话题阅读 Topic 3Personal environment 周围的环境.docx

1、话题阅读 Topic 3 Personal environment 周围的环境Topic 3 Personal environment (周围的环境) 【QQ话题微博】A 1-year old dog has got addicted to cigarette smokein Henan and falls sick if it is not passively smoking. Li, the owner of the dog, is a heavy smoker in Shanguiu of Henan Province, and often plays with thedog, Dou

2、Dou, when he smokes. Dou Dou appears to get excited at the smell of cigarette smoke. Li said dou Dou developed this habit at 6 months old. 基础篇 Passage 1题材：个人环境 体裁：记叙文 关键词：kitchen词数：251 建议时间：53分钟 正确率： /4I have the worlds smallest kitchen. I dont know the dimensions(大小) but its so small I cant fit a k

3、itchen table in it. I used to have a huge kitchen with a huge island right in the middle of it. I had beautiful bar furniture tucked underneath the island so no one had to trip over the stools because they stuck out.I want my old kitchen back. Not only did it have a wonderful island, which really me

4、ans it had tons of counter space, it also had two sinks. My little puny kitchen has just one sink, one that is always getting filled with dirty dishes because someone cant find the dishwasher.I also have the ugliest counters. This horrible green color that makes me think of the 80s for some reason.

5、Luckily there is so little room that the kitchen appliances take up all the counter space so you really cant see how ugly it is.I dont know how to solve this problem short of moving. I dont want to move. I like the rest of the house (except for the siding) and I love my neighbors. I can live with ug

6、ly ass counters and one sink and no island if I have to.Ive considered busting out a wall and making it bigger but that seems like a lot of work and more importantly a lot of money. But, if I busted out my back wall Id have to do something with the ugly siding. Any suggestions?1. What do the word “t

7、rip” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Catch ones foot and fall. B. Release a switch. C. Walk around something. D. Make a mistake.2. Why is the sink always filled with dirty dishes? A. Because there is only one sink in the kitchen. B. Because there is no island in the small kitchen.C. Because the kit

8、chen is too small to fit a kitchen table.D. Because the kitchen is small and the dishwasher doesnt catch the eye. 3. According the author, the way he/she imagines to decorate his/her kitchen is _. A. reasonalble B. strenuous C. ridiculous D. economical 4. What can be learned from the text? A. The au

9、thor has decides to move.B. The author wants a bigger house. C. The author hates her/his kitchen. D. The author seems to be better off.【篇章导读】作者以前有过大厨房，而现以的厨房太小了，很不喜欢，要求读者提出建议以并改进。【答案解析】1. A。词义理解题。第一段中信息so no one had to trip over the stools because they stuck out讲到因为凳子很醒目，所以不会绊倒。2. D。细节理解题。第二段中信息one

10、that is always getting filled with dirty dishes because someone cant find the dishwasher.可知答案。3. B。细节理解题。最后段中信息Ive considered busting out a wall and making it bigger but that seems like a lot of work and more importantly a lot of money.可知装饰厨房费力。4. C。推理判断题。文中信息I dont know the dimensions but its so sm

11、all I cant fit a kitchen table in it. one that is always getting filled with dirty dishes I also have the ugliest counters.I dont know how to solve this problem可推知作者不喜欢自己的厨房。【难句分析】1. Not only did it have a wonderful island, which really means it had tons of counter space, it also had two sinks. 它不仅拥

12、有一个美好的吧台、很大的柜台空间，而且还有两个水槽。该句中not onlybut also连接两个并列分句，在第一个分句中which引导定语从句，修饰先行词island。2. Luckily there is so little room that the kitchen appliances take up all the counter space, so you really cant see how ugly it is. 幸运的是空间小，厨房电器占据了所有柜台空间，所以你才会不发现它有多丑。该句为主从复合句，句中so引导结果分句，第一个分句中that引导结果状语从句。Passage

13、2题材：网络留言 体裁：记叙文 关键词：room词数：338 建议时间：7分钟 正确率： /4I am just dcor(装饰)-challenged. Its so bad that I even had a dream about it last night. I got to see my dream-friends wonderful room. But my own dream bedroom looked like something out of Animal House. While my real bedroom isnt that bad, I just sometime

14、s wonder, what could it look like if I actually had an artistic brain cell floating around in my head? Im pretty sure that even one artistic cell would be better than what Ive got. Posted by JoanWe moved into this new house of ours about 2 years ago. Ever since then winter has been a living HELL for

15、 me. Off in a corner of my room, the roof sprung a leak because of the snow on top of our house melting. I didnt mind it at first. That was until last night, though. Right when I was starting to feel nice and cozy in my bed, I heard the steady drip, drip of water from the roof. Needless to say I did

16、nt get any sleep last night. So Im feeling rather angry. Posted by GloriaI was just wondering, does anyone actually enjoy cleaning their room? Does anyone get excited about taking a whole day off just to clean? Well, I certainly dont! I have given up a whole Sunday just to clean out my bedroom. I gu

17、ess I have been meaning to do it since, well, a while ago. But today I have decided to finally get around to it. My room isnt overly messy. Its just that there are little things everywhere. Posted by CherryWhen we built our home, we had the builder put in a wall to enclose the formal living room and

18、 then got what was supposed to be a study or 4th bedroom. The enclosed area is a multi-purpose room: home office, gym equipment and where the boys play their video games. It could easily be turned into a multi-media room, as it is a long room and perfect for that. Posted by Mary1. What does the unde

19、rlined part “sprung a leak ” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Spring up. B. Be made watertight.C. Allow water to get out. D. Dont hold water.2. Its learned from the text that _. A. Cherry dont like to clean her roomB. Cherry hates her bedroomC. Cherry has no living room in her houseD. Cherry neednt do the cle

20、aning that day3. What can be inferred from text? A. Joan met no challenge in daily life.B. Gloria is interested in her bedroom.C. Joan was satisfied about her rooms decoration. D. Mary had no desire of formal living room4. The text is most probably taken from .A. a certain website B. a library guide

21、C. a project handbook D. a newspaper report【篇章导读】网友对各自的卧室、客厅等提出了不同的看法，Cherry埋怨自己常搞清洁。【答案解析】1. C。词义理解题。第二段中信息because of the snow on top of our house melting. I heard the steady drip, drip of water from the roof.可知spring a leak的意思为“漏水”。2. A。细节理解题。第三段中信息Does anyone get excited about taking a whole day

22、off just to clean? Well, I certainly dont!可知A选项正确。3. D。推理判断题。文章最后段信息we had the builder put in a wall to enclose the formal living room and then got what was supposed to be a study or 4th bedroom.可推知Mary不需要的“正式客厅”。4. A。推理判断题。文中信息Posted by Joan暗示文章内容很可能来自网站。【难句分析】1. While my real bedroom isnt that bad

23、, I just sometimes wonder, what could it look like if I actually had an artistic brain cell floating around in my head?虽然我的卧室并不真是那样糟糕，但有时我想在装饰房间时如果有哪怕一点点艺术细胞漂浮在我脑海里，卧室会是什么样子呢？该句为主从复合句，句中while引导让步状语从句，if引导条件状语从句。2. When we built our home, we had the builder put in a wall to enclose the formal living

24、room and then got what was supposed to be a study or 4th bedroom. 盖房时，我让建筑师在客厅围了个书房。句为主从复合句，句中When引导时间状语从句，主句中what引导一个宾语从句做动词got的宾语。Passage 3题材：语言习惯 体裁：记叙文 关键词：post词数：302 建议时间：6分钟 正确率： /5I first went to the UK in 1979 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the University of Salford, near Manchester. I was jus

25、t learning some of the local parlance（用语）. Once I went to post a letter on a Saturday. Just before dropping the letter, I asked the counter clerk in the post office, when would be the next clearance? The lady at the counter could not understand my question. I repeated the question slowly so that she

26、 would understand my accent. It did not help. I then gestured to indicate her that I wished to drop the letter into the post-box and I wanted to know when this letter would be collected. She immediately responded saying, “Oh! You mean, when is the next collection?”British introduced the postal syste

27、m all over the world. This is the reason that only British stamps do not carry the name of the country! They only would have introduced the word clearance in Indian postal services. The British have not only switched to the term collection but also entirely forgotten the word clearance! In many inst

28、ances, I have found that we Indians are able to use a few terms to mean something and we are able to communicate to others what we mean by such terms. However, in the UK and the US, people are not able to comprehend what you are saying unless you use the specific term. For example, the common questi

29、on in any takeaway shops, they will ask you, “Here or to go?” This means whether you want to eat there or you are taking away the food to be eaten latter wherever you choose. As a visitor, you may not even understand that question. They may not re-phrase the question for you to understand better. Yo

30、u also have to try different words to communicate.1. What does the author want to know before dropping his letter into the mailbox? A. When the letter will reach its destination.B. How the letter could be posted.C. At what time the counter clerk will get off work.D. When the letter will be taken awa

31、y from the mailbox.2. Why did the clerk at the counter have no response? A. She is not serious about the job.B. She didnt recognize the authors accent.C. The word clearance is seldom used in British postal service. D. The word collection has nothing to do with British postal system. 3. Its learned f

32、rom the text that the author_.A. had no good manners B. was in Manchester studyingC. comes from India D. knew nothing about British postal service4. From the text we learn that it is better to_ whenever you visit the US. A. communicate with gesture languageB. learn some local phrase or languageC. read about the countrys postal servicesD. collect some information abou