题文

阅读理解。

Ever since we became pen pals, Julien has sent me strange things. Once, she sent her sneeze in a jar. ("I have a cold, can you tell?" she wrote. ) Then she sent her fingerprint. ( "So you'll recognize me in a crowd.")      Julien sent me breakfast, all right: cornflakes. Soggy, milky, grainy, crumbly, limp cornflakes scraped from the bottom of her cereal bowl. I lost my appetite, but I read the letter. Dear Caitlin,      These cornflakes were so nutritious that, wanted to share this high-fiber, low-sodium,  just-three-calories, balanced breakfast with you.        Enjoy,       Julien       P. S. Next week I'm sending you a sunset,       "She's mistaken," I told my mom. " No one can send a sunset, not even Julien. It's impossible."       "I don't know," Mom said."Julien might find a way. After all, she did send you her sneeze.      A week later I checked the mail and found a box with air holes and the words "FRAGILE-THIS SIDE UP" printed in bold black letters on the top. It was from Julien.      I stroked the box with my fingers. It was perfectly dry. I smelled it. It didn't smell. I held my breath and started opening the package. What if sunbeams spring out and hit me in the face like those fake snakes in a can; I thought?      My hands shook as I lifted the last flap and peeked inside. Where in the world was the sunset? All I could find was a letter and a twisty, gray, papery shell. It looked like a submarine. I read the letter. Dear Caitlin,      The sunsets at my house are so beautiful that I had to give you a piece. I counted at least five different colors in one yesterday. Can you find more?     Hugs and smoochies,     Julien      I looked again at the gray shell. That's no sunset, I thought. "You must mean the submarines at your house, Julien," I said. Without reading the postscript, I laid the letter and the submarine on the kitchen table. Then I left the room to find a pen so that I could cross out "sun-set" and write "submarine" above it.      When I returned, I stared in shock at the submarine. A creature was oozing out of it! Was it a sea monster? I looked closer. It was a winged creature... an insect... a butterfly. An orange, blue, purple, red, and gold butterfly. It looked like... a sunset!      While the sunset opened and closed its wings to dry them, I read Julien's postscript. It said, "P. S. Next week I'm sending you Japan."

1. What does the underlined word "oozing" probably mean?

A. moving B. jumping C. swimming D. flying

2. What did Julien really want Caitlin to see in the fourth mail?

A. The setting sun. B. Colors of a sunset. C. A colorful butterfly. D. A new submarine.

3. We can learn from the passage that Julien was ______.

A. strange and clever B. honest and friendly C. creative and giving D. funny and inventive

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Caitlin was from Japan and had never seen Julien. B. Caitlin's mom thought Julien's gifts were fantastic. C. Caitlin was pleased with the cornflakes that Julien sent. D. Caitlin was expecting another unusual gift from Julien.

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

1-4        ABCD

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 Ever since we became pen pals, Julien has sent me..”主要考查你对  故事类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

故事类阅读

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．