【英语】英语阅读理解(人物故事)模拟试题及解析

【英语】英语阅读理解(人物故事)模拟试题及解析

一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类

1．阅读理解

The great-grandmother is learning English with the help of her family when she is at the age of

91. She hopes to use the language at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizawa was one

of the more than 200, 00 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo's 2020 Games. English is

not required for service, but it is a useful skill for volunteers to have.

But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa

said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, "In my second year there,

English was banned because it was the enemy language."

Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn.

"When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, 'It's not too late. We will teach you

one word a day' ". Natsuko is Takamizawa's granddaughter and main English teacher. Natsuko

sends a new English word to her grandmother's phone every day. They also often work together

directly on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics. "Welcome to Tokyo, this is the

Olympic stadium, how can I help you?" Takamizawa answers when asked to say an English phrase

she has learned. Natsuko explains that she wanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy.

"I can clearly see her English is getting better. It's my joy now."

The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan

ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language.

This situation is

slowly

changing as younger generations welcome English. However, Takamizawa believes real change

will not happen unless Japanese people become more open to the rest of the world. With around

500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to welcome the

world to Tokyo.

（1）Why couldn't Takamizawa learn English when she was young?

A. Because English was useless. B. Because she was too young to learn English.

C. Because English was forbidden to learn. D. Because she was unwilling to learn English.

（2）What can we know from the third paragraph?

A. Takamizawa gets strong support from her family.

B. Takamizawa's grandchildren love her a lot.

C. Natsuko is Takamizawa's granddaughter and only English teacher.

D. Natsuko teaches Takamizawa English mainly by talking with her.

（3）What does the underlined phrase "This situation" in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. English is not the first language in Japan.

B. The level of English spoken in Japan is relatively low.

C. Younger generations in Japan welcome English.

D. Japanese people become open to the rest of the world.

（4）What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Where there is a will, there is a way. B. It is never too late to learn.

C. The early bird catches the worm. D. Two heads are better than one.

【答案】 （1）C （2）A

（3）B

（4）B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，日本91岁的奶奶Takamizawa为了做好迎接在东京举行的2020奥运会的志愿工作，在孙辈的鼓励和帮助下开始学习英语。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the

language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War

Two started. She said, ‘In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy

language.’”可知，是在她高中二年级时第二次世界大战大战爆发了，而英语因为是敌人的语言被禁止了，故选C。

（2）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的”Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade

her that she was not too old to learn. ‘When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they

said, ‘It's not too late. We will teach you one word a day' ”.可知她的孙辈说服并且帮助她学习英语，因此推断她从家人那里得到很大的支持。故选A。

（3）考查词义猜测。根据第四段中的“Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not

the first language.” 在英语不是第一语言的国家中，日本排名第49位。可知“This situation”指的是在日本人的英语水平相对较低，故选B。

（4）考查主旨大意。文章主要介绍了日本91岁的奶奶Takamizawa在孙辈的鼓励和帮助下学习英语，从她身上体现了“活到老，学到老”的精神，故选B。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

2．Directions: Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage

you have just read.

When she was ten years old, Isadora Duncan dropped out of school to teach people dance. If

that job was left to any other ten-year-old, it would have turned out frustrating, difficult, and a

little discouraging.

But Duncan was different. Not only was she already talented enough to earn money even at

that age, but she also had a rare kind of confidence that helped her treat troubles as fuel —something to elevate the fire that is already burning inside of her.

It's no surprise, then, that when she moved to New York to join a theatre company, she found