题目内容
9.Two people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona,just hours apart.One person was killed and three injured in the first shooting at Northern Arizona University early on Friday.Later that morning a shooting at a student complex near Texas Southern University left one person dead.In Arizona,police named the gunman there as Steven Jones,an 18-year-old first year student at Northern Arizona University.Mr.Jones told police he was approached by a group of men and attacked.He fled,produced a gun from his pocket and opened fire when the men caught up with him,Arizona police said.Witnesses told police that the victims were unarmed.
The second shooting in Texas happened later on Friday morning at the University Courtyard Apartments on the edge of the Houston campus.One student was killed,a freshman at the school,the university confirmed,and another person was wounded.Two people have been arrested as suspects and a third is still at large,said Houton police spokeswoman Jodi Silva.
The attacks came as President Barack Obama visited families of victims of a college shooting in Oregon.On arriving in Oregon,he was jeered(嘲笑) by gun rights activists who oppose calls he made for tougher gun laws after nine people were killed at Umpqua Community College,Roseburg,last week.
After a private meeting with families,Mr Obama said he had"strong feelings"about gun control,adding:"We are going to have to come together as a country to see how we can prevent these issues from taking place."
On the edge of this little American town,a few hundred protestos gathered to tell their president he was not welcome.Many were openly carrying handguns to hammer home their message.The demonstrators blamed the shooting here last week on two things:a failure to treat mental health problems and the designation of Umpqua Community College as a gun-free zone.Many of those we spoke to said they had travelled to Roseburg from elsewhere in Oregon to make their voices heard.The hostility(敌意) to the Democratic president here in Republican rural Oregon was not just political,it was personal.
28.How many people were dead in these two recent university shootings?B
A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.
29.Which of the following is right about the Northern Arizona University shooting?C
A.The victims attacked the gunman with knives.
B.The gunman shot the victims out of hate.
C.It was the victims who started the fight.
D.The gunman was about to graduate.
30.Mr.Obama probably agreed thatC.
A.gun control is too strict in most parts of America,especially in universities
B.designation of Umpqua community college as a gun-free zone is a wrong decision
C.Americans should be united to prevent criminal shooting from happening so frequently
D.A failure to treat mental health problems caused the shooting at Umpqua Community College
31.The underlined words in the last paragraph is closest in meaning toA.
A.emphasize
B.take
C.commit
D.respond.
分析 本文主要讲述美国所发生的两起大学枪杀案,奥巴马总统号召禁止使用枪支.
解答 28-31BCCA
28 B 细节理解.根据文章的第一段的第一句Two people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona可知两人在大学枪杀案中死亡,故选答案B..
29 C 细节理解.根据文章第二段的内容Mr. Jones told police he was approached by a group of men and attacked. He fled,produced a gun from his pocket and opened fire when the men caught up with him,可知琼斯告诉警察18岁的新生被一群人靠近并且袭击,他逃跑并且在被逮住的时候拿出枪开了枪,是受害者挑起了事端,故选C.
30 C 推理判断 根据文章最后一段Mr Obama said he had"strong feelings"about gun control,adding:"We are going to have to come together as a country to see how we can prevent these issues from taking place."可知奥巴马要求严格控制枪支,阻止此类事件再次发生,故选C.
31 A 词义猜测,根据上文a few hundred protestos gathered to tell their president he was not welcome可知很多抗议者表示奥巴马不受欢迎,他们随身携带枪支来强调他们的信息,可推断hammer home的意思是"强调",故选A.
点评 一、速读全文,了解大意知主题.
阅读能力一般指阅读速度和理解能力两个方面.阅读速度是阅读最基本的能力.考生必须在十分有限的时间内运用略读、扫读、跳读等技巧快速阅读,搜寻关键词、主题句,捕捉时空、顺序、情节、人物、观点,并且理清文章脉络,把握语篇实质.
二、看题干,带着问题读文章.
首先要掌握问题的类型,客观信息题可以从文章中直接找到答案;而主观判断题考查的是对文章的感情基调等,这类题必须经过对作者的态度、意图以及对整篇文章进行深一层的推理等.其次,了解试题题干以及各个选项所包含的信息,然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读,对有关信息进行快速定位.此法加强了阅读的针对性,提高了做题的准确率.
三、逻辑推理,做好深层理解题.
在实际阅读中,有时作者并未把意图说出来,阅读者要根据字面意思,通过语篇逻辑关系,研究细节的暗示,推敲作者的态度,理解文章的寓义.要求读者对文字的表面信息进行分析、挖掘和逻辑推理,不能就事论事,以偏概全.推理题在提问中常用的词有:infer,imply,suggest,indicate等.
四、猜词悟义,扫除阅读拦路虎.
猜词是应用英语的重要能力.它不但需要准确无误地理解上下文,而且要有较大的泛读量,掌握或认识较多的课外词汇.我们要学会"顺藤摸瓜",通过构词,语法,定义,同位,对比,因果,常识,上下文等线索确定词义.
A. | if; to answer | B. | whether; to be answered | ||
C. | whether; to answer | D. | if; to be answered |
Like many native Italians,my parents were very open with their feelings and their (16)D---not only at home,but also in public.Most of my friends would (17)A hug their fathers.But I (18)C and kissed my dad at every opportunity-nothing could have felt more (19)B.
He was a(n) (20)C man who was always trying new things.He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle.(21)B,my father and his motorcycle didn't get along too well.He fell off it so often that he got rid of it just a month after (22)D it.As a result,he never again trusted any vehicle with less than four (23)A.Because of that motorcycle,I wasn't allowed to have a (24)B when I was growing up.Whenever I wanted to ride a bike,I had to borrow one from a friend.On the other hand,my father let me (25)D a car as soon as I turned sixteen.
11.A.success | B.spelling | C.name | D.promotion |
12.A.top | B.bottom | C.foot | D.middle |
13.A.Never | B.Later | C.Soon | D.Seldom |
14.A.find | B.read | C.rush | D.put |
15.A.sad | B.hurried | C.excited | D.surprised |
16.A.sadness | B.anger | C.joy | D.love |
17.A.never | B.always | C.often | D.occasionally |
18.A.told | B.cried | C.hugged | D.watched |
19.A.strange | B.natural | C.common | D.funny |
20.A.careful | B.anxious | C.curious | D.boring |
21.A.Strangely | B.Unfortunately | C.Luckily | D.Surely |
22.A.breaking | B.trying | C.borrowing | D.buying |
23.A.wheels | B.windows | C.persons | D.lights |
24.A.boat | B.bicycle | C.car | D.bus |
25.A.sell | B.trust | C.borrow | D.drive |