题文

In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住）them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31st, AD 2000”，and was kept in the Colorado College Library. One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定）day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代）of people who had placed things inside the box. When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time. Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there. Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源）.  We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ” 小题1:According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______. A．a collection of clocks and watches B．a machine for travelling through time C．a collection of items for people to look at in the future D．a collection of unwanted items 小题2:Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about   . A．the history of the town B．the people who lived in the town C．the politics of the USA D．people’s hopes for the future 小题3:Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______. A．helps him to get to know his grandfather B．is worth a lot of money C．brings back his memories of his grandfather D．helps him to remember his younger day

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题1:C 小题2:D 小题3:A

小题1:本题难度适中，考查词语意义，一定要根据上下文作答，阅读文章时，尤其注意首尾段，个各段的首尾句，结合文章，可知记录每天的事情给他们将来看，注意红色字体，可知答案是C，同时可以从最后一段入手。 小题2:本题难度适中，属于细节题。由文章倒数第二段第一句可知，Many of the letters were written to their descendants 。其中descendants为后代的意思，因此，答案选C。 小题3:本题考查细节题，难度低，由文章最后一段可找到答案，做这类题，要找好题目限定词。Cecil Muller这个人就是限定词，通过对比原文，I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him 答案就选A。

据专家权威分析，试题“In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided..”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。