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18．As a newspaper reporter，Inez's father traveled around the world．He wrote stories about the interesting people he met．On her fifteenth birthday，Inez could hardly believe it when her father announced that she was old enough to go with him on one of his trips！He said his next story would be about salt mining in Europe．Inez had never thought much about salt，she didn't know what to expect，but she knew she would love being with her father．
Months later，when Inez and her father arrived at the salt mine，they found themselves walking into the middle of a busy workday．Mrs．Walker，the owner，said she would not be available to talk until the workday was over．She suggested that Inez and her father should help out so Inez's father would have first-hand experience for his story．Before Inez realized what was happening，she was in the factory．This was not what she had imagined her trip would be like．
People rushed past her carrying hammers，nails，and wood to make boxes for the salt．Everyone seemed to be in such a hurry．As another newly constructed box was pushed at her，Inez spread a label with glue and stuck it on the side of the box．When she had agreed to go with her father on his newspaper assignment，she had pictured an adventure，not hard labor．
Inez looked at the salt covering her father's once-blue pants and sighed．She could taste the salt in her mouth and smell it in the air．Inez had been using salt all her life，but she had never imagined that it existed in such quantities or that it was so hard to package．
Inez's father rubbed his hands together and grinned at her．‘‘I know this probably isn't what you had in mind，"he said，"but sometimes the best days are the ones that don't go as planned．，
Best？she wondered．She had learned two lessons today．One was to value every grain of salt to fall from a shaker．The other was to hear the details before agreeing to go on a job with her father!
56．Why does Inez's father travel around the world？D
A．He relaxes after he finishes writing．
B．He enjoys moving around from place to place．
C．He likes to take his family on adventure trips．
D．He needs to collect information for stories．
57．What job does Inez help to do in the salt mine？A
A．To attach labels to the box．
B．To interview the workers．
C．To carry salt packages．I）．To package the salt．
58．How does Inez feel while working at the salt mine？C
A．Happy．B．Inspired．C．Disappointed．D．Annoyed．
59．Why does the author most likely write this story？D
A．To discuss what it is like when a child travels with a parent．
B．To describe how places around the world are different．
C．To explain which tools are used when packaging salt．
D．To show that sometimes events turn out differently than expected．

Answer 1

分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了作者的父亲因为记者的身份常年周游世界，在她成年的那年终于带她旅游，作者却发现和她的想象完全不同，她甚至需要艰辛地工作，她也因此学到了很多．

解答 56．D．细节理解题．根据文章第一段"As a newspaper reporter，Inez's father traveled around the world．He wrote stories about the interesting people he met"可知她的父亲周游世界是因为他需要收集故事的信息；故选D．
57．A．细节理解题．根据文章第三段"As another newly constructed box was pushed at her，Inez spread a label with glue and stuck it on the side of the box"可知伊内兹在盐矿上做把标签贴在盒子上的工作；故选A．
58．C．推理判断题，根据文章第三段"When she had agreed to go with her father on his newspaper assignment，she had pictured an adventure，not hard labor"她想象的冒险，没有艰苦的劳动，可知她是失望的；故选C．
59．D．推理判断题．根据文章最后一段"The other was to hear the details before agreeing to go on a job with her father"可知作者写这个故事是为了表明有时候事情的发生同预期是不同的；故选D．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．