广东省天河区高考英语二轮复习 语法精讲精炼 阅读理解11.doc

阅读理解精讲精炼11 48. what makes a gift special? is it the price you see on the gift receipt？or is it the look on the recipients face when they receive it that determines the true value? what gift is worth the most? this christmas i was debating what to give my father. my dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. i pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for christmas shopping for him when i came across a message on my phone that i had locked. the message was from my father.my eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in wyoming，and underneath a poem by william blake. the flower, a lone dandelion standing against the bright blue sky，inspired me. my dad had been reciting those words to me since i was a kid. that may even be the reason why i love writing. i decided that those words would be my gift to my father.i called back. i told my mom to go without me and that i already created my gift. i sent the photo of the creamcolored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. as i was arranging the details another poem came to mind. the poem was written by edgar allan poe；my dad recited it as much as he did the other.i typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. the poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching i found the perfect picture. the image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. as i watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, i felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate. christmas soon arrived. the minute i saw the look on my dads face as he unwrapped those swirling black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, i knew i had given the perfect gift.56. the idea for a special gift began to form when the author was _.adoing shoppingbhaving a debatecreading a message dleaving for wyoming57. the authors inspiration for the gift came from _. aa photo of a flower ba story about a kid ca call from the mother da text about christmas58. the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to a poem by _. a. the father bthe author cwilliam blake dedgar allan poe59. the author made the gift by _. asearching for the poems online bdrawing the background by hand cpainting the letters in three colors dmatching the words with pictures60. what is the main purpose of the passage? ato show how to design images for gifts. bto suggest making gifts from ones heart. cto explain how computers help create gifts.d.to describe the gifts the author has received.【要点综述】作者一直不知道给父亲买什么礼物，但是偶尔看到父亲的信息使其想到了爸爸“读诗歌”的爱好，因而用心制作了“诗配花”的图片礼物。最后作者看到父亲对待礼物的态度，知道自己做对了。56. c细节理解题。考查对文章细节的理解和判断能力。根据文章的第二段可知：作者拿出手机时看到了妈妈发来的信息，偶然看到了爸爸发来的信息。信息是一朵花，花儿使作者想到了爸爸的话，因而使作者想到了给爸爸的礼物。故选c。57. a细节理解题。考查对文章的细节的理解和判断能力。见上一题的解析。58. d词义猜测题。考查上下文中代词的指代。根据第三段中的i typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it.可知，作者在见到这首诗的同时“也”把它打出来了。这就是edgar allan poe写的诗。故选d。59. d细节理解题。考查对文章细节的理解和判断能力。根据第三段的第二句可知：作者先在电脑上找到这种花，然后在花上打上字。可见其礼物是“配有文字的图片”。60. b推理判断题。考查对文章的言外之意进行复合逻辑的推理判断的能力。作者“诗配花”的礼物，灵感来自于爸爸的信息和小时候对爸爸的印象，这种礼物虽不昂贵，但确实是用心做出来的，爸爸收到礼物时的态度使得作者相信自己送对了礼物。a、c两项都是第三段的细节；d项与原文意思不符。故选b。49. i was blind, but i was ashamed of it if it was known. i refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. after all, i was a teenage girl, and i couldnt bear people to look at me and think i was not like them. i must have been a terrible danger on the roads. coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work. one evening, i got off the bus about halfway home where i had to change buses, and as usual i ran into something. “im awfully sorry，” i said and stepped forward only to run into it again. when it happened a third time, i realized i had been apologizing to a lamppost. this was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. so i carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldnt stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. no one else was there and i had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.generally in this situation, because i hated showing i was blind by asking for help, i tried to guess at the sound. sometimes i would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. in the end, i usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help. but on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. of course i heard plenty of buses pass, or i thought i did. but because i had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, i let them all go by. i stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. then i gave up. i decided to walk on to the next stop.36. the girl refused to ask for help because she thought _. ashe might be recognized basking for help looked silly cshe was normal and independent dbeing found blind was embarrassing37. after the girl got off the bus that evening, she _. abegan to run bhit a person as usual chit a lamppost by accidentd.was caught by something38. at the request stop that evening, the girl _. astopped a big lorry bstopped the wrong bus cmade no attempt to stop the bus dwas not noticed by other people39. what was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus? aother vehicles also stopped there. bit was unreliable for making judgments. cmore lorries than buses responded to the girl. dit took too much time for the girl to catch the bus.40. finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping _. ato find people there bto find more buses there cto find the bus by herself there dto find people more helpful there【要点综述】这是一篇记叙文。表达盲人的生活观。文章记叙了作者身为盲人，而不愿意让别人知道，还不愿意向别人求助的事情。通过作者等公共汽车的事情使她体会到了有的时候还是需要别人的帮助的。36. d细节理解题。由本文第一句(i was blind, but i was ashamed of it if it was known.)可知。37. c细节理解题。由第二段前三句，特别是第三句(when it happened a third time, i realized i had been apologizing to a lamppost.)可知。38. c细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，作者害怕拦不到车使自己难堪，所以放弃拦车。故选c。39. b推理判断题。根据第三段i tried to guess at the sound. sometimes i would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away.和第四段的but because i had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, i let them all go by.看出根据声音来判断车辆是不可靠的。故选b。40. a推理判断题。从i had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself可知，她本人不想拦车了，又由managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help可知，她是决定找人帮忙了，而在本站没有人，去下一站当然就是希望在那里可以找到人帮忙。50.at exactly eleven sir percival knocked and entered, with anxiety and worry in every line of his face. this meeting would decide his future life, and he obviously knew it.“you may wonder, sir percival，” said laura calmly, “if i am going to ask to be released(免除)from my promise to marry you. i am not going to ask this. i respect my fathers wishes too much.”his face relaxed a little, but one of his feet kept beating the carpet.“no, if we are going to withdraw(退出)from our planned marriage, it will be because of your wish, not mine.”“mine？”he said in great surprise.“what reason could i have for withdrawing？”“a reason that is very hard to tell you.”she answered.“there is a change in me.”his face went so pale that even his lips lost their color. he turned his head to one side.“what change？”he asked, trying to appear calm.“when the promise was made two years ago，”she said, “my love did not belong to anyone. will you forgive me, sir percival, if i tell you that it now belongs to another person？”“i wish you to understand，” laura continued，“that i will never see this person again, and that if you leave me, you only allow me to remain a single woman for the rest of my life. all i ask is that you forgive me and keep my secret.”“i will do both those things，”he said. then he looked at laura, as if he was waiting to hear more.“i think i have said enough to give you reason to withdraw from our marriage，”she added quietly.“no. you have said enough to make it the dearest wish of my life to marry you，”he said.60. how did percival feel during his meeting with laura?aangry. bcalm.cnervous. dexcited.61we can learn from the passage that _.alaura had once promised to marry percivalblauras father wished to end her marriagecpercival had been married to laura for two yearsdpercival asked to be released from the marriage62the passage is probably taken out of _.aa novel ba reportca diary dan essay【要点综述】本文是一篇记叙文。描写了sir percival怀着忐忑不安的心情与未婚妻见面的情景及两人之间的对话。60. c细节理解题。从第一段“with anxiety and worry in every line of his face”、第三段“his feet kept beating the carpet”和第八段“trying to appear calm”可推出percival很紧张。61. a推理判断题。从第二段和第九段可知答案。62. a推理判断题。本文是对sir percival与未婚妻见面的情景及两人之间的对话的描写，应该是一篇小说的节选。51.proudly reading my words, i glanced around the room, only to find my classmates bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes. confused, i glanced toward my stonefaced teacher. having no choice, i slowly raised the report i had slaved over, hoping to hide myself. “what could be causing everyone to act this way？”quickly, i flashed back to the day miss lancelot gave me the task. this was the first real task i received in my new school. it seemed simple: go on the internet and find information about a man named george washington. since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country, i had never heard of that name before. as i searched the name of this fellow, it became evident that there were two people bearing the same name who looked completely different! one invented hundreds of uses for peanuts, while the other led some sort of army across america. i stared at the screen, wondering which one my teacher meant. i called my grandfather for a golden piece of advice: flip(掷)a coin. headsthe commander, and tailsthe peanuts guy. ah! tails，my report would be about the great man who invented peanut butter, george washington carver.weeks later, standing before this unfriendly mass, i was totally lost. oh well, i lowered the paper and sat down at my desk, burning to find out what i had done wrong. as a classmate began his report, it all became clear，“my report is on george washington, the man who started the american revolution.” the whole world became quiet! how could i know that she meant that george washington?obviously, my grade was awful. heartbroken but fearless, i decided to turn this around. i talked to miss lancelot, but she insisted: no redos; no new grade. i felt that the punishment was not justified, and i believed i deserved a second chance. consequently, i threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year. ten months later, that chance unfolded as i found myself sitting in the headmasters office with my grandfather, now having an entirely different conversation. i smiled and flashed back to the embarrassing moment at the beginning of the year as the headmaster informed me of my opinion to skip the sixth grade. justice is sweet!60what did the authors classmates think about his report?acontroversial. bridiculous.cboring. dpuzzling.61why was the author confused about the task?ahe was unfamiliar with american history.bhe followed the advice and flipped a coin.che forgot his teachers instruction.dhe was new at the school.62the underlined word“burning”in para. 3 probably means _.aannoyed bashamedcready deager63in the end, the author turned things around _.aby redoing his taskbthrough his own effortscwith the help of his grandfatherdunder the guidance of his headmaster【要点综述】本文讲述了作者作为一个外来移民初入美国学校时，由于对美国历史不了解而闹出的一个笑话，但作者通过努力最后终于提高成绩并实现跳级。60. b推理判断题。根据第一段内容我们知道，由于作者对美国历史的无知，弄混了乔治华盛顿的身份，所以同学们听了作者写的报告忍不住大笑起来。“bearing big smiles on their faces and tears in their eyes.”可知大家觉得这个报告很荒谬。controversial有争议的；ridiculous荒谬的，可笑的；boring无聊的；puzzling迷惑的，不解的。61. a推理判断题。 根据第二段“since my idea of history came from an ancient teacher in my home country”可知，作者是从别的国家初到美国，所以对美国历史不了解而闹了笑话。62. d词义猜测题。 根据全文叙述可知，作者是通过投掷硬币来决定的答案，因此犯了常识错误。第三段中“i was totally lost.”说明作者不明就里，所以当其他同学读报告时，作者渴望知道为什么。annoyed 烦恼的；ashamed羞愧的；ready准备好的，情愿的；eager渴望的。63. b细节理解题。 根据第四段“consequently, i threw myself heartily into my work for the rest of the school year.”可知作者是通过throw oneself into(积极从事)而实现转变的。所以选b。文中老师并没有给作者机会重做，所以a错误；从祖父那里得到建议是在选择华盛顿身份时，所以c错误；而校长是在作者成绩提高后才接见的，所以d错误。 52. one of my wonderful memories is about a christmas gift. unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装) on september 11th, 1958, mum gave birth to richard. after she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying, “i promised you a gift, and here it is. ”what an honor! i turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. i played with it day and night. i sang to it. i told it stories. i told it over and over how much i loved it! one morning, however, i found its bed empty. my doll was gone! i cried for it. mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. it had a fever. for several days, i heard mum and dad whispering such words as “hopeless”， “pitiful”， and “dying”， which sounded ominous. christmas was coming. “dont expect any presents this year，” dad said, pointing at the socks i hung in the living room. “if your baby brother lives, thatll be christmas enough.” as he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. id never seen him cry before. the phone rang early on christmas morning. dad jumped out of bed to answer it.from my bedroom i heard him say, “what? hes all right？” he hung up and shouted upstairs. “the hospital said we can bring richard home！” “thank god！” i heard mum cry. from the upstairs window, i watched my parents rush out to the car. i had never seen them so happy. and i was also full of joy. what a wonderful day! my baby doll would be home. i ran downstairs. my socks still hung there flat. but i knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!56. what happened to the author on september 11th, 1958? a. he got a baby brother.b. he got a christmas gift. c. he became four years old.d. he received a doll.57. what does the underlined word “ominous” in paragraph 3 probably mean? a. impossible. b. boring. c. difficult. d. fearful. 58. which word can best describe the feeling of the father when christmas was coming? a. excitement.b. happiness. c. sadness.d. disappointment. 59. what is the passage mainly about? a. a sad christmas day.b. life with a lovely baby. c. a special christmas gift.d. memories of a happy family.【要点综述】“我”四岁时母亲给了“我”一件特殊的圣诞礼物：人娃娃我可爱的弟弟richard。但后来richard发高烧差点夭折，经医院抢救得生，这使我更加珍爱我的“人娃娃”。56. a细节理解题。虽然表面上是有了一个娃娃，但事实上是有了亲弟弟。57. d词义猜测题。从该句前半部分中的 “hopeless”， “pitiful”， and “dying”可知该词意思是“令人害怕的”。虽然其他三个词均表示消极含义，但只有fearful表示“我”害怕“弟弟”离“我”而去。58. c推理判断题。从第四段最后两句as he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. id never seen him cry before.可知父亲感到十分伤心。59. c主旨大意题。第一段一开始便定义我的弟弟richard是一件特殊的圣诞礼物。虽然弟弟richard差点离我们而去，但后来还是得以平安回家，因此圣诞节并不悲惨。b和d选项外延过大，此段材料只是截取生活中的一个片段，并非整个和richard一起生活的全部。53.as a young boy, i sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. he was a rural mail carrier, and on saturdays he would ask me to go with him. driving through the countryside was always an adventure: there were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and dad did.in the spring, dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when i was a boy it was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.on dads final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his friendship and his years of service.“two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one.” one lady had no mailbox, so dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. one note left in a mailbox read, “nat, take these eggs to marian; shes baking a cake and doesnt have any eggs.” mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. on cold days dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. a young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; dad paid for the stamps. one businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for dad to take to the bank. once, the amount came to $32,000.a dozen years ago, when i traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of dads death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. i thought i knew them all, but that wasnt the case.as i drove home, i noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. when my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. one box was painted green, and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: santa claus, north pole. for years children had dropped letters to santa through tho