2010年高考全国各地月考英语阅读理解汇编-人物传记类.doc

全国通用2010届高考全国各地月考阅读理解汇编之人物传记类Passage 1（河北省正定中学2010届高三上学期第一次月考）“S.H.E. is going to sing at the CCTV annual Spring Festival Evening Party, is that true?” cried out Peng Weiye, a Senior 2 girl in Shanghai and die-hard(铁杆的) S.H.E. fan.After checking it on the Internet, Peng quickly phoned friends to spread the news. For fans like her, S.H.E.s performance is perhaps the only part of the old fashioned evening to get excited about. The Taiwanese band is made up of Selina, Hebe and Ella. Their name comes from the first letter of each of the singers English names.Last week S.H.E. announced they will perform in Las Vegas, US, over Christmas and then in Guangzhou on January 15.At their Shanghai show on October 30, hundreds of parents waited outside the Hongkou Stadium. Thousands of teenagers sang, cried and shouted as the band performed.“I love their music, healthy image and everything related to them. Thank God that, although my parents dont understand why I love them so much, they still bought me a ticket for that show,” said Peng about the Shanghai performance.It is not just on the mainland that the three girls have thrilled (make sb. excited) audiences. In the past year the band has passed through Taiwan, Hong Kong and even Singapore and Malaysia. When the three high school girls entered a singing contest in Taiwan in 2000, none of them ever dreamed of being a superstar. “We had never met before, and we didnt talk at all at the beginning,” recalled Ella.When asked about the secret of their success, she said, “Our average looks and not-so-expensive clothes keep us close to our fans. We are happy to be the girl next door, your singing sisters.”“ Its really a magical journey, from day- dreaming high school girls to singers performing on the same stage as our idols. Nothing but magical,” she said.45What makes Peng Weiye, a senior 2 girl, so excited?A. She is the one who will be met by S.H.E.B. S.H.E. will perform in Las Vegas over Christmas.C. Her parents bought her a ticket for S.H.E.s Shanghai show.D. S.H.E. will perform on the annual CCTV Spring Festival Evening.46How did the Taiwanese band get the name?A. Their fans gave the name to them.B. Their idols had a deep influence on them.C. A singing contest gave their idea of the band name.D. The first letter of each of the singers English names.47What do you know about Peng Weiye?A. She stayed outside the Hongkou Stadium to listen to S.H.E.B. She will watch the performance in Guangzhou on January 15.C. She pays close attention to everything about S.H.E.D. She appreciates that her parents understood her well.48Which is true about S.H.E?A. They caused a storm of excitement in Southeast Asia.B. They have well prepared to perform with their idols.C. They were close friends when they entered a singing contest.D. Their secret to success is the pretty faces and expensive clothes.答案 DDCAPassage 2（湖北省黄冈中学2010届高三8月月考）When Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P. T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had come from England.During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall. Toms act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the time Tom was an adult, he had grown very rich. He had become a billionaire at the age of twenty five.Fortunately for Tom, Mr. Barnum added more little people to his show, and Tom became lucky in love as well. One of the little people was Lavinia Warren, a schoolteacher. Tom was able to win her love, and they married.The ceremony and reception were the talk of the town. They were attended by many rich and famous people and by about 2000 guests. Crowds filled the streets of New York to have a look at their tiny wedding marriage. The couple even met with President Abraham Lincoln on their honeymoon just before going to live in Toms house in Connecticut.Their wedding, which took place during the Civil War, provided a welcome escape from the sad problems of war. Not willing to let this bit of sunshine fade, communities throughout the country sponsored(发起) “Tom Thumb” weddings. In these weddings, small boys and girls, all dressed up, went through marriage ceremony for fun.51“Talk of the town” means .A. it was in the newspaperB. people spread bad rumors about itC. it was the most popular happeningsD. it was discussed in a city meeting52What does the author think about Toms wedding?A. It helped people cheer up in a dark time.B. People gave it too much of their attention.C. It was funny and ridiculous.D. Tom and Lavinia were stupid.53Tom would dance on a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall because .A. the wooden plate would make it sound as if Tom was dancingB. it made Tom look tallerC. the eightfoottall man was the only tall person Tom trustedD. the difference between them would make Tom look even smaller54What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A. Weddings always make people feel full of sunshine.B. People are always disappointed during war time.C. Entertainment can serve an important purpose.D. People should be married when they are small children.答案 CADCPassage 3（吉林省公主岭市范家屯一中2010届高三模拟考试）Jeanne Calment, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days. Jeanne Calment lives in a small old peoples home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her. So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips（窍门）. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glassed of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke（now only a little）. Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes（基因）from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86. A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying:Sorry, Im still alive!49. How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?A. She is miserable and unhappy. B. She is cheerful and humorous. C. She would like to live much longer. D. She feels she is going to die very soon. 50. Jeanne Calment owes her good health and long life to _. A. smoking only a little every dayB. her giving up smoking and drinkingC. drinking two glasses of strong red wine every dayD. the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises51. Which of the following could best replace the word move in the fourth paragraph?A. dealB. trickC. march D. sport52. Why does Jeanne Calment say Sorry, Im still alive to the local lawyer every year on her birthday?A. Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to her advantage. B. Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed. C. Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house. D. Because the house she sold to the lawyer isnt worth the money he has already paid. 答案 BDACPassage 4（贵州省高武中学2010届高三10月月考）E“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right,” says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is always and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollies opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing. “If you arent telling a story, youre a very dead writer indeed,” she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain, Mollie is indeed an entertainer. “I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,” she says. “This love goes back to early childhood. Ive told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them, I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said Nonsense, Mollie, dear, youll be a writer. So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.”This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical and gives a picture both of Mollies ambition and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably（不可避免地）brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fieldssadly now covered with modern houses.“I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. Ill never go back,”she said. “Never.”“When I set one of my books in Scotland,” she said, “I can recall my romantic（浪漫的）feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And thats important, because children now know so much so early that romance cant exist for them, as it did for us.”52. What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?A. It should not aim at a narrow audience.B. It should not be attractive to young readers.C. It should be based on original ideas.D. It should not include too much conversation.53. In Mollie Hunters opinion, which of the following is one sign of a poor writer?A. Being poor in life experience. B. Being short of writing skills.C. The weakness of description. D. The absence of a story.54. What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child?A. She didnt expect to become a writer. B. She didnt enjoy writing stories.C. She didnt have any particular ambitions. D. She didnt respect her teachers views.55. Whats the writers purpose in this text?A. To describe Mollie Hunters most successful books.B. To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunters books.C. To introduce Mollie Hunters work to a wider audience.D. To provide information for Mollie Hunters existing readers.答案 52-55 ADACPassage 5（山东省淄博市2010届高三第一次摸底考试）DLONDON, England（CNN）- The youngest person to sail solo around the world returned home Thursday from his 30,000-mile, 282-day ocean journey.Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said.“It feels absolutely brilliant,” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. “Im really, really excited to be going across the line at last. It doesnt feel like long since I crossed it first.”Mike set off on his round-the-world trip on November 18, 2008. He has been sailing his yacht, TotallyM, single-handedly, though a support team has been sailing next to him along the way.The teen has now achieved the title of Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the Globe Solo, according to the Guinness World Records.Mike learned how to sail when he was seven years old from his father, Peter and at age 14, he sailed across the Atlantic alone.The teenagers school - which Mike describes as “highly supportive” of his trip - has redesigned his coursework to fit in with his trip. It also gave him some coursework to do during “quiet moments,” according to Mikes Web site.There havent been many of those quiet moments. Repeated autopilot failures forced him to stop for repairs in Portugal, the Canary Islands, South Africa, and twice in Australia, according to his Web site.Bad weather in the Southern Ocean - between Australia and Antarctica - forced Mike to battle 50ft waves and 57 mph winds. He said at one point, a “freak wave” picked up the boat and turned it on its side.“My feet were on the ceiling at the time,” he told CNN. “That was a really hairy moment, and I was certainly thinking, Why am I here? But we took the sails off and the day after I thought, This is brilliant!”Mike describes his father as his biggest hero, always supportive of what he wanted to achieve. Peter Perham said he wasnt too worried about his son facing dangerous situations at sea, as long as he knew what to do and stayed safe.71. Mike Perham returned to Britain in _.A. August B. September C. October D. November72. Mike Perham is _ that went on the round-the-world trip in the world up till now.A. the first B. the bravest C. the luckiest D. the youngest73. We can infer from the passage that _.A. the English school is the same as oursB. the English school doesnt care for studentsC. the English school has a humane managementD. the English school gives students a lot of course work74. According to the passage, Mike did anything EXCEPT _ on his trip.A. regret B. worry C. abandon D. fear75. The passage mainly tells us _.A. Mikes exciting sail trip around the globeB. how Mikes father taught him to sail a boatC. why CNN wanted to report the news to the publicD. the introduction of the Guinness World Records答案 71-75 ADCCAPassage 6（四川省成都石室中学2010届高三10月月考）AShe was born to wealth and power in a time when money and politics were left to the men. Later, as The Washington Posts publisher, Katharine Graham became one of Americas most powerful women.Despite a privileged background, Katharine had to deal, while growing up, with the high demands her mother placed on her children. Katharines love of journalism, which she shared with her father, led to her career after college at The Washington Post, the newspaper her father bought in 1933At the Post, Katharine met Phil Graham, a young, charming lawyer who became her husband. When, in 1945, Katharines father chose Phil over her to take over his struggling paper, Katharine didnt object and stayed at home as a wife and mother of four.While Phils successful efforts to restore the Post to fame made the Grahams popular members of the Washington social scene, Katharine privately suffered great pain from her husbands increasingly harmful behavior caused by severe depression. When Phil committed suicide（自杀）, the 46-year-old Katharine found herself thrown into a new job, that of newspaper publisher. But determined to save the family paper for her children, Katharine rose to the challenge of running the Post, attending meetings in every department, working endlessly to prove herself to her critics, and becoming the toast of Washington.In 1971, Katharine ordered the Post to print a copy of the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret documents revealing the truth about the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Whats more, her courageous decision and support for her journalists prepared the Post to break the most important political story in modern history: Watergate（水门事件）, one of the greatest scandals（丑闻）in American political history. Katharine managed to keep control over the most disorganized situation when it was reported, all the time insisting the news stories be accurate and fair. Watergate made the Washington Post an internationally known Paper and Katharine was considered as the most powerful woman in America.41. Katharine Graham was born in a time when _.A. women were not given the chance to receive educationB. women were not considered as intelligent as menC. women were not permitted to achieve their goalsD. women were not allowed to enter every field42. When her husband was chosen to take charge of the newspaper, Katharine Graham _.A. was strongly against the ideaB. was not happy to be rejectedC. was willing to take her share of responsibilityD. didnt believe her husband would do a good job43. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. It was Katharine Grahams husband who made the greatest contributions to the Post.B. When Katharine Graham first took over the Post, her critics doubted her ability.C. Katharine Graham was successful in her career but suffered severe depression.D. Katharine Graham was free to do whatever she liked in her early life.44. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Ups and downs of The Washington PostB. Katharine Grahams family life and careerC. Katharine Graham: from housewife to successful publisherD. Katharine Graham: a woman who shaped American journalism答案 41-44 DCBCPassage 7（天津市蓟县下营中学2010届高三第一次模拟）APete Rose, the famous baseball player, whom I have never met, taught me something so valuable that changed my life. Pete was being interviewed in spring training the year he