高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项-----B
Soapy turned off Broadway. It seemed that his route to the desired Island was not to be an enjoyable one. Some other way of entering limbo must be thought of．
At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plate-glass made a shop window bright. Soapy took a stone and threw it through the glass. People came running round the corner，a policeman in the lead．Soapy stood still，with his hands in his pockets，and smiled at the sight of brass buttons．
“Where's the man that has done that?” asked the officer excitedly．
“Don't you figure out that I might have had something to do with it?” said Soapy, not without hatred, but friendly, as one greets good fortune．
The policeman's mind refused to accept Soapy even as a suspect. Men who break windows do not remain to talk with the law protector. They take to their heels. The policeman saw a man haft-way down the block running to catch a car. With drawn club he joined in the chasing．Soapy，with anger in his heart, wandered along, twice unsuccessful．
On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of popular styles. It provided food to large appetites and modem purses. Its plates and atmosphere were thick; its soup and napkin thin. Into this place Soapy took his muddy shoes and tell-tale trousers without challenge．At the table he sat and enjoyed beefsteak, flapjacks, doughnuts and pie. And then to the waiter he betrayed the face that the minutest coin and himself were strangers．
“Now, get busy and call a cop，”said Soapy．“And don't keep a gentleman waiting．”
“No cop for you，”said the waiter，with a voice like butter cakes and an eye like the cherry in a Manhattan cocktail，“Hey，Con!”
Nearly upon his left ear on the senseless pavement two waiters threw Soapy．He arose, joint by joint，as a carpenter's rule opens, and beat the dust from his clothes. Arrest seemed but a rosy dream. The Island seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drug store two doors away laughed and walked down the street．
1. What did the word “Island” in the passage refer to?
A. A very pleasant hotel in Broadway．
B. One of the cities in America．
C. A place where law-breakers were sent to．
D. A shop at the corner of the Sixth Avenue．
答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义猜测题。该词实则是全文的灵魂词，对该词的准确猜测建立在读懂全文故事的基础之上。第一段中Soapy所理想的“Island”是个什么地方？通过读后面的故事可知，他故意打破商店的玻璃，故意到餐馆大吃一顿不付钱都是为了被警察抓住，但是警察都没抓他，最后一段写到 “Arrest seemed but a rosy dream. The Island seemed very far away. A policeman who stood before a drug store two doors away laughed and walked down the street．” 逮捕似乎只是个美好的梦想，Island似乎非常遥远，站在药店前的一个警察笑着走了。因此可以推断，Soapy想去的地方就是监狱，故C选项是对“Island”的准确解释。
2. Why did Soapy stand still outside the shop window?
A. He was waiting to be arrested．
B. He wanted to help the policeman．
C. He intended to play a joke with the policeman．
D. He was watching the policeman chasing the man who ran to catch a car．
答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。由第三、四段的内容可知，他打破玻璃后站在窗户外，警察问是谁干的，他对警察说“你们没看到是我干的吗?”，他希望被警察抓住，故答案为A。
3. What did the underlined words in Paragraph 6 mean?
A. The man had never seen the waiter before.
B. The man was penniless．
C. The man was a stranger to the city．
D. The coin was not real so that the waiter refused to accept it．
答案解析：答案为B。本题为句意理解题。本题可用排除法。结合划线部分的后文第七段Soapy对服务员说的话 “ Now, get busy and call a cop，”他让服务员叫警察抓他，因此A、C、D选项都不是划线部分的深层含义。只有B选项 “这个人身无分文”最符合文意。
4. Why did Soapy go into the restaurant?
A. He was very hungry．
B. He wanted to have a dinner with someone．
C. He wanted to draw the policeman's attention by having dinner without pay．
D. The restaurant was cheap and he had not much money．
答案解析：答案为C。结合前面几题的分析可知，他去餐馆白吃就是希望警察抓他。故答案为C。
阅读理解 -----(2011·江苏卷，B)
本篇是一份海报，介绍了一个叫做“Friends organization”的组织。
9．Which of the following is discouraged by the Friends organization?
A. To build massive complexes for public amusement.
B. To prevent possible damages to the National Park.
C. To help protect and improve the Park for all to enjoy.
D. To sponsor publications and projects in local schools.
答案：A。细节理解题。由Activities中第二段第一句“We keep an eye on...and threats to the National Park such as massive leisure complexes.”可知，这一组织不赞成建大量的休闲娱乐设施。
10. One of the benefits for members of Friends is to________.
A. have Friends' goods free of charge
B. visit any place not open to the public
C. take part in work parties if they want to
D. give talks in their fields on current issues
答案：C。细节理解题。由Benefits中的第五条“Satisfaction of participation in work parties, for those willing and able to be involved.”可知C项符合题意。
11．The purpose of this poster is to invite more people to________.
A. raise money for the Friends organization
B. join the Friends organization and be members of it
C. work as managers for Pembrokeshire National Park
D. enjoy the landscape of Pembrokeshire National Park
答案：B。写作意图题。由文章最后一句“If interested, please complete the Application Form at www.fpnp.org.uk.”可知该海报的目的是邀请更多的人参与。
-----A
Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is the shoreline fronting Waikiki and one of the best known beaches in the world. Today the neighborhood and the beach are considered the center of the tourist industry in Hawaii. A majority of people are drawn here to the excitement of Waikiki Beach with its colorful clubs and taste-filled restaurants. The island activities range from surfing lessons to swimming. The frequently visited tourist beach, is actually fairly short, with half of it marked off for surfers.
Visitors to Waikiki Beach may have to look twice at the four-legged sufer boarding in to shore just to make sure they are not dreaming, but the regulars are not surprised. They know the eight-year-old pup is Bugsy, a local legend whose owner, David Yew, taught the dog to surf.
Yew, 39, got the idea while he and Bugsy were not walking on the beach and came across a statue of a surfer. Yew placed the dog down on the surfboard to take a photo, and the scene looked so natural that Yew was inspired to take the next step. Soon the two were surfing together. Bugsy loves the water so much that Yew has trouble in keeping it up.
Bugsy wasn't always full of energy and fun. Two days after Yew, a doctor of emergency medicine, adopted the 12-week-old puppy from a shelter, Bugsy had a serious cough. Yew rushed the pup to the ICU of a vet hospital, where he stayed until Yew could no longer afford to keep him there. Bugsy needed further treatment, so Yew built his own ICU in his apartment and gave the sick pup treatment himself until his companion. Bugsy recovered a few days later.
Since then, the doctor and dog have been inseparable."Saving Bugsy's life creat unconditional trust between him and me," Yew says. "He knows I'll take care of him no matter what happens."
That may be what fuels Bugsy's spirits. The pair surf together every week and have shared other experiences, including skydiving. At Yew's wedding to Aimee Kim last year, a tuxedoed Bugsy carried the rings for them.
Bugsy and Yew have given up skydiving, at the bride's insistence. But hang up the board? No way."I want this dog to experience the same joy that I have in my life,"says Yew.
1. It can be learned from the passage that _______.
A. Bugsy is the name of a dog from a tale
B. Visitors can only swim and surf here
C. Yew and Bugsy gave up surfing because of Aimee Kim
D. Yew and Bugsy are a common sight on Waikiki Beach
答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节推理题。由第二段内容可知，到Waikiki海滩旅游的游客或许要看两遍这条四只腿的冲浪者才能确认他们不是在做梦，但是经常来海滩的游客就不吃惊了，因为他们知道这只八岁狗的主人David Yew在教它学会冲浪。可以推断，D选项“Yew 和 Bugsy是Waikiki 海滩一道普通的风景线”符合文意。
Bugsy是条真实存在的狗，不是故事中的狗，故A选项错误。由第一段倒数第二句话 “The island activities range from surfing lessons to swimming.”可知，海滩的活动在冲浪到游泳的范围之间，也就是不止这两项，故B选项错误。由最后一段 “Bugsy and Yew have given up skydiving, at the bride's insistence. But hang up the board? No way.”可知，在新娘Aimee KimBugsy 和 Yew放弃了跳伞运动2. What caused Yew to make the decision to let Bugsy surf?
A. Yew’s good care and treatment of the clever creature.
B. The smartness of the dog.
C. The natural-looking sight of Bugsy on the surfboard.
D. Bugsy’s love of water.
答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节题。由第三段 “Yew placed the dog down on the surfboard to take a photo, and the scene looked so natural that Yew was inspired to take the next step. Soon the two were surfing together.”可知，Yew决定让Bugsy狗冲浪是因为狗在冲浪板上拍照的情景非常自然。故答案为C。
3. What do we know about Bugsy?
A. He was taught to skydive by the bride.
B. He was cured in the ICU of a hospital.
C. He was stayed with with Yew for four years.
D. He will never give up surfing.
答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节推理题。结合第1题对最后一段的分析可知，新娘Bugsy 和 Yew放弃跳伞运动Bugsy不会放弃冲浪，由此可以推断，A选项错误，D选项正确。
由第四段“Bugsy needed further treatment, so Yew built his own ICU in his apartment and gave the sick pup treatment himself until his companion. Bugsy recovered a few days later.” 可知，Bugsy是在Yew自己公寓为它建的ICU里治愈的，因此B选项错误。由第二段提到的 “the eight-year-old pup”和第四段中的 “Two days after Yew,…adopted the 12-week-old puppy” 可知，他们在一起有几乎八年了，故C选项错误。
4. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Fantastic surfing, along the Waikiki Beach
B. A four-legged surfer, a beatiful sight on the beach
C. A friend in nedd is a friend indeed
D. A warm-hearted doctor and his dog
答案解析：答案为B。本题考查文章的标题。本文的写作主题是会冲浪的狗， 因此B选项作为标题最醒目，最能概括全文的主题。
较难题目特训：人物故事类
In 1995, Susan Boyle went to Glasgow to audition(试演) for My Kind of People, a televised talent show popular in the UK. She was immediately rejected. She was nervous during the audition, and felt she didn’t perform well, but her brother said that she was rejected because of her plain looks. Boyle was not discouraged and continued to sing at church and at the karaoke nights in a local pub.
Boyle suffered a personal loss in 1997, when her father passed away. After his death, Boyle put her big dreams on hold to care for her sick mother Bridget Boyle. The mother and daughter often talked of Susan’s possible fame. Bridget Boyle encouraged her daughter to take part in singing competitions. “She was the one who said I should enter Britain’s Got Talent. We used to watch it together.” susan later told reporters. “She thought I would win.”
In 1999, Boyle used all of her savings to pay for a professional demo (样本唱片) tape, which she sent to record companies. In 2002, Boyle began taking singing lessons from voice coach Fred O’Neil.
In 2007, Boyle’s mother passed away at the age of 91. A neighbor reported that when Bridget Boyle died, her daughter “wouldn’t come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone.” she lived alone with her cat, Pebbles. For over a year, she refused to sing. But in August of 2008, O’Neil urged her to try out for Britain’s Got Talent. Convinced that the performance would be an honor to her mother, Boyle auditioned in Glasgow, Scotland. She sang I Dreamed A Dream in the first round of the show, which was aired on 11 April 2009.
The 47-year-old Scottish woman’s plain looks provided a sharp contrast (对比) to her powerfully beautiful voice. The performance astonished the audience and the judges. Online videos of her performance totaled over 40 million views within a week. Although she failed to win the final of Britain’s Got Talent, Susan Boyle became globally popular. Her first album I Dreamed A Dream has sold over five million copies.
1. Bridget Boyle’s attitude towards her daughter’s musical talent can be described as______.
A. critical B. doubtfulC. indifferent D. optimistic
2. From Para. 4 we learn that Boyle______.
A. was slightly discouraged by her voice coach
B. entered Britain’s Got Talent to prove her ability
C. decided to give up her singing career
D. was deeply affected by her mother’s death
3. Which of the following is TRUE about Susan Boyle?
A. Her international fame grew rapidly in 2008.
B. Her audition for My Kind of People failed.
C. She has never stopped singing since 1995.
D. She was the winner of Britain’s Got Talent.
4. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to______.
A. tell us how Boyle’s dream came true
B. let us know more about Boyle’s personal life
C. show how Boyle was influenced by her family
D. explain how to enter and win a talent show
【参考答案】3. DDBA
Attractions
Do you：
◆Love the National Park, value it and hope to safeguard its future?
◆Wish to see the beautiful landscape of the Park protected?
◆Like to enjoy peaceful, informal recreation within the Park?
Aims
The Friends organization aims are to help protect and improve the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park for all to enjoy. We are a voluntary organization and registered charity without financial links to the National Park Authority.
Activities
We encourage everyone to enjoy the National Park through regular talks and visits to interesting places in the Park with expert guides.
We keep an eye on planning applications, Park Authority policies and threats to the National Park such as massive leisure complexes. We work with likeminded organizations such as the Campaign for National Parks to make our voice more effective.
We help children to understand the National Park by sponsoring publications such as an adventure booklet and projects in local schools.
Benefits
◆Guided visits to places of interest which may not always be available to the general public.
◆All members receive our regular News and Views.
◆Talks by experts in their fields on current issues.
◆A discount is available on Friends items for sale.
◆Satisfaction of participation in work parties, for those willing and able to be involved.
If interested, please complete the Application Form at www._fpnp.org.uk.