Everyone has experienced trying, but failing to master a difficult book that was begun with the hope of increasing one's understanding. When that happens, it is?　36　?to think that it was a mistake to try to read it, but that was not the mistake. The mistake was in?　37　?too much from the first reading of a(n)?　38　? book. If you read it in the right way, no book written for the?　39　?reader, no matter how difficult, need be a cause for despair(令人失望).
What is the right method? The?　40　?is an important and helpful rule of reading that is either not ?　41　? or often forgotten. That rule is simply this: when reading a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever ?　42　? to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.
Do not be stopped by what you ?　43　? understand. Read through the difficult ?　44　?,and you soon come to things that you do understand. Read these ?　45　?.You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again, but that ?　46　? you to have read the book through once ?　47　?.
What you understand by reading the book through to the?　48　? will help you when you try later to read the places that you did not ?　49　? in your first reading. Or if you never re-read the book, understanding half of it is much better than understanding ?　50　? of it, which will happen ?　51　? you allow yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.?
Most of us were taught to ?　52　? the things that we do not understand. We were told to find the ?　53　? of unfamiliar words, and to try to find an explanation in another ?　54　? for anything that we did not understand in the book that we were reading. But when these things are done before the proper time, they only ?　55　?our reading, instead of helping it.
36. A. necessary     B. useful C. natural       D. effective?
37. A. learning       B. wanting      C. accepting    D. expecting?
38. A. easy     B. difficult     C. important   D. correct?
39. A. ordinary      B. young C. serious       D. sincere?
40. A. method B. question     C. answer       D. problem?
41. A. taught   B. known       C. sure    D. perfect?
42. A. starting B. hesitating   C. Stopping    D. repeating?
43. A. can't     B. won't  C. mustn't       D. wouldn't?
44. A. words   B. articles       C. parts   D. points?
45. A. quickly B. immediately      C. clearly       D. carefully?
46. A. requires       B. causes C. advises       D. allows?
47. A. later     B. after   C. before D. again?
48. A. top       B. end     C. bottom       D. cover?
49. A. see       B. turn    C. Notice D. understand?
50. A. anything      B. everything  C. nothing      D. something?
51. A. if B. so that  C. whenever   D. as though?
52. A. put away      B. put down    C. think of      D. think about?
53. A. uses      B. Meanings   C. Spellings    D. troubles?
54. A. thinking       B. reading      C. Book  D. way?
55. A. harm    B. increase      C. Improve     D. prevent??
36-40 CDBAC 41-45 BCACD 46-50 ACBDC 51-55 ADBCA
36.C　文章第一句指出每個人都有這樣的經(jīng)歷,希望通過看懂一本難書來提高自己的理解力,但失敗了。那么當(dāng)這種情況發(fā)生時,很自然地就會認(rèn)為試圖讀難書是錯誤的,natural自然的,只有這個詞最符合此處語境,因此選C項(xiàng)。?
37.D　上文指出“but that was not the mistake.”即試圖讀難書不是錯誤,錯在一開始對讀難書的期望太高。expect意為“期盼,預(yù)料,期望”,所以選D項(xiàng)。?
38.B　文章第一句“Everyone has experienced trying,but failing to master a difficult book that was begun with the hope of increasing one' s understanding.”就有暗示。?
39.A　分析一下句子成分,這是一個含有條件狀語從句的主從復(fù)合句。從句是If you read it in the right way“如果讀難書方法正確”，主句是no book written for the 　39　reader,no matter how difficult,need be a cause for despair(令人失望).主句的主語是no book,謂語是need be,a cause for despair是表語。written for the 　39　reader是定語修飾book,no matter how difficult是狀語。分析完句子成分,我們不難理解此句意為:“如果讀難書方法正確,不管書有多難,沒有一本為普通的讀者所寫的書會令人失望�！盇項(xiàng)ordinary 意為“普通的,平常的”,B項(xiàng)意為“年輕的”,C項(xiàng)意為“嚴(yán)肅的,不開玩笑的”,D項(xiàng)意為“真誠的”。只有A項(xiàng)符合句意,所以選?A項(xiàng)。
40.C　因?yàn)榍耙痪鋀hat is the right method?是特殊疑問句,所以此處應(yīng)為answer(答案)。
41.B　由either...or是平行結(jié)構(gòu)推出not 與后面的often forgotten是同義,所以此空應(yīng)填known。?
42.C　此處語意是:“當(dāng)?shù)谝淮巫x難書時,要一次讀完,不要停下來思考那些你不能馬上理解的東西。”下一段的第一句也有暗示。?
43.A　上一段最后一句“That rule is simply this:when reading a difficult book for the first time,read it through without ever stopping to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.”有暗示。此處同時考查情態(tài)動詞,強(qiáng)調(diào)能力用can't。?
44.C　此處句意為:“讀完難的部分,那么你很快就到了你能理解的地方。”下一段最后一句“if you ?allow? yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.”也有暗示。?
45.D　由下一句“You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again”推出此處應(yīng)為認(rèn)真閱讀。?
46.A　這句話的意思是:“當(dāng)你再讀一遍時你將會有機(jī)會對整本書有更好的理解,但那就要求你先通讀一遍這篇文章�！眗equire sb. to do sth.意為“要求某人做某事”。?
47.C　從文中不定式的完成式可以推出,書已看完,所以應(yīng)是在此之前看,即在read it again 之前先通讀一遍這篇文章,所以選C項(xiàng)。?
48.B　由read the book through(讀完這本書)推出此處應(yīng)為to the end從頭到尾通讀一遍這本書。?
49.D　此處句意為:“從頭到尾通讀一遍這本書所理解的東西將對你以后再讀你第一次沒看懂的地方很有幫助”,所以選D項(xiàng)。?
50.C　由much better than說明前面understanding half of it要比后面understanding 　50.C  of it強(qiáng)多了,即能理解一半要比一點(diǎn)不懂強(qiáng)多了,nothing最符合題意,所以選C項(xiàng)。
51.A　句意為：“如果你讓自己在第一次讀到難的地方就停下來,那你將會一無所知�！眞hich指代前面understanding nothing of it。由主句...will happen推出這里應(yīng)是條件狀語從句,所以應(yīng)該填if。?
52.D　此處句意是:“我們被教要思考那些我們不懂的東西�！眕ut away意為“處理,收拾起來,把(錢等)留存起來”；put down 意為“放下,使(乘客等)下(車)”；think of 側(cè)重于“想到,想起”；think about側(cè)重于“思考,考慮,熟慮,研討”,所以選D項(xiàng)。?
53.B　對不熟悉詞,我們自然要查出它的意思,所以選B項(xiàng)。?
54.C　此處句意是:“我們被告知要查出不熟悉詞的意思,并且對那些在我們正讀的書上看不懂的東西要在另外一本書上找到解釋�！眎n the book we were reading 與in another book結(jié)構(gòu)相對應(yīng),所以?選C項(xiàng)?。?
55.A　由連詞but和后面的短語instead of helping it推出這里應(yīng)該是貶義詞,所以填harm“傷害,對……有害”。D項(xiàng)prevent的結(jié)構(gòu)是prevent sb. from doing sth.，與本句our reading結(jié)構(gòu)不符合,所以選A項(xiàng)。
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小題3:In order to experience what real surfing is, _______.
A．you must first swim a quarter of a mile to warm your body
B．you will first ride on a board to reach the swells
C．you must first put on your life-suits before doing surfing
D．you must first swim to the swells with your board

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(擋風(fēng)玻璃). It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
“I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home.”
“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(困惑).
“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.
“It’s a long way,” I protested.
“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along, ” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor, ” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”
1. Why did the writer say that he would have a long night?
A. He wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus.   B. No driver would give him a ride.
C. He didn’t know the routes.                            D. He perhaps would have to take a taxi.
2. Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was _______.
A. very quiet and peaceful                 B. dark without street lights
C. neither clean nor beautiful             D. a little unsafe
3. Why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route?
A. No bus would come at the time.          B. A taxi ride would be more comfortable.
C. He became impatient and a bit worried.   D. He knew the driver would never return.
4. The bus driver drove the writer home later because ________.
A. she happened to go in the same direction  B. she wanted to do something good for other people
C. her brother told her to do so             D. she wanted to earn more money
5. The bus driver hoped that the writer ________
A. would do as she did                    B. would keep her in memory
C. would give the money to others         D. would do her a favor

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