Just a few seconds of frenzied passion on the floor of the public bar and things would never be the same again for Michelle. It only took a few minutes to ruin her life. The end of all her hopes and dreams, her childhood and teenage innocence, all stripped away the first and only time she ever surrendered herself to a man.
No one saw it happen, but the news spread fast. It wasn’t long before the whole of Britain knew what had happened in the Queen Victoria—Dirty Den, the landlord, had done it again. Only this time he had gone too far.
For the millions who have agonized with her, Michelle’s pregnancy seems a terrible price to pay for one mistake—a little youthful stupidity. Yet, with the increasing number of teenage single mums, it’s not just a problem dreamed up for a soap opera—as actress Susan Tully, who plays Michelle, has discovered from hundreds of letters: It’s a dilemma many young girls face.
As she talks about Michelle and her baby, it’s easy to understand why Susan has been so successful in the role. Even though she’s never had an experience like it herself, it’s one she recognizes all too clearly from what happens to some of her contemporaries at school. Michelle might almost be her younger sister rather than a fictional part in Britain’s most successful soap opera.
Susan says that she never became involved with men during her school years because of her work. With her time being split equally between school and television studios, she was busy learning lines while her girlfriends were dating boys. While they went out to discos and parties in the evening she was desperately catching up on her schoolwork.
“I don’t feel as though I’ve missed out on anything,” she insists. “And unlike a lot of my friends. I’ve got plenty to look forward to. That’s what’s so nice about my boyfriend now. It’s very comfortable and there’s lots to find out about each other.”
“It’s then that I feel sad for Michelle. When she should be going out and having fun, she’s having to worry about whether she’s going to breastfeed the baby. She’s sad to say goodbye to being a teenager.”
1. What evidence is there that Michelle’s pregnancy is not just a problem dreamed up for a soap opera?
2. How did Susan avoid the dangers that many of her school friends faced?
3. According to the passage, which of the following is not true?
4. What does the word “lines” in paragraph 5 mean?
5. The best title for this passage is ______.
问题1选项
A.Michelle has got several letters from some young people.
B.Michelle always has several appointments every week.
C.Susan became involved with men during her school years.
D.Susan has got many letters from people in the same situation.
问题2选项
A.By thinking of Michelle as her younger sister.
B.By doing many projects at home.
C.By working hard at school and at the TV studio.
D.By dating her boyfriend during her school years.
问题3选项
A.Susan played Michelle successfully in a soap opera.
B.Michelle’s case is not rare in the British schools.
C.Girls should not yield themselves to a man easily.
D.Susan should have taken part in discos and parties in her school years.
问题4选项
A.Direction of a course.
B.Words spoken by an actor.
C.Thread for hanging clothes.
D.Telephone connection.
问题5选项
A.Sorry for Susan Tully
B.Sorry for Michelle
C.Susan’s School Years
D.Susan’s Hopes and Dreams
第1题:D
第2题:C
第3题:D
第4题:B
第5题:B
第1题:
【选项释义】
What evidence is there that Michelle’s pregnancy is not just a problem dreamed up for a soap opera? 有什么证据表明米歇尔怀孕不仅仅是肥皂剧里虚构出来的问题？
A. Micelle has got several letters from some young people. A. 米歇尔收到了一些年轻人的来信。
B. Michelle always has several appointments every week. B. 米歇尔每周总是有几个约会。
C. Susan became involved with men during her school years. C. 苏珊在上学期间就开始和男人交往了。
D. Susan has got many letters from people in the same situation. D. 苏珊收到了许多处境相同的人的来信。
【考查点】细节事实题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词a problem dreamed up for a soap opera可以定位到文章第三段第二句“Yet, with the increasing number of teenage single mums, it’s not just a problem dreamed up for a soap opera—as actress Susan Tully, who plays Michelle, has discovered from hundreds of letters: It’s a dilemma many young girls face.（然而，随着单身少女妈妈的数量越来越多，这不仅仅是肥皂剧里凭空出现的问题——正如米歇尔的扮演者苏珊•塔莉从数百封来信中发现的那样：这是许多年轻女孩面临的两难境地。）”，由此可知，现实中米歇尔的扮演者苏珊收到了许多和米歇尔有着相同情况的人的来信，这证明了米歇尔怀孕不仅仅是肥皂剧里才会出现的问题。因此D选项“苏珊收到了许多处境相同的人的来信。”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“米歇尔收到了一些年轻人的来信。”，根据文章可知，收到信件的是米歇尔的扮演者苏珊而不是米歇尔，属于张冠李戴；
B选项“米歇尔每周总是有几个约会。”在文中没有提及，属于无中生有；
C选项“苏珊在上学期间就开始和男人交往了。”，根据文章第五段第一句“Susan says that she never became involved with men during her school years because of her work.（苏珊说，由于工作原因，她在上学期间从未和男人交往过。）”可知，苏珊在上学期间并没有和男人交往，与原文内容不符，属于曲解原文。
第2题:
【选项释义】
How did Susan avoid the dangers that many of her school friends faced? 苏珊是如何避免她的许多学校朋友所面临的危险的？
A. By thinking of Michelle as her younger sister. A. 通过把米歇尔当成她的妹妹。
B. By doing many projects at home. B. 通过在家里做很多项目。
C. By working hard at school and at the TV studio. C. 通过在学校和电视演播室努力工作。
D. By dating her boyfriend during her school years. D. 通过在她上学的时候和男朋友约会。
【考查点】细节事实题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词many of her school friends可以定位到文章第四段第二句“Even though she’s never had an experience like it herself, it’s one she recognizes all too clearly from what happens to some of her contemporaries at school.（尽管她自己从未有过这样的经历，但她从学校里一些同龄人的经历中清楚地认识到这一点。）”，结合后文第五段第二句“With her time being split equally between school and television studios, she was busy learning lines while her girlfriends were dating boys.（她的时间平均分配在学校和电视演播室，她忙着学习台词，而她的女性朋友们却在和男孩约会。）”可知，苏珊是通过努力学习和演戏来充实自己，上学期间没有和男人交往，从而避免了她的许多朋友所面临的危险（怀孕）。因此C选项“通过在学校和电视演播室努力工作。”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“通过把米歇尔当成她的妹妹。”，文中虽然提到了苏珊几乎把米歇尔当成她的妹妹而不是一个虚拟角色，但这并不是苏珊避免了危险的方式，属于曲解原文；
B选项“通过在家里做很多项目。”在文中没有提及，属于无中生有；
D选项“通过在她上学的时候和男朋友约会。”，根据文章第五段第一句“Susan says that she never became involved with men during her school years because of her work.（苏珊说，由于工作原因，她在上学期间从未和男人交往过。）”可知，苏珊在上学期间并没有和男人交往，与原文内容不符，属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
According to the passage, which of the following is not true? 根据文章，下列哪项是不正确的?
A. Susan played Michelle successfully in a soap opera. A. 苏珊在肥皂剧中成功地扮演了米歇尔。
B. Michelle’s case is not rare in the British schools. B. 米歇尔的案例在英国学校并不罕见。
C. Girls should not yield themselves to a man easily. C. 女孩不应该轻易向男人屈服。
D. Susan should have taken part in discos and parties in her school years. D. 苏珊上学的时候应该参加了迪斯科舞会和聚会。
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据文章第五段最后一句“While they went out to discos and parties in the evening she was desperately catching up on her schoolwork.（当她们晚上出去跳迪斯科和参加聚会时，她拼命地补功课。）”，这里的“she”指的就是苏珊，可知苏珊不像其他的女孩子，她并没有去跳迪斯科、参加派对，而是通过努力学习避免了其他女孩子所面临的危险。因此D选项“苏珊上学的时候应该参加了迪斯科舞会和聚会。”与原文内容不符，符合题意。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“苏珊在肥皂剧中成功地扮演了米歇尔。”，根据文章第四段第一句“As she talks about Michelle and her baby, it’s easy to understand why Susan has been so successful in the role.（当她谈到米歇尔和她的孩子时，很容易理解为什么苏珊在这个角色中如此成功。）”可知，苏珊在剧中成功地扮演了米歇尔，与原文内容相符，属于反向干扰；
B选项“米歇尔的案例在英国学校并不罕见。”，根据文章第四段第二句“Even though she’s never had an experience like it herself, it’s one she recognizes all too clearly from what happens to some of her contemporaries at school.（尽管她自己从未有过这样的经历，但她从学校里一些同龄人的经历中清楚地认识到这一点。）”，可知虽然苏珊没有米歇尔那样的经历，但她却从学校同龄人那里了解得很清楚，可以推断米歇尔的情况在学校里经常发生，结合文章第二段提到了英国，说明苏珊是英国的，与原文内容相符，属于反向干扰；
C选项“女孩不应该轻易向男人屈服。”，根据文章第一段最后一句“The end of all her hopes and dreams, her childhood and teenage innocence, all stripped away the first and only time she ever surrendered herself to a man.（她所有的希望和梦想，她的童年和青少年的纯真，都在她第一次也是唯一一次向一个男人屈服时被剥夺了。）”可知，女孩不应该轻易向男人屈服，否则会造成很严重的后果，与原文内容相符，属于反向干扰。
第4题:
【选项释义】
What does the word “lines” in paragraph 5 mean? 第5段中的“lines”是什么意思？
A. Direction of a course. A. 航向。
B. Words spoken by an actor. B. 演员的台词。
C. Thread for hanging clothes. C. 挂衣服用的线。
D. Telephone connection. D. 电话连线。
【考查点】语义推测题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词lines可以定位到文章第五段第二句“With her time being split equally between school and television studios, she was busy learning lines while her girlfriends were dating boys.（她的时间平均分配在学校和电视演播室，她忙着学习台词，而她的女性朋友们却在和男孩约会。）”，这里说到苏珊在忙于学习“lines”，结合苏珊是一名演员，她是在学校和电视演播室学习，可推断她学习的内容肯定是与演员这个职业相关的内容，说明“lines”在文中是指“剧本台词”的意思。因此B选项“演员的台词”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“航向。”、C选项“挂衣服用的线。”和D选项“电话连线。”均不是“lines”所代表的意思，属于曲解原文。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The best title for this passage is ______. 这篇文章最好的标题是______。
A. Sorry for Susan Tully A. 为苏珊•塔莉感到难过
B. Sorry for Michelle B. 为米歇尔感到难过
C. Susan’s School Years C. 苏珊的学生时代
D. Susan’s Hopes and Dreams D. 苏珊的希望与梦想
【考查点】主旨大意题。
【解题思路】文章由苏珊扮演的角色米歇尔开场，然后由这个场景引发了苏珊对目前很多年轻女孩成为未成年母亲问题的一些探讨，接着她联系到了自己的生活——紧张而充实。和别的同龄人不一样，她很满意目前自己和男朋友之间保持一定距离的关系，但是这又让她想到了米歇尔，为米歇尔过早地承受本不应属于她这个年龄的痛苦感到痛惜。因此B选项“为米歇尔感到难过”符合文章的主旨，最适合作为文章标题。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“为苏珊•塔莉感到难过”，根据文章内容可知，苏珊没有对自己的生活感到痛惜，相反她对自己的现状非常满意，属于曲解原文；
C选项“苏珊的学生时代”和D选项“苏珊的希望与梦想”，虽然在文中有提及，但是根据文章内容可知本文大量的篇幅还是围绕米歇尔来展开话题的，不能全面地概括文章主旨，属于以偏概全。
