Question

【题目】 More and more Chinese would like to travel to the USA and drive by themselves. They need to know something about driving in America, which will be helpful to them and bring a happy holiday to them. Here is some useful information.

Hand signals (信号)

Though indicators (指示灯) are used to show which direction you are going, knowing some hand signals are very important and they are always asked in a driving test. When you want to turn right, you can put your left hand out of the window and point upward. If you want to slow down or stop, you can just point downward.

School buses

Yellow school buses have flashing (闪烁) red lights and stop signs that reach out from the driver’s side. The drivers use these warning (警告) signals when letting pupils on and off No matter which side of the road you are traveling on, if you come upon (偶遇) a school bus with its lights flashing and a stop sign used, you must stop. It’s the law (法律). Keep stopped until the lights stop flashing or the stop sign is taken away.

Using the Horn (喇叭)

Using horns is not common in America. In fact, people seldom use them. You may use your horn to warn walkers or other drivers of possible danger. Do not use your horn to complain about (抱怨) other drivers’ mistakes or to try to get a slow driver to move faster.

【1】What is the main idea of this article?

A.How to have a happy holiday in America.

B.Why hand signals are important in America.

C.How to drive safely in America.

D.When people can use the horn in America.

【2】The underlined “they” in paragraph2 refers to (指的是) ________.

A.hand signalsB.driving testsC.indicatorsD.drivers

【3】Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of this article?

A.B.C.D.

【4】A driver must stop when ________ in America.

A.he sees another driver point downward with his hand

B.red lights flash on the school bus and the stop sign is shown on it

C.he comes upon a policeman in the street

D.other drivers use horns to warm him

【5】From the article, we know that ________ in America.

A.you’d better not drive by yourself when you travel

B.you should not tell another driver his mistakes in driving by using horns

C.it is a policeman’s job to make a driver drive faster

D.a driver always needs to give way to a school bus when meeting it

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

现在越来越多的中国人喜欢自己开车去美国旅行，为了保证旅途顺利、旅行愉快，有必要了解一些关于在美国开车的相关信息，短文中从手势信号、校车以及使用喇叭三个方面进行了介绍。

【1】主旨大意题。根据短文第一段“They need to know something about driving in America, which will be helpful to them and bring a happy holiday to them.”可知，这篇短文介绍的是一些在美国开车需要知道的东西，这样才能有一个愉快的假期。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据语境“knowing some hand signals are very important and they are always asked in a driving test” “了解一些手势信号是非常重要的，而且在驾驶考试中它们也总是被问到”，由句意可知，they代指上面提到的hand signals，故选A。

【3】主旨大意题。题干意为“这篇短文的结构是什么？”，浏览文章大意和结构可知，短文第一段引入文章所谈论的话题，然后第二、三、四段分别从三个方面介绍了在美国开车需要了解的一些信息，因此短文是总分结构。故选D。

【4】细节理解题。根据短文第三段“Yellow school buses have flashing (闪烁) red lights and stop signs that reach out from the driver’s side. The drivers use these warning (警告) signals when letting pupils on and off No matter which side of the road you are traveling on, if you come upon (偶遇) a school bus with its lights flashing and a stop sign used, you must stop.”可知，当看到黄色的校车闪烁红灯，并伸出停止标牌的时候，这意味着校车司机在让学生上下车，此时你必须停车。故选B。

【5】细节理解题。根据短文最后一段“Do not use your horn to complain about (抱怨) other drivers’ mistakes”可知，不要使用喇叭来抱怨别的司机的错误。故选B。

这是一篇说明文，短文主题明确，结构清晰，对于学生们把握文章大意比较有利。但短文中出现多个长难句，增加了理解的难度。题型设计有细节理解题和主旨大意题，如第2小题，这个题目考查代词指代的内容，解题时应回到语境中，尤其注意划线代词上面的内容，因为代词一般指代的都是上文中出现的名词或短语。了解说明文的主旨应特别注意文章第一段的内容，因为说明文体裁的文章常常是总分或总分总的结构，在第一段中会有点明文章主旨的句子出现。