掉在那里了.可以看出這些都是作者認為那個女的處于危險境地的導(dǎo)致的原因,而站臺擁擠沒有提到,所以答案選A.
27.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)句子 I wonder when she'll be scared.我不知道她什么時候會害怕.可以推斷出如果他們了解形勢有多危險,那就太晚了.所以答案選C.
點評 本文考查細節(jié)題為主,細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體.搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(jié)信息.在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié).做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文,找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子,再對相關(guān)部分進行分析對比,找出答案.