专题三 人物故事类
专项强化·训练
A
(2015福州二模)
Marise fitted little Mark’s cap down over his ears and buttoned his blue coat close to his throat.
“Now you big children,” she said,with an anxious accent,to Paul and Elly standing with their school-books done up,“be sure to keep an eye on Mark at break.Don’t let him run and get all hot and then sit down in the wind without his coat.Remember,it’s his first day at school,and he’s only six.”
She kissed his round,smooth,rosy cheek once more,and let him go.Elly bent and took her little brother’s hand in hers.She said nothing,but her look on the little boy’s face was loving and maternal.
Paul assured his mother seriously,“Oh,I’ll look out for Mark,all right.”
Mark wriggled and said,“I can look out for myself without Paul!”
Their mother looked for a moment deep into the eyes of her older son,so clear,so quiet,so unchanging and true.“You’re a good boy,Paul,a real comfort,”she told him.
To herself she thought,“Yes,all his life he’ll look out for people and get no thanks for it.”
She followed the children to the door,wondering at her heavy heart.What could it come from?There was nothing in life for her to fear of course,except for the children,and it was stupid to fear for them.They were all safe;safe and strong and rooted deep in health,and little Mark was stepping off into his own life as the others had done.But she felt afraid.What could she be afraid of?
She could not bear to let them leave her and stood with them in the open door-way for a moment.Elly rubbed her soft cheek against her mother’s hand.Paul,seeing his mother tremble in the keen March air,said,“Mother,if Father were here he’d make you go in.That’s a thin dress.And your teeth are just chattering.” “Yes,you’re right,Paul,” she agreed;“it’s foolish of Me!”
The children gave her a hearty round of good-bye hugs and kisses,and went down the stone-flagged path to the road.They were chatting to each other as they went.Their voices sounded at first loud and gay in their mother’s ears.Then they sank to a murmur,as the children ran along the road.
When the murmur died away to silence,there seemed no sound left in the gray valley,empty and motionless between the steep dark walls of pine-covered mountains.
【语篇导读】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。该文章主要描述了一位住在山区的母亲送自己最小的孩子第一天去上学的心理,字里行间都透露着点点母爱。
1.What was Marise worried about at first?
A.Elly might forget to look after Mark in the school.
B.Things might not go smoothly for Mark in school.
C.Mark might not be comfortable with his brother’s company.
D.Paul might be careless and get sick in the cold weather.
解析:细节推断题。根据文章第二段“...be sure to keep an eye on Mark at break.Don’t let him run and get all hot and then sit down in the wind without his coat.”可知母亲担心Mark开学的第一天会不顺利。故选B项。
答案:B
2.Which of the following can best describe Paul?
A.Considerate.B.Spoiled.
C.Ambitious. D.Absent-minded.
解析:细节推断题。根据文章第三段“...her look on the little boy’s face was loving and maternal.”和第四段的“Paul assured his mother seriously,‘Oh,I’ll look out for Mark,all right.’”可知Paul是一个体贴人的孩子。considerate“体贴人的,考虑周到的”;spoiled“破坏的”;ambitious“雄心勃勃的”;absent-minded“心不在焉的”。故选A项。
答案:A
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Marise’s children didn’t get along with each other.
B.Marise had lots of things to be afraid of in her life.
C.Marise couldn’t tear herself away from her children.
D.Marise’s children didn’t know much about their father.
解析:推理判断题。通读全文可知A、B、D项与文意不符。根据文章倒数第三段的首句“She could not bear to let them leave her and stood with them in the open door-way for a moment.”可知这位母亲舍不得孩子离开她。故选C项。
答案:C
4.What can be inferred from the last three paragraphs?
A.Paul thought his mom foolish not to wear enough clothes.
B.Paul and Elly couldn’t wait to leave home for school.
C.The family in the story weren’t content with their life.
D.The story is set in a mountainous area.
解析:推理判断题。通读文章最后三段,并根据最后一段的关键词valley和mountains判断该故事发生一个山区的小村庄。故选D项。A、B、C项都与文章不符。
答案:D
B
(2015广东惠州二模)
Half a year before graduation from college,my son David began to seek a job.Due to the financial crisis,the competition was ever-fierce.My son targeted a company that was located in a coastal city.It was intended to employ only one person among more than twenty candidates,I said to David,“You should not harbor too much hope for fear that you would feel terribly disappointed when you fail.” He said to me,“I am not afraid of disappointment.As long as I try,there will always be hope!”
Three young men could enter the final round,which would later decide one person to be employed.Everything seemed to go quite well and David entered the final round in a week.
Unexpectedly,the interview was unbelievably simple,during which the interviewer only chatted with them for a while.The interview strategies my son prepared were not useful at all.The interviewer said the company would inform them of the result in 3 days.On the morning of the third day,David received the text from the company that he was not employed.David felt disappointed.
In nightfall that day,David suddenly told me excitedly on phone that he had been employed.Greatly surprised,I asked him,“What’s the whole matter?” David told me that he received another text saying that he was employed.David felt very confused about it.Later he found out the first text sent to him was also part of the test in the interview.Three men received the same text this morning and only David’s reply was satisfying to the company.I asked my son,“How did all of your reply?” My son said,“One did not reply.The other said ‘Goodbye’ and I said ‘Thank you’.”
Only then did I know that my son’s “hope” came in that way.That is,when you feel disappointed,do not forget to say “Thank you” to the one who disappoints you.Actually,it is a piece of cake to say “Thank you”.Saying “Thank you” shows respect for others’ work and demonstrates your grand generosity.Therefore,while under the same condition,you will get the upper hand in terms of opportunities compared with others!
【语篇导读】这是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章通过作者儿子因为一句“thank you”而应聘成功,从而告诉读者不管别人怎么对待你,你都要真诚地说一句“thank you”,这会让你受益一生的。
5.What can we learn about David from the passage?
A.Being short of money,David was eager to find a job.
B.He wanted to work for a company in the local city.
C.He was not hopeful of getting the job.
D.He took a positive attitude towards failure.
解析:推理判断题。根据文章的第一段“I am not afraid of disappointment.As long as I try,there will always be hope!”可知大卫是一个采取积极态度面对失败的人。故选D项。
答案:D
6.Which of the following is true about David’s final round interview?
A.David was nervous because the competition was really fierce.
B.David’s preparations for the interview were not used.
C.The three young men performed equally well.
D.The result was announced on the spot.
解析:细节理解题。根据文章第三段的“The interview strategies my son prepared were not useful at all.”可知大卫的准备在最后的面试中没有作用。故选B项。
答案:B
7.When David got the job offer,he felt at first.
A.excited B.puzzled
C.nervous D.pleased
解析:推理判断题。excited“激动的”;puzzled“迷惑的”;nervous“紧张的”;pleased“满意的”。根据文章第三段“David received the text from the company that he was not employed.David felt disappointed.”和第四段的“David felt very confused about it.”可知大卫对被雇用感到迷惑不解。故选B项。
答案:B
8.What can be inferred from the passage?
A.The author believed it’s beneficial to say thank you.
B.The author was confident that his son would get the job.
C.The author was disappointed when his son was not employed.
D.The author thought it’s not easy to say thank you.
解析:推理判断题。据文章第一段可排除B项;根据文章第三段的最后一句话排除C项;根据文章的最后一段排除D项;根据文章的最后一段可知作者相信说thank you是有益的。故选A项。
答案:A
9.What can be the best title of the passage?
A.Sunshine Always Appears After Storm
B.Never Give Up Hope
C.The Magic Power of “Thank You”
D.A Young Man And His Hope
解析:主旨大意题。通读全文,并根据文章的最后两段介绍的是作者的儿子因为thank you而找到工作,由此联想到thank you的魅力。故选C项。
答案:C
C
(2015成都二模)
The Children’s Book-show Competition is a chance for young readers to be writers.
Reading,it seems,is coming back into fashion,if a survey by the famous National Literacy Trust (the NLT) is true.It shows that the percentage of children who admit enjoying reading has grown for the first time in the past 8 years.
So it’s a good time to launch a competition that includes a shed-load of new books for schools as prizes.The Children’s Book-show Competition,backed by The Independent,is taking to the roads again from the start of next term,with a nation-wide tour of 15 big cities,featuring a line-up of a dozen children’s writers and illustrators(插图画家)aiming to persuade pupils to follow their footsteps.
The competition,launched by the children’s writer and illustrator Jessica Souhami,has two categories:the under-nine’s and nine to 13-year-olds.
Children are asked to choose their favorite fairy or folk tale and set it in an extraordinary place.
Then they are to retell it with the aid of drawings and writings—whether it is set at sea,on a distant planet,in the future or in the past.The closing date for the competition is 30 November.
“Tell your tale in pictures and in words,” say the organizers of the competition.“It can be in a picture book or comic-book format.”
The winner of each competition will receive a signed copy of a book by each of the 12 authors involved in this year’s tour,plus ￡150 worth of books for their school.The runners-up will receive a signed copy of Souhami’s new book.
【语篇导读】本文主要介绍了一个书展的相关内容。
10.What can we know about the Book-show Competition?
A.It will be held by the famous NLT.
B.It will be held in different cities.
C.It has never been organized before.
D.Children of all ages will join in it.
解析:推理判断题。根据第三段“Children’s Book-show Competition,backed by The Independent,is taking to the roads again from the start of next term,with a nation-wide tour of 15 big cities...”可知这个活动会在许多城市举行。故选B项。
答案:B
11.The underlined word “backed” in Paragraph 3 means .
A.started B.promoted
C.supported D.reported
解析:词义猜测题。back作动词有“支持”之意。故选C项。
答案:C
12.What will be offered as a prize to schools?
A.Pictures and comic books.
B.Books worth ￡150 in all.
C.Books signed by 12 authors.
D.Jessica Souhami’s new books.
解析:细节理解题。根据最后一段“plus ￡150 worth of books for their school”可知B项正确。
答案:B
13.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to .
A.encourage young readers to become writers
B.persuade all children to join in the competition
C.promote children’s books because of the famous writers
D.introduce a book-show to children
解析:主旨大意题。本文作者主要介绍了一个书展。故选D项。
答案:D