DIY sailor Owen Warboys has finally launched his homemade boat — after spending nearly 30 years building it in his mum’s garden.
Owen, 66, a retired engineer from Hordle, New Milton, Hants, first started work on the 40ft—long boat in 1982 because he could not afford to buy his own. He told mum Edith that it would only take five years but after suffering “a few problems” it lasted nearly three decades.
When he finally finished, he was left with the head-scratching task of getting the 18-tonne boat out of the back garden. After some time he found a way. A huge crane (起重機(jī)) was brought in to carefully raise it 40ft in the air over his mother’s house and onto a lorry. It was then driven to the seaside and, to Owen’s delight, it floated and showed no signs of leaking when lowered into the water.
Now, 28 years after he first started, Owen is at last preparing to set sail in his beloved boat, Wight Dolphin, with his long-suffering wife Anne. Owen said, “I am so relieved that it’s finished. There were times when I thought it would never end but I’m the sort of person who likes to finish something once I’ve started.”
At first he persuaded his mum to let him do it in her garden and started taking in sheets of steel and pieces of wood. “My mother was happy for me to build it at her house but only bacause I told her it would only take five years.”
小題1:Why did Owen decide to make his own boat by himself?
A．He wanted to kill time after his retirement
B．He wished to set a new world record
C．He didn’t have enough money to buy a boat
D．He had a hobby of making things by hand
小題2:What problem did Owen face when he finished his boat?
A．It leaked when lowered into the water
B．It couldn’t be sent onto a truck
C．He couldn’t afford to hire a crane.
D．He didn’t know how to move it out.
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE about the boat ?
A．It was built by Owen and his supportive wife
B．It was in good condition after being put in the sea
C．Owen’s mother was relieved to see it was finished
D．Owen and his wife will sail around the world in it
小題4:We can infer from the passage that _____.
A．the boat will enter a race competition
B．Owen retired early in order to make his boat
C．Owen’s wife gave the boat the name of Wight Dolphin
D．It took 23 more years to finish the boat than expected

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行first started work on the 40ft—long boat in 1982 because he could not afford to buy his own.說(shuō)明C正確。
小題2:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段1,2行When he finally finished, he was left with the head-scratching task of getting the 18-tonne boat out of the back garden.說(shuō)明D正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后兩行It was then driven to the seaside and, to Owen’s delight, it floated and showed no signs of leaking when lowered into the water.說(shuō)明下水以后，這條船情況良好，故B正確。
小題4:D推理題。根據(jù)Now, 28 years after he first started和I told her it would only take five years.說(shuō)明他本來(lái)計(jì)劃5年完成，但是最終話了28年，多花了23年，故D正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章講述了Owen Warboys自己制作一艘船，并成功的把這艘船弄到海里的事情。　在解答這類問(wèn)題時(shí)要求學(xué)生抓住題干文字信息，采用針對(duì)性方法進(jìn)行閱讀，因?yàn)檫@類題的答案在文章中可以直接找到。
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　　The mouse turned to the cow, who said, “A mouse trap; am I in great danger, huh?”
So the mouse had to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.
　　That very night a sound was heard through the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was a poisonous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital.
She returned home with a fever. It is said that drinking fresh chicken soup will help treat fever, so the farmer took his sharp knife to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient. His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer killed the pig. 　　The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow killed to provide meat for all of them to eat.
So next time someone is facing a problem, don’t say that has nothing to do with you.
小題1:We could see from the passage that the mouse was______.
A．good at cheating othersB．dishonest
C．kind and warm-heartedD．foolish
小題2:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．The others helped the farmer kill the cow.
B．The mouse trap was very practical.
C．The pig is more friendly than the other animals .
D．The farmer’s family had no friends at all
小題3:What can we learn from the story?
A．Traps can always cause chain reactions
B．Sometimes when the least of us are threatened, we all might be at risk.
C．It is better to be safe than to be sorry.
D．To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.

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