题文

阅读理解。

People all know that December 25th is Christmas for Americans and other westerners. Yet not all the people know Boxing Day.     Boxing Day is a holiday observed on December 26,or the first weekday after Christmas. And it is a festival only for those service persons such as postmen, newspaper boys, milkmen, etc.  On that day, families traditionally give Christmas boxes to those service workers. It is a custom, but nobody is certain how it was originated.     A popular legend tells the story. There was once a rich lady called Chatter in England. One morning many, many years ago, it snowed very heavily. Chatter was waiting anxiously for a very important letter from her boyfriend. Then a post boy came and gave her the letter. She was so pleased that she gave him a box with presents. Later on, more and more people followed her example. As time went by, giving boxes with presents to service persons became a custom in Great Britain. Later the custom spread to America. In the USA, some people give their employees money instead of boxes nowadays.

1. Boxing Day is observed _____.

A. on December 25 B. on December 26 C. on the first weekday after Christmas D. either B or C

2."The first weekday" refers to _____.

A. Monday       B. Sunday C. Saturday       D. Friday

3. _____  on Boxing Day.

A. Those service persons would box each other B. Service workers would give boxes from service workers C. The employers receive boxes from service workers D. Service workers receive boxes from the employers

4. According to the popular legend story, Boxing Day originated from _____.

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

5. On Boxing Day in the USA nowadays, _____.

A. all the service workers receive money instead of boxes from their employers B. people give the service workers boxes only C. some people give money to the service workers, while others still give boxes D. people do not give boxes or money to the service workers

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

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1-5    DADCC

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 People all know that December 25th is Christmas f..”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。