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【题目】【江苏省常州市2015年中考英语试题】阅谈理解(共13小题;每小题2分，满分26分）

阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

B

Sometimes, you feel down or unhappy and it is hard to come back to your high spirit. So if you're having a bad day and need a boost，then help is just a click away.

A website is trying to offer people positive(积极的)messages from strangers to cheer them up. It announces to be“the nicest place on the Internet"，where happy people can present their positive thoughts and feelings to those who are in low spirits.

The website, thenicestplaceontheinter.net, lets people post videos of themselves blowing kisses and leaving positive and encouraging messages to lift visitors' spirits.

The website was created by Jeff Lam and is considered to help many people out when they feel low. The well-known artist who lives in San Francisco said he came up with the idea when he and his friend Lauren were having one of those bad days.

"We tried to become cheerful，but none of the usual methods seemed to be working. Not music. Not food. What we hoped was something positive, honest and good.So with only a camera and work-free weekend, we created‘The Nicest Place On The Internet," he explained on his website.

One user of the site, Joseph Meehan, 27, from Birmingham, said,“it's a fun and exciting website. I visit every once in a while when I'm missing my friends or family. I think it could really be a help to people that are feeling down or sad. It may even stop them from doing something stupid. You can also post your video to the website, and they add it to the series. It's very easy to share the love.”

Mr. Lam is now working on a new project that allows people to leave positive voicemails for strangers. The idea is that strangers send an audio(声音)diary by leaving a voicemail and then anyone can listen to it.

【1】The underlined word "boost" in paragraph 1 probably means

A.鼓舞 B.放松 C.休闲 D.提高

【2】The website was created in order to_______

A. provide a place for those who want to post their videos

B. discover something positive, honest and good

C. recommend positive voicemails on the website to people

D. offer something positive to cheer people up

【3】According to the text, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Jeff Lam is working on a new project to collect more audio diaries.

B. Jeff Lam met a lot of difficulties during the time of creating the website.

C. Joseph Meehan has got help from the website and supports it.

D. Joseph Meehan has shared his own positive videos with strangers.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了一个宣称自己是“互联网上最好的地方”的网站，网站通过寄录相、留一些积极的鼓励人的信息来提振人的士气。现在网站正在建立一个新的系统工程：就是让人们可以上传语音去给别人加油打气。

【1】A 词义猜测题。题意：第一段中有下划线的"boost" 可能是什么意思？A.鼓舞；B.放松；C.休闲；D.提高。句意：if you're having a bad day and need a boost，then help is just a click away.（如果你不开心并需要boost，鼠标轻轻一点就可以帮助你。）不开心时需要鼓舞，故选A。

【2】D 推理判断题。题意：网站建立的目的是什么？ A. provide a place for those who want to post their videos为那些想要寄发录相的人提供一个地方； B. discover something positive, honest and good发现一些积极的、真诚的、好的东西；C. recommend positive voicemails on the website to people为人们在网上推荐积极的语音邮件。D. offer something positive to cheer people up提供一些积极的东西使人们振作起来。根据文中“The website, the nicest place on the internet, lets people post videos of themselves blowing kisses and leaving positive and encouraging messages to lift visitors' spirits.” 这个网站的目的是为了鼓舞人们。故选D。

【3】C 推理判断题。题意：根据短文，下面哪一个是对的？A. Jeff Lam is working on a new project to collect more audio diaries. Jeff Lam在进行一项新的工程以收集更多的语音记录；B. Jeff Lam met a lot of difficulties during the time of creating the website. Jeff Lam在创建网站时遇到了许多困难；C. Joseph Meehan has got help from the website and supports it. Joseph Meehan从网站上得到了帮助并支持网站；D. Joseph Meehan has shared his own positive videos with strangers. Joseph Meehan和陌生人分享了他自己的积极的视频。根据文中倒数第二段“I visit every once in a while when I'm missing my friends or family.”可知Joseph Meehan从网站中得到过帮助并且支持这个网站。故选C。