高考英语考前热身专练：人物传记故事类阅读2

高三英语人物传记故事阅读类试题答案及解析1. A twenty-three-year Dutch student has enjoyed a short but unexpected holiday in Dubai. Mr Frank Vreede, a business student, had taken a part-time job at Schiphol Airport to help pay for his . He worked as a baggage handler.Last Friday night after a day in the university library preparing for his final exams, Frankwas a plane at the airport. He was waiting for the next baggage truck to arrive and he felt tired. He decided to have a rest so he sat down in the hold of the plane and shut his eyes just for a moment., while he was sleeping, the plane took off. An hour later, Frank and was shocked to discover that the plane was in the air. was a terrible noise from the engines, and he tried not to . It was dark, uncomfortable and very, very cold. Frank knew he could not in the freezing temperatures. It was an impossible situation.He decided to make as much as possible. He hit the ceiling of the baggage hold and shouted at the top of his voice. a passenger heard the noise and called a flight attendant, who immediately informed the pilot. the captain understood what was happening, he ordered hot air to be pumped into the hold.When the plane arrived at Dubai International Airport, an ambulance was waiting to take avery and frightened Mr Vreede to hospital. examined him, but he was unhurt and was allowed to leave after a few hours spread quickly about this "stowaway". The managing Director of one of Dubai's top hotels offered him a free room for the weekend. “He must have wanted to come to Dubai very much if he was prepared to travel in the hold!” the MD.“ been so kind," said Mr Vreede. "I'm really enjoying my stay in Dubai and I'm getting a lot of rest, so I won't fall asleep on the job again.” He also to his boss for sleeping atwork _working, and promised it would not happen again. "Next time, I'II catch a flight!” said Mr Vreede.【1】A．business B．studies C．flights D．exams【2】A．tiring B．boring C．lazy D．sad【3】A．boarding B．repairing C．loading D．sweeping【4】A．good B．quiet C．full D．quick【5】A．However B．Therefore C．Besides D．Otherwise 【6】A．set up B．threw up C．woke up D．looked up 【7】A．It B．There C．What D．That【8】A．risk B．anger C．bother D．panic【9】A．guarantee B．survive C．challenge D．involve【10】A．sense B．progress C．fortune D．noise 【11】A．Luckily B．Generally C．Actually D．Usually 【12】A．Unless B．Though C．Once D．Since 【13】A．sleepy B．greedy C．hungry D．cold 【14】A．Workers B．Passengers C．Doctors D．Pilots 【15】A．Diseases B．News C．Fear D．Lies 【16】A．joked B．cried C．whispered D．replied 【17】A．Nobody's B．someone's C．Anyone's D．Everyone's 【18】A．applied B．contributed C．apologized D．appealed 【19】A．instead of B．in spite of C．in case of D．except for 【20】A．local B．regular C．delayed D．cheap【答案】【1】B【2】A【3】C【4】D【5】A【6】C【7】B【8】D【9】B【10】D【11】A【12】C【13】D【14】C【15】B【16】A【17】D【18】C【19】A【20】B【解析】本文讲到一个做机场装卸兼职的学生在上班时在货舱中睡觉了，而飞机起飞了，在飞机飞行过程中得救的故事。

高考英语复习阅读理解（人物传记类）【母题来源一】【2019·浙江卷，A】Zachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military(军队的)medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet.But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks down the medals’ rightful owners, and returns them.His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart-he earned one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he knew right away what he had to do.Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrado’s sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: "Who are you？What antique shop？" However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the call. So she called Zac back and apologized. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N.Y. "At that point, I knew she meant business, " Zac says. "To drive eight hours to come to see me."The Piccolis grew up the children of Italian immigrants in Watertown. Corrado, a translator for the Army during WWII, was killed in action in Europe.Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn’t realized the medal was missing. Like many military medals, the one Zac’s mother had found was a family treasure." This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on special occasions(场合)would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands," Adeline says.As a child, Adeline couldn't understand why the medal was so significa nt. “But as I grew older,” Adeline says, "and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left." Corrado Piccoli’s Purple Heart medal now hangs at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown.Zac recently returned another lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since he first reunited Corrado’s medal, Zac says his record is now 5 for 5.21. Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself？A. In the army.B. In an antique shop.C. From his mother.D. From Adeline Rockko.22. What did Zac realize when Adeline drove to meet him？A. She was very impolite.B. She was serious about the medal.C. She suspected his honesty.D. She came from a wealthy family.23. What made Adeline treasure the Purple Heart?A. Her parents’ advice.B. Her knowledge of antiques.C. Her childhood dream.D. Her memory of her brother.【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。

高三英语人物传记故事阅读类试题1.I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members, , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound—blocking earplugs(耳塞) or blindfolds(眼罩).Just sitting in the wheelchair was a experience. I had never considered before how it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not . Then I wondered where to put my . It took me quite a while to get the metalfootrest(脚凳) into . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary .I tried to find a position and thought it might be restful, kind of nice, to be around for a while. Looking around, I I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) task.My wheelchair experiment was soon . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.【1】A．curious about B．interested in C．aware of D．careful with 【2】A．cure B．prevent C．adopt D．analyze【3】A．instead B．strangely C．as usual D．like me【4】A．learning B．working C．satisfying D．relaxing【5】A．convenient B．awkward C．boring D．exciting【6】A．height B．force C．skill D．weight【7】A．locked B．repaired C．powered D．grasped【8】A．hands B．feet C．keys D．handles【9】A．place B．action C．play D．effect【10】A．operation B．communication C．transportation D．production 【11】A．exploration B．education C．experiment D．entertainment 【12】A．flexible B．safe C．starting D．comfortable【13】A．yet B．just C．still D．even【14】A．shown B．pushed C．driven D．guided【15】A．realized B．suggested C．agreed D．admitted 【16】A．lifted B．turned C．pressed D．seized【17】A．path B．position C．direction D．way【18】A．easy B．heavy C．major D．extra【19】A．forgotten B．repeated C．conducted D．finished 【20】A．weaknesses B．challenges C．anxieties D．illnesses【答案】【1】C【2】C【3】D【4】A【5】B【6】D【7】A【8】B【9】A【10】C【11】C【12】D【13】D【14】B【15】A【16】B【17】C【18】A【19】D【20】B【解析】文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。

高中英语阅读——人物传记/故事类1、阅读理解Cheaters called “pirates” often use camcorders(便携式摄像机) and cell phones to make illegal copies of blockbusters in the local theater. These pirates then sell those recordings on the street or over the Internet for very low prices. Some share them for free.“It’s unfair for people to pirate movies,” says 15-year-old Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin. Movie piracy “takes money out of the pockets of thousands of people in the movie industry,” she notes. Victim s include famous actors and directors as well as local theater owners and their employees.Hadaia came up with an idea that could help stop movie piracy. Hadaia’s idea uses infrared(红外线的) light. This range of light is invisible to the human eye. It is visible, however, to many types of cameras. Theater owners could place small infrared lights on their movie screens. The lights would not disturb people watching the movie. It would, however, distort the recordings made by many types of cameras.To test her idea, Hadaia built a box with a movie screen inside. Then, she projected images on that screen through a hole in the box. She took recordings of those images, using nine different types of cameras. These included the types found in cell phones as well as camcorders. During some tests, she also turned on light emitting diodes(发光二极管), or LEDs. The LEDs were embedded（植入的）in a certain place behind the movie screen. They gave out infrared light.Sure enough, she showed, a pirated movie included odd stripes or spots if it had been recorded while the LEDs were on. It might be possible to use the LEDs to flash the date and time on the movie screen. The information would then appear in the illegal recordings. Theater owners or police might use the information to track down the pirates.Cutting down on piracy might get more people into theaters to watch the real movie instead of an illegal copy. Six out of every ten films now produced aren’t profitable. They don’t make enough money to recover how much was spent to make and market them. Such a poor payback can discourage filmmakers from producing anything but the types expected to become blockbuster hits. It might also keep smaller theaters from showing a wider variety of movie types.【小题1】From what Hadaia says in Paragraph 2, we can infer that _______.A．most people spend less money on pirates movesB．the pirates don’t have to pay for the movie ticketsC．theater owners will increase the price of movie ticketsD．she strongly criticizes those who video movies in the theater【小题2】Infrared lights are put on the movie screens to _______.A．adjust the brightness of the movie screensB．make sure the images of movies are darkC．make illegal copies of movies unpleasant to seeD．protect the eyesight of viewers in the darkness【小题3】What is the correct order of the steps in Hadaia’s test?a. She projected pictures on the screen.b. She used cameras to record the pictures.c. She turned on the LEDs placed behind the screen.d. She made a special box with a movie screen inside.A．d c a b B．d b a cC．b a c d D．b c a d【小题4】According to the last paragraph, we can know that _______.A．forty percent of movies now are profitableB．small theaters often choose to show low-cost moviesC．more and more people go to theaters to fight movie piracyD．filmmakers prefer to produce ordinary movies than blockbusters2、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

2015届高考考前热身专练：人物传记故事类阅读1.When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box.I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with great interest when my mother used to talk to it.Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an amazing person— her name was Information Please and there was nothing she did not know. Information Please could supply anybody’s number.My first personal experience with Information Please came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. I accidentally hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there didn’t seem to be any reason in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my hurting finger, finally arriving at the stairway—the telephone! Climbing up I unhooked the receiver and held it to my ear. “Information Please,” I said.A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear, “Information.”“I hurt my finger…” I cried. The tears came readily enough now that I had an audience. “Isn’t your mother home?” came the question. “Nobody’s home but me.” I sobbed. “Are you bleeding?” “No,” I replied. “I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.” “Can you open your icebox?” she asked. I said I could. “Then chip off a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.”After that I called Information Please for everything. I asked her for help with my geography and she told me where Philadelphia was. And there was the time that Petey, our pet canary (金丝雀) died. I called Information Please and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said the usual things grown-ups say to comfort a child. But I was unconsoled. Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers, feet up on the bottom of a cage?She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there a re other worlds to sing in.” Somehow I felt better.Another day I was on the telephone. “Information Please.” “Information,” said the now familiar voice. “How do you spell fix?” I asked.All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Then when I was 9 years old, we moved to Boston. I missed my friend very much. Information Please belonged to that old wooden box in former home, and I somehow never thought of trying the tall, shiny new phone that sat on the hall table.Yet as I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me; often in moments of doubt and sadness I would recall the sense of security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about half an hour or so between planes, and I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, “Information Please.”Unexpectedly, I heard again the small, clear voice I knew so well, “Information.” I hadn’t planned this but I heard myself saying, “Could you tell me please how to spell fix?” There was a long pause. Th en came the soft spoken answer, “I guess that your finger must have healed by now.”I laughed, “So it’s really still you,” I said. “I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time.”“I wonder,” she said, “if you know how much your c alls meant to me. I never had any children, and I used to look forward to your calls.”I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again when I came back to visit my sister.“Please do; just ask of Sally.”Just three months later I was back in Seattle…. A different voice answered Information and I asked for Sally.“Are you a friend?” “Yes, a very old friend.” “Then I’m sorry to have to tell you. Sally has been working part-time the last few years because she was sick. She passed away five weeks ago.” But before I could hang up she said, “Wait a minute. Did you say your name was Paul?”“Yes!”“Well, Sally left a message for you. She wrote it down. Here it is. I’ll read it. “Tell him I still say there are other worl ds to sing in. He’ll know what I mean.”I thanked her and hung up. I did know what Sally meant.1．According to the text, Information Please is actually ________.A. a robotB. the author’s motherC. a telephone operatorD. the telephone itself 2．The author picked up the telephone for the first time to ________.A. call his mother who was visiting a neighborB. call the doctor for his wounded fingerC. find out what exactly lived in the telephoneD. find someone to give him sympathy3．The under lined word “unconsoled” in paragraph 6 means ________.A. too sad to have a talkB. difficult to deal with somebodyC. hard to communicate with somebodyD. unable to accept comfort4．What did Sally mean by saying those underlined words in the message?A. The author didn’t need to feel sad for her death.B. She went to another place to make a living as a singerC. The world without her would still be good to the author.D. The author should explore new worlds for his new life.5．Why did the writer never think of trying the new phone after moving to Boston?A. He hadn’t got used to the line service in Boston yet.B. There was something wrong with the new phone.C. He missed Information Please in the old phone so much.D. He didn’t like the tall and shiny style of the new phone.【答案】1．C2．D3．D4．A5．C【解析】2. One morning, teachers arrived to find the little country schoolhouse swallowed in flames. They dragged an unconscious little boy, who went to start the fire in the old-fashioned coal stove to heat, out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.From his bed the dreadfully burned, semi-conscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die — which was for the best, really — for the terrible fire had ruined the lower half of his body.But the brave boy didn’t want to die. He made up his mind that he would surviv e. Somehow, to the amazement of the physician, he did survive. When the deadly danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body, it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be in a wheelchair all lifetime with no use at all of his lower limbs (肢体).Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a disabled man. He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, all but lifeless.Ultimately he was released from the hospital. Every day his mother would massage his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet his determination that he would walk was as strong as ever.When he wasn’t in bed, he was confined to a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him.He worked his way to the white fence bordering their lot. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the fence，resolved that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was nothing he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.Ultimately through his daily massages, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk slowly, then to walk by himself —and then to run.He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for the pure joy of running. Later in college he made the track team.Still later in Madison Square Garden this young man, the great athlete, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!6．Which word can best describe Glenn Cunningham according to the author?A. MiserableB. UnfortunateC. DeterminedD.Disabled7．Glenn got seriously burned _____.A. when he was playing near the stoveB. when he went to set fire to the schoolhouseC. when he was probably younger than tenD. when his teachers were lighting the fire8．Which cannot be inferred from the passage?A. Glenn didn’t catch what the doctor told his mother so he didn’t worry about his burns.B. Glenn decided to survive though his lower part of body had lost the sense of feeling.C. Glenn struggled to stand up by dragging along the fence and other supportable matters.D. Glenn never stopped practicing walking and running, even after he ran first in the race.9．The doctor advised Glenn’s mother to let Glenn die because the doctor was too______.A. unskillfulB. practicalC. subjectiveD. irresponsible【答案】6．C7．C8．A9．B【解析】儿童时代的一次烧伤事故让Glenn Cunningham丧失了行走能力，甚至差点要了他的命。

高中英语阅读——人物传记/故事类1、阅读理解Cheaters called“pirates”often use camcorders(便携式摄像机)and cell phones to make illegal copies of blockbusters in the local theater.These pirates then sell those recordings on the street or over the Internet for very low prices.Some share them for free.“It’s unfair for people to pirate movies,”says15-year-old Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin.Movie piracy“takes money out of the pockets of thousands of people in the movie industry,”she notes.Victims include famous actors and directors as well as local theater owners and their employees.Hadaia came up with an idea that could help stop movie piracy.Hadaia’s idea uses infrared(红外线的)light.This range of light is invisible to the human eye.It is visible,however, to many types of cameras.Theater owners could place small infrared lights on their movie screens.The lights would not disturb people watching the movie.It would,however,distort the recordings made by many types of cameras.To test her idea,Hadaia built a box with a movie screen inside.Then,she projected images on that screen through a hole in the box.She took recordings of those images,using nine different types of cameras.These included the types found in cell phones as well as camcorders.During some tests,she also turned on light emitting diodes(发光二极管),or LEDs.The LEDs were embedded（植入的）in a certain place behind the movie screen.They gave out infrared light.Sure enough,she showed,a pirated movie included odd stripes or spots if it had been recorded while the LEDs were on.It might be possible to use the LEDs to flash the date and time on the movie screen.The information would then appear in the illegal recordings. Theater owners or police might use the information to track down the pirates.Cutting down on piracy might get more people into theaters to watch the real movie instead of an illegal copy.Six out of every ten films now produced aren’t profitable.They don’t make enough money to recover how much was spent to make and market them.Such a poor payback can discourage filmmakers from producing anything but the types expected to become blockbuster hits.It might also keep smaller theaters from showing a wider variety of movie types.【小题1】From what Hadaia says in Paragraph2,we can infer that_______.A．most people spend less money on pirates movesB．the pirates don’t have to pay for the movie ticketsC．theater owners will increase the price of movie ticketsD．she strongly criticizes those who video movies in the theater【小题2】Infrared lights are put on the movie screens to_______.A．adjust the brightness of the movie screensB．make sure the images of movies are darkC．make illegal copies of movies unpleasant to seeD．protect the eyesight of viewers in the darkness【小题3】What is the correct order of the steps in Hadaia’s test?a.She projected pictures on the screen.b.She used cameras to record the pictures.c.She turned on the LEDs placed behind the screen.d.She made a special box with a movie screen inside.A．d c a b B．d b a cC．b a c d D．b c a d【小题4】According to the last paragraph,we can know that_______.A．forty percent of movies now are profitableB．small theaters often choose to show low-cost moviesC．more and more people go to theaters to fight movie piracyD．filmmakers prefer to produce ordinary movies than blockbusters2、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.(2014届江西省九所重点中学高三下学期3月联合考试英语试卷）My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox, guiding him with a broomstick. For $1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food breaks.It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. I’ve never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to the people you work for. More importantly, I earned my pay, it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didn’t want to work.I was only six years old, but I was doing a man’s job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $18 a week. Our home was a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem(自尊心), one of the most important things a person could have.When I was seven, I got work at a golf course near our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed, so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dream of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.The more I dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb (番石榴树枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and intensity. I learned working in the field--- except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.43．The writer’s first job was ___________.A. to stand down the fairway at the golf courseB. to watch over the sugar-cane plantationC. to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fieldsD. to spot the balls as they landed so the golfers could find them44．The underlined word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably means ___________.A. difficultB. boringC. interestingD. unusual45．The writer learned that ________ from his first job.A. he should work for those who he liked mostB. he should work longer than what he was expectedC. he should never fail to say hello to his ownerD. he should show respect and faith to the people he worked for46．________ gave the writer self-esteem.A. Having a family of eight peopleB. Owning his own golf courseC. Bringing money back home to help the familyD. Helping his father with the work on the plantation47．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. He wanted to be a successful golfer.B. He wanted to run a golf course near his house.C. He was satisfied with the job he got on a plantation.D. He wanted to make money by guiding oxen with a broomstick.2. (2014届广东省揭阳市高三3月第一次模拟英语试卷）One year our family decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day, as a token of appreciations for all the sacrifices that Mother had made for us. After breakfast we had arranged, as a surprise, to hire a car and take her for a beautiful drive in the country. Mother was rarely able to have a treat like that, because she was busy in the house nearly all the time.But on the very morning of the day, we changed the plan a little, because it occurred to Father that it would be even better to take Mother fishing. As the car was hired and paid for, we might as well use it to drive up into the hills where the streams are. As Father said, if you just go driving without object, you have a sense of aimlessness, but if you are going to fish there is a definite purpose that heightens the enjoyment.So we all felt it would be nicer for Mother to have a definite purpose . Father had just got a fishing rod the day before, which he said mother could use if she wanted to. Only Mother said shewould much rather watch him fish than try to fish herself.So we got her to make up a sandwich lunch in case we got hungry, though we were to come home again to a big festive dinner.Well, when the car came to the door, it turned out that there was not as much space in it as we had supposed. It was plain that we couldn’t all get in.Father said that he could just stay home and put in the time working in the garden. He said that there was a lot of rough dirty work that he could do, like digging a trench for the garbage, which would save hiring a man, and so he said that he’d stay home; he said that we were not to let the fact that he had not had a real holiday for three years stand in our way. He wanted us to go right ahead and not to mind him.But of course we all felt that it would never do to let Father stay home, especially as we knew he would make trouble if he did. The two girls, Anne and Mary, would have stayed and helped the maid get dinner, only it seemed such a pity,for the two girls were eager to show their new hats on a lovely day like this. But they said that Mother had only to say the word and they’d gladly stay home and work. Will and I would have dropped out, but unfortunately we wouldn’t have been any use in preparing the dinner.48．The author’s family decided to celebrate Mother’s Day specially to _______.A. show love for their motherB. show gratitude to their motherC. show respect for their motherD. to make up for a previous appointment49．According to Paragraph 2, we know that the plan was changed because________.A. Father proposed to go fishing outB. we thought that driving out is boringC. we failed to hire a car to go outD. the car was not big enough50．What problem did we find when the car arrived?A. The car was too old to drive on mountain roads.B. The car was larger than we expected.C. The car was too small to accommodate us all.D. The car was too plain looking.51．Why didn’t the author drop out of the activity?A. Because his sisters didn’t join in.B. Because he needed to have dinner.C. Because he couldn’t cook the dinner.D. Because he hadn’t had a real holiday for three years.52．Which of the following proverbs describes the text best?A. Everything comes to him who waits.B. Changes always go beyond plans.C. Better late than never.D. Once on shore, one prays no more.3.(2014届福建省龙岩市高三毕业班教学质量检查英语试卷）It was the last day of July and the long hot summer was drawing to a close As for me．1 was out of spirits，and，if the truth must be told, out of money as well，During the past year I had not managed my finances as carefully as usual；and 1 was now limited to spending the autumn economically between my mother’s cottage at Hampstead and my own in town.My father had been dead for some years，and my sister and 1 were the sole survivors of a family of five children. My father was a drawing-master before me He had been highly successful in his profession and my mother and sister were left economically independent after his death.The view of London below me had sunk into the black shadow of the cloudy night, when I stood before the gate of my mother’s cottage I had hardly rung the bell．When the house door was opened violently．My worthy Italian friend，Professor Pesca，appeared in the servant’s place，and rushed out joyously to receive me．I had first become acquainted(熟悉)with my Italian friend at certain great houses，where he taught Italian and I taught drawing What I then knew of the history of his life was that he had left Italy for political reasons and that he had been respectably established for many years in London as a teacher of languages It once happened that I saved him from certain death by drowning while wewere swimming in the sea at Brighton Afterwards he overwhelmed(淹没)me with the wildest expressions of affection and exclaimed passionately, that he would hold his life at my disposal fromthen on, and declared that he should never be happy again until he had had the opportunity of proving his gratitude．Little did I think that the occasion to serve me was soon to come．Pesca dragged me in by both hands into the parlor, where my mother sat by the open window, laughing and fanning herself．Pesca was one of her especial favorites，and his wildest strange acts were always pardonable in her eyes．“Now, my good dears．”began Pesca．“listen to me The time has come I recite my good news．I speak at last…'Hear, hear!”said my mother, humoring the joke“I go back into my life，and I address myself to the noblest of men，who found me dead at the bottom of the sea，and who pulled me up to the top. What did I say when l got into my own life and my own clothes again? I said that my life belonged to my dear friend，Walter, for the rest of my days Now,”cried the enthusiastic little mall at the top of his voice．“happiness bursts out of me at every pore of my skin．For I have found a job for you”53．The first two paragraphs of the passage serve as an introduction to——A. the financial situation the writer then facedB. the season that the story was set inC. the family members of the writerD. the successful profession of the writer’s father54．The underlined word‘‘sole’’in the second paragraph probably means‘‘”A．main B. only C. lucky D. possible55．It can be learned from the passage that PescaA. used to be a politicianB. was a successful drawing-masterC. was quite close to the motherD. wanted to give the writer some money in return56．According to the last paragraph，Pesca was more than happy becauseA. he went back into his lifeB . he met his dear friend againC. his friend ever saved his lifeD. he had done something good for his friend4.(2014届浙江省“六市六校”联盟高考模拟考试英语试卷）On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves."Everything went quiet in my head," Tim recalls (回忆). "I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line."Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. "At one point, I considered turning back," he says. "I wondered if I was putting my life at risk." After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, "Take down the umbrella!"Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him."Let's aim for the pier (码头)," Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. "Can you guys swim?" he cried. "A little bit," the boys said.Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys' faces.“Are we almost there?" they asked again and again. "Yes," Tim told them each time.After 30minutes, they reached the pier.57．Why did the two boys go to the sea?A. To go boat rowing.B. To swim in the open water.C. To get back their football.D. To test the umbrella as a sail.58．What does "it" in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. The beach.B. The wind.C. The boat.D. The water.59．Why did Tim raise his head regularly?A.To check his distance from the boys.B.To consider turning back or not.C.To take in enough fresh air.D.To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.60．How did the two boys finally reach the pier?A. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.B. They swam to the pier all by themselves.C. They were washed to the pier by the waves.D. They were dragged to the pier by Tim.5.(2014届宁夏银川一中高三第一次模拟考试英语试卷）John Blanchard stood up from the bench, straightened his Army uniform, and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn’t, the girl with the rose.His interest in her had begun thirteen months before in a Florida library. Taking a book off the shelf he found himself intrigued, not with the words of the book, but with the notes penciled in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the boo k, he discovered the previous owner’s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he located her address. She lived in New York City. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond. The next day he was shipped overseas for service in World War II.During the next year and one month the two grew to know each other through the mail. Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. A romance was starting Blanchard requested a photograph, but she refused. She felt that if he rea lly cared, it wouldn’t matter what she looked like.When the day finally came for him to return from Europe, they scheduled their first meeting —7:00 PM at the Grand Central Station in New York. “You’ll recognize me,” she wrote, “by the red rose I’ll be wearing on my lapel.” So at 7:00 he was in the station looking for a girl whose heart he loved, but whose face he’d never seen.I’ll let Mr. Blanchard tell you what happened: A young woman was coming toward me, her figure long and slim. Her blonde hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears; her eyes were blue asflowers. Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness, and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come alive. I stared at her, entirely forgetting to notice that she was not wearing a rose. As I moved, a small, attractive smile curved her lips. “Going my way , sailor?” she murmured.Almost uncontrollably I made one step closer to her, and then I saw Hollis Maynell. She was standing almost directly behind the girl. A woman well past 40, she had graying hair tucked under a worn hat. She was more than plump, her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes. The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away. I felt as though I was split in two, so keen was my desire to follow her, and yet so deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.And there she stood. Her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible, her gray eyes had a warm and kindly twinkle. I did not hesitate. My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book that was to identify me to her.This would not be love, but it would be something precious, something perhaps even better than love, a friendship for which I had been and must ever be grateful. I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman, even though while I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment."I'm Lieutenant John Blanchard, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to dinner?"The woman's face broadened into a tolerant smile. "I don't know what this is about, son," she answered, "but the young lady in the green suit who just went by, she begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you in the big restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test!"It's not difficult to understand and admire Miss Maynell's wisdom. The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive. "Tell me whom you love," Houssaye wrote, "And I will tell you who you are．"61．How did John Blanchard get to know Miss Hollis Maynell?A. They lived in the same city．B. They were both interested in literature．C. John knew Hollis's name from a library book．D. John came across Hollis in a Florida library．62．Hollis refused to send Blanchard a photo because .A. she was only a middle - aged womanB. she wasn't confident about her appearanceC. she thought true love is beyond appearanceD. she had never taken any photo before they knew63．How could Blanchard recognize Hollis?A. She would be wearing a rose on her coat．B. She would be holding a book in her hand．C. She would be standing behind a young girl．D. She would be wearing a scarf around her neck．64．What was the real Miss Hollis Maynell like?A. She was a plump woman with graying hair．B. She was a slightly fat girl, with blonde hair．C. She was a middle - aged woman in her forties．D. She was a young, pretty girl wearing a green suit．65．When Blanchard went over to greet the woman, he was ．A. satisfied and confidentB. disappointed but well - behavedC. annoyed and bad - manneredD. shocked but inspired66．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. A Test of LoveB. The Symbol of RoseC. Love is blindD. Don't Judge a Book by its Cover6.(2014届江西省六校高三下学期联考英语试卷）A few days ago I asked my sons’ governess（女家庭教师）Julia to come into my study. “Be seated, Julia, ” I said, “Let’s settle our accounts. I guess you most likely need some money, but maybe you’re too polite to mention it. Now then, we agreed on thirty dollars a month...”“Forty.”“No, thirty. I made a note of it. I always pay our governess thirty. Well, um, you’ve been here two months, so...”“Two months and five days.”“Exactly two months. I made a special note of it. That means you have sixty dollars coming to you. Take off nine Sundays... you know you didn’t work with Tom on Sundays, you only took walks. And three holidays... ”Julia was biting her finger nail nervously, her face red, but - not a word.“Three holidays, therefore take off twelve dollars. Four days Tom was sick and there were no lessons, as you were occupied only with Dick. Three days you had a toothache and my wife gave you permission not to work after lunch. Twelve and seven - nineteen. Take nineteen off ... that leaves. hmm.... forty one dollars. Correct?”Julia’s left eye reddened with tears welling up. Her chin trembled; she coughed nervously and blew her nose, but-still not a word.“Around New Year’s Day you broke a teacup and a sa ucer; take off two dollars. The cup cost more, it was a treasure of the family, but- forget it. When didn’t I take a loss! Then, due to your neglect（疏忽）, Tom climbed a tree and tore his jacket; take away ten. Also due to your carelessness the maid stole Di ck’s shoes. You ought to watch everything! You get paid for it. So, that means five more dollars off. The tenth of January I gave ten dollars.”“You didn’t. ”sobbed Julia.“But I made a note of it.”“Well... if you say so.”“Take twenty seven from forty one -that leaves fourteen.”Both her eyes were filled with tears. Beads of sweat stood on the thin pretty little nose. Poor girl!“Only once was I given any money,” she whispered, her voice trembling, “and that was by your wife. Three dollars, no thing more.”“Really? You see now, and I didn’t know that! Take three from fourteen.. leaves eleven. Here’s your money, my dear. Three, three, three, one and one. Here it is!”I handed her eleven dollars. She took them and pocketed them.“Merci（法语: 谢谢）,” she whispered.I jumped to my feet and started pacing the room. I was overcome with anger. “For what, this - ‘merci’?” I asked.“For the money.”“But you know I’ve cheated you - robbed you! I have actually stolen from you! Why this‘merci’?”“In my other places they didn’t give me anything at all.”“They didn’t give you anything? No wonder! I played a little joke on you, a cruel lesson, just to teach you... I m going to give you all the eighty dollars! Here they are in the envelope all ready for you... Is it really possible to be so spineless（懦弱）? Why didn’t you protest? Why were you silent? Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws（爪）-to be such a fool?”Embarrassed, she smiled. And I could read her expression,“It is possible.”I asked her pardon for the cruel lesson and, to her great surprise, gave her the eighty dollars. She murmured her little“merci”several times and went out. I looked after her and thought,“How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!”67．While talking to Julia, the writer expected from her________.A. a protestB. gratitudeC. obedienceD. an explanation68．What shocked the writer was Julia’s ________.A. nervousness in front of her bossB. acceptance of injusticeC. shyness when talking about moneyD. unwillingness to express herself69．The writer said, “Is it possible in this world to be without teeth and claws?” He was actually telling the governess ________.A. to be more aggressiveB. to be more careful in her workC. to protect her rightD. to live independently70．At the end of the story, the writer said,“ How easy it is to crush the weak in this world!” to show ________.A. his understanding of Julia’s anxietyB. his worry about Julia’s futureC. his concern on the living condition of working-class peopleD. his sympathy for the mental state of those exploited71．From the story, we can tell that Julia’s employer was________.A. greedy but honestB. ill-tempered but warm-heartedC. strict but forgivingD. none of the above 【答案及其解析】【答案】43．C44．B45．D46．C47．A【解析】【答案】48．B49．A50．C51．C52．B【解析】文章讲述作者和家人决定用特殊的方式庆祝母亲节，为了向母亲表示感激，在活动准备过程中一些事情总是预想不到的改变这计划，但最终得到合理的安排。

高考英语阅读理解训练：人物传记类(一)(2011·山东高考)Arthur Miller (1915—2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria??Hungary, drawn like so manyothers by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system,with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into troubleand in the cruel world of business there is no room forwith this system. Willy is “burnt out”　sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, andhe must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success.He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it wonthe Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize forDrama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.1．Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.B. He was attracted by the “Great American Dream.”C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.D. His family business failed2．The play Death of a Salesman________.A. exposes the cruelty of the American business worldB. discusses the ways to get promoted in a companyC. talks about the business career of Arthur MillerD. focuses on the skills in doing business3．What can we learn about Willy Loman?A. He treats his employer badly.B. He runs the Wagner Company.C. He is a victim of the American system.D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.4．After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman________.A. achieved huge successB. won the first Tony AwardC. was warmly welcomed by salesmenD. was severely attacked by dramatists5．What is the text mainly about?A. Arthur Miller and his family.B. The awards Arthur Miller won.C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.D. Arthur Miller and his best??known play.答案与解析1．B细节理解题。

专题03 人物传记类P a r t1题型总览【题型综述】人物传记类阅读理解在近年高考中频繁出现，主要以介绍科学家、文学家等杰出人物在各自领域所取得的重大成就，尤其注重介绍这些杰出人物如何克服身体残缺、自然环境和社会环境所造成的各种困难。

体裁一般是记叙文，写作手法多采用时间、空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终。

【技巧点拨】人物传记类文章多为记叙文，命题以细节为主，推理为辅。

应特别注意对人物的外貌、语言、动作和思想的描写，从而把握人物性格特点和作者的情感态度。

阅读时，我们可以先浏览题干，看一下哪几道题是有关细节理解的，抓住题干关键词，然后再到文章中查找并阅读与之有关的句子。

【读相关词】1.wisdom n．智慧；明智2.intelligent adj. 聪明的；智能的3.gifted adj. 有才能的4.outgoing adj. 爱交际的；外向的5.outstanding adj. 杰出的6.virtue n．美德；正直的品行7.optimistic adj. 乐观主义的8.achievement n．成就；成绩；功绩9.admire v. 钦佩；欣赏10.attractive adj. 有魅力的11.confident adj. 自信的12.enthusiastic adj. 热情的13.creative adj. 富有创造力的14.energetic adj. 精力旺盛的15.biography n.传记16.autobiography n. 自传;自传体小说17.fantasy n. 想象;幻想;幻想作品18.novelist n. 小说家19.event n. 重要的事;重大事件;赛事;演艺会20.incident n. 生活中印象深刻的小事;不寻常或不愉快的小事;政治事件/事变21.witness v. 当场看到;目击22.witness n. 目击者;见证人23.intellectual a.脑力的;推理的;有智慧的24.talented/gifted a. 有才艺的25.personable a .品貌兼优的26.brilliant a. 绝妙的;明亮的;才华横溢的27.approachable a. 和蔼可亲的;浅显易懂的28.demanding a. 要求高的;要求急严的29.absent-minded a. 心不在焉的30.conservative a. 保守的;守旧的31.know-all a. 博学多知的32.sense of humour 幽默感33.be ready to 乐于34.modest and honest 谦虚诚实35.adapt (oneself) to 适应于……36.have difficulty in doing sth. 做某事有困难37.be eager to do sth. 渴望做某事38.be regarded as 被认为是39.have a gift for 在……方面有天赋40.work hard at 努力做41.devote one's life to 致力于42.graduate from 从……毕业43.taken an active part in 积极参加44.open-minded and optimistic 乐观开朗45.be admitted to 被……录取；考入46.go abroad for further studies 出国深造47.be honored for 因……而受到尊敬P a r t2真题感悟【真题详解】【2020·天津卷】“They tell me that you’d like to make a statue(塑像) of me-is that correct, Miss Vinnie Ream?”The deep, gentle voice helped calm the nervous girl. Asking a favor of the President of the United States was no casual matter, especially for a seventeen-year-old girl.“Yes, sir,” she replied, her dark eyes meeting his. “I wouldn’t have duo ask you, but my teacher, Mr. Mills, says I am ready. I plan to make it in an admirable manner. “President Lincoln smiled. “Painters, sculptors-they’ve all tried to make the best of this ordinary face, but I’m afraid there’s not much hope. What did you have in mind, Miss Ream? A bust(半身像)?”Before Vinnie could say yes, the President hurried on, a shade of apology in his voice.“Of course-I shouldn’t have asked. A full-length pose would be much too big a project for a young woman your size. “Vinnie’s face turned red. She realized she looked like a child, with her tiny figure. “Small does not mean weak, sir,” she defended herself. “I was born in the country of Wisconsin. I’ve driven teams of horses and carried water. Making a full-length clay(粘土) figure would not exhaust my strength-and that is what I intend to do!”The President’s eyes, brightened at her show of spirit. “Sorry, madam, I have underestimated you as I didn’t know your background.”But his smile faded as he rubbed his beard with bony fingers, in thought. “Miss Ream,” he sighed, “I’d like to let you do it, but as you know, we are in the middle of a war. How could I possibly take the time to pose for a sculpture now? I hardly have a minute to myself.”Vinnie glanced around and noted the size of his office. “I work quickly,” she said. Her voice was soft but confident as she pointed to the corner near the windows. “If I were to bring my clay here and work for three hours every afternoon, I could complete most of the project while you are at your desk.”The President seemed to cons ider her idea seriously. He got up and shook Vinnie’s hand warmly, “I’ve heard that you are a talented young woman, and I have found you charming and intelligent as well. I cannot make my decision immediately, but you will hear from me soon.”The very next day, Vinnie received an invitation from the President.41．What gave Vinnie confidence to make her request of President Lincoln?A．Her aggressive personality.B．Mr. Mills’s encouraging remark.C．President Lincoln’s gentle voice.D．Her interest in a challenging job.42．How did President Lincoln first respond to Vinnie’s request?A．Pleased.B．Thrilled.C．Regretful.D．Doubtful.43．Vinnie confirmed her ability to make a full-length statue by highlighting ______.A．her experience from other projectsB．her innocent childhood in the countryC．the heavy labor she had done beforeD．the skill she picked up in Wisconsin44．Vinnie wanted to choose the corner near the windows to ______.A．achieve effects of natural lightingB．keep all her tools within easy reachC．observe the President at a right angleD．avoid disturbing the president’s work45．What message does the story convey?A．A strong-willed soul can reach his goal.B．Experience helps to promote excellence.C．Ups and downs make one strong.D．Devotion requires enthusiasm.【答案】41．B42．D43．C44．D45．A【解析】这是一篇记叙文。

2010英语阅读理解：人物传记类第一部分五年高考题荟萃Passage 5Napoleon,as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace,is more than once described as having“fat little hands.”Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.”He is said to be “undersized,”with “short legs” and a “round stomach”.The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description—it seems not that far off from historical accounts—but his choice of facts:other things that could be said of the man are not said.We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman.Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose —and that is the point.It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character.And it turns out that,as Tolstoy has it,Napoleon is a crazy man.In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace,the wars having reached the critical year of 1812,Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar (沙皇),who has come with peace terms.Napoleon is very angry:doesn’t he have more army? He,not the Tsar,is the one to make the terms.He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped,“That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!”he shouts.And then,Tolstoy writes,Napoleon“walked silently several times up and down the room,his fat shoulders moving quickly.”Still later,after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds,Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner.“He raised his hand to the Russian’s...face,” Tolstoy writes,and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently...”.To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court.“Well,well,why don’t you say anything?”said he,as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself,Napoleon.Tolstoy did his research,but the composition is his own.51.Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is .A.far from the historical factsB.based on the Russian historyC.based on his selection of factsD.not related to historical details52.Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because .A.he thought he should be the one to make the peace termsB.the Tsar’s peace terms were hard to acceptC.the Russians stopped his military movementD.he didn’t have any more army to fight with53.What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?A.To walk out of the room in anger.B.To show agreement with him.C.To say something about the Tsar.D.To express his admiration.54.Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is .A.ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guestsB.fond of showing off his iron willC.determined in destroying all of EuropeD.crazy for power and respect55.What does the last sentence of the passage imply?A.A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.B.A writer may write about a hero in his own way.C.A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.D.A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.答案51.B 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.BPassage 6(08·山东C篇)It was the summer of 1965.DeLuca,then 17,visited Peter Buck,a family friend.Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future.“I’m going to college,butI need a way to pay for it,” DeLuca recalls saying.“Buck said,’You should opena sandwich shop.’”That afternoon,they agreed to be partners.And they set a goal:to open 32 stores in ten years.After doing some research,Buck wrote a check for $1,000.DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut,and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs,Buck kicked in another $1,000.But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected.DeLuca says,“After six months,we were doing poorly,but we didn’t know how badly,because we didn’t have any financial controls.” All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time.Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York.They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running.“We convinced ourselves to open a second store.We figured we could tell the public,’We are so successful,we are opening a second store.’” And they did－in the spring of 1966.Still,it was a lot of learning by trial and error.But the partners’ learn-as-you go approach turned out to be their greatest strength.Every Friday,DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers.“It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary,but as a result,the suppliers got to know me very well,and the personal relationships established really helped out,” DeLuca says.And having a goal was also important.“There are so many problems that can get you down.You just have to keep working toward your goal,” DeLuca adds.DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich,the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.67.DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to .A.support his familyB.pay for his college educationC.help his partner expand businessD.do some research68.Which of the following is true of Buck?A.He put money into the sandwich business.B.He was a professor of business administration.C.He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.D.He rented a storefront for DeLuca.69.What can we learn about their first shop?A.It stood at an unfavorable place.B.It lowered the prices to promote sales.C.It made no profits due to poor management.D.It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches.70.They decided to open a second store because they .A.had enough money to do itB.had succeeded in their businessC.wished to meet the increasing demand of customersD.wanted to make believe that they were successful71.What contributes most to their success according to the author?A.Learning by trial and error.B.Making friends with suppliers.C.Finding a good partner.D.Opening chain stores.答案67.B 68.A 69.C 70.D 71.APassage 7(08·山东D篇)Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush.Through her own efforts,her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards (广告牌) across the country.The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.) in 1989.There are now 300,000 members of Kids F.A.C.E. worldwide and it is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a “Children’s Forest”project in every national park.In 1992,she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the Future Program.In 1993,she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.Since the organization started,Kids F.A.C.E.members have distributed and planted over 1 million trees!Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kid’s Yards －the creation of backyard wildlife habitats (栖息地)－and now Kids F.A.C.E.is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey,which is a great way to start helping.“Starting the club turned out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment.Club members started doing things like recycling,picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club.”“We try to tell kids that it’s not OK to be lazy,” she explains.“You needto start being a responsible,environmentally friendly person now,right away,before you become a resource-sucking adult.”72.Kids F.A.C.E.is .A.a program to help students with writingB.a project of litter recyclingC.a campaign launched by President BushD.a club of environmental protection73.What can we learn about Poe?A.She was awarded a prize in Brazil.B.She donated billboards across the country.C.She got positive responses for her efforts.D.She joined the National Park Service.74.Kid’s Yards is .A.established in a national parkB.started to protect wildlifeC.a wildlife-raising projectD.an entertainment park for kids75.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?A.Adults are resource-sucking people.B.Poe sought help from a youth organization.C.Kids F.A.C.E.members are from the U.S.D.Kids are urged to save natural resources.答案72.D 73.C 74.B 75.DPassage 8(08·江西C篇)Topping the class academically was certainly an advantage．Studying was a breeze for Nigel．The reward was certainly incomparable to the little effort that he had to put it．It began when he was selected to help the teachers in the computer laboratories．The peak of his school career came not when he topped the school but when he was selectedfor the nationwide competition．Unlike everyone else, Nigel wanted to join the contest because he liked playing with the Lego sets and making something out of them．Nigel spent the next two months rebuilding the robot．It was during the time that Nigel found out about the prizes for the competition as well as another competitor, Alicia, from a neighboring school．His early intentions were forgotten．Getting the thousand-dollar prize was more important than anything else．Nigel decided to befriend Alicia．Unaware of his intentions, she told him all about the robot that she had been building for the competition．He even helped her to put the finishing touches to her robot．He was glad with the way things had progressed．His robot looked even better than Alicia’s and it was able to bounce a ball with its arm, something Alicia had failed to do．On the day of the competition, he saw Alicia．Everything dawned on her the minute she sawhim among the competitors. She stared at him, puzzled at first, then angry andfinally a look of helplessness came over her．The flashbulbs of the camera exploded in Nigel’s face．The robot had performed actions sounique and different that the specialists’ judgments were the same．Nigel was so pleased with himself that he did not even notice the girl standing a few feet away from him．Without her, he would never have won the competition．64．What reward did Nigel receive for doing well in his school work?A．He was offered a part-time job.B．He was honored with a scholarship.C．He helped his teachers construct a robot.D．He helped in the computer laboratories.65．Nigel’s original intention of joining the contest was to ___ ．A．be the top student of the school B．being great honor to his school C．construct a robot with the Lego sets D．wins the thousand-dollar prize 66．Why did Nigel help Alicia finish her robot?A．He tried to make friends with her. B．He was fond of building robots.C．He intended to help her. D．He didn’t want her to suspect him.67．What is the author’s attitude towards Nigel’s actions?A．He is mildly critical. B．He is strongly critical.C．He is in favor of them. D．His attitude is not clear.答案64.D 65.C 66.D 67.APassage 9(08·天津A篇)Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely—a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “creative voice.”“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think ithad anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.36. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?A. She had seven brothers.B. She felt herself a nobody.C. She was too shy to go to school.D. She did not have any good teachers.37. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.A. work for a school magazineB. run away from her familyC. make a lot of friendsD. develop her writing style38. According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?A. Her early years in college.B. Her training in the Workshop.C. Her feeling of being different.D. Her childhood experience.39. What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?A. It is quite popular among students.B. It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.C. It wasn’t a success as it was written in Spanish.D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.答案36.B 37.D 38.C 39.APassage 10(08·浙江A篇)Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的)，he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular schools couldn’t take care of a special needs student. His parents were determined to take the risk and pushed him hard to go through his work every day because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything. Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big challenge. The pace（节奏）was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06—being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother.“If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results,”she often said.41. How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?A. By speaking.B. By using sign language.C. By reading lips.D. By making loud noises.42. Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school because .A. they wanted him to live a normal lifeB. they wanted to prove the headmaster wrongC. he wouldn’t mix with other disabled childrenD. he wasn’t taken good care of in the special school43. How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?A. He did a lot of outdoor activities.B. He was pushed hard to study every day.C. He attended private classes after school.D. He worked very hard both in and after class.44. Why is Adrian’s life described as an “Amazing Race”?A. He did very well in his study.B. He succeeded in entering a regular school.C. He reached his goals in spite of his disability.D. He took part in the World Yacht Race 05/06.答案41.B 42.A 43.D 44.C。