2016届河南省孟津县高考英语一轮复习阅读理解训练：3（含解析）_高考复习指南

2016届河南省孟津县高考英语一轮复习阅读理解训练：3（含解析）

　　On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of popular styles. It provided food to large appetites and modem purses. Its plates and atmosphere were thick; its soup and napkin thin. Into this place Soapy took his muddy shoes and tell-tale trousers without challenge．At the table he sat and enjoyed beefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and pie. And then to the waiter he betrayed the face that the minutest coin and himself were strangers．

　　“Now, get busy and call a cop，”said Soapy．“And don't keep a gentleman waiting．”

　　“No cop for you，”said the waiter，with a voice like butter cakes and an eye like the cherry in a Manhattan cocktail，“Hey，Con!”

　　Nearly upon his left ear on the senseless pavement two waiters threw Soapy．He arose, joint by joint，as a carpenter's rule opens, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed but a rosy dream. The Island seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drug store two doors away laughed and walked down the street．

　　1. What did the word “Island” in the passage refer to?

　　A. A very pleasant hotel in Broadway．

　　B. One of the cities in America．

　　C. A place where law-breakers were sent to．

　　D. A shop at the corner of the Sixth Avenue．

　　答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义猜测题。该词实则是全文的灵魂词，对该词的准确猜测建立在读懂全文故事的基础之上。第一段中Soapy所理想的“Island”是个什么地方？通过读后面的故事可知，他故意打破商店的玻璃，故意到餐馆大吃一顿不付钱都是为了被警察抓住，但是警察都没抓他，最后一段写到 “Arrest seemed but a rosy dream. The Island seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drug store two doors away laughed and walked down the street．” 逮捕似乎只是个美好的梦想，Island似乎非常遥远，站在药店前的一个警察笑着走了。因此可以推断，Soapy想去的地方就是监狱，故C选项是对“Island”的准确解释。