Question

How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time? Far too many． 　　This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal(排演)and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments． 　　We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do．Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life． 　　In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars．I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment：to value this very day． 　　How often do we say to ourselves, “I’ll take up horse-riding(or golf, or sailing)as soon as I get a higher position, ”only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position． 　　When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper．At the time I was astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal(反常的)mental state．How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area？I wanted to know． 　　Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it．In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure．He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains． (1) The first paragraph of the passage tells us that ________． [　　] A． we always try to find some time to write a book B． we always make plans but seldom fulfill them C． we always enjoy many of life’s best moments D． we always do what we really want to do (2) The underlined phrase “turn his back on”(Paragraph 6)most probably means ________． [　　] A． leave for B． return to C． give up D． rely on (3) The man(Paragraph 6)left his first job partly because he was ________． [　　] A． in an abnormal mental state B． under too much pressure C． not well paid D． not respected (4) What is probably the best title for the passage? [　　] A． Provide Homes For Our Family B． Take Up Horse-riding C． Value This Very Day D． Stay Alive

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)	细节题。第一段讲到大部分人都在说“我想写本书，但是没时间”，说明我们常常有计划但是没有实施。第一句很像是对的，但是文中没有体现“我们一直试着找时间”。
(2)	猜义题。根据前面的“I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper．”，可知他离开了伦敦新闻界(Fleet Street，舰队街，指英国伦敦新闻界)而去了一个小地方。所以“turn his back on”就是前句中“give up”的意思。
(3)	细节推断题。根据“In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure”，可知他在承受很大的压力。
(4)	主旨题。本文的主题是抓住每一天，做自己喜欢的事，并列举了“人们总是做计划但是实现不了”和“我朋友离开新闻界办小报”两个故事。所以C选项“Value This Very Day”比较贴切。

提示：

(1)	事实细节题。一般可以在文章中直接或间接找到答案，但是不可能与阅读材料一模一样，而是用不同的词语或句型表达相同的意思。
(2)	词义题的解题技巧：根据上下文进行推理猜测，两个原则： 　　(1)不管这个词多超纲，根据上下文都能得出其意思。 　　(2)不管这个词多熟悉，都要通过上下文得出其在特定场合的意思，正确选项不是熟词的常规含义。 　　(3)猜测词义的方法： 　　①构词法：根据词根，词缀判断词义。②词性加搭配：先判断生词在文章中的词性，再看它与哪些词语可以搭配，最后根据自己的常识推测。
(4)	主旨题的解题技巧：不管它出现在文章的什么位置，都作为最后一道题去做，因为做完其他题以后会对主旨的理解有帮助。着重理解首末段，首末句，主旨在文章中间的情况，遇到文章前后段意思转折，提高警惕。