英语阅读理解细节题的解题技巧(3)

　　三、细节排序题——首尾定位法

　　这种试题要求考生根据动作发生的先后顺序和句子之间的逻辑关系，找出事件发生的正确顺序。同学们在做这种题时可采用“首尾定位法”，即最先找出第一个动作和最后一个动作，迅速缩小选择范围，从而快速选出正确答案。请看下面的例子(浙江高考英语试题)：

　　Fat and shy，Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team.“Football，tennis，cricket—anything with a round ball，I was useless，” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire，England.

　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually，Saunders set up his mind on building up his body，increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18，he ran his first marathon.

　　The following year he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s school of adventure in Scotland，where he learnt about Ridgway’s cold-water exploits. Greatly interested，Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures，then decided that this would be his future.

　　In 2001，after becoming a skillful skier，Saunders started his first long-distance expedition towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite，ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit，pulling his supply-loaded sled up and over rocky rice.

　　Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole，and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

　　Next October，Saunders，27，heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back，a 2900-kilometer journey that has never been completed on skis.

　　1.Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

　　a. He ran his first marathon.

　　b. He skied alone in the North Pole.

　　c. He rode his bike in a forest.

　　d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole.

　　A. a-c-d-b B. c-d-a-bC. a-c-b-dD. c-a-b-d

　　【解题分析】

　　题目要求我们按事件发生时间来进行排序。根据首尾定位法，第一步是 c. He rode his bike in a forest，最后一步是 d. He planned an adventure to the South Pole，故答案选 D。