高考英语阅读理解专项训练——故事类(共21页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上2009年高考英语阅读理解专项训练故事类(1)Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape routethrough the boot(行李箱). Mr. Johnsons car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠)

2、at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldnt force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.” Mr

3、. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape. Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my po

4、cket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.” It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and beg

5、an to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.” His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson

6、got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmers wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the dit

7、ch. 1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman B. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route C. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident 2. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johns

8、on?A. The hammer.B. The coin. C. The screw. D. The horn. 3. Which statement is true according to the passage?A. Mr. Johnsons car stood on its boot as it fell down. B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam. C. Mr. Johnsons car accident was partly due to the slipp

9、ery road. D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat. 4. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that _. A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end B. At last the wrench went broken C. The lock came open after all his efforts D. The chance was lost at the last minute 5

10、. It may be inferred from the passage that _. A. the ditch was along a quiet country road B. the accident happened on a clear warm day C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended 【答案解析】本文记述了Mr. Johnson由于车祸被困于水下车内半个小时，最后死里逃生的故事。1. C。主旨题

11、。根据第1段 Mr. Peter Johnsonescape from his trapped carthrough the boot 可归纳出文章的标题为答案C。2. B。细节题。根据第4段 Mr. Johnson 所说的话及他后面所做的事情可推知此题答案为B。3. C。细节题。根据第2段第一句skidding on ice and hitting a bank 可推知答案为C。4. C。词句理解题。根据其上文 work on the boot lock 及下文 but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in

12、可推知此题答案为C。5. A。推断题。根据第4段最后一句 but no help came 及最后一段的第一句 Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby 可推知地点是在寂静的农村，此题答案为A。(2)The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a t

13、icket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.” “If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.” “I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.” I looked down on the computer and every pass

14、enger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all you people do?” “We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.” “So when it goes down, you go down with it.” “Thats good, sir

15、.” “How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us.” After the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “Le

16、ts forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they?” “I couldnt tell without asking the computer.” “Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying to Washington, ” I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Was

17、hington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.” “Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?” “I wouldnt know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. It cant tell me.” By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word so

18、on spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.1. The best title for the article is _.A. When the Computer Is DownB. The Most Frightening WordsC. The Computer of the AirportD. Asking the Computer2. Wha

19、t could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?A. She could sell a ticket.B. She could write out a ticket.C. She could answer the passengers questions. D. She could do nothing.3. Why do you think they had not a backup computer?A. Because it was easy downB. Be

20、cause it was very expensive.C. Because it was not advanced enough. D. Because it was not as big as the main computer.4. The last paragraph suggests that _.A. a modern computer wont be down. B. computers can take the place of humansC. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to peopleD. there will be

21、 great changes in computers【答案解析】本文记述了作者在机场遭遇电脑系统死机所带来的后果及人们对此的反应。1.A。主旨题。根据文章第1句中的Our computer is down及后面的文章内容，可推知此题答案为A。2.D。细节题。根据文章中的对话：售票员不能卖机票，回答不出旅客提出的问题等等，可推知此题答案为D。3.B。主观题。根据各选项的比较及生活经验对之进行判断，得出此题的答案为B。4.C。推断题。根据文章最后一段的描述：电脑死机，旅客们感到恐惧、忧郁、不安，从而可推知此题答案为C。(3)We spent a day in the country, picki

22、ng wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a cupboard (柜厨) outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “Buy it, ” my wife said at once. “Well carry it home on the roof rack. Ive always wanted one like that.” What could I do? Ten minutes la

23、ter I was 20 poorer; and the cupboard was tied on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.In the gathering darkness I drove slowly. Other drivers seemed unusually polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a

24、good idea.After a time my wife said, “Theres a long line of cars behind. Why dont they overtake, I wonder?” In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then, with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopp

25、ed at our village church. One of the officers came to me.“Right, sir, ” he said. “Do you need any more help?” I was a bit puzzled. “Thanks, officer, ” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just on the road.” He was staring at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well, ” he

26、said, laughing. “Its a cupboard youve got there! We thought it was something else.” My wife began to laugh. The truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, its a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could. 1. In fact the husband _ the cupboard.A. woul

27、d like very much to buyB. badly wanted C. was glad to have boughtD. would rather not buy2. Other drivers thought they were _.A. carrying a cupboard to the churchB. sending flowers to the churchC. carrying nothing but a piece of furnitureD. going to attend a funeral(葬礼) at the church3. The police wil

28、l be more polite to those who are _.A. driving in gathering darknessB. in great sorrow (悲痛)C. driving with wild glowers in the carD. carrying furniture4. What did the husband think of this matter?A. It was very strange.B. He felt ashamed of it.C. He took great pride in it.D. He was puzzled at it.【答案

29、解析】作者在采花回家的路上，妻子又买了一个柜子装在车上，其他的司机及警察都以为他们是去给人送葬，所以纷纷给其让路。1. D。推断题。根据文章第2段作者对买柜子的想法：要花钱、又长又笨重，从而推断出作者心里不愿意，由此可知答案为D。2. D。推断题。根据第4段倒数第2句：警察的车停在教堂及第7段警察看车的情形：看了花草又看柜子，说：我们以为是别的什么东西。可推断出此题答案为D。3. B。推断题。根据文章中对警察关心作者的描述及警察对作者车上东西的看法可推断出警察以为作者去参加葬礼，所以对作者特别关心，由此可知答案为B。4. B。推断题。根据文章最后一段的描述：好像一块石头击中了我的眉心，于是我尽

30、快地把车开回家，可看出作者对此很羞愧，从而推断出此题答案为B。(4)My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields. I would walk behind an ox, guiding him with a broomstick. For $ 1 a day, I worked eight hours straight, with no food bre

31、aks.It was very tedious work, but it prepared me for life and taught me many lasting lessons. Because the plantation owners were always watching us, I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could. Ive never been late for any job since. I also learned about being respectful and faithful to

32、 the people you work for. More important, I earned my pay; it never entered my mind to say I was sick just because I didnt want to work.I was only six years old, but I was doing a mans job. Our family needed every dollar we could make because my father never earned more than $ 18 a week. Our home wa

33、s a three-room wood shack with a dirty floor and no toilet. Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem(自尊心), one of the most important things a person can have.When I was seven, I got work at a golf course near

34、 our house. My job was to stand down the fairway and spot the balls as they landed, so the golfers could find them. Losing a ball meant you were fired, so I never missed one. Some nights I would lie in bed and dreamt of making thousands of dollars by playing golf and being able to buy a bicycle.The

35、more I dreamed, the more I thought. Why not? I made my first golf club out of guava limb(番石榴树枝) and a piece of pipe. Then I hammered an empty tin can into the shape of a ball. And finally I dug two small holes in the ground and hit the ball back and forth. I practiced with the same devotion and inte

36、nsity. I learned working in the field except now I was driving golf balls with club, not oxen with a broomstick.1. The writers first job was _.A. to stand down the fairway at a golf course B. to watch over the sugar-cane plantationC. to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fieldsD. to spot the ball

37、s as they landed so the golfers could find them2. The word “tedious” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _.A. difficultB. boringC. interestingD. unusual3. The writer learned that_ from his first job.A. he should work for those who he liked mostB. he should work longer than what he was expectedC. he s

38、hould never fail to say hello to his ownerD. he should be respectful and faithful to the people he worked for4. _ gave the writer serf-esteem.A. Having a family of eight people B. Owning his own golf courseC. Bringing money back home to help the familyD. Helping his father with the work on the plant

39、ation5. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. He wanted to be a successful golfer. B. He wanted to run a golf course near his house.C. He was satisfied with the job he got on a plantation.D. He wanted to make money by guiding oxen with a broomstick.【答案解析】本文主要介绍作者小时候的工

40、作经历：6岁时在一家甘蔗种植园耕地，7岁时在离家不远的一家高尔夫球场找到看球。1. C。语义理解题。第 1 段第 2 句话My first job was to drive the oxen that ploughed the cane fields 和题干几乎完全相同。2. B。词义猜测题。从第 2 段第 2 句话中的I had to be on time every day and work as hard as I could 可以推知 tedious 的正确词义。3. D。语义理解题。看到文章第 2 段第 4 句话 I also learned about being respectf

41、ul and faithful to the people you work for，答案不言自明。4. C。语义理解题。从文章第 3 段最后两句话 Nothing made me prouder than bringing home money to help my mother, father, two brothers and three sisters. This gave me self-esteem (自尊心) 不难肯定答案为C。5. A。判断题。从最后一段内容不难看出他想当一名高尔夫球员的迫切之心。(5)At the time, I would go out in the eve

42、ning with my parents. But this time I had borrowed a bicycle from a friend of mine. I didnt know why, but once I was on my own bicycle, a kind of free feeling flooded through me. The faster I rode, the faster I wanted to go! Far ahead, I rode as if my life depended on it, head down, hands grasping t

43、he handbars. I meant to get to Jinghai Bar as fast as I could.Oh! My hands! Dont come any closer. Dont touch me! That poor doctor just couldnt get my gloves off. Each time he took a step towards me, I broke into painful shouting. Much later, Idiscovered that I had crashed(碰撞) heavily with another bi

44、cycle, and I hadnt spoken one word of sense for at least three hours! After some time, my mother arrived at the hospital, her face as white as a sheet, and gave me a hug(拥抱), only then did the doctor begin to stitch(缝合) my head wound, not only did he merrily cut off a long lock of my hair, but used

45、no anaesthetic(麻药) either! Later. I seemed to hear faraway voices saying that my right hand was broken. I almost burst into tears. How would I ever play the piano again?1. On her way to Jinghai, the writer felt _.A. nervousB. comfortableC. light-heartedD. upset2. Why did the writer ride a bicycle to

46、 Jinghai Bar that evening?A. Because she wanted to attend a party on time.B. Because she wanted to meet her friend who was waiting for her there.C. Because she just wanted, to join some of her friends and drink some wine.D. We are not quite sure about what she was really going there for.3. What did

47、the writer think of the doctor?A. Friendly.B. Cruel.C. Hardworking.D. Kind.4. One thing is sure, that is, before she was wounded she _.A. often went to Jinghai Bar with her friends B. liked playing the pianoC. didnt like any doctors at allD. would burst into tears when she was in trouble【答案解析】本文述说了作

48、者骑车遇险的经历。1. C。推断题。根据第1段后面几句话的描述可推知此题的答案为C。2. D。推断题。文章未说作者去Jinghai Bar的原因，因此，我们也就无法知道，因此此题答案为D。3. B。推断题。根据文章中的 not only did he merrily cut off a long lock of my hair, but used no anaesthetic either 可知，作者认为这医生很残忍，因此选B。4. B。细节题。根据文章最后一句可知：她喜欢弹钢琴。从而可推知此题答案为B。(6)Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns

49、, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists. Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the towns newspaper. The Beldon Post:FIRE AT SEABREEZELate last night f

50、iremen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors： “Please dont smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldons first hotel fire for five years. The Canfield Times gave the news i

51、n these words on page one：ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRELast night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these

52、 hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield. What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel la

53、st August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel. Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?A. Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer. B. A fire broke out

54、 night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer. C. It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers. D. Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter. 2. Which of the following are probably facts? a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel. b. A cigarette started the fire. c. An old lamp started

55、 the fire. d. The fire broke out at night. e. There has never been a fire in Canfield. A. b and cB. a and dC. c and eD. a and c3. The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _. A. hotels in Beldon often catch fireB. hotels in Beldon dont often catch fireC. this

56、was the second fire at the Seabreeze HotelD. Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe4. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _. A. the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze HotelB. the bedroom lights made funny noi

57、se when the fire took placeC. the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other thingsD. such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years【答案解析】本文通过讲述两个对手城市的报纸对同一件火灾事故的不同报道，对新闻报道的真实性提出了质疑。1. C。主旨题。从主题句It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident.可得出答案。2. B。细节题。根据There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August及两张报纸都报道了火灾是在晚上发生的，故可以确定的事实只有两项a和 d。而其他选项都只是两份报纸的片面之辞，到度是真是假，我们无法得知，因此答案为B。3. A。推断题。ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE中ANOTHER是个关键词，它暗示了Beldon宾馆频繁发生的火灾。4. C。细节题。The Canfield Times 报道说Last night Beldon f