2017届高考英语广东版英语测试报高三上学期综合版训练：第5期 A2（外研版）

　　Reading Comprehension

　　A

　　An armless villager picked up a new life by equipping himself with homemade mechanical hands and helping hundreds of others who lost their hands to live a normal life.

　　Sun Jifa, now 63 years old, is living in Guanma village in northeast China抯 JiLin Province. He joined the army and served as an artillery soldiert（炮兵） in 1974 and since then he was fond of explosion.

　　Sun Jifa retired five years later and got married after returning home. One day in 1980, he planned to use a homemade detonator（雷管） to blow up fish from a fish pond. But the detonator did not explode as the timer on it did not work. He then took the detonator home and when he was tearing down the detonator, it suddenly exploded and severely injured his hands and arms.

　　Because of the serious injury, doctors had to cut off his hands and elbows. At that time, he was only 27 years old. Because it was very expensive to install（安装） mechanical hands at that time, he started to work with iron and steel to make his own hands. In 1981, he succeeded in making the first pair of mechanical hands. Over the past 35 years, Sun Jifa has designed and created four generations of mechanical hands that enable him to look after himself and do farm work.

　　One day in 1985, when Sun Jifa was shopping in the local market, he found a man who was also without hands. He then came up with the idea that he would design and create mechanical hands for him. When Sun Jifa gave the man the mechanical hands some days later, the man thanked him again and again.

　　From then on, Sun Jifa has helped more than 1,000 disabled people benefit from the device（设备）. Sun Jifa also promised to continue to improve the device and serve more people for free.

　　1. Sun Jifa lost his hands when ____.

　　A. he was tearing down a detonator

　　B. he was serving in the army

　　C. he was shopping in the local market

　　D. he was blowing up fish from a fish pond

　　2. Sun Jifa got the inspiration of making mechanical hands for others ____.

　　A. as soon as he lost his own hands in an explosion

　　B. soon after he succeeded in making the first mechanical hands

　　C. thirty-five years after he lost his own hands

　　D. when he found a man without hands in the market

　　3. It can be known from the passage that the device Sun Jifa created is ____.

　　A. expensive

　　B. practical

　　C. useless

　　D. worthless

　　4. What can we know about Sun Jifa?

　　A. He retired from the army in 1980.

　　B. When he was severely injured he was unmarried.

　　C. The device he created has been improved many times.

　　D. His mechanical hands have been put into market widely.

　　B

　　There was once a tiny country that was suffering from a long drought (干旱). It had gone so long without rain that the people there were starting to go hungry because of the bad harvests.

　　A group of musicians were travelling around the country, trying to make a living from their concerts. But with so many problems in the land, no one felt like listening to music. “But music can help overcome any problem,” objected the musicians, without anyone paying them the slightest attention. So the musicians tried to find out the reason why it wouldn抰 rain. It was very strange, because the nsky was overcast (阴天的), but no one could provide an answer. “It’s been cloudy like this for many months, but not a single drop of rain has fallen,” people would tell them.

　　“Don’t worry, we’ll bring rain to the country,” the musicians responded, and they began rehearsing (排练，预演) for a concert at the summit of the highest mountain. Everyone who heard the music was seized by curiosity and went up the mountain.

　　From their instruments came small, playful musical notes (音符), which rose and rose into the clouds. The music was so joyous, happy and fun, and the notes started playing with the clouds, running here and there, up and down, and the whole sky turned into one big game of a tickle (胳肢，呵痒). Before long, the giant clouds were thundering with laughter. The musicians continued playing joyfully and a few minutes later the clouds, crying with laughter, washed the little country below with their precious tears, bringing happiness to all.

　　And in memory of that musical rain, everyone in the land learned how to play an instrument and, taking turns, would go up the mountain every a few days to bring joy to the clouds with their beautiful songs.

　　1. What troubled the people in the country?

　　A. The weather was too hot for plants.

　　B. It hadn’t rained for a long time.

　　C. They hadn’t seen the sun for a year.

　　D. Heavy snow fell now and then.

　　2. How did the musicians make money?

　　A. By teaching kids to sing.

　　B. By acting in advertisements.

　　C. By holding concerts.

　　D. By selling their CDs.

　　3. The underlined word “summit” in the third paragraph can be replaced by “____”.

　　A. foot

　　B. top

　　C. middle

　　D. back

　　4. Why did the clouds laugh to cry?

　　A. Because they were moved by the people.

　　B. Because the musicians were too funny.

　　C. Because they heard a humorous story.

　　D. Because the notes gave them a tickle.

　　5. What would sell well in that country soon after the rain?

　　A. Instruments.

　　B. Umbrellas.

　　C. Plant seeds.

　　D. Boots.

　　C

　　Madeline Domian remembers how sick her Aunt Kathi looked when she visited her in the hospital. “I didn’t think anyone would ever want to be that sick, especially kids, because all they want to do is having fun,” Madeline, 10, said.

　　After her aunt passed away on Sept. 1 from cancer at 65 years old, Madeline wanted to do something bigger in honor of her special aunt. Madeline came up with the idea to create chemotherapy kits (化疗箱) for kids fighting cancer.

　　Her school, Stanton Elementary, in Missouri, embraced the idea. On Jan. 15, Madeline held a meeting where she presented a PowerPoint presentation to the entire school. She described her close relationship with her aunt, and explained her efforts and how students could help. Madeline came up with the idea to hold a contest between the grades to see who could collect more items. Students in kindergarten through the second grade were in charge of comfort items, such as socks and blankets, while the third-, fourth- and fifth-graders were focusing on activity items, such as colored pencils and games. In the kit, she抯 also including items such ras gum and hand sanitizer (洗手液) to help kids cope with the side effects of chemotherapy.

　　“Kids at my school love to be happy, so the fact that we’re making other kids happy makes them happy. I’m hoping to make kids with cancer smile and realize that other people care about them and believe that they can fight and win,” Madeline said.

　　Madeline and her schoolmates assembled (装配) 50 Katie-Do Kare 4 Kids, and she dropped them off at St. Louis Children’s Hospital on Friday. Kinsey Siadek, an 11-year-old girl with osteosarcoma (骨肉瘤), was so excited and surprised to receive a kit.

　　“Some of the items came at a time when I really needed them,” said Siadek, “I was just talking to my mom about how I desperately needed to cut my nails.” The blanket was her favorite item. “Knowing that the blanket was handmade gives it an extra special meaning,” Siadek said. “I can’t believe a young girl did this out of the goodness of her heart.”

　　1. Madeline creates chemotherapy kits ____.

　　A. in memory of her aunt

　　B. to show her love to kids

　　C. to treat the sick kids

　　D. to help her sick classmates

　　2. What does the underlined word “embraced” mean?

　　A. Explained.

　　B. Denied.

　　C. Accepted.

　　D. Improved.

　　3. Madeline sent chemotherapy kits to kids with cancer mainly to ____.

　　A. give them necessary chemotherapy

　　B. offer them some necessary living goods

　　C. encourage them to go on with treatment

　　D. give them some comfort and convenience

　　4. According to Madeline, her schoolmates ____.

　　A. didn’t know how to help her

　　B. took pleasure in helping others

　　C. gave her great support in designing the kits

　　D. couldn’t believe she could do so big a thing

　　5. To Siadek, the chemotherapy kit ____.

　　A. needs to be further improved

　　B. is better than that of machine-made

　　C. is what only kind girls can make

　　D. is just fuel sent in snowy weather