Which best describes the writer's tone in the second and third paragraphs?
答案: A
答案：A
语气是作者的态度，从用词看得出来。"a festival of optimism"、"thoughtful zigzags"、观众"never once accused of fairness"都是俏皮的玩笑，不是攻击，答案是A。B不对，因为幽默是善意的：得第四名的车仍获得"warm applause"。
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先划出带感情的词，再选和这些词轻重相符的选项。
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语气题问的是作者对所写的事有什么态度，线索就藏在作者选用的词里。现在读七年级的孩子会在八年级遇到这类题，考试预计在2027年6月。
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语气题是什么样的？
ACER表示，阅读部分考查在文章中查找信息，并整合、解读、反思和评价其中的观点。语气题要孩子反思的不只是写了什么，还有是怎么写的。
下面的题是我们原创的，共用一篇报道The Great Gully Road Derby，写一个乡村小镇的木轮车比赛。题目为英文，解析为中文。每道题都直接给出答案和解析，请和孩子一起看；遇到每道题，把关键的那一句用欣赏和嘲笑两种口气各读一遍，问孩子原文的用词支持哪一种。
The Great Gully Road Derby
The Great Gully Road Derby
Every March, the town of Wattle Flat closes its steepest street for one Saturday morning and hands it over to the billy carts. The rules of the Gully Road Derby fit on a single page and have not changed in forty years: no engines, no pedals, four wheels, and a working brake, which the judges test by giving each cart a firm push and seeing whether it stops.
The carts themselves are a festival of optimism. This year's field included a converted bathtub, a cart shaped like a loaf of bread, and something built mostly from an old ironing board that its driver, eleven-year-old Aroha, described as 'aerodynamic'. It travelled the course in a series of thoughtful zigzags and finished, to warm applause, in fourth place out of five.
The official timekeeper uses a stopwatch that is older than most of the competitors. Nobody has ever seriously suggested replacing it. When a result is close, the decision is made by a show of hands from the crowd, and the crowd has never once been accused of fairness.
And yet it would be wrong to call the derby a joke. Watch the starting line closely and you will see children who have spent months sanding axles, testing brakes on their driveways, and debating wheel sizes with their parents. You will see Aroha's grandfather, who built his first cart for this race in the 1980s, kneeling beside the ironing board to tighten one last bolt. You will see the kind of concentration that is usually reserved for exams.
The winner this year was a plain wooden cart with no decoration at all. Its driver, Sam, had rebuilt the steering three times. When asked for the secret of her success, she thought for a long moment and said, 'Mostly, I went straight.' It may be the most honest sporting interview ever given.
How does the writer's tone change in the fourth paragraph?
答案: C
答案：C
找转折句"And yet it would be wrong to call the derby a joke."。此后作者带着敬意写几个月的用心准备，又拿考试时的专注作比，保持轻松，答案是C。A没看出这份认真是被欣赏而非嘲笑。祖父和刹车测试只是个别细节，B、D都概括不了这一段。
The writer calls Sam's answer 'the most honest sporting interview ever given'. Which best describes the writer's attitude to the answer?
答案: B
答案：B
把这个回答和前一句联系起来：Sam"had rebuilt the steering three times"，所以"went straight"是来之不易的成果。这份称赞俏皮但真诚，答案是B。A有迷惑性，因为这句话很好笑，但作者是和Sam一起笑，不是笑她。文中看不出作者预料会有别的赢家，所以D不对。
孩子怎样读出作者的态度？
先收集带感情的词，再掂量它们的轻重。一个语气选项错，可能不是感情选错了，而是说得太重了。
以下步骤是我们的建议，来自上面各题的解析。
找出带感情的词
划出表现感情的词句，比如“a festival of optimism”或“warm applause”。
说出作者的态度
作者是在笑、生气、难过，还是欣赏？如果是幽默，这份幽默是善意的还是刻薄的？
留意转折
“And yet”或“but”这样的词可能标志语气的变化，要仔细读后面的内容。
掂量程度
选能符合所有线索的选项。善意的调侃和讽刺不是一回事。
放回整段检查
某一句的语气，应该和它所在的段落相符。
常见的陷阱有哪些？
下面每个陷阱都是上面题目里的一个错误选项。问问孩子哪一个乍看最像对的，再回到决定答案的那几个词。
- 好笑就是嘲笑。 最后一道题里，这句话很好笑，但作者是和Sam一起笑，不是笑她。Sam重做过转向装置，所以能开直线来之不易。
- 没看到转折。 第二题里，第四段以“And yet it would be wrong to call the derby a joke”开头。匆匆略过这句，就看不出语气转向了敬意。
- 凭一个细节下判断。 祖父出现在第四段，但一个细节并不能让整段变成怀旧的语气。
在家怎么练？
用两种口气读同一句话，一次欣赏，一次讽刺，再聊聊是哪些词决定了它本来的语气。
比较两篇评论同一部电影或游戏的文章：哪些词表现出各自作者的感受？
和孩子一起列一个语气词小清单：俏皮、真诚、冷幽默、批评、欣赏。聊孩子读的东西时用上它们。
语气题需要考前专门刷题吗？
可能没有你想的那么需要。ACER表示无需练习或复习，不过它的样题能帮孩子熟悉题目风格。表达态度的词来自广泛阅读和交谈，所以上面这些家里的习惯已经做了大部分功课。
练习测试多给的是计时：阅读和语言推理同场，共55分钟。先做练习测试1：注册免费账户即可做一套完整练习测试并查看结果（练习测试在英文应用中进行）。做完后你会看到按技能分列的结果，知道语气题到底有没有丢分。
想看更多短文和讲解，请看维州精英中学（selective entry high school）阅读样题，或维州阅读作者意图题的讲解。
了解孩子目前的水平
练习测试1会批改每一道题，并按技能显示结果：孩子已经掌握的部分，以及接下来要练的三项技能。
