2018年高一3月限时

高一英语限时训练

一．阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

A

When I was growing up, my mother had a ring she never took off. It was the only ring I ever saw her wear during my childhood. She didn’t really have any other jewelry, and, in fact, I remember my father saying that he didn’t even buy her a ring when they were married.

The years passed. My father, who had come from Mexico in the 1920s to try to earn a living, worked long, long hours at the service station he ran. And my mother worked at home, keeping house for her husband and eight children. With his hard work and her thriftiness（节俭）, they sent their first son off to college, then another child and then another. The older children helped with the school fees of the younger ones.

Just as the last two children were graduating from college, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, but my mother lived on for another twenty-three years. Their children had become lawyers, businessmen and teachers. In the last years of her life, my mother was finally able to buy some jewelry that she really loved.

A few years before she died, she told me that she wanted her jewelry to go to her granddaughters. And when she died, it was done. A diamond ring to this one, a pearl ring to that one, and so it went.

Then I discovered it: her first ring. It had been worn so long that it became so thin and would probably break at any minute. I took the ring, polished it with a cloth and carried it to the bank to place in a safety box. To me, it was a treasure that showed the devotion my mother had made for us and the values that she lived.

The rest of m y family doesn’t quite understand this, but when I look at that ring, I see the priceless jewel of my mother’s strength and the deep love that she showed us every day of her life.

21. Why did the mother only have a ring in her early years?

A. She had no desire for anything else.

B. She saved every penny for her children.

C. Her husband refused to buy her other jewels.

D. Her husband was too poor to afford other jewels.

22. What do we know about the children?

A. They worked hard to earn their own school fees.

B. They struggled to earn a living when they grew up.

C. The first son helped support his younger brothers and sisters.

D. The last two children failed to finish college due to the father’s death.

23. Why did the author place the ring in the bank?

A. The ring was worth large amounts of money.

B. The rest of her family didn’t want to see the ring.

C. She was afraid the ring might be damaged by her kids.

D. She hoped to remember her mother’s selflessness forever.

24. According to the passage, what does the ring stand for?

A. The mother’s suffering in life.

B. The mother’s devotion to kids.

C. The kids’ deep love for the mother.

D. The kids’ memories of the hard life.