1.试用“倒读法”解下面各题：

　　（1）The great ship，“Titanic”set off from Englandto______.

    A.Australia    B.the USA    C.Arabia    D.Europe

　　（2）People then thought it was safe to be on the shipbecause__________.

    A.it had 16 compartments

    B.it had more lifeboats than other ships

    C.it could not sink even if 4 compartments wore broken

    D.both A and C

　　（3）The ship was hit_______.

    A.when it started to cross the sea

    B.when a very large iceberg was suddenly seen ahead

    C.soon after it turned quickly on time

    D.soon after it had crossed the sea

　　（4）About 1，500 people were dead because________.

    A.the ship was the largest and finest

    B.4 of those compartments were broken

    C.hundreds of people jumped out into the water

    D.there were not enough lifeboats

　　（5）Which is the best title（标题）for the passage （短文）？

     A.How Does the “Titanic”Go Down？

     B.How Was the Great Ship Sinking？

     C.The Sinking of the “Titanic”

     D.The Sinking of a Ship

　　分析与答案：利用倒读的方法，我们可以从（1）到（4）中迅速了解到the ship“Titanic”从英国航行到某地去，为什么那么多人丧生等。在阅读短文时，很快就能抓住有关信息，轻而易举地找出正确答案（分别是B、D、C、D）。短文如下：

　　The great ship，“Titanic”（泰坦尼克号），set off forAmerica in April 1912 on its first trip.It was carrying morethan 2，000 people.

　　The “Titanic”was the largest and finest ship at that time.People thought it was safe to be on the ship because it had16 compartments（密封舱）with it. Even if（即使是）4 of thosewere b roken，it would still be able to stay on the sea.

　　Four days later，when the “Titanic” was crossing the sea，the man on watch suddenly saw a v ery large iceberg ahead. Thegreat ship turned quickly on time，but before long there was asound from below.The captain went down to see what was thematter.To his surprise，he found the sh ip was sinking fastbecause 5 compartments had been broken！ Hundreds of peoplejumped out i nto the water.As there were not enough lifeboats，about 1，500 lives were lost.

　　（5）是问短文的最好标题的，属于深层理解，当你读了短文就会明白最好的标题不是A（Titanic是如何下去的），也不是B（这艘大船是如何正在下沉的），也不是D（一只船的下沉），而是C（“Titanic”号沉船事件）。

　　2.利用“顺读法”，解下列各题：

James Watt（詹姆斯·瓦特）and the Kettle（水壶）

　　James Watt was an English boy.He liked to ask questionsand was always thinking hard.

　　One day he was sitting in the kitchen（厨房）with hisgrandmother.There he saw a kettle on the stove（炉子）.

　　Soon steam began to rise out of the kettle，and the lidwas shaking. “Grandma，what's in the kettle？”he asked.

　　“Water，my child.Nothing but water.”

　　“But I know there is something else.It pushes the lid up.”

　　“Oh，that's only steam.”

　　“How does the steam get under the lid？”

　　“It comes from the hot water.”

　　The boy said to himself.“The steam must be very strong. Itcan push things.If there is more w ater，the steam will be muchstronger.” Many years later James Watt tried hard and succeeded inmaking steam work for people. He gave the world its firststeam engine（发动机）.

　　Ⅰ.Find the word from this story according to the phrases.

　　1）a thing for boiling water：k________

　　2）a thing in which fire burning for warming or cooking：s________

　　3）movable（可移动的）cover for opening：I_________

　　4）gain（收获）what one is trying to do：s_________

　　5）use force on something to make it move away：p_________

　　Ⅱ.According to the story，choose the correct answer：

　　1）James Watt was from_________.

    A.America     B.Australia    C.England    D.Germany

　　2）There was________on the stove.

    A.a basin     B.a kettle     C.a jar      D.a pan

　　3）Grandma told little Watt why the lid of the kettle wasup and down.It was because___________.

    A.the stream pushed it         B.the boy moved it

    C.the lid moved itself         D.someone came and did it

　　4）Many years later Watt invented________.

    A.the first sewing machine     B.the first computer

    C.the first bike               D.the first steam engine

　　5）James Watt was_________.

    A.a famous writer             B.a famous driver

    C.a famous scientist          D.a famous musician

　　分析与答案：题1也是做阅读理解的常见题，先把所给的词组或短语意思弄清，然后从短文中找单词就不难了。

    1）意为“烧开水的工具”，这就是 kettle.

    2）意为“能在其中燃烧用以取暖或烧饭的东西”，这就是 stove.

    3）意为“能打开并可移动的东西”，这就是lid.

    4）意为“通过努力去做而取得 的收获”，这就是su cceed.

    5）意为“在某物上用力使其移动”，这就是push.

　　Ⅱ）

　　1）选C.短文中第一句话就告诉我们詹姆斯·瓦特是个英国人。

　　2）选B.答案A是盆，C是个罐子，D则是平底锅，根据短文只能选B.

　　3）选A.短文中的奶奶告诉瓦特蒸汽来自热水。壶盖的上下波动的力既不是瓦特做的，也不是有人进来动的，更不可能是壶盖自己产生的力动的。

　　4）选D.瓦特发明的是蒸汽机，所以我们要选择D答案。

　　5）选C.通过短文告诉我们瓦特是个著名的科学家。