(江苏专用)2020高考英语二轮复习 专题限时检测(二十三)阅读理解D篇专练(一)

专题限时检测(二十三) 阅读理解D篇专练(一)

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A

(2020·镇江一模)No one knew Prince Edward Street as well as Pierre Dupin.He had delivered milk to the families on the street for thirty years.For the past fifteen years a large white horse named Joseph pulled his milk wagon.Joseph was a gentle horse with beautiful spirit shining out of its eyes, so Pierre named him after Saint Joseph.

Every morning at five, Pierre arrived at the milk company's stables to find Joseph waiting for him, Pierre would call, “Good morning, my old friend.”， as he climbed into his seat, while Joseph turned his head toward the driver.And the two would go proudly down the street.Without any order from Pierre, the wagon would roll down three streets.Then it turned right for two streets, before turning left to Saint Catherine Street.The horse finally stopped at the first house on Prince Edward Street.There, Joseph would wait perhaps thirty seconds for Pierre to get down off his seat and put a bottle of milk at the front door.

Pierre knew every one of the forty families that got milk.The cooks knew that Pierre could not read or write; so, instead of leaving orders in an empty milk bottle, they simply sang out if they needed an extra bottle.

Pierre also had a wonderful memory.When he arrived at the stable he always remembered to tell Jacques, the foreman (领班) of the stables, “The Pacquins took an extra bottle this morning; the Lemoines bought a pint of cream ... ” Most of the drivers had to make out the weekly bills and collect the money.But Jacques, liking Pierre, never asked him to do this.

One day the president of the milk company came to inspect the early

morning milk deliveries.Jacques pointed to Pierre and said：“See how the horse listens and how he turns his head toward Pierre? See the look in that horse's eyes? You know, I think those two share a secret.I have often felt it.He is getting old.Maybe he ought to be given a rest, and a small pension.”

“But of course，” the president laughed.“He has been on this job now for thirty years.All who know him love him.Tell him it is time he rested.He will get his pay every week as before.”

But Pierre refused to leave his job.He said his life would be nothing if he could not drive Joseph every day.“We are two old men，” he said to Jacques.“Let us wear out together.When Joseph is ready to leave, then I too will do so.”

Then one cold morning Jacques had terrible news for Pierre.Jacques said，“Pierre, your horse, Joseph, didn't wake up.He was very old, Pierre.” Jacques said softly.“He is over in his stall, looking very peac eful.Go over and see him.” Pierre took one step forward, then turned.“No...

no ... I cannot see Joseph again.You ... , you don't understand, Jacques.”

For years Pierre had worn a large heavy cap that came down low over his eyes.It kept out the bitter cold wind.Now,_Jacques_looked_into_Pierre's_eyes_and_he_saw_something_that_sh ocked_him.He_saw_a_dead,_lifeless_look_in_them.

“Take the day off, Pierre，” Jacques said.Pierre walked to the corner and stepped into the street.There was a warning shout from the driver of a big truck ... there was the screech (尖锐的刹车声) of rubber tires as the truck tried to stop.But Pierre heard nothing.

Five minutes later a doctor said, “He's dead... , killed instantly.”

“I couldn't help it，” the truck driver said.“He walked in fro nt of my truck.He never saw it, I guess.Why, he walked as though he were blind.”

The doctor bent down.“Blind？Of course, this man has been blind for five years.”He turned to Jacques, “Didn't you know he was blind？”

“No ... no ... ” Jacques said softly.“None of us knew.Only one ... only one knew — a friend of his, named Joseph ... It was a secret, I think, just between those two.”

A．Joseph was named after an unknown man

B．Pierre knew all the small streets in the city better than anyone else C．Joseph managed to deliver milk by itself even without Pierre's company D．Pierre and Joseph seemed to understand each other and cooperated very well

解析：选D 推理判断题。前三段中我们可以很明显的看到不需要主人Pierre Dupin的口令，Joseph也知道他们要去的地方。所以他们的配合非常的默契，合作得很好。

2．Why did Pierre refuse to leave his job?

A．He thought he was not old enough to retire.

B．The pension was too small to support his life.

C．He was unwilling to be separated from Joseph.

D．He wanted to get promoted to foreman.

解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第七段第二句“He said his life would be nothing if he could not drive Joseph every day.”可知，他不肯离职是因为他不愿意和Joseph分开。

3．Which of the following can best describe Pierre?

A．well-received and trust-worthy

B．cruel and greedy

C．sensitive and humorous

D．creative and enthusiastic

解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据全文的内容，特别是第六段的第二句“He has been on this job now for thirty years.All who know him love him.”以及Pierre 对待老同事的态度可以看出Pierre是一个受欢迎，值得信任的人。

4．The underlined sentences imply that ________.

A．Jacques had known the fact that Pierre was blind for a long time B．the death of Joseph drove Pierre to despair of life

C．Pierre wanted to commit suicide because of his blindness

D．Jacques was afraid to see Pierre's empty eyes

解析：选B 句意理解题。根据画线的这个句子的内容可知听到Joseph的死讯之后，别人从Pierre的眼睛里看到了死亡和没有生命，所以约瑟夫的死使皮埃尔对生活感到绝望。

5．Which of the following does NOT indicate Pierre's blindness?

A．Pierre knew every one of the forty families that got milk.

B．You know, I think those two share a secret.I have often felt it.

C．I cannot see Joseph again.You don't understand, Jacques.

D．For years Pierre had worn a large heavy cap that came down low over his eyes.

解析：选A 细节理解题。选项B、C、D中都有明显的表明Pierre是盲人的词汇，比如：I have often felt it；I cannot see Joseph again；a large heavy cap that came down low over his eyes。所以只能选A。

6．What is the best title for the passage?

A．A caring friend

B．A caring milk company

C．A secret of a horse

D．A secret for two

解析：选D 标题归纳题。通篇文章主要描写了Pierre和他的马Joseph每天

形影不离，一起送牛奶，他们之间很默契。文章的最后写到马突然死了，Pierre也失去了生存的动力，后来在马路上被汽车撞死了。Pierre死了之后，周围的人才知道他已经瞎了5年。而Pierre瞎了这个秘密只有他和他的马知道，所以用“A secret for two”作为文章的标题比较合适。

B

(2020·无锡一模)Stars blazed (猛烈地燃烧) in the sky above Spook like a million tiny suns.They shone through the mists, which had — during the last year — become thinner and weaker.At first, he had thought the world itself was changing.Then he had realized that it was just his feeling.Somehow, by burning tin in his body for so long, he had permanently strengthened his senses to a point far beyond what other Allomancers could attain.

The burned tin had begun as a reaction to Clubs's death.Spook still felt terrible about the way he'd escaped, leaving his uncle to die.During those first few weeks, Spook had burned his metals as almost a self-punishment —he'd wanted to feel everything around him, take it all in, even though it was painful, or perhaps because it was painful.

But then he'd started to change, and that had worried him.But, the crew always talked about how hard Vin pushed herself.She rarely slept, using pewter (白镴) to keep herself awake and alert.Spook didn't know how that worked — he was no Mistborn, and could only burn one metal — but he figured that if burning his one metal could give him an advantage, he'd better take it, because they were going to need every advantage they could get.

The starlight was like daylight to him.During the actual day, he had to wear a cloth tied across his eyes to protect them, and even then going outside was sometimes blinding.His skin had become so sensitive that each little stone in the ground felt like a knife jabbing (猛刺) him through the bottom of his feet.The cold spring air seemed freezing, and he wore a thick cloak (斗篷)．

However, he had concluded that these discomforts were small prices to pay for the opportunity to become —whatever it was he had become.As he moved down the street, he could hear people turning over and over in their beds, even through their walls.He could sense a footstep from yards away.He could see on a dark night as no other human ever had.

__①__ Always before, he'd been the least important member of the crew —the dismissible boy who served as a handy man or kept watch while the others made plans.He didn't feel annoyed with them for that — they'd been right to give him such simple duties.__②__ Because of his street dialect, he'd been difficult to understand, and while all the other members of the crew had been carefully picked, Spook had joined through the back door since he was Clubs's nephew.

Spook sighed, sticking his hands in his trouser pockets as he walked down the too-bright street.He could feel each and every thread of the cloth.

Dangerous things were happening, he knew that: the way the mists lasted longer during the day, the way the ground shook as if it were a sleeping man, periodically (周期性地) suffering a terrible dream.Spook worried he wouldn't be of much help in the critical days to come.A little over a year before, his uncle had died after Spook fled the city.Spook had run out of fear, but also out of a knowledge of his lack of power.__③__ He wouldn't have been able to help during the campaign.

He didn't want to be in that position again.He wanted to be able to help, somehow.He wouldn't run into the woods, hiding while the world ended around him.He was sent to gather as much information as he could about the Citizen and his government there, and so Spook intended to do his best.If that meant pushing his body beyond what was safe, so be it.

He approached a large crossing.He looked both ways down the intersecting (交叉的) streets —the view clear as day to his eyes.“I may not be Mistborn,

and I may not be emperor，” he thought.“But I'm something.Something new.Something people would be proud of.Maybe this time I can help.”__④__

A．The thinner and weaker mists.

B．The changing world.

C．Spook's sensitive feeling.

D．Allomancers' strengthened senses.

解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“At first, he had thought the world itself was changing.Then he had realized that it was just his feeling.”可知，不是世界变了，真正变了的是他自己的情感。

8．Why on earth did Spook start burning tin?

A．To make himself strong.

B．To erase an emotional debt.

C．To show his honor to Vin.

D．To feel pain of his uncle.

解析：选B 推理判断题。根据题中关键词start burning tin定位到文中第二段，其中“Spook still felt terrible about the way he'd escaped, leaving his uncle to die.”以及下一句“Spook had burned his metals a s almost a self-punishment”可知，Spook为自己的逃离感到难过，将燃烧锡看作自我惩罚，这样做是为了减轻情感上的负罪感。

9．What does the example of Vin serve as in Paragraph 3?

A．A reminder of Spook's own pain.

B．An encouragement to Spook's persistence.

C．A comparison for Spook's burning metal.

D．An implication of Spook's own change.

解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第三段的第一、二句“But then he'd started to change, and that had worried him.But, the crew always talked about how hard Vin pushed herself.”可知，他开始改变，但是这让他忧虑，但是大家却总是在说Vin是多么的努力。所以此处Vin的例子作用是为了鼓励Spook坚持。

10．What discomforts was Spook suffering when moving down the street?

①The shining daylight that almost made him blind. ②The little stones that jabbed him like a knife.

③The cold spring air that seemed freezing.

④The sleepless people that turned over and over in their beds.

⑤The awakened awareness of being unimportant when keeping watch.

⑥His street dialect that made him hard to understand.

A．②③B．①②③

C．②③④⑥D．①②③④⑤⑥

解析：选A 细节理解题。根据第五段第一句中的“these discomforts”可知，要定位到上一段，即第四段中。根据第四段的内容可知不适有两点，分别是②、③，所以选择A。

11．Where can the following sentence most probably be?

“Perhaps he'd find a way to become useful to the others.”

A．①B．②

C．③D．④

解析：选 A 推理判断题。插入句子意思是他发现了一个办法能够让自己对别人有用。第4处之所以不行，是因为人称，第4处是第一人称，而被插入的句子是第三人称，人称上不匹配。第2、3两处都是在讲这个男孩子不好，而被插入句是讲这个男孩子好，所以从人称和情感两个角度，选第1处比较合适。

12．What can we learn about Spook from the article?

A．He's a guilty and weak nephew of the great Clubs.

B．He's a carefully-picked and most powerful member of the crew.

C．He's a proud and self-sacrificing handy man of the crew.

D．He's a strong-willed and out standing Allomancer.

解析：选D 推理判断题。根据全文的内容，尤其是第五段的第一句“However, he had concluded that these discomforts were small prices to pay for the opportunity to become —whatever it was he had become.”，和倒数第二段的最后一句“If that meant pushing his body beyond what was safe, so be it.”可知，Spook为了保护家园决心很大，付出生命的代价也在所不惜，所以他意志是坚定的；再看全文的内容可知他因为自己之前的退缩一直内疚，所以很努力地在改变自己，希望能够弥补自己以前的过失，所以是个有责任心的人。因此他是一个意志坚定的优秀的Allomance人。