(英语)高考英语一轮复习 专项训练 阅读理解

（英语）高考英语一轮复习 专项训练 阅读理解

一、高中英语阅读理解

1．阅读理解

They had a dozen children, six boys and six girls, in seventeen years. One reason Dad had so

many children was that he was confident anything he and Mother teamed upon was sure to be a

success.

Our house at Montclair, New Jersey, was a sort of school for scientific management and the

removal of wasted motions — or “motion study,” as Dad and Mother named it.

Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could determine how we

could reduce our motions and thus hurry through the task. Each child who wanted extra pocket

money put forward an offer saying what he would do the job for. The lowest bidder got the

contract(合约).

Dad put process and work charts in the bathrooms. Every child old enough to write — and Dad

expected his children to start writing at a young age — was required to sign their names on the

charts in the morning after he had brushed his teeth, taken a bath, combed his hair, and made his

bed. At night, each child had to weigh himself, mark the figure on a graph, and sign the process

charts again after he had done his homework, washed his hands and face, and brushed his teeth.

Mother wanted to have a place on the charts for saying prayers, but Dad said as far as he was

concerned prayers were voluntary.

It was strict management, all right. Yes, at home or on the job, Dad was always the efficiency

expert. He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the

bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven. He

even used two shaving brushes to make his face smooth enough, because he found that by so

doing he could cut seventeen seconds off his shaving time. For a while he tried shaving with two

razors, but he finally gave that up.

“I can save forty-four seconds,” he complained, “but I wasted two minutes this morning putting

this bandage on my throat.” It wasn't the injured throat that really bothered him. It was the two

minutes.

（1）Why was the author's house considered a sort of school?

A. It had a team of twelve children there. B. The children were taught how to work well in it.

C. The parents could teach their children better at home. D. The parents could have the

children's daily activities recorded.

（2）What is the purpose of signing the charts?

A. To help to do things efficiently. B. To manage the big family effectively.

C. To look after the children better. D. To remind the children to obey the rules.

（3）What did the father complain about one morning?

A. He should have given up shaving. B. His bleeding throat bothered him.

C. He couldn't shave with two razors. D. He failed to cut short his shaving time.

（4）We can we infer from the text?

A. The kids had to bid for everything they wanted. B. The author took pride in his father's

management. C. The couple were always troubled by their children. D. The father's work was to teach the

children at home.

【答案】（1）B

（2）A

（3）D

（4）B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者父亲有一套严格有效的管理教育子女的方法，使作者感到自豪。

（1）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“Our house at Montclair, New Jersey, was a sort of

school for scientific management and the removal of wasted motions — or ‘motion study,’ as Dad

and Mother named it.”可知，作者的家被认为是一种学校是因为孩子们被教导如何在里面工作得很好。故选B。

（2）考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“It was strict management, all right. Yes, at home or

on the job, Dad was always the efficiency expert.”可知，签署图表的目的是为了帮助我们有效地做事。故选A。

（3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“‘I can save forty-four seconds,’ he complained, ‘but I

wasted two minutes this morning putting this bandage on my throat.’ It wasn't the injured throat

that really bothered him. It was the two minutes.”可知，父亲抱怨他没能缩短他的剃须时间。故选D。

（4）考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“It was strict management, all right. Yes, at home or

on the job, Dad was always the efficiency expert. He buttoned his vest from the bottom up,

instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds,

while the top-to-bottom took seven.”可知，作者以他父亲的管理而自豪。故选B。

【点评】本题考点涉及推理判断题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，选出正确答案。

2．阅读理解

At one time or another in your life you have probably done origami, even if it was just making a

paper airplane or something more complicated like a paper crane. The chances are that as you

did it, you reflected on how inventive this traditional art is. Animals, boxes, flowers, boats: it all

can be created from a single square or rectangular sheet of paper simply by folding it. No cutting,

no pasting.