河北省秦皇岛市海港区2020高考英语阅读类暑假自练（12）

河北省秦皇岛市海港区2020高考英语阅读类暑假自练（12）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。It was Saturday. As always, it was a busy one, for “Six days shall you labor and do all your work” was taken seriously back then. Outside, Father and Mr. Patrick next door were busy in chopping firewood. Inside their own houses, Mother and Mrs. Patrick were engaged in spring cleaning. Somehow the boys had slipped away to the back lot with their kites. Now, even at the risk of having Brother caught to beat carpets, they had sent him to the kitchen for more string(线). It seemed there was no limit to the heights to which kites would fly today. My mother looked at the sitting room, its furniture disordered for a thorough sweeping. Again she cast a look toward the window. “Come on, girls! Lets take string to the boys and watch them fly the kites a minute.”On the way we met Mrs. Patrick, laughing guiltily as if she were doing something wrong, together with her girls. There never was such a day for flying kites! We played all our fresh string into the boys kites and they went up higher and higher. We could hardly distinguish the orange-colored spots of the kites. Now and then we slowly pulled one kite back, watching it dancing up and down in the wind, and finally bringing it down to earth, just for the joy of sending it up again. Even our fathers dropped their tools and joined us. Our mothers took their turn, laughing like schoolgirls. I think we were all beside ourselves. Parents forgot their duty and their dignity; children forgot their everyday fights and little jealousies. “Perhaps its like this in the kingdom of heaven,” I thought confusedly. It was growing dark before we all walked sleepily back to the houses. I suppose we had some sort of supper. I suppose there must have been a surface tidying-up, for the house on Sunday looked clean and orderly enough. The strange thing was, we didnt mention that day afterward. I felt a little embarrassed. Surely none of the others had been as excited as I. I locked the memory up in that deepest part of me where we keep“the things that cannot be and yet they are.” The years went on, then one day I was hurrying about my kitchen in a city apartment, trying to get some work out of the way while my three-year-old insistently cried her desire to“go park, see duck.”“I cant go!” I said. “I have this and this to do, and when Im through Ill be too tired to walk that far.” My mother, who was visiting us, looked up from the peas she was shelling. “Its a wonderful day,” she offered, “really warm, yet theres a fine breeze. Do you remember that day we flew kites?”I stopped in my dash between stove and sink. The locked door flew open and with it a rush of memories. “Come on,” I told my little girl. “Youre right, its too good a day to miss.”Another decade passed. We were in the aftermath(余波)of a great war. All evening we had been asking our returned soldier, the youngest Patrick Boy, about his experiences as a prisoner of war. He had talked freely, but now for a long time he had been silent. What was he thinking ofwhat dark and horrible things? “Say!” A smile slipped out from his lips. “Do you rememberno, of course you wouldnt. It probably didnt make the impression on you as it did on me.”I hardly dared speak. “Remember what?”“I used to think of that day a lot in POW camp(战俘营), when things werent too good. Do you remember the day we flew the kites?”1. Mrs. Patrick was laughing guiltily because she thought.A. she was too old to fly kitesB. her husband would make fun of herC. she should have been doing her housework thenD. her girls werent supposed to play the boys game2. By“we were all beside ourselves”, the writer means that they all .A. felt confusedB. went wild with joyC. looked onD. forgot their fights3. What did the writer think after the kite-flying? A. The boys must have had more fun than the girls.B. They should have finished their work before playing.C. Her parents should spend more time with them.D. All the others must have forgotten that day.4. Why did the writer finally agree to take her little girl for an outing? A. She suddenly remembered her duty as a mother.B. She was reminded of the day they flew kites.C. She had finished her work in the kitchen.D. She thought it was a great day to play outside.5. The youngest Patrick Boy is mentioned to show that.A. the writer was not alone in treasuring her fond memoriesB. his experience in POW camp threw a shadow over his lifeC. childhood friendship means so much to the writerD. people like him really changed a lot after the war【参考答案】1-5 、CBDBA阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。BEIJING - Chinas National Tourism Administration (NTA) said Saturday that 215 Chinese tour groups in Japan were safe and sound after a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the countrys eastern coast Friday.A total of 4,578 Chinese tourists were staying in Japan at the time of the quake. By Saturday noon, all the 215 tour groups that they booked with had contacted domestic travel agencies, with no death or injury reported, said the NTA upon information from local tourism authorities.The NTA has activated the emergency response system and issued a travel alert for Japan and countries along the Pacific Rim, it said in a statement on its website.The NTA has also called for travel agencies to protect the security of Chinese tourists in Japan and keep in touch with the Chinese embassy and consulates in Japan, as well as Chinas tourism authorities.Chinese tour agencies had started to bring back tourists from the quake-hit Japan and many trips had been called off.China CYTS Tours, one of Chinas major travel agencies, had promised a full refund for trip cancellation and offered to bear the extra expense for tourist protection in disasters and unrest.A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japans main Honshu Island at 1:46 pm Beijing Time Friday, which had triggered huge tsunami along Japans Pacific coast and caused hundreds of deaths and catastrophic damage.1. Where are we likely to find this passage? AIn a tour guided book BIn a geography book CIn a book DIn a newspaper2. In the first paragraph，the meaning of devastating is .Acatastrophic Bdestructive Ctragic Ddisastrous3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? AIn all, 4,578 Chinese were staying in Japan at the time of the quake.BJapan also called for travel agencies to protect the security of Chinese tourists.C215 Chinese tour groups in Japan were organized by China CYTS Tours.DEarthquake-caused tsunami resulted in hundreds of deaths and disastrous damage.【参考答案】13、DBD 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in Daugavpils, Latvia in 1903. His family immigrated to the United States in 1913, after a 12-day voyage.Mark moved to New York in the autumn of 1923 and found employment in the garment trade and settled down on the Upper West Side. It was while he was visiting someone at the Art Students League that he saw students painting a model. According to him, this was the start of his life as an artist. He was twenty years old and had taken some art lessons at school, so his initial experience was far from an immediate calling.In 1936, Mark Rothko began writing a book, which he never completed, about the similarities in the childrens art and the work of modern painters. The work of modernists, which was influenced by primitive art, could, according to him, be compared to that of children in that “Child art transforms itself into primitivism, which is only the child producing a copy of himself.” In this same work, he said that “The fact that one usually begins with drawing is already academic. We start with color.”It was not long before his multiform developed into the style he is remembered for. In 1949 Rothko exhibited these new works at the Betty Parsons Gallery. For reviewer Harold Rosenberg, the paintings were unique and primitive. Rothko had, after painting his first multiform, separated himself from the world in East Hampton on Long Island, only inviting a very few people, including Rosenberg, to view the new paintings. The discovery of his works specialty came at a period of great sorrow: his mother Kate died in October 1948. As part of this new uniformity of artistic vision, his paintings no longer had individual titles. From this point on they were simply untitled, numbered or dated. However, to assist in distinguishing one work from another, traders would sometimes add the primary colors to the name. Additionally, for the next few years, Rothko painted in oil only on large vertical tents. This was done to surround the viewer, or, in his words, to make the viewer feel enveloped within the picture.68. When did Rothko want to be an artist?A. When he immigrated to the U.S.A. B. When he watched students drawing.C. When he moved to the Upper West Side. D. When he joined the Art Students League.【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据It was while he was visiting someone at the Art Students League that he saw students painting a model. According to him, this was the start of his life as an artist.当他看见学生画画的时候，故选B。69. What did Rothko think of modern art?A. It could be produced by children. B. It could be compared to child work.C. It was a certain kind of primitive art. D. It was academic from the very beginning.【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据about the similarities in the childrens art and the work of modern painters.儿童艺术与现代艺术的有相似点，故选B。70. Why does the author mention Rothkos uncompleted book?A. To prove Rothkos concentration on painting.B. To show Rothkos research on the modern art.C. To suggest Rothkos unique personal painting style.D. To explain the inspiration of Rothkos painting style.【答案】C【解析】推理判断题。根据It was not long before his multiform developed into the style he is remembered for.提出他的独特绘画风格，故选C。71. Rothkos distinctive style _. A. took shape in 1948 B. was affected by RosenbergC. resulted from his boyhood experienceD. was rooted in the separation from the world【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据The discovery of his works specialty came at a period of great sorrow: his mother Kate died in October 1948.他的独特风格的形成是在1948年。【四川省成都七中2020三诊考试】补全对话（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。A: Whats your opinion about this design? 51 B: I have never seen a better one. 52 A: Thanks. I was afraid that you wouldnt like it.B: Really? 53A: We will have to hire some famous models for the advertisement.B: It may cost a lot. But it will really bring in more benefit for us. 54A: Who do you like better, the models from home or abroad?B: I think models from home may be more popular among the young. They may bring better results.A: Thats true. 55 OK, lets choose the best models now.A. I wont argue with you.B. I just finished it this afternoon.C. In my opinion, you are always quite confident.D. I feel the same way.E. Youre great.F. Ive heard enough of your excuses.G. Im for it. 【参考答案】51-55 BECGD 【四川省凉山州2020第二次诊断性测试】（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据对话内容，认刊话后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。 一Remember Jack from our old school? 一51 一I met him at the checkout in the supermarket the other day, and he was queuing right in front of me 一52 一Well, he started out as a manager