高考英语阅读理解专项限时训练7
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第 1 页 共 6 页 高考英语阅读理解专项限时训练7
第一节 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的4个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中,选出最佳选项。
A
I'm flying high today after hearing the news that Bamboo People is a top ten book on the Best
Fiction for Young Adults 2011 list from the American Library Association. Here are the top ten
titles with annotations (注解) by YALSA librarians:
• Bacigalupi, Paolo. Ship Breaker. Little, Brown, and Co. Nailer is a light crew cleaner
tearing up old hulks of ships, living day to day, until a rich girl and her gleaming ship run
ashore in a storm on the beach and his life gets more dangerous.
• Donnelley, Jennifer. Revolution. Random House Children's Books/Delacorte. Haunted by
the death of her brother, Andi is taken to Paris by her separated father where an encounter
with a mysterious diary may bring her back from the edge.
• Marchetta, Melina. Finnikin of the Rock. Candlewick. Finnikin and his fellow exiles (流亡)
from Lumatere wish to return to their cursed homeland. Finnikin must go on an epic
journey with a dumb beginner named Evanjalin to return home.
• Matson, Morgan. Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour. Simon & Schuster. Amy and Roger must
both learn to deal with loss while on a road trip across the country which doesn't go as
expected.
• McBride, Lish. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer. Macmillan Children's Book Group/Henry
Holt. When Sam discovers he is a necromancer (巫师) he must learn to control his power in
order to defeat a powerful and corrupt opponent and save his friends.
• Mulligan, Andy. Trash. David Fickling Books. Three garbage-picker boys find an item of
great value to a corrupt politician on their rounds, setting off a tense hunt to see who will
win.
• Perkins, Mitali. Bamboo People. Chiko, a Burmese soldier and Tu Reh, a Kerenni refugee
meet on opposite sides of war and each must learn what it means to be a man of his people.
• Reinhardt, Dana. The Things a Brother Knows. Random House Children's Books/Wendy
Lamb. Boaz is back and cheered as the hometown hero, but he is not at all the same. Can
his younger brother Levi help him truly make his way home?
• Saenz, Benjamin. Last Night I Sang to the Monster. Cinco Puntos Press, 2009. Weeks in
therapy go by and 18-year-old Zach is still unable to remember the monstrous events that
left him alone and haunted by nightmares.
• Sedgwick, Marcus. Revolver. Roaring Brook Press. Sig is alone with his father’s body when
the lawless man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness
1. Which of the following books may not be classified as a thriller one?
A. Revolver B. Last Night I Sang to the Monster
C. Revolution D. Bamboo People 第 2 页 共 6 页 2. Which two books are published by the same publisher?
A. Ship Breaker and Finnikin of the Rock
B. Revolution and Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
C. The Things a Brother Knows and Last Night I Sang to the Monster
D. Revolution and The Things a Brother Knows
3. From above, we can learn _______.
A. The plot Hold me closer, Necromance is similar to Superman and Spiderman
B. Bamboo people deals with two soldiers share joys and sorrows in the war
C. The main themes of Revolution and Revolver are both about father and son
D. Trash is a book about a fierce conflict which occurs between police and gangs (黑帮)
B
My Grandpa Forgets Who I Am
A few days ago I visited my grandfather in hospital.He
has Alzhemier's—a degenerative disease that usually starts
slowly and gets worse over time.I thought I was prepared to
see him.I knew chances were slim that he'd actually
recognize me.
He didn't.As a matter of fact,he had no idea that he
even had grandchildren.But he was excited that somebody came to visit him.I tried to explain to
him who I was.But after he told me multiple times that he didn't have grandchildren, I gave up. And
my heart broke into a million little pieces.
I was tired of explaining things to him.So I just smiled.He smiled back.It's a genuine
smile.Like a long time ago,when he'd take me by the hand and made this big world a little bit less
scary for me.Now I have to take his hand.
We sat in silence for a little while before he told me to call my grandma.This was the first time
I had tried so hard to hold back tears.My grandma died four years ago and he didn't remember.He
thought she was stuck on her way to pick him up.
My grandpa used to be a strong,hard-working man.He was the person you turned to when you
needed your car fixed,your tires changed or something heavy to be carried.Sadly, that man left
this world a long time ago,and left behind a man that is lost and scared.
I want to help him.I want to make him feel better.I want to tell him about his old life, and