英语阅读理解(人物故事)练习题及答案

英语阅读理解(人物故事)练习题及答案

一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类

1．阅读理解

For the past few months, my three-year-old daughter has spent an hour every week learning a

foreign language. She walks into a small room in a local school, where she and a handful of three

and four-year-old spend the next hour dancing to “La Vaca Lola”, a song about a Spanish cow,

creating finger puppets(木偶) to voice what they like and don't like (me gusta, no me gusta) and

shouting out which animals are big (grande) or small (pequeno).

She tells us little about the classes. In fact, for the first few weeks, nothing at all. I begin to

wonder if it was a huge mistake (each lesson works out at about £9) but then I show her “La Vaca

Lola” on YouTube. She shouts vaca with enthusiasm and with what I hope is a Spanish accent.

The wish to enroll(使……加入) her in language lessons came, like most things, gradually and

then in a sudden rush. In my day job, I read and edit stories about the Chinese economy. For a

long time, I felt that it would be good for her to learn another language but I had no great plan as

to when.

Then I read Edward Luce's The Retreat of Western Liberalism and all my thoughts and worry

about the economy combined into a panic. Waking in a sweat, it seemed obvious that if my

daughter was to have any kind of future, she would have to learn another language. Ideally (理想地) immediately.

I thought about Mandarin Chinese, one of the top 10 languages most important for our future,

according to the British Council (others include Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, Italian,

Russian, Dutch and Japanese). But there were no classes for young children nearby. There were,

however, local Spanish classes—the number-one language on the list. When she started to sing

"Incy Wincy Spider" in Spanish and English—helped by a Spanish nursery worker-our decision

was made.

（1）What can we learn about the author's daughter from the first paragraph?

A. She uses finger puppets to make her voice heard.

B. She is the oldest student in her Spanish class.

C. She learns Spanish by dancing to songs.

D. She has learnt Spanish for one month.

（2）How did the author feel about her daughter's class at first?

A. Proud. B. Surprised. C. Delighted D. Doubtful.

（3）Why did the author ask her daughter to learn a foreign language?

A. To prepare her for the coming school education. B. To equip her for her future.

C. To encourage her to have belief in herself. D. To develop her interest in singing.

（4）What made the author decide to enroll her daughter in Spanish lessons?

A. Her performance. B. Her great interest.

C. The nursery worker's suggestion. D. The fast-growing economy.

【答案】 （1）C

（2）D （3）B

（4）A

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者让自己的女儿学习一种外语的原因以及学习过程中出现的一些问题。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“She walks into a small room in a local school, where

she and a handful of three and four-year-old spend the next hour dancing to La Vaca Lola”可知，她和几个3、4岁大的孩子在一起通过唱歌跳舞学西班牙语。故选C。

（2）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的”She tells us little about the classes I begin to wonder if

it was a huge mistake (each lesson works out at about £9)“可知，作者的女儿从来不会谈起她的西班牙语课，这让作者很怀疑自己是否该给女儿报班学习。故作者最初对女儿的课感觉是可疑的。故选D。（3）考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中的"it seemed obvious that if my

daughter was to have any kind of future, she would have to learn another language."可知，作者认为自己的女儿若想有一个美好的未来就必须掌握一门外语。故选B。

（4）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的”When she started to sing ’Incy Wincy Spider‘ in

Spanish and English-helped by a Spanish nursery worker-our decision was made.？“当她开始用西班牙语和英语演唱“Incy Wincy Spider”时，在一位西班牙托儿所工作人员的帮助下，我们做出了决定。可知，是女儿的表现使作者决定让女儿学西班牙语。故选A。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

2．阅读理解

Five thousand square meters of old damaged cars, motorcycles and boats fill this junkyard. For

a casual onlooker, this might be a very sad sight. But for Andy, it's a real treasure. "I've been a

junk hoarder (囤积者) for my whole life and I like fixing up what shouldn't be thrown away.

Around 200 old cars end up in this junkyard every week. Some of them are sold for parts, others

get repaired, and still others are beyond repair."

His father Bobby started the business some 50 years ago and still spends every morning there.

The father and son have very different approaches to their work. They got a Dean cab that was

getting thrown away and that was the father's project, which Andy did not want him to do. "He

did basically the opposite of everything I told him and I think he did it just to make me mad. He