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2021年高考英语二轮复习第三部分题型强化训练专题一阅读理解第4课时顺藤摸瓜-明辨词义猜测类题目体裁:记叙文话题:一次非同寻常的投递词数:254 时间:6′(xx·全国卷Ⅰ,C)I am Peter Hodes,a volunteer stem courier.Since March xx,I’ve done 89 trips of those,51 have been abroad,I have 42 hours to carry stem cells(干细胞)in my little box because I’ve got two ice packs and that’s how long they last.In all,from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient,we’ve got 72 hours at most,So I am always conscious of time.I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America.I picked up the stem cells in Providence,Rhode Island,and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London.But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence,the lady on the desk said:“Well,I’m real ly sorry,I’ve got some bad news for you—there are no flights from Washington.”So I took my box and put it on the desk and I said:“In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient—please,please,you’ve got to get me back to the United K ingdom.”She just dropped everything.She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me.re-routed(改道)me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduled.For this courier job,you’re consciously aware that in that box you’ve got something that is potentially going to save somebody’s life.【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。
作者Peter Hodes是一名干细胞快递员。
他在文中讲述了遭遇飓风之后的一次非同寻常的投递经历。
1.Which of the following can replace the underlined word“courier” in Paragraph 1?A.provider B.delivery manC.collector D.medical doctor答案 B [词义推断题。
由下文及作者在机场的经历可知,他是一名志愿者,从事干细胞递送的工作。
所以答案为B。
]2.Why does Peter have to plete his trip within 42 hours?A.He cannot stay away from his job too long.B.The donor can only wait for that long.C.The operation needs that very much.D.The ice won’t last any longer.答案 D [事实细节题。
根据“...because I’ve got two ice packs and that’s how long they last.”一句可知,用于冷藏干细胞的两个冰块42小时之后就会融化,因此正确答案为D。
]3.Which flight did the woman put Peter on first?A.To London. B.To Newark.C.To Providence. D.To Washington.答案 B [事实细节题。
由第二段可知,由于没有飞往华盛顿的航班,航空公司为作者安排了一架小型飞机。
根据“...re-routed me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than original scheduled.”一句可知答案非B莫属。
]体裁:记叙文话题:一个有趣的故事词数:304 时间:7′(xx·全国卷Ⅲ,B)On one of her trips to New York several years ago,Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner.They settled in at a fortable East Slide café and within minutes,another customer was approaching their table.“Hey,aren’t you from Mississippi?” the elegant,white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger.“I’m from Mississippi too.”Without a second thought,the woman joined the Welty party.When her dinner partner showed up,she also pulled up a chair.“They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,” Welty said.“I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking.”Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine.By the time the group got up to leave,it was pouring outside.Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab.Heading back downtown toward her hotel,her big-cityfriends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi.“My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’” Welty added.“And I said: ‘Now you know.These are the people th at make me write them.’”Sitting on a sofa in her room,Welty,a slim figure in a simple gray dress,looked pleased with this explanation.“I don’t make them up,” she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years.“I don’t have to.”Beauticians,bartenders,piano players and people with purple hats,Welty’s people e from afternoons spent visiting with old friends,from walks through the streets of her native Jackson,Miss.,from conversations overheard on a bus.It annoys Welty that,at 78,her left ear has now given out.Sometimes,sitting on a bus or a train,she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了Eudora Welty在纽约请朋友吃饭时发生的有趣的故事。
4.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?A.Two strangers joined her.B.Her childhood friends came in.C.A heavy rain ruined the dinner.D.Some people held a party there.答案 A [细节理解题。
根据第一段最后一句...another customer was approaching their table.和第三段中的When her dinner partner showed up,she also pulled up a chair.可知两个陌生人加入了她们。
故选A。
]5.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s________.A.readers B.partiesC.friends D.stories答案 D [词义猜测题。