外研版高中英语选修八1

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The lower East Side is neither rich nor beautiful, but it can be a good place to shop.

On Sundays, its streets are crowded with visitors and shoppers like these. They are trying to find a coat or a pair of shoes at a good price.

Most people prefer to shop in the big department stores like Macy's, Gimbel's, or Bloomingdale's, because there they can find clothing, furniture, toys, and food in one store.

Some people like the smaller stores of Greenwich Village or other areas when they are looking for an unusual present.

Some streets have only one kind of stores. Bracelets (手镯) and rings shine in the windows of Canal Street, and wedding dresses fill the stores of Grant Street. There are streets for furs (皮大衣), and in one area, there are 600 shops for antiques (古玩)! Fifth Avenue is the most famous place to shop, and it is usually the most expensive. There you can find the latest styles from Paris, Italy, or New York. You can spend thousands of dollars on Fifth Avenue, or you can just window_shop and admire the sights for free.

1．How many kinds of shops or stores on the lower East Side are mentioned in the passage?

A. Four.

B. Five.

C. Six.

D. Seven.

答案与解析A细节理解题。由第三、四、五段可知，文中提及了4种类型的商店。

2．If you want to buy something fashionable to wear, you'd better go to ________.

A. Grant Street

B. the big department stores

C. Fifth Avenue

D. the smaller stores of Greenwich Village

答案与解析C细节理解题。由第五段第四、五句可知，Fifth Avenue 上的店铺中有最时尚的衣服。

3．Why does the writer say that the lower East Side can be a good place to shop?

A. Because its streets are crowded with visitors.

B. Because there are the latest styles from Paris, Italy, or New York.

C. Because there are different goods in different stores that can meet the needs of the visitors and shoppers.

D. Because women want very much to go there and buy bracelets and rings.

答案与解析C推理判断题。由全文描述可知，人们愿意去the lower East Side购物的原因，主要是因为那里品种多，可满足游客的需要。

4．The underlined words “window shop” in the sentence mean “________”．

A. put all one's goods in the shop-window

B. look at goods displayed in the shop-window

C. not only look at goods displayed in the shop-window but also want to buy something

D. take much interest in the goods and have the idea of buying something

答案与解析B推理判断题。由文章最后一句可知，此句前后两分句形成对比，前分句说“spend ... dollars”，故后一分句应说只看不买，由“admire the sights for free”可知，B项正确。

B

One Sunday a few of us decided to take advantage of the first sunny day we'd had for ages to take a trip down to the coast to visit the penguins again. Last time I went down there was a couple of months ago and it was a cloudy cold day. Sunday couldn't have been more different —clear skies and sunshine made it feel like summer, although it was still －25℃.

Six of us drove to the coast. It was the first time we'd been off the base on our own without our field assistant, so it had a slightly different feeling — more like a few friends going to the seaside than an Antarctic field trip! When we reached Windy Creek, we luckily caught sight of quite a few small flying seabirds, which are seldom seen there.

Once on the sea ice we found that some of the more curious penguins had wandered over from the main group to come and check us out. We'd been told that then they were nursing their chicks and they would be more careful and nervous than last time, but_that_didn't_seem_to_be_the_case. We walked across to the main group which were stretched for a couple of miles along the coast. We sat down for some sandwiches and soon found ourselves surrounded by many curious observers. Without any attackers on land, they were very brave and came within a metre of us to pose for photos.

Before heading back, we spend a few hours on the sea ice watching the penguins and their chicks, which had grown dramatically since our last visit.

语篇解读本文是记叙文。作者是在南极的考察人员，好不容易碰上一个阳光明媚的星期天，作者六人决定去海边看企鹅，在那里他们感受到了前所未有的放松和愉快。

5．When did the trip most probably happen?

A. On a cloudy Sunday.

B. On a snowy Sunday.