Question

In my bag I always carry the same essential items: my keys, my purse, some loose change, my mobile phone and my little blue vocabulary notebook. This year I am living abroad in Germany and I am trying to learn as much German as possible. I always knew that living abroad would be a great way to learn a foreign language but one thing I didn’t realize was how many new words and phrases I would come across every day! I see and hear new words everywhere; the announcements in the train station; menus in cafes; on social media; on the local newspaper and of course from my German-speaking friends.

At first I was slightly upset by the large amounts of German I didn’t understand. Speaking German in Germany is definitely very different from that in the classroom; I kept on looking up new words and by the end of the day I had forgotten most of them already. It was very frustrating. After a month of worrying that I would never be able to improve my language skills, I went to the stationery shop and bought a small notebook which easily fit into my handbag or even into my back pocket! I set myself the goal of writing five new words or phrases a day into my little blue book and soon enough it became one of my most valuable language-learning tools.

I don’t have any rules about which words I write down. Most days I write down words that I learn from my colleagues at work, words that I don’t understand in reading or words that I have learned from seeing them in context. For example, I have learned the names of many fruits and vegetables from looking at their labels in the supermarket (a very unexpected source of vocabulary!) and I have learned many words that I have heard on TV or on the radio. It doesn’t even matter if I know how to spell a new word straight away. If I hear a word but I don’t know how to spell it, I write down how I think it sounds and look it up later.

My little blue vocabulary book is now like my close friend. We go everywhere together. Setting this small daily goal has made me feel much more in control of my language teaming and I am already seeing an improvement. I will continue to use it for the rest of my stay in Germany and also when I return to university at home in September.

1.What can we conclude from the first paragraph?

A. New words are all around you in a foreign country.

B. Walking in the street is a good way to learn a language.

C. Life is really hard for anyone to live in a foreign country.

D. The author is skilled in learning a second language.

2.What was the author’s response when facing difficulty?

A. He felt helpless and hopeless.    B. He was terrified.

C. He didn’t take a negative attitude.    D. He set a high goal for himself.

3.What words will the author put down in the notebook?

A. The words that his teacher explained in classes.

B. He has no rules about which words to write down.

C. He asked his friends to tell new words and phrases.

D. The words he noticed in the shop or supermarkets.

4.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Learning German.    B. My experience.    C. The handbag.    D. My notebook.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】作者通过亲身经历给我们介绍了一种利用随身笔记本每天记录单词，记忆单词的好方法。

1.A细节理解题。根据第一段I see and hear new words everywhere; the announcements in the train station; menus in cafes; on social media; on the local newspaper and of course from my German-speaking friends.可知，在国外，作者到处都能见到新单词，故选A。

2.C推理判断题。根据第二段I kept on looking up new words and by the end of the day I had forgotten most of them already.和I set myself the goal of writing five new words or phrases a day into my little blue book and soon enough it became one of my most valuable language-learning tools.可知，遇到新单词作者坚持查词典，制定每天学新词语的目标，由此推断作者是以积极的态度学习语言，不是消极态度。故选C。

3.B细节推理题。根据倒数第二段I don’t have any rules about which words I write down.可知，作者对于在本子上记下什么样的词语没有任何规则，故选B。

4.D猜测词义题。划线单词的句意：我给自己定目标每天记录5个词语写在小蓝本上，很快小蓝本就成了我最宝贵的语言学习工具。句中的it指蓝色笔记本，故选D。

【名师点睛】

推理判断题的常见考查形式及解题方法：

推理要求在理解表面文字的基础上，做出判断和推论，从而得到文章的隐含的意思和深层的意思，也就是通过文章中的文字信息，上下逻辑关系及事物的发展变化等已知的信息，推断出作者没有直接表达的态度和观点。

本文主要考查推测文章的观点或结论。比如小题2考查作者对待困难的态度，根据第二段I kept on looking up new words and by the end of the day I had forgotten most of them already.和I set myself the goal of writing five new words or phrases a day into my little blue book and soon enough it became one of my most valuable language-learning tools.可知，遇到新单词作者坚持查词典，给自己定目标每天记录5个新词语写在小蓝本上，由此推断作者是以积极的态度学习语言的，不是消极态度。故选C。