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    阅读理解。
    An unemployed man is desperate to support his family. His wife watches TV all day and his three teenage
    kids have dropped out of high school to hang around with the local toughs. He applies for a cleaner's job at a
    large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The human resources manager tells him,"You will be hired at
    minimum wage, $5.15 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so that we can contact you easily. Our
    system will automatically e-mail you all the forms and advise you when to start and where to report on your
    first day." Greatly surprised, the man said that he has neither a computer nor an e-mail address. To this, the
    manager replies,"You must understand that to a company like ours that means you virtually do not exist.
    Without an e-mail address you can hardly expect to be employed by a high tech firm. Good day."
    Unable to believe what he hears, the man leaves. Not knowing where to turn and having $10 in his wallet,
    he walks past a farmers' market and sees a stand selling beautiful tomatoes. He buys a crate (柳条箱), carries
    it to a busy corner and displays the tomatoes. In less than two hours he sells all the tomatoes and makes 100%
    profit. From that day on, he repeats the tomato business and becomes increasingly successful as time goes on.
    By the end of the fifth year he owns a fleet of nice trucks and a warehouse. The tomato company has put
    hundreds of homeless and jobless people to work and the business grossed a million dollars.
    Planning for the future, he decides to buy some life insurance. The insurance adviser asks him for his
    e-mail address in order to send the final documents electronically. When the man replies that he doesn't have
    time to mess with a computer and has no e-mail address, the insurance salesman is surprised," No computer?
    No Internet? Just think where you would be if you'd had all of that five years ago!" "Ha! If I'd had all of that
    five years ago, I would be sweeping floors at Microsoft and making $5.15 an hour!" the man replies.
    1. The man's kids drop out of school because ____.
    A. they want to hang around with the local toughs
    B. their mother watches TV all day
    C. their father is only a cleaner
    D. their family is very poor
    2. The man applies for a cleaner's job ____.
    A. but he can't accept it because the pay is too low
    B. and he gets it though the pay is only $5.15 an hour
    C. but he is turned down because he doesn't have an e-mail address
    D. but he misses the chance because they fail to contact him
    3. The man's tomatoes sell well because ____.
    A. the tomatoes look very beautiful
    B. he has chosen the right place to sell them
    C. many jobless people help him
    D. the tomatoes are contained in beautiful crates
    4. From the conversation between the man and the insurance salesman in the last paragraph we
    can infer that ____.
    A. the man will buy a computer soon
    B. it's very easy to do tomato business
    C. one does not necessarily have an e-mail address to be successful
    D. the man is not able to buy any life insurance without an e-mail address
    本题信息:2009年0113期中题英语阅读理解难度较难 来源:姜雪
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故事类阅读概念:

这类文章一般描述的是某一件具体事情的发生发展或结局,有人物、时间、地点和事件。命题往往从故事的情节、人物或事件的之间的关系、作者的态度及意图、故事前因和后果的推测等方面着手,考查学生对细节的辨认能力以及推理判断能力。


故事类阅读应试技巧:

1、抓住文章的6个要素:
阅读时要学会从事情本身的发展去理解故事情节而不要只看事件在文中出现的先后顺序。因此,无论是顺叙还是倒叙,阅读此类文章时,必须要找到它结构中的5个W(when, where, who, why, what)和1个H(how),不过不是每篇都会完整地交待六个要素。毫无疑问,寻出这些元素是能够正确快速解题的一个先决条件。
2、注意作者的议论和抒情:
高考英语阅读理解故事类文章常伴随着作者思想情感的流露和表达,因此议论和抒情往往夹杂其中。行文时或按事情发生发展的先后时间进行或按事情发生发展的地点来转换,也可能按事情发展的阶段来布局。在引出话题,讲完一件事情后,作者往往会表达个人感悟或提出建议等。这些体现作者观点或思想的语句在阅读时可以划线,它们往往体现文章中心或者写作意图,属于必考点,所以要仔细体会。
3、结合前两点归纳文章中心,把握作者态度:
故事类文章是通过记叙一件事来表达中心思想的,它是文章的灵魂。归纳文章中心思想时,尤其要分析文章的结尾,因为很多文章卒章显志,用简短的议论、抒情揭示文章中心;文章中议论抒情的句子往往与中心密切相关;也有的文章需要在结合概括各段大意的基础上归纳中心。另外,叙述一件事必有其目的,或阐明某一观点,或赞美某种品德,或抨击某种陋习,这就要求我们在阅读时,通过对细节(第1点中的六要素)的理解,把握作者的态度。
4、有章有据进行解题判断:
分析文章,归纳主题,属于分析、概括、综合的表述能力的考查。切忌脱离文章,架空分析,一定让分析在文章中有依据。