阅读理解之人物故事传记类阅读

1、 网址：阅读理解之人物故事/传记类阅读（一）Hannay was nervous. His enemies (敌人)were searching for him. All around him were grassy hills without trees. He had nowhere to hide. How could he escape?Hannay walked along the country for a long time. Then he saw a road worker, who was working alone, fixing the road. Hannay cou

2、ld see the road worker was not feeling well. Hannay came up to him and said “How are you?”“My head hurts,” the worker said, “I cant do it. I want to go home to bed. My daughter got married yesterday, and I drank a lot of wine with my friends. Thats the problem!”Hannay agreed that he should be home i

3、n bed.“Yes, and I would be,” he replied,”but yesterday I received a message saying that the new surveyor was coming to look at my work. If he comes and finds me away, Ill be in trouble.”Suddenly Hannay had bright idea-he could act as the road worker and get away from his enemies.“You go off to bed,”

4、 Hannay said,”Ill do your job until the new surveyor comes.”The road worker was pleased with this idea. He gave Hannay his hat and his old coat. Then he went home to sleep and perhaps to drink a bit more. Hannay put on the workers hat and coat and began to fix the road. About an hour later he heard

5、a voice.“Are you the road worker?” it asked.It was the new surveyor. He was a young man with a clean face. He sat in a small car.Hannay said yes. The surveyor told him about some work he wanted him to do before he came by again and drove off. Hannay continued with his work.Then a village boy came by

6、.”What has happened to the road worker?” he asked.“He stayed at home today,” Hannay replied.”Hes sick.”     At about midday, a large car came down the hill and stopped near Hannay. Three man got out of the car. Hannays heart beat fast. He knew his enemies were coming.1.What is this pa

7、ssage probably taken from?A.A history book.  B. A travel book.  C. A novel   D. A science book. 2.Why was the road worker feeling ill?A.He had a cold.                   B.He hadnt eaten all

8、day.C.He had been working all day.     D.He drank too much at his daughters wedding. 3.Who did NOT come by while Hannay was working on the road？A.The surveyor.                    &

9、#160;   B. The road workers daughter.C. Hannays enemies.                  D. A village boy.4.What can we infer (推断)from the story?A.Hannay helped the road worker because he was warm-hearted.B.The grassy hi

10、lls were a perfect hiding place for Hannay.C.The surveyor had lot of working experience.D.The village boy knew the road worker.5.What is the correct order of the story？Hannay met a road worker who was not feeling well and offered to take over for him.Hannay was worried because his enemies were follo

11、wing him. A car stopped near Hannay and three men got out.Hannay acted as the road worker when the surveyor came by.The village boy wondered what had happened to the road worker.A.            B.C.         

12、   D.（二）Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs as a worker, a shopkeeper an

13、d a post officer in his early years. A larger number of US presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general(将军) in the American Civil War. It happened that they came from the same schoolWest Point Military Academy(西点军校). One

14、may be surprised to learn that both of them didnt do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was fined(罚款) because he broke the rules of the school.  The jobs of the US president are tiring. He must keep an eye on everything important which happened both at home and abroad. Every day, a lo

15、t of work waited for him to do and he had to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, “When you grow up, you should not be a president. Its a tiring job.”来1. In the nineteenth century, many US pres

16、idents _. A. got poor education during their childhoodB. didnt like to go to school in their early yearsC. got good education during their childhoodD. hadnt any knowledge in their work at all 2. In the last paragraph, the underlined phrase “keep an eye on” means “_”. A. pay no attention to 

17、;                     B. take care of C. never sleep all the day                 D. look at everything with one eye  3. What can b

18、e inferred(推测) from the passage?  A. Most of the people who had studied at West Point Military Academy became presidents. B. Only those who didnt study well at school could be presidents. C. All the American presidents were born in poor families. D. Many American presidents had served in the ar

19、my before they took office. 4. Which of the following is TRUE? A. In the US, no one wanted to be president. B. US presidents jobs are important and tiring.C. None of the presidents except Taft would like to do the tiring job.  D. President Taft didnt want Roosevelt to be a president because he

20、was too young.（三）For years I went to school by bus, so I met many “familiar” strangers. We took the same bus but didnt know each others names. I used to think it was impossible for us to be true friends. How wrong I was! Smiles from the “nameless” people have changed my thoughts.The first time on th

21、e bus, I saw different faces, we met, greeted and cold faces turned into smiling faces. As days went on, we chatted like old friends.  But I felt it a pity that I was unable to set up the same friendship with a silent girl in the front of the bus. Her old clothing suggested that she didnt have

22、much money, but she always took a cup of water for the driver. I guessed she was a kind girl. But why did she sit in silence instead of talking with us? Why did she never reply to our friendly greetings? Couldnt she smile?Then, one evening, I got the answer. I walked to the park nearby and found the

23、 girl sitting alone under a tree, lonely and sad. I greeted her with the same warm smile that I had shown to her all these months, but this time her face turned red with a shy smile. As soon as she began her first words, I understood why she hadnt spoken to us before. Talking was hard for her. I lea

24、rned her story: Her parents worked hard somewhere. She lived with her disabled grandparents. She said, “I cant express myself very well. Most of the time, I cant say what I want to say. I have no friends but you always smile to me like an angelso I also want to smile.” That evening, we exchanged our

25、 names and we said goodbye like old friends. Smile is the key to opening the door of heart; it can break the cold walls in front of us.1. All the following words can describe the girl Except _.      A. silent            

26、 B. kind                       C. proud                    D. poor2. The writer often met the g

27、irl _.      A. on the bus        B. in the park            C. at school            D. under the tree3. Which of the following is True?A. The girl

28、 only talked with the driver. B. The girl was too shy to talk with others.C. The writer knew the name of the girl that evening.D. The writer cant make friends with those nameless people on the bus now.4. The main idea of the passage is that _.A. we should help those silent people B. smiles can deal

29、with every difficulty we meetC. we should smile to the nameless people on the busD. smiles can help us get closer and understand each other better（四）Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best loved story makers whose book War Horse is taught in school. He made a speech at Book Trust Annual Lectur

30、e. When talking about tests, he said that too much testing in schools was taking the joy out of reading for children because it destroyed their confidence and resulted in feelings of shame and disappointment.Mr. Morpurgo said testing was "supposed to encourage" all children, whether they p

31、assed or not, but his was not the case. "When you fail, it brings a sense of worthlessness. It separates you from those who have passed, rocks confidence, and destroys hopes and dreams." For children who pass, they can have the opportunity to receive the great cultural and material benefit

32、s of our society through developing an enjoyment of reading.But for children who fail, they are made to feel that the world of books, stories and ideas is not for them, and they are not clever enough to join that world. It is not the world they belong to, and it is shut off from them forever.As the

33、president of Book Trust, Mr. Morpurgo also criticized schools for taking the wonder of stories and playfulness of language. Schools have been teaching reading by turning stories into a series of comprehension and grammar tests, because they insist that measurable（可量化的） outcomes and results are the b

34、e-all and end-all of the education process. But blaming （责备）governments or schools is passing the buck - it is a society as a whole that is responsible for whether its children succeed or fail in education, and everyone should make an effort to ensure that reading itself is a pleasure experience for

35、 all children.Mr. Morpurgo, who was a primary teacher before becoming a writer, wants to see a “story time” introduces in every primary school, when stories are read aloud, at the end of each day. His Book Trust lecture called on schools and the governmemt to keep libriries open, for parents to read

36、 to their children every night, etc. “Story time” would be a special time with no testing or teaching. “Let the children go home dreaming of the story, reliving it, wonder All the rest will come later. Once the seed is sown, the fore is lit, children will want to learn. So give them the love of stor

37、y first; the rest will follow.”Diana Gerald, the co-worker of Book Trust, said, “Reading isnt a tick-list of books. That need to have been read;nor is it just a skill to be learned then put aside. The ability of reading and writing can, and should be tested; reading for pleasure needs to be valued a

38、nd seen more like exercise-do it as regularly as you can, make it fun and red together whenever possible for maximum benefits.”1. What does the expression “passing the buck” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Valuable.              

39、B. Irresponsible. C. Unnecessary.            D. Harmful.2. According to the passage, what should children do at their “story time”?A. Enjoy reading.   B. Prepare for tests. C. Practise writing stories.   D. Tick the

40、ir book lists.3. Which of the following is Mr. Morpurgos suggestion?A. Test should be canceled in schools. B. Children should join the Book Trust.C. Reading for pleasure should be encouraged.D. The government should build more libraries.4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Mr. Morpurgo ho

41、pes to become a primary teacher.B. Children who are tested cant get the joy from reading.C. Mr. Morpurgo wants his book War Horse to be read often in schools.D. Chilrdren who fail in tests probably wont explore the wonder of stories.（五）DIY is very popular in China now. Yang Chen works for a computer

42、 business in Beijing. Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him to relax(放松) after work.“For a long time, I had no choice(选择) except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke(卡拉OK) to relax myself,” he said.One day when he saw many toy dogs in a toy shop, he had an idea. “Why not do some kinds of t

43、hings and relax myself?” Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else. The things that he made by himself didnt look as professionally(专业地) made as those in the shops, but he liked doing it. “It is not as much fun to play with things as the things we bought expensively from the

44、 shops,” he said. Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made. They are very beautiful, and his family and friends like them very much.More and more young people are like Yang, making or creating(创造) things on their own. They like to do them themselves.Though making things with

45、our own hands may take much time, some people, now known as DIYers do-it-yourselfers, enjoy doing them very much. They can make all kinds of things they like. DIY is becoming more and more popular in China. It may be new to the young, yet many people remember when it was a way of life.During the 196

46、0s and 1970s, when there were not enough living things for people to live on, they had to use their own hands to do many things. White washing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there was no other choice. If you wanted something done, you had to do it yourself; and if you needed s

47、omething, you made it yourself.1. Yang Chen_ in his free time in the past.A. played computers               B. went to a bar for a drink and karaokeC. enjoyed his work           &#

48、160;   D. made something by himself2. Things that Yang Chen made_ .A. look as professionally made as those in the shopsB. are much more expensive than those in the shopsC. are popular with his family and friendsD. are only model planes and ships3. Many young people like making things by th

49、emselves because_ .A. they want to make more moneyB. they do them for fun C. there are not enough living things for them to live onD. they cant buy them anywhere4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？A. DIY is becoming more and more popular in China.B. More and more people begin

50、to make model planes.C. Between the 1960s and 1970s, people liked making things themselves.D. More and more young people are like Yang Chen.5. The main idea of the passage is_ .A. Yang Chen has a new hobby B. how young people create new thingsC. DIY is a good way of life D. DIY was a part of life in

51、 the past （六）Ive loved my mothers desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.Years later, during her

52、 final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” shed said again, “its for Elizabeth. ”I never saw her get angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.The

53、y never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”. But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any wayshe chose that she did

54、forgive(原谅) me.I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace it seemed that nothing happened. I couldnt be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying

55、 to make her into someone she was not.Now the present of her desk told, as shed never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.Give me a

56、n answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.1. The writer began to love her mothers desk _. A. after Mother died                  B. before she bec

57、ame a writer C. when she was a child           D. when Mother gave it to her 2. The passage shows that _. A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done C. moth

58、er cared much about her daughter in words D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words 3. The word “gulf” in the passage means _. A. deep understanding between the old and the young B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter C. free talks between mother and daughter D. part of the se

59、a going far in land 4. What did mother do with her daughters letter asking forgiveness? A. She had never received the letter. B. For years, she often talked about the letter. C. She didnt forgive her daughter at all in all her life. D. She read the letter again and again till she died. 5. Whats the

60、best title of the passage?A. My letter to Mother              B. Mother and Children C. My mothers Desk                D. Talks between Mother and Me （七）One day

61、 Peng Xianzhe learned he would go to the Mashan School in Guizhou. The 16-year-old boy tried to imagine how serious the drought was for the students at that school. However, he realized it was more serious than he had imagined when he saw the sign “DONT wash clothes with water，or you will be punishe

62、d（惩罚）. ”Because of drought, the school has been short of water for a long time. Each student has only one bottle of water every day for washing and drinking. The drought has made the poor students much poorer.Peng is a student from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School. He took part in the school

63、s Rain & Bow Project from April 2 to 10.The project idea came from Pengs principal（负责人）. One day, she heard a sad story about Li Guoxian, a poor girl in the Mashan School，who stopped going to school because of drought. The principal started this project to help the school. In one day, 3，000 students made over 10，000 donations of water，books and clothes.Peng and other four students went to the Mashan School and gave the donations with five teacher