阅读理解的步骤和技巧（三）
（1） 解答考查短文主旨大意的题：掌握了短文大意，此时应该首先阅读题干和选项，进行判断，得出准确答案。如果我们不能顺利得出答案，可以采取以下方法：①排除部分大意项：短文大意题的干扰项常常有表述短文大意的一部分，或者某一段大意的选项，此时我们要排除这些干扰项；②排除事实细节项：事实细节的表述也经常成为短文大意题的干扰项，我们也要排除；③暂时放弃难题：如果我们实在无法判断出正确的选项，此时我们可以暂时不做这道题，而在解答细节题和推理、逻辑、语义等题之后来解答。因为解答这些题时，我们会将短文再读一遍，这时我们就能够得出短文大意的正确答案了。
阅读理解
Passage 1
Mrs. Brown lives in a small town near a big farm. One Friday afternoon after she finishes her housework， she goes to her small shop. She opens the window of the shop and looks outside. She likes to see the free farm. There are many cows， horses and small animals on the farm.Suddenly （突然） she sees a kangaroo （袋鼠） under her window. It is interesting to see that it is wearing an old jacket. It stands there and looks hungry. Mrs. Brown gives some bread and water to it. The kangaroo eats them all. Then it becomes happy and jumps away. Suddenly something drops （掉下） on the floor from its jacket pocket. It is a wallet！ She picks it up， opens and finds there is 300 and a photo in it. That is a mans photo with his name “John” on it. John？ She looks more carefully and remembers she had a brother many years ago.① His name was also John. “Is this man my lost brother？” she thinks. She takes the wallet with her and begins to look for the man. She asks many people in the town， and then she comes to the farm and asks the farmer. To her great surprise （惊奇的）， it is John， her lost brother.② They are very exciting and happy to see each other.
难句注释
① She looks more carefully and remembers she had a brother many years ago.
她看得更仔细了，她想起许多年前她有个哥哥。
②To her great surprise（惊奇的），it is John， her lost brother.
使她感到惊奇的是，那个农民就是约翰，她失散的哥哥。
根据短文内容回答问题。
1. Whats on the green farm？
2. What does Mrs. Brown see in the shop？
3. What does she give the kangaroo？
4. Whats the owner of the wallets name？
5. Where does she find her lost brother？
Passage 2
Most animals protect （保护） their young until they are old enough to take care of themselves.①A fish that swims in the rivers of South America protects its young in a very strange way.This fish，a kind of catfish （鲶鱼），uses its mouth to keep its babies from danger.
When this catfish lays （产卵） its eggs，it carries them in its mouth.It does not eat during this time.After the eggs hatch （孵化），the fish swims with its young to protect them.It opens its mouth when danger appears （出现），and the small fish swim inside.They swim out only when it is safe again.
These catfish may have a peculiar way to protect their young，but it seems to work.②
难句注释
① Most animals protect （保护） their young until they are old enough to take care of themselves.
大多数动物都保护它们的幼崽，直到幼崽们年龄够大能照顾自己为止。
②But it seems to work.
但它似乎很见效。
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1.The best title is .
A.Staying Away From Danger
B.How A Fish Protects Its Young
C.Laying Eggs
D.A Cat That Swims
2.The catfish in the story live in .
A.lakes B.the sea
C.rivers D.North America
3.The young fish are .
A.tiny B.large
C.yellow and gold D.very brave
4.If the young fish were not near their parents，they would be .
A.safer
B.in greater danger
C.happier
D.less hungry
5.The word “peculiar” in line 12 means .
A.easyB.useless
C.strangeD.dangerous
完形填空
Passage 3
My name is Jenny. Im a student in No. 2 Middle School. My school isnt very big. It has five hundred students and eighty teachers. We are from many parts of the city. But most of us come from the middle of the city. We are all day students. Every morning we come to school by bus or by bike. My home is not far from the school. So I usually walk there.
根据短文内容缩写填空，每空一词。
1 Jenny. I2 in No.2 Middle School. My school is3. There are five 4students and eighty 5. We come from many parts of the city. But most of us are from the 6of the city. We are all day students. Every morning we come to school 7a bus or 8 a bike. My home is near school. So I usually come to school 9 10.
Passage 4
在短文空白处填上一个适当的词，使句意完整通顺，该单词的首字母已给出。
