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高青县2015高考英语阅读理解（一轮）训练（8）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。“experience may possibly be the best teacher,but it is not a particularly good teacher.” you might think that winston churchill or perhaps mark twain spoke those words,but they actually come from james march,a professor at stanford university and a pioneer in the field of organizational decision making. for years march(possibly the wisest philosopher of management)has studied how humans think and act,and he continues to do so in his new bookthe ambiguities of experience.he begins by reminding us of just how firmly we have been sticking to the idea of experiential learning:“experience is respected;experience is sought;experience is explained.” the problem is that learning from experience involves(涉及)serious complications(复杂化),ones that are part of the nature of experience itself and which march discusses in the body of this book.in one interesting part of the book,for example,he turns a doubtful eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential learning. in our efforts to make stories interesting,he argues,we lose part of the complicated truth of things. he says “the more accurately(精确地)reality is presented,the less understandable the story,and the more understandable the story,the less realistic it is.”besides being a broadly knowledgeable researcher,march is also a poet,and his gift shines through in the depth of views he offers and the simple language he uses. though the book is short,it is demanding:dont pick it up looking for quick,easy lessons. rather,be ready to think deeply about learning from experience in work and life.1. according to the text,james march is.a. a poet who uses experience in his writingb. a teacher who teaches story writing in universityc. a researcher who studies the way humans think and actd. a professor who helps organizations make important decisions2. according to james march,experience.a. is overvalued b. is easy to explainc. should be actively soughtd. should be highly respected3. what can we learn from paragraph 3?a. experience makes stories more accurate.b. stories made interesting fail to fully present the truth.c. the use of stories is the best way of experiential learning.d. stories are easier to understand when reality is more accurately described.4. whats the purpose of this text?a. to introduce a book.b. to describe a researcher.c. to explain experiential learning.d. to discuss organizational decision making.【参考答案】37.1-4 caba【广东省揭阳市2014模拟】阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项。as a group of young african immigrants struggle to adapt to life in the united states, an after-school drama program at white oak middle school aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.project x is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with language barriers. a final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at imagination stage.wanjiru kamau, coordinator of white oaks african club said its important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. “it comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable,” kamau said of project x.kamau teamed up with imagination stage after she noticed that many african students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. when most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no english, kamau said. each week, the club typically draws five to ten students who are originally from africa for discussion sessions and the project x programme.“we are going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and thats powerful,” said teaching artist meg green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.one student, frank ketchouang, 13, wrote, “i am from the world; i am love,” which drew oohs and aahs from the group. ketchouang has been in the united states for less than a year, said program coordinator chad dike. when ketchouang started attending project x, he had been in the united states for two months and spoke no english. now hes one of the groups most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from english to creole for the groups newest member, who is from haiti.many people will give up when theres a language barrier, “but these students prove them wrong”. kamau said. “you do have something to give. you are important. when tv, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up.”【小题3】what do we know about the imagination stage?a. its established by kamau for project x.b. its a cooperative partner of white oaks african club. c. its a project designed by white oak middle school.d. its operated once at the end of each year.【小题4】according to the author, what franck ketchouang wrote was_.a. silly b. simple c. excellent d. contradictory【小题5】the passage is written mainly to_.a. introduce the project x programb. inspire immigrants to never give upc. advocate white oaks african club d. call for more attention to immigrants【答案】【小题1】c【小题2】a【小题3】b【小题4】c【小题5】a【小题5】主旨题：从全篇文章和第二段的句子：project x is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with language barriers.可知这篇文章是介绍一个project x项目，选a 考点：考查新闻报道类短文阅读理解tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. he stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt polly. he looked at it, and all joy left him. the fence was long and high. he put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. he repeated the operation. he felt he could not continue and sat down.he knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. they would walk past him and laugh. they would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer saturday. the thought burned him like fire.he put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. but there was nothing of value in his pockets nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. so he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the ideaat this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. it filled his mind with a great, bright light. calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.while tom was working, ben rogers appeared. ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. as he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. first he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. then he said “ding-dong-dong”, “ding-dong-dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. and he made other strange noises. when he came close to tom, he stopped.tom went on whitewashing. he did not look at ben. ben stared a moment and then said: “hello! im going swimming, but you cant go, can you?”no answer. tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. ben came nearer. toms mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working. ben said, “hello, old fellow, youve got to work, hey?”tom turned suddenly and said, “why, its you, ben! i wasnt noticing.”“say im going swimming. dont you wish you could? but of course youd rather work wouldnt you? of course you would.”tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “what do you call work?”“why, isnt that work?”tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.“well, maybe it is, and maybe it isnt. all i know is, it suits tom sawyer.”“oh come, now, you dont mean to say that you like it?” the brush continued to move.“like it? well, i dont see why i shouldnt like it. does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”ben stopped eating his apple. tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. ben watched every move and got more and more interested. soon he said,“say, tom, let me whitewash a little.”tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.“no no it wont do, ben. you see, aunt polly wants this fence to be perfect. it has got to be done very carefully. i dont think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”“no is that so? oh come, now let me just try. only just a little.” “ben, id like to, but if it isnt done right, im afraid aunt polly ”“oh, ill be careful. now let me try. say ill give you the core of my apple.”“well, here no, ben, now dont. im afraid ”“ill give you all of it.”tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. and while ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. there were enough boys. each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. by the time ben was tired, tom sold the next chance to billy for a kite; and when billy was tired, johnny bought in for a dead rat and so on, hour after hour. and when the middle of the afternoon came, tom had won many treasures.and he had not worked. he had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company and the fence had been whitewashed three times. if he hadnt run out of whitewash, tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.he had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get. 15. how many characters are mentioned in this story? a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 716. why did tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?a. because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.b. because he wanted to throw his toys away.c. because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.