2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习 阅读理解汇总（八）

用心 爱心 专心 1 20122012 届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读理解汇总 八 届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读理解汇总 八 Goldie s Secret She turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall No way could I have sent her away No way not me anyway Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before We re moving house No space for her any more with the baby coming We never really wanted her but what could we have done She was a present People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen I called her Goldie If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name She was so unsettled during those first few days She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her There was nothing I could do to make her happy it seemed Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owner s But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down Always by my side whether we were out on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire That s why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk We were a long way from home when she started barking and getting very restless Eventually I couldn t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie But when I saw her licking 舔 the four puppies 幼犬 I started to feel sympathy towards them We didn t know what had happened to her said the woman at the door I took her for a walk one day soon after the puppies were born and she just disappeared She must have tried to come back to them and got lost added a boy from behind her I must admit I do miss Goldie but I ve got Nugget now and she looks just like her mother And I ve learnt a good lesson not to judge people 语篇解读 文章讲述了一只狗 Goldie 的故事 它从原先的家中走失 被作者收养 后来有一次和作者出去散步时找到了自己原来的家和小狗 1 How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house A Shocked B Sympathetic C Annoyed D Upset 解析 细节理解题 根据第一段的描写 尤其是 No way could I have sent her away 可以 知道作者对 Goldie 非常同情 答案 B 2 In her first few days at the author s house Goldie A felt worried B was angry C ate a little D sat by the fire 解析 细节理解题 根据第二段 She was so unsettled during those first few days She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her 可知答案为 A 答案 A 3 Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she A saw her puppies 用心 爱心 专心 2 B heard familiar barkings C wanted to leave the author D found her way to her old home 解析 推理判断题 根据第三段 尤其是最后一句 Eventually I couldn t hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could 推断答案为 D 答案 D 4 The passage is organized in order of A time B effectiveness C importance D complexity 解析 文章结构题 纵观全文 作者从 Goldie 的到来和离开 按时间顺序描写 答案 A Passage 1 2011 重庆 There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care To water his flowers he used two buckets One was a shiny and new bucket The other was a very old and dilapidated one which had seen many years of service but was now past its best Every morning the gardener would fill up the two buckets Then he would carry them along the path one on each side to the flowerbeds The new bucket was very proud of itself It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled 溢出 The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes before it reached the flowerbeds much water had leaked along the path Sometimes the new bucket would say See how capable I am How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day I don t know why he still bothers with you What a waste of space you are And all that the old bucket could say was I know I m not very useful but I can only do my best I m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me at least One day the gardener heard that kind of conversation After watering the flowers as usual he said You both have done your work very well Now I am going to carry you back I want you to look carefully along the path Then the two buckets did so All along the path they noticed on the side where the new bucket was carried there was just bare 光秃秃的 earth on the other side where the old bucket was carried there was a joyous row of wild flowers leading all the way to the garden 语篇解读 本文用拟人的手法讲述了园丁和两个水桶的故事 一个新桶 为自己不漏水 而自豪 一个旧桶 走一路 漏一路 很自卑 但他所经过的地方 却是鲜花盛开 园丁最 用心 爱心 专心 3 后道出了真谛 每个桶都有存在的价值 同样 我们每个人也都有用 1 What does the underlined word dilapidated probably mean A Dirty B Dark C Worn out D Plain looking 解析 猜测词义题 根 One was a shiny and new bucket The other was a very old and dilapidated one 可知一只桶是崭新的 而另一只是破旧不堪的 注意下文特别提到 The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes before it reached the flowerbeds much water had leaked along the path 可知是漏水的 当然就破了呀 答案 C 2 What was the old bucket ashamed of A His past B His aging C His manner D His leaking 解析 细节题 The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes before it reached the flowerbeds much water had leaked along the path 答案 D 3 The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to A laugh at the old one B take pity on the old one C show off its beautiful looks D praise the gardener s kindness 解析 推理判断题 根据 The new bucket was very proud of itself 和第三段 可知新桶 对自己的表现很是自豪 而看到那个旧桶一路都是漏水 当然要炫耀一下自己 羞辱一下别 人 答案 A 4 Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener A Because it was used to keep a balance B Because it stayed in its best condition C Because it was taken as a treasure D Because it had its own function 解析 推理判断题 根据文章最后两段可知 两个桶都有其存在的价值 答案 D Passage 2 I was working as a consultant in a beer company helping the president and senior vice presidents form and carry out their new planning projects It was really a great challenge At the same time my mother was in the final stages of cancer I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night It was tiring and stressful but it was what I wanted to do My commitment was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day even though my evenings were very hard I didn t want to bother the president with my situation yet I felt someone at the company needed to know what was going on So I told the vice president of Human Resources asking him not to share the information with anyone A few days later the president called me into his office 用心 爱心 专心 4 I figured he wanted to talk to me about one of the many issues we were working on When I entered he asked me to sit down He faced me from across his large desk looked me in the eye and said I hear your mother is very ill I was totally caught by surprise and burst into tears He just looked at me let my crying subside 平息 and then gently said a sentence I will never forget Whatever you need That was it His understanding and his willingness both to let me be in my pain and to offer me everything were qualities of sympathy that I carry with me to this day 语篇解读 这是一篇记叙文 讲述作者在工作的同时照顾患病母亲 公司董事长的理解 和帮助令其终生难忘 1 When the author was working in a beer company his mother A was concerned about him B drew the president s attention C was seriously ill D was proud of her son 解析 考查细节理解 第二段第一行可以得出结论 答案 C 2 Although he felt tired and stressed he felt it his duty A to carry out their new strategic vision B to avoid bothering the president C to tell the vice president his difficult situation D to do his job well and look after his mother 解析 考查细节理解 第三段第一 二行有清晰的叙述 答案 D 3 Most probably the president got the information from A a relative of the author s B the vice president C the author s good friends D the author s collegues 解析 考查判断推理 第三段最后一句作者把母亲患癌的事告诉了副董事长 几天以后 董 事长找他谈他母亲的事 由此可以得出推理的结论 答案 B 4 Which of the following can be used to best describe the president A Considerate B Intelligent C Honest D Consultative 解析 考查推理和细节理解 根据最后一段第二句第一个单词和董事长的行为得出答案 答案 A 5 Which of the following can be the best title of this passage A Understanding Is Everywhere B Generous President C Sympathy Is Needed D An Unforgetable Memory 解析 考查主旨要义 从整体和最后一段判断作者对这件事刻骨铭心 用心 爱心 专心 5 答案 D Passage 3 2011 监利中学高三第一次摸底 It was my first day at school in London and I was half excited and half frightened On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and rehearsed practiced all the answers I am nine years old I was born here but I haven t lived here since I was two I was living in Farley It s about thirty miles away I came back to London two months ago I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me but I was tall for my age I hoped they would decide not to risk it No one took any notice of me before school I stood in the center of the playground expecting someone to say hello but no one spoke to me When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was one or two boys looked at me but that was all the curiosity my arrival aroused My teacher was called Mr Jones There were 42 boys in the class so I didn t stand out there either until the first lesson of the afternoon Mr Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens birthplace but no one guessed right A boy called Brian the biggest in the class said Timbuktu and Mr Jones went red in the face Then he asked me I said Portsmouth and everyone stared at me because Mr Jones said I was right This didn t make me very popular of course He thinks he s clever I heard Brian say After that we went out to the playground to play football I was in Brian s team and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper He s big enough and useless enough Brian said when someone asked him why he had chosen me I suppose Mr Jones remembered Dickens too because when the game was nearly over Brian pushed one of the players on the other team and he gave them a penalty As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right I threw myself down instinctively and saved it All my team crowded round me My bare knees were grazed and bleeding Brian took o