四、阅读短文，选择正确的答案。
Hi, I'm Allen. Welcome to my hometown. I live in the countryside. Five years ago, it was
old and small. There were some small buildings. I often went swimming with my friends during
the summer holiday. Now, there are many tall buildings. I like to go camping and play football
in the park during the summer holiday now.
()1. Allen lives in the .
A. school
B. city
C. countryside
()2. Allen's hometown was five years ago.
A. new
B. old
C. big
()3. Allen likes to in the park now.
A. play football
B. go swimming
C. play basketball

1. C 2. B 3. A

【分析】
这是一篇基础英语阅读细节题，解题思路很清晰：首先先通读3道题的题干，划出每道题的核心定位关键词，之后带着关键词回到短文中逐句查找对应的原文内容，将原文信息和选项逐一比对，就能直接选出正确答案，不需要复杂的额外推理。第一题找Allen的居住地点，直接定位描述居住地的原文句子；第二题找五年前家乡的特征，定位带five years ago的句子；第三题找现在在公园的活动，定位描述当下暑假活动的句子即可。
【解析】
1. 定位原文句子"I live in the countryside."，可知Allen住在乡村，匹配选项C。
2. 定位原文句子"Five years ago, it was old and small."，可知五年前Allen的家乡又旧又小，匹配选项B。
3. 定位原文句子"I like to go camping and play football in the park during the summer holiday now."，可知现在Allen喜欢在公园里踢足球，匹配选项A。
【答案】
1. C 2. B 3. A
【知识点】
1. 阅读细节定位
2. 短文信息提取
【点评】
本题属于小学英语基础阅读题型，所有正确答案都可以在原文中直接找到对应依据，没有设置强干扰迷惑选项，主要考察学生快速从短文中抓取关键信息的能力，难度很低，适合刚接触短篇阅读的学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.9