On the morning of November 18, 1755, an earthquake shock Boston. John Winthrop,

题文

On the morning of November 18, 1755, an earthquake shock Boston. John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College, felt the quake and awoke. “I ro”, Winthrop wrote, “and lighted a candle, looked at my watch, and found it to be 15minutes after four.” John Winthrop hurried downstairs to the grandfather clock. It had stopped three minutes before, at 4:12. Except for stopping the clock, the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel(壁炉台) to the floor.The clock had stopped becau Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the ca for safekeeping. The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum(钟摆).Winthrop, therefore, had the key on the floor. The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake’ s motion by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada.小题1:What does “it” in the cond paragraph refer to?A．the floorB．the keyC．the clockD．the ca小题2:The lection suggests that .A．earthquakes are common in BostonB．John Winthrop was a scientistC．John Winthrop often had difficulty in sleepingD．Harvard College was a center for earthquake rearching小题3:Professor Winthrop ran downstairs becau he wanted to know what had happened to.A．the clockB．his grandfatherC．the keyD．the glass tubes小题4:John Winthrop put some tubes into this clock ca becau . A．he wanted to do an experimentB．he thought an earthquake was probably to happen soonC．he thought it safe for them to be put thereD．he wanted to record the exam time of the earthquake 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:B小题1:B小题1:D小题1:C

解析

小题1:细节理解题。根据第一段的最后一句Except for stopping the clock, the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel(壁炉台) to the floor.可知应选B。小题1:推理判断题。根据第二段的第一句The clock had stopped becau Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the ca for safekeeping.可知应选B。小题1:细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句以及第一段John Winthrop hurried downstairs to the grandfather clock.可知应选D。小题1:细节理解题。第二段中 for safekeeping “为安全起见而存放”。

考点

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一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。