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【題目】In June 2013 a five-year-old boy, Toby, was walking home from school thinking about the long summer ahead. Money was tight that year and Toby’s parents had told him they would not be able to afford a holiday.

Instead of dreaming about foreign travel, he had been reading a book, Letter to New Zealand, where the author explains what happens in an envelope’s journey from England to the other side of the world. As they neared their house, Toby asked his mum, Sabine, if he could write a letter to New Zealand. After a few more steps he was struck by an even better idea. “Can I write a letter to every country in the world?”

Sabine says she often wonders what would have happened if she had replied differently that day. “It was just one of those typical questions that five-year-olds have,” she says. “ If he had asked me in the evening when I was tired, I might have refused. But as parents you realize there’s a lot of power in just allowing kids to have a go. Also, it seemed a nice way to do some armchair exploration. So I told him” Let’s see how far you get.”

The answer was very far indeed. Toby has since written and posted letters to all 193 UN mumber states, as well as numerous other bad-conditioned areas with comforting ones.

To date he has written 681 letters- the best of which have been selected to appear in a new book called Dear World, How Are You?- although so productive is Toby’ pen that the number will have risen by the time you read this.

“Writing these letters has made me realize that the world isn’t actually all that big,” he says with a grin.

In the future, part of him would like to be a musical director to turn his beloved Star Wars into a ballet. Of course, he also hopes to travel the globe in person to see some of the countries where his letters have ended up.

“We’re so lucky to have this wonderful world, and I hope we can live on planet Earth in peace.”

【1】 Why did Toby want to write letters to other countries?

A. He was good at writing.

B. He was eager to go abroad.

C. He got inspired by a book.

D. He wanted others to help his family.

【2】From Toby’s mother’s words, we know that at first____.

A. she thought her son’s idea was of no value

B. she got tired of her son’s request

C. she believed her son would succeed

D. she thought she should give her son a try

【3】What’s the influence of writing letters to Toby?

A. He has traveled to 193 UN number states.

B. He understands more about the world.

C. He becomes productive in writing stories.

D. He has to put his letters into a book.

【4】How can we describe Toby?

A. Clever and persistent.

B. Ambitious and kind-hearted.

C. Hardworking and humorous.

D. Brave and strong-willed.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文描述的是一個(gè)五歲的男孩Toby受Letter to New Zealand這本書的影響，了解了更多關(guān)于世界的知識(shí)，他還希望親自周游世界去看一些國家，并希望我們能和平地生活在這個(gè)星球上。

【1】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第一句Instead of dreaming about foreign travel, he had been reading a book, Letter to New Zealand, where the author explains what happens in an envelope’s journey from England to the other side of the world.他一直讀一本書，Letter to New Zealand，在這本書里作者解釋了發(fā)生在一個(gè)信封的旅程，從英國到世界的另一邊�？芍猅oby給其他國家寫信是受到這本書的鼓勵(lì)。故選C。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第四句But as parents you realize there’s a lot of power in just allowing kids to have a go.作為父母，意識(shí)到允許孩子們有一個(gè)嘗試。故選D。

【3】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句Writing these letters has made me realize that the world isn’t actually all that big。寫這些信使我意識(shí)到世界其實(shí)并不是那么大，可知關(guān)于世界他了解了很多。故選B。

【4】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后兩句he also hopes to travel the globe in person to see some of the countries where his letters have ended up. 他還希望親自周游世界去看一些國家“We’re so lucky to have this wonderful world, and I hope we can live on planet Earth in peace.”我們幸運(yùn)有這么精彩的世界，我希望我們能和平地生活在這個(gè)星球上。故選B。

【名師點(diǎn)撥】

推理判斷題要求在理解原文表面文字信息的基礎(chǔ)上，做出一定的推理判斷，從而得到文章的隱含意義和深層意義。推理判斷題所涉及的內(nèi)容可能是文中的某一句話，也可能是某幾句話，所以，推理題的答案只能是根據(jù)原文表面文字信息一步推出的答案：即對(duì)原文某一句話或某幾句話所作的同義改寫或綜合。推理判斷題的題干中通常含infer,suggest,imply,conclude indicate等標(biāo)志性詞語。 這種題型主要包括細(xì)節(jié)判斷題、態(tài)度觀點(diǎn)推斷題、寫作意圖推斷題、文章出處判斷題和猜測想象推斷題。比如第24小題C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第一句Instead of dreaming about foreign travel, he had been reading a book, Letter to New Zealand, where the author explains what happens in an envelope’s journey from England to the other side of the world.他一直讀一本書，Letter to New Zealand，在這本書里作者解釋了發(fā)生在一個(gè)信封的旅程，從英國到世界的另一邊�？芍猅oby給其他國家寫信是受到這本書的鼓勵(lì)。故選C。