Question

One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?

In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor.

The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.

The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They’re more active and easier to talk with.

The British and Americans may use different terms for many things. The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.

1. Simon went to London to __________.

A. spend his holiday B.visit his friend

C. study English D. have a meeting

2.According to the passage, the British usually spend their time _____ on the train.

A. talking B.playing cards

C.singing and dancing D.doing some reading

3.What does the underlined word “term” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A. 用语 B. 学期 C.会议 D. 成果

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Hiding the feeling

B. Simon’s funny story

C.Information abroad.

D. Differences in British and American culture

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过讲述了一个美国人西蒙去英国伦敦看望朋友的故事，告诉我们英国人和美国人的文化差异。英国人在火车上经常花时间看报或读书，而英国人喜欢在火车上聊天。他们的很多事物的用语不同。英国人经常用“football”, “eraser” and “mail”而美国人更喜欢用“soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.

1.One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick可知西蒙去伦敦拜访他的朋友。故选B。

2.on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books.可知英国人在火车上经常花时间看报或读书。故选D。

3.The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.英国人经常用“football”, “eraser” and “mail”而美国人更喜欢用“soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.这些是用语的不同。故选A。

4.The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America,可知本文主要介绍了英国人和美国人的文化差异。故选D。

考点：社会政治经济文化类短文阅读。

考点分析： 考点1：人物传记/故事阅读类

人物传记故事类阅读理解：

    阅读能力是中学生学习英语应具备的一种基本能力。学习英语的一个重要目的在于获取信息。通过阅读这一重要手段，我们可以大量地获取知识，拓展知识面，还可以增强语感，培养敏捷的思维能力。

阅读理解也是各地中考试题的必考题型之一，在中考试题中占有较大比例，主要考查学生通过文字获取信息的能力。在中考中，阅读的篇数一般是三到四篇，选材范围越来越广，除故事、幽默、人物轶事外，科普性文章也多了起来。体裁也趋于多样化，有记叙文、说明文、应用文等。还要求学生能理解及解释图表多提供的简单信息等。三四篇短文中有的难度跨度较大，以便拉开档次，体现选拔功能。并且扩大了选材范围，主要考查考生阅读所给材料，理解其中词语、句子或片段含义的能力。有时涉及对全文意思和篇章结构的理解，对一些问题作出推理和判断。阅读理解的考核中包括了对词汇、语法等语言知识的考查，要求学生具备一定的背景知识、各种常识、科普知识和一定的分析及逻辑推理能力；要求学生具有归纳段落大意、中心思想的能力。测试的方向由时间、地点、身份、人物等一些细节问题，改为测试对全文整体意义的理解程度；由考查短文的表层现象改为考对文章深层含义的理解和逻辑推断能力。另外，任务型阅读形式灵活多样，内容丰富多彩，联系实际，易考查学生的灵活运用能力和对语言的综合运用能力。在中考中占30-40分。

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