2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解七十五十集之连载训练：（62）

　　2016高考英语二轮阅读理解八十集之连载训练（62）

　　人物故事类

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　It was the first snow of winter—an exciting day for every child but not for most teachers. Up until now, I had been able to dress myself for recess(课间休息), but today I would need some help. Miss Finlayson, my kindergarten teacher at Princess Elizabeth School near Hamilton, Ontario, had been through first snow days many times in her long career, but I think she may still remember this one.

　　I managed to get into my wool snow pants. But I struggled with my jacket because it didn’t fit well. It was a hand-me-down from my brother, and it made me wonder why I had to wear his ugly clothes. At least my hat and matching scarf were mine, and they were quite pretty. Finally it was time to have Miss Finlayson help me with my boots. In her calm, motherly voice she said, “By the end of winter, you will be able to put on your own boots.” I didn’t realize at the time that this was more a statement of hope than of confidence.

　　I handed her my boots and stuck out my foot. Like most children, I expected the adult to do all the work. After much wiggling and pushing, she managed to get the first one into place and then, with a sigh, worked the second one on too.

　　I announced, “They’re on the wrong feet.” With the grace that only experience can bring, she struggled to get the boots off and went through the joyless task of putting them on again. Then I said, “These aren’t my boots, you know.” As she pulled the offending boots from my feet, she still managed to look both helpful and interested. Once they were off, I said, “They are my brother’s boots. My mother makes me wear them, and I hate them!” Somehow, from long years of practice, she managed to act as though I wasn’t an annoying little girl. She pushed and shoved, less gently this time, and the boots were returned to their proper place on my feet. With a great sigh of relief, seeing the end of her struggle with me, she asked, “Now, where are your gloves?”

　　I looked into her eyes and said, “I didn’t want to lose them, so I put them into the toes of my boots.”

　　1. According to the passage, the little girl got　from her brother.　

　　A. the wool snow pants and the jacket

　　B. the jacket and the boots

　　C. the jacket and the hat

　　D. the boots and the gloves

　　2. What made it so hard for the teacher to help the little girl put her boots on?

　　A. The gloves in the toes of the boots.

　　B. The slowness of the teacher.

　　C. The wrong size of the boots.

　　D. The unwillingness of the girl.

　　3. It can be inferred that before the little girl finally went out to enjoy the first snow of winter, the teacher had to help her put on her boots　.

　　A. once　B. twice　C. three times　D. four times

　　4. Which of the following sentences from the text BEST indicates that the teacher is very considerate?

　　A. In her calm, motherly voice she said, “By the end of winter, . . .” (Paragraph 2)

　　B. With the grace that only experience can bring, she struggled to. . . (Paragraph 4)

　　C. . . . , she still managed to look both helpful and interested. (Paragraph 4)

　　D. . . . , she managed to act as though I wasn’t an annoying little girl. (Paragraph 4)

　　【参考答案】1--4 、BADD

　　人物故事类

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.

　　“You could win prizes, “ our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. “

　　We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while weconjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.

　　Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.

　　I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.

　　Minutes passed.

　　No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.

　　I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.

　　1. What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster?

　　A. It must appear in time.

　　B. It must be done in class.

　　C. It must be done on a construction sheet.

　　D. It must include the words on the blackboard.

　　2. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means　.　

　　A. formed an idea for B. made an outline for

　　C. made some space for　

　　D. chose some colors for

　　3. After the teacher’s words, all the students in the class　.　

　　A. looked very serious

　　B. thought they would be rich

　　C. began to think about their designs

　　D. began to play games

　　4. After seeing the good students’ designs, some students　.　

　　A. loved their own designs more

　　B. thought they had a fair chance

　　C. put their own designs in a corner

　　D. thought they would not win the prize

　　5. We can infer from the passage that the author　.　

　　A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much

　　B. loved poster competitions very much

　　C. felt surprised to win the competition

　　D. became wise and rich after the competition

　　【参考答案】1--5、 DACDC

　　人物故事类

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Ma Shwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water, and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Ma Shwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

　　There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Ma Shwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

　　Just at this moment, she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.

　　While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Ma Shwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring(吼叫) all the time, but to her calf it was music.

　　1. The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw　.　

　　A. the calf was about to fall into the river

　　B. Ma Shwe was placing the calf on the rock

　　C. the calf was washed away by the rising water

　　D. Ma Shwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

　　2. How did Ma Shwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

　　A. By putting it on a safe spot.

　　B. By pressing it against her body.

　　C. By taking it away with her.

　　D. By carrying it on her back.

　　3. How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

　　A. It was a great comfort. B. It was a sign of danger.

　　C. It was a call for help.　 D. It was a musical note.

　　4. What can be the best title for the text?

　　A. A Mother’s LoveB. A Brave Act

　　C. A Deadly RiverD. A Matter of Life and Death

　　【参考答案】1--4 、DAAA

　　人物故事类

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.

　　His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary:　“My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could not share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary. “

　　This Side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel The Beautiful and Damned(1922), a collection of short stories Tales of the Jazz Age(1922), and a play The Vegetable(1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.

　　However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.

　　1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?

　　A. 5.B. 6.C. 7.D. 8.

　　2. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?

　　a. He became addicted to drinking.

　　b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.

　　c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.

　　d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.

　　e. He failed to reorder his life.

　　f. He joined the army and met Zelda.

　　A. f-c-e-a-b-dB. b-e-a-f-c-dC. f-d-e-c-b-aD. b-f-c-d-e-a

　　3. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald　.　

　　A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama

　　B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army

　　C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down

　　D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital

　　4. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about　.　

　　A. Zelda’s personal life

　　B. Zelda’s illness and treatment

　　C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham

　　D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

　　【参考答案】1--4 、ADCD