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（注：08-13年卷面有分值分布，14年只有题数：5，占语数外卷面总题数1/8）
【2013】阅读短文重出江湖，分值猛增！侧重学生课外文化知识！
阅读部分题数较多，难度增大，题型依旧多元化，但是增添了短文类阅读理解，而且需要在理解之后进行推断，并且对于学生的课外知识有较高的要求。
（2013年外校入学测试英语部分第48-52题）阅读短文，回答下列问题。
“Many visitors travel to Michigan,”said Mother. “We call these visitors.” Tourists like the fine roads andbeautiful roadside parks here. In spring, tourists like to visit Holland town,Michigan, This town is famous for its beautiful tulip festival.
The people who first came to thissmall town were Dutch. The named this town after the country where they wereborn. These people brought many of their ways of living with them. For example,these hardworking people built a canal to bring water from Lake Michigan to thetown. It is just like the canals they have in their hometown.
In Holland town people grow manytulips. In may when tulips are the most beautiful, they have a tulip festival.It is like the festival they have in the country of Holland.
Thetulip festival is beautiful. People from the town dress in Dutch costumes andwooden shoes. They have parades and programs. Tulips are everywhere. To openthe festival, the people of the town wash the streets like they did in Holland.This festival lasts for nearly six days. A lot of people always come toHolland. Michigan, for this special event.
( ) 48. Where is Holland town?
A.In Asia. B. In Europe. C. In America.
( ) 49. Who came to this Holland townfirst?
A.The English. B.The American. C. The Dutch.
( ) 50. How long does the tulip festivallast?
A.About a week. B.About a month. C. Aboutthree months.
( ) 51. What does the underlined word “canal”mean?
A.运河 B. 隧道 C. 水库
( ) 52. Which one is NOT mentioned in thispassage?
（1）往年外校考试多是以听短文的形式考察短文阅读，最多也是11年将听力与阅读结合，同步考察，其他基本以广告、海报等形式为主，今年却单独出现两篇长阅读，表明外校考试更加侧重阅读理解能力。
（2）短文阅读不仅考察理解能力，更考察了学生的知识面，尤其是对于外国文化知识的了解，这一点不仅体现在阅读理解中，也体现在了拓展部分，所以考生一定要多了解外国文化，多涉猎课外知识，做好积累。
【2014】阅读短文形式多元化，能力要求更高！
2014外校考试形式，调整为面谈，实际上，考生桌面有试卷，但是学生没有笔，只能口述答案，录音机会播放题号音，必须在听到题号后立即回答问题，因此英语阅读，主要考察的学生的反应速度和阅读答案查找能力和信息获取能力，同时需要非常良好的心理素质！
【2008-2014】阅读是初中对学生综合能力的考察，只要方法对，一定可以得满分！