1、1Christmas Treasure Hunt 圣诞寻宝本篇阅读材料的难度属中等，全文约 349 词，因此建议阅读时间（含做题）为 8 分钟。阅读要求：认真阅读短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Yesterday as I was driving home from work and opening the garage door, I realized that it was Christmas Eve, and that I hadnt done shopping for Christmas gifts for my kids lately. I did
2、nt panic though. I knew I could make something and that I could go shopping at home. At night before bed my daughter asked me if I would do the Christmas treasure hunt again. I knew she would ask, since it is our Christmas tradition. “OK, I wish you had told me earlier.” Even though I had no clue（线索
3、） what to do this year, I didnt panic and kept cool. I knew I would get an idea at the last minute. This was what often happened in the past. Around midnight when everyone went to bed and it was quiet, I walked around house looking for treasures. During the year, I bought and collected things that c
4、an be used for gifts. I found a Christmas book by Helen Steiner Rice my daughter would like. I found commemorative（纪念的） stamps, 2tiger and baseball stamps for my son who was born in the year of tiger and likes sports, and poet stamps for my daughter who writes poems. I found extremely new dollar bil
5、ls that I put in the holiday gift envelops. I found chocolates and candies. An hour or so later, I got enough treasures to do the treasure hunt. Then I spent the next 2-3 hours thinking, planning and writing the clues on cards. I prepared ten clues and had ten gifts for each kid. By the time I was d
6、one and ready for bed, it was almost 4 a.m. I was not tired; I loved doing it. My kids are teenagers now. They are not as super excited about the Christmas treasure hunt as when they were little. In addition, my daughter was sick and not feeling well since Sunday. So this time they didnt wake up rea
7、lly early to go treasure hunt. But they still loved it and loved the treasures they found. 1. When did the writer probably write this passage？ A. In November. B. On Christmas Eve. C. On Christmas Day. D. Before her daughter went to bed. 2. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that doing the Christmas treas
8、ure hunt . 3A. is the writers family tradition B. was only liked by the writers daughter C. made the writer very anxious this year D. brought back all the memories to the writer 3. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us? A. Where the writer put the gifts. B. What gifts the writer would give her daught
9、er. C. What the commemorative stamps were like. D. What treasures the writer found around house. 4. How long did the writer spend preparing the Christmas treasure hunt？ A. Almost the whole night. B. Almost four hours. C. About 2-3 hours. D. An hour or so. 5. The passage is mainly developed by . A. m
10、aking comparisons B. providing examples C. following the order of time D. following the order of importance 【答案与解析】 1. C。推理判断题。根据第一段第一句可知，昨天是圣诞节前夕，而作者写作的日期应该就是圣诞节，故选 A 项。 2. A。细节理解题。根据第二段第一、二句可知，进行圣诞寻宝活动是作者一家的传统，故选 A 项。 43. D。主旨大意题。通读第四段可知，本部分主要叙述了作者在家中找到的可作为圣诞礼物的物品，如：圣诞书、纪念邮票、全新的美元钞票、巧克力和糖果等。 4. B。
11、细节理解题。由第三段可知，半夜时分作者开始准备；再由倒数第二段可知，作者结束这项活动时，几乎到了凌晨四点，故可以知道：作者用了接近四个小时为孩子们准备礼物。 5. C。篇章结构题。通读全文可以看出，作者主要按照时间发展的顺序叙述了自己想到需要按照惯例给孩子们准备“圣诞寻宝”活动，中间几段详细讲述了准备的过程与细节，最后一段提到了孩子们今年对这一活动的反应。 【难句分析】 1. Yesterday as I was driving home from work and opening the garage door, I realized that it was Christmas Eve, a
12、nd that I hadnt done shopping for Christmas gifts for my kids lately. 昨天当我下班开车回家并打开车库门时，我意识到又到了圣诞前夕了，而我最近没有为孩子们进行圣诞购物。 这是一个主从复合句，as 引导的是一个时间状语从句，后面 I realized.部分为主句，主句中包含了两个由 that 引导的宾语从句，注意第二个宾语从句的连接词 that 不可省略。 2. I found commemorative stamps, tiger and baseball stamps for my son who was born in t
13、he year of tiger and likes sports, and poet stamps for my daughter who writes poems. 我找到了纪念5邮票，可以送给我儿子的老虎与棒球邮票，他出生在虎年，也喜欢运动，以及可以送给女儿的诗人邮票，她会写诗。 这是一个简单句，主干部分为 I found commemorative stamps，后面的 tiger and baseball stamps 和 poet stamps 为 commemorative stamps 的同位语，同位语部分包含了两个定语从句，分别修饰 my son和 my daughter。 3. They are not as super excited about the Christmas treasure hunt as when they were little. 对于圣诞寻宝，他们不像小时候那么分外激动了。 这是一个简单句，理解的关键在于拎清 as.as.这个结构，如果句子简化为 they are not as excited as when they were little 就很好理解了。
