Question

【題目】London is the capital of the United Kingdom. It has about seven million people. The river Thames runs through London.

People from all over the world visit London to see Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London. There are many museums, theatres and parks in London, as well as offices and factories. London began as a Roman settlement called Londinium. The plague(瘟疫) came to London in the 1600s, followed by the Great Fire of 1666. The city was badly bombed in World War II.

London is very slowly sinking into its foundations and the level of the river Thames is slowly rising. As a result, extra-high tides could flood a large part of London. To prevent this happening, a great barrier（屏障）has been built across the Thames at Woolwich. If very high tides happen, the barrier can be raised and London will be safe.

【1】London is the capital of _________, which began as a __________ settlement.

A. England; Roman B. UK; Frenchman

C. Scotland; English D. UK; Roman

【2】According to the passage, from 1600 to now, ________ great disasters have happened in London.

A. one B. two

C. three D. four

【3】The reason why a great barrier has been built across the Thames at Woolwich is that_________.

A. London is very slowly sinking into its foundations

B. the level of the river Thames is slowly rising

C. extra-high tides could flood a large part of London

D. all of the above.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

文章給我們介紹了倫敦的一些常識(shí)，包括人口，河流，建筑，最早的殖民者，遭遇的災(zāi)難及現(xiàn)在面臨被淹沒(méi)的危險(xiǎn)及措施。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段London is the capital of the United Kingdom.和第二段London began as a Roman settlement called Londinium.可知倫敦是英國(guó)的首都，最初是羅馬人在倫敦的殖民地。故選D.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段The plague(瘟疫) came to London in the 1600s, followed by the Great Fire of 1666. The city was badly bombed in World War II.可知倫敦遭遇了瘟疫，大火和二戰(zhàn)三次大的災(zāi)難。故選C.

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段London is very slowly sinking into its foundations and the level of the river Thames is slowly rising. As a result, extra-high tides could flood a large part of London. 倫敦的地基正在慢慢下沉，泰晤士河的水位也在慢慢上升，超高的潮汐可能會(huì)淹沒(méi)倫敦的大部分地區(qū)。這些都是在泰晤士河上建屏障的原因，故選D.

細(xì)節(jié)理解題具體方法與步驟如下：

1.略讀材料，大概了解原文，掌握中心或主旨。介紹了倫敦的一些常識(shí)，包括人口，河流，建筑，最早的殖民者，遭遇的災(zāi)難及現(xiàn)在面臨被淹沒(méi)的危險(xiǎn)及措施。

2.按文章的體裁，作者寫(xiě)作的組織模式及有關(guān)的信息詞。如for example, first, second…等預(yù)測(cè)應(yīng)該到何處尋找自己所需要的事實(shí)。

3.將精力放在尋找你所需要的細(xì)節(jié)上。快速通篇跳讀，全文掃視，找到細(xì)節(jié)出處，待找到含細(xì)節(jié)句子時(shí)，放慢速度，仔細(xì)核對(duì)比較內(nèi)容，直至找到答案。如小題1根據(jù)第一段London is the capital of the United Kingdom.和第二段London began as a Roman settlement called Londinium.可知倫敦是英國(guó)的首都，最初是羅馬人在倫敦的殖民地。小題2根據(jù)第二段The plague(瘟疫) came to London in the 1600s, followed by the Great Fire of 1666. The city was badly bombed in World War II.可知倫敦遭遇了瘟疫，大火和二戰(zhàn)三次大的災(zāi)難。小題3根據(jù)第三段London is very slowly sinking into its foundations and the level of the river Thames is slowly rising. As a result, extra-high tides could flood a large part of London. 倫敦的地基正在慢慢下沉，泰晤士河的水位也在慢慢上升，超高的潮汐可能會(huì)淹沒(méi)倫敦的大部分地區(qū)。這些都是在泰晤士河上建屏障的原因。