Question

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.”

    Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India.

    When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.

    Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.

1. The best headline(标题) for this newspaper article would be      .

A. An American Achieving His Aims B.  A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road            D.  The Kingdom of Bicycles

2. The hotel workers told the manager about Friedlander coming to the hotel because _______

A. he asked to see the manager

B. the manager had to know about all foreign guests

C. he entered the hall with a bike

D. the manager knew about his trip and was expecting him

3. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order____       .

A. China, India, and Pakistan           B. India, China, and Pakistan

C. Pakistan, China, and India         D. China, Pakistan, and India

4.What made Friedlander want to come to China?

A. His childhood dreams about bicycles .

B. The famous sights in Xi’an .

C. His interest in Chinese silk.        

D. The stories about Marco Polo

5.Friedlander can be said to be ____      .

A. strong—minded      B. friendly      C. hardworking     D. clever

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一位美国人骑自行车走丝绸之路，圆儿时梦想的故事。

1.此类题考查学生对文章的整体或段落进行分析、总结，最终归纳出相关部分的主旨或大意的能力。除了如本题要求学生选择标题外，命题方式还有归纳段意、揭示主题等。学生要对阅读中获取得信息进行加工分析，抓住主要信息和观点，从而掌握全篇大意。叙述性文章，如故事，与说明文不同，往往没有主题句，更需要学生仔细阅读，以便抓住作者的写作意图。本题B、C、D三个选项虽然都是短文中涉及到的事实，但综合全篇，可看出这篇新闻报道讲述了一个美国人如何踏上丝绸之路，来到中国访问，实现自己四十四年前童年梦想的故事，故选A。

2.细节题。问题中的because和短文中的for中文意思都是“因为”，只是后者更书面语化。故选C。

3.推理题。这是一道排序题。从第二段和第四段可找到答案。选B。

4.句意理解题：此题可从第三段第一句得出答案。选D。

5.要答好此题需对短文做深层理解。作者在文中并未用文字明确表示出对该美国人的看法。但从短文中我们得知该美国人55岁高龄，去年12月从印度新德里出发，骑自行车历经6个月来到中国西安，并将继续沿丝绸之路旅行，以实现童年梦想，可以说是够“意志坚强”的了。故选A。

考点：考查报道类短文阅读