Question

【题目】Once a week, Neil went grocery shopping. He always made a list, but he always forgot to put one or more things on the list. This used to anger him, but now he just accepted it. You’re not as sharp as you used to be, he told himself.

It was Friday-shopping day. He went to the $99 Store. Sometimes they had a lot of fresh produce, sometimes they didn’t. He got lucky. There were fresh packaged broccoli, carrots, onions, and squash. Also, packages of peaches, plums, and apples. He easily had enough produce to last all week, if it didn’t go bad first. The fruit and vegetables alone filled up four plastic bags. Four other bags contained other items that were on Neil’s list.

He drove to Albertson’s, which sold milk by the gallon (加仑) and at cheaper prices than the $99 Store. Interestingly, the price of milk had got higher in the last month. He used to buy 2 gallons of nonfat milk for $3.59. Now he was paying $4.69. Yet, the news media reports a 2-cent increase in gasoline (汽油) prices. That’s all over the news.

He parked his car in the carport and opened the trunk. He managed, as usual, to put all 10 plastic bags into his hands and take them upstairs.

“What a heavy shopping it is,” he thought. And then he told himself: if you think it’s too heavy now, wait till you can’t drive. Wait till you can’t even walk up the stairs. How are you going to get your food then? The older you get, he told himself, the more you’d better thank the fact that you can still do all these boring chores and housework.

【1】Neil always made _______ before he went shopping.

A. a listB. a plastic bagC. a carD. a report

【2】Neil didn’t buy _____ at the $99 Store.

A. broccoliB. peachesC. applesD. milk

【3】How much did one gallon of nonfat milk cost that day?

A. $3.59.B. $4.69.C. About $2.35.D. About $1.80.

【4】How many bags of things did Neil buy?

A. Ten.B. Nine.C. Eight.D. Four.

【5】What can we learn from Neil?

A. We should thank what we can still do.

B. We should eat enough fruit and vegetables.

C. We all will get old one day.

D. Buying cheap things can make us happy.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】A

【解析】

本文介绍了尼尔每周去一次杂货店购物。他总是列一个清单，但总是忘了把一件或多件东西放在清单上。那是星期五的购物日。他去了价值99美元的商店。今天他很幸运。有新鲜包装的花椰菜、胡萝卜、洋葱和南瓜。还有一包桃子、李子和苹果。他开车去了阿尔伯森超市，那里的牛奶是按加仑出售的，而且价格比99美元的商店便宜。他告诉自己，你年纪越大，你就越应该感谢这样一个事实：你仍然可以做所有这些无聊的家务。

【1】细节理解题。根据He always made a list, but he always forgot to put one or more things on the list. 可知，他总是列一个清单，但总是忘了把一件或多件东西放在清单上。故选A。

【2】细节理解题。由句子There were fresh packaged broccoli, carrots, onions, and squash. Also, packages of peaches, plums, and apples. 有新鲜包装的花椰菜、胡萝卜、洋葱和南瓜。还有一包桃子、李子和苹果。可知，尼尔没有在99美元的商店买牛奶。故选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据He used to buy 2 gallons of nonfat milk for $3.59. Now he was paying $4.69. 他过去花3.59美元买了2加仑脱脂牛奶。现在他付了4.69美元。可知，那天一加仑脱脂牛奶大约值2.35美元。故选C。

【4】细节理解题。根据He managed, as usual, to put all 10 plastic bags into his hands and take them upstairs. 他像往常一样，把10个塑料袋都放在手里，然后带到楼上。可知，尼尔买了10袋东西。故选A。

【5】细节理解题。根据The older you get, he told himself, the more you’d better thank the fact that you can still do all these boring chores and housework. 他告诉自己，你年纪越大，你就越应该感谢这样一个事实：你仍然可以做所有这些无聊的家务和家务。可知，我们应该感谢我们能做的。故选A。

用细节定位法来做细节理解题。

细节理解题属直接解答性问题，是阅读理解题中最简单的一种，多数属中低难度的送分题。但由于中考所占的比例很大，应特别引起注意。

事实和细节题的命题特点是：把某词语、某个句子或某具体事实用不同于原文的另一方式或句型表达，即同义改写。解答这类题的窍门是：A)注意掌握英语的多种表达法；B）正确分析词语在句中的作用；C）熟练运用英语的句型转换；D）读懂题干所提出的问题，并准确地找到文中涉及该问题的句子。

做细节题具体方法与步骤如下：

略读材料，概了解原文，掌握中心或主旨。

按文章的体裁，作者写作的组织模式及有关的信息词，如for example，first，second…等预测应该到何处寻找自己所需要的事实。

将自己精力放在寻找你所需要的细节上，快速通篇跳读，眼睛自左至右，自上而下呈Z形扫视，直到找到细节出处，待找到含细节句子时，放慢速度，仔细核对比较内容，直至找到答案。