Question

Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That's every good,” Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said. “Yes, Kate.”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's 11 o'clock here it's only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles.”
【小题1】Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A．how to telephone	B．about electricity
C．about time zone(时区)	D．about sound

【小题2】Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

A．it was easy to phone to Los Angeles	B．her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C．her students had grasped（理解）her lesson.	D．sound waves were slower than electricity

【小题3】Tom thought that electricity was _________.

A．slower than sound waves	B．faster than sound waves
C．not so fast as sound waves	D．as fast as sound waves

【小题4】Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

A．clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

B．electricity was slower than sound waves

C．Tom was not good at physics at all

D．Tom's answer had nothing to do with sound waves

【小题5】Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

A．Tom's

B．Kate's

C．Bath A and B

D．Neither A nor B

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题2】C
【小题3】B
【小题4】A
【小题5】A

解析试题分析：文章讲述Miss Gogers向同学们讲解声音的知识，为了学生是否理解了她的课程，她提出了一个问题，但得到的答案出乎老师的预料。
【小题1】细节题：根据Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound,可知选D
【小题2】细节题：根据and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation.及下文描述，可知她想知道她的学生是否理解了她的课程，故选C
【小题3】细节题：根据Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.”可知选B
【小题4】细节题：根据“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”可知选A
【小题5】推理题：仅仅按照物理学原理汤姆的答案是对的，但是考虑实际情况凯特的答案是正确的，故选A
考点：考查故事类短文
点评：本文以细节题的考查为主，细节题是针对文中某个细节、某句话或某部分具体内容设置问题，正确答案的根据一定可以在原文中找到，即原文的改写往往成为正确选项。通常细节题的正确选项有以下特征：对原文句子中的关键词进行替换。把原文中的一些词换成意义相近的词，成为正确选项。词性或者语态的变化。把原文中的一些词变换一下词性，或者改变原文句子的语态，给考生制造障碍。语言简化。把原文中的复杂语言现象进行简化，成为正确答案。正话反说。把原文中的意思反过来表达而成为正确选项(适用于寻找错误选项的题目)。