11.Trapped on the 37th Floor
Melinda Skaar wasn't expecting any phone calls.Skaar was working late in her office at the First Interstate bank of California.By 10:45that night she was almost ready to go home when the phone rang.
Picking it up,she heard a guard shouting."There is a fire!Get out of there!"
Skaar didn't panic.She figured that it was just a small fire.Her office building was huge.There were 62floors and her desk was on the 37thfloor.
Skaar called out to office mate Stephen Oksas,who also stayed late to work.But when they got to the hallway,they were met by a cloud of black smoke.Rushing back,Skaar shut the door and filled the space at the bottom of the door with her jacket to keep the smoke out.
Then they called 911.Before they could call their families,however,the line went dead.That meant that they were completely cut off from the outside world.All they could do was wait and hope someone would come to rescue them.
Minutes ticked by.Smoke began to float into the office.Soon it became hard for them to breathe.
Looking around,Skaar noticed a small workroom.It seemed to have cleaner air.So they crowded there.That helped for a while,but in time even the workroom was filled with deadly smoke.
Hopeless,they tried to break the windows,but the glass was not breakable.Everything they threw at just bounced back.
Defeated,they struggled back to the workroom.They felt weak and dizzy.Soon Skaar found Oksas had passed out.
As Skaar and Oksas lay near death,rescuers were rushing to find them.At last,at about 4a.m.,firefighters found them.
Skaar and Oksas knew they were lucky to be alive."Sunday is my birthday,"Skaar told a reporter.She would be turning 29.But she knew she had already got the best present possible-the gift of life.
24.What did Skaar and Oksas do when they were stopped by the fire?C
A.They called their families.
B.They waited where they were.
C.They rushed back and shut the door.
D.They tried to run down the stairs.
25.The first sentence of the passage is to A.
A.get the reader's attention
B.introduce Skaar and Oksas
C.explain the cause of the event
D.tell the background information.
26.The following helped Skaar and Oksas survive the fire EXCEPT B.
A.calling 911for help
B.breaking the windows to get some fresh air
C.crowding in a small workroom for clean air
D.shutting the door and keeping the smoke out with a jacket
27.What can we conc1ude from Skaar's action in the fire?C
A.She is cleverer than Oksas.
B.She was trained as a firefighter.
C.She remained calm in the face of danger.
D.She had had the experience of being caught in fire.
分析 文章叙述了两个女孩由于大火被困在36层的大楼内,面对危险她们临危不惧,终于安然脱险,幸免于难的故事.
解答 24.答案 C 细节理解题.根据文章Rushingback,Skaar shutthe door and filled the space at the bottom of the door with her jacket to keepthe smoke out.当他们被火截断了,他们冲回头,关上门.所以答案选择C.
25.答案 A 细节理解题.根据文章首句,她表示不再期待任何的电话.让读者很好奇,目的就是吸引读者.
26.答案 B 细节理解题.根据文章Hopeless,they tried to break the windows,but the glass was not breakable.Everything they threw at justbounced back.可知,他并没有打碎窗玻璃.
27.答案 C 细节理解题.在面对火灾,Skaar的一系列处理方式表现出他是一个临危不惧,镇定的人.所以答案选择C.
点评 1、抓住文章的6个要素:
阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序.因此,无论是顺叙还是倒叙,阅读此类文章时,必须要找到它结构中的5个W(when,where,who,why,what)和1个H(how),不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素.毫无疑问,寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件.
2、注意作者的议论和抒情:
高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达,因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中.行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换,也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局.在引出话题,讲完一件事情后,作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等.这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线,它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图,属于必考点,所以要仔细体会.
3、结合前两点归纳文章中心,把握作者态度:
故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的,它是文章的灵魂.归纳文章中心思想时,尤其要分析文章的结尾,因为很多文章卒章显志,用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心;文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关;也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心.另外,叙述一件事必有其目的,或阐明某一观点,或赞美某种品德,或抨击某种陋习,这就要求我们在阅读时,通过对细节(第1点中的六要素)的理解,把握作者的态度.
4、有章有据进行解题判断:
分析文章,归纳主题,属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查.切忌脱离文章,架空分析,一定让分析在文章中有依据.