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2014年高考英语总复习 选择题百题精练 专题18 阅读理解 人物故事、人物传记类（含解析）bin my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “bloom (开花) where you are planted.” it reminds me of dorothy. i got to know dorothy in the early 1980s, when i was teaching early childhood development through a program with union college in barbourville, kentucky. the job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.dorothy taught in a school in harlan county, kentucky, appalachian mountain area. to get to her school from the town of harlan, i followed a road winding around the mountain. in the eightmile journey, i crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, i found it depressing. the poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.from the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (忧郁) disappeared. upon arriving at dorothys classroom, i was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. the children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). in case you dont know, poke greens are a weedtype plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. her enthusiasm never cooled down. when it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her child development associate certification, dorothy was ready. she came to the assessment and passed in all areas. afterward, she invited me to the oneandonly steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her ph.d. degree. after the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. she said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.61“early childhood development” in paragraph 1 refers to _ a. a program directed by dorothy b. a course given by the author c. an activity held by the students d. an organization sponsored by union college62in the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing _ a. the long track b. the poor houses c. the same train d. the winding road63upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by _ a. a warm welcome b. the sight of poke greens c. dorothys latest projects d. a big dinner made for her64what can we know about dorothy from the last paragraph? a. she was invited to a celebration at a restaurant. b. she got a pen as a gift from the author. c. she passed the required assessment. d. she received her ph.d. degree.65what does the author mainly intend to tell us? a. whatever you do, you must do it carefully. b. whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment. c. however poor you are, you have the right to education. d. wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.65. d主旨大意题。文章通过讲述dorothy在极其恶劣的环境下获得成功的故事，说明一个人不管在什么地方，只要付出努力就能实现自己的梦想，因此d项正确。（2）2013四川卷dhome to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia(怀旧)its fun to come home. it looks the same. it smells the same. youll realize whats changed is you. home is where we can remember pain，love，and some other experiences：we parted here; my parents met here; i won three championships here.if i close my eyes, i can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. i walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glasstop wooden table. to the right of the living room is my first bedroom. its empty，but its where my earliest memories are.there is the dining room table where i celebrated birthdays, and where i cried on halloweenwhen i didnt want to wear the skirt my mother made for me.i always liked standing on that table because it made me feel tall and strong. if i sit at this table, i can see my favorite room in the house，my parents room. it is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. their bed is my safe zone. i can jump on it anytimewaking up my parents if i am scared or if i have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.im lucky because i know my first home still exists. it exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property(住宅)on west 64th street on the western edge of los angeles. it is proof i lived, i grew, and i learned.sometimes when i feel lost，i lie down and shut my eyes, and i go home. i know its where ill find my family，my dogs, and my belongings.i purposely leave the window open at night because i know ill be blamed by mom. but i dont mind, because i want to hear her say my name，which reminds me im home.43why does the author call her parents bed her “safe zone”(paragraph 3)?ait is her favorite place to play.b. her needs can be satisfied there.c. her grandparents photos are lined on each side.d. her parents always play together with her there.44what can be learned from the passage?a. the old furniture is still in the authors first bedroom.b. the author can still visit her first physical home in los angeles.c. the authors favorite room in her first home is the dining room.d. many people of the authors age can still find their first physical homes.45sometimes when she feels lost，the author will _a. open the window at nightb. lie down in bed to have a dreamc. try to bring back a sense of homed. go to los angles to visit her mom46what is the authors purpose of writing this passage?a. to express how much she is attached to her home.b. to declare how much she loves her first house.c. to describe the state of her family.d. to look back on her childhood.（3）2013天津卷cpoet william stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours(绕行路) in life than by the narrow road toward goals.i like this image.but it was quite by accident that i discovered the deep meaning of his words.for years we made the long drive from our home in seattle to my parents home in boise in nine hours.we traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when i was along with four noisy, restless kids who hate confinement(限制) and have strong opinions about everything.road trips felt risky，so i would drive fast, stopping only when i had to.we would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.but then banner, our lamb was born.he was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to boise.i had two choices: leave banner with my husband, or take him with me.my husband made the decision for me.that is how i found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through.we took the country roads out of necessity.we had to stop every hour, let banner shake out his legs and feed him.the kids chased him and one another.theyd get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.we explored side roads, catching grasshoppers in waisthigh grass.even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway.here was life.and new horizons(见识)we eventually arrived at my parents doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories.i grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique.on an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling.i stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead.i parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.some road trips are by necessity fast and straight.but that trip with banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of journeyand the best part of yourself.46why did the author use to take freeways to her parents home?ait was less tiring.bit would be faster and safer.cher kids would feel less confined.dshe felt better with other drivers nearby.47the author stopped regularly on the country roads to _arelax in the fresh airbtake a deep breathctake care of the lambdlet the kids play with banner48what does the author discover from the trip according to paragraph 6_？afreeways are where beauty hides.bgetting close to nature adds to the joy of life.cenjoying the beauty of nature benefits ones health.done should follow side roads to watch wild animals.49why did the author ask the kids to get out of the car on their way back home?ato give herself some time to read.bto order some food for them.cto play a game with them.dto let them cool down.50what could be the best title for the passage?acharm of the detourbthe road to braveryccreativity out of necessitydroad trip and country life（5）2013山东卷bgeorge gershwin, born in 1898, was one of americas greatest composers. he published his first song when he was eighteen years old. during the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.many of gershwins songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in new york city. these plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. many of his songs have remained popular as ever. over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way from jazz to country.in the 1920s there was a debate in the united states about jazz music. could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? in 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader paul whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. and in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called rhapsody in blue. gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. the audience were thrilled when they heard his music. it made him worldfamous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.in 1928, gershwin went to paris. he applied to study composition (作曲)with the wellknown musician nadia boulanger, but she rejected him. she was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazzinfluenced style. while there, gershwin wrote an american in paris. when it was first performed, critics (评论家)were divided over the music. some called it happy and full of life, to others it was stilly and boring. but it quickly became popular in europe and the united states. it sill remains one of his most famous works.george gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. he was only thirtynine years old. newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. people mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.61many of gershwins musical works were _awritten about new yorkers bcomposed for paul whitemancplayed mainly in the countryside dperformed in various ways62what do we know about the concert organized by whiteman?ait attracted more people to theatres. bit proved jazz could be serious music.cit made gershwin leader of the orchestra. dit caused a debate among jazz musicians.63what did gershwin do during his stay in paris?ahe created one of his best works. bhe studied with nadia boulanger.che argued with french critics. dhe changed his music style.64what do we learn from the last paragraph?amany of gershwins works were lost.bthe death of gershwin was widely reported.ca concert was held in memory of gershwin.dbrain cancer research started after gershwins death.65which of the following best describes gershwin?atalented and productive. bserious and boring.cpopular and unhappy. dfriendly and honest.（6）【2014届新余一中宜春中学高三联考】 amy newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of london and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally i spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by london transport for a job on the underground. they were looking for guards, not drivers. this suited me. i couldnt drive a car but thought that i could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. the writers keats and chekhov had been doctors. t.s. eliot had worked in a bank and wallace stevens for an insurance company. id be a subway guard. i could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. obviously id be overqualified but i was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.the next day i sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. i must have done all right because after about half an hours wait i was sent into another room for a psychological test. this time there were only about fifty candidates. the interviewer sat at a desk. candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.i can remember the questions now: “why did you leave your last job?” “why did you leave your job before that?” “and the one before that?” i cant recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. his closing statement, i thought, revealed a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “youve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”failing to get that job was my low point. or so i thought, believing that the work was easy. actually, such jobs being a postman is another one i still desire demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. but i was still far short of full self-understanding. i was also short of cash.【小题1】the writer applied for the job chiefly because _.ahe could no longer afford to live without one bhe wanted to work in the centre of londonche was not interested in any other available job dhe had received some suitable training【小题2】the writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _.ahe often traveled underground bhe had written many poemsche had worked in a company dhe could deal with difficult situations 【小题3】what does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?ahow unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. bhow unsuitable he was for the job.chow difficult it is to be a poet. dhow badly he did in the interview.【小题4】the length of his interview meant that _.ahe did not like the interviewer at all bhe had not done well in the intelligence testc he was not going to be offered the job dhe had little work experience to talk about【小题5】whats the writers opinion of the psychologist?a. he was rather unsympathetic. b. he was unhappy with his job.c. he was quite inefficient. d. he was very aggressive（有进取心的）.（7）【2014届安徽池州一中月考】b taiwan-born american director ang lees win of his second directing oscar has sparked complex feelings among chinese audiences, who expressed their pride due to the directors chinese roots, but couldnt help but reflect on why the chinese mainland has failed to deliver more outstanding films to the world . lee, 58, on sunday accepted the academy award for best director for life of pi, a 3d adventure-drama film. lee had won the top directing award in 2006 for brokeback mountain and the best foreign language film oscar in 2001 for crouching tiger, hidden dragon. lee came to hollywoods attention after directing three chinese-language films in the early 1990s, with an emphasis on the interactions between modernity and chinese traditions. some web users called lee a source of pride for chinese people, and admired him for bearing the torch of chinese culture. however, a large number of audience members and critics from the mainland expressed their frustrations over home-made movies: mainland filmmakers have made numerous ambitious tries for the prestigious award but never won. hao jie, a young director whose 2010 film single man won the special jury prize in the tokyo filmex festival but was never screened in the mainland for it showed complex sex lives in a village. due to the censorship(审查), we are prevented from the beginning of our production, which forbids our works from mirroring realities, hao said. while acknowledging the systems role in undermining(削弱) excellent works, su mu, a well-known film critic, argued that the atmosphere in the mainlands film circle is also to blame. lee produces his works with his heart, but most mainland directors now only have money in mind. though having obtained approval for his second film from the film authority, hao said cinemas have kept delaying the screening of his work. this is another factor that prevents us from progressing. cinemas wont risk showing our film, which features no stars and is considered non-mainstream, complained hao.【小题1】what does the underlined phrase “the prestigious award” refer to? a. the best director of oscar b. any of the oscar awards c. the s