Ⅴ. 阅读理解
新语篇 简版小说 (2024·南通二模) The paper was full of unusual things except the important news story on the front page. There were many articles on scientific subjects, and the pictures of fashions were especially interesting. The world was obviously warmer because the clothing was simple, and it only covered small parts of the body. The main item of clothing was a lightweight cloak (斗篷). Everyone seemed to be wearing some kind of large metal thing on one of their arms.
There were photographs of people in African and Indian cities, and they all looked well and wealthy. There were no photographs of hungry children or wars. This was very unlike the newspapers of our own time. The only sad story was about the death of a gorilla. It was the last gorilla on Earth.
One page was full of statistics. The most interesting, Brownlow thought, was about the birthrate. It was seven per thousand, he told me. This was amazing. It was a small part of our own birthrate, which was already not very high. The article did not give numbers for different countries. There was only one birthrate, and that was for the whole world.
I asked Brownlow about crime. There was still crime, he told me, but the articles were more about the causes of crime than catching criminals.
He told me many more things that he read in the newspaper. "I read until I fell asleep," he said. "I did not wake until my cleaning lady came and woke me up the next morning."
"I looked for the newspaper," he said, "but I could not see it. There was only a piece of wrapper (包装纸) on the floor. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen. My cleaning lady was there. I asked her where the newspaper was."
"I threw it with the other rubbish down the chute (管道) as I usually do," she said. "I expect it is in the hot water furnace by now. The caretaker usually burns all the rubbish as soon as it comes down."
Brownlow ran down to the basement, where the furnace was, but he was too late. There was no sign of the newspaper.
"So you have no proof (证据) that the newspaper existed," I said.
"No. Only this. I found it on the floor in my sitting room." He handed me the wrapper. The paper was green, and the address was Evan O'Hara, Mr, Sussex Court, 49.
And that is all I know about Brownlow's strange newspaper. I have no explanation for it. I only know that if his story is true, on 10 November, 2051, Evan O'Hara, Mr will get a newspaper addressed to Brownlow, dated 10 November, 2001.
—Adapted from The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper
1. The underlined word "it" refers to ____.
A. the wrapper
B. the rubbish
C. the newspaper
D. the photograph
2. Which of the following I get could probably prove Brownlow's story?
A. Brownlow's serious voice.
B. The piece of green wrapper.
C. Brownlow's caretaker's action.
D. His cleaning lady's explanation.
3. Which is the CORRECT order of the following events?
a. Brownlow handed me the wrapper.
b. Brownlow ran down to the basement.
c. Brownlow jumped up and ran into the kitchen.
d. Brownlow read the newspaper until he fell asleep.
e. Brownlow found a piece of wrapper on the floor.
A. b—a—c—d—e
B. b—c—a—d—e
C. d—e—b—c—a
D. d—e—c—b—a
4. From the passage, we can infer ____.
A. Brownlow's caretaker threw the newspaper down the chute
B. catching criminals is more important than finding causes of crime
C. Brownlow received the strange newspaper on 10 November, 2001
D. the caretaker didn't burn the newspaper until Brownlow asked him to
新语篇 简版小说 (2024·南通二模) The paper was full of unusual things except the important news story on the front page. There were many articles on scientific subjects, and the pictures of fashions were especially interesting. The world was obviously warmer because the clothing was simple, and it only covered small parts of the body. The main item of clothing was a lightweight cloak (斗篷). Everyone seemed to be wearing some kind of large metal thing on one of their arms.
There were photographs of people in African and Indian cities, and they all looked well and wealthy. There were no photographs of hungry children or wars. This was very unlike the newspapers of our own time. The only sad story was about the death of a gorilla. It was the last gorilla on Earth.
One page was full of statistics. The most interesting, Brownlow thought, was about the birthrate. It was seven per thousand, he told me. This was amazing. It was a small part of our own birthrate, which was already not very high. The article did not give numbers for different countries. There was only one birthrate, and that was for the whole world.
I asked Brownlow about crime. There was still crime, he told me, but the articles were more about the causes of crime than catching criminals.
He told me many more things that he read in the newspaper. "I read until I fell asleep," he said. "I did not wake until my cleaning lady came and woke me up the next morning."
"I looked for the newspaper," he said, "but I could not see it. There was only a piece of wrapper (包装纸) on the floor. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen. My cleaning lady was there. I asked her where the newspaper was."
"I threw it with the other rubbish down the chute (管道) as I usually do," she said. "I expect it is in the hot water furnace by now. The caretaker usually burns all the rubbish as soon as it comes down."
Brownlow ran down to the basement, where the furnace was, but he was too late. There was no sign of the newspaper.
"So you have no proof (证据) that the newspaper existed," I said.
"No. Only this. I found it on the floor in my sitting room." He handed me the wrapper. The paper was green, and the address was Evan O'Hara, Mr, Sussex Court, 49.
And that is all I know about Brownlow's strange newspaper. I have no explanation for it. I only know that if his story is true, on 10 November, 2051, Evan O'Hara, Mr will get a newspaper addressed to Brownlow, dated 10 November, 2001.
—Adapted from The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper
1. The underlined word "it" refers to ____.
A. the wrapper
B. the rubbish
C. the newspaper
D. the photograph
2. Which of the following I get could probably prove Brownlow's story?
A. Brownlow's serious voice.
B. The piece of green wrapper.
C. Brownlow's caretaker's action.
D. His cleaning lady's explanation.
3. Which is the CORRECT order of the following events?
a. Brownlow handed me the wrapper.
b. Brownlow ran down to the basement.
c. Brownlow jumped up and ran into the kitchen.
d. Brownlow read the newspaper until he fell asleep.
e. Brownlow found a piece of wrapper on the floor.
A. b—a—c—d—e
B. b—c—a—d—e
C. d—e—b—c—a
D. d—e—c—b—a
4. From the passage, we can infer ____.
A. Brownlow's caretaker threw the newspaper down the chute
B. catching criminals is more important than finding causes of crime
C. Brownlow received the strange newspaper on 10 November, 2001
D. the caretaker didn't burn the newspaper until Brownlow asked him to
答案
1~4 CBDC
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，讲了布朗洛发现一份来自未来的报纸，但布朗洛的讲述无法证实，报纸已被销毁。
1. C 代词指代题。根据“I asked her where the newspaper was.”可知，“it”指的是报纸，故选 C。
2. B 细节理解题。根据“He handed me the wrapper. The paper was green, and the address was Evan O'Hara, Mr, Sussex Court, 49 ... Mr will get a newspaper addressed to Brownlow, dated 10 November, 2001.”可知，绿色的包装纸可以证明，故选 B。
3. D 事件排序题。根据“I read until I fell asleep”“There was only a piece of wrapper on the floor. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen.”“Brownlow ran down to the basement”及“He handed me the wrapper.”可知，事件的正确顺序为 d-e-c-b-a，故选 D。
4. C 推理判断题。根据“I only know that if his story is true, on 10 November, 2051, Evan O'Hara, Mr will get a newspaper addressed to Brownlow, dated 10 November, 2001.”可推断，布朗洛于 2001 年 11 月 10 日收到这份奇怪的报纸。故选 C。
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，讲了布朗洛发现一份来自未来的报纸，但布朗洛的讲述无法证实，报纸已被销毁。
1. C 代词指代题。根据“I asked her where the newspaper was.”可知，“it”指的是报纸，故选 C。
2. B 细节理解题。根据“He handed me the wrapper. The paper was green, and the address was Evan O'Hara, Mr, Sussex Court, 49 ... Mr will get a newspaper addressed to Brownlow, dated 10 November, 2001.”可知，绿色的包装纸可以证明，故选 B。
3. D 事件排序题。根据“I read until I fell asleep”“There was only a piece of wrapper on the floor. I jumped up and ran into the kitchen.”“Brownlow ran down to the basement”及“He handed me the wrapper.”可知，事件的正确顺序为 d-e-c-b-a，故选 D。
4. C 推理判断题。根据“I only know that if his story is true, on 10 November, 2051, Evan O'Hara, Mr will get a newspaper addressed to Brownlow, dated 10 November, 2001.”可推断，布朗洛于 2001 年 11 月 10 日收到这份奇怪的报纸。故选 C。
