Question

【題目】Answer the questions（根據短文內容回答下列問題）

My _______

“The atlas（地圖冊）I grew up with was a hand-me-down from my brother, dog-eared Collins World Atlas.

This became my favourite book, and I was touched that he thought I was grown-up enough to appreciate it.

After wars, my atlas was considered incorrect and out of date and I had to buy a new one for school. But I still missed the well-used pages and old-book smell. I carefully tore（撕）pages out of my old atlas, and glued them on cardboard. My father helped me to cut them into jigsaw puzzles as gifts for my friends.

Google search is an easy way to find various places, but I still prefer to search for exotic places in a real-turning atlas. One day it may be priceless!”

Rosemary Francis

“When I was 13, I wanted a horse of my own. Finally my parents softened to the idea and bought me a beautiful part-Arabian horse. To settle on a name, my father suggested I open our atlas to the page on Saudi Arabia, close my eyes and place my finger randomly（隨機地）on the page. Bandar Shah（Royal Port）was a wonderful horse.”

Melanie Egan

“When I retired after 20 years with the same boss Reader’s Digest, I did not expect to be given a gold watch. I certainly did not expect to be given a Reader’s Digest Atlas of the World. But that is exactly what my co-workers decided I needed. For the next 15 years that atlas was used by my family to settle geographic arguments and plan trips abroad. Sadly, wear and tear forced its retirement, too.”

Winston Hindmarsh

【1】Rosemary didn’t like the old alas from his brother, did she?

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【2】How did Rosemary make use of the old atlas?

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【3】What does “Bandar Shah” refer to in the atlas?

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【4】From whom did Winston get the atlas?

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【5】In what way was the Reader’s Digest Atlas of the World used by the family?

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【6】If the three articles are put in one section in a magazine, please complete the title.

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Yes, she did.

【2】By carefully tearing pages out of the old atlas and gluing them on cardboard

【3】The beautiful part-Arabian horse's name

【4】His co-workers

【5】To settle geographic arguments and planning trips abroad.

【6】My atlas

【解析】

本文羅斯瑪麗·弗朗西斯、梅蘭妮．伊根和溫斯頓·辛德馬什三人講述自己與地圖冊的故事。

【1】題意：羅斯瑪麗不喜歡他哥哥送給她的那本就地圖冊，是嗎？考查細節(jié)理解。根據第二段第一句This became my favourite book,（這是我最喜歡的書，）可知“羅斯瑪麗喜歡他哥哥送給她的那本就地圖冊”，故做肯定回答，答案是Yes, she did. 。

【2】題意：羅斯瑪麗是如何利用舊地圖冊的？考查細節(jié)理解。根據第3段第3句I carefully tore（撕）pages out of my old atlas, and glued them on cardboard.（我小心地從舊地圖冊上撕下幾頁，粘在紙板上。）可知答案是By carefully tearing pages out of the old atlas and gluing them on cardboard 。

【3】題意：在地圖冊中的“Bandar Shah”指的是什么？考查細節(jié)理解。根據第5段When I was 13, I wanted a horse of my own. Finally my parents softened to the idea and bought me a beautiful part-Arabian horse. To settle on a name, my father suggested I open our atlas to the page on Saudi Arabia, close my eyes and place my finger randomly（隨機地）on the page. Bandar Shah（Royal Port）was a wonderful horse.（當我13歲的時候，我想要一匹自己的馬。最終，我的父母同意了這個想法，給我買了一匹漂亮的阿拉伯馬。為了確定一個名字，我父親建議我打開地圖冊到沙特阿拉伯的頁面，閉上眼睛，把手指隨意地放在頁面上。班達爾沙（皇家港口）是一匹很好的馬。）可知在地圖冊中的“Bandar Shah”指的是那匹美麗的阿拉伯馬的名字；故答案是The beautiful part-Arabian horse's name。

【4】題意：溫斯頓從誰那里得到了地圖冊？考查細節(jié)理解。根據第六段第3句I certainly did not expect to be given a Reader’s Digest Atlas of the World. But that is exactly what my co-workers decided I needed.（我當然沒想到會得到一本《讀者文摘世界地圖集》。但這正是我的同事們送給我的而且是我需要的。）可知溫斯頓從他同事那里得到了地圖冊；故答案是His co-workers 。

【5】題意：家庭在哪方面使用《讀者文摘世界地圖集》？考查細節(jié)理解。根據第六段第4句For the next 15 years that atlas was used by my family to settle geographic arguments and plan trips abroad.（在接下來的15年里，這本地圖被我的家人用來解決地理問題和計劃出國旅行。）可知答案是To settle geographic arguments and planning trips abroad.

【6】題意：如果這三篇文章放在雜志的一個版面中，請?zhí)顚憳祟}�？疾橹髦祭斫狻＿@三篇文章都以地圖冊為線索，可知本文標題是My atlas；故答案是My atlas。