高考英语抓分训练 故事型阅读理解.doc

2014高考英语抓分训练：故事型阅读理解ai still remembermy hands and my fingers still rememberwhat used to lie in store for us on our return to school from the holidays. the trees in the school yard would be in full leaf again and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.“get that all swept up！” the headmaster would tell us. “i want the whole place cleaned up, at once！” there was enough work there, to last over a week. especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hands, our fingers, our nails. “now see that its done properly, and be quick about it，” the headmaster would say to the older pupils, “or youll have to answer for it！”so at an order from the older boys we would all line up like peanuts about to cut and gather in crops. if the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. in order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe(贿赂) the older boys with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meal. and if we happened to have any money on us, the coins changed hands at once. if we did not do this, if we were afraid of going home with an empty stomach or an empty purse, the blows were redoubled. they hit us so violently and with such evil enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb person would have realized that we were being whipped not so much to make us work harder, but rather to beat us into a state of obedience(服从) in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.occasionally one of us, worn out by such calculated cruelty, would have the courage to complain to the headmaster. he would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always very smallnothing compared to what they had done to us. and the fact is that however much we complained, our situation did not improve in the slightest. perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; i dont know whether it was loyalty or pride that kept us silent, but i can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beating is completely foreign to our nature.1. the statement “my hands and my fingers still remember” (para.1) means that “_”athe authors hands were severely injured in the cleaning upbthe author seldom did such hard work as the cleaning upcthe author was bullied by the big boys in the cleaning updthe authors hands were his only tool for the cleaning2. the headmaster would tell the students to clean up the school yard at the beginning of the term because_ahe was too lazybthere were many fallen leaves on the groundcthe school yard was covered with muddthe students didnt finish their homework3. the headmaster asked the older boys to_abeat those who worked slowlybtreat the small boys as peanutsctake charge of the process of the cleaningddo the cleaning all by themselves4. according to para.3, if the author had any money on him, he most probably_agave it to the big boys so as to please thembgave it as a bribe to the headmastercspent it all on his midday mealdspent it buying midday meals for the big boys5. when receiving complaints, the headmaster would deal with the big boys by means of _aslight punishmentbharsh criticismccomplete indifferencedgood beatingbthe 30 miles of steep roads that snake through the mountains of logan canyon in utah are enough to make most drivers hands sweat. but andersen, a 46yearold father of four, wasnt expecting any trouble on the road last new years eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the bear river mountains with nineyearold daughter mia, fouryearold son baylor, and nineyearold neighbour kenya. andersen had driven through the canyon hundreds of times over the years. the weather was fine，but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. rounding a sharp uturn at mile marker 473, andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. in an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep tenfoot dam towards the extremely cold logan river. as it hit the water, the car tipped towards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river. there was no time to tell the kids what to do. the crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upsidedown car was filled with water. “it was frightening how fast we were completely underwater，” remembers andersen, a softspoken product development manager. “youre thinking, is this how its all going to end？”having lost all sense of direction, andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldnt find her. i thought，“if i dont get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. thats when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. one after another, they raced down into the water. helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “who else is in the car？” andersen says respectfully, “it_was_like_the_sight_of_angels_(天使). ”1. what might be the main reason for the car accident?athe sharp uturn.bthe steep dam.cthe sudden brake.da truck hitting the car. 2. andersen didnt expect any trouble on the road because _ahe was familiar with the roadbhe was good at drivingchis hands didnt have sweatdthe weather was fine3. what can be learned from the last paragraph?aandersen lost conciousness in the water.bstrangers helped andersen out of the car.candersen liked mia most among the children.dstrangers teamed together to save the three children. 4. the underlined sentence is to express andersens feeling of being_atiredbexcitedcdoubtfuldgrateful5. which of the following can be the best title of the text?astay calm when in troublebdrive rounding a uturncmiracle rescue from an icy riverdmystery of the bear river mountainscdetective keeling took his clienta goodlooking lady into the back yard of the store together. the lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. they crossed the room to a locked door.mr keeling took some special keys from his pocket. moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. the lady went into the store. she said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. mr keeling did not follow her.the detective went quickly to the policemans house. then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. they looked through the window. the policeman was surprised. he spoke to mr keeling，“i dont understand. you told me, robbins took a young woman to a restaurant. where is she？”“there she is！” said mr keeling. he pointed through the window.“do you know the lady with robbins？” asked the policeman.“thats his secret friend，” said mr keeling.“no! youre wrong! thats robbins wife，” said the policeman. “ive known her for fifteen years.”“what？” the detective shouted. his face became pale. “who is under the table in the store？”he started to kick the door of the jewellery store.mr robbins came to the door and opened it. the policeman and the detective ran into the store.“look under that table！” shouted the detective. “be quick！”the policeman lifted the cloth and put his arm under the table. he pulled out a black dress, a black veil and a womans wig(假发)“is this young lady your wife？” mr keeling asked the jeweller. he pointed at the woman.“yes! she is my wife！” said mr robbins angrily. “why did you kick my door? why are those clothes under my table？”“please check all the jewellery in your store, mr robbins，” the policeman said. “is anything missing？”some diamond rings and some expensive necklaces were missing. the missing jewellery was worth $800.later that night, mr keeling was sitting in his office. he was looking through a big book of photographs. they were photographs of criminals. the policeman had brought the book to the detectives office. suddenly, mr keeling stopped turning the pages. he looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.the next morning, mr keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.1. at the beginning, the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because _ashe went to the back yard and found the waybshe was the owner of the store and had the keyctwo men helped her together to enter the storedmr keeling unlocked the back door to the store2. the young lady who stayed with mr robbins in the jewellery store was actually _amr robbins sisterbmr robbins secret friendcmr robbins wifeda clever thief3. it can be inferred from the passage that mr keeling cooperated with his client _aso that he could get some jewellery from the storebbecause he thought he was helping the ladycbecause he wanted to play a joke on mr robbinsdso that he could get a job as a policeman4. according to the story, _athe boss of the store cheated $800 from mr keelingbthe thief stole $800 from the jewellery storecthe policeman and mr robbins would share the $800dmr keeling paid $800 to the store because of his fault5. the missing jewellery worth$800 was in fact taken away by _aa young womanba young manca detectiveda policemana【要点综述】 本文为记叙文。文中作者回忆了早年读书期间，假期返校清除落叶的一段经历。1d作者一开始用了两个remember表明他对假期返校要清除落叶一事记忆深刻。第二段提到自己在为学校清除落叶时没有别的工具，唯一的工具就是手，由此可推断“手和指尖都记得”是因为在大扫除中，作者的手作为唯一的清洁工具受了不少的罪。2b第一段最后一句提到假期过后学校会堆满落叶，第二段校长发布了让学生大扫除的命令，两者之间的因果关系显而易见，因此本题应选b项。3c 第二段最后一句，特别是其中的see，表明校长让大孩子们做大扫除的“监工”，负责带领其他孩子们把学校打扫干净。这也可以从该句的“or youll have to answer for it！(否则你们就要为此负责)”看出答案。4a第三段第四句中的“the coins changed hands at once.”可理解为“钱马上就会易主”，即钱到了大孩子们的口袋里。5a 根据题干中的complaints可定位到最后一段开头两句。该段第二句表明校长对大孩子们的惩罚很轻，因此本题应选a项。b【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了andersen开车带三个孩子上盘山公路时遭遇车祸并死里逃生的故事。1c由第二段第二句“rounding a sharp uturn at mile marker 473, andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes.”可知是急刹车导致了这一次事故。2a由第一段最后一句“andersen had driven th