2019-2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练十四

阅读强化训练(十四)

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Ⅰ 阅读理解

A warm smile, a quick hello, an offer of directions or perhaps maybe a place

to stay. The kindness of strangers is one of my fondest experiences and memories

from my travels.

When arriving in Slovenia from Croatia just before dark, I made a line to my

hotel on the map, thinking I could easily find it. After walking around in circles

for what felt like hours, I approached(靠近) a bus driver and tried to explain where

I was heading. After a few failed tries because of our different languages, he

signaled to me to get on the bus and took me to my hotel free of charge.

Once again, I got lost in Turkey. After almost running my rental car empty, luck

would have it that I found a gas station and another kind person. The young cashier

did not speak a word of English, but pulled his phone out and opened a translation

app(应用软件). We managed to have a whole conversation of broken English/Turkish.

I even wrote “tesekkür ederim” (thank you) and if his kindness hadn’t already

melted(软化) my heart, his smile certainly did!

And finally, my favorite act of kindness: My husband and I had just boarded a

bus heading from Nice to Menton in France. A lady sitting across from us noted our

accents and upon finding out that we had traveled all the way from New Zealand, stood

up and offered us her window seat. We kindly refused. But she insisted, “There is

nothing quite like watching the sunset over the ocean on the French Riviera.” Not

only did her kindness take me by surprise, we got to see one of the most beautiful

sunsets in the world.

Strangers owe(欠) you nothing. Their acts of kindness show you that the world

is an amazing place. So, enjoy the kindness of strangers and the unexpected human

connections they bring.

【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者在国外旅行时遇到过很多陌生的好心人，让她感觉到了世间的美好。

1．Why did the author ask the driver for help?

A．To get a free ride.

B．To borrow some money.

C．To help her find a place to live.

D．To find out how to get to her hotel.

D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的I made a line to my hotel on the map,

thinking I could easily find it.和I approached(靠近) a bus driver and tried to

explain where I was heading.可知，作者向司机打听如何去她将要入住的宾馆。

2．Which can best describe the conversation between the author and the cashier?

A．Painful. B．Boring.

C．Pleasant. D．Serious.

C 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的another kind person和his smile certainly

did可以推测，作者与那位出纳员的谈话很愉快。

3．Why did the lady offer her seat to the author and her husband?

A．She noticed they felt unwell.

B．She found they were too tired.

C．She would get off to watch the sunset.

D．She wanted them to enjoy the window view.

D 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的There is nothing quite like watching the

sunset over the ocean on the French Riviera.可知，这位女士将窗边的座位让出来是为了让作者和她丈夫能够欣赏到那里的日落美景。

4．What can we learn about the author?

A．She enjoys helping strangers.

B．She has toured some foreign places.

C．She speaks many foreign languages.

D．She likes making friends with strangers.

B 解析：推理判断题。根据文中的arriving in Slovenia from Croatia和I got lost

in Turkey以及heading from Nice to Menton in France可知，作者去过一些国外的地方旅行。

Ⅱ 完形填空

I am the kind of person who goes out of the way to avoid hurting turtles that

are crossing the road. __1__ that, I will stop to move them out of the __2__ and

save them if they are injured.

Well, one day I stopped to __3__ a turtle suffering an injury on his shell,

about half of which was gone. I didn’t have much __4__ for this little guy, but

I took him home anyway. __5__ I am a nurse and have worked in the hospital for

about

20 years, I know “sick” and I __6__ “dying”. I had fallen in love with the little

guy, but was in despair (绝望) because I knew his __7__ to survive were very small

and there was __8__ I could do.

One morning, when I __9__ the turtle, I knew he was dying. His color had gone

from normal green to __10__ grey. He would be dead within __11__. This broke my

heart. I sat down with the turtle beside me, __12__ my eyes and prayed (祈祷). I

prayed something __13__ lucky would happen and bring me out of the sadness, since

I knew he could not __14__. I even cried for the little guy.

When I opened my eyes again, the turtle was looking at me, standing and acting

like a(n) __15__ turtle again. His color was normal! The __16__ was still there,

but I knew the miracle (奇迹) was in control and would take special __17__ of

this

very lucky turtle. It __18__ our hearts for that moment to show us how much it __19__

us. It is watching for those teachable moments in our life. Don’t __20__ yours.

【解题导语】 作者救了一只受伤的海龟，明知它快要死了，还是为它祈祷，最后真的有奇迹发生。

1．A.But for B．Except

C．Besides D．Instead of

C 解析：根据下文的I will stop to move them...可知，前后两句是递进关系，表示“除此之外还……”，故选C项。