题文

阅读理解。

Why does the Leading Tower of Piza (比萨斜塔) in Italy lean (倾斜)? It leans because of a mistake. It has leaned almost since the day the tower was built.      In 1174, the people of Piza, Italy wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy. The city also needed a bell tower because the church did not have one.      As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added more floors, but the Leaning Tower only got worse as the tower grew.      It took almost 180 years to finish the tower. It is 54.5 metres tall, and it leans almost 4 metres to one side. The tower is also sinking into the ground on which it was built. Every year, the tower leans another 1.5 centimetres.      Like all old buildings, it is also falling apart. If someone cannot figure out (想出) a way to save the tower, the Leaning Tower of Piza will fall down after 175 more years.

1. The Leaning Tower of Piza is in _____.

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A. America B. Canada C. England D. Italy

2. People built the Leaning Tower of Piza in _____.

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A. 1175 B. 1165 C. 1174 D. 1800

3. The Leaning Tower of Piza is _____ metres tall, and it leans almost _____ metres to one side.

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A. 180; 54.5 B. 175; 4 C. 54.5; 4 D. 180; 4

4. People finished the Leaning Tower of Piza nearly in _____.

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A. 1174 B. 1245 C. 1340 D. 1354

5. Which of the following is not true?

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A. The Leaning Tower of Piza leans less than 0.5 centimetres every year. B. The Leaning Tower of Piza is a bell tower. C. It took almost 180 years to finish the Leaning Tower of Piza. D. The Leaning Tower of Piza maybe falls down after 175 more years.

题型：阅读理解  难度：偏难

答案

1-5: DCCDA

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 Why does the Leading Tower of Piza (比萨斜塔) in ..”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。