高中閱讀理解特訓

1、.高中閱讀理解特訓浙江專版passage oneIt was a cold night in December. Two beggars were sitting on a busy street corner in the downtown section of the city. The cold wind made them huddle 擠 together for heat and comfort. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some ignoring them on purpose and othe

2、rs too caught up in their own cares to even notice their existence. Every so often, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the hats which lay in front of them on the icy sidewalk. Some people, feeling particularly generous, would even pull out a bill or two from their wallet

3、s and drop them into the beggars hats and then continued their walking.Today was not a bad day for begging. The men were able to collect enough for a good meal at the coffee shop down the street and a few candles to light up their shelter in the alley 胡同 behind the train station. As the crowd began

4、to die down, they started to pack up their bundles and head for their evening shelter.Just as they were getting ready to leave the street corner, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a wealthy man they could tell that from the finely tailored business suit he was wearing and the

5、gold watch chain adorned 裝飾 his left pocket.The first beggar looked at the second and whispered with excitement, “Hes coming our way! The two tried not to look directly at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldnt help staring at him as he reached into his pocket and took something out.

6、“Thunk was the only sound they heard as what looked like a piece of hard candy, wrapped carefully in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.“How insulting! said the first beggar, as soon as the rich man was out of sight

7、. “He could have easily left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he played a joke on us with a piece of rock candy.He looked at the wrapped offering with disgust. “Who does he think we are children? Theres no way we can even eat this we have no teeth.The beggar picked up the object with the very tip

8、s of his fingers and threw it into the gutter 排水溝. He watched as it floated a few yards in the stream of muddy water and disappeared into the gutter at the end of the street. Then, he gathered up his things and walked away.The second beggar looked down at the morsel in his hat, then at his departing

9、 friend. His first thought was to toss the donation in the trash can under the street light. But his second thought made him change his mind.“I havent had anything like this for ages, he thought. “I cant chew it, but I can suck on it for a while, and the sweet juice will stay in my mouth for a long

10、time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet!He opened the paper eagerly, then paused as his hands touched the inside. “Maybe I should save it for another time, he thought. “It wont spoil, and I could eat it later when Im really hungry.The beggar paused for a moment, then he said aloud,

11、 “He wanted me to have it anyway. I might as well enjoy it now.With that, he unfolded the paper, but to his surprise, there was no hard rock candy inside. Instead, into his fingers fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.1. The first paragraph serves as an _.  A. explanation  &

12、#160;      B. introduction      C. background       D. comment2. The two beggars started to leave the street corner when _.A. darkness fell             

13、60;     B. few people passed by C. they felt too cold               D. the wind began to blow hard.3. The two beggars thought the man was rich from _.A. his appearance       &

14、#160;        B. his way of walking C. the jewellery he wore           D. the shiny shoes 4. What did the first beggar think of the rich man?  A. He looked down upon the poor.   B. He was very kin

15、d and warm-hearted C. He treated them as children     D. He was too mean.5. The underlined words “the morsel in his hat probably refer to _.A. the donation from the rich man B. the coins the second beggar collectedC. the rock candy the rich man gave the second beggarD. the food the second

16、beggar left over6. What can we learn from the story?A. Every dog has its day.B. Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.C. He who laughs last laughs best.D. He that can have patience can have what he will.passage two  My friend got married. His mother carried two bags of cotton from the c

17、ountryside by bus and train to his city. After arriving at the city, there was still a long way to his house without any bus passing by the house. His mother walked to his home breathlessly for 40 minutes without taking a taxi in order to save money.My friend felt bitter as well as funny at his moth

18、ers deeds. He pointed to the cashmere and silk quilts and said, “So long as you have money, you can buy anything in the supermarket. There is no need for you to carry so much cotton here in such a long way.But his mother insisted and said, “The cotton of this year is light and warmth-keeping. Have a

19、 try and you will know!Maybe every parent is the same, caring for their children with stubborn love without caring about whether they know or like it.This early spring, I went to visit my grandmother. We had dry beans stew 燉菜, eggplant salad bar, sauce radish 醬蘿卜條for our dinner, all of which were dr

20、ied by my grandmother last autumn and tasted wonderful. I loved the dishes to my hearts content and could not help praising them again and again.After a few days, my grandmother, who seldom visited us, came to my home and unpacked her bag, smilingly taking out bags of dried eggplants, dried beans an

21、d dried vegetable. She told me that I left so hastily last time that she forgot to give me some of these foods, so she took this chance to bring me what I liked.I was speechless at that time. Due to my casual complimentary her food, my grandmother, a nearly 70-year-old lady, by taking three buses fr

22、om the west of the city to the east, came to my home with the food I liked. But she was bus-sick in life and even seldom went strolling in the street.My pretty girlfriend had a failed marriage in the past. After divorce, her parents shed the deepest protection and care to her by helping her attend t

23、o the child and offering financial aids. Her parents love made her pull herself together and forgot the man who had hurt her before.Nonetheless, her father, an honest and upright old man, after hearing his ex-son-in-law got promoted in his company, felt terrifically irritated and went to his company

24、 to question his boss why a philandering man with corrupt conducts could get promoted. The whole office fell into a mess immediately and many staff just watched on the sidelines. Some people even whispered lightly, "It is a new era now and the relationship between men and women is very open. No

25、 one would care about that any more!"The old man stood silently in the office with his hands shivering and eyes tearing.That night, my girlfriend cried heavily in front of me. I asked her whether it was her fathers stupid deeds that made her feel humiliated. But she said that she felt guilty fo

26、r her dad and that though the rest of the whole world betrayed her, her old father would still back her up and help her get the justice she deserved, just as when she was young and the neighboring boy grabbed her ball, her father would get it back for her. However, this changed world was no longer t

27、he stage for her old father and his deeds became funnily obsolete. No one managed to see the real and ever-lasting love to his daughter behind his seemingly rude behaviors.Now we have grown up so much so that we could support our family and have our own children. But in our parents heart, they are s

28、till worried that we do not have sufficient quilts and dried vegetables. They would not feel troubled to bring all these to us regardless of long tough journey. They even would not like us to suffer a bit and try all means to protect us without caring about whether what they do is awkward and stupid

29、 or not.Who in the world would love us so deeply and relentlessly without asking for any repay? Only our parents!1.   What does the author want to tell us?   A. The love from our parents is real and deep though sometimes it doesn't appear so.   B. The love from our

30、parents is awkward sometimes, which is rather annoying.   C. Children should appreciate parents' love because their life is so hard.   D. The world is changing so the love of parents should change too.2.   The underlined word "humiliate" in the eleventh pa

31、ragraph means _.    A. guilty        B. moved          C. happy      D. ashamed      3.   How many examples of older generations love are mention

32、ed in the passage?    A. One         B. Two        C. Three       D. four4.   After the author's girlfriend's former husband got promoted, her father _. 

33、60; A. congratulated him                    B. made his daughter marry him again    C. had a quarrel with him            D. argued with his boss5.

34、0;  From the passage we can learn the author's grandmother is _.    A. upright and honest                 B. loving and troublesome        C. thoughtful and careful   

35、;           D. generous and activepassage three As we drove along, my spirits went up again, and I turned, with pleasure, to the thought of the new life which I was entering. But though it was not far past the middle of September, the heavy clou

36、ds and strong north-easterly wind combined to make the day extremely cold; and the journey seemed a very long one, so that it was nearly one oclock before we reached the place of our destination. Yet when we entered the gateway, my heart failed me, and I wished it were a mile or two farther off. For

37、 the first time in my life I must stand alone: there was no retreating now. I must enter that house, and introduce myself among its strange people. But how was it to be done? True, I was near nineteen; but, thanks to the protecting care of my mother and sister, I well knew that many a girl of fiftee

38、n, or under, was gifted with a more womanly address, and greater ease and self-possession, than I was. Yet, anyway, I would do very well, after all; and the children, of course, I should soon be at ease with them."Be calm, be calm, whatever happens," I said within myself; and truly I was s

39、o fully occupied in steadying my nerves and keeping down the rebellious beat of my heart that when I was admitted into the hall and into the presence of Mrs. Bloomfield, I almost forgot to answer her polite greeting; and it afterwards struck me that the little I did say was spoken in the tone of one

40、 half-dead or half-asleep. With due politeness, however, she showed me my bedroom, and left me there to take a little refreshment for a little while and led me into the dining-room. Some beefsteaks and potatoes were set before me; and while I dined upon these, she sat opposite, watching me as I

41、 thought and trying to keep something like a conversation consisting chiefly of commonplace remarks. In fact, my attention was almost wholly absorbed in my dinner: not from appetite, but from the toughness of the beefsteaks, and the numbness of my hands. “I have had so little time to attend to

42、their education myself, but I think they are clever children, and very willing to learn, especially the little boy; he is, I think, the flower of the flock a generous, noble-spirited boy, one to be led, but not driven, and remarkable for always speaking the truth. “His sister Mary Ann will require w

43、atching, continued she, “but she is a very good girl on the whole, though I wish her to be kept out of the nursery as much as possible, as she is now almost six years old, and might acquire bad habits from the nurses. I have ordered her bed to be placed in your room, and if you will be so kind as to

44、 look after her washing and dressing, and take charge of her clothes, she needs to have nothing further to do with the nursery maid.I replied I was quite willing to do so; and at that moment the children entered the room. Tom Bloomfield was a well-grown boy of seven. Mary was a tall girl, for her ag

45、e of six, somewhat dark like her mother. The second sister was Fanny, a very pretty little girl, looking little younger than Mary. The remaining one was Harriet, a little broad, fat, merry, playful thing of scarcely two, whom I had more desire for than all the rest but with her I had nothing to do.1

46、. Which of the following statements best describes how the writer felt when she entered Mrs. Bloomfield's home?A. She was nervous, dissatisfied with her manners but still confident.B. She was cold, hungry but eager to see all the children in the family. C. She was frightened, nervous and regretf

47、ul about her decision. D. She was calm, confident and very happy with all the family.2. What job would the writer take in Mrs Bloomfield's home?  A. A nursery maid.     B. A house cleaner.     C. A home cook.      D.

48、 A family teacher.3. Which of the following was TRUE according to the passage?   A. The writer had some difficulty with her lunch because of the tough food and the cold.   B. The delicious food took the writer's attention away from Mrs. Bloomfields words.   C. All t

49、he children were well educated before the writer came to the family.   D. All the children in the family were looked after by Mrs Bloomfield herself.4. From the passage, we can infer that _.   A. Mrs Bloomfield would treat the writer kindly and help her a lot   B. The y

50、oungest girl Harriet would be the writers favorite student   C. the writer would take on more responsibilities than she should   D. Tom Bloomfield would be the cleverest of all the childrenpassage fiveI tried not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His social w

51、orker assured me that he would be a good, reliable busboy. But I had never had a mentally handicapped employee. He was short, a little fat with the smooth facial features and thick-tongued speech of Downs Syndrome 唐氏綜合癥. I thought most of my customers would be uncomfortable around Stevie so I closel

52、y watched him for the first few weeks.I shouldn't have worried. After the first week, Stevie had my staff wrapped around his fat little finger, and within a month my regular truck customers had adopted him as their official truck stop mascot桔祥物. After that, I really didn't care what the rest

53、 of the customers thought of him. He was like a 21-year-old in blue jeans and Nikes, eager to laugh and eager to please, but fierce in his attention to his duties. Every salt and pepper shaker was exactly in its place, not a coffee spill was visible when Stevie got done with the table. Our only prob

54、lem was persuading him to wait to clean a table until after the customers were finished. Over time, we learned that he lived with his mother, a widow who was disabled after repeated surgeries for cancer. Money was tight, and what I paid him was probably the difference between them being able to live

55、 together and Stevie being sent to a group home. That's why the restaurant was a gloomy place that morning last August, the first morning in three years that Stevie missed work. He was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester getting a heart surgery. His social worker said that people with Downs Syndrome

56、 often have heart problems at an early age so this wasn't unexpected, and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery in good shape and be back at work in a few months.A ripple of excitement ran through the staff later that morning when word came that he was out of surgery, in reco

57、very, and doing fine. Frannie, the head waitress, did a little dance when she heard the good news. Belle Ringer, one of our regular trucker customers, stared at her and asked, "OK, Frannie, what was that all about?" "We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay.

58、" "I was wondering where he was. I had a new joke to tell him. What was the surgery about?"Frannie quickly told Belle Ringer and the other two drivers about Stevie's surgery, then sighed: "Yeah, I'm glad he is going to be OK," she said. "But I don't know how

59、 he and his Mom are going to handle all the bills. From what I hear, they're barely getting by as it is." Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully, and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables. After the morning rush, Frannie walked into my office. She had a couple of paper napkins in

60、her hand and a funny look on her face."What's up?" I asked. "I cleared off that table where Belle Ringer and his friends were sitting after they left, and I found this was folded and put under a coffee cup."She handed the napkin to me, and three $20 bills fell onto my desk wh

61、en I opened it. On the outside, in big, bold letters, was printed "Something For Stevie".That was three months ago. Today is Thanksgiving, the first day Stevie is supposed to be back to work. His social worker said he had been counting the days until the doctor said he could work. I arrang

62、ed to have his mother bring him to work, met them in the parking lot and invited them both to celebrate his day back.I led them toward a large corner booth. I could feel and hear the rest of the staff following behind as we marched through the dining room. We stopped in front of the big table. Its s

63、urface was covered with coffee cups, and dinner plates, all sitting slightly bent on dozens of folded paper napkins. "First thing you have to do, Stevie, is clean up this mess," I said. Stevie looked at me, and then at his mother, then pulled out one of the napkins. It had "Something for Stevie" printed on the outside. As he picked it up, two $10 bills fell onto the table. Stevie stared at the money, then at all the napkins peeking from beneath the tableware, each with his name printed on it. I turned to his mother. "