Question

Philip Pullman spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force(皇家空军). As a child, he went on several long ocean voyages, and he lived in Africa and in Australia. “Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools.”

“In Australia, I made a great discovery. TV hadn’t reached Australia yet, but everyone listened to the radio. I remember listening to gangster serials(黑帮剧), and cowboy serials, and best of all—Superman! When I first saw a superman comic(连环漫画), it changed my life. I’d been reading books for a long time, but I’d never known comics before. Soon afterwards, I discovered Batman, too, whom I loved even more.”

Pullman started writing his first novel the day after he had finished his final exams at Oxford University. “I discovered after about an hour that it was much harder than I’d expected. It still is! I found that the amount I could write comfortably every day was about three pages, so that’s what I’ve done ever since.”

Before he became a full-time writer, Pullman had been teaching for many years. “What I enjoyed most during that time was telling stories over and over, until I knew them as well as I knew my own life.” He had always loved telling stories—as a schoolboy he had entertained his friends by reading stories to them, or by making up his own.

One day he got a letter that had arrived at his door even though the writer of the letter didn’t know his address. The envelope(信封) just said, “Philip Pullman, The Storyteller, Oxford.”

1.What can we learn about Pullman?

A. He was a pilot in the Royal Air Force.

B. He went to eight different schools in Africa.

C. He was encouraged to write by his father and stepfather.

D. He traveled a lot when he was a young child.

2.The discovery mentioned in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.

A. the fact that there was no TV in Australia

B. a Superman comic

C. the popularity of cowboy serials

D. the fact that everyone listened to the radio

3.Receiving the letter, Pullman might feel very ______.

A. happyB. angryC. calmD. worried

4.What is mainly described in the text?

A. Pullman’s life at Oxford.

B. Why Pullman chose to be a teacher.

C. How Pullman grew into a storyteller.

D. Pullman’s childhood.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了Pullman无意中发现连环漫画，并且从此开始写小说讲故事，成为了一个著名的作家的过程。

1. 细节推理题。根据第一段As a child, he went on several long ocean voyages, and he lived in Africa and in Australia. “Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools.”可知，Pullman小时候经常跟随家人出国，去过许多国家转过许多学校。故选D。

2. 细节推理题。根据第二段In Australia, I made a great discovery. When I first saw a superman comic(连环漫画), it changed my life.可知，他最大的发现就是连环漫画，故选B。

3. 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，Pullman收到了一封没有详细地址的信，只写到他是故事作者。这说明读者对他的认可，他收到后应该是高兴，故选A。

4. 主旨大意题。文章讲述了Pullman无意中发现连环漫画，并且从此开始写小说讲故事，成为了一个著名的作家的过程。故选C。

考点：考查人物故事类短文阅读。

【名师点睛】

做好细节理解题的几点建议：

细节理解题属直接解答性问题，是阅读理解题中最简单的一种，多数属中低难度的题。但高考所占的比例大，应特别引起注意。事实和细节题的命题特点是：对文章或某一段落中的一些特定细节或文章重要事实的理解，一般包括直接理解题和语义转化题。直接理解题能在原文直接找到答案，而语义转化题则需要将题目信息与原文信息加工或整理后才能得出结论。

做细节理解题具体方法与步骤如下：

①略读材料，大概了解原文，掌握中心或主旨；

②按文章的体裁，作者写作的组织模式及有关的信息词。如for example, first, second…等预测应该到何处寻找自己所需要的事实；

③将自己精力放在寻找你所需要的细节上。快速通篇跳读，全文扫视，找到细节出处，待找到含细节句子时，放慢速度，仔细核对比较内容，直至找到答案。比如文章第14小题根据第一段As a child, he went on several long ocean voyages, and he lived in Africa and in Australia. “Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools.”可知Pullman小时候经常跟随家人出国，去过许多国家转过许多学校。故选D。第15小题根据第二段In Australia, I made a great discovery. When I first saw a superman comic(连环漫画), it changed my life.可知他最大的发现就是连环漫画，故选B。