Gary is teaching his students to play a game called “Word House” in the English class. Here is the way to play the game:
1. Get some pieces of paper that are cut into squares. Each Square is for writing one letter only.
2. Write a letter on one square. For example, write “i.”
3. Next, take another two squares. Make a two-letter word which contains the letter you have written, for example, “in” or “hi.” Put the new word (written on the two squares) below the first square.
4. Then make a three-letter word which contains the two letters you have written.Again, put the new word on the next line.
5. Keep making new words in the same way to build a “word house.” The person who builds the highest word house in twenty minutes wins the game.
小題1: What does a “word house” look like?

小題2:Which is true about the game?
A．It is about spelling.
B．It is a computer game.
C．There have to be five people in the game.
D．Students have to write four words in twenty minutes.
小題3:Which of the following is the right order of playing the game?
a. cut the paper into squares           
b. make a three-letter word which contains the two letters you’ve written
c. write a letter on one square
d. keep making new words in the same way
e. make a two-letter word and put it below the first square
A．a(chǎn)-b-c-d-eB．a(chǎn)-c-e-b-dC．d -c-e-b-aD．e-b-c-d-a

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B

試題分析：本文介紹了Gary老師在英語課堂教給學生做的一個“Word house”的文字游戲及玩該游戲的步驟，過程。
小題1:根據(jù)文章中第二，第三個步驟可以得知是金字塔遞增型，而且每下一排應該包括上一排的所有字母，所以應該選擇B
小題2:綜合全文，該文字游戲是有關(guān)單詞拼寫的，故選擇答案A
小題3:觀察選項，分別是以a,d,e開始，只要判斷a,d,e這三項哪項先開始，即可排除一些選項，根據(jù)步驟1應該是a排在最前面，故排除CD答案，然后比較AB項的第二步驟分別是b,c，根據(jù)原文中步驟2可以得知c排第二，故選擇答案B
點評：本文介紹了Gary老師在英語課堂教給學生做的一個“Word house”的文字游戲及玩該游戲的步驟。該類文章層次結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，內(nèi)容比較簡單，可以快速捕捉文章內(nèi)容。文章集中考查細節(jié)較多，在閱讀時注意關(guān)鍵的細節(jié)內(nèi)容，做好標志，以提高閱讀的效率。
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