十二、阅读理解。(11分)
(A)A Surprise from Australia
The school ends and Erica quickly puts her books in the bag and runs out of the class.
Today is a special day. Erica is very excited. She runs home and thinks about her uncle. She spoke with him on the phone a week ago. He returns from Australia, and he brings a special surprise with him!
Erica is very happy. She thinks about the surprise that he brings.
"Maybe he brings a surfboard? That is fun! I can learn how to surf!"
"Maybe he brings Australian nuts? Oh, I can eat nuts all day!"
"Or maybe he brings a kangaroo? That is not good. I don't have a place in my room for a kangaroo..."
Erica finally arrives home. Her parents are there, and her uncle is there! She is very happy to see him. They hug and she jumps up and down.
"Uncle, Uncle," she calls, "what special surprise do you have for me from Australia?"
"Well," her uncle smiles and answers, "I have an Australian aunt for you!"
阅读短文,选择正确的答案。(5分)
()1. Today is a special day for Erica because .
A. the school ends early B. she is excited
C. her uncle brings a surprise D. her parents are waiting for her at home
()2. Erica talked with her uncle on the phone ago.
A. twelve days B. sixty days
C. five days D. seven days
()3. Erica's uncle returns from .
A. America B. Australia
C. England D. Canada
()4. Erica is very to see her uncle.
A. happy B. sad C. unhappy D. worried
()5. Erica's uncle brings to Erica.
A. a surfboard B. a kangaroo C. an aunt D. some nuts

1~5 C D B A C
1. 由第二段可知,Erica 由于叔叔会带一个"惊
喜"回来而觉得是特殊的一天。故选 C。
2. 由第二段第四句可知,Erica 是在一周前和叔
叔通电话的。故选 D。
3. 由第二段第五句可知,Erica 的叔叔是从澳大
利亚回来的。故选 B。
4. 由倒数第三段第三句可知,Erica 很开心见到
叔叔。故选 A。
5. 由文章最后一句可知,叔叔给 Erica 带回来
一个澳大利亚的阿姨。故选 C。

【分析】
这是一篇短篇故事类细节理解题，解题时优先圈出每道题干的核心定位词，带着问题回到原文逐段匹配对应语句，不需要额外推理，直接将原文信息和选项比对，排除无中生有的错误选项，就能快速得到正确答案。我们可以先逐个标记每道题的关键信息：第1题找“特殊一天的原因”，第2题找“和叔叔通电话的时长”，第3题找“叔叔返程的地点”，第4题找“Erica见到叔叔的情绪”，第5题找“叔叔最终带的礼物”，回到原文对应段落定位即可快速解题。
【解析】
1. 定位原文第二段内容：今天对Erica来说是特殊的一天，是因为从澳大利亚回来的叔叔要给她带一份特别的惊喜。选项A“学校早早放学”原文未提及，选项B“她很兴奋”是特殊一天带来的情绪表现而非原因，选项D“父母在家等她”原文没有相关表述，只有C符合原文内容。
2. 定位原文第二段第四句“She spoke with him on the phone a week ago.”，一周也就是7天，对应选项D，其余选项的12天、60天、5天均不符合原文描述。
3. 定位原文第二段第五句“He returns from Australia”，直接可知叔叔是从澳大利亚回来的，选B，其余美国、英国、加拿大均未在文中出现。
4. 定位原文倒数第三段第三句“She is very happy to see him.”，可知Erica见到叔叔非常开心，选A，伤心、不开心、担忧的情绪均和原文不符。
5. 定位文章最后一句叔叔的回答“I have an Australian aunt for you!”，可知叔叔带给Erica的惊喜是一位澳大利亚阿姨，冲浪板、坚果、袋鼠都只是Erica自己猜测的礼物，并不是真实的惊喜，因此选C。
【答案】
1~5 C D B A C
【知识点】
阅读理解细节定位，短文信息匹配
【点评】
本题属于低难度的趣味故事类阅读，所有题目答案都可以在原文中直接找到对应内容，没有设置需要深度推理的考点，主要考察学生快速从文本中提取关键信息的能力，只要做题时耐心回文定位，避免凭自己的主观猜测选答案，就很容易拿到满分。
【难度系数】
0.9