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【题目】 Clara Daly was sitting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”

Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. An air hostess came by and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s blind and deaf，” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she’d be able to finger spell into the man’s palm. So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, “How are you? Are you OK?” Cook asked for some water.

When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk，” Clara said.

So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her，she “looked attentively at his face with such kindness，” a passenger reported.

“Clara was amazing,” an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. “You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel.”

Cook’s reply: “Best trip I’ve ever had.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案

【1】What was the air hostesses’ problem?

A. They had a very difficult passenger.

B. They couldn’t understand the passenger.

C. They didn’t know the passenger’s name.

D. They didn’t have what the passenger wanted.

【2】Why did Clara Daly believe she could help?

A. Because she happened to learn some ASL.

B. Because she had helped people like Cook.

C. Because she thought she might know Cook.

D. Because her grandfather had the same problem.

【3】Into which did Clara Daly finger spell with Tim Cook?

A B C D

A. AB. BC. CD. D

【4】Why did Tim Cook keep asking for service?

A. Because he was hungry and thirsty.

B. Because he needed someone to talk to.

C. Because he was afraid of taking planes.

D. Because he was interested in Clara’s story.

【5】Which of the following words best describe Clara Daly?

A. Brave and clever.B. Beautiful and lovely.

C. Patient and caring.D. Outgoing and friendly.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

该阅读材料是一篇记叙文，本文向同学们介绍了正在学习ASL（美国手语）的Clara在一次飞机旅行中，帮助乘务人员，与聋哑人乘客Tim Cook进行沟通的事。

【1】细节理解题。题目：女乘务员的问题是什么？由第一段第2行广播的内容“Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”和第二段第三行“the air hostesses couldn’t understand what he needed.”可知，女乘务员的问题是他们听不懂乘客的话。故选B。

【2】细节理解题。题目：为什么Clara认为她能够提供帮助？由第三段第 1 行“Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people”可知，Clara学过手语，故选A。

【3】细节理解题。题目：Clara与Tim Cook手指拼读在哪？由第三段第 2 行“she knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man’s palm.”可知，是写在手中，故选A。

【4】细节理解题。题目：Tim Cook为什么总是请求服务？由第五段“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk”可知，因为他需要找个人谈谈。故选B。

【5】推理判断题。题目：下面哪一个词最能描写Clara Daly？通读文章可知，Clara是耐心的、关心他人的。故此题应选C。

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,大概了解原文，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。