(B)

Sixty-year-old grandmother, Fiona McFee, is going to stop working next year and she decided to realize a childhood dream and sail around the coast of Scotland in a small boat. Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity. Fiona says she can live without these things but she plans to take her small CD player, her hot water bottle and a bag of books to make sure life isn’t too uncomfortable.

We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南針). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.” Fiona certainly has plenty of energy; in her spare time, she enjoys playing the piano, rock-climbing, canoeing and dancing. Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”

1.The underlined word cosy in the first paragraph means ____ .

A．bright            B．dirty             C．comfortable       D．dark

2.When Fiona McFee said “---I just hope it loves me.” What she meant was ____

A．Of course , it loves me , since I love it .

B．If I love it , it should love me.

C．I hope it will bring me a safe sailing as a return for my love of it .

D．I hope it will save my life when I am in time of danger .

3. The reason why she would like to have the sail is that ____.

A．she thinks it will be very exciting

B．she likes sports and enjoys canoeing

C．she has decided to realize a childhood dream

D．she wants to be still active when she gets old

4.What kind of person would you say the old woman is ?

A．Someone who does not show what she is feeling .

B．Someone who is very proud and sure of her success .

C．Someone who doesn’t use her head much .

D．Someone who is open , honest and brave .

5.The best title for this passage is ____ .

A．Life Begins at Sixty                      B．A Round Coast Sail

C．An Old Woman Sailor                    D．An Unusual Hobby(愛(ài)好)

 

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是一位60歲的退休老奶奶想獨(dú)自一人沿著蘇格蘭的海岸線航行的故事。

1.C 推理題。根據(jù)本句Although the inside of the boat is very cosy it has no running water or electricity.說(shuō)明在船里，盡管沒(méi)有電，但是她仍然過(guò)得很舒服。該詞是指C項(xiàng)。

2.C 推理題。根據(jù)We asked her if she was afraid of being at sea for so long. She said, “Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南針). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.”可知這里的I just hope it loves me.”希望大海能夠讓她安全行船，安全歸來(lái)。故C正確。

3.D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后2行Although she is sixty, she doesn’t want to have a quiet and peaceful life. “I’m looking forward to having fun in the rest of my life and that’s exactly why I’d like to be a sailor for a while.”可知她是想在自己年紀(jì)大的時(shí)候，仍然有積極向上的生活。故D正確。

4.D 推理題。她60歲了仍然想獨(dú)自一人在海上，說(shuō)明她很勇敢，思想很開(kāi)放。根據(jù)“Well, I’m going to take a good compass (指南針). Anyway I’m not afraid of death because I love the sea---I just hope it loves me.”說(shuō)明她也很誠(chéng)實(shí)。故D正確。

5.A 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是一位60歲的退休老奶奶想獨(dú)自一人沿著蘇格蘭的海岸線航行的故事。故A項(xiàng)“生活從60歲開(kāi)始”符合題意。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要講述的是一位60歲的退休老奶奶想獨(dú)自一人沿著蘇格蘭的海岸線航行的故事。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時(shí)要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因?yàn)樗鼈兺褪俏恼碌闹黝}句。閱讀中要注意要點(diǎn)之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務(wù)。

 

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