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    阅读理解。
    Any discussion of English conversation, like any English conversation, must begin with The Weather.
    And in this spirit of observing traditional rule, I shall quote Dr Johnson's famous comment that "When two
    English meet, their first talk is of the weather", and point out that this observation is as accurate now as it
    was over two hundred years ago.
    This, however, is the point at which most people either stop, or try, and fail, to come up with a convincing
    explanation for the English "addiction" to the weather. They fail because their premise (前提) is mistaken: they
    assume that our conversations about the weather are conversations about the weather. In other words, they
    assume that we talk about the weather because we have a keen interest in the subject. Most of them then try to
    figure out what it is about the English weather that is so fascinating.
    Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that the English weather is not at all fascinating, and that our "addiction"
    to it is therefore very difficult to explain "To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is
    that there is not very much of it. All those phenomena that elsewhere give nature an edge of excitement,
    unpredictability and danger-tornados, monsoons, hailstorms-are almost wholly unknown in the British Isles."
    Jeremy Paxman takes offence at Bryson's comments and argues that the English weather is truly fascinating:
    Bryson misses the point, The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.., one of the
    few things you can say about England with absolute certainty is that it has a lot of weather. It may not include
    tropical cyclones but life at the edge of an ocean and the edge of a continent means you can never be entirely
    sure what you're going to get.
    My research has convinced me that both Bryson and Paxrnan are missing the point, which is that our
    conversations about the weather are not really about the weather at all: English weather-speak is a form of code,
    developed to help us overcome our natural reserve (含蓄) and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows, for
    example, that "Nice day, isn't it?", "Oh, isn't it cold?"; and other variations on the theme are not requests for
    weather data: they are greetings or conversation-starters. In other words, English weather-speak is a form of
    "cleaning talk"- the human equivalent of what is known as"social cleaning" among our primate (灵长类的)
    cousins, where they spend hours cleaning each other's fur, even when they are perfectly clean, as a means of
    social connection.
    1. According to the author, most people's explanations for the English love for weather talk are _____.
    A. scientific
    B. incorrect
    C. fascinating
    D. accurate
    2. As is stated in the passage, most people try to find out _____.
    A. why the English weather is so unique
    B. whether the English enjoy their weather
    C. why the English are so interested in the topic of weather
    D. whether the English really talk about weather when they do so
    3. In Bill Bryson's opinion, the English "addiction" to their weather is _____.
    A. understandable
    B. convincing
    C. respectable
    D. unreasonable
    4. Disapproving of Bill Bryson's opinion, Jeremy Paxman argues that _____.
    A. the English talk about their weather because it is unpredictable
    B. the English don't talk about weather as often as the outsiders think
    C. the English weather can be as exciting as anywhere else's
    D. the English weather talk is merely a form of small talk
    5. According to the author, English weather-speak is similar to primates' social cleaning in that they are
    both _____.
    A. ways of greeting
    B. means of social connection
    C. fascinating topics between people
    D. phenomena difficult to understand to outsiders
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什么是历史文化类阅读:

本类题型常用的方式是夹叙夹议。叙述的目的是为了议,所以要把握其议才是主要方面。阅读这类文章,先弄清其引入的话题,再弄清里面人物对其不同的看法,然后理解作者本身对话题的观点看法或思考。


历史文化类阅读技巧:

题型说明】历史文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。
答题方法】在做这类阅读理解题时,我们应注意以下几个方面:
1、采用先题后文:先读题目,再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点,如果带着问题读文章,有利于我们抓细节。
2、先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后,自然会加深我们对文章的理解,这样更有利于做主旨大意题。
3、重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类:一类是Main idea型;一类是Topic或Title型。
在解答这类试题时应注意以下几点:
a.读首句抓大意。
文化教育类阅读理解文章多采用说明文、议论文体裁,而这类文章大都采用文章段落的中心,即主题句在文章开头。因此,要寻找这类文章的主旨大意就需要研究文章的首句。
b.读尾句抓大意。
有时这类文章的主题句安排在文章的结尾,作为对全篇的总结。
c.读首段抓大意。
有些文章或段落的开头和结尾部分都有主题句。这种结构是为了突出主题思想而使用两次点题的写作方法。这两个主题句在句子结构和用词上有所不同,而且在内容上前句和后句也不重复。
d.从段落中抓大意。
有些文章或段落的主题句在文章中,这种文章或段落往往以一句话或几句话引出要表达的主题,在主题句出现后,再举例子陈述细节或继续论证。
e.归纳要点抓大意。
有些文章或段落无明显的主题句,只是暗示性地体现主题。这就要求同学们在阅读过程中根据文中所叙述的事实或线索来概括总结主旨大意。