B
In Europe, there is no escape for those who do not appreciate art and architecture(建筑). It is a heaven for people who want to feel like they have been transported to famous historical time periods from America. For me, Europe was a complete contrast from America. London and France had a more royal feel than New York, and Rome felt more ancient. I wasn’t just on a different continent; it felt like I was in a different century.
My parents and I visited London, Paris and Rome this summer in celebration of the end of my high school experience. It was supposed to be a break from a life as busy as a bee in New York, the constant stress, the crowded subway rides, and the weary body that had accompanied me for the last four years. It was an opportunity to appreciate Europe the way I couldn’t do it just by reading history books.
My favorite parts of London were the Tower of London and the Churchill War Rooms. As a site of past executions(刑场), the Tower of London displayed punishing devices from the 16th and 17th century and told stories of various members of the royal family who had ever been imprisoned in the tower, some even imprisoned by their own family members when they were seen as a threat to the crown. Besides that, I also got to see the royal family’s crown jewels, amazingly beautiful.
The Churchchill War Rooms, though very different from the Tower of London, were also spellbinding from a historic perspective. I am not a history fan, but I enjoy museums, and I took fancy in the Churchchill Museum inside the War Rooms that detailed the events of Churchchill’s life and World War II. Everything I saw in it built up his life from his childhood to his last years, creating a three-dimensional Churchchill in my mind who was a person just like myself. He longed for more, he made mistakes, he experienced loneliness and sadness. But he had also done some remarkable things like uniting Britain during World War II.
Our rewarding trip ended in Rome a couple of days later.
4. What does the underlined word “contrast” in Paragraph1 mean?
A. Something different. B. Something artistic.
C. Something similar. D. Something faraway.
5. Which of the following can best describe the writer’s life in New York?
A. Relaxing and peaceful. B. Stressful and tiring.
C. Joyful but busy. D. Boring but successful.
6. What can be learned from Para 3?
A. The Tower of London is a symbol of peace.
B. The royal family members used to live in harmony.
C. The Tower of London witnessed changes of royal families.
D. Visitors could buy the crown jewels in Churchill War Rooms.
7. What really got the writer spellbound in the Churchill Museum?
A. The unique architecture. B. World War Two.
C. Churchill’s achievements. D. Churchill’s real life.
【答案】4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。记叙了作者和父母为了庆祝作者高中毕业的一次欧洲行。作者游览过程中对比发现了欧洲和美国的与众不同之处，并介绍了伦敦塔和丘吉尔博物馆两个领作者印象深刻的景点。
【4题详解】
词义猜测题。根据划线部分句子“Europe was a complete contrast from America.”句意：欧洲与美国完全不同。可知contrast意思为“对比；不同；差别”，故选A。
【5题详解】
判断推理题。根据第二段第二句“It was supposed to be a break from a life as busy as a bee in New York, the constant stress, the crowded subway rides, and the weary body that had accompanied me for the last four years.”可知作者在纽约过去四年的生活是疲惫而充满压力的，故选B。
【6题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第三段第二句“the Tower of London displayed punishing devices from the 16th and 17th century and told stories of various members of the royal family who had ever been imprisoned in the tower, some even imprisoned by their own family members when they were seen as a threat to the crown.”可知伦敦塔见证了许多皇室家庭的变迁，故选C。
【7题详解】
细节理解题。最后一段中“Everything I saw in it built up his life from his childhood to his last years, creating a three-dimensional Churchchill in my mind who was a person just like myself.”可知作者在丘吉尔博物馆看到的从丘吉尔童年期直到他最后几年的生活，在作者脑中构建了一个三维立体的丘吉尔形象，这正是让作者着迷的地方。故选D。
【点睛】词义猜测题
猜词技巧
阅读理解的测试中经常有猜测词、短语、习语意义的题目，这些词、短语、习语要么是生词，要么是熟词新义，单靠平时积累是不够的，还要掌握一定的做题技巧。总结如下：
(1)根据构词法(转化、合成、派生)进行判断；
(2) 根据文中的定义、解释猜生词；利用事例或解释猜生词；利用重复解释的信息猜生词。如第一小题可根据后文：London and France had a more royal feel than New York, and Rome felt more ancient.，伦敦与法国比纽约更有皇家气息，而罗马感觉更为古老，伦敦、法国与罗马都属于欧洲国家，纽约属于美国的城市，故分别代表了欧洲与美国的对比。
(3)根据上下文的指代关系进行选择：文章中的代词it，that，he，him或them可以指上文提到的人或物，其中it和that还可以指一件事。
(4)根据转折或对比关系进行判断：根据上下句的连接词，如but，however，otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意义上的差别，从而依据某一句的含义，来确定另一句的含义。
(5)根据因果关系进行判断：俗话说，“有因必有果，有果必有因”。根据原因可以预测结果，根据结果也可以找出原因。
(6)根据同位关系进行判断：阅读中有时出现新词、难词，后面就跟着一个同位语，对前面的词进行解释，有时这种解释也用连词“or”连接。
（7）利用标点符号和提示词猜测词义。分号（；）还可以表示转折、对比或不相干的意义。破折号表示解释说明。
