Question

Tim was born after his elder brother and sister．He could learn many things from them．Soon,he developed his own way of doing things by developing his mind through his interest in creating stories,He would read more than most children and he gathered his inspiration from history books．In school,his athletic interests were basketball and track,especially high jump．When he found he could jump a little higher than most students,he decided that jumping over a high bar would be his specialty． 　　Tim continued his learning interest in history which included serious college study,and a Master's degree．He is now a university professor at a small university in Los Angeles．In the United States there are many schools that have history departments．There are large universities with as many as 60 thousand students and small universities with as few as 2,000 students．His degree from a large university with a strong history department has helped him get a good job． 　　Tim and Kelli like cats．They have two of them and they are special members of the family．Their grey and white cat is Toby．The coal black colored cat is called Buddha because he sits so quietly．Cats are popular with many people in America． (1) Which of the following statements is true? [　　] A． Tim is the second child in his family． B． Tim has a younger sister． C． Tim is the third child in his family． D． Tim is the only child in his family． (2) What was he good at when he was at school? [　　] A． Basketball B． High jump C． Running D． Football (3) We can infer from the above passage that ________ [　　] A． all the Americans like to keep cats B． the cat is called Buddha because he is always quiet C． the populalion of a small university is only one third of that of the largest one D． it is easier for a graduate from a large university with a famous department to do job hunting

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．D;
解析：

(1)	文章第一句就说他在其elder brother,sister之后出生，所以他应是第三个孩子。
(2)	第一段：especially high jump…his specialty，说明选B．
(3)	选项A表述不对，不是All the Americans喜欢猫；选项B表述是对的，但在最后一段倒数第二句已表述出来，不能算infer“推断”；选项C的表述作为一种对美国大学的推论是不准确的，因为各个大学的人数不一。文中只是说：有些大学多达……，有些大学少至……；根据第二段最后一句…him get a good job推断出D对。