高考英语阅读训练31-40

高考英语阅读训练 31 40 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 031 Every weekday morning I take the 8 30 bus to go to my job I know by sight several people who also fide that bus Some of the girls work as maids They get off at each stop in ones twos or threes But at one corner something wonderful happens Before the bus stops a little dog races out of the nearest house He doesn t look at two of the maids who get off But for the third he has a joyful Hello From head to tail his little body wags his happiness Everyone on the bus watches until the maid and the dog go into the house One day not long ago the maid wasn t on the bus I wondered if the dog would be waiting for her Sure enough he was He stood at the back door of the bus for a minute I could see his joyful welcome turning into fearful worry Where was she The driver closed the back door The dog raced to the front door It too shut in his face Everyone on the bus felt sad Poor little pup He looked so unhappy standing there The driver couldn t stand it He opened the door and looked down at the dog She didn t come today he said in a loud kind voice A man in a front seat leaned forward Maybe she will come tomorrow he called The dog wagged his tail as if to say thank you He watched the bus as we pulled away Then he turned to trot home alone The next day everyone on the bus was happy to see the maid back again Yes the dog was waiting for her The welcome he gave her was even warmer and more delighted than usual We all smiled at one another How bright and good the morning suddenly seemed to us 1 What do the people on the bus usually see at one corner A A little dog coming close to the bus when it stops B Two maids get off the moment the bus stops C A dog waiting for someone D A dog greets a maid merrily and follow her into a house 2 One day the maid wasn t on the bus and the dog A didn t appear B stood waiting at the bus stop till the bus left C raced about looking for the maid D went back the moment he found the maid wasn t there 3 All this made people on the bus A awfully sorry B greatly surprised C very bored D much exited 4 The next day people on the bus were happy for A the maid was among them again B she would not take the same bus C she was not on their bus D she was waiting for an empty bus to come 5 We can safely say this story is about A a magic dog B a young maid that has magic powers C a bus that can produce magical results D the close relationship between a maid and her dog KEY 1 D 2 C 3 A 4 A 5 D 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 033 Pablo Ruiz Picasso was the favorite child of his family He was the only boy among great many girl cousins That was enough to make him important but his father loved him especially because he knew his son was going to be an artist Pablo knew the word for himself making delightful little drawings of animals and people If his mother sent him out to play in the square he went on drawing in the dust under the trees One of his favorite models was his younger sister Lola Don Jose Ruiz Pablo s father was director of the museum at Malaga in southern Spain He earned only a small salary but there was not much work to do and he was able to practice his hobby which was painting pigeons don Jose loved pigeons very much He painted them dead or alive in ones and twos and in dozens Sometimes he painted them on paper and then stuck them on to canvas 画布 sometimes he stuck real feathers on to his pictures He knew a great deal about he technique of painting and he taught it all to Pablo Life in Malaga was very pleasant In the hot Mediterranean 地中海的 sunshine father and son would walk down to the beach to look at the boats on the shore or wander round the open markets They made a strange pair Don Jose was tall and thin with red hair and beard sad gray eyes and a fine set of whiskers 髯 He was so shy and correct that he was nicknamed the Englishman Pablo was quite the opposite He had his mother s small strong build he had straight black hair and bright black eyes that noticed everything that was going on around him 1 Don Jose and Pablo were a strange pair because A they liked to wander about the town B they noticed everything that was going on around them C they both painted D they looked so different from each other 2 Malaga is probably A an island in the Mediterranean B a sea port in Spain C an inland city in southern Spain D a small country township KEY 1 D 2 B 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 034 Kevin Rogers used to be my boss At that time he was a hard working up and coming businessman and a real slave driver always telling us we had to sell more and more As soon as I could I got a job with another company The last time I saw Rogers was more than ten years ago At least that s what I thought until last Thursday But now I m not so sure I was on my way back to my office in the center of town There is a small park nearby which I sometimes walk through after lunch It was almost empty except for an unshaven shabby looking man on one of the benches He looked about fifty years old and was wearing an old gray overcoat it was a cold wintry day and he was shivering It s been a long time since I had a meal Can you help me he said There was something about his voice that sounded familiar I gave him a few coins and he mumbled something about being grateful As he stumbled 蹒跚 past me I looked at his face closely I wondered where I had seen him before Then it hit me Could it possibly be No Impossible I thought I watched him walking away He was the same height as Rogers but looked a lot thinner than I remembered Then as he left the park and turned down the street I caught sight of his face again this time from his side The nose was the same as Rogers too I almost followed him but something made me stop I just couldn t be sure But the resemblance 相似 was very close Yesterday I ran into someone who had worked for Rogers at the same time I did and had stayed on longer I started telling him about the man I had seen in the park For a moment I thought it was our old boss The voice the nose and even the face were just like Rogers But it couldn t have been Rogers must be the director of a big company by now I said My ex colleague 先前的同事 shook his head I thought you knew Knew Knew what What are you talking about Rogers was sent to prison six years ago He s probably out by now For all I know he s sleeping on park benches and begging money from passers by 1 It seems that when Rogers was the writer s boss the writer A rather liked Rogers B admired Rogers ability to sell C thought Rogers was lazy D was not very happy in his job 2 When his story begins the writer A was working for a man called Rogers B was on his way to work in the morning C was going back to work after lunch D had finished work and was going home 3 When the man in the park saw the writer the man A begged some money from him B tried to hit him C offered to help him D walked away from him KEY 1 D 2 A 3 A 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 035 Lucky is the man who has no skeleton in his closet When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of that he wants to hide he is said to have a skeleton in his closet Some people may have more than one skeleton As we have noted many times it is hard to find out how these expressions begin Sometimes we get some hard facts But more often we have to depend on guesswork And that is true of this phrase which came from England Before 1932 English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination unless it was the corpse 尸体 of an executed 处决 criminal But when it became legal more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine It was helping in the advance of modern medicine The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study It became very important in his work But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing As a rule the doctor would keep his skelton in some dark corner where it could not be seen or hide it in a closet After a time people began to suspect 怀疑 every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet From this suspicion the phrase a skeleton in the colset took on a broader more general meaning To describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering It could be proof of a criminal act or something much less serious Well that is one theory One writer however believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton clear proof of some old family shame or crime Well one man s guess is as good as another But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist Balzac Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover The husband comes home by surprise But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there He will believe her She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet His wife watches knowing that her lover will never come out alive But she will not change her the story and admit her guilt 1 Which of the following situations is suitable for using the phrase Skeleton in the closet A You have stolen something presious and don t want it discovered B You are a doctor and have to keep a skeleton for research C If you have cut open a dead human body for scientific examination you should keep the skeleton secret D You have done a crime or done something foolish but you want to keep others from discovering it 2 From the text we know that there are theories about how the phrase skeleton in the closet came into being A one B two C three D four 3 In Chinese the world Skeleton means A 尸体 B 标本 C 收藏 D 骷髅 4 Which of the following is right according to the text A In the 19th century doctors realized the importance of anatomy 解剖 in the development of medicine B The doctors of the ancient times liked to collect as many skeleton as possible C The thieves stole skeletons from tombs in order to help the doctors D It is legal that corpses of anybody are cut open for scientific examination in history 5 From the story Balzac told we know that the wife s lover must have become A a corpse B a phrase C a skeleton D a secret KEY 1 D 2 B 3 D 4 A 5 C pause 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 036 A great big fellow weighing around 250 pounds walked with slow heavy noisy footsteps up to the produce counter in the supermarket Give me half a head of cabbage he told the clerk All we have are whole heads came the cold reply I don t want a whole head the customer demanded Just half a head Are you going to sell me half a head Wait a minute said the clerk nervously Let me ask the manager She went back where the manager was stamping prices on canned goods Hey she said there s a big stupid looking buffalo 水牛 out front who wants me to sell him half ahead of cabbage Shall I tell the fool to She said wants to buy the other half 1 What is the best title for this passage A A Strange Customer B A Friendly Customer C A Nervous Customer D A Polite Customer 2 When talking to the manager the clerk was referring to A two different customers B the same customer C more than two customers D a stupid looking customer and a gentleman 3 What is your impression 印象 of the customer A Looking like an animal B Looking like a housewife C Looking like a gentleman D A man of strong build KEY 1 A 2 B 3 D 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 037 Although man has known about asbestos for many hundreds of years it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent H W Johns owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers was responsible for 对 负责 the opening of that first mine Mr Jonhs was given a piece of asbestos which had been found in Italy He experimented with the material and then showed its surprising powers to his customers After putting on a pair of asbestos gloves which looked much like ordinary work gloves he took red hot coals from the fireplace and played with them in his hands How astonished the customers were to discover that he was not burned at all You can well imaging that he had increasing business in asbestos roofing materials However because it was very expensive to transport carry them from Italy to the United States Mr Johns sent out a young scientist to seek a source nearer home This young man found great vein 岩脉 in the province of Quebec in Canada Ever since 1881 Quebec has led the world in the production of this unusual mineral which is made up of magnesium silicon iron and oxygen When it is mined the asbestos is heavy just as you would expect a mineral to be When it is separated a strange thing happens the rock breaks down into fine soft soapy fibres 纤维 Scientists do not know why the rock can be separated easily into threads 线 but they have found thousands of uses for this fireproof material of the called the cloth of stone 1 The title that best expresses the main idea of this passage is A Asbestos mined in Canada B Fireproof matter C A Wonder mineral D A new roofing material 2 Johns proved his ability as a salesman by A going into the roofing business B carrying asbestos from Italy C sending a trained scientist D showing the use of asbestos gloves 3 Which is the most important character of asbestos that the author wants to show us A It is like thread B It feels soapy C It burns easily D It is unusually heavy 4 The author s main purpose in writing this passage was to A show the need for more scientists B compare asbestos with other minerals C increase the sales of asbestos D present facts about asbestos KEY 1 C 2 D 3 A 4 D 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 038 The news report that night was about a famine 饥荒 in Ethiopia The pictures were of people who were so thin that they looked like beings from another planet The camera 摄像机 focused 聚焦 on one man so that he looked directly at me sitting in my comfortable living room All around was the sound of death It was clear that the world had not noticed this until now You could hear the sadness in the voice of the reporter Michael Buerk At the end of the report he was silent Paula started crying then rushed upstairs to check our baby Fifi who was sleeping peacefully I kept seeing the news pictures in my mind What could I do I was only a pop singer and by now not a very successful pop singer All I could do was to make records which no one bought But I would do that I would give all the profits 利润 of the next Rats the name of the music group he was in record to Oxfam an organization in Britain which helps poor people around the would What good would that do It would only be a little money but it was more than I could give just from my bank account Maybe some people would buy it because the profits were for Oxfam And I would be protesting about this disaster 灾难 But that was not enough 1 What do we learn about the writer from the text A He felt really bad because the news report made him think of his own hard life B After he saw a news report on TV about the faming in Ethiopia he decided he had to do something about the problem C His ideas on how to collect money for the people in Ethiopia were very successful D He wanted to do more than just be a famous singer 2 Which paragraph describes 描写 what he thought about after the report A Paragraph 1 B Paragraph 2 C Paragraph 3 D None 3 The writer wished that A he would be a very successful pop singer if he could have sold all his records B he would rather give all his money from his bank account than the little money made by making new records C perhaps people would be interested in his records because they knew that the money they paid for them would go to Oxfam D He would make records which no one bought KEY 1 B 2 C 3 C 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 039 CARDIFF Wales Poets singers and musicians from across the globe gathered Wales to celebrate the tradition 传统 of storytelling It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television but this is an unusual art form whose time has cone again said David Ambrose director of Beyond the Border an international storytelling festival 节 in Wales Some of the tales like those of the Inuit from Canada are thousands years old So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time he said early this month Two Inuit women both in their mid 60s are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait or throat singing which has few words and much sound Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings forcing them to say little but listen attentively Ambrose started the festival in 1993 after several years of working with those reviving coming back into use or existence storytelling in Wales It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are storytellers it was in good hands here Ambrose said 1 Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling A will be more popular than TV B will be popular again C started in Wales D are in the hands of some old people 2 From the tales told by the Inuit people can learn A about their life as early as thousands of years ago B Why they tell the stories in a throat singing way C How cold it has been where the Inuit live D How difficult it is to understand the Inuit 3 According to the writer which of the following is not true A Storytelling once stopped in Wales B Storytelling has a long history in Wales C Storytelling is always well received in Wales D Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales 4 The underlined phrase in good hands means A controlled by rich people B grasped by good storytellers C taken good care of D protected by kind people KEY 1 B 2 A 3 D 4 C 高考英语阅读训练 高考英语阅读训练 040 Problem Page Dear Lifeline I 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