It is easy to find your way about in New York. It is laid out so regularly. Instead of streets winding and twisting (迂回) as they do in London, they are all regular and well planned. The streets running north and south are called “avenues” and are numbered, e.g. 1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, etc. The streets going east and west are called “streets” and are also numbered, e.g. 51st Street, 63rd Street. It is all much more logical (合理的) than London’s street names. But I couldn’t help thinking how much more interesting than these dull cold numbers are London’s illogical but colorful names of streets, e.g. “Bishopgate” (which is not a gate and hasn’t a Bishop in it); “Haymarket” or “Corn market” (where you won’t see any hey or corn) or “Poultry” (without a living chicken anywhere in sight) or “Thread needle Street” (where you won’t find little girls learning to sew).
小題1:In the second sentence of the passage, “l(fā)aid out” means ______.
A．builtB．be putC．designedD．cut down
小題2:The streets running from north to south are called _______.
A．a(chǎn)venues in LondonB．streets in America
C．a(chǎn)venues in New YorkD．streets in London
小題3:According to the writer’s opinion, ______.
A．a(chǎn)venues and streets are the same
B．streets in America are better than avenues in England
C．streets in New York are better than those in London
D．the writer didn’t agree with the London streets planners
小題4:The names of streets both in London and New York ______.
A．a(chǎn)re quite goodB．a(chǎn)re interesting
C．a(chǎn)re not practicalD．differ greatly in form
小題5:The writer tells his readers that he prefers (更喜歡) _____.
A．London streetsB．New York streets
C．bothD．neither

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：本文介紹了紐約和倫敦采用的不一樣的道路設(shè)置的方法，并舉例進(jìn)行了說(shuō)明。
小題1:C 推理題。根據(jù)本句It is easy to find your way about in New York. It is laid out so regularly.說(shuō)明該詞是指紐約的路的設(shè)置很合理，很有規(guī)則。故C正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章2,3行The streets running north and south are called “avenues” and are numbered, e.g. 1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, etc.說(shuō)明南北向的街道被命名為avenue故C正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第6行It is all much more logical (合理的) than London’s street names.說(shuō)明作者認(rèn)為紐約的道路設(shè)置比倫敦要合理，故D正確。
小題4:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章6，7,8三行But I couldn’t help thinking how much more interesting than these dull cold numbers are London’s illogical but colorful names of streets, e.g.說(shuō)明作者認(rèn)為紐約的道路名稱的設(shè)置與倫敦的道路設(shè)置很不相同，故D正確。
小題5:B 推理題。根據(jù)It is all much more logical (合理的) than London’s street names.說(shuō)明作者認(rèn)為紐約的道路設(shè)置更合理，故更喜歡紐約的道路設(shè)置，故B正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹了紐約和倫敦采用的不一樣的道路設(shè)置的方法。本文細(xì)節(jié)題居多，答題時(shí)在文章找到對(duì)應(yīng)的地方，用筆進(jìn)行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時(shí)間檢查時(shí)可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，通過排除法和自己對(duì)全文的把握，選出正確答案。
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? Individual illustrators or groups of illustrators of any nationality, if they were born before 31st December 1992, whose artwork is intended for use in children’s books, are qualified to enter the Exhibition, either directly or through publishing houses or schools.
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C．New York, Columbus, Reno, San Francisco
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In a few minutes he arrived with some money，but he couldn’t hide how he felt. He laughed all the way home.
Now，I think it’s funny too. But at the time I was terribly embarrassed. I thought that an invitation to have dinner meant the same thing in the United States as in my country. I guess you have to understand that your customs（習(xí)俗） are only your customs. When you visit a foreign country，you have to learn about their customs，too.
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A．close to each otherB．entirely different
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A．invite Lynne to dinnerB．pay for the table
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小題3:The writer and Lynne________.
A．shared a successful dinner
B．had a talk for three hours
C．traveled to Saudi Arabia together
D．enjoyed their meal without talking
小題4:Why didn’t Lynne pay the check for the writer?
A．Because she thought it was natural for people to pay their own check.
B．Because she didn’t have the meal.
C．Because she wanted to embarrass the writer.
D．Because she didn’t have enough money with her.
小題5:The roommate laughed all the way home because the writer________.
A．was embarrassed when he couldn’t pay his breakfast
B．would not listen to him when he left the house
C．telephoned him to bring some books to him
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