这次选用的是25年常州中考真题中的文章。去年是常州第一次采用回答问题的考题题型，难度不低，所幸字数范围较宽，按思路按方法也能拿满分。这是一篇记叙文，讲述了一只名叫乔纳森的独特海鸥热爱飞行的故事。与其他只为觅食而飞翔的海鸥不同，乔纳森最热爱的是飞行本身，他为此甘愿忍受饥饿、孤独，独自在远方的大海上练习。在现代社会，我们时不时也会耳闻目睹这样特立独行的坚持，最后成功的故事。
下面我们看题
41. What did Jonathan Seagull like doing most?
这是一道细节题，提问词是“What”。本题“what”针对“doing”提问，需要到文章中定位“做什么”相关的信息。文章第二段 “More than anything else, Jonathan Seagull loved to fly.” 问题中关键词“most”和原句中“more than anything else”（胜过一切）进行对应。因此，答案应围绕“flying”（飞行）展开。根据“What…like doing”的提问组织回答：He likes flying.或者提取核心词进行简短回答Flying.
42. What did Father mean by saying“you can’t eat flight”?
这是一道推断题，提问词是“What”，问的是父亲说过的这句话意味着什么。先定位到父亲的原话。父亲的话出现在第四段，其上文是父母担心乔纳森只顾飞行而不去学习觅食，所以父亲说“If you don’t study how to get food, you might die of hunger in the future.Flying is all very well, but you can’t eat flight, you know.” 因此，父亲的意思是飞行不能当饭吃，无法解决生存（饥饿）问题。推断和归纳完成，需要用自己的语言简练概括。这里有些同学没有深入思考跟着问题格式直接下手了：Father means…. 表达就产生了问题。解释一下 mean，我们小学里其实就学过“That means…/ It means…”,彼时是用来解释词句符号的意思，本题是用来说明说话者的真实意图。在这个语境中，父亲不是在解释某个词的意思，而是在表达一个观点、看法或给出告诫。更自然或者地道的说法，我们就表达“父亲认为/觉得/希望他应该…/ 不应该…”，所以这里更换为其他的动词，比如think, believe, hope, wish, remind等。参考如下：He thought/ believed flight couldn’t help him get food to live. He reminded Jonathan that flying couldn’t solve hunger.He reminded Jonathan of the importance of food. He wanted Jonathan to study how to get food. He wished/ hoped Jonathan would study how to get food.
43. What did Jonathan think of fighting with others for food?
What引导的问题提问观点态度。文章第五段描述了乔纳森试图像其他海鸥一样去争抢食物，紧接着第六段展现他的内心想法：“It’s all so worthless, ... I could be spending all this time learning to fly.” 关键词是“worthless”（毫无价值的）。这里又出现一个易错点。大部分练习中我们被提问观点态度，都是针对读者的，也就是这样的“What do you think of…?”的问题。这样的问题通常它预设的答案是“I think (that)…”, 而在口语和日常交流中，“I think that” 经常被省略，会直接用 “It‘s…”开头，这里的“it”指代的就是问题中讨论的那个事物或情况。但是本题中询问的是第三方，Jonathan的个人观点，所以回答的时候要注意必须以Jonathan或者相应的代词（He）作为主语才能对应问题，避免产生指代不清的情况。这里根据原文组织答案：He thought it was worthless/a waste of time.
44. Do you think Jonathan will die of hunger finally? Why or why not?
开放推理题，依然是“一般疑问句+理由”的构成。回答这类问题，先给出“Yes/No”，然后陈述简短理由。理由必须忠于原文进行合理推测。文中线索：1) 父亲警告他可能会饿死；2) 乔纳森无法融入争抢食物的群体；3)但最后一段提到，他再次独自去海上练习，状态是“hungry, happy, learning”，并且在一周内学到了更多。这表明，尽管饥饿，他仍在坚持并精进飞行技艺。由此可以推断，他的热情和执着可能会为他开辟新的生存方式（故事后续也的确如此），因此他不会简单地饿死。本题不限字数，注意表达到位。
参考答案：No,I don’t think so. Because Jonathan was happy and kept learning even when he was hungry. / No, because his love and talent for flying will help him find a new way of living. / No, becausehe felt happy and learned a lot about speed, whichwill help him overcome thedifficulty.
当然，作为开放题，能言之有理的答案都应该被接受，所以如果你回答Yes也是没有问题的，主要还是给出恰当的理由。比如说，Yes, I think so. Because he may still not get any food although he can fly fast. / Yes, because he was always alone, which made it more difficult to find food.
【答案】
41.He likes flying. / Flying.
42. He thought/ believed flight couldn’t help him get food to live.
He reminded Jonathan that flying couldn’t solve hunger.
HeremindedJonathan of the importance of food.
He wantedJonathanto study how to get food.
He wished/ hoped Jonathan would study how to get food.
43. He thought it was worthless/a waste of time.
44. No,I don’t think so. Because Jonathan was happy and kept learning even when he was hungry.
No, because his love and talent for flying will help him find a new way of living.
No, becausehe felt happy and learned a lot about speed, whichwill help him overcome thedifficulty.
Yes, I think so. Because he may still not get any food although he can fly fast.
Yes, because he was always alone, which made it more difficult to find food.
总结一下，本文的解题难度主要还是集中在语言组织和表达上。相对于题目的理解，到文章中定位信息，怎么拆分问题找到合适的回答路径，并要表达地自然且合理，是我们需要好好应对的挑战，任重且道远。平时学习中，我们就要注意多积累地道的句式；同时词性的转换在此也很有用处。答题时注意答题规范，回答要忠于原文但慎重照抄长句；另外关注细节，大小写和时态是我们一定不能忽略的地方。
