高考英语二轮总复习 第18讲 长难句理解限时训练讲义 新课标（湖南专用）.doc

第十八讲长难句理解(1)(8 min.)(原创)jennifer brickers life had a difficult start. born without legs, her parents gave her up for adoption because they couldnt afford her medical care. but jennifers adoptive family made sure her disability was never a factor in her life. “cant is a fourletter word we dont use in this house, ” her mother always told her. at six years old, jennifer became fond of gymnastics, and her adoptive family encouraged her at every turn. watching the olympics on tv, jennifer immediately was drawn to one of the american gymnasts, dominique moceanu. the reporter mentioned she had a romanian background. “like me，” jennifer said.moceanu, jennifers mother knew that last name. it was the last name of jennifers birth parents. what_a_strange_coincidence! the reporter showed dominiques parents react to their daughters performance. when the reporter said their names, jennifers mother shouted. they were jennifers birth parents. dominique won a gold medal as part of the team competition, and jennifer was inspired. but her parents decided to wait until she was older to tell her about her famous sister.jennifer trained hard and won state titles in high school competitions. dominique remained her inspiration. on jennifers 16th birthday, she finally asked her parents about her birth family. thats when they told her: her idol was also her biological sister.jennifer first tried to get in touch with her biological parents. but her biological father ignored her calls. it took nearly four years for jennifer to reach out to dominique in a letter. although dominiques parents had never told her about the child they gave up for adoption, dominique didnt doubt jennifers story. now the sisters are busy making up for lost time. it was so much fun every time the two of them get together.jennifer is now a professional athlete. dominique, meanwhile, recently published her new book, off balance, in which she tells the story of meeting jennifer, as well as the relationship shes had with her family and the sport of gymnastics. 1. by saying the words in paragraph 1, jennifers adoptive mother intended to _.a. remind her that she was only an adoptive girlb. inspire her to run after her dreams unselfishlyc. tell her that they had no more money to treat herd. avoid telling her the truth because she was too young 2. from the passage we can infer that _.a. jennifer bricker now lives in americab. jennifer bricker was born without legs c. dominique won a gold medal by herselfd. dominique refused to reach out to jennifer 3. the writer mentions “what a strange coincidence” (para. 3), he probably means _.a. moceanu should be the last name of jennifers birth parentsb. jennifers adoptive mother should shout at her birth motherc. dominiques parents should appear on their daughters performanced. jennifer should win gold medal as a member of the team competition 4. which best describes dominiques attitude towards her sister? a. doubtful. b. grateful.c. unbearable. d. fond. 5. what would be the best title for the passage?a. how to bring up an adopted childb. how to deal with the birth parentsc. how the olympics reunited separated sistersd. how the disabled became a successful athlete(2)(8 min.)(2012师大附中月考七)while watching the olympics the other night, i came across an unbelievable sight. it was not a gold medal, or a world record broken, but a show of courage. the event was swimming and started with only three men on the blocks. for one reason or another, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. that left only one to complete. it would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to race against, even though the time on the clock is important. i watched the man dive off the block and knew right away that something was wrong. im not an expert swimmer, but i can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. when he resurfaced, it was evident that the man was not out for gold his arms were waving in an attempt at freestyle. the crowd started to laugh. clearly this man was not a medal competitor. i listened to the crowd begin to laugh at this poor man who was clearly having a hard time. finally he made his turn to start back. it was pitiful. he made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out. but in those few awful strokes, the crowd had changed. no longer were they laughing, but beginning to cheer. some even began to stand and shout “come on, you can do it！” and he did. a clear minute past the average swimmer, this young man finally finished his race. the crowd went wild. you would have thought that he had won the gold, and he should have. even though he recorded one of the slowest times in olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors. just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. his country had been invited to sydney. in a competition where athletes remove their silver medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it_is_nice_to_watch_an_underdog. 1. from the passage we can learn that the young man _. a. only made his turn to start back pitifullyb. was skillful in freestyle in the gamec. swam faster than the average swimmerd. was not capable enough to win the medal 2. the crowd changed their attitudes because _. a. they felt sorry for the young manb. they were moved by the young manc. they wanted to show their sympathyd. they meant to please the young man 3. according to the passage, “it is nice to watch an underdog ” probably means _. a. its amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himselfb. its amusing to watch a man with awful swimming skillsc. its cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitorsd. its brave enough for some athletes to remove the silver medals 4. which of the following is not true according to the passage?a. the event started with three men, two of whom were disqualified later.b. the crowd started to laugh at the athletes arms waving in an attempt at freestyle. c. the athlete, as well as the author, is an expert swimmer.d. the swimming event is a show of courage rather than a fierce competition. 5. whats the best title for the passage?a. compete for gold! b. try again!c. break a record! d. go for it!答案第十八讲长难句理解(1)奥运会使得失散多年的亲姐妹团聚。1. b细节理解题。根据第一段的cant is a fourletter word we dont use in this house(cant是这个家里不会使用的一个四个字母的单词)以及her adoptive family encouraged her at every turn可知答案。2. a推理判断题。根据第二段的american gymnasts和a romanian background，以及“like me，” jennifer said可知答案。下文中一直没有提到jennifer的移民问题。注意，b项不是推理，是事实，不属于infer的范畴。3. a推理判断题。该句是第三段的主旨。一开始听到moceanu这个姓氏和罗马尼亚的背景，j