Question

Tim was born after his elder brother and sister．He could learn many things from them．Soon,he developed his own way of doing things by developing his mind through his interest in creating stories,He would read more than most children and he gathered his inspiration from history books．In school,his athletic interests were basketball and track,especially high jump．When he found he could jump a little higher than most students,he decided that jumping over a high bar would be his specialty． 　　Tim continued his learning interest in history which included serious college study,and a Master's degree．He is now a university professor at a small university in Los Angeles．In the United States there are many schools that have history departments．There are large universities with as many as 60 thousand students and small universities with as few as 2,000 students．His degree from a large university with a strong history department has helped him get a good job． 　　Tim and Kelli like cats．They have two of them and they are special members of the family．Their grey and white cat is Toby．The coal black colored cat is called Buddha because he sits so quietly．Cats are popular with many people in America． (1) Which of the following statements is true? [　　] A． Tim is the second child in his family． B． Tim has a younger sister． C． Tim is the third child in his family． D． Tim is the only child in his family． (2) What was he good at when he was at school? [　　] A． Basketball B． High jump C． Running D． Football (3) We can infer from the above passage that ________ [　　] A． all the Americans like to keep cats B． the cat is called Buddha because he is always quiet C． the populalion of a small university is only one third of that of the largest one D． it is easier for a graduate from a large university with a famous department to do job hunting

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．D;
解析：

(1)	文章第一句就說他在其elder brother,sister之后出生，所以他應是第三個孩子。
(2)	第一段：especially high jump…h(huán)is specialty，說明選B．
(3)	選項A表述不對，不是All the Americans喜歡貓；選項B表述是對的，但在最后一段倒數(shù)第二句已表述出來，不能算infer“推斷”；選項C的表述作為一種對美國大學的推論是不準確的，因為各個大學的人數(shù)不一。文中只是說：有些大學多達……，有些大學少至……；根據(jù)第二段最后一句…h(huán)im get a good job推斷出D對。