题文

You can buy chewing gum in nearly every country of the world. ① But it wasn’t always like that.[ The American Indians were the first people to chew gum. This gum came from a special tree that grew on their land. In 1848, a sailor called John Curtis began selling it. He was the first person to sell chewing gum. The gum he sold cost just a few cents for two pieces. It became popular very quickly even though it was very hard to chew. ② Nowadays, other things are added to the gum to make it soft and sweet. By 1890, there were hundreds of different chewing gums. The most famous name in chewing gum, however, is probably William Wrigley. He spent a lot of money in advertising and even sent free pieces of gum to children on their birthdays. ③ He also said that chewing gum helped people work better and that it stopped people from feeling tired. Although today many millions of people chew gum, not everyone thinks it is a good thing to do. Many people think it is dirty. The Singapore government does not allow people to buy chewing gum. One reason for this is that when some people have chewed all the taste out of their piece of gum, they take it out of their mouths and put it on to the backs of seats or other places.  小题1:请将①处翻译成汉语。________________________ 小题2:请根据②处内容完成下面句子。（每空一词） People make chewing gum soft and sweet _________something to it. 小题3:把③处改为直接引语。（每空一词） He also said“, Chewing gum______ people work better and it ______people from feeling tired.”

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题1:但是事情并不总是这样。 小题2:by, adding 小题3:helps; stops

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了口香糖的发展历史以及人们对于口香糖的一些看法。告诉我们口香糖是美国印第安人发明的，到现在已经发展成许多种类。虽然有人喜欢口香糖，但是也有一些人对此持反对意见。 小题1:本句中it指代的是前文提到的吃口香糖这件事情，like用作介词，表示像……一样，故本句意为：但是事情并不总是这样。 小题2:根据原句内容，可知现在人们通过在口香糖里面加入其它东西来让口香糖变得更加柔软，更加香甜可口。本句是被动语态，故填by， adding. 小题3:结合语境可知直接引语中叙述的是客观性事实，故用一般现在时态.主语chewing gums表示抽象含义，不可数，故谓语动词用单数，填 helps; stops.

据专家权威分析，试题“You can buy chewing gum in nearly every country of the world..”主要考查你对  人物传记类阅读，故事类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

人物传记类阅读故事类阅读

考点名称：人物传记类阅读

• 人物传记类阅读：
  本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
  人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
  阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。

考点名称：故事类阅读

• 故事类阅读：
  文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局，有人物、时间、地点和事件。
  命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手，考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。
  阅读这类材料时，同学们一定要根据主要情节掌握文章主旨大意，同时抓住每一个细节，设身处地根据文章内容揣摩作者的态度和意图，根据情节展开想象，即使是碰到深层理解题也可迎刃而解。

• 故事类阅读注意：
  初中生接触到的阅读材料大都是故事类。
  阅读故事类的材料，应该抓住人物线索、地点线索、时间线索和情节发展线索。
  
  特别注意的是，以上线索往往是并存的。因为情节的发展总是涉及到人物的变化、时间的推移、场景的变换等。
  而阅读材料后的阅读理解往往会围绕这些内容设计一些事实类的理解题。
  
  凡事实类的理解题都可以从阅读材料的表层文字中找到答案。
  
  在阅读故事类短文时，应理解文章的深层含义，也就是它的主题。在此需要注意的是，现在的阅读理解题在测试事实类的理解题的同时，往往有一道推理类理解测试题．