所謂英語閱讀理解方法不外三種：1.先看文章后看問題，先看問題后看文章。前者相信是大多數人的選擇，即便認為沒有后者效率高--因為不能在看了問題后在看文章時把之記腦。2.從閱讀的題型考法介紹入手。可以，也需要，但是片面的。3.每個星期或每個單元Keep做一定量的題。一般都可受到不差的成效，勤奮嘛，一般都可補拙，精神可嘉，但可以節省的。
二、中心
1.閱讀法：
先看問題，只看一問（必需認清乃細節類，全文理解類跳開，最后才做），隨即進入正文閱讀（戴問入文），OK后，從文章閱讀轉回問題閱讀，同樣只看一個細節類（一般占不少于60％，且費時最多）問題，……
『中心“閱讀法”的解釋（可跳）：1.出題者的出細節題順序絕大多數是行文順序2.題目如果要出難，上文的細節題要聯系下文，甚至推理，于是擱者的細節題會一直到全文看完，沒關系，反正這類題只會是最后1或2題的細節，前面都干掉不少，而且反正這類題都得看完全文。』
2.題型：
起標題--抓主要內容，慎防主題或倡導的誘惑
釋字意--(你認識這單詞，恭喜你的博學，但)只能用文章中的意思（比喻義或引申義或原義）
推斷（infer）--只可推出，不能在中找出
數字計算--文章中英文數字和阿拉伯數字的混合，選項的1945和1954
選對錯--提醒一下，文中似乎（或“似乎”）沒提到的，用排除法（答案可能認為對、或不對，雖多為后者，小心為妙）
所出文章--很長者一般不需要思考，可速決；很短者一般要想死人，十分精讀
三、練習（為保證質量和滿足練習的讀者廣泛性，采用江蘇名校的高二上學期期末試卷和97年高考閱讀理解試題）平均每篇應自少少于6分鐘，4~5分鐘為佳，正確率應達到80%~100%。
忠告：1.方法應變成習慣（否則考場之上到處方法堆砌，那記得起！），標志是自感流暢，巔峰是感覺如此做是理所當然，2.但習慣也會生疏，必要時要加強3.事物是不斷運動，變化發展的，我們要用發展的眼光看問題，應如實地把方法向習慣過渡看成一個過程，明確我們練習在發展過程中所處階段和地位
四、閱讀理解： （25 %）
( A )
HONG KONG – The Walt Disney Company might build a second theme park in China. But top executives have argued a report that Disney wants to build another one in Beijing in time for the 2008 Olympics.
Disney has plans to build a Hong Kong park that is scheduled to open in 2005 or 2006. “Our job is to make the Hong Kong Disneyland work and be successful.” Disney chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner said. He said the company might later build a second park in China, though he would not say where. “I’m sure someday there will be a possibility to build another Disney theme park that would be geographically so distant from Hong Kong that they will not compete.”
When Disney was in talks with Hong Kong about building the park here, officials in Shanghai made it clear they would rather have the park. Disney executives said they were concerned about border controls that could slow visitors from the Chinese mainland who want to come to the Hong Kong theme park. They also said they had raised the issue with Hong Kong and Beijing. Although Hong Kong was returned from Britain to China four years ago, strict border controls remain in place between the capitalist territory and the mainland.
56) This passage is a _______.
a. newspaper report b. magazine advertisement
c. short story d. talk
57) From the first paragraph, we can get the following information except _______.
a. The Walt Disney Company has decided to build a theme park in China
b. It is possible that they will build a second one in China
c. The second theme park will be built in Beijing
d. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing
58) The Hong Kong Disneyland is ________.
a. not open yet b. successful
c. working well d. distant
59) The underlined word “the issue” in paragraph 3 probably refers to _______.
a. Disney was in talk with Hong Kong about building the park there
b. Disney might later build a second park in China
c. Border controls that could slow down visitors from the Chinese mainland who want to come to the Hong Kong theme park
d. Shanghai made it clear they would have a theme park
60) Which of the following Disney parks is being built?
a. Disney World b. Beijing Disney
c. Disneyland Paris d. Hong Kong Disney theme park
( B )
How do American babies get their names when they are born?
We’d better know the formation of American names before we answer this question. A native American may have his name in two or three parts. Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, had his name in two parts. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President, had his name in three parts. The first part is the given name, or the first name. The second part is the middle name or middle names, as Delano in Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The last part is the family name, surname or the last name, as Reagan in Ronald Reagan.
How does an American baby get his given name? Generally, when an American baby is born, the parents may pick up a name from a name book, or think of a name they like, and give it to the baby as the given name. Sometimes, the given name means something. If a girl baby’s given name is Alice, then she is hoped to be noble or cheerful, because Alice means noble and of good cheer. If the parents give their daughter Linda as the first name, then the parents hope their daughter to be pretty or beautiful, because it means that. If a boy’s given name is David, then he could be his parents’ beloved one, because David means a beloved person. But sometimes, the given name is just a given name, and it doesn’t mean anything. In another case, parents can give their baby the given name according to their hobby or desire.
Then how do American babies get their middle names? We must take people’s relationship into consideration when we answer this question. If the parents respect or hope to remember the grandparent, then they give their baby a middle name after the grandmother or grandfather. If the parents have a very close friend, they may pick their baby a middle name after their friend. Some parents name their baby after themselves.
Some even give the baby a middle name according to a famous person. So a baby may have one or two or even more middle names if the parents wish.
A baby gets his family name after his father’s family name. If the father’s family name is Smith, then the baby’s family name will be Smith, too.
61) The underlined phrase “in another case” means _______.
a. for another example b. on the contrary c. in addition d. in case
62) From the name “Linda Smith” we know that _______.
a. It’s a girl
b. Her parents’ names are Smith.
c. Her parents want her to be pretty or beautiful
d. All the above
63) Which of the following sentences shows the main idea of this passage?
a. How do American babies get their names when they are born?
b. We’d better know the formation of American names.
c. Sometimes the given name doesn’t mean anything.
d. Parents give their baby the given name according to their hobby or desire.
64) In the American name “Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, “Roosevelt” is the _______.
Which is wrong?
a. family name b. surname c. last name d. given name
65) Which of the following is true about American names?
a. Each American name has 3 parts: the first name, the middle name and the last name.
b. A baby’s given name is usually the same as his/her grandparent.
c. Parents may pick up a name for the baby after their friend has found one.
d. A baby may have 2 or 3 middle names.
( C )
Jimmy Carter the politician is known around the world. Only recently has Jimmy Carter the poet gone public. The former president has written a book of poems. It’s called “Always a reckoning.” Carter has written poetry since high school. About five years ago, he began to write seriously. “I went public in a very cautious way, “he says. He began by sending poems to magazines. The poems were accepted. Then he decided to put together a book. His poems mainly deal with everyday subjects. Many are set in his hometown, Plains, Georgia. Carter writes about selling peanuts, trout fishing, and neighbors. One poem talks about his feelings for his father. Carter says he learns more about himself through writing poems than through other writing. He also finds poetry to be a mind expander.
66) The story is about _______.
a. one person called Jimmy Carter
b. 2 people: Jimmy Carter the politician and a poet also called Jimmy Carter
c. 3 people: Jimmy Carter, a politician, and a poet
d. 4 people: Jimmy Carter, the former president, a politician and a poet
67) The word “trout” in line 7 means _______.
a. fishing b. fish c. happy d. river
68) The last sentence “He also finds poetry to be a mind expander”. means _______.
a. He thinks more widely since he started to write poems
b. Poetry is good for the health of one’s brain
c. Writing poems is a good way to think
d. He learns more about himself through writing poems
69) Which of the following is not true about Jimmy Carter?
a. politician b. poet c. homesick d. well-known
70) What is true about Jimmy Carter’s poems?
a. They expand his mind.
b. They are about everyday subjects.
c. They are mostly set in Georgia.
d. All the above.
( D )
You can use your Business Telecard International at any card phone in the UK. Here is some information about making international phone calls.
You can now phone almost any country in the world, although in some cases you can only call major cities. When you cannot make direct dialing calls, you can ask the international operator to help you. This is more expensive and takes more time, but it may be helpful if you want to speak to a particular person and no one else; in this case you should ask for a “person-to-person” call. Even more expensive is a reverse charge call where the person who receives the call pays.
If the international line is busy, you can reserve a call; explain the number you want and the operator will call you back when the line is free.
You can save money by calling outside office hours, e.g. early in the morning, late at night, and on Sundays.
Remember that the time may be different in the country you are calling. International time is based on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time); London is on GMT and Moscow, for example, is 3 hours ahead.
There is one problem: change to DST (Daylight Saving Time) for the Summer. In the UK, clocks are put forward one hour in Spring and put back in Autumn, and so London is actually one hour ahead of GMT in the Summer.
You can use your Business Telecard International for domestic calls as well, but there will be an additional charge over the standard rate.
71) What is “a reverse charge call”?
a. An international call.
b. A very expensive call.
c. A call for which the person who receives the call pays.
d. A call to major cities.
72) What is the most expensive type of call?
a. direct dial. b. through the operator.
c. reverse charge call. d. calling outside office hours.
73) According to the passage, what can you do if the international line is busy?
a. book a call. b. make a “person-to-person” call.
c. call back outside office hours. d. give up.
74) When is it cheaper to make an international call?
a. 10 a.m. b. 4 p. m.
c. 11 p. m. d. 3 hours ahead of GMT.
75) How many hours is Moscow ahead of London during the summer?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
( E )
Ali put the 10 bags in a row and took out one stone from the first bag, two stones from the second bag, three stones from the third, etc. He therefore had 55 stones altogether. If all stones weighed 1 gram, the total weight would be 55 grams. But he knew the real diamonds only weighed 0.8 grams each, 0.2 grams lighter than all other stones. So if the total weight was 54.8 grams, he could easily tell that the stone from the first bag was the real diamond. If the total weight was 54.6 grams, the stones from the second bag were the real diamonds. And if the total weight was 54 grams, no doubt the stones from the fifth bag were real diamonds. In this way he could find the bag containing real diamonds with no trouble at all.
Ali the thief had managed to break into the Sultan’s treasure room. He was looking for a bag containing 1250 diamonds, each weighing 0.8 grams. Unfortunately, the Sultan had filled nine other bags with imitation diamonds. There were 1000 imitation diamonds in each bag, each one weighing 1 gram. So all 10 bags weighed exactly 1000 grams and all the bags looked exactly alike. Just as Ali was wondering, the Sultan came into the room with his guards. The Sultan arrested Ali but did not kill him immediately. He gave Ali a chance to save his life. This is what the Sultan said to Ali: “If you can find the bag containing the real diamonds by using these scales (秤)just once, you may keep the diamonds. If not, you will be killed. You can take the stones from any of the bags and put them in other bags if you wish. But you can only weigh once on the scales.”
76) Who was Ali?
a. A servant of Sultan. b. A thief.
c. A weigher. d. A diamond-lover.
77) The Sultan was Ali’s _______.
a. friend b. king c. neighbor d. master
78) What are “imitation diamonds”?
a. Rocks. b. Precious stones.
c. Stones which look like diamonds. d. Diamonds.
79) Now suppose the total weight of the 55 stones was 53 grams, which bag contains the real diamonds?
a. The fourth. b. The sixth. c. The eighth. d. The tenth.
80) What happened to Ali in the end?
a. He was killed.
b. He left alive with all the diamonds.
c. He was kept in the treasure room.
d. He shared the diamonds with the Sultan.
答案：
56--60 A C A C D
61--65 A D A D D 66--70 A B A C D 71--75 C C A C B
76--80 B B C D B