Question

From the beginning of human history, wild animals provided food, clothing and sometimes medicine. We may not depend as much on wild animals now. But we hear about them every day. Americans use the names of animals in many ways. Automobile manufacturers(制造商) and gasoline companies especially like to use big cats to sell their products. They like lions, tigers and wildcats. When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat. All these cats attack quickly and fiercely. So wildcats represent something fast and fierce.
An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different. It was used to describe members of Congress(國會) who declared war on Britain in 1812. A magazine of that year said the wildcat congressmen went home. It said they were unable to face the responsibility of having involved their country in an unnecessary war.
Wildcat also has been used as a name for money in the 1800s. At that time, some states permitted banks to make their own money. One bank in the state of Michigan offered paper money with a picture of a wildcat on it. Some banks, however, did not have enough gold to support all the paper money they offered. So the money had little or no value. It was called a wildcat bill or a wildcat bank note. The banks who offered this money were called wildcat banks. A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.
Wildcat then was also used for an oil well or gold mine that had almost no oil or gold in it. Dishonest developers would buy such property. Then they would sell it and leave town with the money. The buyers were left with worthless holes in the ground. Today, wildcat oil wells are in areas that are not known to have oil.
小題1: What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Wildcats and their stories.

B．Wildcats and their characters

C．Varieties of animal species.

D．Relationship between animal and humans.

小題2:From the passage we can know that______.

A．wildcats represent the state of Michigan

B．the use of wildcat was not always the same

C．wildcats are the best friend of human beings

D．honest developers never buy wildcat oil wells

小題3: The underlines words “a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat” in Paragraph 1 may refer to “      ”.
A. gasoline companies                    B. automobile manufacturers
C. names of wildcats                     D. brands of automobile
64. Which of the following would people like to have or trust according to the passage?
A. Wildcat congressmen.                  B. Wildcat oil wells.
C. Wildcat banks.                        D. Wildcat cars.
小題4: It can be inferred that during the days of wildcat money_________.

A．people couldn’t buy anything with the money

B．people didn’t know how to save money.

C．the rich invested too much on oil wells.

D．people complained and suffered a lot

Answer 1

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：本文敘述了動物在很早的時候是人們賴以生存不可缺少的東西，現在動物的名字又被制造商所利用，本文介紹了不同的國家不同的時期對于wildcat的不同的意義和作用。
小題1:主旨大意題。根據短文額度內容來看主要講述了各國利用野貓的意義及故事，故選A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據整篇的內容來看各國對野貓的用途是不一樣的，故選B。
小題3:詞義猜測題。根據When Americans say wildcat， they usually mean可知這是野貓的名字。故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據A newspaper of the time said those were the days of wildcat money. It said a man might be rich in the morning and poor by night.可知這是人們的抱怨，故選D。
點評：做主旨大意題時，首先要搞清是問某一段還是全文的大意，可利用文中主要信息來把握文脈，進行綜合歸納，概括文章的主題。如有標題，標題中的蘊含的信息往往是關鍵信息。另外，任何一篇文章都是圍繞某個主題展開的，因此，許多文章中最明顯的特點之一是有一個反復出現的中心詞，即高頻詞，也叫做主題詞。抓住了它，便容易抓住文章的中心。