高考英语二轮专题限时训练（27）人物型阅读理解.doc

专题限时训练(二十七)人物型阅读理解(限时：25分钟) (一)henry ford grew up on an unelectrified farm, and as a young man he followed edisons career as the inventor became a national role model. ford took a job at the edison illuminating company, working his way up to chief engineer.in 1896 ford was thirtythree and, though still working for edison co., he had created his first experimental automobilethe ford quadricycle2 during his offtime. at an edison company party in new york, ford had his first chance to meet his hero edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor. edison_was_impressed._edison_is_said_to_have_slammed_his_fist_down_and_shouted，“young man, thats the thing! you have it! your car is selfcontained and carries its own power plant.”edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one.the words comforted ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the modelt.6. the two men became friends and would go on camping trips together.when edison later became limited to a wheelchair, ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race.at the 50th anniversary of the invention of light bulb, ford honoured edison.when edison spoke he ended his speech directed at ford, “as to henry ford, words fail to express my feelings.i can only say that he is my friend.” therefore it is no surprise that ford wanted something to remember edison by after he passed away in 1931.once, ford asked thomas edisons son charles to sit by the dying inventors bedside and hold a test tube next to his fathers mouth to catch his final breath. ford was a man with many strange behaviours (as was edison) including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism(复活通灵术)and some say that he was attempting to catch edisons soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life.the test tube itself didnt turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the fords possessions after clara fords passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit entitled“henry forda personal history”in the henry ford museum. it would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “edisons last breath”there is a further mystery of this “last breath” test tube.it would seem as if edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the edison estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing edisons last breath.regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning.although both men were known for all sorts of poor behaviour towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.1the purpose of the author writing this passage is to _.aremind the readers of the importance of the two inventorsbstress the importance of friendshipctell the readers some stories about the two inventorsdshow that love can lead to some poor behaviours2from the underlined sentence in paragraph 2, we can learn that_.aedison envied what ford had achievedbedison was annoyed that ford did better than himcedison was angry because ford stole his ideadedison was extremely amazed at fords new idea3“the last breath test tube”can probably be regarded as_.aa symbol of a friendship and memoryba witness to a scientific breakthroughca failure to bring edison back to lifeda sign of the two inventors poor behaviour4it can be learned from the last paragraph that “_.”agreat minds think alikebnobody is perfectctwo heads are better than oneda friend in need is a friend indeed(二)jane austen(17751817)is often regarded as the greatest of english women novelist on the strength of her six completed novels.known particularly for their social comedy and accurate description of human relationships，they are still as widely read today as they have ever been.as the seventh child of a country priest(牧师)，jane austen was born on 16 december 1775 at steventon in hampshire.her father，the reverend george austen，was an intelligent and sensitive man who encouraged jane in her love of reading.from an early age she was familiar with the works of henry fielding，sir walter scott，richardson，frances burney and the poet george crabbe.her early attempts at writing include burlesques(滑稽作品) of popular romances.when her father retired in 1801 the family moved to bath, which was later to feature in her novel northanger abbey(published in 1818)after his death in 1805 the family moved first to southampton and then in 1809 to chawton in hampshire, where jane austen is known to have written her last three novels：mansfield park(1814)，emma(1816)and persuasion(also published in 1818)although her other novels were written much earlier，it was not until 1811 that sense and sensibility was first published. pride and prejudice，which followed in 1813，features jane austens own favourite hero，elizabeth bennet.surrounded by her lively and warm family and wholly buried herself in her writing and housework，jane austen led a life often known for its lack of events.she did，however，attract several admirers and even accepted a proposal of marriage from one admireronly to change her mind the following morning.jane austens independent life often seems reflected in her novels，which seem to display the world in miniature(缩影)sir walter scott praised jane austen for“that unique touch which makes ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting”，while somerset maugham claimed that she had at her command “the most precious gift a novelist can possess to keep the readers interest”jane austen died in 1817.5the underlined word“touch”in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “_”astyle bcontactctaste dattitude6which of jane austens novels were published after her death?anorthanger abbey and mansfield park.bnorthanger abbey and persuasion.cpride and prejudice and emma.dsense and sensibility and persuasion.7we can infer from the passage that jane austen had a gift for_.aattracting admirersbreflecting her own life in all her novelscmaking dull things and characters interestingdholding the readers interest8this passage is most probably a_.acollection of women novelists and their worksbcomment on jane austen and her workscbrief introduction of jane austenddescription of jane austens road to success(三)personal backgroundsteve jobsapple computer3year return: 26%age: 42ceo since: 1997heres a guy with enough knowledge, ability and brainpower to effectively hold down two ceo jobs at once and do a pretty amazing job at both. weve listed him for his post at apple, but of course steve jobs also runs pixar, the animation studios. coming in after a i billion loss in fiscal 1997，jobs turned a 106 million profit38 per cent above wall streets consensus target. a lot of credit goes to a very simple idea: make computers in different colours. jobs was the only one who thought to make it happen. the colourful midpriced imac has also succeeded by playing down the compatibility (兼容性) problem. apple positioned it as the machine for the internet, where compatibility questions are no big deal. behind the scenes, jobs streamlined the product line，and also did a whole series of work for improving and selling the production. meanwhile, over at pixar, a bugs life nabbed a total 159 million in domestic box office，the highest domestic animated take since toy story and third highest ever after toy story and the leader, the lion king.business philosophy：the technology isnt the hard part. the hard part is: whos going to buy it? how are they going to buy it? how do you tell them about it?how he got the job: the apple board begged him to return.management style: at apple, jobs is a micromanagersome say nanomanager who changes mood suddenly and unexpectedly. virtually every decision goes by him. “at any time, 10,000 employees are wondering，what would steve say？notwhat is the right thing to do？”，said a former apple executive. at pixar, realizing that he isnt a film visionary, he leaves the experts to their research.financial reward: his apple rewards are minimala salary of one dollar a year so that his family is eligible for the health plan. but his 69 per cent share of pixar is worth about 1.3 billion.selected from a newspaper9according to the passage, the following adjectives can be used to describe jobs except_.acreative beasygoingcdemanding ddistinguished10we can learn from the passage that_.ajobs can work well in every fieldbthe colourful imac is accepted for its low pricecjobs makes a big difference at apple as a designerdthe technology is more important than business idea11the underlined word “nabbed” in the text probably means“_”apulled up bbrought incwent through dhanded over12what does the author mainly want to tell us?ajobs is the richest man in the world.bjobs is a giant of electronic products.cjobs spends most of his time at pixar.djobs can get much money a year as his salary.专题限时训练(二十七)【人物型阅读理解】 (一)【文章大意】 很多人有自己的偶像，发明t型车的亨利福特也不例外，他的偶像是发明了电灯的爱迪生，在他的博物馆里至今还保存着爱迪生最后的呼吸试管。1c写作意图题。本文讲述福特当时在爱迪生的公司做首席工程师，研制汽车，而爱迪生致力于新能源做汽车动力的研究，所以是告诉读者两个发明家的故事，故选c项。2d细节推断题。根据第二段的“young man，thats the thing! you have it! your car is selfcontained and carries”“electricity as the power source，so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one.”可知，爱迪生对于福特的新的想法很是吃惊，故选d项。3a细节推断题。根据倒数第二段的“it would seem as if edison had quite a last breath indeed，as the edison estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing edisons last breath.”可知，这好像是爱迪生最后的呼吸，以此表明两人的关系很是深厚，故选a项。4b主旨大意题。根据最后一段的“although both men were known for all sorts of poor behaviour towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees，between them at least，there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.”可知，虽然他们对待家人