2016届广东省天河区高考英语二轮语法复习精讲精练：阅读理解11

　　阅读理解精讲精炼11

　　48.

　　What makes a gift special? Is it the price you see on the gift receipt？Or is it the look on the recipient's face when they receive it that determines the true value? What gift is worth the most?

　　This Christmas I was debating what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for Christmas shopping for him when I came across a message on my phone that I had locked. The message was from my father.My eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in Wyoming，and underneath a poem by William Blake. The flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky，inspired me. My dad had been reciting those words to me since I

　　was a kid. That may even be the reason why I love writing. I decided that those words would be my gift to my father.

　　I called back. I told my mom to go without me and that I already created my gift. I sent the photo of the cream­colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. As I was arranging the details another poem came to mind. The poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe；my dad recited it as much as he did the other.I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. The poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching I found the perfect picture. The image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. As I watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, I felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate.

　　Christmas soon arrived. The minute I saw the look on my dad's face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed

　　in a cheap frame, I knew I had given the perfect gift.

　　56. The idea for a special gift began to form when the author was ________.

　　A．doing shopping

　　B．having a debate

　　C．reading a message

　　D．leaving for Wyoming

　　57. The author's inspiration for the gift came from ________.

　　A．a photo of a flower

　　B．a story about a kid

　　C．a call from the mother

　　D．a text about Christmas

　　58. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to a poem by ________.

　　A. the father

　　B．the author

　　C．William Blake

　　D．Edgar Allan Poe

　　59. The author made the gift by ________.

　　A．searching for the poems online

　　B．drawing the background by hand

　　C．painting the letters in three colors

　　D．matching the words with pictures

　　60. What is the main purpose of the passage?

　　A．To show how to design images for gifts.

　　B．To suggest making gifts from one's heart.

　　C．To explain how computers help create gifts.

　　D.To describe the gifts the author has received.

　　【要点综述】作者一直不知道给父亲买什么礼物，但是偶尔看到父亲的信息使其想到了爸爸“读诗歌”的爱好，因而用心制作了“诗配花”的图片礼物。最后作者看到父亲对待礼物的态度，知道自己做对了。

　　56. C　细节理解题。考查对文章细节的理解和判断能力。根据文章的第二段可知：作者拿出手机时看到了妈妈发来的信息，偶然看到了爸爸发来的信息。信息是一朵花，花儿使作者想到了爸爸的话，因而使作者想到了给爸爸的礼物。故选C。

　　57. A　细节理解题。考查对文章的细节的理解和判断能力。见上一题的解析。

　　58. D　词义猜测题。考查上下文中代词的指代。根据第三段中的I typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it.可知，作者在见到这首诗的同时“也”把它打出来了。这就是Edgar Allan Poe写的诗。故选D。

　　59. D　细节理解题。考查对文章细节的理解和判断能力。根据第三段的第二句可知：作者先在电脑上找到这种花，然后在花上打上字。可见其礼物是“配有文字的图片”。

　　60. B　推理判断题。考查对文章的言外之意进行复合逻辑的推理判断的能力。作者“诗配花”的礼物，灵感来自于爸爸的信息和小时候对爸爸的印象，这种礼物虽不昂贵，但确实是用心做出来的，爸爸收到礼物时的态度使得作者相信自己送对了礼物。A、C两项都是第三段的细节；D项与原文意思不符。故选B。

　　I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldn't bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

　　One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “I’m awfully sorry，”

　　I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn't stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

　　Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

　　But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave

　　up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

　　36. The

　　girl refused to ask for help because she thought ________.

　　A．she might be recognized

　　B．asking for help looked silly

　　C．she was normal and independent

　　D．being found blind was embarrassing

　　37. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she ________.

　　A．began to run

　　B．hit a person as usual

　　C．hit a lamppost by accident

　　D.was caught by something

　　38. At the request stop that evening, the girl ________.

　　A．stopped a big lorry

　　B．stopped the wrong bus

　　C．made no attempt to stop the bus

　　D．was not noticed by other people

　　39. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus?

　　A．Other vehicles also stopped there.

　　B．It was unreliable for making judgments.

　　C．More lorries than buses responded to the girl.

　　D．It took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.

　　40. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping ________.

　　A．to find people there

　　B．to find more buses there

　　C．to find the bus by herself there

　　D．to find people more helpful there【要点综述】这是一篇记叙文。表达盲人的生活观。文章记叙了作者身为盲人，而不愿意让别人知道，还不愿意向别人求助的事情。通过作者等公共汽车的事情使她体会到了有的时候还是需要别人的帮助的。

　　36. D　细节理解题。由本文第一句(I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known.)可知。

　　37.

　　C　细节理解题。由第二段前三句，特别是第三句(When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost.)可知。

　　38.

　　C　细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，作者害怕拦不到车使自己难堪，所以放弃拦车。故选C。

　　39.

　　B　推理判断题。根据第三段I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away.和第四段的But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by.看出根据声音来判断车辆是不可靠的。故选B。

　　40.

　　A　推理判断题。从I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself可知，她本人不想拦车了，又由managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help可知，她是决定找人帮忙了，而在本站没有人，去下一站当然就是希望在那里可以找到人帮忙。

　　At exactly eleven Sir Percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. This meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.

　　“You may wonder, Sir Percival，” said Laura calmly, “if I am going to ask to be released(免除)from my promise to marry you. I am not going to ask this. I respect my father's wishes too much.”

　　His face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.

　　“No, if we are going to withdraw(退出)from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine.”

　　“Mine？”he said in great surprise.“What reason could I have for withdrawing？”

　　“A reason that is very hard to tell you.”she answered.“There is a change in me.”

　　His face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. He turned his head to one side.

　　“What change？”he asked, trying to appear calm.

　　“When the promise was made two years ago，”she said, “my love did not belong to anyone. Will you forgive me, Sir Percival, if I tell you that it now belongs to another person？”

　　“I wish you to understand，” Laura continued，“that I will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. All I ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”

　　“I will do both those things，”he said. Then he looked at Laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.

　　“I think I have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage，”she added quietly.

　　“No. You have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you，”he said.

　　How did Percival feel during his meeting with Laura?

　　A．Angry.

　　B．Calm.

　　C．Nervous.

　　D．Excited.

　　61．We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A．Laura had once promised to marry Percival

　　B．Laura's father wished to end her marriage

　　C．Percival had been married to Laura for two years

　　D．Percival asked to be released from the marriage

　　62．The passage is probably taken out of ________.

　　A．a novel

　　B．a report

　　C．a diary

　　D．an essay

　　【要点综述】本文是一篇记叙文。描写了Sir Percival怀着忐忑不安的心情与未婚妻见面的情景及两人之间的对话。

　　60. C　细节理解题。从第一段“with anxiety and worry in every line of his face”、第三段“his feet kept beating the carpet”和第八段“trying to appear calm”可推出Percival很紧张。

　　61. A　推理判断题。从第二段和第九段可知答案。

　　62. A　推理判断题。本文是对Sir Percival与未婚妻见面的情景及两人之间的对话的描写，应该是一篇小说的节选。

　　Proudly reading my words, I glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. Confused, I glanced toward my stone­faced teacher. Having no choice, I slowly raised the report I had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “What could be causing everyone to act this way？”

　　Quickly, I flashed back to the day Miss Lancelot gave me the task. This was the first real task I received in my new school. It seemed simple: go on the Internet and find information about a man named George Washington. Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, I had never heard of that name before. As I searched the name of this fellow, it became

　　evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! One invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across America. I stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. I called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip(掷)a coin. Heads—the commander, and tails—the peanuts guy. Ah! Tails，my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, George Washington Carver.

　　Weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, I was totally lost. Oh well, I lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what I had done wrong. As a classmate began his report, it all became clear，“My report is on George Washington, the man who started the American Revolution.” The whole world became quiet! How could I know that she meant that George Washington?

　　Obviously, my grade was awful. Heartbroken but fearless, I decided to turn this around. I talked to Miss Lancelot, but she insisted: No re­dos; no new grade. I felt that the punishment was not justified, and I believed I deserved a second chance. Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. Ten months later, that chance unfolded as I found myself sitting in the headmaster's office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. I smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my opinion to skip the sixth grade. Justice is sweet!

　　60．What did the author's classmates think about his report?

　　A．Controversial.

　　B．Ridiculous.

　　C．Boring.

　　D．Puzzling.

　　61．Why was the author confused about the task?

　　A．He was unfamiliar with American history.

　　B．He followed the advice and flipped a coin.

　　C．He forgot his teacher's instruction.

　　D．He was new at the school.

　　62．The underlined word“burning”in Para. 3 probably means ________.

　　A．annoyed

　　B．ashamed

　　C．ready

　　D．eager

　　63．In the end, the author turned things around ________.

　　A．by redoing his task

　　B．through his own efforts

　　C．with the help of his grandfather

　　D．under the guidance of his headmaster

　　【要点综述】本文讲述了作者作为一个外来移民初入美国学校时，由于对美国历史不了解而闹出的一个笑话，但作者通过努力最后终于提高成绩并实现跳级。

　　60. B　推理判断题。根据第一段内容我们知道，由于作者对美国历史的无知，弄混了乔治·华盛顿的身份，所以同学们听了作者写的报告忍不住大笑起来。“bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.”可知大家觉得这个报告很荒谬。controversial有争议的；ridiculous荒谬的，可笑的；boring无聊的；puzzling迷惑的，不解的。

　　61. A　推理判断题。 根据第二段“Since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country”可知，作者是从别的国家初到美国，所以对美国历史不了解而闹了笑话。

　　62. D　词义猜测题。 根据全文叙述可知，作者是通过投掷硬币来决定的答案，因此犯了常识错误。第三段中“I was totally lost.”说明作者不明就里，所以当其他同学读报告时，作者渴望知道为什么。annoyed 烦恼的；ashamed羞愧的；ready准备好的，情愿的；eager渴望的。

　　63. B　细节理解题。 根据第四段“Consequently, I threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.”可知作者是通过throw oneself into(积极从事)而实现转变的。所以选B。文中老师并没有给作者机会重做，所以A错误；从祖父那里得到建议是在选择华盛顿身份时，所以C错误；而校长是在作者成绩提高后才接见的，所以D错误。

　　52.

　　One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装)．

　　On September 11th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is. ”What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

　　One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”， “pitiful”， and “dying”， which sounded ominous.

　　Christmas was coming. “Don't expect any presents this year，” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that'll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I'd never seen him cry before.

　　The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it.From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He's all right？” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home！”

　　“Thank God！”

　　I heard Mum cry.

　　From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And

　　I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home.

　　I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

　　56. What happened to the author on September 11th, 1958?

　　A. He got a baby brother.

　　B. He got a Christmas gift.

　　C. He became four years old.

　　D. He received a doll.

　　57. What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

　　A. Impossible.

　　B. Boring.

　　C. Difficult.

　　D. Fearful.

　　58. Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

　　A. Excitement.

　　B. Happiness.

　　C. Sadness.

　　D. Disappointment.

　　59. What is the passage mainly about?

　　A. A sad Christmas day.

　　B. Life with a lovely baby.

　　C. A special Christmas gift.

　　D. Memories of a happy family.

　　【要点综述】“我”四岁时母亲给了“我”一件特殊的圣诞礼物：人娃娃——我可爱的弟弟Richard。但后来Richard发高烧差点夭折，经医院抢救得生，这使我更加珍爱我的“人娃娃”。

　　56. A　细节理解题。虽然表面上是有了一个娃娃，但事实上是有了亲弟弟。

　　57. D　词义猜测题。从该句前半部分中的 “hopeless”， “pitiful”， and “dying”可知该词意思是“令人害怕的”。虽然其他三个词均表示消极含义，但只有fearful表示“我”害怕“弟弟”离“我”而去。

　　58. C　推理判断题。从第四段最后两句As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I’d never seen him cry before.可知父亲感到十分伤心。

　　59. C　主旨大意题。第一段一开始便定义我的弟弟Richard是一件特殊的圣诞礼物。虽然弟弟Richard差点离我们而去，但后来还是得以平安回家，因此圣诞节并不悲惨。B和D选项外延过大，此段材料只是截取生活中的一个片段，并非整个和Richard一起生活的全部。

　　As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.

　　In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.

　　On Dad's final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of service.“Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one.” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.

　　Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs.” Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to $32,000.

　　A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad's death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.

　　As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green, and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.

　　I made a turn at the corner and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.

　　At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. “What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas？”he asked.

　　“The letters？”

　　“I guess you never knew.”

　　“Knew what？”

　　“Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.”

　　I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn't hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old oak table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.

　　For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.

　　55. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as ________.

　　A. great chances to help other people

　　B. happy occasions to play with baby chickens

　　C. exciting experiences with a lot of fun

　　D. good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies

　　56. The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that ________.

　　A. Dad had a strong sense of duty

　　B. Dad was an honest and reliable man

　　C. Dad had a strong sense of honor

　　D. Dad was a kind and generous man

　　57. According to the passage, which of the following impressed the writer most?

　　A. Dad read letters for a blind lady for years.

　　B. Dad paid for the stamps for a young girl.

　　C. Dad delivered some eggs to Marian.

　　D. Dad answered children's Christmas letters every year.

　　58. The method the writer uses to develop Paragraph 4 is ________.

　　A. offering analyses

　　B. providing explanations

　　C. giving examples

　　D. making comparisons

　　59. What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?

　　A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.

　　B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.

　　C. Santa Claus had unique mailboxes for the children.

　　D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families.

　　60. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A. The Mail

　　B. Christmas Letters

　　C. Special Mailboxes

　　D. Memorable Travels

　　【要点综述】这是一篇感人的叙述亲情的文章，在这里，父亲是一个乡村送信人，这么多年来他都无私地为219个信箱服务，一直到他退休。但让作者没有料到的是，父亲还在每年圣诞节的时候扮演着圣诞老人的角色，默默地回复着孩子们写给圣诞老人的信。

　　55. C　推理判断题。从全文第一段提到的…always an adventure: There were animals to see…知，作者认为与父亲一起去乡下送信是一件惬意的事情，因为在路上碰到的事情令人激动不已，所以选C项。

　　56. B　推理判断题。从文章第四段…One businessman used to leave…the amount came to $32,000.知，商人认为父亲是一个诚实且值得信赖的人，所以他才会这么相信他，让他把数目很多的钱送往银行，由此知B项为最佳答案。

　　57. D　细节理解题。从文章最后几段可以看出，作者没有想到的是，父亲竟然还曾扮演过圣诞老人的角色，给孩子们回信，这大大出乎他的意料。这也可以从倒数第二段I just sat there with tears in my eyes.可以看出，我对父亲的这种行为感到非常吃惊和感动，由此选D项。

　　58. C　文章结构题。从第四段知，作者在这里举到了几个事例，如帮人送鸡蛋，帮小姑娘支付邮票，甚至帮一个商人去存钱等等，这些都是例子，所以该段举了很多事例来说明父亲平凡中的“伟大”，故选C项。

　　59. D　推理判断题。从倒数第二段…and they told me how amazed they were that…推断知，当时小朋友们对于圣诞老人居然这么了解他们的家庭生活感到非常吃惊，所以答案选D项。

　　60. A　主旨大意题。从全文知，本文作者主要讲述了自己的父亲，一个平凡中显现伟大的送信人的故事，所以用A项能较好地概括全文中心，这里用The Mail来突出父亲的工作和他的敬业，故A项最佳。