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Excuses!  Excuses !      Harry was often late for school, and when the teacher asked him why he was late he always had an excuse. " My alarm clock didn't go off,"  he said one morning. "The bus broke down, "he told her another morning. Usually he just didn't want to get out of bed!      When he didn't hand in his homework he had an excuse for this as well. "The dog ate it,"was one reason that he had forgotten to do it, or left it until he was too tired. He always thought of someone or something to blame for his mistakes.      "Why are your grades so bad, Harry?" his mother asked him one afternoon.       "It's not my fault (错误) , Mom,"Harry replied.      "My teacher isn't very good. "      "Then I will phone the school and talk to your headmaster, " his mother said.       "No , no. " Harry said quickly. "That won't help. He doesn't like me."       "Then we'll have to send you to a different school, " his father said, " You won't see your friends anymore but your grades are more important. "       Harry thought about this for a minute. He didn't want to change schools. Then he said, "I probably could try harder to get to school on time. "       "That would help, " his  mother replied. "But what  about your homework?"         "Well, "he said. "I suppose l could work harder to keep up with my homework as well. I think I'll  go and do today's homework right now. "      When Harry left the room, his father said to his mother , " That  wasn't  too   difficult , was  it? "

1. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Harry's mom and dad thought Harry should change schools. B. Harry's mom and dad thought Harry should try harder at school. C. Harry decided to stop making excuses and work harder at school. D. Harry decided to do his homework.

Complete the following sentences with the words or phrases in the passage.

2. You shouldn't        other people for your mistakes. 3. If you can't        your work you should ask your teacher for help. 4. Bill's          for forgetting his mom's birthday was that he lost his diary. 5. We had to         our homework to the teacher.

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

1. C   2. blame   3. keep up with 4. excuse   5. hand in

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故事类阅读

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• 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．