Blue Lightning
Sally loved cars more than anything else. This spring she thought of building a go-kart to enter for the Go-Go Race. So she asked her dad for help.
“Well,” he said. “How about this: you do some research first and then come back to me with a design.”
A week later, Sally brought her notes and drawings to Dad. She named her go-kart “Blue Lightning”. Dad looked over her work, thinking. “Well, that’s interesting,” he said. “Have a try. Just build Blue Lightning as you’ve designed.”
Over three weekends of hard work, Sally turned her design into a real, working go-kart and painted it light blue. Dad asked her to take it for a test drive. Sally agreed.
After she did that, Sally drove back to Dad. “Well,” she said. “Now I know why you wanted me to have a test drive.”
“Oh, do you?” he said. “Please share.”
“When I drove fast, there was a lot of pushback,” she said. “I think it’s because of the lightning bolt (闪电) shape.”
“Very good!” Dad said.
“So, why didn’t you tell me about that problem in the first place?” Sally asked.
Dad laughed. “Where’s the fun in that? If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. But if you teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime.”
Sally said, “I see. Anyway, designing is half the fun !”
Dad smiled. “Good. Sometimes, learning happens during the process. We learn how to do something right by doing it a few times first and making mistakes along the way.”
That encouraged Sally and she worked even harder. When she showed Dad her new go-kart, he nodded with pride.
Finally came the race. Sally wasn’t worried about whether she would win—in her mind, she had already won, by building something better than ever before.
24．Sally thought of building a go-kart to .
A．practice driving B．enter for a race
C．play with friends D．do some research
25．What did Sally’s dad ask her to do after she built the go-kart?
A．To have a test drive. B．To take a good rest.
C．To give it a cool name. D．To paint it light blue.
26．Sally’s story mainly tells us that .
A．winning a race is important
B．fishing brings us a lot of fun
C．driving experience is necessary
D．learning happens during the process
答案
24．B
25．A
26．D
【解析】
Sally非常喜欢汽车，她想要自己制作一辆卡丁车去参加比赛，并向爸爸求助。经过三个周末的努力，Sally的卡丁车做好了，爸爸让她先去试一试。经过试驾，Sally发现卡丁车还存在一些问题，她问爸爸为什么之前不告诉她，爸爸说有时候我们就是通过犯错来学习的。
24．细节理解题。根据短文第一段第二句话This spring she thought of building a go-kart to enter for the Go-Go Race.可知，Sally想要自己制作一辆卡丁车去参加比赛。由此可知应选B。
25．细节理解题。根据短文第四段Over three weekends of hard work, Sally turned her design into a real, working go-kart and painted it light blue. Dad asked her to take it for a test drive. Sally agreed.可知，Sally把卡丁车做好后，给爸爸看，爸爸让她先去试驾一下。由此可知应选A。
26．推理判断题。根据文意和短文倒数第三段的内容Dad smiled. “Good. Sometimes, learning happens during the process. We learn how to do something right by doing it a few times first and making mistakes along the way.”可知，短文通过讲述Sally制作卡丁车参加比赛的过程，告诉我们，有时候学习就是在过程中发生的。故D选项最符合文意。
【点睛】
这篇短文通过讲述Sally制作卡丁车参加比赛的过程，告诉我们在做事情的过程中学习把事情做好这个道理。文章篇幅较长，但句式结构简单，叙述清晰，内容也比较贴近日常生活，比较容易理解。阅读理解是中考英语的经典题型，主要考查以下几个方面的能力：1. 掌握文章的主旨大意；2.理解文章事实和细节；3.根据上下文猜测生词词义；4.理解文章上下文逻辑关系，做合理的推测和判断；5.领会作者的写作目的、观点和态度。题型设置常有：细节理解题、推理判断题、词义猜测题和主旨大意题。做题时，先通读短文，了解文章大意；然后根据题目所问，锁定文章相关段落或语句，或利用文章信息进行推测和判断。细节题相对较简单，可以根据题干所问，锁定文章相关信息作答。如第2小题，根据题干所问锁定文章第四段，根据Over three weekends of hard work, Sally turned her design into a real, working go-kart and painted it light blue. Dad asked her to take it for a test drive. Sally agreed.可知选A。
