高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选:阅读理解23
展开1. My daughter and I cllected the empty cans and bttles in ur hme .this mrning, We had 6 full garbage bags later s I knew we wuld be spending a bit mre f time at the recycling center. When we gt there , a man and his kids were als ding the mrning recycling and were using tw f the fur machines t recycle their plastic and cans. Luckily ,we were able t use the 2 remaining machines.
Of curse, there were thers that came, but when they saw the tw, families with garbage bags full f recycled things, they quickly left. Hwever, ne wman came in with just 5 cans and lked as if she was in a hurry. S I stpped what I was ding and let her in t recycle her cans. Of curse, she was grateful, and it felt gd t let her g ahead f me. But that was nt the whle stry.
My daughter and I cntinued t wrk thrugh the bags, but the plastic recycling machine stpped wrking because it was full. My daughter was left with nthing t, d. The ther family was still using the ther tw plastic recycling machines, but it. seemed that they were almst dne .I just tld my daughter we wuld have t wait until they were dne. But the man f the ther family came thrugh with anther act f kindness. He ffered t let us g ahead f him. I was really surprised, because we had mre than 5 bttles, but he didn’t seem t mind. I happily accepted it.
It was great t give and then t get an act f kindness in turn. It was small, I didn't expect it, but it surely brightened up my day.
46. What can we learn frm Paragraph l?
A. The writer did cllecting every mrning.
B. The writer usually had 6 bags f cans t recycle.
C. There were fur recycling machines in all.
D. Mst peple did recycling in the mrning.
47. Why did the writer let the wman recycle her cans first?
A: Because there were many ther families there.
B. Because the wman seemed t be in a hurry.
C. Because the writer wanted t hear a stry.
D. Because the wman was very grateful.
48. Why culdn't the writer finish her recycling in time?
A. Because her daughter' s machine stpped wrking.
B. Because the ther family was still using the machines.
C. Because she let the ther family use her machine first.
D. Because she helped recycle the ther family's bags first.
49. What des the underlined wrd "it" in Paragraph 3 refer t?
A. The kindness. B. The ffer.
C. The machine. D. The 5 bttles.
50. Which f the fllwing best describes the tpic f this passage?
A. A gd name is sner-lst than wn. B. A little is better than nne.
C. All men cannt be first. D. One gd turn deserves anther.
2. Nah Webster, brn n Octber 16, 1758 , is knwn fr The American Dictinary f the English Language. He has been called the " Father f American Schlarship and Educatin. " His " Blue-Backed Speller" bks were used t teach spelling and reading t five generatins f American children. But hw much .d yu knw abut him beynd that?
At the age f 16, Nah Webster began attending ,Yale Cllege. Unfrtunately, he spent his fur years at Yale during the American Revlutinary War, and, because f fd shrtages, many f his cllege classes were held in Glastnbury, Cnnecticut. Later, he served in the army.
Having graduated frm Yale in 1778, Webster wanted t cntinue his educatin in rder t earn his law degree. He had t teach schl in rder t pay fr his educatin. He set up many small schls that didn't survive, but he was a gd teacher because instead f frcing his students t learn, like mst teachers did, he rewarded them. He earned his law degree in 1781, but did nt practice law until 1789. Once he started he fund the law was nt t his liking.
Webster did nt have much mney. In 1793 , Alexander Hamiltn lent him $ 1500 t mve t New Yrk City t edit a newspaper. In December, he funded New Yrk ' s first daily newspaper, American Minerva, and edited it fr fur years. Fr decades, he published . textbks, plitical essays, a reprt n sme diseases, and newspaper articles fr his party, He wrte s much that a mdern list f his published wrks required 655 pages .Nah Webster died n May 28, 1843 and was buried in the Grve Street Cemetery.
41. What's the main idea f Paragraph l?
A. Webster's famus dictinarie .
B. Webster's daily rutines.
C. Webster's main achievements.
D. Webster's cllege educatin.
42. Which f the fllwing best describes Webster's life at Yale?
A. Tugh. B. Smth. C. Nrmal. D; Tiring.
43. What did Nah want t be after graduatin frm Yale?
A. A teacher. B. A lawyer. C. A headmaster. D. A schlar.
44. Why was Webster a gd teacher?
A. Because he set up many small schls.
B. Because he graduated frm Yale Cllege,
C. Because he frced his students t learn.
D. Because he ften rewarded his students.
45. What can we infer frm Paragraph 4?
A. Webster was a mst prductive authr.
B. Webster led a miserable life in New Yrk City.
C. Webster's bks added up t 655 pages.
D. Webster didn't write any plifical wrks.
3.·The Htel Prtixl,a htel that zes(渗透) style and has thughtful extras in Palma Majrca.
·Lcatin
In the bay f Prtixl,a 30-minute walk r 10-minute cycle east f the ld twn,verlking Prtixl prt.
·Character
The square white building,with its blue shutters(百叶窗) and dark wden balcnies,stands ut as yu apprach Prtixl. Inside as well as ut,Htel Prtixl zes style - wicker(柳条) sfas in a shade deck. Thughtful extras include free bicycle hire and telescpes in each rm.
·Rms
Thirteen f the 26 rms have balcnies,verlking the sea. All have large shwers and king-size beds. Our crner rm had duble glass drs n tw sides which created a much-needed breeze.
·Fd
Breakfast is a feast,with a huge selectin f fresh fruit,ygurts,cereals,meats,cheeses and breads. The lunch and dinner menus mix traditinal Mediterranean fd with eastern and Eurpean classics.
·Why Palma?
Parts f Majrca have a certain reputatin,but calm,sweet Palma is a far shut frm the island's busy and smetimes tacky(俗气的) beach resrts s ppular with hen and buck parties.
The Majrcan capital is als ne f the easiest shrt-break destinatins in Eurpe. The ld twn is a 10-minute taxi ride frm Palma airprt,while the tangled(乱蓬蓬的)streets inside the ld city wall cmbine the best restaurants,shpping and culture Majrca has t ffer.
While very ht in summer,temperatures remain pleasant during the rest f the year.
·Getting there
Easy Jet flies t Palma frm mst airprts in the UK,frm £29.99 ne way. A taxi frm Palma airprt t the city centre csts abut £8; r yu can catch a bus which csts a few eurs.
47.If yu'd like t buy what yu like,yu had better g t________.
A.the ld city f Majrca B.Palma beach resrts
C.the city centre f Majrca D.the east f the ld twn
48.Hw much will be spent if a family f three ges t the city centre f Palma fr a rund-trip?
A.Over £114. B.Less than £228.
C.Mre than £180. D.Only £76.
49.The passage is mainly written t thse________.
A.want t travel t Majrcan capital B.enjy traveling ut freely
C.will stay in a htel in Palma
D.like t g shpping in the city centre f Majrca
50.What's the best title f this passage?
A.Htel Prtixl,Palma,Majrca B.City Prtixl,Palma,Majrca
C.The transprt in Majrca D.The view in Palma
4.Anyne wh cares abut what schls and clleges teach and hw their students learn will be interested in the memir(回忆录)f Ralph W. Tyler, wh is ne f the mst famus men in American educatin.
Brn in Chicag in 1902, brught up and schled in Nebraska, the 19-year-ld cllege graduate Ralph Tyler became hked n teaching while teaching as a science teacher in Suth Dakta and changed his majr frm medicine t educatin.
Graduate wrk at the University f Chicag fund him cnnected with hnrable educatrs Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whse ideas f teaching and testing had an effect n his later wrk. In 1927, he became a teacher f Ohi State University where he further develped a new methd f testing.
Tyler became well-knwn natinality in 1938, when he carried his wrk with the Eight-Year Study frm Ohi State University t the University f Chicag at the invitatin f Rbert Hutchins.
Tyler was the first directr f the Center fr Advanced Study in the Behaviral Sciences at Stanfrd, a psitin he held fr furteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers shuld be free t seek an independent spirit in their wrk.
Althugh Tyler fficially retired in 1967, he never actually retired. He served n a lng list f educatinal rganizatins in the United States and abrad. Even in his 80s he traveled acrss the cuntry t advise teachers and management peple n hw t set bjectives(目标)that develp the best teaching and learning within their schls.
44. Wh are mst prbably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memir?
A. Tp managers. B. Language learners.
C. Serius educatrs. D. Science rganizatins.
45. The wrds “hked n teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 prbably mean ________.
A. attracted t teaching B. tired f teaching
C. satisfied with teaching D. unhappy abut teaching
46. Where did Tyler wrk as the leader f a research center fr ver 10 years?
A. The University f Chicag. B. Stanfrd University.
C. Ohi State University. D. Nebraska University.
5.Phtgraphs are everywhere. They decrate the walls f hmes and are used in stres fr sales f different gds. The news is filled with pictures f fires, flds, and special events. Phts recrd the beauties f nature. They can als bring things clse that are far away. Thrugh phts, peple can see wild animals, cities in freign lands, and even the stars in uter space. Phts als tell stries.
Reprting the news thrugh phts is called phtjurnalism. At times phtjurnalists tell their stries thrugh a single picture. At ther times, they use a grup f pictures t tell a stry. Each picture is like a chapter in a bk, which can d mre than recrd the facts. It can als be a strng frce fr scial change.
Jacb Riis was amng the first phtjurnalists. He tk pictures f parts f New Yrk City where the pr lived. Riis believed that pverty caused crime, and he used phts t help him prve his pint. A few years later, the phts f small children wrking in factries by Lewis Hine shcked the public. Hine’s pictures helped bring abut laws t prtect such children.
Hundreds f pictures may have t be taken in rder t get ne r tw really gd phts. It takes science t have the pht cme ut clearly and art t make a pht that has a gd design and expresses feeling. Phtjurnalists make an actual recrd f what they see. A pht, hwever, can be bth a wrk f art and an actual recrd. It can recrd an imprtant event as a beautiful r exciting picture.
As histrical and artistic dcuments,phts can becme mre imprtant ver time. Tday phtjurnalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. They als publish them in bks and n the Internet.
40. The underlined wrd “They” in the first paragraph refers t .
A. beauties B. phts C. gds D. events
41. The phts f the small children by Hine shw us that phts .
A. are als wrks f art B. are ppular ways f reprting news
C. ften shck the publicD. can serve as a frce fr scial change
42. What can we learn frm the passage?
A. News with pictures is encuraging.
B. Phts help peple imprve their life
C. News phts mean histry in a sense.
D. Peple prefer reading news with pictures.
43. The text is mainly abut .
A. telling the stry thrugh picturesB. decrating the walls f hmes
C. publishing histrical papersD. expressing feeling thrugh pictures
6.Last week my yungest sn and I visited my father at his new hme in Tucsn, Arizna. He mved there a few years ag, and I was eager t see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memries f my father are f a tall, handsme successful man devted t his wrk and family, but uncmfrtable with his children. As a child I lved him; as a schl girl and yung adult I feared him and felt bitter abut him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I gt straight A’s and unhappy with my byfriends if their fathers were nt as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went ut with him n weekends, I used t struggle t think up things t say, feeling n guard.
On the first day f my visit, we went ut with ne f my father’s friends fr lunch at an utdr cafe. We walked alng that afternn, did sme shpping, ate n the street table, and laughed ver my sn’s funny facial expressins. Gne was my father’s critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. Wh was this persn I knew as my father, wh seemed s friendly and interesting be arund? What had held him back befre?
The next day my dad pulled ut his childhd pictures and tld me quite a few stries abut his wn childhd. Althugh ur times tgether became easier ver the years, I never felt clser t him at that mment. After s many years, I’m at last seeing anther side f my father. And in s ding. I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his mew hme in Arizna, is back t me frm where he was.
36. Why did the authr feel bitter abut her father when she was a yung adult?
A. He was silent mst f the time. B. He was t prud f himself.
C. He did nt lve his children. D. He expected t much f her.
37. When the authr went ut with her father n weekends, she wuld feel ________.
A. nervus B. srry C. tired D. safe
38. What des the authr think f her father after her visit t Tucsn?
A. Mre critical. B. Mre talkative
C. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hard-wrking.
39. The underlined wrds “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer t ________.
A. the authr’s sn B. the authr’s father
C. the friend f the authr’s father D. the café wner
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