【复习目标】▲学会用比较法做出正确判断。
▲学会先做容易题，后做难题，依靠上下文，通过分析词的构成来猜测词义;学会带有目的地快速浏览全文，以获取和查找主要信息。
【解题思路】
1.通读作文，了解大意，首要的问题是读懂阅读材料，从材料中捕捉到文中的各种信息。既要留意短文中的主要信息，还要留意某个细节，某个生词在文中的确切含义等。
2.围绕题干，细读明辨。读懂了短文，获取了文中信息之后，便开始答题。首先，要看清内容要求。其题涉及的内容都会在文中直接或间接地体现出来。其次，要进行细致的推理和判断。有些题目很难或无法从所给材料中作出明确判断，这时，要统观全文，在理解文字表面意思的基础上进行深入分析、推理，或结合文章主题或按常识进行思考、判断，从而推断出答案。
3.为求稳妥，复核检查，在完成全部答案后，还必须快速地、有针对性地，重读一遍短文，特别要留意与题目相关的文字。
【典型例题解析】
例1The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5.5 metres tall. Its neck alone may be 1.9metres long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the human. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long, while the bones in a human neck are small. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.
(1)In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______.
A.鲸鱼 B.长颈鹿 C.大象 D.恐龙
(2)The bones in a bird's neck is ________.
A. as big as in a human's neck B. not so big as in a giraffe's neck
C. many more than in a human's neck D. much smaller in a giraffe's neck
(3)Which of the following is true?
A. A giraffe has only seven bones
B. The giraffe is the largest animal on the land
C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up
D. Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten by giraffes
(4)When a giraffe is born, it is about ______.
A. 5.5 metres long B. 5.5 metres tall
C. 1.9 metres long D. 1.9 metres tall
(5)We can guess when giraffe see a tiger _______.
A. it will run away as fast as possible
B. it will run to eat the tiger
C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat
D. it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat
解析 (1)根据下文颈长1.9米且是陆地动物，显然B是正确答案。
(2)giraffe颈骨的数量和人类颈骨数量相同，但鸟的颈骨数量比giraffe颈骨数量多，所以正确答案为C。
(3)这是一题细读题，文章中“By the age of eight it is full-grown.”故选C。
(4)这也是细读题，文章中“The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth.”故选D。
(5)这一题考查常识知识，长颈鹿看到虎，当然是尽力跑开，故选A。
