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CAEC Reading Preparation Course：Structure, elements and techniques

不限时专题测验：关于Structure, elements and techniques的20道题，每道题作答后都有解释。每次题目和选项都会重新打乱。

  • 课程
  • 加拿大
  • 93道题
  • 核对于2026年10月13日
  • 事实核查：2026年10月13日
从课文开始CAEC Reading Preparation: Lessons：阅读时间约300分钟。测试中的每道题在课文中都有讲解。

专题测验4：Structure, elements and techniques

  1. 第1题，共20题

    A writer tells events in the order they happened. What is this structure called?
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    答案: A. Chronological order

    Chronological (time) order tells events from first to last, often with signal words like first, then and after.

  2. 第2题，共20题

    Which phrase most often signals a contrast?
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    答案: D. On the other hand

    "On the other hand" shows a different side. "For example" adds an example, "as a result" shows an effect, and "first of all" shows order.

  3. 第3题，共20题

    A brochure uses bold headings such as "Who can apply" and "How to apply." What is the main purpose of these headings?
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    答案: A. To help readers find information quickly

    Headings are text features. They divide a text into parts so readers can scan for the section they need.

  4. 第4题，共20题

    How is the injury notice mainly organized?

    Northline Foods – What to do if you are hurt at work

    1. Get first aid right away, even for a small cut or strain. First aid kits are by every exit.
    2. Tell your supervisor before the end of your shift. If your supervisor is not available, tell the shift lead.
    3. Fill out an Incident Report form within 24 hours. Forms are in the binder at the safety board, or you can ask HR for one.
    4. If you see a doctor, give HR a copy of any notes about work you cannot do. HR will work with you and your supervisor to find safe duties while you heal.

    Why report small injuries? A minor sprain today can turn into a long-term problem. A report also helps us find hazards and fix them before someone else is hurt.

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    答案: B. Numbered steps in order, then a reason

    The notice gives four numbered steps in the order you should do them, then a short paragraph explaining why to report.

  5. 第5题，共20题

    What is the purpose of the last paragraph of the notice?

    Northline Foods – What to do if you are hurt at work

    1. Get first aid right away, even for a small cut or strain. First aid kits are by every exit.
    2. Tell your supervisor before the end of your shift. If your supervisor is not available, tell the shift lead.
    3. Fill out an Incident Report form within 24 hours. Forms are in the binder at the safety board, or you can ask HR for one.
    4. If you see a doctor, give HR a copy of any notes about work you cannot do. HR will work with you and your supervisor to find safe duties while you heal.

    Why report small injuries? A minor sprain today can turn into a long-term problem. A report also helps us find hazards and fix them before someone else is hurt.

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    答案: C. To explain why even small injuries should be reported

    The paragraph starts with the question "Why report small injuries?" and then gives two reasons.

  6. 第6题，共20题

    How is the blog post mainly organized?

    Bus or car? One commuter's experiment

    For one month, I drove to work. The next month, I took the bus. Here is what I found.

    Driving was faster. My trip took about 20 minutes each way, compared with 35 minutes by bus. But the car cost more. Between gas and parking, I spent about $310 that month. My monthly bus pass was $112.

    The bus had another surprise: I got my reading back. In 35 minutes, I could finish a chapter of a book or answer my emails. In the car, my hands and eyes were busy.

    On the other hand, the bus did not always fit my life. On days when I had to pick up my son from hockey practice, the transfer added almost half an hour.

    So which won? For me, a mix. I now take the bus three days a week and drive on hockey days.

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    答案: A. It compares two ways of getting to work

    The writer compares the car and the bus on time, cost and how each fits his life. That is a compare-and-contrast structure.

  7. 第7题，共20题

    In the blog post, what does the phrase "On the other hand" signal?

    Bus or car? One commuter's experiment

    For one month, I drove to work. The next month, I took the bus. Here is what I found.

    Driving was faster. My trip took about 20 minutes each way, compared with 35 minutes by bus. But the car cost more. Between gas and parking, I spent about $310 that month. My monthly bus pass was $112.

    The bus had another surprise: I got my reading back. In 35 minutes, I could finish a chapter of a book or answer my emails. In the car, my hands and eyes were busy.

    On the other hand, the bus did not always fit my life. On days when I had to pick up my son from hockey practice, the transfer added almost half an hour.

    So which won? For me, a mix. I now take the bus three days a week and drive on hockey days.

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    答案: C. A point against the bus after points for it

    Before this phrase, the writer lists good things about the bus. "On the other hand" introduces a problem with it.

  8. 第8题，共20题

    Which overall structure does the letter writer use?

    Letter to the editor: Give Main Street a chance

    Every spring, city council asks how to bring shoppers back downtown. Every spring, the answer is the same: more parking. I think it is time to try something different.

    Last year, the town of Elm Falls replaced 30 parking spots on its main street with a protected bike lane and wider sidewalks. According to the town's own count, foot traffic rose by 18 per cent in the first summer. Store owners who had fought the plan now hold sidewalk sales every weekend.

    Some people say that our winters are too long for cycling. But a bike lane is not only for bikes. In Elm Falls, the lane is cleared first after a snowfall, so it also gives people with strollers and wheelchairs a safe path.

    Of course, change is hard. Nobody likes to circle the block looking for a spot. But are we really building a downtown for cars, or for people?

    I urge council to try a one-year pilot. If it fails, the paint can be removed. If it works, we will wonder why we waited so long.

    Andrea Kowalczyk, Main Street resident

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    答案: D. She describes a problem, then proposes a solution

    She starts with the problem (shoppers leaving downtown) and ends by urging a one-year bike lane pilot as the solution.

  9. 第9题，共20题

    Which sentence from the letter states a fact rather than an opinion?

    Letter to the editor: Give Main Street a chance

    Every spring, city council asks how to bring shoppers back downtown. Every spring, the answer is the same: more parking. I think it is time to try something different.

    Last year, the town of Elm Falls replaced 30 parking spots on its main street with a protected bike lane and wider sidewalks. According to the town's own count, foot traffic rose by 18 per cent in the first summer. Store owners who had fought the plan now hold sidewalk sales every weekend.

    Some people say that our winters are too long for cycling. But a bike lane is not only for bikes. In Elm Falls, the lane is cleared first after a snowfall, so it also gives people with strollers and wheelchairs a safe path.

    Of course, change is hard. Nobody likes to circle the block looking for a spot. But are we really building a downtown for cars, or for people?

    I urge council to try a one-year pilot. If it fails, the paint can be removed. If it works, we will wonder why we waited so long.

    Andrea Kowalczyk, Main Street resident

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    答案: C. Elm Falls replaced 30 parking spots

    A fact can be checked. The number of parking spots replaced can be proven, but the other sentences are the writer's beliefs or guesses.

  10. 第10题，共20题

    How does the writer respond to people who say winters are too long for cycling?

    Letter to the editor: Give Main Street a chance

    Every spring, city council asks how to bring shoppers back downtown. Every spring, the answer is the same: more parking. I think it is time to try something different.

    Last year, the town of Elm Falls replaced 30 parking spots on its main street with a protected bike lane and wider sidewalks. According to the town's own count, foot traffic rose by 18 per cent in the first summer. Store owners who had fought the plan now hold sidewalk sales every weekend.

    Some people say that our winters are too long for cycling. But a bike lane is not only for bikes. In Elm Falls, the lane is cleared first after a snowfall, so it also gives people with strollers and wheelchairs a safe path.

    Of course, change is hard. Nobody likes to circle the block looking for a spot. But are we really building a downtown for cars, or for people?

    I urge council to try a one-year pilot. If it fails, the paint can be removed. If it works, we will wonder why we waited so long.

    Andrea Kowalczyk, Main Street resident

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    答案: C. She shows the lane also helps people in winter

    She names the opposing view and answers it (a counterargument and rebuttal): in Elm Falls, the cleared lane is a safe path for strollers and wheelchairs.

  11. 第11题，共20题

    Why does the writer ask, "But are we really building a downtown for cars, or for people?"

    Letter to the editor: Give Main Street a chance

    Every spring, city council asks how to bring shoppers back downtown. Every spring, the answer is the same: more parking. I think it is time to try something different.

    Last year, the town of Elm Falls replaced 30 parking spots on its main street with a protected bike lane and wider sidewalks. According to the town's own count, foot traffic rose by 18 per cent in the first summer. Store owners who had fought the plan now hold sidewalk sales every weekend.

    Some people say that our winters are too long for cycling. But a bike lane is not only for bikes. In Elm Falls, the lane is cleared first after a snowfall, so it also gives people with strollers and wheelchairs a safe path.

    Of course, change is hard. Nobody likes to circle the block looking for a spot. But are we really building a downtown for cars, or for people?

    I urge council to try a one-year pilot. If it fails, the paint can be removed. If it works, we will wonder why we waited so long.

    Andrea Kowalczyk, Main Street resident

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    答案: A. To make readers think about her main point

    This is a rhetorical question. It is not meant to be answered; it pushes readers to agree that downtown should be for people.

  12. 第12题，共20题

    "That's just the lake talking. It's stretching in its sleep." Which literary device is used here?

    The lake was a sheet of grey glass the morning Grandpa Leo taught me to wait. He drilled the hole in three slow turns, then sat on his overturned bucket as if he had been planted there.

    "Now we listen," he said.

    I listened. The wind combed the snow into thin white ribbons. Somewhere far off, the ice gave a deep groan, and I grabbed his sleeve.

    "That's just the lake talking," he said. "It's stretching in its sleep."

    An hour passed. My toes went from cold to sore to nothing at all. I checked the line every minute, pulling it up to make sure the bait was still there, until Grandpa put his mittened hand over mine.

    "A fish can't find a line that won't stay still," he said.

    So I stayed still. And when the line finally twitched, it was so small a movement that I almost missed it, the way you almost miss the first star coming out, until suddenly the whole sky is full of them.

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    答案: A. Personification

    Personification gives human actions to something that is not human. A lake cannot talk, stretch or sleep.

  13. 第13题，共20题

    From what point of view is the story told?

    The lake was a sheet of grey glass the morning Grandpa Leo taught me to wait. He drilled the hole in three slow turns, then sat on his overturned bucket as if he had been planted there.

    "Now we listen," he said.

    I listened. The wind combed the snow into thin white ribbons. Somewhere far off, the ice gave a deep groan, and I grabbed his sleeve.

    "That's just the lake talking," he said. "It's stretching in its sleep."

    An hour passed. My toes went from cold to sore to nothing at all. I checked the line every minute, pulling it up to make sure the bait was still there, until Grandpa put his mittened hand over mine.

    "A fish can't find a line that won't stay still," he said.

    So I stayed still. And when the line finally twitched, it was so small a movement that I almost missed it, the way you almost miss the first star coming out, until suddenly the whole sky is full of them.

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    答案: C. First person, by the child

    The narrator uses "I" and "me" and is the child learning from Grandpa Leo, so it is first-person point of view.

  14. 第14题，共20题

    What is the effect of comparing the line's twitch to "the first star coming out"?

    The lake was a sheet of grey glass the morning Grandpa Leo taught me to wait. He drilled the hole in three slow turns, then sat on his overturned bucket as if he had been planted there.

    "Now we listen," he said.

    I listened. The wind combed the snow into thin white ribbons. Somewhere far off, the ice gave a deep groan, and I grabbed his sleeve.

    "That's just the lake talking," he said. "It's stretching in its sleep."

    An hour passed. My toes went from cold to sore to nothing at all. I checked the line every minute, pulling it up to make sure the bait was still there, until Grandpa put his mittened hand over mine.

    "A fish can't find a line that won't stay still," he said.

    So I stayed still. And when the line finally twitched, it was so small a movement that I almost missed it, the way you almost miss the first star coming out, until suddenly the whole sky is full of them.

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    答案: B. It shows a tiny moment leading to something wonderful

    The simile links a very small movement with the first star, which soon becomes a whole sky of stars. The wait turns into wonder.

  15. 第15题，共20题

    Which is the best statement of the story's theme?

    The lake was a sheet of grey glass the morning Grandpa Leo taught me to wait. He drilled the hole in three slow turns, then sat on his overturned bucket as if he had been planted there.

    "Now we listen," he said.

    I listened. The wind combed the snow into thin white ribbons. Somewhere far off, the ice gave a deep groan, and I grabbed his sleeve.

    "That's just the lake talking," he said. "It's stretching in its sleep."

    An hour passed. My toes went from cold to sore to nothing at all. I checked the line every minute, pulling it up to make sure the bait was still there, until Grandpa put his mittened hand over mine.

    "A fish can't find a line that won't stay still," he said.

    So I stayed still. And when the line finally twitched, it was so small a movement that I almost missed it, the way you almost miss the first star coming out, until suddenly the whole sky is full of them.

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    答案: C. Patience can bring quiet rewards

    A theme is the message about life. The narrator learns to wait and stay still, and then the reward comes.

  16. 第16题，共20题

    The kettle is called "a small, round sun upon the stove." What does this metaphor suggest?

    Night Shift

    The bus hums down an empty street,
    its windows full of tired light.
    I count the stops the way my mother
    counted rosary beads at night:

    one for the bakery, dark and shut,
    one for the bridge, one for the mall,
    one for the corner where the wind
    leans hard against the shelter wall.

    At home, the kettle waits for me,
    a small, round sun upon the stove.
    The city sleeps. I pour my tea,
    the last one up, the first awake.

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    答案: B. The kettle brings warmth and comfort

    A metaphor compares without "like" or "as." A sun gives warmth and light, so the kettle stands for comfort after a long night.

  17. 第17题，共20题

    The speaker counts stops "the way my mother / counted rosary beads at night." What does this simile suggest about the ride?

    Night Shift

    The bus hums down an empty street,
    its windows full of tired light.
    I count the stops the way my mother
    counted rosary beads at night:

    one for the bakery, dark and shut,
    one for the bridge, one for the mall,
    one for the corner where the wind
    leans hard against the shelter wall.

    At home, the kettle waits for me,
    a small, round sun upon the stove.
    The city sleeps. I pour my tea,
    the last one up, the first awake.

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    答案: D. It is a calm, familiar routine

    Counting beads is a quiet habit repeated often. The simile shows the speaker counts the same stops every night in a calm way.

  18. 第18题，共20题

    How is the poem organized?

    Night Shift

    The bus hums down an empty street,
    its windows full of tired light.
    I count the stops the way my mother
    counted rosary beads at night:

    one for the bakery, dark and shut,
    one for the bridge, one for the mall,
    one for the corner where the wind
    leans hard against the shelter wall.

    At home, the kettle waits for me,
    a small, round sun upon the stove.
    The city sleeps. I pour my tea,
    the last one up, the first awake.

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    答案: D. Three stanzas of four lines each

    A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph. This poem has three groups of four lines.

  19. 第19题，共20题

    In the play excerpt, what are the words in parentheses, such as "(without turning around)"?

    A small apartment kitchen in Winnipeg. Early morning. RAJ, in his fifties, is packing a lunch. His daughter MEERA, 19, enters with a suitcase.

    RAJ: (without turning around) You're early. The bus doesn't leave until nine.
    MEERA: I wanted to say goodbye properly. Not at the station, with everyone watching.
    RAJ: (still packing) I made you a sandwich. Cheese and pickle. The kind you like.
    MEERA: Dad, I'm nineteen. They have sandwiches in Vancouver.
    RAJ: (finally turning, holding out the sandwich) Not this one.

    (MEERA takes the sandwich and puts it carefully in her bag. Neither of them speaks.)

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    答案: D. Stage directions that tell actors what to do

    Stage directions describe the setting and the actors' movements. They are not spoken; the dialogue follows each character's name.

  20. 第20题，共20题

    Why does the writer end the essay with "I still don't understand offside"?

    When I arrived in Calgary at thirty-four, I could order a coffee in English and not much else. Words flew past me in meetings like birds I could not name. For the first year, I nodded a lot.

    What changed things was not a class but a hockey game. My neighbour, Doug, invited me to watch his daughter play. I understood almost nothing he said, but he kept talking anyway, pointing and explaining, laughing at his own jokes. By the third period, I knew "offside," "penalty" and "What a save!"

    I began to see that a language is not only learned at a desk. It grows in kitchens, rinks and bus shelters, wherever people are patient enough to keep talking.

    Today I lead meetings in English. I still don't understand offside.

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    答案: C. To end with humour while showing he still learns

    After saying he now leads meetings in English, he adds a light joke. It keeps a warm tone and shows learning never fully ends.

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