英语阅读理解(人物故事)专题练习(及答案)含解析
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英语阅读理解(人物故事)专题练习(及答案)含解析
一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类
1．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。
The new president of Harvard University is the son of an Eastern European refugee and
Auschwitz (奥斯威辛) survivor—Lawrence S. Bacow. His father worked full time while attending a
state college in Detroit at night to earn his degree.
Bacow, the former president of Tufts University, has taken over Harvard at a time when higher
education is under attack for being financially out of reach to many Americans. But Bacow said
his family's journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and
the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.
"My parents came to this country with almost nothing," Bacow said. "I wouldn't be here if this
country had not been open to people like my parents at that time. Nor would I if my father hadn't
had the opportunity to get the college education."
Bacow grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. His father's family fled anti-Jewish (反犹太的) violence in
Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union, before the start of World War II and went to the United
States. His mother arrived in Brooklyn at age 19, having survived Auschwitz concentration camp.
She was the only Jew from her town to have survived the war. Yet Bacow, who is married with
two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science
fairs as a child and building radios like his dad.
Bacow has spent most of his professional career at MIT, Harvard and Tufts. He was a professor
of environmental studies at MIT, and later a principal at the university. He led Tufts from 2001 to
2011. At Tufts, Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being
overshadowed by its peers in Boston. He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and
the 2008 financial crisis.
As the Tufts president, Bacow traveled around the country, reaching out to alumni (校友), and
he urged his faculty and deans to do the same, in an effort to boost donations to finance Tufts'
academic ambitions. He raised more than $20 million for faculty recruitment, attracting up-and-coming professors by offering junior faculty perks (福利), such as long academic leaves that they
couldn't get elsewhere.
Under Bacow's leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses
nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to low-income students.
（1）The reason why Bacow appreciates college education is that ________.
A. college education is out of reach to many Americans
B. his family changed their fate due to college education
C. few opportunities were available when his father came into the country
D. a college degree helped his mother survive Auschwitz
（2）What can we infer from the passage?
A. The fellow townspeople of Bacow were all killed besides his mother.
B. Bacow's mother stimulated his interest in science. C. Bacow's father was good at working with electronics.
D. Bacow's father came to the U.S. after World War II broke out.
（3）The underlined word "shaking up" in paragraph 5 probably means ________.
A. reactivating B. causing C. damaging D. taking over
（4）What is this passage mainly about?
A. How to be admitted to Harvard University. B. The history of Bacow's family.
C. The art of Bacow's leadership in Tufts. D. Bacow's way to individual success.
【答案】 （1）B
（2）C
（3）A
（4）D
【解析】【分析】本文是一篇名人传记，讲述了Bacow的个人成功之路。
（1）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“his family's journey had reflected the power of college
education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in
the United States.”他的家庭经历反映了大学教育改变几代人的力量，以及美国历史上一直存在的机遇。可知选B。
（2）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that
while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and
building radios like his dad.”Bacow欣赏大学教育的原因是他的家庭因为大学教育改变了他们的命运”。可知，Bacow的父亲擅长电子产品。故选C。
（3）考查词义猜测。根据第五段中的“He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11
and the 2008 financial crisis.”他还因领导美国度过911和2008年金融危机而受到赞誉。可知，Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed
by its peers in Boston.“Bacow因改变了一所沉睡的在波士顿的其他大学面前黯然失色的大学而赢得了声誉。”推知划线词的意思是“使……恢复”。故选A。
（4）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“Under Bacow's leadership, Tufts spent millions on
labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education
more accessible and affordable to low-income students.”在Bacow的领导下，Tufts花了数百万美元在实验室和图书馆上。他还在全国范围内发表演讲，阐述让低收入学生更容易接受和负担得起高等教育的必要性。”本文讲述的是Bacow的个人成功之路。故选D。
