2012屆高三英語二輪復習 第三板塊高考體驗2 閱讀理解

1、閱讀理解(2010北京) Goldies SecretShe turned up at the doorstep of my house in Cornwall. No way could I have sent her away. No way，not me anyway. Maybe someone had kicked her out of their car the night before.“Were moving house.” “No space for her any more with the baby coming.”“We never really wanted her，

2、but what could we have done？She was a present.”People find all sorts of excuses for abandoning an animal. And she was one of the most beautiful dogs I had ever seen.I called her Goldie. If I had known what was going to happen I would have given her a more creative name.She was so unsettled during th

3、ose first few days.She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her.There was nothing I could do to make her happy，it seemed.Heaven knows what had happened to her at her previous owners. But eventually at the end of the first week she calmed down.Always by my side，whether we were out

4、 on one of our long walks or sitting by the fire.Thats why it was such a shock when she pulled away from me one day when we were out for a walk. We were a long way from home，when she started barking and getting very restless. Eventually I couldnt hold her any longer and she raced off down the road t

5、owards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.By the time I reached the farm I was very tired and upset with Goldie.But when I saw her licking (舔) the four puppies (幼犬) I started to feel sympathy towards them.“We didnt know what had happened to her，”said the woman at the door.“I took her f

6、or a walk one day，soon after the puppies were born，and she just disappeared.”“She must have tried to come back to them and got lost，”added a boy from behind her.I must admit I do miss Goldie，but Ive got Nugget now，and she looks just like her mother. And Ive learnt a good lesson：not to judge people.【

7、語篇解讀】 文章講述了一只狗(Goldie)的故事：它從原先的家中走失，被作者收養(yǎng)。后來有一次和作者出去散步時找到了自己原來的家和小狗。1How did the author feel about Goldie when Goldie came to the house?AShocked.BSympathetic.CAnnoyed. DUpset.解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的描寫，尤其是No way could I have sent her away.可以知道作者對Goldie非常同情。 答案B2In her first few days at the authors house，Goldi

8、e_.Afelt worried Bwas angryCate a little Dsat by the fire解析細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段：She was so unsettled during those first few days. She hardly ate anything and had such an air of sadness about her.可知答案為A。 答案A3Goldie rushed off to a farmhouse one day because she _.Asaw her puppiesBheard familiar barkingsCwanted

9、 to leave the authorDfound her way to her old home解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段，尤其是最后一句Eventually I couldnt hold her any longer and she raced off down the road towards a farmhouse in the distance as fast as she could.推斷答案為D。 答案D4The passage is organized in order of_.Atime BeffectivenessCimportance Dcomplexity解析文章結(jié)構(gòu)

10、題。縱觀全文，作者從Goldie的到來和離開，按時間順序描寫。 答案APassage 1(2011重慶)There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its be

11、st.Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of i

12、ts holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.Sometimes the new bucket would say, “See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I dont know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are！”And all that t

13、he old bucket could say was, “I know Im not very useful, but I can only do my best. Im happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”O(jiān)ne day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “You both have done your work very well

14、. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare (光禿禿的)earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of

15、 wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.【語篇解讀】本文用擬人的手法講述了園丁和兩個水桶的故事：一個新桶，為自己不漏水而自豪；一個舊桶，走一路，漏一路，很自卑。但他所經(jīng)過的地方，卻是鮮花盛開。園丁最后道出了真諦：每個桶都有存在的價值。同樣，我們每個人也都有用。1. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?A. Dirty B. DarkC. Wornout D. Plainlooking.解析猜測詞義題。根One was a shiny and new buck

16、et. The other was a very old and dilapidated one.可知一只桶是嶄新的，而另一只是破舊不堪的。注意下文特別提到The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.可知是漏水的，當然就破了呀。 答案C2. What was the old bucket ashamed of?A. His past. B. His aging.C. His manner.

17、 D. His leaking.解析細節(jié)題。The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path. 答案D3. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to _.A. laugh at the old oneB. take pity on the old oneC. show off its beautiful looksD

18、. praise the gardeners kindness解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)The new bucket was very proud of itself.和第三段，可知新桶對自己的表現(xiàn)很是自豪，而看到那個舊桶一路都是漏水，當然要炫耀一下自己，羞辱一下別人。 答案A4. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?A. Because it was used to keep a balanceB. Because it stayed in its best conditionC. Because it was taken as a

19、treasureD. Because it had its own function解析推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后兩段可知，兩個桶都有其存在的價值。 答案DPassage 2I was working as a consultant in a beer company, helping the president and senior vicepresidents form and carry out their new planning projects. It was really a great challenge.At the same time, my mother was in th

20、e final stages of cancer.I worked during the day and drove 40 miles home to be with her every night. It was tiring and stressful, but it was what I wanted to do. My commitment was to continue to do excellent consulting during the day, even though my evenings were very hard. I didnt want to bother th

21、e president with my situation, yet I felt someone at the company needed to know what was going on. So I told the vicepresident of Human Resources, asking him not to share the information with anyone.A few days later, the president called me into his office.I figured he wanted to talk to me about one

22、 of the many issues we were working on. When I entered, he asked me to sit down. He faced me from across his large desk, looked me in the eye and said, “I hear your mother is very ill.”I was totally caught by surprise and burst into tears. He just looked at me, let my crying subside(平息), and then ge

23、ntly said a sentence I will never forget: Whatever you need.That was it. His understanding and his willingness both to let me be in my pain and to offer me everything were qualities of sympathy that I carry with me to this day.【語篇解讀】這是一篇記敘文，講述作者在工作的同時照顧患病母親，公司董事長的理解和幫助令其終生難忘。1When the author was wor

24、king in a beer company, his mother_.Awas concerned about himBdrew the presidents attentionCwas seriously illDwas proud of her son解析考查細節(jié)理解。第二段第一行可以得出結(jié)論。 答案C2Although he felt tired and stressed, he felt it his duty_.Ato carry out their new strategic visionBto avoid bothering the presidentCto tell the

25、vicepresident his difficult situationDto do his job well and look after his mother解析考查細節(jié)理解。第三段第一、二行有清晰的敘述。 答案D3Most probably, the president got the information from_.Aa relative of the authorsBthe vicepresidentCthe authors good friendsDthe authors collegues解析考查判斷推理。第三段最后一句作者把母親患癌的事告訴了副董事長。幾天以后，董事長找他

26、談他母親的事。由此可以得出推理的結(jié)論。 答案B4Which of the following can be used to best describe the president?AConsiderate. BIntelligent.CHonest. DConsultative.解析考查推理和細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段第二句第一個單詞和董事長的行為得出答案。 答案A5Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?AUnderstanding Is EverywhereBGenerous PresidentCSympathy

27、 Is NeededDAn Unforgetable Memory解析考查主旨要義。從整體和最后一段判斷作者對這件事刻骨銘心。 答案DPassage 3(2011監(jiān)利中學高三第一次摸底)It was my first day at school in London and I was halfexcited and halffrightened. On my way to school I wondered what sort of questions the other boys would ask me and rehearsed (practiced) all the answers:

28、“I am nine years old. I was born here but I havent lived here since I was two. I was living in Farley. Its about thirty miles away. I came back to London two months ago.” I also wondered if it was the custom for boys to fight strangers like me, but I was tall for my age. I hoped they would decide no

29、t to risk it.No one took any notice of me before school. I stood in the center of the playground, expecting someone to say “hello”， but no one spoke to me. When a teacher called my name and told me where my classroom was, one or two boys looked at me but that was all the curiosity my arrival aroused

30、.My teacher was called Mr Jones. There were 42 boys in the class, so I didnt stand out there, either, until the first lesson of the afternoon. Mr Jones was very fond of Charles Dickens and he had decided to read aloud to us from David Copperfield, but first he asked several boys if they knew Dickens

31、 birthplace, but no one guessed right. A boy called Brian, the biggest in the class，said；“Timbuktu”， and Mr Jones went red in the face. Then he asked me.I said；“Portsmouth”， and everyone stared at me because Mr Jones said I was right. This didnt make me very popular, of course.“He thinks hes clever，

32、” I heard Brian say.After that, we went out to the playground to play football. I was in Brians team, and he obviously had Dickens in mind because he told me to go in goal. No one ever wanted to be the goalkeeper.“Hes big enough and useless enough，” Brian said when someone asked him why he had chose

33、n me.I suppose Mr. Jones remembered Dickens, too, because when the game was nearly over, Brian pushed one of the players on the other team, and he gave them a penalty. As the boy kicked the ball hard along the ground to my right, I threw myself down instinctively and saved it. All my team crowded round me. My bare knees were grazed and bleeding. Brian took out a handkerc