题目内容
14.Meet the magic folkThroughout the ages and across the world,fairies(童话故事)have come alive in the stories,poems,and songs passed down from the old to the young.Some amazing stories about fairies have come to us from the British Isles.(56)A
Merrows are Irish fairy mermaids(美人鱼).The females are very gentle and beautiful with fishes'tails.Merrows sometimes come onto land disguised(伪装)as small,white cattle or as beautiful women wearing bright red feather caps.(57)G
Leprechauns(矮妖)are fairies that appear as tiny old men.They like to be alone most of the time,making and mending shoes and keeping their pots of gold well hidden.If a human catches a leprechaun and asks for its gold,the leprechaun must hand it over.(58)C If the human looks away for even an instant,the leprechaun will joyfully disappear.
Brownies are hairy little men who do chores(杂事)in houses and on farms during the night.All they want as payment is food,and they get very angry if humans watch them do their work.If a brownie is given clothes as a present,he'll disappear forever.(59)F
Selkies are seal fairies.Female selkies sometimes come to shore and take off their sealskins to play on the beach in human form.Like merrows,if a human finds a selkie's sealskin,she can't go back to the ocean.(60)E If she finds her sealskin,she happily returns to the sea,leaving her human husband and children…but she comes close to shore to watch over them from time to time.
A.Here are some of these fairies.
B.Most sailors at sea hope never to see a merrow.
C.But it is far trickier(狡猾的)than it looks!
D.A selkie is quiet and lovely,with dark hair and sad eyes.
E.Instead,she must obey(服从)the human who keeps it and usually marries him.
F.Perhaps this is because he rushes back to show off his new clothes to the others.
G.If a human steals this cap,a merrow can't go back to the sea and must stay on land.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了几个关于海洋的童话故事,美人鱼,小妖精,塞尔基密封仙女等.
解答 36.A.推理判断题. 根据下文Merrows are Irish fairy mermaids(美人鱼).,可知本处"以下是几篇神话故事"统领全文,符合语境.故选A.
37.G.推理判断题.根据上句中的Merrows sometimes come onto land disguised(伪装)as small,white cattle or as beautiful women wearing bright red feather caps",结合G项中的"If a human steals this cap…",可知如果一个人偷了这顶帽子,一个破浪不能到海边去,必须呆在陆地上;故选G.
38.C.推理判断题.结合上句"如果人们逮住矮妖向他要金子,他肯定会给你"和下句"如果人偶尔不留神,矮妖就会快速逃开",可知C项"他比表面看上去要狡猾得多"是上下句的过渡句,符合语境,故选C.
39.F.推理判断题.根据上句 If a brownie is given clothes as a present,he'll disappear forever"如果有人给他服装做礼物,他会很快消失",本处F项"也许他是跑去炫耀他的衣服去了"顺承上文,符合语境,故选F.
40.E.推理判断题.根据上句"if a human finds a selkie's sealskin,she can't go back to the ocean",本处"Instead,she must obey(服从)the human who keeps it and usually marries him"与之形成转折,符合语境,故选E.
点评 考察学生的推理判断能力和联系上下文的能力,在做推理判断题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.此类的填空题一定要联系上下文,根据上下文的内容加上自己的理解,再作出正确的判断.
Seven years later,with wonderful memories and a book documenting their world travel,the Fishers now seem like global trailblazers (先驱者).
"It's really encouraging to hear that many other people want to educate their kids in that manner,"said Fisher.
Some parents are trying to raise knowledgeable and open-minded"world citizens".Others want to give their children the skills they'll need to compete globally.
"There is a huge amount of interest in spending time abroad at all stages of life and increasingly,as a family with children,"said Maya Frost,author of"The New Global Student…".She knows American families in every corner of the globe who have made that choice.
"There's so much more to education than school,"said Tessa Hill,who recently returned to her Houston-area home,after driving her family across North and Central America and Europe in a motor home for 13months."World travel is an education in people,cultures,language,travel skills,street smarts and in how lucky we are to live in the United States."
When Hill and her husband began considering extended global travel,their middle child,Charles,13,was surprised."My first reaction was‘well,are we really going to do this?'"Charles said."But it did sound like great fun."
Charles said missing his friends was the hardest part.He stayed in touch via e-mail and made some new friends along the way,playing soccer with kids in France and learning about rugby from youths in Ireland.
"I'd definitely recommend this to other kids,"Charles said."It was such a great opportunity to see different countries and learn geography a different way."
To make re-entry smoother,most school officials prefer that families work out an educational plan before they leave town.
"It sounds out-of-date,but it really opens up your mind and your eyes to the world,"said Robbin Goodman,17,a senior student who spent his junior year skateboarding across Beijing,China,when he wasn't studying Chinese history and other core subjects.
Had he not already taken a school-sponsored spring break trip with his mom to China in 2007,Robbin said he probably would not have been able to convince his parents to let him go alone for a year."I knew I would learn Chinese and all that,but my goal was to have a great time,"Robbin said.
"The biggest problem for those seriously considering going abroad is dealing with those who are against the idea,"said Frost.
"They gain the ability to take risks and to have confidence in themselves,"said Liz Pearlstein,founder of a global education consulting firm."When we came home from London,my daughter,who had been painfully shy before we left,said‘Mom,now I know there's nothing I can't do.'"
No one knows exactly how many American families are choosing the global education path,
but global education consultants say a growing number of parents are traveling for a year or more with their children.
Title:A real global(71)education:traveling abroad with kids for a year | |
Travelers'experiences and feelings | |
Carla Fisher | ●Courage is needed to take the(72)global/world travel for there are different voices. ●It is encouraging to hear more parents make such a similar (73)decision/choice/plan. |
Tessa Hill and Charles | ●World travel can help people learn more about cultures,languages and travel skills,etc. ●Charles made new friends along his way and (74)e-mailed his friends back home. |
Robbin Goodman | ●One-year (75)stay/study in China alone can serve the purpose of having a good time. |
Liz Pearlstein | ●World travel (76)enables kids to take risks and builds up confidence in themselves. |
Opinions and suggestions | |
Maya Frost | ●There is an (77)increasing number of family traveling abroad with kids.Parents should take it into consideration how to deal with the opposite idea. |
School officials | ●Parents had better help kids work out educational plans to make it (78)smoother/easier for them to return to school. |
(79)Conclusion | |
Generally,more families in the USA(80)plan/choose/tendto travel abroad with kids for a year or more. |