Perhaps you think you could easily add to your happiness with more money. Strange as it may seem, if you're unsatisfied, the issue is not a lack of means to meet your desires but a lack of desires—not that you cannot satisfy your tastes but that you don't have enough tastes.
Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities (能力)  to enjoy life.  Most people are already swamped(淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. They live in too big a house with too many rooms, yet their house of life is a hut.
Your house of life ought to be a mansion (豪宅) , a royal palace.  Every new taste, every additional interest, every fresh enthusiasm adds a room.  Here are several rooms your house of life should have.
Art should be a desire for you to develop simply because the world is full of beautiful things. If you only understood how to enjoy them and feed your spirit on them, they would make you as happy as to find plenty of ham and eggs when you're hungry.
Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library.
Music like Mozart's and Bach's shouldn't be absent. Real riches are of the spirit. And when you've brought that spirit up to where classical music feeds it and makes you a little drunk, you have increased your thrills and bettered them. And life is a matter of thrills.
Sports, without which you remain poor, mean a lot in life. No matter who you are, you would be more human, and your house of life would be better supported against the had days, if you could, and did, play a bit.
Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.
小题1:The author intends to tell us that____________.
A．true happiness lies in achieving wealth by fair means
B．big houses are people's most valued possessions
C．big houses can in a sense bring richness of life
D．true happiness comes from spiritual riches
小题2:The underlined sentence in the second paragraph probably implies that__________.
A．however materially rich, they never seem to be satisfied
B．however materially rich, they remain spiritually poor
C．though their house is big, they prefer a simple life
D．though their house is big, it seems to be a cage
小题3:It can be learned from the passage that __________.
A．more money brings more happiness
B．art is needed to make your house beautiful
C．literature can enrich your spiritual life
D．sports contribute mainly to your physical fitness
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．House of Life B．Secret of Wealth
C．Rest and Refreshment D．Interest and Enthusiasm

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A

试题分析：这是一篇议论文。这篇文章论证了精神富有与真正快乐之间的关系。有些人物质上富足，精神上却很贫穷。文学可以丰富人们的精神生活，真正的快乐来自于精神的富有。
小题1:D. 推断题：根据全文最后一句话Whatever rooms you might add to your house of life, the secret of enjoying life is to keep adding.可知，真正的快乐来自于精神的富有。故选D。
小题2:B. 推断题：根据第二自然段的前两句话Real riches consist of well-developed and hearty capacities (能力)  to enjoy life.  Most people are already swamped(淹没) with things. They eat, wear, go and talk too much. 可知，划线句子的意思是他们物质上富足，精神上却很贫穷，故选B。
小题3:C. 细节题：根据第五自然段Literature, classic literature, is a beautiful, richly furnished room where you might find many an hour of rest and refreshment. To gain that love would go toward making you a rich person, for a rich person is not someone who has a library but who likes a library. 可知文学可以丰富你的精神生活，故选C。
小题4:A. 主旨题：文章多次提到了房子，且这篇文章论证了精神富有与真正快乐之间的关系，所以这篇文章最好的题目是生活的房子，故选A。

阅读理解

• 文章体裁丰富，一定要有记叙文、说明文和应用文。题材多样，会涉及到奇文轶事、家庭趣事、社会现象、自然现象、科学发现、健康与疾病、游记广告等等。

• 阅读理解的总阅读量仍然在２０００字左右，文字难度保持稳定，但要求同学具有分析长难句子的能力。

• 文章都是没有改编的原汁原味的原文，体现了现代英语的特点，加大了内容的复杂程度，反映了现代科学及现实生活中的新发展新变化。要求考生具备一定的科学文化知识和英美国家的风俗习惯以及文化背景常识。

考纲导航

针对阅读能力，要求考生能：

• 1） 理解语篇主旨大意

• 2） 理解文章具体信息

• 3） 根据上下文推断生词的词义

• 4） 作出简单判断和推理

• 5） 理解文章的基本结构

• 6） 理解作者的观点、意图和态度

• 7） 根据文中提供的信息用恰当的词语完成 与短文相关的图表

题型动态分析

• 1 主旨大意题

• 2 细节理解题

• 3 词义／语义判断题

• 4 推断题

• 5 观点态度题

1 主旨大意题

• 文章主旨给出的四种形式:文首,文中,文尾,没有明确主旨,需总结.

• 虽然作者表达主题思想的方式不同，但命题常用的提问方式有以下几种：

• What’s the main idea/subject/topic of the passage?

• The main idea of the passage is…

• The passage is mainly about_____.

• Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?

• The best title for the passage is/ might be____.

• The author’s main purpose of writing this passage is____.

做题要领

• 文章主旨通常会出现在文首,文中或文尾，因此寻找主题句或主题段往往是做好此类题的关键。

• 但当文中没有直接出现主题句，应对文章意思全面理解后归纳概括主旨，但不能太笼统即不切主题,言过其实或以偏概全。

1.If you were planning to buy a television set, the following advertisement would certainly attract your attention: "Color TV, only $79. Two-day sale. Hurry." However, when you go to the store ready to buy, you may discover that the advertised sets are sold out. But the salesman is quick to reassure you that he has another model, a more reliable set which is "just right for you." It costs $359. This sales tactic is called "bait and switch." Buyers are baited with a sales offer, and then they are switched to another more costly item. Buying items on sale requires careful consideration of the merchandise（商品）and the reasons for the sale.

1. Which sentence best expresses the main idea?
A) The customer must be on his guard when purchasing items on sale.
B) Color television sets which sell for $79 are sold out quickly.
C) Many stores use the "bait and switch" technique to attract customers.
D) Anyone planning to buy a television set should look for a sale.

2. After completing his college studies, Larry Bird began playing professional basketball for the boston celtics. He remained with the Celtics for all his professional career. During those 13 years, Larry Bird was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year three times. He scored more than 21,000 points, and he played in 13 of the highest scoring games in his team’s history. Once he scored 60 points in just one game.

56. The main idea of the second paragraph is that Larry Bird_____.

A. was the named the Most Valuable Player of the Year

B. was strong and tall

C. was good at shooting baskets

D. was the oldest player of the team

2 细节理解题

这类题目是针对文章的具体事实和细节而出,因此通常能在文章中直接或间接地找到答案.此类要求查找重要事实和细节的试题通常以下列形式提出：

• Which of the following statements is (not) true according to the passage?

• Which of the following is (not) discussed/Mentioned in the passage?

• According to the passage , what/where/

Which/who/why/when/how…?

• All of the following are (not) true/mentioned/discussed except_________.

• How does the author/writer feel about___?

1.(07年高考北京卷）Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar(美洲狮) saw Jeb and his son, Tom, before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar. It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.

63. Why did Jeb pull his jacket open when he saw the cougar?

A. To get ready to fight. B. To frighten it away.

C. To protect the boy. D. To cool down.

2.(07高考天津卷) The city of Rome has passed a new law to prevent cruelty to animals. All goldfish bowls are no longer allowed and dog owners must walk their dogs.

This comes after a national law was passed to give prison sentences to people who desert cats or dogs.

“The civilization of a city can be measured by this.” said Monica carina, the councilor(议员）behind the new law.

37. People in Rome believe that the civilization of a city can be judged by its____.

A. exchanges with other cities

B. protection for ancient ruins

C. awareness of animal protection

D. recognition of animal lover

3 词义／语义判断题

这类考题常见的提问方式有以下几种：

• According to the author, the underlined word”…” means____.

• From the passage, we can infer that the word”…”is___.

• “…” can be best replaced by___.

• What does the author probably mean by”…”?

• By”…”, the author means that___

做题要领

做此类题时，应在文中找线索或信息词。

• 根据上下文判断新词汇在特定句中确切意思

• 根据周围熟悉的词及语义判断新单词之意，有时还需依靠构词法。

1. (07年高考全国卷）Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska. the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.

69. The words'' hooked on teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean____.

A. attracted to teaching B. tired of teaching

C. satisfied with teaching D. unhappy about teaching

2.Most women in Ghana —— the educated and illiterate, the urban and rural, the young and old work to earn an income in addition to maintaining their roles as housewives and mothers. Their reputation for economic independence, self-reliance, and hard work is well known and well deserved(值得的).

61.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “illiterate”?

A. repeat B. reiterated

C. uneducated D. sick

4 推断题

以原文内容为前提,透过现象看本质即透过文章表面文字信息推测文章隐含意思。根据作者的观点理论客观地对文中未明显说明的现象或事例给予合理的逻辑推断，做出一定解释。

推断题的常见形式：

(1) we can infer / deduce /assume from this passage / paragraph that___.

　　(1) It can be inferred / concluded from the text that____.

　　(2) From the text we know that ______.

　　(3) The passage implies that ______.

　　(4) The paragraph following the passage will most probably discusses______.

解推断题的方法：

　解推断题最主要的方法是根据语义关系推断具体细节。

5 观点态度题

回答这类问题应从篇章的体裁入手.一般来说,在说明文中作者的态度是客观的或中立的;在议论文中,作者的态度才会显得多种多样. 可以根据阐述主题或有关主题的相关语句或词语确定作者的态度。

常见的态度词语有:

positive support approval(赞同的） optimistic

critical negative tolerant disappointed

pessimistic(悲观的) indifferent(冷淡的) doubtful

Neutral(中立的） objective(客观的）

这类考题常见的提问方式有以下几种:

• What’s the author’s/writer’s attitude to…?

• The author thinks/suggests/believes that___.

• How does the author feel about…?

• Which of the following will the author agree/

disagree with?

• Which of the following can best describe the author’s attitude towards…?

1.Why isn’t your newspaper reporting any good news? All I read about is murder, bribery(行贿), and death. Frankly, I am sick of all this bad news.

Q: This author’s attitude towards the newspaper reporting is to_____.

A. complain B. apologize C. amuse D. doubt

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