江西省南昌市2020高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选编（2）

南昌市2020高考英语二轮阅读理解选编（2）阅读理解解读The 30 miles of steep roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46yearold father of four, wasnt expecting any trouble on the road last New Years Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nineyearold daughter Mia, fouryearold son Baylor, and nineyearold neighbour Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.The weather was fine，but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp Uturn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep tenfoot dam towards the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped towards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upsidedown car was filled with water. “It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater，” remembers Andersen, a softspoken product development manager. “Youre thinking, is this how its all going to end？”Having lost all sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldnt find her. I thought，“If I dont get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. Thats when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “Who else is in the car？” Andersen says respectfully, “It_was_like_the_sight_of_angels_(天使). ”1. What might be the main reason for the car accident?AThe sharp Uturn.BThe steep dam.CThe sudden brake.DA truck hitting the car.2. Andersen didnt expect any trouble on the road because _Ahe was familiar with the roadBhe was good at drivingChis hands didnt have sweatDthe weather was fine3. What can be learned from the last paragraph?AAndersen lost conciousness in the water.BStrangers helped Andersen out of the car.CAndersen liked Mia most among the children.DStrangers teamed together to save the three children.4. The underlined sentence is to express Andersens feeling of being_AtiredBexcitedCdoubtfulDgrateful5. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?AStay calm when in troubleBDrive rounding a UturnCMiracle rescue from an icy riverDMystery of the Bear River MountainsB【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了Andersen开车带三个孩子上盘山公路时遭遇车祸并死里逃生的故事。1C由第二段第二句“Rounding a sharp Uturn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes.”可知是急刹车导致了这一次事故。2A由第一段最后一句“Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.”可知Andersen在Canyon山路上开了成百上千次车，所以，他应该是对这条路非常熟悉。3D由最后一段“Thats when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam.One after another, they raced down into the water.Helping onto safety all the three children”可知，陌生人成群结队地去救三个孩子。4D由最后一句话中Andersen把他们比喻成天使，可知他应该对营救他们的人心存感激。5C纵观全文可知本文主要介绍了在冰河中，大家营救车祸中的三个孩子和一位父亲的故事，故C项为最佳选项。高考英语冲刺阅读理解。President George Bush is heading to Camp David for Thanksgiving, thankful for his almost-expired privilege of serving as the president.President-elect Barack Obama is staying in Chicago to have a whole bunch of people over to the house and squeeze in some Christmas shopping.On a holiday designed for reflection(回忆), one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church with wife Michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and happily telling people you can call me Barack.He followed that with a quick visit to a school next door, where he asked the excited kids, Whos going to have turkey? Whos going to have green beans? Whos going to have sweet potato pie?Obama has shown a knack(窍门) for symbolism, in this case following the Thanksgiving tradition of helping the poor, said David Greenberg, a Rutgers University historian who is working on a history of political spin.Here hes showing a different side of himself, the president as national conscience or moral authority. I think thats probably a good note for him to introduce in a transition period thats been so heavily focused on Wall Street and the financial system and these economic problems, he said. Hes not forgetting who these economic problems are hurting the most.For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared（放飞）the Thanksgiving turkey, Pumpkin, on Wednesday.He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters two Thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago and that his mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was doing well after being hospitalized.Most of all, he said, I thank the American people for the tremendous privilege of serving as the president.This Thanksgiving, Obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event with his wife and children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 and a chance for a little lesson for the kids.I want them to learn the importance of how fortunate they are and to make sure theyre giving back, he said of bringing the girls to the church.And whats he thankful for?I just want you to know what Im thankful for is my family and my friends and my community, he told the schoolchildren. Thats the most important thing.1. The best title of the passage should be _A. Thanksgiving for Bush and Obama B. Thanksgiving DayC. How to celebrate Thanksgiving Day D. Thanksgiving Day for presidents答案解析：答案为A。本题考查文章的标题。全文报道了即将卸任的总统Bush和新选举的总统Obama各自在感恩节做的事情。故答案为A。2. The underlined word “squeeze” in paragraph 2 is closest to _A. force B. push C. join D. take答案解析：答案为C。本题为词义猜测题。结合下文的第三段 “On a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of people in a busy city.”可知，“one man”指的是第一段提到的President George Bush，他和家人一起要去遥远的山顶；“The other”指的是第二段提到的President-elect Barack Obama，他在繁忙的城市中，周围都是人。可以推断，第二段写的是新选举的总统Obama加入了圣诞节的购物潮中，因此squeeze意思最接近 “join”，故答案为C。3. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passge?A. Bush is thought highly of by the people in the article.B. Bushs daughters are 27 years old now.C. Obama visited some of the people who needed help.D. Bush gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people.答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由第三段 “On a holiday designed for reflection, one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family.”可知，“one man”在历史上不受欢迎，结合上题的分析，“one man”指的是Bush，因此A选项“文中人们对Bush评价很高”错误，故答案为A。第九段写的是Bush, 由文中 “He gave thanks to troops and volunteers, to teachers and pastors, to all the American people. Then he gave thanks for his wife and twin daughters two Thanksgiving miracles who we were blessed with 27 years ago”可知，B、D选项符合文意。由第四段 “Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church”可知，C选项符合文意。4. The passage suggests that _A Its a tradition for a US president to spare a turkey on Thanksgiving Day.B On Thanksgiving Day, Obama mainly has a get-together with his family and friends.C Obama asked his two daughters to make contribution to the US economy.D Bush thinks it a honour and also a pity to be the US president.答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题，解答此题可用排除法。由第十一段 “This Thanksgiving, Obama used the opportunity for a relatively rare public event with his wife and children, Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10 and a chance for a little lesson for the kids.”可知，Obama利用这个机会和妻子孩子团聚，没有和朋友一起，故B选项错误。C、D选项未提。因此只有选择A选项“对于美国总统来说感恩节放飞火鸡是一种传统”，文中第八段提到 “For Bush, his final Thanksgiving in office is proving a time for nostalgia. He always reflects a bit at Thanksgiving, but he went further as he spared the Thanksgiving turkey, Pumpkin, on Wednesday.” 由此可知，A选项是正确的。高考英语冲刺阅读理解。In March 2020，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188. Ryan had never set foot in that hospital. Obviously there was some mistake. “I thought it was a joke,” says Ryan.But when he called the billing agency，nobody laughed. Someone, who s also named Joe Ryan, using Ryans Social Security number, had indeed been admitted for surgery. He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.Two years later, Ryan continues to suffer from the damage to his credit rating and still doesnt know if his medical record has been cleared of wrong information.Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft, which involves using your name to get drugs, expensive medical treatment and even cheating insurance payments.As Ryan discovered, money isn t the half of it. When someone steals your name to receive health care, his medical history becomes part of your recordand setting the record straight can be extremely difficult. That s because，in part，the information is handed out among dozens of care-givers, from doctors to medicine stores to insurance companies and labs.I wanted to help straighten this out,” says Ryan, so I went to the hospital, and they had a three-inch-thick record for me, but they wouldn t let me see it. I showed them my ID, and they said that s not Joe Ryan s signature. Well, of course not! They had this other guy s signature. ”Ryan had fallen into a victim s Catch-22： If your record doesn t appear to be yours, you may not have the right to read it, much less change it.Ryan s next step was a visit to the police department. But the police said that there was not much they could do, that the local law enforcement has little experience with medical ID theft, and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter.1. The billing agency sent Joe Ryan a notice to _.A. play a joke on him for medical treatmentB. inform him of the payment for his surgeryC. correct the mistakes about payment for his surgeryD. clear up the wrong information in his medical record答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一段 “In March 2020，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188.”可知，the billing agency 通知Joe Ryan支付手术费用41,188美元，故答案为B。2. Joe Ryan at first thought his problem was _.A. easy to settleB. difficult to settleC. impossible to solveD. unnecessary to solve答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。由第二段 “He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.” 可知，Joe Ryan刚开始认为只要打几个电话就可以解决问题，故答案为A。3. The number of medical identity theft cases in the United States is _.A. increasingB. decreasingC. countableD. changeable答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由第四段首句 “Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft”可知，医疗身份盗窃在美国正在增加，故答案为A。4. An even worse consequence of medical ID theft is _.A. some trouble in obtaining insurance paymentB. a big loss of money and damage to credit ratingC. the widely spread medical information of the victimD. the difficulty in changing the wrong medical history答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由第五段可知，当别人盗用了你的名字来享受医疗服务后，他的医疗史就成为了你的医疗史，并且清除这些错误记录极其困难，因为你的信息已经给了许多照料者，包括医生、药店、保险公司和实验室。因此，医疗身份盗窃更糟糕的结果是受害者的医疗信息到处传播。故答案为C。干扰项最强的D选项“改变错误的医疗史非常困难”只是医疗身份盗窃的一个直接结果，但不是更糟糕的，因此排除D选项。阅读理解解读Detective Keeling took his clienta goodlooking lady into the back yard of the store together. The lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. They crossed the room to a locked door.Mr Keeling took some special keys from his pocket. Moments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. The lady went into the store. She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. Mr Keeling did not follow her.The detective went quickly to the policemans house. Then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. They looked through the window. The policeman was surprised. He spoke to Mr Keeling，“I dont understand. You told me, Robbins took a young woman to a restaurant. Where is she？”“There she is！” said Mr Keeling. He pointed through the window.“Do you know the lady with Robbins？” asked the policeman.“Thats his secret friend，” said Mr Keeling.“No! Youre wrong! Thats Robbins wife，” said the policeman. “Ive known her for fifteen years.”“What？” the detective shouted. His face became pale. “Who is under the table in the store？”He started to kick the door of the jewellery store.Mr Robbins came to the door and opened it. The policeman and the detective ran into the store.“Look under that table！” shouted the detective. “Be quick！”The policeman lifted the cloth and put his arm under the table. He pulled out a black dress, a black veil and a womans wig(假发)“Is this young lady your wife？” Mr Keeling asked the jeweller. He pointed at the woman.“Yes! She is my wife！” said Mr Robbins angrily. “Why did you kick my door? Why are those clothes under my table？”“Please check all the jewellery in your store, Mr Robbins，” the policeman said. “Is anything missing？”Some diamond rings and some expensive necklaces were missing. The missing jewellery was worth $800.Later that night, Mr Keeling was sitting in his office. He was looking through a big book of photographs. They were photographs of criminals. The policeman had brought the book to the detectives office. Suddenly, Mr Keeling stopped turning the pages. He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.The next morning, Mr Keeling paid the jeweller $800, then closed his office.1. At the beginning, the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because _Ashe went to the back yard and found the wayBshe was the owner of the store an