19．When Frank and I stepped through the post office doors，there was a crowd gathered，gawking at the new fixture on the wall like a chorus of wide-mouthed frogs．I had to get closer，and that was where being a girl that's scrawnier than a wire fence came in handy．Fortunately，F(xiàn)rank，my twin of eleven years，was just the same．
"Come on．"I said，grabbing his hand，and we slid through the cracks between people until we spilled out in front．
Finally I got a good look．It was fixed to the plaster next to the postmaster's window，the place of honor usually reserved for the Wanted posters．Beady-eyed Zedekiah Smith，the bank robber，still hung there，but even he had been pushed aside for something more important．
A telephone．The first one in town．
"How's it work？"Noah Crawford called out．Noah's the best fix-it man around，and I could tell he was itching to get his fingers on those shiny knobs．
"Don't rightly know，"answered the postmaster，and he tugged at his goatee as if it might tell him．"I do know the sound of your voice moves along wires strung on poles．It's sort of like the telegraph，only you hear words instead of dots and dashes．"
"Ah，"the crowd murmured，and I felt my own mouth move along．
I gazed at that gleaming wood box and something happened inside me．Something-I can only guess-that might be like falling in love．The thought of talking into that box-of making my voice sail through wires in the sky-it took over my brain．I couldn't get it out．
"Frank，"I whispered to my twin．"I have to use that telephone．"
Five minutes later，F(xiàn)rank towed me up Main Street，toward home．"Liza-"he began，but I cut him off．We two thought so much alike，I had Frank's questions answered before he even asked．
56．People crowded in the post office becauseC．
A．they were attracted by a new poster
B．the postmaster was delivering a speech
C．they were curious about the telephone
D．there was a wanted bank robber captured
57．Which of the following is Not True according to the passage？D
A．Many people stared at the new device in open-mouthed amazement．
B．The slight-figured twins managed to push to the front of the crowd．
C．Even the best fix-it man in the town got no idea about the new device．
D．The postmaster didn't know anything about how the telephone worked．
58．By"It took over my brain．I couldn't get it out．"，we get a clear picture of the girl'sA．
A．eagerness to use the telephone
B．fascination for the wood box
C．puzzlement over the strange sound
D．determination to fly in the sky
59．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．The twins'frustrating experiences in the town．
B．A special assembly called in the local post office．
C．People's reaction to the arrival of the first telephone．
D．A great celebration of the start of telephone service．
分析 當我和弗蘭克路過郵局門，有一個人群聚集，呆呆地盯著墻上的新裝置，就像一群大嘴巴的青蛙，我不得不靠近，那是枯瘦如柴的女孩才拍得上用場的地方，幸運的是，我11年的雙胞胎兄弟弗蘭克也和我一樣．
"來吧"我說，抓住他的手，我們從人群中滑過，直到我們在前面．最后我好好地看了一下，它被固定在郵局的窗戶旁邊的石膏板上，這個地方通常是留給那些想要得到它的人的．目光貪婪的銀行劫匪的澤德凱•史密斯先生，他仍然懸掛在那里，但為了更重要的東西，他也被推到一邊．
一臺電話，這個城鎮(zhèn)的第一部．
"它是如何工作的？"諾亞•克勞福德喊道，諾亞是世界上最好修理匠，我看得出他很想把手指放在那些閃亮的旋鈕上．
"我不知道，"郵政局長回答說，他使勁地拽著他的山羊胡子，仿佛它可能會告訴他："但我的確知道你的聲音會沿著桿子上的電線串在一起，就像電報機，只是你聽到的是單詞而不是點和連接符"．
"啊"人群低語，我感覺自己的嘴在動．
我凝視著那個閃閃發(fā)光的木盒子，里面發(fā)生了什么事--我只能猜測，這可能就像墜入愛河，對著盒子說話就能能讓我的聲音從空中的電線上穿過，這種想法它占據(jù)了我的大腦，我無法把它驅(qū)除掉．
"弗蘭克"我低聲對我的胞弟說："我要使用那部電話"．
五分鐘后，弗蘭克把我拖到大街上，向家走去．"莉莎--"他開始說，但我打斷了他．我們倆太像了，在他開口之前，我就把弗蘭克的問題回答了．
解答 答案56-59 CDAC
詳解：
56．答案C，考查事實細節(jié)題，根據(jù)It was fixed to the plaster next to the postmaster's window，the place of honor usually reserve 一臺電話，這個城鎮(zhèn)的第一部．
d for the Wanted posters．Beady-eyed Zedekiah Smith，the bank robber，still hung there，but even he had been pushed aside for something more important．A telephone．The first one in town"特別是最后一句"，選C．
57．答案D，考查事實細節(jié)題，根據(jù)"I do know the sound of your voice moves along wires strung on poles．It's sort of like the telegraph，only you hear words instead of dots and dashes．"可知他知道電話如何工作．選D．
58．答案A，考查推理判斷題，根據(jù)下文她說的話．"I have to use that telephone．""我要使用那部電話"．選A．
59．答案C，考查主旨大意題，文章中第一段大家爭先恐后的看，和驚呆的表情引出這部電話，后文講述大家對電話的好奇等等反應(yīng)，可知選C．
點評 解題步驟：
首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．
其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．
要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．
