高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day234

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高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析 Day 234

Passage 1

In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about

270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five

fays off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my

home in Syd ney had already left. So I thought I'd hitch a ride 搭便车）.

I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one

stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as

Gordon. He said that although he couldn't give me a lift, I should come

back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the

November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young

girl but he assured使 放心、）me I WaS safe, and he also Offered to help

me find a

lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us

sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home.

Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby

town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying

to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the

favor I'd been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I

made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water.

After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, "You haven't

changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same. " I couldn't 2

remember where I'd met him. He then told me he was the man who had given

me

lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon.

1. The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because _____ .

A. her work delayed her trip to Sydney

B. she missed the only train back home

C. she was going home for her holidays

D. the town was far away from Sydney

2. Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?

A. He gave the girl a ride back home.

B. He bought sandwiches for the girl.

C. He helped the girl find a ride.

D. He watched the girl for three hours.

3. Why did the author offered a lift to the elderly man? ___

A. She recognized he was Gorden.

B. She had known him for decades.

C. She was going to the nearby town

D. she wanted to repay the favor she once got

4. What does the author want to tell the readers through the story?

A. Giving sometimes produces nice results.

B. Those who give rides will be rapid.

C. People should offer free rides to others.

D. Good manners bring about happ in ess. 3

PaSSage 2

RiCky lived in a lovely, futuristic（未来派的 ）house, WhiCh had

everythi ng you could ever want. ThOUgh he did n't help much around the

house, RiCky WaS still Very PIeaSed Whe n his Pare nts bought him the

IateSt model of robot. AS soon as it arrived off, it went, cooking,

cleaning, ironing, and ——most importa ntly ——gatheri ng UP clothes

from Ricky's bedroom floor.

On that first day, When RiCky Went to sleep, he had left his bedroom in a

truly disastrous state. Whe n he woke UP the n ext mor ning, everythi ng

WaS PerfeCtIy clea n and tidy.

In fact, it WaS actually too clea n; now RiCky could n't find his

favourite T-shirt, nor his favourite toy. HOWeVer much he searched, the

two things did not reappear. The Same WaS Start ing to happe n to other

thi ngs. RiCky bega n to SUSPeCt the robot. He hatched a pla n to SPy on

the robot, and bega n following it aroUnd the house. Finally, he CaUght

it red-handed.

RiCky told his Parents that the robot WaS broken and badly

PrOgrammed and asked them to have it Cha nged. BUt his Pare nts told him

absolutely not; they Were delighted With the new robot, and 计 cooked

Iike a dream.

One day, the robot WaS Whirring嗡嗡地响）past, and heard the boy's

compla in ts. The robot retur ned With one of the boy's toys, and some 4

clothes

for him.

"Here, sir. I did not know it was bothering you, " said the robot.

"How could it not, you thief? You've been stealing my belongings for

weeks!" the boy answered angrily.

"The objects were left on the floor. I therefore calculated that you

did not like them. I am programmed to collect all that are not wanted,

and at night I send them to people who can use them. I am a maximum

efficiency（ 效率 ） machine. Were you unaware?" the robot said, with a

certain pride.

Ricky started feeling ashamed.He understood that the robot was

neither broken nor misprogrammed. Rather, it had been programmed

extremely well.

Since then, Ricky has decided to become a "Maximum Efficiency boy",

and put real care into how he treated his things. He kept them tidy, and

made sure he didn't have more than was necessary. And,often, he would buy

things, and take them along with his good friend, the robot, to help out

those other people who needed them.

1. What is the robot programmed to do? ________