Watching a film at home can be very easy, and a lot cheaper. VCR owners can make snacks (零食) and sit back and enjoy a film with family and friends. They can stop the film to make more snacks, answer the phone, or take care of the baby. There are no lines to stand in, no tickets to buy, and no uncomfortable (不舒服的) cinema seats. 1.What has changed people?s way of watching films? ___________________________________________
2.How do people usually get videotapes to watch films at home? ___________________________________________ 3.Is it expensive to rent videotape for one day?
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4.What does the writer prefer, watching video films at home or seeing films at the cinema?
___________________________________________ (选自2003年辽宁省试题)
【解题思路点拨】这是一篇时尚生活短文。随着电子技术的飞速发展。当今的人们足不出户就可以利用VCR在家里看电影了。在家中看电影既轻松又实惠。你只需到附近的音像店租一些喜欢的电影，和家人或朋友一起舒舒服服地欣赏。
1. (The) VCR (s). 文章第一段说，现在人们用不着再去电影院，只需把电影片带回家就可以看到自己喜爱的电影了。是什么东西让这成为现实了呢？“The VCR, has made this possible…”和“VCRs make it possible for us to watch films at home instead of the cinema”这两句说出了答案。
2.To rent videotapes/films. 本题答案源自“People can just go to a video store near their houses, rent (租) one or more films for a day or a weekend…”这句话中。 3.No, it isn?t. 根据“They cost just a few dollars each day.”这句话，可知答案应该是否定的。
5. Watching video films at home. 本题的答案是不能在短文中直接找到的。仔细揣摩最后一段作者描述的在家里看电影的场景，不难体会出作者的艳羡之情。由此，可以得出“更喜欢在家里看电影”这一结论。 Passage 4
I?m Joan Croft. I have to say that I came into nursing by chance. I didn?t really like my first job, which was office work. It was all right—but that?s just about all you can say about it. I stayed in the same place with the same people around me all day and every day. Then I became a singer, which I enjoyed very much, but after a while the singing group broke up (解散) and I had to start looking for something else.
Some girls have wanted to be nurses ever since they were children, but it never entered my head until I saw an advertisement in a paper. I wrote in and thought, “Oh, well, I?ll give it a try.” One thing I liked about it was going away from home.
The training itself is very interesting and most of it is just on the wards (病房), so that you very quickly begin nursing real patients.
I lived in the nurses? home when I arrived and I had my own room, which was very nice.
I like nursing more than I ever thought I would. I?ll always carry on nursing. I?ve got a boyfriend who is a doctor, so I hope to get married sometime, but wherever I live there?s sure to be a hospital in the place and there?s always a job for a nurse. 1.What was John?s first job? _____________________
2.Why didn?t Joan like her first job? ____________________________
3.Why didn?t Joan go on with her second job? ____________________________________
4.How did Joan find out the information about the nursing job? ___________________________________ 5.What was Joan?s plan for the future?
______________________________ (选自2003年江西省试题)
【解题思路点拨】这是Joan Croft的一篇自述。由于不喜欢自己的第一份工作，Joan Croft后来做了一名歌手。可因为歌舞团不久解散了，她只好另谋职业。小时候从未想过要当护士的Joan 因为偶然的一次机会成了一名护士，并且从此喜欢上了这一职业。 1.It was office work. 短文开头的第三句“I didn?t really like my first job, which was office work.”即是答案的依据。
2.Because she didn?t like staying in the same place with the same people around her all day and every day. /Because she was fed up with it. Joan为什么不喜欢自己的第一份职业呢？由“…but that?s just about all you can say about it. I stayed in the same place with the same people around me all day and every day.”这句话不难看出，一天到晚和周围的那些老面孔的人呆在同一个地方，且天天如此，她感到厌倦了。
3.Because the singing group broke up. 短文首段的最末一句说明了Joan没有继续她的第二份工作的原因---“…the singing group broke up (解散) and I had to start looking for something else.”(歌舞团解散了)。
4.She found an advertisement in a paper. 显然，“…but it never entered my head until I saw an advertisement in a paper.”这句话是答案的出处。
5.She hoped to get married sometime and went on her nursing job. 短文的最后一段交待了Joan未来的计划-----在某个时候结婚，并且继续从事护士这一职业。如果不仔细审读，很可能将其中的一个要点遗漏。另外，还要注意该问题是一般过去时的句子，不可受短文中句子时态的影响。由此考生也应接受教训：做这一类题目的时候，不可简单地将材料中的句子照搬照抄，一定要读透题目，然后再考虑答案。 Passage 5
On October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for the invention they needed. Suddenly they saw something bright crossing the computers? screens, and there was so much! At the same moment the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check
some parts of the computers. Much to their surprise, they found out that most of their stored information was cleared up by computer viruses (病毒)! What was worse, all these computers had been infected (感染) by computer viruses.
It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men who all had good education. They made the viruses just to show their intelligence (才能). These kinds of computer viruses are called Jerusalem Viruses. These viruses can stay in
computers for a long time. When the time comes they ill attack the computers by slowing down the function (功能), damaging (破坏) their normal programs or even clearing up all the information.
We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Friday so they are also called “Friday Viruses” and that they are spreading (传播) to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered (遭受) computer viruses are Britain, Australia, Switzerland, the United States of America, and some other countries. But till now, how to clean up the terrible viruses is still a problem.
1.What did the Chinese scientists find out when they checked the computers? _________________________________________________. 2.Why did the group of young men make the computer viruses? _________________________________________________.
3.The computer viruses will damage the normal programs, won?t they? _________________________________________________. 4.Why are these computer viruses called “Friday Viruses”? _________________________________________________. 5.What?s the best title of this passage?
______________________________________________. (选自2003年山东省菏泽市试题)
【解题思路点拨】这是一篇关于电脑病毒的阅读材料。1989年10月，中国的一些科学家在电脑上发现了病毒。据说，这种名叫“Jerusalem Viruses”的电脑病毒是由一些受过良好教育的年轻人研制的。它通常在星期五发作。电脑病毒的危害非常大，传播速度快。很多国家饱受电脑病毒之苦。目前还没有有效的办法清除这种病毒。
1.They found out that most of their stored information was cleaned up by computer viruses. 通读全文，就会发现答案即在第一自然段的“Much to their surprise, they found out that most of their stored information was cleared up by computer viruses!”这一句话之中。
2.They made the viruses just to show their intelligence. 第二自然段的大体意思是，电脑病毒是一群受过良好教育的年轻人制造的。他们制造这种病毒的目的只是为了显示他们的聪明才智。答案就是段落中的原文。本小题属于表层理解题。
3.Yes, they will. 第二自然段最后说，当这种病毒袭击电脑时，会削弱其功能，破坏其正常程序，甚至会清除所有信息。所以这个问题的答案应当是肯定的。
4.Because they often attack computers on Fridays. 文中最后一段中的“… Viruses often attack computers on Friday so they are also called ?Friday Viruses?…”这句话即是答案的出处。
5.Computer Viruses. 本阅读材料是围绕“电脑病毒”展开的。第一自然段讲述的是科学家发现了电脑病毒；第二自然段主要说明了病毒的危害；第三自然段讲述了电脑病毒发作的时间和危及的国家。因此，用“电脑病毒”作标题是很恰当的。
中考真题透视(3)“判断正误”式
Passage 1
Do you remember your dreams? Do people have the same dreams? Why do we dream? There are many questions about dreams. We dream during the REM (rapid (快的) eye movement) stage (阶段) of sleep. We have about five periods of REM sleep during the night. The first REM cycle (周期) lasts about 10 minutes. As the night goes on, the REM cycle gets longer. By early morning, the REM cycle can last up to 90 minutes. Usually, it is in this last REM cycle that we remember our dreams.
Dreams change as people age. People may have several dreams each night. Some are like films and usually in color. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something and trying to find the answer.
Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can?t remember the dreams clearly.
It is reported that too much dreaming is bad for our health. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired when we wake up.
1.We dream during the REM stage of sleep.
2.Children aged eight or nine have the same dreams as people aged thirty. 3.All the dreams are usually in color like films. 4.The longer we dream, the better we sleep.
5.The passage above is talking about dreaming. (选自2003年黑龙江省试题) 【解题思路点拨】做梦是人人都经历过的事情。本文向我们讲述了梦的五个REM周期。“日有所思，夜有所梦”。人们通常记不清楚自己梦中的情景。不过在黎明时分，即最后一个REM周期，梦中的事情往往在醒来之后仍然可以历历在目。人做梦时，神经系统尚在活动。短文最后得出结论：做梦太多有损于身体健康。
1.T.由短文第一段中的“We dream during the REM (rapid (快的) eye movement) stage (阶段) of sleep.”可以判断该句是正确的。
2.F.短文第二段首句“Dreams change as people age.”的意思是说，“梦因人的年龄不同而存在差异”。由此可知这句话是不正确的。
3.F.第二段很清楚地说明了“有些梦就像电影一样”(Some are like films …)这层意思。据此，这句话显然是错误的。
4.F.文章最后说，“睡觉的时间越多，做梦的时间就越长”，而“太多的梦对人体健康是不害的”。这句话的意思与原文背道而驰，所以是错误的。
5.T.非常明显，本文的三个自然段都是围绕着“梦”这一话题而写的。因此，这个句子是正确的。 Passage 2
Tom, an 11-year-old boy, was ill. He had got a cough. His mother was worried and took him to see a doctor. The doctor looked over Tom carefully and said, “Tom, nothing serious”. Then he gave him some medicine. These are the words on the instruction of the cough medicine. Instruction
Take three times a day after meals
Dose (剂量): Grown-ups: 2 spoons each time Children: 8-14 yrs. One spoon, 4-7 yrs. 1/2 spoon Not for children below the age of 4 years Notes: 1.Store in a cold place 2.Using before Oct. 2004 Tel & Fax: 021-56317708
1.Tom should take three spoons in a day.
2.Tom had better have his meals before he takes the medicine. 3.The medicine can be kept in a fridge.
4.Children aged five can?t take this medicine.
5.From this instruction we know Tom can go on using the left medicine after Oct. 2004.
(选自2003年新疆生产建设兵团试题)
【解题思路点拨】能读懂日常生活中的一些常见英文标志和说明，是初中学生所必须达到的一项能力。在这则咳嗽药说明书中，涉及了药品的服用量，适宜人群及贮存和使用期限等。
1.T.本题看似简单，实则需要细心推算才能判断答案。药品说明第一句话是说这种药每天服用三次。前文中说Tom是一个十一岁的孩子，根据说明中的“Children: 8-14 yrs. One spoon, 4-7 yrs. 1/2 spoon”这一句提供的信息，可知他每次只能一调羹。所以，Tom每天应当服用三调羹。
2.T.由“Take three times a day after meals”这句话，可知此药须在饭后服用，故Tom服药前最好吃些东西。
3.T.“Store in a cold place”是解题的依据。
4.F.这句话的意思是说“五岁的孩子不能服用这种药”。而说明中明明有“四至七岁的小孩每次服用1/2调羹”(4-7 yrs. 1/2 spoon)。因此，这个句子是错误的。
5.F。根据“Using before Oct. 2004”一句可知，本药品的有效期是截止到2004年10月，不难判断出所给句子是错误的。 Passage 3 Dear sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in a morning newspaper for a set of the complete works (全集) of William Shakespeare. Your company offered this set at a