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题型突破(四) 推理判断之细节推断题
A
(2017·仪征中学期初考试)
A world-famous Canadian
author，Margaret Atwood，has created the world’s
first
long-distance signing device(装置)，the
LongPen.
After many tiring book-signing tours
from city to city，Atwood thought there must be a
better
way to do hired some technical experts
and started her own company in er
they
designed the ’s how it works：The author writes a
personal message and
signature on a computer
tablet(手写板) using a special the receiving end，in
another city，a
robotic arm fitted with a
regular pen signs the author and fan can talk
with each other via
webcams(网络摄像机) and
computer screens.
Work on the LongPen began in
Atwood’s first，they had no idea it would be as
hard as it turned out to device went through
several versions，including one that actually had
smoke coming out of investing finally
completed，test runs were made in Ottawa，and the
LongPen was officially launched at the 2006
London Book here，Atwood conducted two
transatlantic book signings of her latest book
for fans in Toronto and New York City.
The
LongPen produces a unique signature each time
because it copies the movement of the
author
in real has several other potential could
increase credit card security
and allow people
to sign contracts from another video exchange
between signer and
receiver can be recorded on
DVD for proof when legal documents are used.
“It’s really fun，” said the owner of a
bookstore，who was present for one of the test
runs.“Obviously you can’t shake hands with the
author，but there are chances for a connection
that you don’t get from a regular book
signing.”
The response to the invention has
not been all has received criticism from
authors who think she’s trying to end book
she said，“It will be possible to go to places
that you never got sent to before because the
publishers couldn’t afford it.”
语篇解读
本文介绍了一种特殊的、可以让作者在很远的城市为读者远程签字的签字笔the
LongPen，并介绍了这种发明的起因以及发明过程。
1．What do
we know about the invention of the LongPen?
A．It has been completed but not put into use.
B．The basement caught fire by accident.
C．Some versions failed before its test
run.
D．The designers were well-prepared for
the difficulty.
答案 C
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句“The
device went through several versions，including
one that actually had smoke coming out of
it.”可知，这个装置经历了很多次失败，最后才发明
成功。故选C。
2．What
could be inferred from Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A．Bookstore owners don’t support the LongPen.
B．Critics think the LongPen is of little use.
C．Atwood doesn’t mean to end book tours.
D．Publishers dislike the LongPen for its high
cost.
答案 C
解析 推理判断题。根据第六段最后一句“But she
said，‘It will be possible to go to places that
you never got sent to before because the
publishers couldn’t afford
it.’”可知，她发明这种签字
笔可以给以前从来没有去过的地方的读者签字，而不是想结束book
tours。故选C。
B
(2017·无锡期中调研)
One of my
favorite professors in college was a self-
confessed(公开承认的) liar.
I guess that statement
needs a bit of explanation.
The topic of
Corporate FinanceCapital Markets is a very dry and
boring subject K
was memorable because of
something he introduced at the beginning of his
first class，“Between
today and the class right
before finals，I will put a lie into each of my
job，as
students，among other things，is to try
and catch the Lie of the Day.”
And then began
our 10-week course.
This was a brilliant way
to focus our attention—by asking students to
challenge his
in the quarter，the Lie of the
Day was usually obvious—immediately causing
raised hands to challenge it.
As the
quarter went on，the Lie of the Day became more
subtle(不易察觉的)，and many ended
up slipping past
most students unnoticed until a very alert person
stopped the lecture to flag it.
Every once in
a while，a lecture would end with nobody catching
the those days，Dr K，
looking quite pleased
with himself，would say，“Ah ha！Each of you has one
falsehood in your
lecture s among yourselves
what it might be，and I will tell you next Monday.”
Those lectures forced us to work in
study groups so we could approach him with our
theories
the following week.
Brilliant...but what made Dr K’s technique
genius was，during the most technically difficult
lecture of the entire quarter，there was no
the end of the lecture in which no lie was
found，
he offered the same challenge to work
through the the following Monday，he heard our
theories for what the falsehood might be for
almost ten minutes before he finally said，“Do you
remember the first lecture—how I said that
every lecture has a lie？”
Tired from having
our best theories shot down，we nodded.
“Well，THAT was a previous lecture was
completely on the I am glad you
reviewed
your notes carefully this on...”
While my
knowledge of the Economics of Capital Markets has
faded in time，the lessons have
stayed with
me：“Experts” can be wrong and say things that
sound right，so always evaluate new
information and check it against things you
already accept as fact.
语篇解读 作者上大学时最喜欢的一位教授通过所
谓的“当日假话”来使学生在枯燥乏味的
学科上集中注意力，激发他们的学习兴趣。虽然作者当时所学的
知识已经所剩无几，但这位
教授留下的宝贵财富仍让作者受用无穷。
3．The
Lie of the Day is introduced to Dr K’s class
because .
A．he is good at telling a
lie
B．he wants his students to challenge his
authority
C．he wants to find out who is
absent-minded
D．he tries to arouse his
students’ interest in his boring lecture
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。根据第三段内容和第五段第一句可知，K博士将“当日假话”引入课堂
的原
因是为了让学生们在课堂上集中注意力，并且激发他们对枯燥乏味的课程的学习兴趣。
故选D。
4．What do we know about the most technically
difficult lecture of the entire quarter?
A．It
made all the students feel bored but excited.
B．It turned out that Dr K told no lie in the
lecture.
C．The lie in it slipped past with
nobody finding it.
D．Students reasoned with Dr
K about his theories after class.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。根据第九段第一句可知，结果证明，K博士在整个学季最难的那堂课
上
没有说假话。故选B。
5．From the last paragraph we
can learn that .
A．we should be critical
to the information provided for us
B．it is a
must that we avoid lies in our daily life
C．students can drop some courses because they
are boring
D．we can use creative techniques to
make courses lively and interesting
答案 A
解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，“专家”说的未必正确，所以我们要养成
审视
新信息的习惯，并且批判地对待提供给我们的信息。故选A。
C
(2017·姜堰、如东、沭阳、前黄中学二模)
A chance meeting
between two men who realized they had both been
abused in the same
Surrey children’s care home
has led to a campaign that has seen hundreds of
former residents
claiming they were also
victims of physical，emotional and sexual abuse.
Music producer Raymond Stevenson，physically
abused during his time at the Shirley Oaks
home in the 70s，met a childhood friend last
year who revealed he’d been abused in the
a
few months，the Shirley Oaks Survivors
Association(SOSA) was hundreds
strong.
The
south London production office，from where
Stevenson promoted music stars like Jessie
J，now looks more like a police incident room.A
map on the wall includes details of statements
from hundreds of former residents，suggesting
physical and emotional abuse was routine at many
of
the houses on the 72-acre Shirley Oaks
site.
“We have been in contact with over 300
people and the stories we are getting are just
terrible，” Stevenson says.“Every time we
interview someone and hear about what happened to
them，it brings tears to our ng some of the
horrors they went through hasn’t been
easy.”
There have been two major police
investigations into abuse at children’s homes in
South
London and three people including a
swimming instructor，William Hook，have been
condemned
for offences relating to Shirley
Oaks.
Another operation is currently on-
going，but SOSA have lost faith in the authorities
who they
claim have covered up the whole
picture of abuse in Shirley Oaks.“We don’t trust
them and
that’s why we have decided to do this
campaign ourselves，” Stevenson explains.
The Shirley Oaks campaigners are part
of a wider phenomenon—“survivor” activism that is
changing the balance of power in relation to
child once victims were ignored or
silenced，now they are coming together，often
through the social media，forming support groups
and building an increase of noise that the
authorities are forced to acknowledge.
A
couple of weeks ago，dozens of former Shirley Oaks
residents crowded into a Lambeth
council
meeting—the authority which ran the home until its
closure in the llor
after councillor spoke of
their shame at what had been allowed to happen to
children in their care.
Among the crowd was
the award-winning author Alex Wheatle who has
written about the
abuse he suffered as a child
at Shirley Oaks.“We have not come here，to go to
war with the
council；we have come here to gain
your support，” Wheatle told the meeting.
The
Shirley Oaks association is doing more than
compiling is using music to press
its case.A
song entitled “Don’t Touch It—It’s Mine” includes
personal testimony(证词) from
victims.“I was
abused mentally，physically，emotionally and
violently，” the track begins.“Of
the original
16 of us,12 have killed themselves...”
“We’re
not going to be told lies anymore，” Stevenson
explains.“We are not going to
leave it in the
hands of lawyers，politicians or council officials
to tell us what happened to
want to discover
it ourselves and we know music and dance and
poetry are ways that can tell a
greater
story.”
语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了由受害人成立的“SOSA协会”揭露了在
过去的
几十年里，英国福利院Shirley
Oaks中曾有上百名儿童遭到虐待这一骇人听闻的事件。
6．Why was SOSA
set up?
A．To show sympathy for the abused
children in society.
B．To reveal the abuse at
a children’s care home.
C．To find the living
victims from a care home.
D．To aid those
people abused at a young age.
答案 B
解析 推理判断
题。通读全文可知，上百名曾经在福利院里待过的人都声称他们是受害者，
并成立了Shirley O
aks幸存者协会(SOSA)。该协会成员通过采访受害者，以创作音乐的形式
来揭示真相。由此推断
，SOSA的成立是为了揭露福利院虐待儿童的事。故选B项。
7．The crime
against children was not known to the public in
time，because .
A．the police refused to
look into it
B．the case was ignored for
absence of evidence
C．the situation of
abuse was not serious
D．the victims were
forced to keep it secret
答案 D
解析
细节理解题。根据第七段第二句中的“Where once victims were ignored
or silenced”可
知，这一罪行未被公布于众的原因是受害者被忽视或受到压制。故选D项。
8．From the passage，we can tell .
A．the former local authorities must have
neglected their duty
B．twelve of the sixteen
children were killed in Shirley Oaks
C．all the
people committing offences in Shirley Oaks have
been arrested
D．the former victims depend much
on the police for investigation
答案 A
解析
推理判断题。根据倒数第四段第二句“Councillor after councillor spoke
of their shame at
what had been allowed to
happen to children in their
care.”可以推断，当年的管理机构并没有很
好地履行他们的职责。故选A项。
9．Campaigners of SOSA have taken the action of
.
A．collecting evidence for the police
B．creating music for the campaign
C．going
to war with the government
D．turning to
lawyers for assistance
答案 B
解析
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二、三句“It is using music to press its
case.A song
entitled ‘Don’t Touch It—It’s
Mine’ includes personal testimony(证词) from
victims.”和最
后一段最后一句“We want to discover it
ourselves and we know music and dance and poetry
are
ways that can tell a greater
story.”可知，SOSA的成员采取创作音乐的形式来揭示真相、表达
自己。故选B项。
D
(2017·苏锡常镇四市一模)
Are you a different
person when you speak a foreign language？That’s
just one of the
questions the New Yorker’s
writer and native North Carolinian Lauren Collins
explores in her
autobiography，about her tough
efforts to master French after marrying a
Frenchman whose
name—Olivier—she
couldn’t even pronounce in French ranges from the
humorously personal story to a deeper look at
various theories of language acquisition and
linguistics(语言学)．
The couple met in London
“on more or less neutral ground：his continent，my
language”．But the balance shifted when they
moved to Geneva for Olivier’s normally
voluble Collins found herself at a
loss—“nearly speechless”．The language barrier，and
her
dependence on her husband for simple
things like buying the right cut of meat worsened
her mixed
feelings about “unlovely，but not
ridiculous” comments，“Language，as much as
land，is a be cut off from it is to be，in a
sense，homeless.”
Her sense of alienation(疏离感)
leads to an examination of America’s miserable
record
when it comes to foreign
languages.“Linguists call America ‘the graveyard
of languages’
because of its singular ability
to take in millions of immigrants and make their
native languages die
out in a few
generations，” Collins ed in Wilmington，N.C.，and at
Princeton，she
could—like the vast majority of
Americans—only speak their mother tongue.
Eight months after she moved to
Switzerland，Collins gives up on the natural
acquisition of
language and finally attends a
French she struggles with grammar and
vocabulary，
Collins notes smartly that vert
(green)，verre (glass)，ver (worm)，vers (toward)，and
vair (squirrel)
compose a quintuple
homonym(同形异义)．“Although it’s difficult，French can
be tried，” she
says.
French is actually
considered among the easiest languages for an
English speaker to learn，
especially compared
to Arabic or Mandarin s，whose notably rich English
vocabulary includes glossolalia (nonsense
speech) and shibboleth(catchword or slogan)，finds
plenty of terrific French words to
writes，“English is a trust fund，an unearned
inheritance(遗产)，but I’ve worked for every bit
of French I’ve banked.”
Unlike Jhumpa
Lahiri，who became so hooked on Italian and used it
to write In Other Words，
Collins’s goals for
learning French were more modest，“I wanted to
speak French and to sound
like North
Carolina.” She also wanted to be able to deal with
chimney sweeps and butchers，
communicate with
her in-laws，and “to touch Olivier in his own
language”．She admits that she
feels different
speaking French，“Its austerity(朴素) made me feel
more confused.”
Readers looking for the
romantic spark of classic cross-cultural love
stories featuring an
outgoing American and a
shy Frenchman will find flashes of it the many
cultural
differences the couple argue over are
her enthusiastic American habit of applying the
verb “love”
to express enthusiasm for
shoes，strawberries，and husbands there’s far more
to
Collins’s book than fantastic comedy，and
those who have weathered linguistic crossings
themselves tend to find particular
resonance(共鸣) in its inquiry into
language，identity，and
transcultural
translation.
Arranged by chapters named for
verb tenses，When in French works its way from The
Past
Perfect(Le plus-que-parfait) to The
Present(Le Présent) and The Conditional(Le
Conditionnel)．Collins ends on a delightful
note with Le Futur—fitting for a new mother about
to
move with her hard-won French
husband，French language，and Swiss-born daughter to
the
French-speaking city of her dreams，Paris.
语篇解读 本文是说明文，主要介绍了Lauren Collins的自传When in
French的相关内容。
10．Which of the following
statements is TRUE about When in French?
A．It
describes how most American people learn French.
B．It introduces a variety of theories about
French learning.
C．The author tells her
experiences in a serious way.
D．The book
offers a traditional way of learning a foreign
language.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话中的“...a
deeper look at various theories of
language
acquisition and linguistics(语言学)．”可知，When in
French探讨了语言习得的不同
理论和语言学。
11．Which of the
following has the closest meaning to the
underlined word “voluble” in
Paragraph 2?
A．Graceful.
C．Talkative.
答案 C
解析 词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句中的“normally”和“nearly
speechless”可知，通常
情况下，Lauren Collins是很健谈的，但是在新的环
境中她因为语言不通而感到不知所措，几
乎说不出话。由此可知，voluble表示的应是与spee
chless相反的意思。
12．Why do linguists call America
“the graveyard of languages”？
A．Because other
languages are prohibited in America.
B．Because
only English-speaking people can immigrate into
America.
C．Because immigrants’ native
languages contradict English in America.
D．Because American culture swallows up
immigrants’ native languages gradually.
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“its singular ability to take
in millions of immigrants and
B．Dependent.
D．Energetic.
make their native
languages die out in a few generations”可知，语言学家之所以将
美国称作
“语言的墓地”是因为美国文化会逐渐地吞噬移民的母语。
13．What can
be inferred from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5?
A．Collins’s English vocabulary knowledge
contributes little to her French learning.
B．Collins has found out some effective ways of
mastering French words.
C．Arabic or Mandarin
Chinese are easier to learn than French for
English speakers.
D．It’s terrifying for
Collins to have French words in store for
practical use.
答案 B
解析
推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Collins notes smartly
that...‘Although it’s difficult，
French can be
tried，’ she says”和第五段中的“finds plenty of terrific
French words to love”，
“but I’ve worked for
every bit of French I’ve banked”可知，Lauren
Collins在学习法语方面
找到了窍门，并且逐渐取得进步。
14．The
example of Jhumpa Lahiri in the passage is given
to show that .
A．Collins aims at using
French for her daily life
B．Collins wants to
apply French to serve her writing
C．it’s
inappropriate for Jhumpa Lahiri to write in
another language
D．foreign language always
makes learners feel complicated about life
答案
A
解析 推理判断题。根据第六段中的“I wanted to speak
French...She also wanted to be able to
deal
with chimney sweeps and butchers，communicate with
her in-laws，and ‘to touch Olivier in
his own
language’．”可知，Lauren Collins学习法语是为了给她的日常生活提供便利。
15．Which of the following items are mentioned
by the author of this book review?
①the theme
②the structure ③the publisher
④the popularity
⑤the writing style
A．①②④
C．①②⑤
答案
C
解析 细节理解题。第一段最后一句“When in French ranges from
the humorously personal
story to a deeper look
at various theories of language acquisition and
linguistics(语言学)．”介绍
了这本书的主题；最后一段中的“Arranged by
chapters named for verb tenses...”介绍了这本书
B．②③⑤
D．①③⑤
的结构；第一段中的“humorously personal
story”和倒数第二段中的“there’s far more to
Collins’s
book than fantastic comedy”表明这本书的写作风格是风趣幽默的。
题型突破(四) 推理判断之细节推断题
A
(2017·仪征中学期初考试)
A world-famous Canadian
author，Margaret Atwood，has created the world’s
first
long-distance signing device(装置)，the
LongPen.
After many tiring book-signing tours
from city to city，Atwood thought there must be a
better
way to do hired some technical experts
and started her own company in er
they
designed the ’s how it works：The author writes a
personal message and
signature on a computer
tablet(手写板) using a special the receiving end，in
another city，a
robotic arm fitted with a
regular pen signs the author and fan can talk
with each other via
webcams(网络摄像机) and
computer screens.
Work on the LongPen began in
Atwood’s first，they had no idea it would be as
hard as it turned out to device went through
several versions，including one that actually had
smoke coming out of investing finally
completed，test runs were made in Ottawa，and the
LongPen was officially launched at the 2006
London Book here，Atwood conducted two
transatlantic book signings of her latest book
for fans in Toronto and New York City.
The
LongPen produces a unique signature each time
because it copies the movement of the
author
in real has several other potential could
increase credit card security
and allow people
to sign contracts from another video exchange
between signer and
receiver can be recorded on
DVD for proof when legal documents are used.
“It’s really fun，” said the owner of a
bookstore，who was present for one of the test
runs.“Obviously you can’t shake hands with the
author，but there are chances for a connection
that you don’t get from a regular book
signing.”
The response to the invention has
not been all has received criticism from
authors who think she’s trying to end book
she said，“It will be possible to go to places
that you never got sent to before because the
publishers couldn’t afford it.”
语篇解读
本文介绍了一种特殊的、可以让作者在很远的城市为读者远程签字的签字笔the
LongPen，并介绍了这种发明的起因以及发明过程。
1．What do
we know about the invention of the LongPen?
A．It has been completed but not put into use.
B．The basement caught fire by accident.
C．Some versions failed before its test
run.
D．The designers were well-prepared for
the difficulty.
答案 C
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句“The
device went through several versions，including
one that actually had smoke coming out of
it.”可知，这个装置经历了很多次失败，最后才发明
成功。故选C。
2．What
could be inferred from Paragraphs 5 and 6?
A．Bookstore owners don’t support the LongPen.
B．Critics think the LongPen is of little use.
C．Atwood doesn’t mean to end book tours.
D．Publishers dislike the LongPen for its high
cost.
答案 C
解析 推理判断题。根据第六段最后一句“But she
said，‘It will be possible to go to places that
you never got sent to before because the
publishers couldn’t afford
it.’”可知，她发明这种签字
笔可以给以前从来没有去过的地方的读者签字，而不是想结束book
tours。故选C。
B
(2017·无锡期中调研)
One of my
favorite professors in college was a self-
confessed(公开承认的) liar.
I guess that statement
needs a bit of explanation.
The topic of
Corporate FinanceCapital Markets is a very dry and
boring subject K
was memorable because of
something he introduced at the beginning of his
first class，“Between
today and the class right
before finals，I will put a lie into each of my
job，as
students，among other things，is to try
and catch the Lie of the Day.”
And then began
our 10-week course.
This was a brilliant way
to focus our attention—by asking students to
challenge his
in the quarter，the Lie of the
Day was usually obvious—immediately causing
raised hands to challenge it.
As the
quarter went on，the Lie of the Day became more
subtle(不易察觉的)，and many ended
up slipping past
most students unnoticed until a very alert person
stopped the lecture to flag it.
Every once in
a while，a lecture would end with nobody catching
the those days，Dr K，
looking quite pleased
with himself，would say，“Ah ha！Each of you has one
falsehood in your
lecture s among yourselves
what it might be，and I will tell you next Monday.”
Those lectures forced us to work in
study groups so we could approach him with our
theories
the following week.
Brilliant...but what made Dr K’s technique
genius was，during the most technically difficult
lecture of the entire quarter，there was no
the end of the lecture in which no lie was
found，
he offered the same challenge to work
through the the following Monday，he heard our
theories for what the falsehood might be for
almost ten minutes before he finally said，“Do you
remember the first lecture—how I said that
every lecture has a lie？”
Tired from having
our best theories shot down，we nodded.
“Well，THAT was a previous lecture was
completely on the I am glad you
reviewed
your notes carefully this on...”
While my
knowledge of the Economics of Capital Markets has
faded in time，the lessons have
stayed with
me：“Experts” can be wrong and say things that
sound right，so always evaluate new
information and check it against things you
already accept as fact.
语篇解读 作者上大学时最喜欢的一位教授通过所
谓的“当日假话”来使学生在枯燥乏味的
学科上集中注意力，激发他们的学习兴趣。虽然作者当时所学的
知识已经所剩无几，但这位
教授留下的宝贵财富仍让作者受用无穷。
3．The
Lie of the Day is introduced to Dr K’s class
because .
A．he is good at telling a
lie
B．he wants his students to challenge his
authority
C．he wants to find out who is
absent-minded
D．he tries to arouse his
students’ interest in his boring lecture
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。根据第三段内容和第五段第一句可知，K博士将“当日假话”引入课堂
的原
因是为了让学生们在课堂上集中注意力，并且激发他们对枯燥乏味的课程的学习兴趣。
故选D。
4．What do we know about the most technically
difficult lecture of the entire quarter?
A．It
made all the students feel bored but excited.
B．It turned out that Dr K told no lie in the
lecture.
C．The lie in it slipped past with
nobody finding it.
D．Students reasoned with Dr
K about his theories after class.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。根据第九段第一句可知，结果证明，K博士在整个学季最难的那堂课
上
没有说假话。故选B。
5．From the last paragraph we
can learn that .
A．we should be critical
to the information provided for us
B．it is a
must that we avoid lies in our daily life
C．students can drop some courses because they
are boring
D．we can use creative techniques to
make courses lively and interesting
答案 A
解析 细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，“专家”说的未必正确，所以我们要养成
审视
新信息的习惯，并且批判地对待提供给我们的信息。故选A。
C
(2017·姜堰、如东、沭阳、前黄中学二模)
A chance meeting
between two men who realized they had both been
abused in the same
Surrey children’s care home
has led to a campaign that has seen hundreds of
former residents
claiming they were also
victims of physical，emotional and sexual abuse.
Music producer Raymond Stevenson，physically
abused during his time at the Shirley Oaks
home in the 70s，met a childhood friend last
year who revealed he’d been abused in the
a
few months，the Shirley Oaks Survivors
Association(SOSA) was hundreds
strong.
The
south London production office，from where
Stevenson promoted music stars like Jessie
J，now looks more like a police incident room.A
map on the wall includes details of statements
from hundreds of former residents，suggesting
physical and emotional abuse was routine at many
of
the houses on the 72-acre Shirley Oaks
site.
“We have been in contact with over 300
people and the stories we are getting are just
terrible，” Stevenson says.“Every time we
interview someone and hear about what happened to
them，it brings tears to our ng some of the
horrors they went through hasn’t been
easy.”
There have been two major police
investigations into abuse at children’s homes in
South
London and three people including a
swimming instructor，William Hook，have been
condemned
for offences relating to Shirley
Oaks.
Another operation is currently on-
going，but SOSA have lost faith in the authorities
who they
claim have covered up the whole
picture of abuse in Shirley Oaks.“We don’t trust
them and
that’s why we have decided to do this
campaign ourselves，” Stevenson explains.
The Shirley Oaks campaigners are part
of a wider phenomenon—“survivor” activism that is
changing the balance of power in relation to
child once victims were ignored or
silenced，now they are coming together，often
through the social media，forming support groups
and building an increase of noise that the
authorities are forced to acknowledge.
A
couple of weeks ago，dozens of former Shirley Oaks
residents crowded into a Lambeth
council
meeting—the authority which ran the home until its
closure in the llor
after councillor spoke of
their shame at what had been allowed to happen to
children in their care.
Among the crowd was
the award-winning author Alex Wheatle who has
written about the
abuse he suffered as a child
at Shirley Oaks.“We have not come here，to go to
war with the
council；we have come here to gain
your support，” Wheatle told the meeting.
The
Shirley Oaks association is doing more than
compiling is using music to press
its case.A
song entitled “Don’t Touch It—It’s Mine” includes
personal testimony(证词) from
victims.“I was
abused mentally，physically，emotionally and
violently，” the track begins.“Of
the original
16 of us,12 have killed themselves...”
“We’re
not going to be told lies anymore，” Stevenson
explains.“We are not going to
leave it in the
hands of lawyers，politicians or council officials
to tell us what happened to
want to discover
it ourselves and we know music and dance and
poetry are ways that can tell a
greater
story.”
语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了由受害人成立的“SOSA协会”揭露了在
过去的
几十年里，英国福利院Shirley
Oaks中曾有上百名儿童遭到虐待这一骇人听闻的事件。
6．Why was SOSA
set up?
A．To show sympathy for the abused
children in society.
B．To reveal the abuse at
a children’s care home.
C．To find the living
victims from a care home.
D．To aid those
people abused at a young age.
答案 B
解析 推理判断
题。通读全文可知，上百名曾经在福利院里待过的人都声称他们是受害者，
并成立了Shirley O
aks幸存者协会(SOSA)。该协会成员通过采访受害者，以创作音乐的形式
来揭示真相。由此推断
，SOSA的成立是为了揭露福利院虐待儿童的事。故选B项。
7．The crime
against children was not known to the public in
time，because .
A．the police refused to
look into it
B．the case was ignored for
absence of evidence
C．the situation of
abuse was not serious
D．the victims were
forced to keep it secret
答案 D
解析
细节理解题。根据第七段第二句中的“Where once victims were ignored
or silenced”可
知，这一罪行未被公布于众的原因是受害者被忽视或受到压制。故选D项。
8．From the passage，we can tell .
A．the former local authorities must have
neglected their duty
B．twelve of the sixteen
children were killed in Shirley Oaks
C．all the
people committing offences in Shirley Oaks have
been arrested
D．the former victims depend much
on the police for investigation
答案 A
解析
推理判断题。根据倒数第四段第二句“Councillor after councillor spoke
of their shame at
what had been allowed to
happen to children in their
care.”可以推断，当年的管理机构并没有很
好地履行他们的职责。故选A项。
9．Campaigners of SOSA have taken the action of
.
A．collecting evidence for the police
B．creating music for the campaign
C．going
to war with the government
D．turning to
lawyers for assistance
答案 B
解析
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二、三句“It is using music to press its
case.A song
entitled ‘Don’t Touch It—It’s
Mine’ includes personal testimony(证词) from
victims.”和最
后一段最后一句“We want to discover it
ourselves and we know music and dance and poetry
are
ways that can tell a greater
story.”可知，SOSA的成员采取创作音乐的形式来揭示真相、表达
自己。故选B项。
D
(2017·苏锡常镇四市一模)
Are you a different
person when you speak a foreign language？That’s
just one of the
questions the New Yorker’s
writer and native North Carolinian Lauren Collins
explores in her
autobiography，about her tough
efforts to master French after marrying a
Frenchman whose
name—Olivier—she
couldn’t even pronounce in French ranges from the
humorously personal story to a deeper look at
various theories of language acquisition and
linguistics(语言学)．
The couple met in London
“on more or less neutral ground：his continent，my
language”．But the balance shifted when they
moved to Geneva for Olivier’s normally
voluble Collins found herself at a
loss—“nearly speechless”．The language barrier，and
her
dependence on her husband for simple
things like buying the right cut of meat worsened
her mixed
feelings about “unlovely，but not
ridiculous” comments，“Language，as much as
land，is a be cut off from it is to be，in a
sense，homeless.”
Her sense of alienation(疏离感)
leads to an examination of America’s miserable
record
when it comes to foreign
languages.“Linguists call America ‘the graveyard
of languages’
because of its singular ability
to take in millions of immigrants and make their
native languages die
out in a few
generations，” Collins ed in Wilmington，N.C.，and at
Princeton，she
could—like the vast majority of
Americans—only speak their mother tongue.
Eight months after she moved to
Switzerland，Collins gives up on the natural
acquisition of
language and finally attends a
French she struggles with grammar and
vocabulary，
Collins notes smartly that vert
(green)，verre (glass)，ver (worm)，vers (toward)，and
vair (squirrel)
compose a quintuple
homonym(同形异义)．“Although it’s difficult，French can
be tried，” she
says.
French is actually
considered among the easiest languages for an
English speaker to learn，
especially compared
to Arabic or Mandarin s，whose notably rich English
vocabulary includes glossolalia (nonsense
speech) and shibboleth(catchword or slogan)，finds
plenty of terrific French words to
writes，“English is a trust fund，an unearned
inheritance(遗产)，but I’ve worked for every bit
of French I’ve banked.”
Unlike Jhumpa
Lahiri，who became so hooked on Italian and used it
to write In Other Words，
Collins’s goals for
learning French were more modest，“I wanted to
speak French and to sound
like North
Carolina.” She also wanted to be able to deal with
chimney sweeps and butchers，
communicate with
her in-laws，and “to touch Olivier in his own
language”．She admits that she
feels different
speaking French，“Its austerity(朴素) made me feel
more confused.”
Readers looking for the
romantic spark of classic cross-cultural love
stories featuring an
outgoing American and a
shy Frenchman will find flashes of it the many
cultural
differences the couple argue over are
her enthusiastic American habit of applying the
verb “love”
to express enthusiasm for
shoes，strawberries，and husbands there’s far more
to
Collins’s book than fantastic comedy，and
those who have weathered linguistic crossings
themselves tend to find particular
resonance(共鸣) in its inquiry into
language，identity，and
transcultural
translation.
Arranged by chapters named for
verb tenses，When in French works its way from The
Past
Perfect(Le plus-que-parfait) to The
Present(Le Présent) and The Conditional(Le
Conditionnel)．Collins ends on a delightful
note with Le Futur—fitting for a new mother about
to
move with her hard-won French
husband，French language，and Swiss-born daughter to
the
French-speaking city of her dreams，Paris.
语篇解读 本文是说明文，主要介绍了Lauren Collins的自传When in
French的相关内容。
10．Which of the following
statements is TRUE about When in French?
A．It
describes how most American people learn French.
B．It introduces a variety of theories about
French learning.
C．The author tells her
experiences in a serious way.
D．The book
offers a traditional way of learning a foreign
language.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话中的“...a
deeper look at various theories of
language
acquisition and linguistics(语言学)．”可知，When in
French探讨了语言习得的不同
理论和语言学。
11．Which of the
following has the closest meaning to the
underlined word “voluble” in
Paragraph 2?
A．Graceful.
C．Talkative.
答案 C
解析 词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句中的“normally”和“nearly
speechless”可知，通常
情况下，Lauren Collins是很健谈的，但是在新的环
境中她因为语言不通而感到不知所措，几
乎说不出话。由此可知，voluble表示的应是与spee
chless相反的意思。
12．Why do linguists call America
“the graveyard of languages”？
A．Because other
languages are prohibited in America.
B．Because
only English-speaking people can immigrate into
America.
C．Because immigrants’ native
languages contradict English in America.
D．Because American culture swallows up
immigrants’ native languages gradually.
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“its singular ability to take
in millions of immigrants and
B．Dependent.
D．Energetic.
make their native
languages die out in a few generations”可知，语言学家之所以将
美国称作
“语言的墓地”是因为美国文化会逐渐地吞噬移民的母语。
13．What can
be inferred from Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5?
A．Collins’s English vocabulary knowledge
contributes little to her French learning.
B．Collins has found out some effective ways of
mastering French words.
C．Arabic or Mandarin
Chinese are easier to learn than French for
English speakers.
D．It’s terrifying for
Collins to have French words in store for
practical use.
答案 B
解析
推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Collins notes smartly
that...‘Although it’s difficult，
French can be
tried，’ she says”和第五段中的“finds plenty of terrific
French words to love”，
“but I’ve worked for
every bit of French I’ve banked”可知，Lauren
Collins在学习法语方面
找到了窍门，并且逐渐取得进步。
14．The
example of Jhumpa Lahiri in the passage is given
to show that .
A．Collins aims at using
French for her daily life
B．Collins wants to
apply French to serve her writing
C．it’s
inappropriate for Jhumpa Lahiri to write in
another language
D．foreign language always
makes learners feel complicated about life
答案
A
解析 推理判断题。根据第六段中的“I wanted to speak
French...She also wanted to be able to
deal
with chimney sweeps and butchers，communicate with
her in-laws，and ‘to touch Olivier in
his own
language’．”可知，Lauren Collins学习法语是为了给她的日常生活提供便利。
15．Which of the following items are mentioned
by the author of this book review?
①the theme
②the structure ③the publisher
④the popularity
⑤the writing style
A．①②④
C．①②⑤
答案
C
解析 细节理解题。第一段最后一句“When in French ranges from
the humorously personal
story to a deeper look
at various theories of language acquisition and
linguistics(语言学)．”介绍
了这本书的主题；最后一段中的“Arranged by
chapters named for verb tenses...”介绍了这本书
B．②③⑤
D．①③⑤
的结构；第一段中的“humorously personal
story”和倒数第二段中的“there’s far more to
Collins’s
book than fantastic comedy”表明这本书的写作风格是风趣幽默的。