As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rur

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As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mill carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to e, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when 1 was a boy it was such a fun to stick your finger 'through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.On Dad' s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds becau at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of rvice. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route." he ud to say, "and a story at every one. " One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day becau she was nearly blind. once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.Mailboxes were sometimes ud for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read. "Nat, take the eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs. " Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the groom:. bat the mail was always delivered On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few button on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman ud to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to 8 32,000.A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad’s death,  the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the ca.As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, tho poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through tho holes.I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our hou. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townnd, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. " What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?" he asked."The letters?"'I guess you never knew. ""Knew what?"" Remember, when you were a kid and you ud to put your letters to Santa in tho green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all tho letters every year. "I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in our bament reading tho letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with veral of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.小题1:It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad us_____.A．great chances to help other peopleB．happy occasions to play with baby chickensC．exciting experience* with a lot of funD．good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies小题2:The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that_____.A．Dad had a strong n of dutyB．Dad was an honest and reliable manC．Dad had a strong n of honorD．Dad was a kind and generous man小题3:According to the passage, which of the following impresd the writer most?A．Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.B．Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.C．Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.D．Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.小题4:The method the writer us to develop Paragraph 4 is______.A．offering analysB．providing explanationsC．giving examplesD．making comparisons小题5:What surprid the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?A．Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.B．Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.C．Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.D．Santa Claus had so much information about their families.小题6:Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A．The MailB．Christmas LettersC．Special MailboxesD．Memorable Travels 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:C小题2:B小题3:D小题4:C小题5:D小题6:A

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日常生活类—记叙文【文章大意】本文主要讲述了邮递员爸爸的简单、丰富而又充实、有趣的邮递生活，尤其是给孩子们回复给圣诞老人的邮件更是感人至深。小题1:推理判断题。根据文章的前两段作者和父亲一起大家经历的所见所闻所感，可知那些是愉快的经历，故答案Ｃ符合文意。小题2:推理判断题。商人把那么多钱放在邮箱里托付给爸爸存入银行，可见爸爸是一个诚实的、可以信赖的人，故答案Ｂ符合文意。小题3:推理判断题。根据文章最后几段对父亲给孩子们回复圣诞老人的回信的回忆的大段描述，可以推断出答案Ｄ符合文意。小题4:推理判断题。根据第四段的整体理解，可知本段主要用了举例的写作手段，故答案C符合文意。小题5:细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段最后一句：and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.可知答案Ｄ符合文意。小题6:文章标题题。根据文章的整体理解，本文主要讲的是邮递员爸爸的简单而又朴实的邮递生活，故答案Ａ符合文意。本题可用排除法。【长难句解析】On Dad' s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds becau at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of rvice. "预计今年秋季开课，一系列有两所大学的的老师开发的课程将通过一个全新S 60 million项目在网上免费提供，众所周知为：edX。Beginning也句子主语a number of cours逻辑上构成主谓关系，用现在分词作状语。Known as，过去分词作后置定语，修饰program，表被动、完成的概念。

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据考高分专家说，试题“As a young boy, I so.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。