(完整word版)高三英语阅读理解(带详解)(2)

1、1I watched from a distanee as the homeless man quarreled with those who did not leave money for him -the majority.I walked up to him and right on queue he asked me for a quarter.I ll give you a quarter fyou tell me your story.” He laughed, “ You ll give me a quarter for my story?” I lay the qufront

2、of him and corrected myself - “ Nahhere tlse quarter but it would be nice to hear your story. ” I followed his eyesto the quarter and for a brief mome nt I saw a glimmer of reflect ion. I sat dow n next to him and waited.he wais.a snip6r（狙击手）and was supposed to shoot down theI cstefudy to his grizzl

3、y voice as he went deeper into the story.He wore dirty old torn clothes and smelled like a dead rat left in a mouse trap. He told me how he used to hunt with his familyand was really good at it. He had his own way of respect ing ani mals by not wasti ng what he killed for food and not killi ngmore t

4、ha n he n eeded. When the army came knocking on his door, he felt pride and joined up. All those years of polishing hishunting skills could now serve a larger purpose to defe nd us from the bad guys. He set out to fight in Iraq.It wasn t long before he realized his ideals and expectations werjust a

5、shadow of the truth.He became disillusioned with the killings, which he felt were of innocent people. I was a sniperbut I n ever really killed anyone,” he said. “ One day I had to do it. They asked me to shoot thislady from the distanee. I saw kids near that lady and my hands were on the trigger （ 扳

6、机）.Man, I was tearing up . I couldndo it. She wasn d oing anything to anyone and she was with the kids I couldn t see through my tears. It just didn tmake any sense to me.”The story goes on as he describes eventually being put into prison for 180 days for refusingto follow orders. He told me how he

7、was black listed so that he couldn t get a job. All the rightswe take for gran ted were take n away from him. Why? Here was a man who was being punished and for what? Forrefusing to kill the lady? For being a hero? I have no regrets, ” the homeless man said. I may be homeless now, but Inever killed

8、that lady. I never anyonein the army. It didn feel right. I didn gt） there to do that. I went there to save people. He continued, can live with beinghomeless that olsay. But I wouldn be able to live withkilli ng innocent people.”On that lonely Friday night, I met a hero. It just never occurred to me

9、 that a hero could be a smelly old man left onstreets.1. It can be lear ned from the passage that the homeless man_.（）A. n ever killed an imalsB. had a strong respect for lifeC. deserved the puni shme nt he receivedD. felt guilty about disobey ing the order2. The underlined word “ disillusioned （Par

10、a”graph 4） is closest in meaning to _. （ ）I was in the army, en emyfrom the dista nee.2A. disappointed B. frightened C. delighted D. admired3. The most disappointing for the man was probably that _ . （ ）A. he couldn tget a job to support himselfB. he couldn tgo back to fight for his countryC. he rec

11、eived orders to kill an innocent personD. he got little money from the people in the street4. How did the man feel when he was reduced to a beggar?（ ）A. hopeless B. regretless C. greedy5. What does the passage mainly talk about?（ ）A. A beggar who often came into conflict with othersB. A poor man who

12、 earned money by telling storiesC. A true hero who begged for a living on streetsD. A homeless man who helped the poor men答案及剖析：语篇解读： 本文介绍了一位曾经在伊拉克服役的狙击手的故事。 狙击手在伊拉克因为拒绝执 行枪杀一位带着孩子的妇女的命令， 被判处 180 天监禁， 出狱后被列入黑名单， 找不到工作， 被剥夺了一切权利， 沦为街头乞丐。 但是他却一直不后悔自己的行为。 他是一位真正的英雄。1.B 推理判断题。 根据文章内容可知， 狙击手在做猎人时从不滥杀动物，

13、在伊拉克战场上又 拒绝执行枪杀平民妇女，这些行为都说明他尊重生命。2.A 词义猜测题。根据第三段第一句 It wasn t long before he realized his ideals and expectations were just a shadow ofthe truth.以及which he felt were of innocent people. 一句可知，战场上的 事实与理想相去甚远，是“令人失望的”，故选A 。3.C 推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，他对自己的流落街头行乞毫不后悔，可知A、B、D三项均与这相悖，所以令他感到最失望事情应该是他收到命令枪杀无辜。4.B 细节

14、理解题。根据第四段I have no regrets, ” the homeless 一句可知，他对自己沦为乞丐毫不后悔。故选 B。5.C 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述一个在伊拉克战场上因拒绝执行命，枪杀无辜平民妇女而D. sympathetic3先被判监禁，后流落街头的狙击手的故事。他因尊重生命而遭受不公正的对待，所以他才是真正的英雄。Un til last summer I had a very comfortable life: win ter vacati ons skii ng and summer cruises. My parents spent a lot ofmoney on a

15、 private school, so they could get me into a competitive middle school. Everythi ng was about tomorrow, n extyear, my graduati on. We n ever had to worry about today.Before last summer I n ever thought much about the people in the world who live day to day, every day, whose lives are controlled by p

16、overty and hun ger. Then I en rolled in a two-week inten sive program. We lived in a “ Tribal Village, ” in a hot,dry ope n grassla nd in Arka nsas, a state of the south-central United States. I am a tribal member in Mozambique, a countryof southeast Africa. Every meal, I make the fire for my family

17、, and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuelalive. I cook mush with vegetables. This is all my family is ever give n. I feed the hen and three rabbits their dinner. I growattached to the rabbits, even though I know I should n t. I n ame them. I m not gett ing eno ugh t o eat;

18、 it s time to decidewhether or not to kill the rabbits. I feel pain but it s a privileged child s pain because I know I will soon be eating aga in.That s not true for a lot of other childre n around the world.Growing up comfortably in the U.S., I ve never had to worry about my dinner, and even thoug

19、h this whole process was onlya simulation, it changed my life. Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hun ger.So I ve become preside nt of Roots and Shoots, a group worki ng to improve local environments for people and animals. I m also working to create a progra

20、m at my high school called the “Safe Passage trip to help young people in the GuatemalaCity dump. And I ve got plans to do more. Im often thinking of laboring in the hot sun and the millions who still do. Now, I tryto live for today and stop worry ing so much about the future. When I eat or feel ful

21、l, I am grateful for this fortun ate life andwant to exte nd the same feeli ng to others.I believe in offeri ng help to those who n eed it.1. What is true about the author before last summer?()A. Her life was un der great pressure.B. Her life was well-pla nn ed.C. She did n t have to worry about the

22、 future.D. She had to worry about her dinner2. We can lear n from the sec ond paragraph that_.()A. the author raised some rabbits as petsB. the author took part in a two-week program in AfricaC. the author had a very difficult life in the “ Tribal Village ”D. the author n ever thought about poor peo

23、ple after the program3. The author feel pain because_.()A. she is a privileged childB. she is not gett ing eno ugh to eatC. she does n t want to kill the rabbitsD. she can t go back to her regular life4. What does the underlined word “ simulation ” in the fourth paragraph probably mean? （ ） A. Reali

24、ty B. ExperienceC. Imagination D. Imitation5. What influence did the author s experience in the “Tribal Village ” have on her? （ ） A. It gave birth to a belief inhelping others.B. It taught her to be grateful to her parents.4C. It has made her life more comfortable.D. It inspired her to start two groups to help others.答案及剖析：语篇解读： 作者生活在一个富有的家庭里， 一直过着衣食无忧的日子。 去年夏天参加了一个