（C）

A Different Roast Every Day

Alan worked in an office in the city. He worked very hard and really wanted to take a holiday.

He usually went to the seaside, but one day he saw an ad（廣告） in a newspaper. " Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at Willow Farm. Good food, fresh air, horse riding, walking, fishing. Good prices (價(jià)格)."

"This sounds like a good idea," he thought. "I'll spend a month at Willow Farm. I'll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside."

Four days later he returned home.

"What's wrong with Willow Farm?" his friend Jack asked him. " Didn't you enjoy country life?"

"Country life was fine," Alan said, "but there was another problem."

"Oh, what?"

"Well, the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton (烤羊肉) for dinner."

"Fresh meat is the best."

"I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner."

"Lucky you!"

"You don't understand," Alan said. "On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner."

"A different roast every day," Jack said.

" Let me finish," Alan said, " on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn't dare to stay for dinner!"

1.Where did Alan work? He worked ___.

A．on a farm                             B．a(chǎn)t a school

C．in a restaurant                          D．in an office in a city

2.Where did Alan usually go to spend his holiday?

A．by the seaside                          B．in the country

C．in the mountains                        D．on an island

3.Why did Alan decide to spend his holiday at Willow Farm? Because ___.

A．he lived near there

B．he had a good friend there

C．he thought it would make a change from sitting by the seaside

D．he wanted to enjoy the fresh air in the country

4.How many days did he stay on the farm?

A．A few days.        B．A week.           C．Three days.        D．Four days.

5. What made Alan return so soon?

A．He fell ill.

B．The air there was not fresh.

C．The prices were too high.

D．He was afraid that they would have the dead man for dinner.

 

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了Alan到農(nóng)村度假的故事。

1.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Alan worked in an office in the city.說明D正確。

2.A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)He usually went to the seaside可知他經(jīng)常去海邊度假，故A正確。

3.C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章4,5行"This sounds like a good idea," he thought. "I'll spend a month at Willow Farm. I'll enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside."可知這種度假方式和在海邊度假方式不一樣。故C正確。

4.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Four days later he returned home. 可知他在那里過了4天，故D正確。

5.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后2行"A different roast every day," Jack said.

" Let me finish," Alan said, " on the fourth day the farmer died and I didn't dare to stay for dinner!" 可知他害怕D項(xiàng)內(nèi)容，故D正確。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了Alan到農(nóng)村度假的故事。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)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(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)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(xì)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(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。

 

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