Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle.
I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.
At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there!
The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.
【小題1】The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.

A.城堡B.勝地C.城垛D.樓閣
【小題2】 “Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.
A.younger than B.bigger than
C.older than D.smaller than
【小題3】There are _____ at Hearst Castle.
A.beautiful gardens
B.one swimming pool inside
C.one swimming pool outside
D.a(chǎn)ll the above
【小題4】_____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.
A.A tour around Europe
B.The paintings and castles in Europe
C.His mother
D.His dream
【小題5】Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.
B.Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.
C.Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.
D.After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.


【小題1】A
【小題2】B
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
【小題5】C

解析試題分析:赫斯特城堡是在美國加州。它有四個房子。主要的房子,“的卡薩格蘭德”,是最大的一個。在赫斯特城堡,也有美麗的花園和兩個游泳池,一內(nèi)一外,一個更大的,F(xiàn)在它是一個博物館。
【小題1】詞義理解推斷題,根據(jù)文中第一自然段的語句理解可知,此詞的含義是城堡,故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one.”理解可知。Casa Grande是最大的一個,故選B。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools,one inside and a larger one outside.”理解可知。在赫斯特城堡,也有美麗的花園和兩個游泳池,一內(nèi)一外,故選D。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“he guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle.”理解可知。去歐洲旅游使他有了建造城堡的想法,故選A。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句“Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there.”理解可知。C是正確的答案。
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