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We were on tour a few summers ago, driving through Chicago，when right outside of the city, we got pulled over(被迫停车). A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really being troublesome at first. He said, “ You were speeding. Where are you going in such a hurry?” Our guitarist, Tim, told him that we were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show. Then his way towards us totally changed. He asked, “Oh, so you boys are in a band(乐队)?” We told him that we were. He then asked all the usual band questions about the type of music we played and how long we had been at it.
Suddenly, he stopped and said, “Tim, you want to get out of this ticket, don’t you?” Tim said, “Yes.” So the officer asked him to step out of the car. The rest of us, inside the car, didn’t know what to think as we watched the policeman talk to Tim. Then the policeman put Tim in the back of the police car and threw the car into reverse(倒车), stopping a few feet in back of our car.
Now we suddenly felt frightened. We didn’t know if we were all going to prison. Suddenly, the policeman’s voice came over in a loudspeaker. He said, “Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, we have Tim here singing on Route 90.” Later we knew, the policeman had told Tim that if he sang one of our songs over the loudspeaker in the police car, we would get out of the ticket. Seconds later, Tim started screaming into the receiver. The policeman enjoyed the performance, and sent us on our way without a ticket.
21. Why did the policeman stop the boys?
A. Because they drove too fast.
B. Because they were late for their show.
C. Because they didn’t see the policeman.
D. Because they had to answer the band questions.
22. The policeman became friendly to the boys when he knew they __________.
A. were famous singers B. were driving for a show
C. didn’t break the traffic rules D. promised him a performance
23. The underlined word “ticket” in paragraph 2 means “a piece of paper that __________.”
A. allows you to enter a cinema
B. shows the price or size in a shop
C. shows that you have paid to travel on a bus
D. orders you to pay money because you have done something wrong
【答案】21. A 22. B 23. D
【解析】
【分析】
本文是一篇故事。作者讲述了他们一群男孩急于去表演路上超速，警察知道后让他们表演了一个节目，免开了罚单。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中He said, “ You were speeding. Where are you going in such a hurry?”可知因为我们超速了，所以被警察拦住。故选A.
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中Our guitarist, Tim, told him that we were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show. Then his way towards us totally changed.可知当警察得知我们忙着去赶演出时，对我们的态度发生了改变。故选B.
【23题详解】
猜测词义题。根据第一段中You were speeding.第三段中Later we knew, the policeman had told Tim that if he sang one of our songs over the loudspeaker in the police car, we would get out of the ticket.和The policeman enjoyed the performance, and sent us on our way without a ticket.可知我们超速了，警察让Tim表演就免开罚单，最后他喜欢Tim的表演，没开罚单让我们走了。ticket指的是因做错事要交钱的罚单，故选D.
【点睛】词义猜测题要根据词、词组、句子所在的语境上下文来判断其意义。
1.根据定义或上下文解释进行猜测
有时短文中出现一个需要猜测其意义的词或短语，下面接着出现其定义或解释，这就是判断该词或短语意义的主要依据。例如：It will be very hard but also very brittle—that is, it will break easily.从后面that is(也就是说)的解释中我们可以了解到brittle 是“脆”的意思。小题3根据第一段中You were speeding.第三段中Later we knew, the policeman had told Tim that if he sang one of our songs over the loudspeaker in the police car, we would get out of the ticket.和The policeman enjoyed the performance, and sent us on our way without a ticket.可知我们超速了，警察让Tim表演就免开罚单，最后他们喜欢Tim的表演，没开罚单让我们走了。ticket指的是因做错事要交钱的罚单。
2.根据同位关系进行猜测
阅读中出现的难词有时后面紧跟一个同位语，对前面的词进行解释，这时可利用同位关系对前面或后面的词义或句意进行猜测。例如：The “Chunnel”, a tunnel(隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.此句中a tunnel connecting England and France是Chunnel的同位语。因此，The “Chunnel”就是英法之间的海底隧道。
3.根据构词法(前缀、后缀、复合、派生等)进行猜测
在英语中，有很多词可以在前面加前缀，在后面加后缀，从而构成一个词，乍看起来，这个词可能是新词，但掌握了一定的构词知识，就不难猜出它的词义。例如：“Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10,” Anaclerio said, “and they’re very interactive and creative in that they built a sense of drama based on a subject.”文中interactive是由前缀inter-(相互的)和active(活动的，活跃的)而构成的，同时根据上下文的意思可以判断，该词的含义应是“互动的”。
4.根据转折或对比关系进行猜测
根据上下句的连接词，如but, however, otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意义上的差别，从而依据某一句的含义，来确定另一句的含义。另外，分号也可以表示转折、对比或不相干的意义。例如：A child’s birthday party doesn’t have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun.从前后两句的意思可以看出，hassle和a basket of fun肯定是近乎相反的意义。所以不难判断hassle的意思是“困难，麻烦”。
