专题三 “字斟句酌”——“驾驭”推理判断类题目
.体验高考
Passage
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体裁：记叙文 话题：生活经历 时间：7分钟
(2017·广东卷，C)Like many new graduates，I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do.My degree，with honors，in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical.I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow，but I had no idea how to do that.That's when I learned about the
Lighthouse Project.
I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers.I knew it would be a lot of hard work，and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time.In short，I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly.Neither did my family.
Eventually，however，I won the support of my family，and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application.After countless interviews and presentations，I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone.Several months later，I finally received a call asking me to report for duty.I would be going to a small village near Abuja，Nigeria.Where？What？Nigeria？I had no idea.But I was about to find out.
After completing my training，I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation.Though the local villagers were poor，they offered their homes，hearts，and food as if I were their own family.I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse.For the next year or so，I taught in that same schoolhouse.But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
Sometime during that period，I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did，though I did not get anywhere with the local language，and I returned to the United States a different man.The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.
【语篇导读】 本文作者叙述的是自己申请叫做灯塔计划的志愿者工作的过程和被选作志愿者后去阿布加附近的一个小村庄工作的经历，这段经历让作者学到了许多，改变了人生。
1．What do we know about the author?
A．His university education focused on theoretical knowledge.
B．His dream at university was to become a volunteer.
C．He took pride in having contributed to the world.
D．He felt honored to study English literature.
解析 事实细节题。由第一段第二句“My degree，with honors，in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical”可知，作者的大学教育注重的是理论知识，选A。
答案 A
2．According to Paragraph 2，it is most likely that the author
________.
A．discussed his decision with his family
B．asked previous volunteers about voluntary work
C．attended special training to perform difficult tasks
D．felt sad about having to leave his family and friends
解析 推理判断题。由第二段最后一句In short，I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly.Neither did my family(总之，我并不是轻易决定申请灯塔计划的，我的家人也一样不是轻易决定的)和第三段首句Eventually，however，I won the support of my family(然而，最后我赢得了家人的支持)可以推断出，作者是同家人讨论商量过的。
答案 A
3．In his application for the volunteer job，the author
________.
A．participated in many discussions
B．went through challenging survival tests
C．wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work
D．faced strong competition from other candidates
解析 推理判断题。由第二段的第二句“After countless interviews and presentations，I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone”可推知，作者面临了与其他候选人的激烈竞争。故选D。
答案 D
4．On arrival at the village，the author was
________.
A．asked to lead a farming team
B．sent to teach in a schoolhouse
C．received warmly by local villagers
D．arranged to live in a separate house
解析 事实细节题。由第四段Though the local villagers were poor，they offered their homes，hearts，and food as if I were their own family可知，一到达那个村庄时，他受到村民的热情接待，故选C。文中信息具体，正确选项是对其概括。
答案 C
5．What can we infer from the author's experiences in Nigeria?
A．He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture.
B．He had learned to communicate in the local language.
C．He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.
D．He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.
解析 推理判断题。由最后一段第一句all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did(他当初觉得奇怪或不寻常的所有事现在都不再觉得奇怪了)可推断，已适应了，但当初不适应时要适应这些，是有困难的，故选A。
答案 A
Passage
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体裁：说明文 话题：经历感受 时间：7分钟
(2017·湖北卷)You've flown halfway around the world；you've sniffed out this place that nobody in Falongland or Thailand seems to have ever heard of；so what on earth is there to do here？You consider this question as you sink into an old wooden beach chair that holds you above the sand.
It was a long journey from Bangkok to Huaplee.By the time you found the bus station and got yourself sorted out，it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland.
Huaplee is located just south of Hua Hin，about two hundred kilometres from Bangkok，down the west side of the Gulf of Thailand.Not many tourists find this place，and the ones that do wonder if finding it has been their purpose all along.
There's an apparent laziness that surrounds you here.It's what this place offers，and it's free of charge.The small waves that tap the shoreline seem to slow everything down.You settle into your beach chair in preparation for a long rest.You sit there and watch the sea.
It's early afternoon，so the cook comes out and asks what you'd like to eat this evening.Before long he's rushed off to the market to buy the ingredients for whatever it was that you ordered－every meal fresh and to order.No menu here.
There is no poolside noise here but just that wonderfully warm，clear blue sea.There's no street noise.The only sounds are the murmurs of nature.
For now you just count your blessings (福祉)，listing them in the sand with your toe (脚趾)．You don't have to worry about being late for work.You don't have to do anything.
The beach to your right stretches off to the horizon (地平线)，slowly narrowing to nothingness only to reemerge again on your left，now steadily widening until it covers the chair beneath you.Sand to your left and sand to your right；it's unbroken，endless.No start，no end，just sand，sun，and peace.Step off it，and you reenter the world of traffic，stress，work，and hurry.
Normally you're the type who can't sit still for more than ten minutes，but you're on Huaplee Lazy Beach now and，in the right frame of mind，it stretches all the way around the world.
“How could it take me so long to find it？”you wonder.
【语篇导读】 文章了描述 Huaplee Beach的大体位置、饮食和在这里度过的美好时光。
1．When the author first went to Huaplee Beach，_______________________ _________________________________________________.
A．he found it unworthwhile
B．he failed to sort himself out
C．he became sensitive to smell
D．he had difficulty in finding it
解析 推理判断题。根据文章第二段It was a long journey...it took almost as long as the flight from Falongland，第三段第二句Not many tourists find this place.可知这个地方不好找，作者找到这个地方耗时很长，因此答案为D。
答案 D
2．What is special about the food service at Huaplee Beach?
A．No menu. B．Free food.
C．Self service. D．Quick delivery.
解析 细节理解题。第五段文章涉及饮食，根据该段最后一句No menu here 可知答案为A。
答案 A
3．In the author's opinion，a tourist can enjoy Huaplee Beach most when he ________.
A．sits in a beach chair
B．forgets his daily routine
C．plans a detailed schedule
D．draws pictures in the sand
解析 推理判断题。文章第七段：For now you just count your blessings，listing them in the sand with your toe.You don't have to worry about being late for work.You don't have to do anything，和第八段：No start，no end，just sand，sun，and peace.Step off it，and you reenter the world of traffic，stress，work，and hurry.都描述了在Huaplee Lazy Beach享受的美好时光。但第八段的最后一句Step off it，and you reenter the world of traffic，stress，work and hurry，一旦走出这里，人们又要回到日常生活中，面临工作、交通、压力和快节奏的生活，而要享受Huaplee Beach则需要暂时抛开这些，即答案为B。
答案 B
4．What does the author imply by his question at the end of the passage?
A．He shouldn't have counted his blessings.
B．He should have understood the wonder of nature.
C．He shouldn't have spent so much time on the trip.
D．He should have come to the place earlier.
解析 推理判断题。根据最后一句：“How could it take me so long to find it？”结合全篇文章所讲的在Huaplee Lazy Beach旅游的舒适惬意，可知作者是在感叹自己应该早点来到这里的。因此答案为D。
答案 D
.仿真、模拟
Passage
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体裁：议论文 话题：节约粮食 时间：7分钟
(2017·湖北黄岗市模拟)All of us should keep a kitchen diary，showing how much food are left uneaten as garbage.
We all waste food，you and me，millions of tons of it.In China，enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people.In the United States,40 percent of food is wasted from farm to fork.Each year，the amount of food thrown away in rich countries is almost the same as that produced in subSaharan Africa.This raises some important questions.
In developing countries，food is lost because farmers do not have appropriate cooling，storage or market access for their crops.Their grains，fruits and vegetables dry up and rot away.In developed countries，the picture is different，and food is wasted in supermarkets，restaurants and at home.China faces both problems，significant losses in farms，as well as at the sale and consumption stages.And the amount of food wasted by Chinese consumers is rapidly increasing.
Consumer culture has filled China and urban residents can get quality food from anywhere in the country and from across the planet.Chinese consumers are as particular about their food as those in other countries.In supermarkets，they refuse to buy vegetables that don't look fresh or have an irregular shape，or milk and other products close to their expiry(失效)date.
Besides，Chinese consumers tend to be generous.In restaurants or at home，often too much food is ordered or cooked and served.So while trooping out of a restaurant，full and happy，with
colleagues or friends，they never look back at what's left untouched on the table.Should Chinese consumers take more responsibility for the waste they create?
Everyone deserves to have enough food to eat.Despite China's impressive success in reducing hunger over the past three decades，the job is not completed yet.
【语篇导读】 文章阐述了人们尤其是中国人浪费食物的现象及其原因，从而号召人们节约粮食。
1．According to Paragraph 1，we know that food waste is______.
A．huge worldwide B．mainly in USA
C．only in rich countries D．just in African countries
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“All of us”及第二段第一句中的“We all waste food，you and me”可知，每个人都有浪费粮食的问题。故答案选A。
答案 A
2．In developing countries，food is lost mainly________.
A．for the lack of cooling and storage
B．because of easy access to markets
C．because of the wet weather
D．because of the quality of the food
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，发展中国家粮食浪费的主要原因是没有正确的冷却、存储等方法。故答案选A。
答案 A
3．The main reason for food waste in China is________.
A．the effect of consumer culture
B．the convenient food supply
C．the worry about food quality
D．people's being particular about it
解析 推理判断题。根据文章第四、五段可知，中国人浪费粮食的主要原因有：购买方便、对食品挑剔以及慷慨待客的习惯等，而这些归纳起来都属于消费文化。
答案 A
4．How do Chinese feel when they leave restaurants with much food left behind?
A．Generous. B．Unconscious.
C．Wealthy. D．Valuable.
解析 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第一句中的“Chinese consumers tend to be generous”以及第三句中的“full and happy”可知，中国人酒足饭饱离开饭店时感到很开心，对所剩的饭菜不屑一顾，以此来表明自己慷慨好客。
答案 A
5．The purpose of the passage is to tell us________.
A．not to waste any food from now on
B．the necessity to improve food quality
C．the fact of food waste in developed countries
D．the influence of consumer culture on Chinese
解析 写作意图题。通读全文可知，文章主要阐述了人们尤其是中国人浪费食物的现象及其原因，从而号召人们节约粮食。故答案选A。
答案 A
Passage
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体裁：议论文 话题：保护环境 时间：8分钟
(2017·嘉兴二模)One day，Mr.Arnold was teaching a lesson，and things were going as normally as ever.He was explaining the story of mankind to his pupils.He told them that，in the beginning，men were nomads；they never stayed in the same place for very long.Instead，they would travel about，here and there，in search of food，wherever it was to be found.And when the food ran out，they would move off somewhere else.
He taught them about the invention of farming and keeping animals.This was an important discovery，because by learning to cultivate(耕作)the land，and care for animals，mankind would always have food steadily available.It also meant that people could remain living in one place，and this made it easier to set about tasks that would take a long while to complete，like building towns，cities，and all that were in them.All the children listening were attracted by this story，until Lucy jumped up：
“And if that was so important and improved everything so much，why are we nomads all over again，Mr.Arnold？”
Mr.Arnold didn't know what to say.Lucy was a very intelligent girl.He knew that she lived with her parents in a house，so she must know that her family were not nomads；so what did she mean?
“We have all become nomads again，” continued Lucy.“The other day，outside the city，they were cutting the forest down.A while ago a fisherman told me how they fish.It's the same with everyone：when there's no more forest left the foresters go elsewhere，and when the fish run out the fishermen move on.That's what the nomads did，isn't it？”
The teacher nodded，thoughtfully.Really，Lucy was right.Mankind had turned into nomads.Instead of looking after the land in a way that we could be sure it would keep supplying our needs，we kept developing it until the land was bare.And then off we would go to the next place！The class spent the rest of the afternoon talking about what they could do to show how to be more civilized.
The next day everyone attended class wearing a green Tshirt，with a message that said，“I am not a nomad！”
And，from then on，they set about showing that indeed they were not.Every time they knew they needed something，they made sure that they would get it using care and control.If they needed wood or paper，they would make sure that they got the recycled kind.They ordered their fish from fish farms，making sure that the fish they received were not too young and too small.They only used animals that were well cared for，and brought up on farms.
And so，from their little town，those children managed to give up being nomads again，just as prehistoric men had done，so many thousands of years ago.
【语篇导读】 本文论述了人类游牧的原因与结果，唤醒人们应该怎样对待环境。
1．Why would early humans travel about in the beginning?
A．To experience different lifestyles.
B．To go sightseeing in different places.
C．To find what they could to feed themselves.
D．To do more exercise to build themselves up.
解析 细节理解题。通过第一段“Instead，they would travel about，here and there，in search of food...”可知。
答案 C
2．From Paragraph 2，we can know that________.
A．people got tired of living in the same place
B．people gradually got used to living in cities
C．people spent a long time in learning to keep animals
D．people tended to settle down after learning farming
解析 细节理解题。通过第二段“This was an important discovery，because by learning...It also meant that...”可知。
答案 D
3．In the teacher's opinion，Lucy's argument was________.
A．reasonable B．ridiculous
C．puzzling D．shocking
解析 推理判断题。由第六段可知，老师认为Lucy的观点很有道理，故选A。
答案 A
4．Which of the following agrees with the message“I am not a nomad”(Paragraph 7)?
A．People eat young fish for its delicious taste.
B．People use recycled materials as much as possible.
C．Fishermen move elsewhere when there is no fish left.
D．Foresters leave the place where wood is not available.
解析 细节理解题。I am not a nomad我并不是游牧人，指的是学生立志不再破坏环境，争做保护环境的“文明人”。
答案 B
5．The writer tries to make us believe that________.
A．mankind has been progressing mainly through traveling about
B．it's unwise for mankind to use the land in an uncontrolled way
C．it's quite good for students to learn more about the history of mankind
D．teachers should encourage students to voice their own opinions
解析 推理判断题。作者通过引用该故事，目的是让我们一起行动起来保护环境，不再破坏环境。B升华主题。
答案 B
Passage
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体裁：记叙文 话题：助人为乐 时间：15分钟
On a cold winter day，a group of strangers band together to save three children.
The 30 miles of switchbacks(急转弯) that snake through the pinecovered mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat.
But Roger Andersen，a 46yearold father of four，wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve，when he set off for an unexpected ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nineyearold daughter Mia，fouryearold son Baylor，and nineyearold neighbor Kenya Wildman.Andersen had driven through the canyon hundreds of times over the years.
“We ski in that area at least 20 times a year，” says Andersen.“I know the spots that ice up a lot in the winter.”
The weather was glorious for hitting the slopes—30 degrees and sunny—but the higher they drove，the slicker(滑溜溜的) the roads became.Rounding a sharp turn at mile maker 473，Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and tapped his brakes(刹车) suddenly.In an instant，the Honda Accord was sliding at 25 miles per hour toward the shoulder of the highway，then slipping down a steep tenfoot embankment(路堤) toward the cold Logan River.As it hit the water，the car tipped toward the passenger side，hesitated，and then rolled onto its roof and sank into
the river.
There was no time to tell the kids what to do.The crash had broken a few windows，and within seconds，the cab of the upsidedown car was filled with water.“It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater，” remembers Andersen，a softspoken product development manager.“You're thinking，‘Is this how it's all going to end？'”
Then，Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids.Mia had been right next to him in the front seat；now，in the blackness，he couldn't find her.“I thought，if I don't get out，maybe none of us is going to get out.” Andersen untied his seat belt，swam through a broken window，and gasped for air at the surface.That's when he saw a group of men，about ten in all，appear at the top of the embankment.One after another，they jumped into the water，shouting,“Who else is in the car？”Andersen says respectfully,“It was like the sight of angels.”
【语篇导读】 Andersen的车不幸落入冰冷的河水中，一群素昧平生的人对车里的人展开了一场生死营救……
1．Which word can best describe the feelings of most drivers when driving on this slope?
A．Nervous. B．Curious.
C．Excited. D．Puzzled.
解析 推理判断题。第二段提到这段30英里的路急转弯多，足以让多数司机手心出汗(are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat)，据此可推知，多数司机开车走在这段路上的时候应该都非常紧张，故选择A。
答案 A
2．What Andersen says in Paragraph 4 shows that ______.
A．he is used to driving on such a dangerous road
B．he has great confidence in driving on this steep road
C．he likes to ski on such a steep downhill road
D．he would not meet such trouble as other drivers did
解析 推理判断题。由Andersen说的话可知，他一年要在该地区滑雪至少20次，也对该地区冬天的情况很了解，由此推测他走这条路时十分有信心，故选择B。
答案 B
3．How did Andersen escape from the crashed car at last?
A．He was saved with the help of some passersby.
B．He swam out of a broken window.
C．He broke a window nearby.
D．He drove his car out of the water.
解析 细节理解题。从文章最后一段可知，Andersen在车里找不到孩子，自己松开安全带，从一个破的车窗里游了出来，故选择B。
答案 B
4．Andersen's attitude toward these men's rescuing the children might be that of______.
A．doubt B．satisfaction
C．sympathy D．appreciation
解析 推理判断题。从最后一段Andersen的回答“It was like the sight of angels.”可推知，Andersen 对这些人的见义勇为是非常感激的，故选择D。
答案 B
【长难句解读】
原文 As it hit the water，the car tipped toward the passenger side，hesitated，and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.
译文 当接触到水面时，车子向副驾驶那一边倾斜，稍停了一下，然后底朝天跌入河中。
分析 这是一个复合句，As引导时间状语从句，the car tipped...为主句，其中的四个动词为并列谓语，表示按时间依次发生的动作。
Passage
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体裁：记叙文 话题：真实生活 时间：7分钟
One of those big social networking sites，Facebook，has attracted over 58 million members.Commentator Melody Cramer is no longer one of them.Here is what she shares with us about her story.
I deleted all 1,281 of my coworkers，secondgrade classmates and people who I don't know at all.I shut down my account，completely.I'm 25，and I've been on Facebook since March of 2004，which makes me one of the website's earliest users.
At first，I used it obsessively.If I had a free moment，I'd log on to see whether my friends had updated their profiles.I'd sit alone scrolling through these updates and then run into someone at a coffee shop and have nothing to say because I already knew everything about them，and they knew everything about me.
In November，I went to my fiveyear high school reunion and was not pleasantly surprised.Lauren became a model，Josh went to law school，Dina was a teacher.I hadn't talked to any of them since graduation，but I knew exactly what they were doing，both now and last week.But lately，I'm overwhelmed(应接不暇)．Facebook opened up to everyone，not just college students，and my coworkers started to join，which meant they now knew what I was doing when I
wasn't at work.
And as a rule: you can NOT make friends with your coworkers because then they'll ask you the next day.But I
thought we were friends.And you are friends but not the kind of friends who tell each other what they do outside of work.So now the people you work with can see what you did last night，and you're constantly worrying what people might say about what you did last night instead of actually doing anything tonight.
So I quit.I became a 25yearold Luddite，a person who is strongly against technology development.I've retuned to how the world worked when I was 20，before I knew when my friends and coworkers were counting down the seconds to vacation or wistful(伤感的) or entering a complicated relationship.I'm hoping life will be a lot simpler now.People will be more mysterious now that I actually have to talk to them to find out their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神经症)．I don't know when my college roommate goes to the supermarket，and I think I'm a better person for not knowing.In fact，you could say getting off a social network was the best thing I've done this week.
【语篇导读】 本文是一篇记叙文。评论员Melody Cramer曾是社交网站Facebook的忠实追随者，近日却毅然选择了退出。究竟是什么原因让她做出如此的决定呢？
1．We learn from the passage that commentator Melody Cramer ______.
A．had a 20year membership of Facebook
B．used to be very attached to Facebook
C．was disappointed to meet her high school classmates
D．was one of the founders of Facebook
解析 细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，Melody曾经对Facebook很着迷，故B项正确。
答案 B
2．Melody Cramer decided to quit Facebook mainly because ______.
A．she made so many strange friends online
B．she thought Facebook wasted her too much time
C．she thought Facebook made her realworld life less interesting
D．she was tired of chatting online with coworkers.
解析 推理判断题。根据第三、四段内容可知，Melody Cramer经常在网上就已经知道了她朋友的一切，当他们真正碰面时却又无话可说，所以她觉得Facebook使她的真实世界的生活很无趣，故C项正确。
答案 C
3．Which of the following about Melody Cramer is TRUE?
A．She has learnt a lot from Facebook on communication skills.
B．She wishes that she could be several years younger.
C．She no longer wants to know anything about her friends.
D．She would prefer to face her friends and coworkers in the real world.
解析 推理判断题。通读全文，特别是最后一段中的“I'm hoping life...their favorite books or hobbies or neurosis(神经症)．”可推知，她更喜欢在现实生活中去面对朋友和同事，故D项正确。
答案 D
4．From her own experience Melody Cramer is seemingly trying to tell us that ______.
A．staying online too often makes one overwhelmed and bored
B．it is unwise to make online friends with people one doesn't know
C．making online friends with coworkers affects one's personal life
D．it is necessary to keep one's friends at a distance to remain mysterious
解析 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段可知，Melody Cramer以自己的亲身经历告诉我们：同事毕竟不是那种相互告知彼此下了班都做些什么的朋友，他们会影响你的正常生活，故C项正确。
答案 C
Passage
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体裁：记叙文 话题：友谊情深 时间：7分钟
When milk arrived on the doorstep
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s，we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep.His name was Mr.Basille.He wore a white cap and drove a white truck.As
a 5yearold boy，I couldn't take my eyes
off the coin changer fixed to his belt.He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.
Of course，he delivered more than milk.There was cheese，eggs and so on.If we needed to change our order，my mother would pen a note——“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”—and place it in the box along with the empty bottles.And then，the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than convenience.There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen.Mr.Basille even had a key to our house，for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors，so that the milk wouldn't freeze.And I remember Mr.Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table，having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery today.Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk，thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete.Besides，milk is for sale everywhere，and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.
Recently，an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories.I took it home and planted it on the back porch(门廊)．Every so often my son's friends will ask what it is.So I start telling stories of my boyhood，and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.
【语篇导读】 本文记叙文，作者使用夹叙夹议的写作手法回忆了自己小时候家人和送奶人之间的深厚友谊，表达了作者对儿时生活及送奶人的怀念。
1．Mr.Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ______.
A．to show his magical power
B．to pay for the delivery
C．to satisfy his curiosity
D．to please his mother
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句话可知我目不转睛地盯着对方的东西是出于一个五岁孩子的好奇心，而送奶人这样做是为了满足我的好奇心。
答案 C
2．What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy's house?
A．He wanted to have tea there.
B．He was a respectable person.
C．He was treated as a family member.
D．He was fully trusted by the family.
解析 推理判断题。由第三段内容可知送奶人是被信任的人，所以可以拥有“我”家的钥匙，以方便送奶。
答案 D
3．Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?
A．Nobody wants to be a milkman now.
B．It has been driven out of the market.
C．Its service is getting poor.
D．It is forbidden by law.
解析 推理判断题。由第四段可知：第一，大公司竞争力强；第二，牛奶销售到处可见。二者足以把送奶人排挤出市场。
答案 B
4．Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?
A．He missed the good old days.
B．He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C．He needed it for his milk bottles.
D．He planted flowers in it.
解析 推理判断题。由文中字里行间可知，作者怀念儿时的时光，怀念与送奶人之间的深厚情谊，再根据最后一句：我开始讲述我儿时的故事，讲述送奶人的故事，可知作者在怀旧。
答案 A
【长难句解读】
原文 Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk，thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete.
译文 大公司可以生产出更便宜的牛奶，这就使得送奶人很难与之竞争。
分析 本句making为非谓语动词，为结果状语。
Passage
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体裁：记叙文 话题：人物介绍 时间：6分钟
Peter Byford was born in a stone house in Honley，and when he was tiny his dad，a former miner，got a job in the textile trade and the Byford's moved to Skelmanthorpe.Life was tough but fun，and young Peter spent his days in the rolling countryside，rafting on the river，making tree camps or playing on his own with his model railway and soldiers.
His world was rocked by tragedy when his mother died，which destroyed young Peter，a shy child who suddenly had to grow up fast.Though grieving，he went up the road to live with his aunt and uncle，and returned home much too young to face the next challenge，that of looking after his dad，who had lost an arm in an accident in a factory.
By then he had taken the nickname as Biff.The younger Biff struggled at school because of his shyness，but loved the music lessons and became friends with a classmate whose brother had a guitar.At the same time a young man who had a banjo(班卓琴)moved into the house opposite where he lived and he taught young Biff how to play it.The seeds had been sown and music began to influence his life.
But even so，his working career began，in typical fashion for 1960s West Yorkshire.After a short time as an apprentice(学徒)carpenter，he went to work in the local weaving factory.And this was where Biff Byford，soon to become a legend in the world of rock，first learned to sing.The machines would run all day，clicketyclack，clicketyclack.The noise was incredible，and the workers would spend their time trying to lip read each other.
It was just so noisy in there.It was really heavy metal.The only thing to do was sing to yourself.So sing to himself he did，the melodies(旋律)locking in place in his head，not to be forgotten.His dream first exploded into a rocking reality.
【语篇导读】 Peter Byfords的演唱生涯起源于他周围的人和他的工作环境的影响。
1．When Peter Byford was born ______.
A．his family moved to Skelmanthorpe
B．his father worked in the textile trade
C．his father probably took a job in Honley
D．his family lived a very poor life
解析 推理判断题。依据文章第一段可知，Peter Byford出生在Honley，他是个孩子时，因为父亲的工作一家人迁移到Skelmanthorpe，因此很可能父亲以前就在Honley拥有一份工作。故选C项。
答案 C
2．Peter Byford had to leave his aunt and uncle ______.
A．because his mother passed away
B．because of his father's poor health
C．because he wanted not to stay with his father
D．because of his fully being grownup
解析 细节理解题。依据文章第二段的who had lost an arm in an accident in a factory可知， 父亲的身体状况不好，需要Peter Byford的照顾。故选B项。
答案 B
3．What does the third paragraph imply?
A．Peter got influenced a lot by his classmate and the young man.
B．the classmate taught Peter how to play the guitar.
C．Peter shared a house with the young man.
D．The young Biff had an eye for good friends.
解析 细节理解题。文章第三段谈到了Peter遇到的两个音乐爱好者，文中的The seeds had been sown and music began to influence his life.说明，Peter的音乐之路受他们的影响。故选A项。
答案 A
4．While working in the local weaving factory ______.
A．Peter started as an apprentice carpenter
B．Peter treated his life in a positive way
C．Peter was very tired of the noisy workplace
D．Peter learned how to lip read by himself
解析 推理判断题。依据文章第四段可知，虽然纺织厂车间内声音嘈杂，但是Peter在嘈杂中开始唱歌，他的歌唱生涯也是在那个时候开始的。故选B项。
答案 B
5．What would happen to Peter later?
A．He would remain working in the factory forever.
B．He would put forward suggestions to the boss.
C．He would tell the workers to keep silent.
D．He would find ways to realize his dream.
解析 推理判断题。依据文章尾段的His dream first exploded into a rocking reality.可知，他会把自己的梦想变成现实。故选D项。
答案 D