英语选修六Unit 18 Section 课时跟踪检测

because beauty does not extist, but because you just close your eyes.可以推断B是正确答案。其余项不合文意。

B

One cool April afternoon, Sean Redden, 12, got off the school bus and slowly carried his book bag to his family's small house in Denton, Texas.

“Hi, Mother，” he said, squeezing around the kitchen table to sit at the computer. Sharon Redden smiled as Sean surfed from one website to another, the small kitchen echoing with electronic beeps.She and her husband lived on a tight budget but they had scrimped and saved (省吃俭用) to buy the “grey_monster” because they understood that for Sean, computer skills were as vital as literacy.

“What are you playing？” Sharon asked.

“Oh，” Sean shrugged, “I guess I'll go to the Tavern.”

Glenshadow's Tavern is a popular role-playing chat room that combines Gothic fantasy and science fiction.Sean logged in with the name of Meegosh.There were no new players in the chat room so he clicked on the icon of a cyber pal and chatted about school.

As he was about to sign off just before 6 p．m., he saw an unfamiliar name, Susan Hicks, blink onto the screen.Her brief message was “shouted” in bold letters：“Would someone help me！”

“A newbie who doesn't know the rules，” Sean muttered.“What's wrong？” he typed.

A moment later she replied, still shouting, “I can't breathe.Help me！” Type continued to appear on his screen.“Help me.I'm having trouble breathing.I can't feel my left side.I can't get out of my chair.”

“Oh, man，” Sean moaned.“Pretending to be paralysed was a crummy joke.This Susan Hicks would not play this game if she had ever seen real kids in wheelchairs.”

Scanning the screen, Sean saw other players were ignoring her.

He was about to click onto another icon when he paused.What if she's not fooling？If she's really sick, I've got to help.

“Hey, Mother，” he called.“There's a kid in here who's sick or something.”

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，讲述一个名叫Sean的男孩放学回家后在网上看到一个网友求救的信息并最终决定去帮助她的故事。

4．What do the underlined words “grey monster” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A．The name of Sean's cyber pal. B．The computer in the Reddens' home. C．A Gothic character in Glenshadow's Tavern.

D．The name Sean used to log into Glenshadow's Tavern.

解析：选B。词义猜测题。上文提到“around the kitchen table to sit at the computer”，再结合画线部分后面的内容“because they understood that for Sean, computer skills were as vital as literacy” 可知他们省吃俭用为儿子买的是计算机。

5．Susan Hicks “shouted” for help by ________. A．telling everyone she was in pain B．writing her message in thick, heavy type C．repeating her message over and over again D．refusing to sign off from Glenshadow's Tavern

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第七段中的“Her brief message was ‘shouted’ in bold letters”可知 Susan Hicks 是通过用粗体字来求救的。bold letter 是指“粗体字”，和B项中的thick，heavy type 同义。

6．Sean decided to help Susan because ________. A．his mother told him to help her B．the other players were all ignoring her C．he sympathised with people in wheelchairs

D．he thought there was a possibility that she was really sick

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段可知，在Sean决定帮助她之前，提出了这样的疑问“What if she's not fooling？”，说明他认为对方也可能真的有病，需要帮助。

7．Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? A．Cyber Safety

B．How Sean Helped Susan C．A Cry for Help on the Internet D．Role-playing Chat Rooms

解析：选C。标题概括题。本文讲述的是一个网络求助的故事，所以C项作为标题最合适。该标题中Help和Internet中与主题相关的关键词。