四、阅读理解
After I made it to the city centre, I started to feel it could be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the underground to the hotel. Surprised by the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first train that came along.
After a few minutes, I asked a young man seated next to me in English where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn't he? Unluckily, he couldn't understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters(汉字). He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage(车厢) underground map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.
In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn't laughing at me. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that's really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn't just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.
All this came from a man who couldn't speak my language, and I couldn't speak his. I was now surprised, , especially when he refused my offer of money.
This special experience makes it clear that I have to learn some Chinese quickly so that I can better enjoy the wonderful time with these lovely Chinese people.
( ) 1. After being shown the room card, the young man ___
A. knew what the writer meant
B. still felt unsure
C. answered the writer directly
D. advised the writer to look at the underground map
( ) 2. From the underlined sentence, we know that ___.
A. the writer got a message from other people
B. the writer didn't know what the young man wanted to do
C. the writer was very angry because the young man was impolite
D. the writer knew the young man's purpose and accepted the cultu
( ) 3. Which of the following can be put in " $ \blacktriangle $ "?
A. but I felt more moved B. and it made me crazy
C. so I asked him many questions D. but he did a lot for me
( ) 4. What's the best title for this passage?
A. A Young Man B. A Special Experience
C. A Chinese Lesson D. A Room Card
After I made it to the city centre, I started to feel it could be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the underground to the hotel. Surprised by the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first train that came along.
After a few minutes, I asked a young man seated next to me in English where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn't he? Unluckily, he couldn't understand me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters(汉字). He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage(车厢) underground map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.
In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn't laughing at me. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that's really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn't just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.
All this came from a man who couldn't speak my language, and I couldn't speak his. I was now surprised, , especially when he refused my offer of money.
This special experience makes it clear that I have to learn some Chinese quickly so that I can better enjoy the wonderful time with these lovely Chinese people.
( ) 1. After being shown the room card, the young man ___
A. knew what the writer meant
B. still felt unsure
C. answered the writer directly
D. advised the writer to look at the underground map
( ) 2. From the underlined sentence, we know that ___.
A. the writer got a message from other people
B. the writer didn't know what the young man wanted to do
C. the writer was very angry because the young man was impolite
D. the writer knew the young man's purpose and accepted the cultu
( ) 3. Which of the following can be put in " $ \blacktriangle $ "?
A. but I felt more moved B. and it made me crazy
C. so I asked him many questions D. but he did a lot for me
( ) 4. What's the best title for this passage?
A. A Young Man B. A Special Experience
C. A Chinese Lesson D. A Room Card
答案:1.A 2.D 3.A 4.B
解析:
【分析】
1. 第1题:先定位到原文第二段,作者向年轻人展示写有酒店信息的房卡后,年轻人查看房卡、查看车厢地图,随后用手势回应,后续还亲自带领作者到站并帮忙拦车,这些行为说明他理解了作者的需求,据此判断选项。
2. 第2题:划线句提到该手势在澳大利亚很粗鲁,但作者“got the message”(明白了意思),结合上下文可知作者清楚年轻人是在提供帮助而非冒犯,所以理解了对方的意图并接受了这种文化差异,以此分析选项。
3. 第3题:前文作者对年轻人的帮助感到惊讶,后文提到年轻人拒绝了酬金,情感上应是惊讶之余更受感动,需选择符合这种递进转折情感的选项,排除不符合语境的选项。
4. 第4题:文章结尾点明“This special experience...”,全文围绕作者在北京地铁得到陌生人帮助的特殊经历展开,核心主旨是这次特殊经历,据此选择标题。
【解析】
1. 第1题:根据原文第二段“I showed him the room card...He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage underground map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.”以及后续年轻人带领作者前往酒店的行为,可知年轻人理解了作者的意思,故选A。
2. 第2题:划线句“Now in Australia, that's really rude, but I got the message.”中,“got the message”表明作者理解了年轻人的手势含义,知道对方是在提供帮助而非无礼,说明作者接受了这种文化差异,故选D。
3. 第3题:前文作者对年轻人的帮助感到惊讶,后文年轻人拒绝酬金,此时作者的情感应是惊讶之外更受感动,选项A“but I felt more moved”符合语境,其他选项B“让我抓狂”、C“问很多问题”、D“但他做了很多”均不符合上下文逻辑,故选A。
4. 第4题:文章围绕作者在北京得到陌生人帮助的经历展开,结尾明确提到“This special experience makes it clear that...”,全文核心是这次特殊的经历,故选B。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.A 4.B
【知识点】
细节推理判断、主旨大意提炼、语境逻辑分析
【点评】
这篇阅读理解围绕跨文化背景下的暖心经历展开,题目侧重考查对细节的推理、语境情感的把握以及主旨的提炼,既锻炼了学生的语篇理解能力,也能引导学生树立跨文化意识。
【难度系数】
0.6
1. 第1题:先定位到原文第二段,作者向年轻人展示写有酒店信息的房卡后,年轻人查看房卡、查看车厢地图,随后用手势回应,后续还亲自带领作者到站并帮忙拦车,这些行为说明他理解了作者的需求,据此判断选项。
2. 第2题:划线句提到该手势在澳大利亚很粗鲁,但作者“got the message”(明白了意思),结合上下文可知作者清楚年轻人是在提供帮助而非冒犯,所以理解了对方的意图并接受了这种文化差异,以此分析选项。
3. 第3题:前文作者对年轻人的帮助感到惊讶,后文提到年轻人拒绝了酬金,情感上应是惊讶之余更受感动,需选择符合这种递进转折情感的选项,排除不符合语境的选项。
4. 第4题:文章结尾点明“This special experience...”,全文围绕作者在北京地铁得到陌生人帮助的特殊经历展开,核心主旨是这次特殊经历,据此选择标题。
【解析】
1. 第1题:根据原文第二段“I showed him the room card...He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage underground map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.”以及后续年轻人带领作者前往酒店的行为,可知年轻人理解了作者的意思,故选A。
2. 第2题:划线句“Now in Australia, that's really rude, but I got the message.”中,“got the message”表明作者理解了年轻人的手势含义,知道对方是在提供帮助而非无礼,说明作者接受了这种文化差异,故选D。
3. 第3题:前文作者对年轻人的帮助感到惊讶,后文年轻人拒绝酬金,此时作者的情感应是惊讶之外更受感动,选项A“but I felt more moved”符合语境,其他选项B“让我抓狂”、C“问很多问题”、D“但他做了很多”均不符合上下文逻辑,故选A。
4. 第4题:文章围绕作者在北京得到陌生人帮助的经历展开,结尾明确提到“This special experience makes it clear that...”,全文核心是这次特殊的经历,故选B。
【答案】
1.A 2.D 3.A 4.B
【知识点】
细节推理判断、主旨大意提炼、语境逻辑分析
【点评】
这篇阅读理解围绕跨文化背景下的暖心经历展开,题目侧重考查对细节的推理、语境情感的把握以及主旨的提炼,既锻炼了学生的语篇理解能力,也能引导学生树立跨文化意识。
【难度系数】
0.6