Question

I had just moved to San Antonio, Texas. I worked for the tour bus service taking tourists on a short tour of the city’s historic places and would end up at the Alamo.

I was driving back from my last tour on a cool February day on my way back from the San Femando Catholic church with no one on my bus when I saw a man dressed in rags, thinking this person must be an actor or something walking around. I stopped and asked him, “Need a ride?” Without saying anything he just walked on broad and sat down in seat behind me.

“Where are you heading?” I asked him. He looked up into the mirror at me and replied. “I’ve got to get to the fort(要塞)and report to Colonel(上校)Travis that the Mexicans are here!” I laughed to myself thinking that this man was a serious actor.

“I’m guessing you mean the Alamo?” I said back to him. I looked up and saw he wasn’t smiling nor laughing. All throughout the ride he was staring in amazement at all the towering skyscrapers and the buildings along the street.

“I remember when this town was nothing more than a little trading village!” He finally said to me.

“So what’s your name?” I asked him.

“Daniel Cloud, yours?”

“David Zime.” I replied as I turned the corner of the street and laid eyes upon the Alamo.

I pulled up to the sidewalk and opened the door. Cloud got out of his seat and came up to me.

“Thanks for the ride.” He said extending his hand. I took his palm and it was freezing cold like he just stepped out of the freezer.

“Not a problem, Mr. Cloud, and don’t worry about the fee. It’s on the house.” He nodded his head in gratitude like all us Texans do and walked away.

It wasn’t until then that I noticed that he was soaked(浸；泡)to the bone in dripping water and we had not a single drop of rain in a month or more. I just shook my head and closed the door behind him. When I turned around. Discovered amazingly how fast Cloud had gone away!

A few days later I was reading a book about the Battle of the Alamo when I discovered the most shocking thing I had ever discovered. The names of the 183 defenders of the Alamo were listed on the roll of honor, including Daniel Cloud, who spotted the Mexicans before they took over the streets of San Antonio in February of 1836, and his post was on top of the San Femando Church where I had picked him up!

1.What did the writer do after moving to San Antonio, Texas?

A. A tour guide    B. An actor

C. A tour bus driver    D. A soldier

2.We can learn from the passage that the Alamo__________.

A. is a historic tourist attraction    B. lies in the downtown

C. is where actors used to gather    D. is where Colonel Travis lived

3.What does the writer probably mean by saying “It’s on the house?”

A. The bus fare’s included in the house rent

B. The hotel fee has covered it

C. Daniel can pay it later

D. It’s free of charge

4.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A. Daniel Cloud was buried underwater all the time

B. Daniel Cloud was the first to fight against the Mexicans

C. Daniel Cloud was probably killed in the battle of the Alamo

D. The writer had picked him up before San Antonio was occupied

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】这是一篇记叙文。作者是旅游景点的公交车司机，有一天他在圣费尔南多大教堂遇到一个人搭车，后来才知道原来这个人是多年前阿拉莫战役中牺牲的战士。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段中的I worked for the tour bus service可知，他是一名旅游车司机，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第一段中的I worked for the tour bus service taking tourists on a short tour of the city’s historic places and would end up at the Alamo.可知，我驾驶旅游车拉着游客在城市的几个历史景点穿梭，终点是Alamo，所以这也是个历史景点，故选A。

3.词义猜测题。根据上一句don’t worry about the fee.可知，这次乘车是免费的，故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据最后两段文章可知，守卫阿拉莫的183名士兵的名单中就有Cloud，他们当时的阵地就在我接他上车的圣费尔南多大教堂， 因此推断他很可能在当时的战役中牺牲了，故选C。

【名师点睛】

词义猜测题的做题策略

高考中词义推断可以是一个单词的意义推断，也可以是一个短语或句子的意义推断，既可以是生词意义，也可以是熟词新意；还可以是对替代词所替代内容的判断。在阅读理解题中，所考查的词或短语的意义往往不停留在字面上，要根据短文提供的语境，通过阅读上下文，根据已知的信息或常识来推测尚不熟悉的词或词组的含义。由于上下文中的生词不是孤立存在的，其词义与句中其它词的词义或具体的语境有着密切的联系。因此在阅读过程中，许多生词的词义可以充分利用上下文中相关的词汇，短语并结合具体的语境来推测。

比如本文的第3小题，就是根据上文的语境来推测的。