Question

【题目】Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, “I’m going to fly to New York next week because I’ve got some work there.” “Where are you going to stay there?” his wife asked. “I don’t know yet.” Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram(电报).”his wife said. “All right.” Dick answered.

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.

In the evening he didn’t have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out a t nine o’clock and said, “Now I’m going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner.”

He found a taxi and driver said, “Where do you want to go?” But Dick didn’t remember the name and address of his hotel.

“Which hotel are my things in?” he said. “And what am I going to do tonight?” But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, “Please send me my address at this post office.”

【1】What was Dick going to do in New York?

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【2】What did his wife ask him to do when he arrived in New York?

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【3】What did Dick do after he lived in a hotel?

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【4】Why did Dick go to the cinema in the evening?

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【5】The drive didn’t know where Dick lived, did he?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 He was going to do some work.

【2】 She asked him to send her his address from there in a telegram.

【3】 He put his things in his room and send his wife a telegram.

【4】 He had nothing to do./ He didn’t have any wok.

【5】 No.(he didn’t)

【解析】

文章主要讲了Dick去纽约工作，到达一家旅馆后把地址用电报发给了妻子，当天晚上去电影院看电影，回来时忘了自己的地址，又发电报回去让他的妻子把地址告诉他的故事。

【1】问题：迪克打算在纽约做什么？根据第一段句子I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there. (我要坐飞机去纽约，因为我在哪儿有一些工作要去做)，可知他是去纽约工作的，故答案为He was going to do some work.

【2】问题：他到纽约时，他妻子叫他做什么？根据第一段句子“Where are you going to stay there?” his wife asked. “I don’t know yet.” Dick answered. “Please send me your address from there in a telegram(电报).”his wife said. “All right.” answered.可知Dick不知道自己要去哪，所以他的妻子让他到达后发电报把地址告诉她，故答案为She asked him to send her his address from there in a telegram.

【3】问题：迪克住在旅馆后做了什么？根据第二段中的句子He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram.可知，Dick到达旅馆后，把东西放在房间里，然后给妻子发电报。答案为He put his things in his room and send his wife a telegram.

【4】问题：迪克为什么晚上去看电影？根据文中句子In the evening he didn’t have any work, so he went to a cinema.可知，晚上他没有工作，所以去了电影院看电影。答案为He had nothing to do./ He didn’t have any wok.

【5】问题：司机不知道迪克住在哪里，是吗？根据文中句子But the driver of the taxi did not know.可知，出租车司机也不知道迪克住在哪里，因此答案为No.(he didn’t)是的，他不知道。

任务型阅读通常有回答问题型，判断正误型，阅读填空型，英汉互译型等题型，不仅考查学生阅读理解层面的能力，更加注重考查学生“写”的能力。本题适合用“扫读法”来快速捕捉信息。扫读法是指在快速浏览全文的基础上，找到与问题相关的某些特定信息，如：人名、时间、地点、事件等，来回答细节问题。第一个问题询问迪克打算在纽约做什么，第四个问题询问迪克为什么晚上去看电影。可运用“搜索式跳读”迅速从短文中锁定问题信息，答语尽量简短。