高二英语阅读理解(人物故事)及其解题技巧及练习题(含答案)含解析

高二英语阅读理解(人物故事)及其解题技巧及练习题(含答案)含解析

一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类

1．阅读理解

Sometimes just when we need the power of miracles to change our beliefs, they materialize in

the places we'd least expect. They can come to us as a great change in our physical reality or as a

simple coincidence in our lives. Sometimes they're big and can't be missed. Other times they're

so subtle that if we aren't aware, we may miss them altogether. They can come from the lips of a

stranger we suddenly and mysteriously meet at just the right instant. If we listen carefully, we'll

always hear the right words, at the right time, to dazzle (目眩) us into a realization of something

that we may have failed to notice only moments before.

On a cold January afternoon in 1989, I was hiking up the trail that leads to the top of Egypt's Mt.

Horeb. I'd spent the day at St. Catherine's Monastery and wanted to get to the peak by sunset to

see the valley below. As I was winding up the narrow path, I'd occasionally see other hikers who

were coming down from a day on the mountain. While they would generally pass with simply a

nod or a greeting in another language, there was one man that day who did neither.

I saw him coming from the last switchback on the trail that led to the backside of the mountain.

As he got closer, I could see that he was dressed differently from the other hikers I'd seen. Rather

than the high-tech fabrics and styles that had been the norm, this man was wearing traditional

Egyptian clothing. He wore a tattered, rust-colored galabia and obviously old and thick-soled

sandals that were covered in dust. What made his appearance so odd, though, was that the man

didn't even appear to be Egyptian! He was a small-framed Asian man, had very little hair, and was

wearing round, wire-rimmed glasses.

As we neared one another, I was the first to speak, "Hello," I said, stopping on the trail for a

moment to catch my breath. Not a sound came from the man as he walked closer. I thought that

maybe he hadn't heard me or the wind had carried my voice away from him in another direction.

Suddenly he stopped directly in front of me on the high side of the trail, looked up from the

ground, and spoke a single sentence to me in English, "Sometimes you don't know what you have

lost until you've lost it." As I took in what I had just heard, he simply stepped around me and

continued his going down the trail.

That moment in my life was a small miracle. The reason is less about what the man said and

more about the timing and the context. The year was 1989, and the Cold War was drawing to a

close. what the man on the trail couldn't have known is that it was during my Egyptian pilgrimage

(朝圣), and specifically during my hike to the top of Moses's mountain, that I'd set the time aside

to make decisions that would affect my career in the defense industry, my friends, my family, and,

ultimately, my life.

I had to ask myself what the chances were of an Asian man dressed in an Egyptian galabia

coming down from the top of this historic mountain just when I was walking up, stopping before

me, and offering his wisdom, seemingly from out of nowhere. My answer to my own question

was easy: the odds were slim to none! In a meet that lasted less than two minutes on a mountain

halfway around the world from my home, a total stranger had brought clarity and the hint of a

warning, regarding the huge changes that I would make within a matter of days. In my way of thinking, that's a miracle.

I suspect that we all experience small miracles in our lives every day. Sometimes we have the

wisdom and the courage to recognize them for what they are In the moments when we don't,

that's okay as well. It seems that our miracles have a way of coming back to us again and again.

And each time they do, they become a little less subtle, until we can't possibly miss the message

that they bring to our lives!

The key is that they're everywhere and occur every day for different reasons, in response to the

different needs that we may have in the moment. Our job may be less about questioning the

extraordinary things that happen in our daily lives and more about accepting the gifts they bring.

（1）Why did the author make a pilgrimage to Mt Horeb in Egypt?

A. He was in search of a miracle in his life.

B. It was a holy place for a religious person to head for.

C. He intended to make arrangements for his life in the future.

D. He waited patiently in expectation of meeting a wise person.

（2）What does the underlined part "my own question" refer to in paragraph 6?

A. For what reason did the man stop before me?