麦琪的礼物英语阅读及答案【精品20篇】

Reading is playing an important part in my daily life.Reading can make us enjoy our life.Reading has numerous advantages.Reading helps us to work engeretically.

There are a varity of books for us to choose from,like history books,science books,literary books and so on.I like history books very much.First of all,reading books can widen my knowledge of customs,cultures and life styles of different places and countries.Seondly,I can make friends through reading more books.I can share my opinion with my new friends who like reading history books too.Finally,reading is the best way of pastime.

In a word,we can benefit a lot from reading.It is worth spending the time reading books.

Changing in the information age, we can from different channels, and get the same message, the transmission of information and get more and more convenient, the ancients said: "a scholar need not leave his home to know whats going on in the world." As a student of I, is a new era of youth, how to enrich oneself is very important.

The ancients said: "read ten books, winning thousands of miles way." Understand this sentence tell the benefits of reading, so I can read extracurricular books, learn other peoples words and sentences, and make him my composition ability of power. In the usual time to form the good habit of reading and more reading can improve understanding, thinking, judgment, can through the knowledge of current affairs, raises concerns social, because enriching themselves not only in terms of their studies, for the ordinary life, or to understand and care.

Time flies, time flies, time passed so hasty, we want to know the value of time, as long as the use of a few minutes of time every day to enrich themselves, accumulate over a long period, many a mickle makes a muckle, and can help you to save every bit of wisdom, piggy bank, so I want to read to be my good habits, and increased my wisdom enrich my life.

在资讯发展日新月异的时代，我们可以从不同的管道，得到相同的讯息，资讯的传递与取得越来越方便，古人说 ：“ 秀才不出门，能知天下事。“身为一位学生的我，又是新时代的少年，如何充实自己是很重要的事。

古人说： “ 读十卷书，胜走千里路。”这句话明白的说出读书的好处，所以我可以多阅读课外读物，吸取别人的名言加句，使他成为我作文能力的助力。在平时的时候就要养成多读书的好习惯，多阅读可以提升理解力、思考力、判断力，可以藉由对时事的了解，培养关心社会，因为充实自己不只是在课业方面，对于平常的生活或时是都要了解并关心。

光阴似箭，岁月如梭，时间过得这么匆促，我们要懂得爱惜时光， 只要每天利用几分钟的时间充实自己，日积月累，积少成多，就能帮自己存一点一滴的智慧扑满，所以我要让读书成为我的好习惯，增加我的智慧丰富我的人生。

去年暑假我翻开了我柜子里的《欧亨利100个短篇小说精选》，其中的第一篇就是《麦琪的礼物》，这本书我已经看过很多遍了，因为它的作者是美国著名作家欧亨利，他被称为“短篇小说之王”。

“一元八角七。全都在这儿了，其中六角是一分一分的铜板。这些分分钱是杂货店老板、菜贩子和肉店老板那儿软硬兼施地一分两分地扣下来，直弄得自己羞愧难当，深感这种掂斤播两的交易实在丢人现眼。德拉反复数了三次，还是一元八角七，而第二天就是圣诞节了。”

圣诞节之前，女主德拉想给男朋友吉姆买一份礼物，可是她已经没有多余的钱了，没有办法的情况下，她决定卖掉自己的金发。而他的男朋友吉姆同样想买一份礼物给亲爱的德拉，终于在这个时候德拉为了买表链，卖掉了自己的金发。而吉姆为了买发卡卖掉了自己的金表。

读完这部短篇小说，我体会到了作者对纯真美好的爱情的赞扬，虽然他们没有钱，但是都愿意将自己认为最好的礼物给对方，虽然结果很诧异，但体现了两个人爱情的美好。

《麦琪的礼物》是一部非常优秀的作品，我以前读书的时候就知道，欧亨利的小说风格是既在意料之外，又在情理之中。作者无愧于”短篇小说之王“。今天我们要更加努力，通过自己的双手赚钱。

I have received many presents when I have my twelve birthday party.

My favourite present is a golden clock. It was given by my grandmother. This is very nice.

It can tell me the time and help me to study on time.So it is my helpful tool. So i like it very much. This clock present the love my grandmother gave me.

So I must thank my dear grandmother. I will pay back to you my grandmother.

This is the best birthday present ever!

翻译：

在我12岁的生日聚会上我收到了很多礼物。

我最喜欢的礼物是一个金色的钟。它是由祖母送给我的。他非常漂亮。它可以准时的告诉我时间和帮助我学习。所以它是我有用的工具所以我非常喜欢。

这个钟的礼物是爱我的祖母给我的。所以我必须谢谢我亲爱的祖母。我会报答你祖母。

这是我收到最好的生日礼物!

Very good question, the answer to which needs to be in English as reading English has nothing to do with Chinese.

When reading English,that brain should think English and only English,not Chinese.

There are two pathways to lead information to the brain:by sound or by sight.

Sound becomes meaning,all in English,and goes to an area in the brain named letterbox to be understood.

Sight becomes sound (for a lot of people) then becomes meaning,(all in English,and goes to an area in the brain named letterbox to be understood.)

All of the above.That is the only single complete way to understand English when reading.

A good book not only brings happiness to people, but also comforts; it can

not only make you think deeply, but also enlighten you. A good book is a wise

man, a mentor, a friend, and a partner. My favorite thing is reading.

books also bring me much joy. I remember one time, my mother bought me

"Insects", the book records many insects and their habits. I couldnt put it

down, and when I got home, I picked up the book and read it with interest. When

I read the firefly insect, a beautiful scene immediately appeared in my mind: On

a summer night, I was walking in the park, and at this time, many fireflies were

flying around me. Illuminate the way forward... The more I think about it, the

more excited I am, and I read it more seriously. When I read about ants, an

insect, I couldnt help but be shocked by its unity. Together, ants can move

things that are several times heavier than them. I also feel that we must learn

from the spirit of ants. Reading and reading, I forgot the time. It wasnt until

my mother came to ask me to eat, I reluctantly put down the book and swallowed a

spit, as if swallowing wisdom into my stomach, my heart was still in the

colorful world of insects.

Gorky once said: "I am on books, like hungry people are on bread." Food

feeds only our bodies, and books feed our souls. Books can increase our

knowledge, broaden our horizons, and improve our writing skills; they can bring

us inspiration and happiness. "When the book is used, we hate less", so I think

we need to read more and read more books to make our achievements bloom like

sesame seeds.

It (Example:0) 8 o’clock 41，and the last bus42at the second bus stop.A middleaged woman got out,and the conductor was going to ring the bell for43to start the bus again,just at that moment he saw a small child44at the bus stop.

“What’s wrong with you?” the bus conductor said to the boy.

“Well,my mother gave me ten pence to go home by bus after school,but I45the money after I finished playing football with my classmates,” the child answered, “so I have to walk all the way home.”

“That’s OK.” said the conductor. “Come on.We’ll take you home.”

The child thanked him,46the bus and sat down near the door.The conductor rang the bell,then the bus started. “How47are you living?” asked the conductor.

The child told him the name of the place where he lived.It was about two miles away,and48would have cost him two pence if the child had had the money to pay for it.

The conductor went to give some other people on the bus their tickets,and when he came back a few minutes49,he saw that child crying again.

“And what’s the matter with you now?” he asked. “Aren’t you on your way home?”

“Yes,I am,” answered the child, “but what about my change?You haven’t given it to me,have you?You should give me50.”

[英语阅读作文

To improve your English reading， you should， first of all， choose something you feel important or interesting to read. Dont try to read everything. You should begin with those written in simple English. Dont read those which prove difficult for you at the very beginning.

While reading， dont read too slowly or look up every new word you meet with. After reading a passage and having its main idea in mind， you may turn back and read it again. This time you read it slowly and look up some new words if necessary.

Keep on reading in this way and youll surely make progress little by little.

"What to buy some? I alone wander in the street, walked with his chin. "" mothers day arrived, I this should do the son to send a gift for my mother unit. But cash-strapped, lucky money with only 5 yuan. Or go try their luck in the gift shop, perhaps can buy cheap and fine gifts.

Got a gift shop, the colours of all kinds of gifts immediately make me dazzled. Buy a card, no, the same old story, the mother does not like; Buy a music box, no, that things are too expensive, also not much meaning; Buy a carnation, no, although good-looking, also has the meaning, but dont open a couple of days thanks... I picked out a long time, doesnt even have a good gift, not the price is too expensive, is poor quality. Alas, forget it, it seems that today is not favorite.

Alas! Just want to turn, my eye is on the desk on the corner of a small toys: a sophisticated chic cage, a mother of a child two birds. Chicks are opened the mouth, waiting for mother feeding; And the mother bird, is preparing to send food down their kids. Modelling is vivid, lifelike. Touch the cage, it is moved to the birds, a joy of life is full of good "feeding"! Looked at the small bird, I could not help but think of my mother, she carefully nurturing the with the loving mother love me: in life, caring; Learning, the education. I like young son under the sunshine. This chick is not I? The mother bird, how like my mother! Suddenly, my heart very excited. A look at the price tag, hey, just 5 yuan, I am happy to pay the money, carefully holding it, trotted XiangGuBen.

Back home, I forgot to change the shoes, and ran to the mother side, deep feeling ground say: "mom, today is mothers day, I sent you a gift, thank you for your nurturing. I wish you a happy holiday, forever young!" Then take out gifts to the mother. Her first one leng, and then understood everything. Her excitement, said not a word out of a slightly shaking his arm around me. When I saw her eyes flashing in the glittering and translucent and tears.

“买些什么才好呢?”我独自徘徊在街头，撑着下巴，冥思苦想。“母亲节”到了，我这个做儿子的应该给妈妈送上一件礼物表表心意。无奈囊中羞涩，压岁钱只剩5元了。也罢，到礼品店去碰碰运气吧，或许能买到价廉物美的礼物。

跨进一家礼品店的大门，那些五光十色的各类礼品顿时令我眼花缭乱。买贺卡吧，不行，那老一套了，妈妈不会喜欢的;买八音盒吧，不行，那东西太贵，也没多大意思;买一枝康乃馨吧，不行，虽说好看，也有意义，但开不了几天就谢了……我挑了好长时间，连一件称心的礼物都没有，不是价钱太昂贵，就是质量欠佳。唉，算了，看来今天是买不到中意的了。

唉!刚想转身，我的目光却又落在了柜台角落里的一件小玩艺儿上：一个精巧别致的鸟笼里，有一母一子两只鸟儿。雏鸟正张大了嘴巴，等待妈妈喂食;而鸟妈妈呢，正准备把食物往孩子嘴里送。造型逼真，栩栩如生。碰一下笼子，那对鸟儿都动了起来，好一幅生趣盎然的“喂食图”啊!望着这小巧玲珑的鸟儿，我不禁想起了我的妈妈，她用慈母的爱心细心地哺育着我：生活上，关心体贴;学习上，教育督促。我像阳光雨露下的幼苗儿一样茁壮成长。这雏鸟不就是我吗?这鸟妈妈，多么像我的妈妈啊!顿时，我内心无比激动。一看标价，嘿，正好5元，我高兴地付了钱，小心翼翼地捧着它，一路小跑向家奔去。

回到家里，我顾不上换鞋，就跑到妈妈身旁，深情地说：“妈妈，今天是母亲节，我送给您一件礼物，感谢您的哺育之恩。祝您节日快乐，永远年轻!”随后取出礼物递给了妈妈。她先是一愣，随后便明白了一切。她激动得一句话也没有说，伸出微微颇抖的手搂住了我。这时，我看到她的眼眶里闪烁着晶莹的泪花。

Now Christmas Day comes, I feel so excited, though Christmas Day originates in the western country, now it is popular around the world. Our family will spend the hour on that day, I will get present from my parents. This year, I am so looking forward to receiving the gift from my parents, I love Christmas Day.

Covering Ones Ears While Stealing a Bell

掩耳盗铃

Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does [en]foolish

things.[/en]

王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。

One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. "Oh! How nice! I will take it home." He thinks, "What can I do?" After a while he has a "good" idea. "Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell."

一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。"啊，真漂亮啊!我要把它拿回家去。"他自言自语道："我该怎么做呢?"过了一会儿他想到了一个"好"主意。"啊哈!我有办法了!我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。"

Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. "What are you doing?" the owner says angrily.

于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说："你在干什么?"

【成语来源】

At the time when Fan, a nobleman of the state of Jin, became a fugitive, a commoner found a bell and wanted to carry it off on his back.

春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。

But the bell was too big for him.

可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。

[/en]When he tried to knock it into pieces with a hammer there was a loud clanging sound. [/en]

他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。小偷找来一把大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。

He was afraid that someone will hear the noise and take the bell from him, so he immediately stopped his own ears.

小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗?他越听越害怕，不同自由地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。

To worry about other people hearing the noise is understandable, but to worry about himself hearing the noise (as if stopping his own ears would prevent other people from hearing) is absurd.

“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了!”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了!把耳朵捂住不住就听不进钟声了吗!”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。

Gorky said: "Books are the ladder of human progress!" It is obvious how

important reading is! Reading books allows us to learn a wealth of knowledge,

but also make people progress.

Usually we should read more books, and we must read good books, such as:

science fiction, composition, fairy tales, fables, myths and other useful.

Meaningful book. However, for books like comics, it is best to read less.

"Reading through thousands of books, writing pens is like a god." I think

that reading more is good for writing. When reading, you should accumulate some

good words and good sentences, and then copy them on your notebook. Learn more

about other peoples writing skills. Content, so that when writing, the

accumulated and learned things can come in handy!

Books are our good friends; books are also our good teachers; none of us

leave anyone, book this intimate teacher, this competent teacher!

I like to read books, because a good book, contains a wealth of knowledge and good feelings. Reading a good book is across time and space, dialogue with wisdom and noble people.

Reading makes me rich knowledge, purify the soul. Book is the ocean of knowledge, it is gradually broadened my horizons, improve my ability. I have benefited a lot from reading this is self-evident.

Reading is a golden key for me open the door to knowledge, reading is like the sun light up bright future for me.

The book, not dull, inflexible. But like a person, lively and interesting. A good book is the best teacher, is a friend, is a partner. World writer gorky once said: "books are the ladder of human progress."

Because of this, I like reading, it makes my writing improve a lot, gave me a lot of harvest.

Love books! It will make you have a lot of harvest.

我喜欢读书，因为一本好书，蕴含着丰富的知识和美好的情感。阅读一本好书就是跨越时间和空间，同睿智而高尚的人对话。

读书使我丰富了知识，净化了灵魂。书是知识的海洋，它在潜移默化之中开拓了我的眼界，提高了我的才干。读书使我受益匪浅这是不言而喻的。

读书是一把金钥匙为我打开知识宝库的大门，读书就像太阳为我照亮美好的前程。作文

书，不是枯燥的，呆板的。而是如同一个人一样生动，有趣。一本好书是良师，是益友，是伴侣。世界文豪高尔基曾经说过：“书是人类进步的阶梯。”

因为这样，我喜欢读书，它让我的写作水平提高了许多，给了我许多收获。

爱书吧!它会让你有许多收获。

people often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world. but i dont think so. in my opinion, to read books is more valuable than anything else.the old saying“to open a book is always helpful”clearly shows us how good it is to read a book.

books are our friends. they introduce us different kinds of knowledge.they lead us down the road to success.books are our teachers. they teach us truth, science, literature, and philosophy of life, besides they increase our knowledge, enlarge our experience, strengthen our character and do many other things which we can not do without them.we have to learn as long as we live. but our life is limited, and the knowledge is boundless. there are many things which are very necessary to learn and there are also many which should be avoided. books tell us what is good and what is evil. and only books can tell the good from the bad.

therefore to read more books is the best policy for our young students。

人们常说金子和银子是世界上最有价值的东西。但我不这么认为。在我看来,读书比任何其他事情更有价值。俗话说“打开一本书总是有益”清楚地显示了我们是多么好的阅读一本书。

书是我们的朋友。他们介绍我们各种各样的知识。他们引导我们成功之路。书是我们的老师。他们教我们真理、科学、文学和生活的哲学,除了它们增加我们的知识,扩大我们的经验,加强我们的性格,做许多其他的事情,我们离不开他们。我们必须学习,只要我们生活。但是我们的生命是有限的,知识是无限的。有许多事情是非常必要的学习和应该避免的也有很多。书告诉我们什么是善,什么是恶。只有书能告诉坏的好。

因此,读更多的书对我们的青年学生是最好的政策。

麦琪是个聪明的人，聪明绝顶的人，由于他是聪明的人，毫无疑问，他的礼物也是聪明的。

一块八毛七分，全在这儿了。圣诞节是最重要的日子之一，我们文中的两个笨小孩却什么也拿不出来。一块八毛七分--似乎故事到这儿就该结束了，毕竟这点钱能做什么呢?可一场戏剧的结束，往往会是另一场戏剧的开始。

于是，吉姆卖掉了他的金表为德拉买了一套纯玳瑁，镶有珠宝的梳子，而德拉卖掉自己引以为傲的长发，为吉姆的金表配一条白金表链。

可是在失去价值的背后我却看到了他们是无限爱着对方，爱着这个家的，让我觉得，这个寒冷的平安夜因为他们的礼物变成了温暖的天堂。如果德拉只拿着一块八毛七分去挑礼物的话，想必故事就少那种震撼力，读者也就少了许多思考。

在这个物欲横流的社会里，人们往往会用金钱去衡量礼物，当你看到那些大包大包精致包装的礼品时，见到的除了空虚还有什么?父母因在生日收到我们简易的贺卡而开心，因寥寥数语的祝福而欣慰。就是这样的礼物，简单而真实，比不上那些许多金钱所堆砌，华丽所勾勒出的礼品，却是天下最聪明的礼物!但从某种意义上说，它是无价之宝。

因为，它是麦琪的礼物。

The reader is reading from the literature (recorded knowledge of the carrier) to obtain and use information and knowledge of social practice, the process of physiological and psychological processes. Reading is a basic human access to knowledge and means an important way, as is the text of which have begun, is a text record of human understanding of natural and social practice experience as a symbol, a symbol that they start to have all kinds of literature, , And will have to read the information on the documents. With the social development so far, with the emergence of computer technology, digital and network technology popularization and development of electronic audio book market, expanding the carrier carrying information resources has changed, peoples reading habits and books published by the Also means increasing occurrence. According to the 2006 Fourth National Survey of the National Reading: Chinese on-line reading from l999-year rate of 3.7 percent to 27.8 percent in 2005, the average annual growth rate of 107%. Experts point out that digital technology and the development of the Internet has changed the Chinese peoples reading habits. The author believes that such a major impact in the following aspects.

A digital network for the promotion of reading

Access to information resources more convenient and efficient. Computer technology has brought about in areas such as storage and retrieval facilities, so that the carrier of information resources in the form of great changes have taken place, most of the information resources have been digitized, from paper to electronic resources, changes in resources, making many In looking for information resources and access to really become faster and more convenient. With the emergence of the network, the Earth is reduced to a "village", the distance is no longer an obstacle to the dissemination of information, access to a more simple and quick. In addition, the network is also promoting the digital information resources to enhance the process, more and more digital information resources, networking, in order to more convenient and efficient access to needed resources, the emergence of Baidu, Google, Sohu, and other search engines, which Greatly changed the way people access information model, greatly improved peoples reading needs

I like reading, reading and listening. Comic books, picture books and storybooks and popular science books, I like it.

When I was small, mom and dad told me "the frog prince" and "the thumb girl", "journey to the west" and other stories. A little bit grow up, parents also teach me some poems, what "again before Wang Xietang yan, flying off the shelves." , what "children meet strangers, smile ask the guest where to." Wait, I to now still fresh. It was also at that time, I feel the pleasure of listening, reading and reading. And promise, grow up, must use a lot of books to enrich their extracurricular knowledge.

我喜欢读书、看书和听书。无论是漫画书、小人书、故事书还是科普书，我都很喜欢。

在我还很小的时候，爸爸、妈妈就给我讲了《青蛙王子》、《拇指姑娘》、《西游记》等故事。稍微长大一点，父母又教我一些诗词，什么“又是王谢堂前燕，飞入寻常百姓家。”，什么“儿童相见不相识，笑问客从何处来。”等等，我到现在仍然记忆犹新。也正是在那时，我感到了听书、看书和读书的乐趣。并且立下誓言，长大以后，一定要用许许多多的书来丰富自己的课外知识。

My mother is a teacher, so she pays special attention to my education. Before I went to primary school, she bought me a lot of novel books. I remembered that when the hot movie Harry Porter came out, she bought me the novel the other day. I was so surprised and read these books quickly. Thanks to my mother, she cultivated my interest to read successfully. I keep reading books every day, even though I was busy with my homework, I would take out the books to read some chapters before I went to sleep. Reading these books helps me a lot. I am good at writing and it broadens my vision. I can give my own opinion and other students admire me. Now I start to read the classic novel. Reading makes me happy and find my world.

我妈妈是一名教师，所以她特别重视对我的教育。在我上小学之前，她给我买了很多小说。我记得，当热门电影《哈里波特》出来的时候，第二天她就给我买了这本小说。我很惊讶，同时也很快看完了。感谢我的妈妈，她成功地培养了我对阅读的兴趣。我坚持每天读书的习惯，即使作业任务很繁重，我都会在睡觉之前拿书出来看一会。看这些书给我的帮助很大。我擅长写作，而且视野也拓宽了。我可以给出自己的见解，其他同学也佩服我。现在我开始看古典小说，阅读使我快乐，我找到了属于自己的世界。

[良好的阅读习惯高中英语作文

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

The worlds environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss. If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog(烟雾)to global climate change, from the felling(砍伐)of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement. The surprise is how good things are, not how bad.

After all, the worlds population has more than tripled during this century, and world output has risen hugely, so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900 , the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty, toxic and dangerous.

But they dont. The reasons why they dont, and why the environment has not been ruined, have to do with prices, technological innovation, social change and government regulation in response to popular pressure. That is why todays environmental problems in the poor countries ought, in principle, to be solvable.

Raw materials have not run out, and show no sign of doing so. Logically, one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big, and man is very ingenious. What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and, in response, people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find ways to use less of the materials, or looked for a new substitute. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real terms during the century. The same is true for food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do, assisted by new farming and crop technology. The long-term trend has been downwards.

[英语阅读理解作文

“英语说明文”，顾名思义，就是一种以“说明、解释”为主要表达方式的英语文体。它是对客观事物的性状、特点、功能和用途等等做科学解说的。它既不像故事那样重在情节的叙述和描写，也不像议论文那样，重在阐明主张和论点论据；更不像科幻作品那样富于想象和虚构夸张。说明文是通过解说事物、阐明事理，使人们增长知识和技能。说明文是高考英语阅读理解题中的重点内容之一。说明文具有与自己特点相适应的说明方法，因此说明文结构复杂，专业术语多，易于拉开考生分数档次，便于高校分层次选拔人才。然而对于考生来说说明文抽象度高，解题难度增大了。高考对说明文的考查多为科普知识，动植物特性、自然现象和新产品、新工艺介绍以及人文地理、风土人情等方面的说明文，文中解释性、定义性、说明性的句子居多。因此考生要掌握说明文的命题特点，叙述方式，以冷静的心态阅读原文，重点突破长句结构特点和逻辑关系，以便对其做出准确的语意理解。

一、说明文阅读理解的特征 一般说来，英语说明文与其它文体一样，文章所涉及的内容不外乎以下几个方面，即Who→What→When→Where→How→Why。

1. Who：问的是这篇文章的主体是谁？（即所要说明和描述的人或事物）

2. What：问的是主体做了什么事情？（即主体表现出的特性、功能和用途）

3. When和Where：是在何时何地发生的？（即何时何地所表现出的特性、功能和用途）

4. How：通过什么方式表现出来的？

5. Why：这种特性功能用途的原因是什么？

做说明文阅读阅读的时候，一定要记住上面的Wh-word。边阅读，边搜记，牢记要点，把握全文。

二．说明文阅读理解的类型 掌握说明文阅读理解题的类型对考生来说非常有必要。一般来说，高考对阅读理解的命题类型主要有以下几种：

1. 细节理解题

说明文中考查的细节理解题大致与记叙文相似。命题区域都有其共同点。⑴在列举处命题。如用First(1y)、Second(1y)、Third(1y)Finally、not only…but also、then、in addition等表示顺承关系的词语列举出事实。试题要求考生从列举出的内容中选出符合题干要求的答案项。⑵在例证处命题。句中常用由as、such as、for example、for instance等引导的短语或句子作为例证，这些例句或比喻就成为命题者设问的焦点。⑶在转折对比处命题。一般通过however、but、yet、in fact等词语来引导。对比用unlike、until、not so much…as等词语引导，命题者常对用来对比的双方属性进行考查。⑷在比较处命题。无端的比较、

相反的比较、偷换对象的比较，经常出现在干扰项中，考生要标记并且关注到原文中的比较，才能顺利地排除干扰。⑸在复杂句中命题。包括同位词、插入语、定语、从句、不定式等，命题者主要考查考生对句子之间的指代关系和语法关系。

细节类问题一般都能在原文中找到出处，只要仔细就可以在文中找到答案。但正确的选择项不可能与阅读材料的原文完全相同，而是用不同的语句成句型表达相同的意思。

2. 语义猜测题 说明文为了把自然规律，事物的性质等介绍清楚或把事理阐述明白，因此学术性强的生词较多，所以常进行生词词义判断题的考查。命题方式多以The underlined part “…” in Paragraph…refers to….或What does the underlined word mean?或What is the meaning of the underlined word?为设问方式。解题时考生应认真阅读原文，分析其对某些科学原理是如何定义、如何解释的，并以此为突破口抽象概括出生词词义。也可以通过上下文来猜测某个陌生词语的语意。或者找出某个词语在文章中的同义词。要注意破折号、同位语从句、定语从句、插入句等具有解释、说明作用的语言成分。说明文在阐述说明对象时易发生动作变换、人称转变的现象，这类题目常以 it，they，them 等代词为命题点，因此考生要根据上下文语境，认真阅读原文，分析动作转换背景，弄清动作不同执行者，以便准确判断代词的其实际指代对象。

3. 主旨理解题

说明文常用文章大意判断题考查考生对通篇文意的理解。即对文章的主题或中心意思的概括和归纳。主要考查考生对文章的整体理解能力。命题形式常以This passage mainly talks about ____.What is the main idea of the passage?为设问方式。这种试题多以This passage mainly talks about the major

surprising findings about….为回答方法。答题时首先阅读题干，掌握问题的类型，了解试题题干以及各个选项所包含的信息，然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读，对有关信息进行快速定位，再将相关信息进行整合、甄别、分析、对比，有根有据地排除干扰项，选出正确答案。

4. 判断推理题。

这种试题常以The passage is intended to...(2) The author suggests that...(3) The story implies that…(4) Which point of view may the author agree to?(5) From the passage we can conclude that...(6) The purpose of the passage is to...为设问方式。这种题型的答案在原文中不是直接就能找到的，它要求考生进行合理的推断。如因果关系，文中的某些用词、语气也往往具有隐含意义，考生要将这种含义读出来。说明文常出现图示判断题，这种试题可以事物之间正确的依赖关系为命题点，要求考生判断其正确的流程顺序相互关系等。考生一定要认真阅读原文，并对照原文介绍的情况，弄清图示的差异，根据题干需要最终做出正确判断。如：动物介绍性说明文常出现动物能力判断题，考查考生对特定动物所具有能力的判断。解题时考生应认真阅读原文对动物形态活动能力的判断，了解动物的生存环境和是否会使用工具，是否善于爬行、飞翔和游泳等。

观点态度题也是判断推理题考查的内容之一。说明文的对象为客观事实,但设题以议论的表达方式抒发对该说明对象的想法。如对某种新发明的赞赏,或对某个事物的批判。这类题目常见的题干表达方式有"What was the author?s attitude towards ...?" 等。

【实例探究】 Northwest China is part of the sandstorm centre in Central Asia. Sandstorms begin in desert areas. Sandstorms in China appear to have increased in recent years as a result of "desertification". This is a process that happens when land becomes desert because of climate changes and because people cut down trees and dig up grass.

【问题设计】

According to the passage which is NOT likely to cause "desertification"?

A. Climate changes. B. Cutting down trees.

C. Digging up grass. D. Saving water.

We all known that reading should focus on method, but what methods are good for reading? Firstly, the difficulty of the book you read should be moderate. Too difficult or too easy are not so good.

If you find a book is too difficult to read, just put it aside and find an easier one instead. Secondly, read the books that are beneficial for you, which can help you in your career as well as in life. Thirdly, for those simple books or those without deep meanings, you can scan over them, but for those meaningful and beneficial, you should read them intensively and remember to take notes.

Finally, dont be shy to ask questions, because anyone could be your teacher. These approaches are general ones and each of you should have your own reading methods that make your reading fruitful.