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Then came the night of the first falling star. Denning, our greatest astronomer, said that the height of its first appearance was about ninety or one hundred miles.
I was at home at the time and writing in my study. The curtain was up. If I had looked up, I would have seen the strangest thing that ever came to the earth from outer space. Many people saw it, and simply thought that another meteorite had fallen. Nobody went to look for the fallen star that night.
Poor Ogilvy had seen it fall. So he got up very early with the idea of finding it. He did find it, soon after dawn. A huge hole had been made and the sand and gravel had been thrown violently in every direction, forming piles that could be seen a mile and a half away.
The Thing itself lay almost completely buried in sand. The uncovered part looked like a huge cylinder. It was covered with a thick burnt skin, which softened its edges. He went near it, surprised at the size and even more surprised at the shape, since most meteorites are very round. It was, however, still very hot from its flight through the air and he could not get close to it. He could hear movement from the inside but thought this was because of its cooling down. He did not imagine that it might be hollow.
He remained standing on one side of the pit that the Thing had made for itself, looking at its strange appearance. He was alone on the common.
Then suddenly, he noticed that some of the burnt skin was falling off the round edge of the
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end. A large piece suddenly came off with a sharp noise that brought his heart into his mouth. For a minute he hardly realized what this meant, and although the heat was excessive, he climbed down into the pit to see the Thing more clearly. He realized that, very slowly, the round top of the cylinder was turning.
Even then he hardly understood what was happening, until he heard another sound and saw the black mark jump forwards a little. Then he suddenly understood. In fact, the cylinder was artificial! Something inside the cylinder was opening the top!
“Good heavens!” said Ogilvy. “There’s a man in it—man in it! Half burnt to death! Trying to find a way out!” At once, thinking quickly, he connected the Thing with ▲.
——文章节选自《星际战争》(The War of the Worlds)
()1. What happened when the narrator was writing in his study?
A. A fire was burning.
B. Something was falling.
C. An earthquake was going on.
D. A spaceship was flying into the sky.
()2. Which paragraph specially describes the cylinder?
A. Paragraph 4.
B. Paragraph 5.
C. Paragraph 6.
D. Paragraph 7.
()3. 新考法·信息排序 Which is the CORRECT order to describe the cylinder?
a. Some of the skin fell off.
b. The black mark jumped forwards.
c. A piece of skin created loud noise.
d. The round top of the cylinder turned.
e. Something was opening the top of the cylinder.
A. a-c-d-b-e
B. d-c-a-e-b
C. a-d-c-e-b
D. e-c-d-b-a
()4. Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”?
A. the dangerous earthquake
B. the heavy snow that morning
C. the scary rainstorm last night
D. the flash on Mars

B
一颗“流星”坠落，在地面砸出一个大坑。奥格威找到了这个仍在发热的物体，这让奥格威联想到不久前火星上的闪光。
1. B 细节理解题。由第二段中“I was at home at the time and writing in my study ... I would have seen the strangest thing that ever came to the earth from outer space ... simply thought that another meteorite had fallen.”可知答案。
2. A 段落大意题。由第四段中“The uncovered part looked like a huge cylinder ... It was, however, still very hot from its flight through the air and he could not get close to it.”可知，第四段对这个圆筒状物作了具体描述。
3. A 信息排序题。由第六段中“... some of the burnt skin was falling off ... A large piece suddenly came off with a sharp noise ... the round top of the cylinder was turning.”和第七段中“... the black mark jump forwards a little ... Something inside the cylinder was opening the top!”可知，正确顺序为a-c-d-b-e。
4. D 推理判断题。通读全文且结合选项可知，文章并未提及关于地震、大雪或暴雨的内容，因此A、B、C项皆与文意不符。D项与第一段中的the first falling star及第二段中的the strangest thing that ever came to the earth from outer space有关联。

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含4道不同题型的选择题，解题思路如下：1. 第1题是细节理解题，需定位作者在书房写作时的事件，回到原文第二段查找对应内容匹配选项；2. 第2题是段落大意题，需梳理各段落内容，找到专门描述圆筒的段落匹配选项；3. 第3题是信息排序题，需在原文中按顺序找到与圆筒相关的事件，梳理先后逻辑匹配选项；4. 第4题是推理判断题，需结合上下文语境，排除不符合文意的选项，找到与前文外星物体相关的合理内容。
【解析】
1. 第1题：细节理解题。根据原文第二段“I was at home at the time and writing in my study... simply thought that another meteorite had fallen.”可知，作者写作时发生了类似陨石坠落的事件，对应选项B，故选B。
2. 第2题：段落大意题。原文第四段详细描述了该物体的外观（像巨大圆筒）、温度、形状等特征，专门对圆筒进行了描述，对应选项A，故选A。
3. 第3题：信息排序题。根据原文第六段“some of the burnt skin was falling off（a）→ A large piece suddenly came off with a sharp noise（c）→ the round top of the cylinder was turning（d）”，以及第七段“the black mark jump forwards a little（b）→ Something inside the cylinder was opening the top（e）”，正确顺序为a-c-d-b-e，对应选项A，故选A。
4. 第4题：推理判断题。通读全文，A选项地震、B选项大雪、C选项暴雨均未在文中提及；结合第一段“the first falling star”和第二段“the strangest thing that ever came to the earth from outer space”，该物体与外星相关，D选项火星的闪光符合语境，故选D。
【答案】
B、A、A、D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、推理判断题
【点评】
本题节选自名著《星际战争》，考查学生的细节查找、段落理解、信息梳理及推理判断能力，需结合原文逐一分析选项，属于常规英语阅读题型。
【难度系数】
0.6