高二英語閱讀理解

1、高二英語課外閱讀練習(xí) (三) Edited by Pu Xiaohong in April,2013（A）I was in a strange city I didnt know at all, and whats more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasa

2、ntly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper

3、-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look

4、 in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside.

5、 The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.（）1.The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because.A. he had no money to buy a ticket B. he wanted to lose himself in the cityC. he tried to know the city in this wayD.it was late and there were no buses passing by（）2. Th

6、e newspaper-seller_.A. didnt know where the hotel wasB. didnt understand what the writer saidC. could understand what the writer saidD. didnt want to take the money from the writer（）3. From the story we know that the policeman_.A. was kind but didnt understand the writerB. told the writer where to t

7、ake a trainC. knew what the writer really meantD.was cold-hearted and didnt help the writer（）4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.B. The writer got to the hotel with the policemans help.C. The writer found he was much farther away from the

8、 hotel.D.The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.（）5.In your opinion, what was the writers real trouble?A. He didnt know the city at all. B. He couldnt speak the language.C. He went too far in the wrong bus. D.He followed the policemans direction.( B )Each student at an eng

9、ineering college in Canada gets a steel ring upon graduation in addition to graduation certificate. There is a story behind the unusual ring. Several years ago, a graduate from this engineering college designed an iron-steel bridge. Unfortunately, because of many mistakes in his design, the bridge c

10、ollapsed(崩潰，倒塌) soon after it came into use. This event shook the engineering college. And the college authorities(當局) decided to take back the framework of the iron-steel bridge and use it as raw material for making rings to give the students upon their graduation. The college wants the students to

11、 remember this lesson forever so as to avoid making such mistakes again.()1. Upon graduation each student is given a steel ring as _. A. a gift from the college B. a model to make design C. a warning to avoid making mistakes in design D. a warning not to make iron-steel bridge()2. The wrongly-design

12、ed iron-steel bridge was finally_.A. put into use B. sold at a low priceC. used again after repairing D. made into many steel rings()3. The ring is quite unusual because_.A. its design is excellent B. it is very expensiveC. it has a sad story D. it is different from others()4. The best title for the

13、 passage is_.A. A Great Mistake B. A Shocking EventC. A Warning Ring D. A Lesson to Be Remembered()5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. The iron-steel bridge didnt come into use until it collapsed.B. This bridge has been used ever since it was built.C. The iron-st

14、eel bridge collapsed soon after it came into use.D. The bridge collapsed because it was designed by a poor student.語法填空Johnny Carson began his career in television 1 _ his twenties. First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years 2_, he moved to Los Angeles, California. It was “The Toni

15、ght Show” 3_ made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became 4 _ most popular star of American television. He 5_ （call） “the king of late night.” Critics said Americans from all parts of the country liked him and felt they knew him. He did not take his fame 6_ （serious）. For example, when aske

16、d 7_ he became a “star”, he answered: “I started in a gaseous （氣體的） state and I cooled.” Carsons special skill was his sense of 8_. Audiences laughed at his jokes he made at the beginning of his show. However, sometimes they laughed 9_ harder at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful perfor

17、mer on televison. Many 10_ （comedy） and singers became successful after appearing on “The Tonight Show”.( C )After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards send her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning.In the evening she would go

18、 to a fancy dress party with her husband. She wanted to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was really splendid. After putting it on, She went downstairs to find out whether it would be

19、 comfortable to wear. Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, she quickly

20、 hid in the small store-room under the stair. She heard the front door opened and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and in came a man. Mrs Richards realized it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain th

21、e situation, saying “Its only me. ”but it was too late, the man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, losing the door heavily behind him. Choose the best answer according to the passage.1. The reason for Mrs Richards excitement that day was that_

22、.A. she had sent her children to schoolB. she was to attend an evening party C. she wouldnt do any housework that morning D. she had made a special costume the night before2. Mrs Richards went downstairs with the costume on so as to_.A. made sure that the costume fitted her wellB. frighten the perso

23、n who was knocking on the door C. find out if she had finished the costume D. receive the bread and do some cooking3. The man who was knocking at the door was_.A. a baker B. a thief C. her husband D. an electricity man4. What did the man do after he knocked on the front door?A. He entered just as Mr

24、s Richards had told him to.B. He did not do anything as Mrs Richards had expected him to.C. He stepped directly towards the meter.D. He went straight in so as to find Mrs Richards.5. The man _ and that made him cry out and run away.A. thought he must have met a ghostB. recognized Mrs Richards C. fou

25、nd out Mrs Richards was walking towards him D. thought that Mrs Richards must have recognized him( D )Jean-Michael Lourdis was a promising young pianist. But when the young man played, it seemed to him, as if his hands were iron. He worried so much about his playing that he became oversensitive (過度敏

26、感的) to the comments of his playing. Unfortunately, in those days, a critic(批評家) was not considered a critic, unless he found something wrong. This attitude of the critics would often leave the young man ready to give up his dream and return home.He was invited to play in Helsinki. The rich, the famo

27、us, the leaders of State were all there. Jean-Michael had one of those days when everything went wrong. That night as he played, he felt as if it were the worst concert of his young life. The next day, in the newspapers, some of the comments were so unkind. The young musician was painful.That day, a

28、s he sat in his hotel room in total despair(絕望), there came a knocking at his door. He had a visitor. The famous Finnish composer(作曲家) Jean Sibelius had come by to congratulate the young pianist on his performance. Jean-Michael asked how he thought of that and began to quote some of the newspaper cr

29、itics. "Hands of iron. No imagination. Little skill, no joy. Don't you hear what they say?" he asked.Jean Sibelius looked at young Jean-Michael and said, " Remember, son, there is no city in the world where they have erected(建立，安裝) a statue(雕像) for a critic."(1)、According to the passage, Jean-Michael Lourdis _.A：was a bad pianistB：cared too much about what the critics had saidC：refused to play in H