On the River Thames there are a number of boat races every year and these have become very popular with the public. Perhaps the best–known of these races is the University Boat Race. This takes place just before Easter every year and is a competition between teams from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. They row from Putney to Mertlake, a distance of about four and a quarter miles. This race has been taking place almost every year since 1829.
小題1: The best – known of these races is __________.
A．the Boat Race of the University of Oxford.
B．the Boat Race of the University of Cambridge
C．the Boat Race of the Olympic Games
D．the University Boat Race
小題2: Generally, the Boat Race takes place _________.
A．once a yearB．twice a year
C．every three years D．every other year
小題3: The words “Putney” and “Mertlake” are _________.
A．names of placesB．names of teams
C．names of boat racesD．names of universities

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:A

試題分析：文章講述了在泰晤士河每年都句型劃船比賽，最著名的是在劍橋大學和牛津大學之間的大學生劃船比賽。
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章 Perhaps the best–known of these races is the University Boat Race.可知， 最有名的比賽是大學之間的劃船比賽。故選D
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章 This takes place just before Easter every year .This race has been taking place almost every year since 1829.可知，這些比賽自從1829年以來，每年都會在復活節(jié)以前舉行一次。故選A
小題3:推斷題。根據(jù)文章They row from Putney to Mertlake, a distance
of about four and a quarter miles. 他們劃船從Putney到Mertlake，全程路程有4.25英里�？芍癙utney”和 “Mertlake”時兩個地名。故選A
點評：本文不難，文短題少，文章中的生單詞并不影響學生答題。對于此類的說明文的閱讀，學生需要對每一句都要認真的理解，掌握好每一題所對應的文章的位置，如此帶著問題在文章中找答案，既節(jié)約時間又正確率高。
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