安徽省合肥市第一中学高考英语阅读理解选编(1)

安徽省合肥市第一中学2015高考英语阅读理解选编（1）及答案（精

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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。

The teacher who did the most to encourage me was, as it happens, my aunt. She was Myrtle C. Manigault, the wife of my mother’s brother Bill. She taug ht me in second grade at all-black Sumner School in Camden, New Jersey.

During my childhood and youth, Aunt Myrtle encouraged me to develop every aspect of my potential, without regard for what was considered practical or possible for black females. I liked to sing; she listened to my vo ice and pronounced it good. I couldn’t dance; she taught me the basic dancing steps. She took me to the theatre—not just children’s theatre but adult comedies and dramas—and her faith that I could appreciate adult plays was not disappointed.

My aunt also took down books from her extensive library and shared them with me. I had books at home, but they were all serious classics. Even as a child I had a strong liking for humour, all I’ll never forget the joy of discovering Don Marqu is’s Archy & Mehitabel through her.

Most important, perhaps, Aunt Myrtle provided my first opportunity to write for publication. A writer herself for one of the black newspapers, she suggested my name to the editor as a “youth columnist”. My column, begun when I was fourteen, was supposed to cover teenage social activities—and it did—but it also gave me the freedom to write on many other subjects as wel l as the habit of gathering material, the discipline of meeting deadlines, and, after graduation from college six years later, a solid collection of published material that carried my name and was my passport to a series of writing jobs.

Today Aunt Myrtle is still an enthusiastic supporter of her “favourite niece”. Like

a diamond, she has reflected a bright, multifaceted (多面的) image of possibilities to every pupil who has crossed her path.

1. Which of the following did Aunt Myrtle do to the author during her childhood and youth?

A. She lent her some serious classics.

B. She cultivated her taste for music.

C. She discovered her talent for dancing.

D. She introduced her to adult plays.

2. What does Archy & Mehitabel in Paragraph 3 probably refer to?

A. A book of great fun.

B. A writer of high fame.

C. A serious masterpiece.

D. A heartbreaking play.

3. Aunt Myrtle recommended the author to a newspaper editor mainly to .

A. develop her capabilities for writing

B. give her a chance to collect material

C. involve her in teenage social activities

D. offer her a series of writing jobs

4. We can conclude from the passage that Aunt Myrtle was a teacher who .

A. trained pupils to be diligent and well-disciplined

B. gave pupils confidence in exploiting their potential

C. emphasized what was practical or possible for pupils

D. helped pupils overcome difficulties in learning

【参考答案】1--4 、DAAB

较难题目特训：人物故事类

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。

My father was Chief Engineer of a merchant ship,which was sunk in World War Ⅱ. The bookNight of the U-boats told the story.

Memories

In September,1940,my mother,sis ter and I went to Swansea,where my father’s ship was getting ready to sail. We brought him a family photograph to be kept with him at all times and keep him safe.

Then I remember my mother lying face down,sobbing. She had heard from a friend that the ship had been sunk by a torpedo (鱼雷).

I can remember the arrival of the telegram (电报),which in those days always brought bad news. My grandmother opened it. It read,“Safe. Love Ted. “

My most vivid memory is being woken and brought down to sit on my father’s knee,his arm in a bandage.

He was judged unfit to return to sea and took a shore job in Glasgow for the rest of the war. For as long as I can remember,he had a weak heart. Mother said it was caused by the torpedoes. He saidit was because of the cigarettes. Whichever,he died suddenly in his early 50s.

Ten years later I readNight of the U-boats and was able to complete the story.

Torpedo

One torpedo struck the ship. Father was in the engine room,where the third engineer

was killed. He shut down the engines to slow the ship making it easier for it to be abandoned.

By the time he got on deck (甲板)he was alone. Every lifeboat was gone except one which had stuck fast. When he tried to cut it free,it swung against the ship,injuring his hand and arm. He had no choice but to jump—still with the photograph in his pocket.

Three days later,he and other survivors were safe in Glasgow. All 23 with him signed the back of the photograph.

A Toast

In my room is the book and the photograph. Often,glass in hand,I have wondered how I would have dealt with an explosion,a sinking ship,a jump into a vast ocean and a wait for rescue?Lest(以免)we forget,I have some more whisky and toast the heroes of the war.

1. We can infer that the mother and children went to Swansea .

A. to meet a friend

B. to see the father off

C. to take a family photo

D. to enjoy the sailing of the ship

2. What did the author learn about the father from the telegram?

A. He was still alive.

B. His knee was broken.

C. His ship had been sunk.

D. He had arrived in Glasgow.

3. The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 6 refers to the father’s.

A. weak heart

B. taking a shore job

C. failure to return to sea

D. injury caused by a torpedo

4. What can we know about the author’s father after his ship was attacked?

A. He lost his arm.

B. He repaired the engines.

C. He manage d to take a lifeboat.

D. He was the last to leave the ship.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A. A group of forgotten heroes.

B. A book describing a terrifying battle.

C. A ship engineer’s wartime expe rience.

D. A merchant’s memories of a sea rescue. 【参考答案】1--5 、BAADC

较难题目特训：人物故事类

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。

Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education. “Teaching means everything to us, " Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life’s purpose.

Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton’s f oundation(基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer’s home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, may be Linda and I could do something like this when we retire, “ Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, “as a remi nder. "

Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imaginationlibrary. com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take

advantage of book and postage discounts.

Th e quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up onl ine, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish, " says Linda. The books—reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists, and Dollywood board members—included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.

Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12, 200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is mor e than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of."

The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die, “ says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left."

1. What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

A. His health problem.

B. His love for teaching.

C. The influence of his wife.

D. The news from the Web.

2. What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A. Give out brochures.

B. Do something similar.

C. Write books for children.

D. Retire from being a teacher.

3. According to the text, Dolly Parton is .

A. a well-known surgeon

B. a mother of a four-year-old

C. a singer born in Tennessee

D. a computer programmer

4. Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A. To avoid signing up online.

B. To meet Dollywood board members.

C. To make sure the books were the newest.

D. To see if the books were of good quality.

5. What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragr aph?

A. He needs more money to help the children.

B. He wonders why some people are so busy.

C. He tries to save those waiting to die.

D. He considers his efforts wor thwhile.

【参考答案】1—5、 ABCDD

较难题目特训：人物故事类

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。

Finally, Ientered the university. Because of my careful savings, I did not have to work during the school year. Then,summer came and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, instructed tennis camps several mornings a week and worked as a secretary for a few hours in the afternoons. I even decided to take a class at acommunity（社区）college. This class at the community college saved me $650. It was an extremely tiring summer and made me anxious to return

to my relatively easy life at the university.

During my second and third years of undergraduate schooling, I decided to work about five hours per week in the campus（校园）admissions office answering phones. This provided a little spending money and kept me from drawing my savings out. The overall situation l ooked hopeful as I approached my senior year as long as I could make as much money as I had the previous summer. I wanted to go to Israel to study for 3 weeks, but I hesitated in making this decision because it would cost me $1,600 more to get the credits in Israel. About two weeks later my Mom called to tell me that I had $1,600 in the bank that I had forgotten about! One of my concerns about this trip was not only the cost, but the loss of time to make money; however, I made as much that summer in the ten weeks when I was at home as I had made during the fourteen weeks when I was at home the summer before. The way everything worked together to make this trip possible was one of the most exciting things that have ever happened to me.

This experience has shaped me in many important ways. The first thing that Ilearned was the importance of a strong work ethic (伦理). Working long hours did a lot to develop my character and helped me learn the value of adollar. It also made me learn how to search for creative ways to settle difficult situations.

1. Where did the writer probably work part-time before attending the university?

A. In a restaurant.

B. In the tennis camps.

C. In a company.

D. In the admissions office.

2. The writer too k a class at a community college mainly because_____.

A. she wanted to save money

B. life there was relatively easy

C. summer time was tiring

D. it was required by the university

3. The writer’s major concern about the trip to Israel was that_____.

A. her mother would not give her approval

B. she would fail to get credits in Israel

C. a well-paid summer job would be lost

D. $1,600 couldn’t be drawn out in time

4. The passage is mainly about how the writer _____.

A. made money on the college campus

B. managed to make full use of her vacation

C. was forced to support herself by her mother

D. was shaped by working part-time through college

【参考答案】1—4、AACD