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【题目】When Mr. David retired, he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.

But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want to satisfy（满足）your curiosity（好奇心）, come in and look around. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “______” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

【1】The underlined word “retire” in the passage probably means ______.

A. go on workingB. teach knowledgeC. give up one’s work

【2】Mr. David put a notice on the window in order ______.

A. to get some money out of the visitors

B. to drive the visitors away

C. to let visitors come in and look round

【3】The notice made the visitors ______.

A. more interested in his house

B. lost interest in his house

C. feel happy about the price

【4】After Mr. David put up the notice, ______.

A. the visitors didn’t come any longer

B. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

C. more and more tourists came for a visit

【5】“______” can be the missing sentence in the passage.

A. I want to buy an expensive house.

B. It’s a good way to make money.

C. I came here to retire, not to work as a guide.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】

本文叙述了大卫退休后为了安静在海边买了一座房子，因为他的房子很有趣，引起了许多游人的观看，于是他就写了一个告示来看房者需拿钱20元，结果看得人却更多了，因此他没有办法不得不把房子卖掉了。

【1】词意猜测题。A. go on working继续工作；B. teach knowledge传授知识；C. give up one’s work放弃工作。句子When Mr. David retired, he bought a small house in a village near the sea.的意思是：大卫先生退休后，在海边的一个村庄里买了一所小房子。因此retired是“退休”的意思。也就是放弃工作。故选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据He decided to drive the visitors away．可知他为了把游客赶走所以贴了一个告示，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。根据More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house可知更多的人对房子感兴趣。故选A。

【4】细节理解题。根据More and more visitors came 可知越来越多的人来看房子。故选C。

【5】细节理解题。由上文的句子More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. 越来越多的客人来了，大卫先生每天都要带他们参观他的房子。和后面的句子he said angrily. 他生气地说。可知选项A/B不对；句子I came here to retire, not to work as a guide. 的意思是：我来这里是为了退休，不是为了当向导。符合语境。故选C。

用细节定位法来做细节理解题。

细节理解题属直接解答性问题，是阅读理解题中最简单的一种，多数属中低难度的送分题。但由于中考所占的比例很大，应特别引起注意。

事实和细节题的命题特点是：把某词语、某个句子或某具体事实用不同于原文的另一方式或句型表达，即同义改写。解答这类题的窍门是：A)注意掌握英语的多种表达法；B）正确分析词语在句中的作用；C）熟练运用英语的句型转换；D）读懂题干所提出的问题，并准确地找到文中涉及该问题的句子。

做细节题具体方法与步骤如下：

略读材料,大概了解原文，掌握中心或主旨。

按文章的体裁，作者写作的组织模式及有关的信息词，如for example，first，second…等预测应该到何处寻找自己所需要的事实。

③ 将自己精力放在寻找你所需要的细节上，快速通篇跳读，眼睛自左至右，自上而下呈Z形扫视，直到找到细节出处，待找到含细节句子时，放慢速度，仔细核对比较内容，直至找到答案。