2012高考英语二轮复习 限时专题训练21 人物传记型阅读理解

用心 爱心 专心1 专题限时训练专题限时训练 二十一二十一 人物传记型阅读理解人物传记型阅读理解 限时 每篇 7 分钟 一 As the first woman Chancellor 总理 in German s history Angela Merkel topped Forbes magazine s list of The World s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006 2007 2008 and 2009 She has even been compared to Margaret Thatcher and many people called her Iron Lady Merkel was born in Hamburg West Germany on July 17 1954 Six weeks after she was born her family moved to Templin As a small child Merkel quickly learned to speak but took longer to walk I was a stupid person when it came to moving Merkel said A normal person could do something naturally but I had to think about it in my mind and practice As a teenager she was the top student and graduated from high school with perfect marks In 1973 Merkel went to the University of Leipzig where she studied physics At 32 she got her doctor s degree in Physics She stepped into politics in 1989 In her first big political job as Minister for the Environment in 1994 her scientific background and strong will proved very useful In 2005 she became Germany s Chancellor She has been reelected to a second term as German Chancellor on September 27 2009 Through her political career Merkel s persistence 坚持 and patience helped her a lot She s bright and open minded said Hubert Markl She is the person who wants to know exactly what is going on and how never giving up will influence our society and future 1 As a small child Merkel was slow in A speaking B walking C learning D thinking 用心 爱心 专心2 2 The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means A fought the government B began her scientific career C offered political guidance D became a government official C Pitiful D Dull 二 Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3 1821 in Bristol England Her father was a rich sugar businessman at the time Because her parents thought boys and girls should be equal Elizabeth received the same education as her brothers In 1832 her father s business was destroyed by fire so her family moved to New York City But her father s business there failed Then in 1837 the family moved to Cincinnati Ohio Not long after her father died After her father s death Elizabeth at the age of 16 had to go to work When she was 24 she visited her dying friend Mary Her friend said You re young and strong you should become a doctor That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century But she knew this was what she was going to do After several rejections from medical schools she finally was accepted by Geneva Medical College By studying hard she graduated successfully in 1849 After graduating from medical school she went to Paris to learn more about medicine She wanted to be a surgeon but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea When she returned to America in 1851 she found it difficult to start her 用心 爱心 专心3 own practice because she was a woman In 1857 Elizabeth and her sister also a doctor along with another woman doctor managed to open a new hospital the first for women and children Besides she also set up the first medical school for women in 1868 where she taught the women students about disease prevention It was the first time that the idea of preventing disease was taught in a medical school Elizabeth Blackwell started the British National Health Society in 1871 which helped people learn how to stay healthy In 1889 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman doctor in the United States Most importantly she fought for the admission of women to medical colleges Elizabeth Blackwell died on May 3 1910 when she was 89 She opened a world of chances for women She always fought for what was right in all her life In 1949 the Blackwell medal was established It s given to women who have excellent achievements in the field of medicine She ll always be remembered as a great woman 6 According to the passage Elizabeth Blackwell A received bad education in her childhood B spent a happy and lucky childhood C moved to America with her family at eleven D decided to be a doctor due to her father s death 7 Elizabeth Blackwell could not become a surgeon because A she was a woman B she had a serious eye problem C she went to Paris for further education D she didn t go to medical school 8 Elizabeth Blackwell opened her first hospital for woman and children A eighteen years after her father died B seven years after returning to America from Paris C ten years before setting up her first medical school D eight years after graduating from medical school 9 Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in A the U S B Paris C England D Geneva 用心 爱心 专心4 10 Which of the following is not TRUE about Elizabeth Blackwell A She built the first hospital for women and children with others B She became the first woman doctor in the U S C She set up the first medical school for women in the world D She built a medal for women with excellent achievements in medicine 三 Ted Turner achieved high goals and great success by the time he was 43 Best known for his CNN Ted Turner launched a second nationwide all news network Headline News purchased the Atlanta Braves baseball team and became the world s best yachtsman at the America s Cup in 1977 In 1982 Ted Turner was named by Forbes one of the 400 richest people in the U S He was named Time magazine s Man of the Year in1992 How did Ted Turner accomplish all of this at such a young age Ted Turner s father Ed was a self made millionaire who demanded that his only son try to achieve similar success He instilled in the boy a strong belief that hard work was good Besides reading a new book every two days Ted Turner was also charged rent at home during summer vacations from boarding school Ed Turner was a strong influence in his son s life As a child Ted Turner lived a very lonely life often separated from his family During World War his father served in the Navy Ed Turner took his wife and daughter with him so they could live nearby but left his 6 year old son behind in a boarding school in Cincinnati Ohio When Ted Turner was in the fifth grade his father enrolled him in a military academy Even though Turner had friends at school it didn t make up for the absence of his parents and sister Eventually Ted Turner enrolled at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island He attended college off and on became involved in sailboat racing and became a member of the U S Coast Guard for a while In his early twenties he became general manager of one of his father s branch offices the Turner Advertising Company in Macon Georgia Two years later after his father s suicide Ted Turner took over the company He soon discovered that he was more skilled than his father in managing the business During the next twenty years Ted Turner worked hard to accumulate enough power and money to fulfill his father s dream Reflecting on his father s death however Ted Turner realized that it 用心 爱心 专心5 was dangerous to put too much emphasis on material possessions He decided to use his hard earned influence to serve the public Concerned about the environment Ted Turner established the Better World Society in 1985 The purpose of this organization was to produce documentaries to educate people about pollution hunger and the danger of building weapons of mass destruction In 1986 Turner began sponsoring the Goodwill Games to promote world peace The Turner Tomorrow Awards were created to encourage writers and thinkers to focus their attention on solving world problems The Turner Family Foundation was established in 1992 11 What is CNN according to the passage A It s a broadcast news company B It s a basketball team agency C It s a charity organization D It s a publishing house 12 What is the main idea of Paragraph 1 A The creation of CNN encouraged broadcasters to be more successful B Towering goals and hard work led to fame and prosperity C Ted Turner was expert at sailboat racing and playing basketball D Ted Turner became very successful at an early age 13 As a student in a military academy Turner A wasn t as lonely as he looked because of his many friends at school B missed his family very much despite having friends at school C served as a member of the U S Coast Guard for a while D showed little interest in studying but other affairs 14 The author seems to believe that Ted Turner is A bossy B incapable C ambitious D modest 15 Which of the following best describes an important change in Ted Turner s life A He became more determined and was feared by his employees B He developed respect and admiration for his employees C He revised his view of the world and his responsibility in it D He was demanded the same level of success as his father 用心 爱心 专心6 专题限时训练 二十一 一 本文讲述了德国第一任女总理默克尔的生平事迹 1 B 细节理解题 由文章中 Merkel quickly learned to speak but took longer to walk 说明 Merkel 走路学得很慢 2 D 词义猜测题 联系画线部分后面的 In her first big political job as Minister for the Environment in 1994 我们知道 1989 年她涉足政界 所以 D 项最符合 3 A 推理判断题 由文章中我们可以知道默克尔是一个有理想和决心的女性 4 C 推理判断题 文章的最后一段主要说明坚持的作用 它可以使一个人成功 5 A 推理判断题 文章中作者用了许多褒义词来称赞默克尔 因此作者对默克尔充 满了赞美之情 二 本文讲述了美国伟大女性伊丽莎白 布莱克韦尔不平凡的一生 6 C 细节理解题 Elizabeth Blackwell 生于 1821 年 根据第二段 In 1832 her father s business was destroyed by fire so her family moved to New York City 可知 她 11 岁的时候随家人搬迁到美国 故选 C 7 B 细节理解题 根据第五段 She wanted to be a surgeon but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea 可判断选 B 8 D 推理判断题 Elizabeth Blackwell 从医学院于 1849 年毕业 1857 年建立第一 家妇女儿童医院 时隔 8 年 故选 D 9 A 细节理解题 由全文可知 Elizabeth Blackwell 生于英国 但 11 岁就