河北高考英语二轮练习专项练习：阅读理解(18)

1、河北2019高考英语二轮练习专项练习：阅读理解（18）阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C 和D中，选出最正确选项。AA nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there wasa puddle/JCCbetween his feetand the frontof his trouserswas wet 、He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldnt possiblyimagine how thishad happeneD、Ithad neve

2、r happened before,and he knewthat when the boys found out he would never hear the end of it. When thegirlsfound out,they would never speak to him again as long as he liveD 、He prayed thisprayer,Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes fromnow Im dead meat! He looked up from his prayerand here came th

3、e teacherwith alook inher eyes that saidhe had been discovereD 、 As the teacherwas walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfishbowl full of water、Susie tripped绊倒 in front of the teacher anddumped 倒 the bowl of water in the boys lap、 The boy pretended tobe angry, but all the wh

4、ile was saying to himself, Thank you、 Lord!Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, theboy was the object of sympathy、The teacher rushed him downstairs andgave him gym shortsto put on whilehis trousersdriedout 、 Allthe otherchildren were on their hands and knees cleaning up arou

5、nd his desk、The sympathy was wonderful 、But as lifewould have it,the ridiculethatshould have been his had been transferred to someone elseSusiE、 Shetried to help, but they told her to get out、When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered,You did that on purpose, didnt you? Susie w

6、hispered back, I wet mytrousers once, too!1、The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means _.A、 the boys would never play with himB、 the boys would treat him as usualC. he would hardly hear any praise from the boysD、 he would be laughed at by the boys endlessly2、After Susie dumped water in his lap, th

7、e boy was in a state of _.A、 excitementB、reliefC、 anxietyD、anger3、What did the other kids do after the incident?A、 They offered him dry clothes、B、 They laughed at the boy rudely.C、 They helped the boy do the cleaning、D、They urged the boy to get out angrily.4、Why did Susie dump water in the boys lap?

8、A、 The boy asked her to do so、B、 She just did it by accident、C、 The teacher tripped her on purposE、D、 She knew the boys embarrassment、BThe Rockford police chief and some city officials want to install安装 videocameras in all100 policecars 、They thinkthiswillreducethe number of lawsuits法律诉讼、In the last

9、fiveyears,Rockford haspaid out more than five million dollars to settle about 40 lawsuits、The chiefsaid,Ifcameras had been in those cars 、we wouldnthavehad to pay one cent 、 Werealways pullingover drunks or drug users whotry to fight the police or shoot them、 Then they always claim that thepolice st

10、art beating them first or start shooting at them first、The cost of installing cameras will be about $500 each、 The citycouncil委员会 willvote onthe proposalnext Monday 、 Ten of the13council members said that they like the ideA、 One member said that itmakes good sensE 、The policeofficersenthusiastically

11、support camera usE、 Oneofficersaid thattoo many people thinkthe policeoftenlie;cameras would showcitizensthatpolicetellthe truth 、 The money thatweve been spendingon lawsuits will be better spent on more cameras, said one officer、Citizen opinions to the idea of police car cameras are mixeD、 Oneperso

12、n, said that the police should have started doing this years agowhen video cameraswere inventeD 、But an elderlyman strongly objecteD、These police are trying to stick their nose into everything, he saiD、He was going to attend the council meeting to condemn the proposal、He hoped that other citizens wo

13、uld join him.5、We can learn from what the chief said that with cameras on _、A、 the police will not be treated unjustlyB、 the police will be free from any lawsuitsC、 the police can beat the law-breakers firstD、 the police can monitor everything around6、Whats the purpose of installing video cameras in

14、 police cars?A、 To pay less money on lawsuits、B、To cut the number of lawsuits、C、 To prevent lawsuits from happening、D、 To stop being beaten by law-breakers、7、Which group of people support camera use most?A、 Council members,B、 Police officers、C、 Local peoplE 、D、Drug users 、8、What can be learned from

15、the last paragraph?A、 Most citizens support camera use in police cars,B、 The police are trying to take control of everything、C、 The man showed great disagreement on camera use in police cars、D、 Other citizenswilljointhe manto objectto camera use in policecars 、CMost recently,itsverycommoninstudentsw

16、ho need a parentpresentforjob interviews、 Naturally,itseasy toblame thestudentsinthesesituations,but the bigger problemisus 、 Weas parents are soeagerto shelterourkids thatwe failto realizethatthisinitselfisharmingthem、As the mother oftwo young sons,I have toremindmyselfconstantlythatthe biggestresp

17、onsibilityI have as a parentistohelp them developtheskillsneeded to livein,tolivewithoutmE、So,Illletthem fail、Ill let them fail because as long as they are safe and warm insidetheir comfort zones, they will never grow、And failure long with loss,heartbreak, disappointment, etC、 will be part of growth

18、 for them、Callme the anti-tigermom, butleavingthem aloneis,my way ofhelpingthem become equipped to fit in this world as we know it today、 Fromterrorismand seeminglyendlessnaturaldisasters,to ournationaldebtand beyond, ifwe expectthenext generationtostandup tothe veryrealproblems of our time, we need

19、 to stop feeding them and start teachingthem how to fish、My children now are becoming little masters of compromise, but theytry to negotiate everything now、 Its a small price to help them learna skill theyll use for the rest of their lives, including when I dontaccompany them on job interviews、9、Why

20、 do parents accompany their kids on job interviews?A、 Because they want to protect their kids from difficulties、B、 Because they think they can help them on the questions、C、 Because their kids are too shy to attend interviews、D、 Because their kids strongly request them to do so、10、According to the au

21、thor, what is beneficial to kids development?A、 Sheltering them、B、 Keeping them safE、C、 Leaving them alonE、D、Blaming them 、11、Why does the author stress failure in kids life?A、 To make them stronger than other kids、B、 To help them grow in this tough worlD、C、 To help them develop all social skills、D、

22、 To make them learn to compromisE、12、Which of the following might be the best title for the text?A、 Never Shelter Your KidsB、Let Your Kids FailC、 Be Eager to Grow UpD、Live Without ParentsDNEW YORK CITY?A hurricane warning has been given for New York City、Forecasters say Hurricane Irene could cause w

23、idespread flooding, powerfailure and billions of dollars in damagE、 About 65 million AmericansliveinHurricaneIrenesprojectedpath many ofwhom have beenevacuateD、In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the citysfirst-ever evacuation 、 Roughly 250,000 people have been told to leave their

24、homes in low-lying areas, including the Wall Street financialdistrict、WASHINGTOND、C、 On Aug、24, 2017, Apple announced thatMr、SteveJobs, who has battledcancer forseveralyears,was steppingdown as theCEO but would serve as chairman、In January, he had announced that he was taking a medical leave ofabsen

25、ce from ApplE 、In announcing his leave, he turned daily oversightof the company over to the chiefoperatingofficer,Timothy D、Cook, andit was Mr、Cook whom Apple named to succeed him as the next CEO of thecompany、TRIPOLIOpposition forces in Libya say they control more than 90percent of the country、 It is still not clear where Moammar Gadhafi is、The opposition has offered more than 1,600,000 dollars for his capture逮捕、The head of the opposition forces said his group supports adecisionby localbusinessmen to providethe money in an effortto speedup the capturE 、EarlierWednesday, governme