题文

阅读理解。

On February 3rd, 1949, New York Harbor (港) was an exciting place. Many people were there to greet a ship from France. On the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars (火车车厢) filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America. These boxcars were from the famous Merci Train (Merci: a French word meaning "thank you").       After World War II (二战), a lot of factories,roads and farms in France had been destroyed. Many French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eat. In the winter of 1947, a train was sent across the United States, stopping in cities and towns along the way. At every stop, people gave whatever they could. Factories gave clothing and medicine. Farmers gave food. Families gave money. Even school children gave away their pocket money (零用钱). All the things were then taken to France by ship.       By 1949, the French had begun to recover (恢复) from the war. The Merci Train was their way of saying "thank you" to America. French people had filled the boxcars with gifts. Most of them were personal, like hand-made toys, children's drawings,or postcards. But the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the gifts. On each car, the French people had painted the pictures of all their 40 provinces with an American eagle on the front. The boxcars were taken to each state of America, where they were warmly greeted.      Now many of the states still keep their boxcars. Gifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some museums. The Merci Train came out of the war, but it now reminds the world that countries can also work together in peace (和平).

1．Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd, 1949 to            .

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A．welcome the Merci Train B．meet their families C．have a big party D．start a trip by ship

2．In 1947,a train stopped in cities across America in order to            .

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A．give away clothing and food B．get more soldiers for the war C．collect things to help French people D．show exhibitions from the museums

3．The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 3 refors to (指)            .

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A．the American people B．the French people C．the boxcars D．the gifts

4．The French people painted their 40 provinces and an American eagle on each boxcar because            .

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A．they thought France was stronger than America B．it could show the friendship between the two countries C．the boxcars would be more beautiful D．they were very good at painting pictures

5．The passage is mainly about            .

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A．the story of the Merci Train B．American museums where the boxcars kept C．gifts that American people liked D．World War II

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

答案

1-5: A C D B A

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 On February 3rd, 1949, New York Harbor (港) was a..”主要考查你对  历史文化类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

历史文化类阅读

考点名称：历史文化类阅读

• 历史文化类阅读：
  本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议，所以要把握其议才是主要方面。
  阅读这类文章，先弄清其引入的话题，再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法，然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。

• 初中英语阅读理解的解题技巧：
  一、要注意养成良好的阅读心理，阅读时要去掉杂念，心绪要安定，精神要专一，要形成一种惬意的顺向心理。
  切不可一遇到几个生词难句，就心烦意乱，失去自控能力。心理学家告诉我们，任何恐慌，过分紧张的情绪都会形成一种消极因素妨碍大脑的正常思维功能。
  因此，遇到困难一定要从容不迫，心无旁骛。这样才能对所读的文章印象清晰，理解深刻。
  
  二、要提高视读的速度，考阅读理解，从另一个方面来说，考的是考试速度。因此做阅读理解时，要注意培养自己快速阅读的习惯。
  切不可在个别难懂的词句上磨蹭，只要全篇理解了，个别难懂的词句可以根据上下文和构词法去猜测，去推断。
  
  三、对文章的评价分析，一定要坚持“词不离句，句不离篇”，要理解文章作者的原意，而不能按你自己的意愿去想当然。
  切记：一想当然，就会出错。