英语：Module3《My First Ride on a Train》单元课件（外研版必修1）.ppt

Ⅳ. 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） (A) Farris Hassan, a 16-year-old high school student from Florida, decided to visit Iraq and left for the country on December 11th, 2005 alone, without having informed his parents. After catching a connecting flight in Amsterdam, he arrived in Kuwait City on December 13th. He called his parents on the telephone and informed them of where he was and his intention to visit Iraq. This was the first time his parents learned of his plan. He then attempted to cross the Kuwait-Iraq border by taxi, because of tight security（保安措施） for the upcoming elections he was unable to pass through and spent a week in Beirut, Lebanon. Then on December 25th, he flew to Baghdad International Airport. Relatives picked him up from the airport and put him at a hotel known to frequently house American citizens. He paid for the trip and made all the arrangements himself with money that he had saved up. The inspiration for his journey was the result of attending a class on “step into journalism” at his school. He was working on an assignment on the war in Iraq and he wished to experience his subject matter first-hand. Hassan’s parents were born in Iraq, but he does not speak any Arabic, making him easily stand out as a foreigner in Iraq, where kidnappings(绑架)of Americans and violence are an everyday occurrence. His parents planned to take him to see Iraq once the war was over. He turned in his assignment via e-mail and was due to be back home over the New Year’s Day weekend. 56. From the passage, we can know_______ . A. Farris Hassan can speak only a little Arabic B. Farris Hassan’s parents have learned of his plan before C. Farris Hassan successfully finished his assignment D. Farris Hassan made arrangements for his trip with the help of his teacher 【解析】选C。推理判断题。采用排除法。根据倒数第二段but he does not speak any Arabic可知A项不对；根据第一段可知他事先没通知父母，排除B项。根据第三段第一句可知D项不对。所以选C. 57. The underlined word “house” in the second para