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 graduates in their early 2Os, 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 conversationalists, 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.
小題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.
小題2:What they have been doing can be described as______. 
A．pointless B．normal
C．crazyD．successful
小題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.
小題4:What will Liz and Bill do in the future?     
A．Go in for publishing.B．Do more television programs.
C．Continue what they am doing.D．Spend more time reading books.
小題5:How do they like the 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.

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:B

試題分析：本文介紹了9.11以后Liz and Bill所做之事，通過與別人的交流理解別人的想法。
小題1:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段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.說明A項正確。
小題2:D推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段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.可知已經(jīng)有印刷商讓他們出書了，說明他們?nèi)〉昧顺晒Α９蔇正確。
小題3:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4段所舉例子，是為了說明他們這樣的活動所取得的成功。故D正確。
小題4:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段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.說明透明膜正在考慮以后要做的事情。故C正確。
小題5:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一句Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they'll consider.說明他們正在考慮出書的話題。故B正確。
點評：本文介紹了9.11以后Liz and Bill所做之事，通過與別人的交流理解別人的想法。本文主要考查推理題。在解題時要立足已知，推斷未知。立足現(xiàn)在，猜測未來。不能主觀臆想，憑空想象，隨意揣測，更不能以自己的觀點代替作者的觀點;要把握句、段之間的邏輯關(guān)系，了解語篇的結(jié)構(gòu)。要體會文章的基調(diào)，揣摸作者的態(tài)度，摸準(zhǔn)邏輯發(fā)展的方向，悟出作者的弦外之音。
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