湖南省高考英语专题检测卷三十二阅读简答.doc

阅读简答（建议用时：20分钟）Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage. 1(2013株洲模拟)We gather earlier today to create poster boards that we would proudly hold up on busy street intersections of San Francisco. The posters would say simple things like“Smile”or“Smile anyway”or“Spare a smile”or“Smile; its free”. We were doing this simply for lack of smiles in the world. We split up into teams of four and spread over various intersections. We stood at the intersections, with a big smile on our own faces, yelling“smile”at the cars stopped there. Hundreds of cars passed by. Drivers pointed their fingers to the smile on their faces, mothers looked at their kids who were quick to show their teeth, the bus passengers waved as if we were their best friends, and old couples gave satisfied looks as they were no longer worried about the future generation. No one felt like a stranger. Halfway through, two kids wanted to join us. They were on spring break and were dying to tell people to smile. Almost immediately, they started flashing the posters, yelling“smile”on the top of their lungs. Practically no one could refuse an invitation to smile from lovely kids. Time passed quickly. We had to head back so we could share stories with other group members. Just then, the two kids innocently asked us, “Can we keep two of the posters? ”“Why? Sure. Here you go. ”We thought that perhaps they were just going to take them home. But we were wrong. In the distance, we heard the voices of the two kids“Sssssmmmmile, Smmmiiiiiiiile. ”We were done, but the kids were still going. Thich Nhat Hanh once said, “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile and sometimes your smile is the source of your joy. ”Today, my smile is the source of my joy. No doubt. 1. What was the purpose of the poster boards? (No more than 6 words)_2. What did the author and his friends do at the intersections? (No more than 10 words)_3. Why did the two kids want to keep the poster boards? (No more than 10 words)_4. What does the author really mean by“my smile is the source of my joy”? (No more than 15 words)_2I have a friend named John Roberts who owns a horse ranch(牧马场)in San Ysidro. The last time I was there he shared a story with me. “It is a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. ”That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. “The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, See me after class. ”“The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, Why did I receive an F? ”“The teacher said, This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later youll have to pay large stud fees. Theres no way you could ever do it. Then the teacher added, If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade. ”“The boy went home and asked his father what he should do. His father said, Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you. ”“Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, You can keep the F and Ill keep my dream. ”John continued, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace. ”He added, “If I had changed my paper at that time, maybe we would not have the chance to be here talking about the dreams. ”1. What was the boys goal described in his seven-page paper? (No more than 6 words)_2. Why did the teacher give him an F? (No more than 14 words)_3. How did Johns father respond to his sons puzzlement? (No more than 10 words)_4. What can we learn from the article? (No more than 8 words)_答案解析1答案: 1. To encourage/invite/ tell people to smile. 2. They yelled“smile”at the cars stopped there. 3. Because they wanted to go on telling people to smile. 4. He felt h