christmas treasure hunt圣誕尋寶

1、<p>　　Christmas Treasure Hunt圣誕尋寶</p><p>　　本篇閱讀材料的難度屬中等，全文約349詞，因此建議閱讀時(shí)間（含做題）為8分鐘。閱讀要求：認(rèn)真閱讀短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 </p><p>　　Yesterday as I was driving home from work and opening t

2、he garage door, I realized that it was Christmas Eve, and that I hadn’t done shopping for Christmas gifts for my kids lately. I didn’t panic though. I knew I could make something and that I could go shopping at home. <

3、;/p><p>　　At night before bed my daughter asked me if I would do the Christmas treasure hunt again. I knew she would ask, since it is our Christmas tradition. “OK, I wish you had told me earlier.” Even though I

4、 had no clue（線索） what to do this year, I didn’t panic and kept cool. I knew I would get an idea at the last minute. This was what often happened in the past. </p><p>　　Around midnight when everyone went to b

5、ed and it was quiet, I walked around house looking for treasures. </p><p>　　During the year, I bought and collected things that can be used for gifts. I found a Christmas book by Helen Steiner Rice my daught

6、er would like. I found commemorative（紀(jì)念的） stamps, tiger and baseball stamps for my son who was born in the year of tiger and likes sports, and poet stamps for my daughter who writes poems. I found extremely new dollar bi

7、lls that I put in the holiday gift envelops. I found chocolates and candies... </p><p>　　An hour or so later, I got enough treasures to do the treasure hunt. </p><p>　　Then I spent the next 2-3

8、hours thinking, planning and writing the clues on cards. I prepared ten clues and had ten gifts for each kid. </p><p>　　By the time I was done and ready for bed, it was almost 4 a.m. I was not tired; I loved

9、 doing it. </p><p>　　My kids are teenagers now. They are not as super excited about the Christmas treasure hunt as when they were little. In addition, my daughter was sick and not feeling well since Sunday.

10、So this time they didn’t wake up really early to go treasure hunt. But they still loved it and loved the treasures they found. </p><p>　　1. When did the writer probably write this passage？ </p><p&

11、gt;　　A. In November. B. On Christmas Eve. </p><p>　　C. On Christmas Day. D. Before her daughter went to bed. </p><p>　　2. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that doing the Christmas treasure hunt . &

12、lt;/p><p>　　A. is the writer’s family tradition </p><p>　　B. was only liked by the writer’s daughter </p><p>　　C. made the writer very anxious this year </p><p>　　D. broug

13、ht back all the memories to the writer </p><p>　　3. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us? </p><p>　　A. Where the writer put the gifts. </p><p>　　B. What gifts the writer would give

14、her daughter. 　　C. What the commemorative stamps were like. </p><p>　　D. What treasures the writer found around house. </p><p>　　4. How long did the writer spend preparing the Christmas treasur

15、e hunt？ </p><p>　　A. Almost the whole night. B. Almost four hours. </p><p>　　C. About 2-3 hours. D. An hour or so. </p><p>　　5. The passage is mainly developed by . </p><

16、p>　　A. making comparisons B. providing examples </p><p>　　C. following the order of time D. following the order of importance </p><p><b>　　【答案與解析】 </b></p><p>　　1. C。

17、推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第一句可知，昨天是圣誕節(jié)前夕，而作者寫作的日期應(yīng)該就是圣誕節(jié)，故選A項(xiàng)。 </p><p>　　2. A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一、二句可知，進(jìn)行圣誕尋寶活動(dòng)是作者一家的傳統(tǒng)，故選A項(xiàng)。 </p><p>　　3. D。主旨大意題。通讀第四段可知，本部分主要敘述了作者在家中找到的可作為圣誕禮物的物品，如：圣誕書、紀(jì)念郵票、全新的美元鈔票、巧克力和糖果等。 </

18、p><p>　　4. B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段可知，半夜時(shí)分作者開始準(zhǔn)備；再由倒數(shù)第二段可知，作者結(jié)束這項(xiàng)活動(dòng)時(shí)，幾乎到了凌晨四點(diǎn)，故可以知道：作者用了接近四個(gè)小時(shí)為孩子們準(zhǔn)備禮物。 </p><p>　　5. C。篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。通讀全文可以看出，作者主要按照時(shí)間發(fā)展的順序敘述了自己想到需要按照慣例給孩子們準(zhǔn)備“圣誕尋寶”活動(dòng)，中間幾段詳細(xì)講述了準(zhǔn)備的過程與細(xì)節(jié)，最后一段提到了孩子們今年對(duì)這一活

19、動(dòng)的反應(yīng)。 </p><p><b>　　【難句分析】 </b></p><p>　　1. Yesterday as I was driving home from work and opening the garage door, I realized that it was Christmas Eve, and that I hadn’t done shoppin

20、g for Christmas gifts for my kids lately. 昨天當(dāng)我下班開車回家并打開車庫門時(shí)，我意識(shí)到又到了圣誕前夕了，而我最近沒有為孩子們進(jìn)行圣誕購物。 </p><p>　　這是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句，as引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)時(shí)間狀語從句，后面I realized...部分為主句，主句中包含了兩個(gè)由that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，注意第二個(gè)賓語從句的連接詞that不可省略。 </p><

21、p>　　2. I found commemorative stamps, tiger and baseball stamps for my son who was born in the year of tiger and likes sports, and poet stamps for my daughter who writes poems. 我找到了紀(jì)念郵票，可以送給我兒子的老虎與棒球郵票，他出生在虎年，也喜歡運(yùn)動(dòng)，以及可

22、以送給女兒的詩人郵票，她會(huì)寫詩。 </p><p>　　這是一個(gè)簡單句，主干部分為I found commemorative stamps，后面的tiger and baseball stamps和poet stamps為commemorative stamps的同位語，同位語部分包含了兩個(gè)定語從句，分別修飾my son和my daughter。 </p><p>　　3. They ar

23、e not as super excited about the Christmas treasure hunt as when they were little. 對(duì)于圣誕尋寶，他們不像小時(shí)候那么分外激動(dòng)了。 </p><p>　　這是一個(gè)簡單句，理解的關(guān)鍵在于拎清as...as...這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)，如果句子簡化為they are not as excited as when they were little就很好理