高三英语阅读理解(带详解)
from a distance as the homeless man quarreled with those who did not leave money for him – the majority、I walked up to him and right on queue he asked me for a quarter、“I’ll give you a quarter if you tell me your story、” He laughed, “You’ll give me a quarter for my story?” I lay the quarter in front of him and corrected myself –“Nah, here’s the quarter but it would be nice to hear your story、” I followed his eyes to the quarter and for a brief moment I saw a glimmer of reflection、 I sat down next to him and waited、“I was in the army,” he said、“I was a sniper(狙击手)and was supposed to shoot down the enemy from the distance、” I listened carefully to his grizzly voice as he went deeper into the story、 He wore dirty old torn clothes and smelled like a dead rat left in a mouse trap、 He told me how he used to hunt with his family and was really good at it、 He had his own way of respecting animals by not wasting what he killed for food and not killing more than he needed、When the army came knocking on his door, he felt pride and joined up、 All those years of polishing his hunting
skills could now serve a larger purposeI couldn’t see through my tears、It just didn’t make any sense to me、”The story goes on as he describes eventually being put into prison for180 days for refusing to follow orders、 He told me how he was black listed so that he couldn’t get a job、 All the rights we take for granted were taken away from him、 Why? Here was a man who was being punishedthat’s okay、But I wouldn’t be able to live with killing innocent people、”On that lonely
Friday night, I met a hero、 It just never occurred to me that a hero could be a smelly old man left on streets、
1、It can be learned from the passage that the homeless man_______、（）
A、 never killed animals
B、 had a strong respect for life
C、 deserved the punishment he received
D、 felt guilty about disobeying the order
2、The underlined word “disillusioned” (Paragraph4)
is closest in meaning to _______、（）
A、 disappointed
B、 frightened
C、 delighted
D、 admired
3、 The most disappointing for the man was probably that _________、（）
A、he couldn’t get a job to support himself
B、he couldn’t go back to fight for his country
C、 he received orders to kill an innocent person
D、 he got little money from the people in the street
4、 How did the man feel when he was reduced to a beggar? （）
A、 hopeless
B、 regretless
C、 greedy
D、 sympathetic
5、 What does the passage mainly talk about? （）
A、 A beggar who often came into conflict with others
B、 A poor man who earned money by telling stories
C、 A true hero who begged for a living on streets
D、 A homeless man who helped the poor men答案及剖析：语篇解读：本文介绍了一位曾经在伊拉克服役的狙击手的故事。狙击手在伊拉克因为拒绝执行枪杀一位带着孩子的妇女的命令，被判处180天监禁，出狱后被列入黑名单，找不到工作，被
