Question

1．English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet．One in every seven human beings can speak it．More than half of the world's books and three quarters of international mail are in English．Of all languages，English has the largest vocabulary-perhaps as many as two million words．
    However，let's face it：English is a crazy language．There is no egg in an eggplant，neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger．Sweet-meats are candy，while sweetbreads，which aren't sweet，are meat．
    We take English for granted．But when we explore its paradoxes（探討它的矛盾），we find that quicksand can work slowly，boxing rings are square，public bathrooms have no baths in them．
    And why is it that a writer writes，but fingers don't fing，grocers don't groce，and hammers don't ham？If the plural of tooth is teeth，shouldn't the plural of booth be beeth？One goose，two geese-so one moose，two meese？
    How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same，while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites？How can overlook and oversee be opposites，while quite a lot and quite a few are alike？How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？
    English was invented by people，not computers，and it reflects the creativity of human beings．That's why，when stars are out，they are visible； but when the lights are out，they are invisible．And why，when I wind up my watch，I start it； but when I wind up this essay，I end it．

39．According to the passageA．
A．sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things
B．there should be an egg in an eggplant
C．pineapples are the apples on the pine trees
D．boxing rings should be round
40．Which of the following is the correct plural？B
A．Beeth           
B．Geese        
C．Meese      
D．Tooth
41．Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning？C
A．A wise man and a wise guy．
B．Overlook and oversee．
C．Quite a lot and quite a few．
D．Hot as hell and cold as hell．
42．Through the many paradoxes in the English language the writer wants to show that human beings areA．
A．clever          
B．crazy        
C．lazy             
D．dull．

Answer 1

分析 文章講述了英語語言．作為世界上使用最廣泛的英語，英語有很多的詞匯表意豐富，不能按字面去理解．這反映了人類豐富的創(chuàng)造力．

解答 答案：39．A 細節(jié)理解題．文章第二段說Sweet-meats are candy，while sweetbreads，which aren't sweet，are meat甜肉指的是糖果，而甜面包指的是肉．故選A．
40．B 詞匯判斷題．geese是goose的復數，鵝．故選B．
41．C 詞匯判斷題．quite a lot和quite a few都表示很多的意思．故選C．
42．A 細節(jié)推斷題．文章最后一段說and it reflects the creativity of human beings英語語言的豐富性，反映了人類的創(chuàng)造性．故選A．

點評 閱讀理解是考查語篇理解能力．�？嫉念}型有：推理判斷題；主旨大意題；細節(jié)理解題；猜測詞意題．近幾年又出現了兩種新的考查方式：寫作態(tài)度判斷題和文章結構題．解題時，在讀懂文章的基礎上，還有特別注意掌握題型的特征，尤其是細節(jié)題和推斷題不可混淆：細節(jié)題是文章信息的再現；推斷題是文章信息的提�。�本題是廣告類文章，考查主要是以細節(jié)題為主，細節(jié)題要注意常用的出題陷阱有：夸大，縮小，張冠李戴，偷梁換柱，無中生有等，做題時要看清看準．