2012高考英语二轮复习 限时专题训练22 故事记叙型阅读理解

用心 爱心 专心1 专题限时训练专题限时训练 二十二二十二 故事记叙型阅读理解故事记叙型阅读理解 限时 每篇 7 分钟 一 OurOur CommunityCommunity One Tuesday evening in the beginning of the fall 1996 semester 学期 at Shippensburg University sirens sounded These sirens were not in celebration they were a cry to the university that something was wrong A house only one block away was on fire Nine of the university s students lived there From the minute the word got out that help was needed it seemed like everyone showed up The victims 受灾者 of the fire were offered endless invitations for housing for the night The very next day everyone got into gear to do their part in helping them Flyers handbills were posted with items that were immediately needed just to get these students through this next couple of days Boxes for donations 捐赠品 and money jars were placed in every residence hall 学生宿舍 As a residence director I went before the students in my hall to ask them to do what they could I knew that college students don t have much but I asked them to do their best Every little bit will help I really didn t think they could do much I was proved wrong At the hall council meeting the night after the fire my residents decided to have a wing competition where each wing of the building would team up to see who could bring in the most donations I announced that the wing who won would receive a free pizza party Thursday evening we announced over the PA system that we were beginning the wing competition Within minutes the place exploded The single large box that I had placed in the lobby 大厅 was overflowing We quickly grabbed more boxes and we watched in amazement as they too filled to the brim 边 沿 Members of the resident assistant staff and I began to count the items I was astonished by what I saw and I was inspired by these kids When we came to the final tally 得分 the winners turned to me and announced that they would like to donate their winnings as well They wanted the victims of the fire to have their pizza party Tears welled up in my eyes I had watched these students jump to action 用心 爱心 专心2 work tirelessly and donate all that they could And then as if that were not enough they handed over their reward I was touched and so very proud of them 1 The writer mainly wanted to by the story A tell us nine of the college students suffered from a fire B sing praise of the college students helping the victims selflessly C describe how successful the wing competition was D express he was deeply moved by the college students action 2 The phrase get into gear in the second paragraph means A start working B take measures C be ready D be eager 3 At first the residence director thought A it was impossible to expect the college students to donate anything B it was easy to collect a lot of donations from the college students C the college students would donate something but not much D the college students would donate all they could 4 The wing competition was held A several days after the fire B the night after the fire C a week after the fire D two days after the fire 5 The phrase in amazement in Paragraph 5 means A satisfactorily B excitedly C surprisedly D happily 二 Looking through a magazine in a waiting room recently I came across an article with the title My top five most precious possessions It was just a few lines of text with pictures but it caught my imagination It s interesting how inanimate 无生命的 objects can take on such significance and become woven 编织 into a person s and sometimes a whole family s life history Anyway the article had me considering what my most precious possessions are It was difficult to choose only five but here are mine An old cardboard box filled with my children s baby photos 用心 爱心 专心3 A yellow pocket sized birthday book of special things poems pictures of flowers and trees etc given to me by my dad when I was probably about seven or eight years old A 21st birthday card from my mum In it she s written her congratulations her love and her hopes for my future She died not long after when I was in my early twenties A few ancient but very beautiful botany books that were once my great grandmother s She was a botanist in a time when it was relatively unusual for women to be qualified in this field and I think she was probably a remarkable and very interesting woman I d like to have known her A brooch 胸针 left to me by my much loved grandmother It was given to my great grandmother by my great grandfather on his return from World War It is not worth anything in terms of money However it not only stands for a link between four generations of women but it is also a reminder of one young man s return from World War How about you I d love to hear what you feel are your most precious possessions 6 What made the writer have the idea of writing the passage A Her love for her relatives B Her rich imagination about the objects C An article in a magazine D Some pictures in an article C Three D Four 10 In the writer s opinion something that is thought to be the most precious should be able to 用心 爱心 专心4 A change a person s and even the whole family s life history B have a great effect on one person s life C remind somebody of his or her close relatives D show a person s love and respect for his or her relatives 三 Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother in New York He was coming back with a heavy heart It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday it was not just that he invariably suffered badly from jet lag it was that Monday mornings always began with a team meeting and over the months he had grown to hate them Martin was aware that colleagues approached these meetings with hidden agendas they indulged 纵容 game playing and he knew that people were not being honest and open The meetings themselves were bad enough there was all the moaning afterwards at the meeting like I could have improved on that idea but I wasn t going to say As this morning s meeting began Martin prepared himself for the usual dullness and boredom But as the meeting progressed he became aware of a strange background noise At first he thought that he was still hearing the engine noise from the aircraft that had brought him back to London But as he concentrated on the noise it became a little clearer He realized to his amazement that he could actually hear what they were thinking at the same time as they were speaking What surprised him even more than the acquisition 获得 of this strange power was that he discovered that what people were saying was not really what they were thinking They were not making clear their reservations They were not supporting views which they thought might be popular They were not contributing their new insights They were not volunteering their new ideas Martin found it impossible not to respond to his new knowledge So he started to make gentle interventions based more on what he could hear his colleagues thinking than on what he could hear them saying So John are you really saying Susan do you really think that Tom have you got an idea on how we could take this forward They looked at him puzzled In truth he felt rather proud of his newly acquired talent As the meeting progressed it was clear to him that each member of the 用心 爱心 专心5 meeting was learning how to hear the thoughts of the others The game playing started to fall away people started to speak more directly views became better understood the atmosphere became more open and trusting The meeting ended As people left the room Martin found that he could still hear what they were thinking That was the best meeting we ve ever had All meetings should be like that In future I m going to say what I think 11 It is known from the first paragraph that Martin A just came back from his business trip in New York B was found to suffer from a serious heart disease during the trip C had a good time during his fortnight s stay in New York D didn t like his work in his London office 12 Why did Martin hate his company s team meeting A Because it had to be held every Monday morning B Because he was tired of hosting such a meeting C Because he couldn t control the meeting that was out of order D Because the meeting atmosphere wasn t open and trusting 13 The underlined part his newly acquired talent in Paragraph 5 means that he could A still hear the engine noise of the plane though he was back B clearly hear what the members of the meeting were saying C actually control the thoughts of the members of the meeting D express what the meeting members were thinking based on their words and their thoughts 14 What do we know about this Monday morning s meeting from the passage A Martin made people say what they were thinking immediately the meeting began B Martin was angry at the dullness of the meeting at the beginning of the meeting all the time C Martin led people to express their real thoughts with the meeting progressing D Many members of the meeting played games and told lies at the meeting all the time 用心 爱心 专心6 15 It is inferred from the last two paragraphs that towards the end of the meeting Martin would hear such words as A I was thinking of making a suggestion but I couldn t be bothered B I have got an idea on how we could take this forward I think we should C The usual people say the usual things so I have no other new ideas D I could have improved on that idea but I wasn t going to say 专题限时训练 二十二 一 本文是记叙文 全文叙述了在救灾捐助活动中 大学生的积极表现 以此赞扬他们 正义的精神 1 B 主旨大意题 作者写此文章意在通过救灾捐助活动歌颂大学生忘我的助人为乐 精神 描述场面是手段 颂扬精神是目的 2 A 词义猜测题 整段叙述救灾的紧急行动情况和大家的积极性 四个选项中只有 A 项的意思能和前后文统一起来 3 C 细节理解题 作者原先的想法在第三段 I knew that college students don t have much but I asked them to do their best Every little bit will help 体现出来 4 D 细节理解题 星期二晚上发生火灾 星期四晚上搞募捐比赛 即募捐比赛是在 灾后两天搞的 5 C 词义猜测题 作者原以为大学生没什么东西可捐 对他们的捐献本没抱多大的 期望 但捐献现场的气氛却是那样热烈 这大大出乎其意料 所以感到 惊讶 是很自然 的 本段最后一句中的 astonished 对此题也可起到提示和印证的作用 二 本文为记叙文 作者介绍了自己生命中最珍贵的五样东西及其有关的故事 6 C 细节理解题 根据第一段可判断选 C 7 B 推理判断题 根据 An old cardboard box filled with my children s baby photos 可判断选 B 8 D 细节理解题 根据 She was a botanist in a time when it was relatively unusual for women to be qualified in this