2019年高考英语真题分类汇编专题08：记叙文类阅读理解

1、2019年高考英语真题分类汇编专题 08:记叙文类阅读理解一、阅读理解（共7题）1. （ 2019?浙江）阅读理解Zachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military （军队的） medals for sale in antique stores and on the Intern et. But un like most collectors, Zac tracks dow n the medals rightful own ers, and retur ns them.His effort to reunite familie

2、s with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the n ame Corrado A. G . Piccoli, found in an an tique shop. Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart-he earned one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he knew right away what he had

3、to do.Through the In ternet, Zac tracked dow n Corrados sister Adeli ne Rockko. But whe n he fin ally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: Who are you ？ What antique shop? However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the call. So she called Zac back and apologized.

4、Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertow n, N.Y . At that poin t, I knew she meant bus in ess, Zac says. To drive eight hours to come to see me.The Piccolis grew up the children of Italian immigrants in Watertown. Corrado, a translator for the Army during WWII, was killed in action in Europe.Before he

5、ari ng from Zac, Adeli ne had nt realized the medal was miss ing. Like many military medals, the one Zacs mother had found was a family treasure. This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on special occasi ons （场合） would they take it out and let us hold it in our han ds, Adeli ne says.As a ch

6、ild, Adeli ne could nt un dersta nd why the medal was so sig ni fica nt.“ But as I grew older,says, and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left. Corrado Piccolis Purple Heart medal now hangs at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown.Zac recently r

7、eturned another lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since he first reunited Corrados medal,Zac says his record is now 5 for 5.（1）Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself ？A. In the army.B. In an an tique shop.C. From his mother. D. From Adeli ne Rockko.（2）What did Zac realize when Adeline d

8、rove to meet him ？A. She was very impolite.B. She was serious about the medal.C. She suspected his hon esty.D. She came from a wealthy family.（3）What made Adeline treasure the Purple Heart?A. Her pare nts advice.B. Her kno wledge of an tiques.C. Her childhood dream.D. Her memory of her brother.2. （2

9、019?浙江）阅读理解Money with no strings attached. Its not something you see every day. But at Union Station in Los An geles last mon th, a board went up with dollar bills attached to it with pins and a sig n that read, Give What You Can, Take What You Need.People quickly caught on. And while many took doll

10、ars, many others pinned their own cash to the board.“ Peopleof all ages, races, and socio-economic （社会经济的）backgrounds gave and took, said TylerBridges of The Toolbox, which created the project. We even had a bride in her wedding dress come up to the board and take a few dollars. Most of the bills on

11、 the board were singles, but a few people left fives, tens and even twen ties. The video clip （片段） shows one man who had found a $ 20 bill pinning it to the board.What I can say for the folks that gave the most, is that they were full of smiles, Bridges said. Theres a certa in feeli ng that givi ng

12、can do for you and that was appare nt in those that gave the most. Most people who took dollars took only a few, but Bridges said a very small nu mber took as much as they could.While the clip might look like part of a new ad campaign, Bridges said the only goal was to show gen erosity and sympathy.

13、 He added that he hopes people in other cities might try similar projects and post their own videos on the Intern et.After all, every one has bad days and good days, he said. Some days you n eed a help ing hand and some days you can be the one givi ng the help ing hand.”（1）What does the expression m

14、oney with no strings attached in paragraph 1 mean?A. Money spe nt without hesitatio n.B. Money not legally made.C. Money offered without con diti ons.D. Money not tied together.（2）What did Bridges want to show by mentioning the bride?A. Wome n ten ded to be more sociable.C. Econo mic problems were g

15、ett ing worse.（3）Why did Bridges carry out the project?A. To do a test on peoples morals.C. To earn himself a good reputati on.3. （2019?北京）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的B. The activity attracted various people.D. Young couples n eeded finan cial assista nee.B. To raise money for his compa ny.D. To promote kindn ess

16、and sympathy.A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。C. It is sweeter tha n other can dies.D. It is produced to a den tists recipe.Alice Moore is a tee nager en trepre neur ( 创业者),who in May 2015 set up her bus in ess AilieCa ndy. By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a

17、 super-sweet treat that could save kids teeth, in stead of destro ying them.It all began when Moore visited a bank with her dad. On the outing, she was offered a candy bar. However, her dad remin ded her that sugary treats were bad for her teeth. But Moore was sick of miss ing out on can dies. So sh

18、e desired to get round the warning, Why cant I make a healthy candy thats good for my teeth so that my pare nts cant say no to it? With that in mind, Moore asked her dad if she could start her own candy compa ny. He recomme nded that she do some research and talk to den tists about what a healthier

19、candy would contain.With her dads permissi on, she spe nt the n ext two years research ing on li ne and con duct ing trials to get a recipe that was both tasty and tooth-frie ndly. She also approached den tists to lear n more about teeth clea ning. Con seque ntly, she succeeded in making a kind of c

20、andy only using n atural sweete ners, which can reduce oral bacteria.Moore the n used her savi ngs to get her bus in ess of the gro und. Afterwards, she and her father secured their first bus in ess meet ing with a supermarket owner, who fin ally agreed to sell Moores product-Ca ncan dy.As CanCan dy

21、s success grows, so does Moores credibility as a young en trepre neur. Moore is en thusiastic about the candy she created, and shes also positive about what the future might bring. She hopes that every kid can have a clea n mouth and a broad smile.Mea nwhile, with her pare nts help, Moore is gen era

22、lly able to live a no rmal tee nage life. Although she foun ded her compa ny early on in life, she was nt drive n primarily by profit. Moore wants to use her unique tale nt to help others find their smiles. She don ates 10% of AilicCa ndys profits to Big Smiles. With her tale nt and determination, i

23、t appears that the sky could be the limit for Alice Moore.(1) How did Moore react to her dads warning?A. She argued with him.B. She tried to find a way out.C. She paid no atte nti on.D. She chose to con sult den tists.(2) What is special about CanCandy?B. It is free of sweete ners.A. It is ben efici

24、al to den tal health.(3) What does Moore expect from her bus in ess?A. To earn more money.C. To make herself sta nd out.B. To help others find smiles.D. To beat other candy compa nies.A. Fame is a great thirst of the young.B. A youth is to be regarded with respect.(4) What can we learn from Alice Mo

25、ores story?C. Positive thinking and acti on result in success. D. Success means getti ng pers onal desires satisfied.4. (2019?江苏)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。The 65-year-old Steve Goodwin was found suffering from early Alzheimers (阿尔楚海默症 ).He waslos ing his memory.A software engineer by pr

26、ofession, Steve was a keen lover of the piano, and the only musician in his family. Music was his true passi on, though he had n ever performed outside the family.Melissa, his daughter, felt it more tha n worthwhile to save his music, to which she fell asleep catch ni ght whe n she was young. She th

27、ought about hiri ng a professi onal pia nist to work with her father.Naomi, Melissas best friend and a talented pianist, got to know about this and showed willingness to help.Why do this? Steve wo ndered.Because she cares. Melissa said.Steve no dded, tears in eye.Naomi drove to the Goodw in home. Sh

28、e told Steve shed love to hear him play. Steve moved to the pia no and sat at the ben ch, hands trembli ng as he gen tly placed his fin gers on the keys.Naomi put a small recorder n ear the pia no. Starts and stops and mistakes. Long pauses, heart sinking. ButSteve pressed on, play ing for the first

29、 time in his life for a stra nger.It was beautiful. Naomi said after liste ning to the record in g. The music was worth savi ng.Her responsibility, her privilege, would be to rescue it. The music was sill in Steve Goodwin. It was bidde n in rooms with doors about to be locked.Naomi and Steve met eve

30、ry other week and spe nt hours together. Hed move his fin gers clumsily on thepiano, and then shed take his place. He struggled to explain what he heard in his head. He stood by the pia no, eyes closed, liste ning for the first time to his own work being played by some one else.Steve and Naomi spoke

31、 in musical code lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in anew key. Steve heard it. All of it. He just could nt play it.Work ing with Naomi did won ders for Steve. It had excited with in him the belief he could write one last song. One day, Naomi received an email. Attached was

32、 a recording, a recording of loss and love, of the fight. Steve called it Melancholy Flower.Naomi heard multiple stops and starts, Steve struggli ng, search ing while his wife Joni called him ho ney and en couraged him. The task was so hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitt ing. Joni pr

33、aised him, telli ng her husba nd this could be his sig nature piece.Naomi man aged to figure out 16 of Steves favorite, and most pers on al son gs. With Naomis help, the Goodw in family found a sound engin eer to record Naomi play ing Steves son gs. Joni thought that would be the end. But it was nt.

34、In the mon ths leadi ng up to the 2016 Orego n Repertory Sin gers Christmas con cert, Naomi told the director she had a special one in mind: Melancholy FlowerShe told the director about her project with Steve. The director agreed to add it to the play ing list. ButNaomi would have to ask Steves perm

35、issi on. He con sidered it an honor.After the concert, Naomi told the family that Steves music was beautiful and professi on al. It n eeded to be shared in public.The family ren ted a former church in dow ntow n Portla nd and scheduled a con cert. By the day of the show, more tha n 300 people had sa

36、id they would atte nd.By then, Steve was having a hard time remembering the names of some of his friends. He knew the path his life was now taking. He told his family he was at peace.Steve arrived and sat in the front row, surro un ded by his family. The house lights faded. Naomi took the stage. Her

37、 fin gers. His heart.(1) Why did Melissa want to save her fathers music?A. His music could stop his disease from worse ning.B. She wan ted to please her dying old father.C. His music deserved to be preserved in the family.D. She wan ted to make her father a professi on al.(2) After hearing Steves pl

38、aying, Naomi.A. refused to make a comme nt on itB. was deeply impressed by his musicC. decided to free Steve from sufferi ngD. regretted offeri ng help to her friend(3) How can the process of Steves recording be described?A. It was slow but productive.B. It was ben eficial to his health.C. It was ti

39、resome for Naomi.D. It was vital for Naomis career.(4) Before Steve finished Melancholy Flower, his wife Joni.A. thought the music tale nt of Steve was exhaustedB. did nt expect the damage the disease brought aboutC. did nt fully realize the value of her husba nds musicD. brought her husba nds music

40、 career to perfecti on(5) How did Steve feel at the con cert held in dow ntow n Portla nd?A. He felt concerned about his ill ness.B. He sen sed a resp on sibility for music.C. He rega ined his faith in music.D. He got into a state of quiet.(6) What can be a suitable title for the passage?A. The Kind

41、n ess of Frie ndsB. The Power of MusicC. The Making of a Musicia nD. The Value of Determ in ati on5. (2019?江苏)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。In the 1960s, while studying the volcanic history of Yellowstone National Park, Bob Christiansen became puzzled about somethi ng that, oddly, had not t

42、roubled anyone before: he could nt find the parks volca no .It had bee n known for a long time that Yellowst one was volca nic in n ature thats what acco un ted for all its hot spri ngs and other steamy features. But Christia nsen could nt find the Yellowst one volca no any where.Most of us, when we

43、 talk about volcanoes, think of the classic cone (圆锥体)shapes of a Fuji or Kilimanjaro, which are created whe n erupt ing magma ( 岩浆)piles up. These can form remarkably quickly. In 1943, a Mexican farmer was surprised to see smoke rising from a small part of his land. In one week he was the con fused

44、 owner of a cone five hun dred feet high. With in two years it had topped out at almost fourteen hundred feet and was more than half a mile across. Altogether there are some ten thousand of these volca noes on Earth, all but a few hun dred of them ext in ct. There is, however, a sec ond les known ty

45、pe of volca no that does nt i nvolve moun ta in buildi ng. These are volca noes so explosive that they burst ope n in a sin gle big crack, leavi ng beh ind a vast hole, the caldera. Yellowst one obviously was of this sec ond type, but Christia nsen could nt find the caldera any where.Just at this ti

46、me NASA decided to test some new high-altitude cameras by taking photographs of Yellowstone. A thoughtful official passed on some of the copies to the park authorities on the assumption that they might make a nice blow-up for one of the visitors centers. As soon as Christiansen saw the photos, he re

47、alized why he had failed to spot the caldera; almost the whole park-2.2 milli on acres was caldera. The explosi on had left a hole more tha n forty miles across much too huge to be see n from any where at groundlevel. At some time in the past Yellowstone must have blown up with a violenee far beyond

48、 the scale of anything known to huma ns.(1) What puzzled Christiansen when he was studying Yellowstone?A. Its complicated geographicalfeatures.B. Its ever-lasti ng in flue nee ontourism.C. The mysterious history of thepark.D. The exact locati on of the volca no.(2) What does the sec on d-paragraph m

49、ainly talk about?A. The shapes of volca no es.B. The impacts of volca no es.C. The activities of volca no es.D. The heights of volca no es.(3) What does the underlined word blow-up in the last paragraph most probably mean?A. Hot-air ballo on.B. Digital camera.C. Big photograph.D. Birds view.6. (2019

50、?全国n)阅读理解Bacteria are an annoying problem for astro nauts. The microorga ni sms (微生物) from our bodies grow uncon trollably on surfaces of the Intern ati onal Space Stati on, so astr on auts spe nd hours clea ning them up each week. How is NASA overco ming this very tiny big problem? Its tur ning to

51、a bunch of high school kids. But not just any kids. It depe nding on NASA HUNCH high school class, like the one scie nee teachers Gene Gordon and Donna Himmelberg lead at Fairport High School in Fairport, New York.HUNCH is desig ned to connect high school classrooms with NASA engin eers. For the pas

52、t two years, Gordons students have been studying ways to kill bacteria in zero gravity, and they think theyre close to a solution (解决方案).We dont give the students any breaks. They have to do it just like NASA engineers, says Florence Gold, a project man ager.There are no tests, Gordon says. There is

53、 no graded homework. There almost are no grades, other thanAre you work ing towards your goal? Basically, its Ive got to produce this product and the n, at the end of year, present it to NASA. Engineers come and really do an in- person review, and its not a very nice thing at time. Its a hard bus in

54、 ess review of your product.Gordon says the HUNCH program has an impact (影响) on college admissions and practical life skills. These kids are so absorbed in their studies that I just sit back. I dont teach. And that annoying bacteria? Gordon says his students are emailing daily with NASA engineers ab

55、out the problem, readying a workable soluti on to test in space.(1) What do we know about the bacteria in the International Space Station?A. They are hard to get rid of.B. They lead to air polluti on.C. They appear differe nt forms.D. They damage the in strume nts.(2) What is the purpose of the HUNC

56、H program?A. To stre ngthe n teacher-stude nt relatio nships.B. To sharpe n stude nts com mun icatio n skills.C. To allow stude nts to experie nee zero gravity.D. To link space tech no logy with school educati on(3) What do the NASA engineers do for the students in the program?A. Check their product

57、.B. Guide project desig nsC. Adjust work schedules.D. Grade their homework.(4) What is the best title for the text?A. NASA: The Home of Astro nauts.B. Space: The Final Homework Frontier.C. Nature: An Outdoor Classroom.D. HUNCH:A College Admissio n Reform.7. (2019?全国I)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项

58、。For Canaan Elementarys second grade in Patchogue, N.Y ., today is speech day, and right now its Chris Palaezs tur n. The 8-year-old is the joker of the class. With shining dark eyes, he seems like the kind of kid who would enjoy public speak ing.But hes, nervous. Im here to tell you today why you should should Christrips on the -Id, a pronunciation diffi