【编者按】阅读一篇文章，最好采用先通读、再细读的策略。首先要快速浏览全文，这一点非常重要。因为一篇文章是一个整体，是围绕一个中心思想组织的。如果我们了解了文章大体讲的是什么，有了整个篇章的结构模式，就有利于我们理顺句子或段落间的关系，准确地把握文章的主旨，同时也有利于我们在解题过程中有重点地细读部分内容。

一篇文章无论长短，要做到一口气读下来。对于生词，只要不妨碍我们理解主要内容，可暂时放下不管。如果我们读读停停，左顾右盼，往往会把文章完整的体系读破了，有碍于对文章整体的理解。在掌握了文章的大体内容后，我们再根据需要解答的问题逐句细读，认真分析词义及句子结构，从而更准确地把握文章的具体内容。

Passage A

An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining (解释) where my new house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (门垫). Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator(电冰箱).①

Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the I listened to all this in great surprise.② There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my next door neighbor's house!

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1. An old friend of mine called ______.

A. to tell me to meet him at the airport B. to tell me about his arrival

C. to ask me to leave the office D. to ask me to make plans for his arrival

2. My friend climbed into the room because ______ .

A. there was an apple tree outside B. the living room window was left open

C. he had difficulty opening the door D. he hadn't found the key

3. My friend telephoned me two hours later ______ .

A. from my home B. at the airport C. in his office D. from my neighbor's house

难句注释 ① I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator. 我建议他不要客气，随意吃冰箱里的东西。② I listened to all this in great surprise. 我很吃惊地听着这一切。in surprise 意为“吃惊地”。

Passage B 阅读理解

If you know me well, you know I don't like birthday parties. At least, I don't like birthday parties given for me.① I enjoy them when they?re for other people, but when they?re for me, I just don't like them.

I remember one birthday party some friends of mine had for me when I was a student at the university. Of course, I had told my best friend Henry that I didn't want a party and I made him promise he wouldn't do anything. He agreed. I should have known better than to believe him.②

On the day of my birthday, we got home from school at about, oh, I don't know, three or half past three. We went inside and as usual I went into the bathroom and started to close the door when suddenly from behind the shower curtain (浴帘), a kind of strange female(女) voice started singing, “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you.”

And then from all over the room, people joined in. There were about fifteen people hiding everywhere in the room.

They had got my roommate's key and got in earlier. They had all planned to come out of the hiding place just at the same time while singing. I guess I really upset their plans by going in just to wash my hands.③

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