题目内容
8.We are all attracted by magicians,who seem to be able to perform impossible acts,such as pulling white rabbits out of hats and cutting a woman in half.Like all performances,though,a magician's real secret is in practicing thoroughly before showing anyone their tricks.Magic Matchsticks
You will need
•several matchsticks
•a handkerchief with hems (折缝) along the edges
What to do
1.Show the audience a matchstick.
2.Take a clean cotton handkerchief from your pocket,and shake it out,showing both sides to prove you are not hiding anything.
3.Wrap the matchstick in the handkerchief.
4.Ask one of the audience members to feel the matchstick inside the handkerchief,and break it.
5.Shake the handkerchief,allowing the unbroken matchstick to fall onto the floor!
The secret
Before you begin the performance,slip a matchstick into the hem of the handkerchief.When you ask someone to break the wrapped-up matchstick,make sure that they break the one hidden in the hem (when they feel it,they will think it is the one they saw you wrap into the handkerchief).
It's a good idea to have two or three handkerchiefs with matchsticks already secretly in the hems,as your audience is sure to be shocked and ask you to do the trick again.But don't let them realise that you are changing handkerchiefs,or they may become suspicious!
66.If a magician wants to succeed on the stage,he or she mustA.
A.practice the magic completely
B.have some magical matchsticks
C.recite the process thoroughly
D.keep the secret unknown forever
67.Which of the following pictures shows the step 3?B
68.One of the secrets of"Magic matchsticks"is toD.
A.make the hidden matchstick broken in the hem
B.keep audience from being suspicious during the magic
C.invite one of the audience to break the matchstick
D.confuse the two different matchsticks in the handkerchief.
分析 本文属于记叙文阅读,作者在文章中首先说明了了我们都会对魔术师所表演的魔术感到震惊,因此作者解密了一个魔术师所表演的"魔术火柴"的秘密,并且告诉读者魔术师成功的秘诀.
解答 66.A 细节理解题,根据Like all performances,though,a magician's real secret is in practicing thoroughly before showing anyone their tricks.可知魔术师成功的真正秘诀是要练习他们的魔法,故选A.
67.B 细节理解题,根据步骤中的第三个3.Wrap the matchstick in the handkerchief可知第三步应该是把火柴包到手帕中,故选B.
68.D 推理判断题,根据倒数第二段When you ask someone to break the wrapped-up matchstick,make sure that they break the one hidden in the hem (when they feel it,they will think it is the one they saw you wrap into the handkerchief).可知"魔术火柴"的秘密是在手帕上混淆了两个不同的火柴,故选D.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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