1. 阅读理解系列训练（六） —— 新闻报道类 建湖县第一中学 高三英语备课组

2. 新闻报道类文章 题材特征： 1. 主题突出，文字精炼。一条新闻通常报道一件事实，说明一个问题。 2. 开头通常有一段导语，简要说明全文的主题思想或主要事实，使读者有一个总的概念。 3. 结构严密，层次分明。一般是按照事物内部的主次关系为顺序的；也可依照事物的发生、 发展、变化为序。 解题思路： 1. 读透标题： 标题虽然简略，但却能从中窥见全文的主要内容。标题常常省略虚词、 be 动词。 2. 找出消息来源： 首段首句，如： LONDON (Reuters) —— 据伦敦路透社消息报道 首段段尾，如： …,said National Police Chief … 全文末段，如： From China Daily, April 2, 2008 3. 读透导语： 习惯上把新闻报道的第一段成为导语。导语说明事件发生的时间、地点、人物、事 件、结果等等重要信息。 4. 把握具体事实细节： 文章的具体事实细节内容常包括时间、地点、人物、事实、特别重要的引述、有关人 物的看法意见、等等。

3. Passage B What was reported in the text? one Somali pirate attack Where is Somali?

5. ① Somali pirates robbed three Thai fishing ships with 77 sailors on board nearly l ， 200 miles off the Somali coast ， the farthest-off-shore attack to date Where did the pirate attack happen ? ② Pirates have gone farther south and east ③ “Once they start attacking that far out…. ， it's just the Indian Ocean …. Q5, Q6

6. What about the warship patrols? Patrols has increased but become more difficult. ? Pirate attacks have increased and happened in a larger area. Q7

7. Passage C Topic sentence: Every morning at Dixie Heights High School, customers pour into a special experiment: the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs. Q9 ( )

8. Para1: a special experiment Para2-4: operation Para7-8: startPara9-11:help Q11 Q10 Para5-6: purpose ① Teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries. ② What about their service? ① the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school. ② They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. Special- education teachers introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program ① Ginger Gray made sure all the drinks fell within nutrition guidelines. ② The whole school has helped. Q12

9. Passage D Main idea: Rae Armantrout, a poetry professor, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, “Versed”.

10. 1.How many times has “versed” been awarded? Twice the 2010 Pulitzer Prize the National Books Critics Award 2. How did Rea Armantrout feel when she was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize? ① I’m delighted and amazed at ………also surprised and delighted to win …. ② Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer Q13

11. 3.What do you know about Rae Armantrout according to Para4? Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov. She is a founding member of Language Poets. Q14

12. 4.What do you know about “Versed”according to Para7? Two parts the dark forces taking hold of the United States the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life Q15

13. Passage A Main idea: A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River. ( )

14. Q4: ① The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his tale of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning. ② Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France is the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday. 排除 A,C 项 答案 B 项

15. 任务型阅读： 71. busy 72. harmful 73. weight 74. time 75. lose 76. Disadvantages 77. money 78. man-made 79. taste 80. believable