8.British 19th century novelist Jane Austen will become the face of the new 10pound note,the Bank of England said on Wednesday.
Jane Austen is a famous woman writer who wrote such works as Pride and Prejudice,Sense and Sensibility and Emma.She will replace naturalist Charles Darwin on Britain's most popular banknote.
In April,Britain's central bank announced the former Prime Minister Winston Churchill would appear on the reverse side of the five pound note,replacing the social reformer Elizabeth Fry.This action led to people's outcry.They said that it meant women were not as equal as men on the country's banknotes.
Mark Carney,the first foreigner to head the bank in its 319-year history,praised Austen as"one of the greatest writers in English literature (文學(xué))"
"We believe that our notes should celebrate the full diversity of great British historical figures and their contributions in a wide range of fields,"he told a gathering at the Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton,the 17th century house where the author wrote some of her best-known novels.
The Austen notes are likely to appear in 2017.On the note,there will be a portrait of Jane Austen,together with the quote"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"from Pride and Prejudice.
Like many other countries,Britain changes the design of its banknotes at regular times to avoid counterfeiting (偽造的) risks.
Since 1960,most of historical figures in banknotes have been men.In the mid 1970s,the nurse Florence Nightingale appeared on the 10pound note for the first time,but the notes went out of issue in the early 1990s.
Carney said it was never the Bank's intention that none of the four characters on its notes should be a woman."You can see that our job at the Bank of England is to protect the value of the new Jane Austen note,"he said.

42.What can we learn about the ten-pound note in England?A
A.Charles Darwin is now on its face.
B.It's the second most popular banknote.
C.Elizabeth Fry once appeared on its face.
D.Jane Austen will be on it with Winston Churchill.
43.The underlined word"outcry"in Paragraph 3probably meansB.
A.doubt             B.disagreement       C.reception         D.welcome
44.The appearance of Jane Austen on the banknotes shows thatA.
A.people are encouraged to read more books
B.counterfeit notes won't happen in Britain
C.women are as equal as men in Britain
D.literature means a lot to everyone
45.This passage is most probably taken fromD.
A.a(chǎn) novel            B.a(chǎn)n advertisement    C.a(chǎn) journal         D.a(chǎn) newspaper.

分析 本文主要介紹Jane Austen的頭像有望于2017年出現(xiàn)在十英鎊的背面.

解答 42.A  細節(jié)理解題.由第一段中的"Jane Austen will become the face of the new tenpound note"和第二段中的"he will replace naturalist Charles Darwin on the reverse(背面) of Britain's most popular banknote."可知,現(xiàn)在十英鎊背面的人物是Charles Darwin,故答案為A
43.B詞義猜測題.由該詞后面的"They said that it meant women were not as equal as men on the country's banknotes."可知,人們對于英國中央銀行將前首相Winston Churchill取代Elizabeth Fry出現(xiàn)在五英鎊背面這一做法表示反對.故答案為B
44.A  推理判斷題.Jane Austen是英國歷史上一位重要的文學(xué)家.由第六段中的"On the note…from Pride and Prejudice."可知,她的出現(xiàn)旨在鼓勵人們多讀書.故答案為A
45.D 推理判斷題  根據(jù)全文可知,文章中多次出現(xiàn)了時間尤其這一句The Austen notes are likely to appear in 2017,可知這篇文章的時效性很強,應(yīng)該是來自于報紙,故答案為D

點評 做閱讀時經(jīng)常犯錯的主要原因是,僅憑讀過文章后殘留在腦海中的一絲印象來勾選答案,這樣便很容易掉入出題人故意設(shè)布下的題目陷阱.所謂閱讀理解,對于題目的理解一定要忠實于原文,因此,每一道題都應(yīng)該與原文作全面的對比與核查,再得出答案.也就是說,閱讀理解的每一道題目,在原文都應(yīng)該有明確的出處,我們把這一出處叫做原文相關(guān)句,(1)排除與原文相關(guān)句主題不一致的選項(2)排除與原文相關(guān)句態(tài)度相反的選項  (3)排除用于過于極端或負面的選項(4)注意結(jié)合文章主旨和主題去排除.

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