Question

Chicago is a famous city in the US. If you have a chance to go to the US, it is a good idea to pay a visit to Chicago.

Chicago is the third largest city in the US. It is home to people who have migrated from all over the world. People move to Chicago from different places to live with their families or friends who arrived here first. They come by train, plane and ship to live in this great city.

The center of Chicago is called The Loop. You can see many tall buildings here, even some of the tallest in the world. As you travel away from The Loop, you will find there are communities of different foreign cultures. But you can’t travel east of The Loop because of Lake Michigan.

When you travel south of The Loop, you will find areas like Chinatown. There, people from China celebrate many of the same festivals as people in their hometowns do, for example, the Chinese New Year. They also celebrate the holidays of the US.

Chicago is also called the Windy City, so don’t forget to take more clothes with you.

1.The underlined word “migrated” means “        ” in Chinese.

A. 生长    B. 移居    C. 逃离    D. 改变

2.Chinatown is in the        of The Loop.

A. south    B. north    C. east    D. west

3.After reading the passage, we can know          .

A. Chicago is the second largest city in the US

B. people can’t take ships to Chicago

C. in Chicago we can see all the tallest buildings of the world

D. some people in Chicago celebrate the Chinese New Year

4.If we can read the passage in the magazine, the name of the magazine may be “        ”.

A. Famous Cities    B. Public Holiday

C. Beautiful Counties    D. Holidays and Celebrations

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】文章主要介绍了美国第三大城市——芝加哥。这里有来自世界各地的移民。市中心有许多高楼大厦，甚至世界上最高的一些建筑物也坐落在那里。住在芝加哥唐人街的华人每年都会庆祝中国的新春佳节。芝加哥也被称之为风城，所以到那里旅游别忘了带更多的衣服。

1.词义猜测题。根据下文中的句子“People move to Chicago from different places to live with their families or friends who arrived here first.” (人们从不同的地方搬到芝加哥和他们的家人或朋友住在一起)可知，划线部分的意思是“移居”，答案为B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“When you travel south of The Loop, you will find areas like Chinatown.”可判断出唐人街的位置，答案为A。

3.细节判断题。根据文中句子“There, people from China celebrate many of the same festivals as people in their hometowns do, for example, the Chinese New Year.”可知，住在芝加哥唐人街的华人会庆祝中国的新年，答案为D。

4.推理判断题。文章主要介绍了美国第三大城市——芝加哥。可判断杂志的名称为著名的城市，答案为A。

点睛：词义猜测题是阅读理解中常见的一种题型，所猜测词汇可以是生词，也可以是熟词新义，还可以是人称代词的指代内容。词义猜测题主要考查考生根据上下文推测词义和语义的能力，突出考查对语境的分析和把握能力。常见的猜词法有： (1)利用上下文语境。猜测任何词义都离不开上下文，所以要借助上下文对需要猜测的词或短语进行合乎逻辑的推测。 (2)利用定义或解释性的线索。阅读文章中的有些生词往往在其后会有对该词进行解释说明的短语或句子，利用它们猜词义较容易。 (3)利用文章的逻辑关系答题。如并列、对比、因果、转折关系等。这些逻辑关系往往通过一些相应的词或短语表达出来，如but, or, however, so, because等。 (4)利用构词法知识答题。熟记一些前缀、后缀所表达的意思，不仅可以扩大词汇量，而且帮助我们猜测词义。第1小题的词义猜测题就是利用第1种解题方法。