Question

The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. In winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.

As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom.

On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any books that I could find lying around. I’d pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.

As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. Everything seems uninteresting. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and quite cooler — weather tomorrow.

1.When the author was a child, he ______.

A. liked staying indoors     B. hated rainy days

C. dreamed on summer days   D. preferred cooler weather

2.We can learn from the passage that the author ______.

A. could enjoy the brilliant sun in winter

B. preferred reading to playing outside

C. had no brothers or sisters

D. was often left alone at home

3.As an adult, the author views summer rain differently because ______.

A. rain makes the weather cooler

B. his summer holiday is very short

C. he knows it won’t last long

D. he can better deal with his spare time

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：作者小时候最讨厌的夏天下雨，随着年龄的增长，虽然他也还是在冬天盼夏天盼冬天，但心态逐渐改变，认为夏天下雨让天气变凉爽。

1. suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom.我们经历了几个月的学校生活，经历了十个星期自由的假期里恶劣的天气。言语中透露着作者小时候对夏天下雨的厌恶。故选B。

2. was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. 我是独子，所以我没有一起玩的兄弟姐妹，故选C。

3. the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable.因为雨带来了冷锋，这让我舒服。but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and quite cooler — weather tomorrow.但是今天夏天的雨意味着明天的天气很好，更凉爽。可知作者心态改变的原因是下雨让炎热的夏天变得凉爽许多。

【名师点睛】

日常生活类阅读的概念：日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】

该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。

【备考提醒】

为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：

1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。

2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。

3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。4.1】B，细节题，由第二段We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom.我们经历了几个月的学校生活，经历了十个星期自由的假期里恶劣的天气。言语中透露着作者小时候对夏天下雨的厌恶。故选B。

4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。5.3】A,由最后一段because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable.因为雨带来了冷锋，这让我舒服。but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and quite cooler — weather tomorrow.但是今天夏天的雨意味着明天的天气很好，更凉爽。可知作者心态改变的原因是下雨让炎热的夏天变得凉爽许多。

考点：日常生活类阅读