2019版高考英语(全国通用)考前三个月配套练习：专题1 阅读理解 3 细节理解之事件排序题(含解析)

AThe Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy(阴谋) to kill King James Ⅰ，as well as the members of the House of Lords and Commons at the re-opening of Parliament.It was designed by a group of Catholics in protest against the anti-Catholic laws that were being introduced by the king.Robert Catesby was the leader of the group.It was he and his cousin，Thomas Wintour，and two other friends，Thomas Percy and John Wright，who formed the center of the group.They were joined by nine more men；among them was Guy Fawkes，from the city of York in the north of England.Fawkes found a store room directly under the House of Lords and rented it out under the false name of John Johnson.The conspirators stored thirty-six barrels of gunpowder there，and Fawkes，who was an explosives expert，was to light the fuses(引信) on 5th November 1605.The plot failed because one of the conspirators，Francis Tresham，sent a letter to his relative，who was a member of the House of Lords.The letter warned him not to attend the opening ceremony of Parliament.The letter was passed on to the authorities，who took action.Guy Fawkes was found in the cellar on the night of 4th November with the thirty-six barrels and a number of fuses.He was imprisoned and ill-treated，eventually giving away the names of the conspirators.Soldiers of the king surrounded Holbeach House，in the Midlands，where they knew the conspirators to be hiding.In the fight that followed，four of them were shot dead，including Catesby and Percy，who were actually killed by the same bullet.The others were imprisoned and hanged along with Guy Fawkes on 31st January 1606.These days，on 5th November，children all over Britain celebrate Guy Fawkes Night by building huge bonfires and lighting fireworks.It’s a family tradition and an occasion to eat potatoes baked by the flames.There is always a “guy”on top of the fire，a model of Guy Fawkes，dressed in the clothes of the 17th century.1．Francis Tresham wrote the letter to his relative to .A．warn him of the danger of being killedB．reveal the names of the conspiratorsC．protect the House of LordsD．report the plot to the authorities答案A解析细节理解题。

根据第四段第二句“The letter warned him not to attend the opening ceremony of Parliament.”可知，Francis Tresham写信给亲戚是警告对方不要去参加开幕式，因为有丧命的危险。

故A正确。

2．According to the passage，the total number of people involved in the plot is .A．40 B．4C．36 D．13答案D解析数字计算题。

根据第二段第二、三句“It was he and his cousin，Thomas Wintour，and two other friends，Thomas Percy and John Wright，who formed the center of the group.They were joined by nine more men；among them was Guy Fawkes，from the city of York in the north of England.”可知，Robert Catesby，Thomas Wintour，Thomas Percy，John Wright再加上另外9个人，所以一共是13人。

故D正确。

3．What can we learn about Robert Catesby?A．He wrote a letter to his relative in the authorities.B．He was imprisoned and hanged.C．He was responsible for lighting the fuses.D．He was shot dead in the fight.答案D解析细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段第二句“In the fight that followed，four of them were shot dead，including Catesby and Percy，who were actually killed by the same bullet.”可知，Robert Catesby是在战斗中被射死的。

故D项正确。

4．What is the right order of the event described in the passage?a．A cellar(地窖) was found.b．Four conspirators were shot.c．The letter was passed on to the authorities.d．The rest of the conspirators were hanged.e．Some gunpowder was prepared.f．The authorities took action.A．c→a→e→f→b→d B．e→a→c→f→b→fC．a→e→c→f→b→d D．c→f→a→e→b→d答案C解析事件排序题。

根据第三段第一句“Fawkes found a store room directly under the House of Lords”可知首先他们找到了一个地窖；根据第二句“The conspirators stored thirty-six barrels of gunpowder there”可知他们准备了炸药。

根据第四段最后一句“The letter was passed on to the authorities，who took action.”可知信件被当局知道了，并采取了行动。

根据倒数第二段可知四人被射杀，其余人被绞死。

故C项顺序正确。

BAfter spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program，her mother recalled(回忆)，Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices.“Everyone else was already admitted to college，”her mother，Rosemarie Colvin，said from the family home.“So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said，‘You have to let me in.’”“Impressed—she was a National Merit(全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil—Yale did，admitting her to the class of 1978，where she started writing for the Yale Daily Ne w s and decided to be a journalist，”her mother said.On Wednesday，Marie Colvin,56，an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London，was killed as Syrian forces shelled(炮击) the city of Homs.She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday，”Mrs.Colvin said.“Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out.She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”Mrs.Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones.“If you knew my daughter，”she said，“it would have been such a waste of words.She was determined，she was enthusiastic about what she did，it was her life.There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’This is who she was，absolutely who she was and what she believed in：cover the story，not just have pictures of it，but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.”“So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism，”her mother said.5．From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1，we can infer that .A．Yale was her last choiceB．Marie Colvin was confident of herselfC．Yale must keep its promise to Marie ColvinD．Marie Colvin was good at persuading答案B解析推理判断题。