Question

　　Foulsham House is a fine, large house of the 1790s. It stands by the River Byer, in twenty-five hectares (公顷) of the best farmland in the southwest.

　　The house was built by Smithson, and the story goes back to George, the son of King of Whales, who fell in love with the beautiful Lady Kitty, at one of the first Foulsham's wild woods (野外) parties. Many years ago many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House, and many fine girls took tea in the Green Room.

　　The house has eight bedrooms; three bathrooms (浴室), two living-rooms and a dining-mom with a real Adam fire-place. Its library has a good view over the park and the river. All rooms are light and airy, with good, high windows, and wood floors.

　　At the back of the house there is a room for four cars. The third Foulsham once kept horses there. In many other ways, this house of the 1790s meets the needs of the 1990s. If you wish to know more about Foulsham House, write to：Harvey. Platt, Longford & Sons 6, Castle Green, Gilham, Byreside.

1．Foulsham House is ________.

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A．an old farm house

B．a 25-hectare house by the River Byre

C．a large house for people to come to listen to its story

D．a house with a history of nearly two hundred years

2．We learned from the reading that ________.

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A．Smithson built the house for wild wood parties

B．many important people had been to the Foulsham House

C．George and Lady Kitty loved the house and had many parties here

D．the Green Room is a place for many girls to make tea

3．The sentence “Its library bas a good view over the park and the river” means “________.”

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A．The park and the river can be seen clearly from the library

B．The library has a picture of the park and the river on the wall

C．The library was built in the park by the river

D．Books about the part and the river can be read in the library

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．The 3rd Foulsham often rode his horses at the back of the house.

B．The house has a room for cars at the back of the house.

C．The road behind the house is wide enough for 4 cars to go.

D．There is some parking behind the house.

5. We can infer(推断) that Harvey ________.

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A．wants the house to meet the needs of modern life

B．wants people to know the history of the house

C．wants to sell the house

D．wants some money to make the house meet today's needs

Answer 1

答案：D;B;A;D;C
解析：

答案为：1．D;2．B;3．A;4．D;5．C 　　【解析】1．第一题既是对关键词(house)的考查，也是对短文基本意思的理解考查。其一：Foulsham House占地25英亩，而不是房屋的面积为25英亩；这里要正确理解House(大写)的含义是“庄园”！正确理解这一点对后面全文的理解有着十分重要的意义。正确的答案来自第一句话的“十七世纪九十年代”(到短文最后的：十九世纪九十代)一共有200年。2．这是对文字和句子表层意思的理解，在这里great=important；“Many great men rode on the hills about Foulsham House．”既然大人物在Foulsham House，高贵的女士(fine girls)在庄园内(Green Roon)内饮茶，就表明他们去过了Foulsham House。3．本题既是对猜词的考查，也是对猜句意的考查！因此，这里需要通过上下文来对句子意思作出正确判断和理解。上文中出现了：It stands by the River Byer.这就表明Foulsham House位于Byer河畔，可以理解为：“从藏书室可以看到(或面对)河畔”；而选项A的含义是：从藏书室可以清晰地看到公园和河流！正合题意。4．这是对词和词组的考查。behind the house可以理解为at the back of the house; some理解为a(因为some后面接一个单数名词parking)；parking的意思是：a room for four cars(停车处)。5．这是考查对全文中心意思的判断或者说是推测！本文对Foulsham House做了一番详尽的说明：位置、历史、风景、配置等，尤其是最后一句：“十八世纪九十年代的庄园可以满足二十世纪九十年代的需求。”这里一再强调它的优点和好处，目的只有一个：出售！通过对全文的正确理解，我们就会明白一个道理：一篇文章总有一个中心内容！正确地理解它，再去分析每个句子和词的含义，就可以完全理解阅读题！