【英语】2018届二轮复习阅读理解记叙文典题10篇练与析（含解析）学案（14页word版）

【英语】2018届二轮复习阅读理解记叙文典题10篇练与析（含解析）学案（14页word版）

‎2018届二轮复习 阅读理解记叙文典题10篇练与析 ‎【一】‎ Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honours, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That's when I learned about the Lighthouse Project. ‎ I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family. ‎ Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out. ‎ After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me. ‎ Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and I returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever. ‎ ‎36. What do we know about the author? ‎ A. His university education focused on theoretical knowledge. ‎ B. His dream at university was to become a volunteer. ‎ C. He took pride in having contributed to the world. ‎ D. He felt honored to study English literature. ‎ ‎37. According to Paragraph 2, it is most likely that the author ________．‎ A. discussed his decision with his family ‎ B. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work C. attended special training to perform difficult tasks D. felt sad about having to leave his family and friends ‎38. In his application for the volunteer job, the author ________．‎ A. participated in many discussions B. went through challenging survival tests C. wrote quite a few papers on voluntary work D. faced strong competition from other candidates ‎ ‎39. On arrival at the village, the author was ________．‎ A. asked to lead a farming team ‎ B. sent to teach in a schoolhouse C. received warmly by local villagers ‎ D. arranged to live in a separate house ‎40. What can we infer from the author's experiences in Nigeria? ‎ A. He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture.‎ B. He had learned to communicate in the local language. ‎ C. He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home. ‎ D. He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students. ‎ ‎【要点综述】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在大学只是学习理论的东西，而毕业后不知自己要干什么。后来作者通过了一项参加志愿者活动的申请，是志愿者活动改变了作者的人生。‎ ‎36. A　细节理解题。根据第一段的“My degree, with honours, in English ‎ literature had not really prepared me for anything practical.”可知作者在大学里所学的不是实践的(practical)，而是理论上的(theoretical)东西。故选A。‎ ‎37. A　推理判断题。根据第二段的“In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.”和第三段的“Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for application.”可知，作者跟家人商量了是否参加志愿者活动。故选A。‎ ‎38. D　细节理解题。根据第三段的“After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone.”可知最后只有一个人可以胜出，因此作者经历了激烈的竞争。故选D。‎ ‎39. C　细节理解题。根据第四段的“Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family.”可知作者受到了村民们的热情招待。故选C。‎ ‎40. A　推理判断题。根据最后一段的“…I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did…and I returned to the United States a different man.”可知选A。‎ ‎【二】‎ About 30 years ago, I left Cuba for the United States with my son. After getting settled finally in Brunswick, New Jersey, I enrolled(注册) my son in kindergarten. Several weeks later, my son’s teacher asked me to meet him at his office.‎ In the teacher’s office, and exchange of greetings was followed by his questions: “Is your son mentally retarded(弱智的)？Does he suffer from any kind of mental disability?”‎ Was he talking about my wonderful Scola? NO, no, it can’t be. What a helpless, lonely moment! I told him that Scola was a quiet, sweet little boy, instead. I asked him why he was asking me all these questions.‎ My son could not follow the teacher’s directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class. Didn’t he know my son did not speak English yet?‎ He was angry; “Why hasn’t your son been taught to speak English? Don’t you speak English at home?”‎ No, I didn’t speak English at home, I replied. I was sure my son would learn English in a couple of months, and I didn't want him to forget his native language. Well, wrong answer! What kind of person would not speak in English to her son at home ‎ and at all time? “Are you one of those people who come to this country to save dollars and send them back to their country, never wanting to be a part of this society?”‎ Needless to say, I tried to tell him I was not one of “those people.” Then he told me the meeting was over, and I left.‎ As I had expected, my son learned to speak English fluently before the school year was over. He went on to graduate from college and got a job, earning close to six figures. He travels widely and leads a well-adjusted, contented life. And he has benefited from being bilingual(双语的)。‎ Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other cultures and other places—something very basic and obviously lacking in the “educator” I met in New Jersey.‎ ‎57. The teacher asked the author to his office__________.‎ A. to discuss Scola’s in-class performance B. to get Scola enrolled in kindergarten C. to find a language partner for Scola D. to work out a study plan for Scola ‎58. What does the underlined word “disrupting” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?‎ A. Breaking B. Following C. Attending D. Disturbing ‎ ‎59. The author’s attitude towards being bilingual may best be described as__________.‎ A. critical B. casual C. positive D. passive ‎ ‎60. This text is likely to be selected from a book of _________.‎ A. medicine B. education C. geography D. history ‎【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是学校教育。作者通过讲述我与儿子的老师在办公室的谈话的故事，证明我让儿子保留母语的想法是正确的。最后，儿子得益于他的双语技能找到了高薪的工作。‎ ‎【解析】‎ ‎57. A。推理判断题。难度：中等。根据文章第二段中的My son could not follow the teacher’s directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class可知：儿子不听老师的话，还扰乱课堂。这些都是儿子在课上的表现。故选A。‎ 干扰项排除：B项说作者给儿子注册上幼儿园，这不是在老师办公室谈的；C项、D项文章内容没有提到。‎ ‎58.D。猜测词义题。难度：中等。根据文章第四段中的My son could not follow the teacher’s directions, he told me, and thus, Scola was disrupting the class可知，and前后并列关系，内容相近。所以，根据前文的“他不听老师的指导”可以推知disrupt意为：扰乱。故D正确。‎ ‎59. C。考查作者态度题。难度：中等。根据文章最后一段的Speaking more than one language allows people to communicate with others; it teaches people about other cultures and other places可以推知作者认为：不止讲一种语言让人们和（更多的）人进行交流，这教会人们了解其他的地方和文化，这是一些最基本的东西。儿子就得益于双语技能。由此可知作者持积极的态度。故C正确。A批判的；B漫不经心的；D消极的。它们都不合文意。[来源:学科网]‎ ‎60. B。推理判断题。难度：易。根据文章的语篇解读可知，文章通篇讲述的是有关教育的话题。所以，本文应该是从有关教育的书中节选的。故B正确。‎ ‎【三】‎ In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five days off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车). I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured （使…放心）me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home. Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water. After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.” I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon. 50. The author had to hitch a ride one day in 1978 because ______.‎ A. her work delayed her trip to Sydney B. she was going home for her holidays C. the town was far away from Sydney D. she missed the only train back home ‎51. Which of the following did Gordon do according to Paragraph 2?‎ A. He helped the girl find a ride. B. He gave the girl a ride back home.‎ C. He bought sandwiches for the girl. D. He watched the girl for three hours.‎ ‎52. The reason why the author offered a lift to the elderly man was that ______.‎ A. she realized he was Gordon B. she had known him for decades C. she was going to the nearby town D. she wanted to repay the favour she once got ‎53. What does the author want to tell the readers through the story? A. Giving sometimes produces nice results.‎ B. Those who give rides will be rapid. C. Good manners bring about happiness. D. People should offer free rides to others.‎ ‎【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，题材是社会生活。作者讲述了25年前自己错过了唯一的一趟回家的火车，她想搭便车回家但没有人为她停车。最后一位名叫Gordon的人把自己请到家中吃了午饭并帮助自己找到了回家的便车。25年后的一天搭自己便车的老人竟然是那位名叫Gordon的人。‎ ‎【解析】‎ ‎50. D。细节理解题。难度：易。根据文章第一段中的the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride（唯一的一趟回家的火车已经离开，所以我想搭便车回家。）可知D正确。‎ ‎51. A。细节理解题。难度：易。根据文章第二段中he also offered to help me find a lift home（他还主动帮助我找到回家的便车）可知C正确。‎ ‎52. D。细节理解题。难度：易。根据文章第三段中的I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favor I’d been given decades earlier可知，我认为这是回报几十年前给我帮助的人的又一次机会。故C正确。‎ ‎53. A。作者的写作意图题。难度：中等。综合分析全文内容，25年前我得到Gordon的帮助，25年后Gordon又偶然地得到我的帮助。所以作者想通过这个故事，告诉我们：给予有时会产生好的结果。故选A项。‎ ‎【四】‎ Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has a good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.‎ One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 a.m. and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Jimmy agreed. ‎ Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed looks on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” He thought to himself. ‎ Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company. ‎ ‎“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into this office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job. ‎ ‎56. Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?‎ A. He was out of work. B. He was bored with his job. C. He wanted a higher position. D. he hoped to find a better boss. ‎ ‎57. What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?‎ A. A friend’s car had a flat tyre. B. A wild man was pushing a car. ‎ C. A terrible car accident happened. D. An old man’s car broke down. ‎ ‎58. Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride? A. He was also to be interviewed. B. He needed a traveling companion. C. He always helped people in need. D. He was thankful to Jimmy .‎ ‎59. How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question? A. He was sorry for the other applicants. B. There was no hope for him to get the job. C. He regretted helping the old man. D. The interviewer was very rude. ‎ ‎60. What can we learn from Jimmy’s experience? A. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. B. A friend in need is a friend indeed. C. Good is rewarded with good. D. Two heads are better than one. ‎ ‎【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要描述了已失业数月的汽车技工Jimmy，在一次去面试的途中帮助一位老者修好了汽车，在面试时意外发现老者竟是该公司的总经理。Jimmy 的热心肠得到总经理的赏识，因此使他顺利地得到了一份工作。‎ ‎【解析】‎ ‎56．A。细节理解题。难度：易。由第一段首句可知;“Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago.” 与选项A中“out of work”同义，故选A。‎ 解题思路：记叙文首段首句往往会介绍时间、地点和人物。本文中首句含有but引导的转折关系并列句，这就是命题人设置的题眼。‎ ‎57. D。细节理解题。难度：易。根据题干“on the way to the interview”，定位信息在第二段第三句：“he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car.”可知，老人的车出问题了， 与选项D同义，故选D。‎ ‎58. C. 细节判断题。细节难度：中等。根据题干“offer Jimmy a ride”，定位该题信息在第二段倒数最后三句：“Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Jimmy 无偿帮助需要帮助的人，他要赶着去参加一个面试。老人说：我可以搭载你去面试的办公室。这是我最起码做的事。老人用实际行动表达对Jimmy 的感谢。‎ ‎59. B. 推理判断题。根据题干“the interviewer’s question”，定位到第三段，由大意可知：因为帮人修车Jimmy的衣服上沾了油脂，穿这样的衣服去面试难免不适合。尤其是在第三段最后三句; Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” 可知: Jimmy听到面试考官的话，更加不自信，认为这次的工作又无望了。符合选项B内容，故选B。‎ ‎60. C.细节理解题。难度：中等。通读全文，可知Jimmy 无偿帮助他人的精神倍受身为总经理的老者喜欢，这一品德使Jimmy顺利得到工作。A. 有志者事竟成。B. 患难见真情。C. 善有善报。D.三个臭皮匠顶个诸葛亮。有中文含义判断，选C。‎ ‎【五】‎ When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University(SMU) in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn't afford the operation because her family was poor.‎ Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic(阁楼) one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿). On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry.” It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry's.‎ My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.‎ My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.‎ ‎49. Who found the O. Henry's manuscript?‎ A. The girl's mother.‎ B. The author's father.‎ C. The girl. ‎ D. The author.‎ ‎50. Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?‎ A. O. Henry once worked in Houston. ‎ B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.‎ C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines. ‎ D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.‎ ‎51. The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”．‎ A. named B. treated ‎ C. proved D. described ‎52. According to the text, why did the author's father go to Des Moines?‎ A. To sell the O. Henry story. ‎ B. To meet the author himself.‎ C. To talk with the O. Henry expert. ‎ D. To give money to the girl.‎ ‎【要点综述】 “我”告诉父亲“我”要搬到爱荷华州的Des Moines城居住时，父亲给“我”讲述了一个多年前他在Des Moines城所遇到的一个故事，故事讲述了著名短片小说家欧·亨利的一篇故事手稿最终救人一命的经过。‎ ‎49. A　细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句可知是那位女孩的母亲发现了欧·亨利的手稿，故选A。‎ ‎50. B　推理判断题。根据第二段中的“…and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse…”一句可知本题答案为B。‎ ‎51. C　词义猜测题。句意：我父亲去拜访了纽约哥伦比亚大学的欧·亨利研究专家，他证明这份手稿是欧·亨利的真迹。由此可知本词意思是“证明”，故选C。‎ ‎52. A　推理判断题。根据第三段的前两句可知“我”的父亲去Des Moines的目的是为了卖欧·亨利的手稿，故选A。‎ ‎【七】‎ A city child's summer is spent in the street in front of his home，and all through the long summer vacations I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball.I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing—not out of special cruelty, but because they took it for granted，I would be no good at it.They were right，of course.‎ I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed.The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark.Then it was the custom of the boys to retire to a little stoop(门廊) that stuck out from the candy store on the corner and that somehow had become theirs.No grownup ever sat there or attempted to.There the boys would sit，mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow.Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one.It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed.I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question；but whoever he was，I nod to him gratefully now.“What's in those books you're always reading？” he asked casually. “Stories，” I answered.“What kind？”asked somebody else without much interest.‎ Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did，for usually I just sat there in silence，glad enough to be allowed to remain among them；but instead of answering his question，I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment.The book was Sister Carrie.They listened bugeyed and breathless.I must have told it well，but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them so keen an audience.Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments，but I was offering them as well，without being aware of doing it，a new and exciting experience.‎ The books they themselves read were the Rover Boys or Tom Swift or G．A. Henry. I had read them too，but at thirteen I had long since left them behind.Since I was much alone I had become an enthusiastic reader and I had gone through the booksforboys series.In those days there was no reading material between children's and grownups' books，or I could find none.I had gone right from Tom Swift and His Flying Machine to Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie.Dreiser had hit my young mind，and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder that I had had in reading it.‎ The next night and many nights thereafter，a kind of unspoken ritual(仪式) took place.As it grew dark，I would take my place in the centre of the stoop and begin the evening's tale.Some nights，in order to taste my victory more completely，I cheated.I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte，and without warning tell them that that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening.It was not true，of course；but I had to make certain of my newfound power and position.I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall.Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences，but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store，I have an unreasoning love that will last forever.‎ ‎55．Watching the boys playing baseball，the writer must have felt ________.‎ A．bitter and lonely B．special and different C．pleased and excited D．disturbed and annoyed ‎56．The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boy ________.‎ A．invited him to join in their game B．liked the book that he was reading C．broke the long silence of that summer evening D．offered him an opportunity that changed his life ‎57．According to Paragraph 3，storytelling was popular among the boys basically because ________.‎ A．the story was from a children's book B．listening to tales was an ageold practice C．the boys had few entertainments after dark D．the boys didn't read books by themselves ‎58．The boys were attracted to Sister Carrie because ________.‎ A．it was written by Theodore Dreiser B．it was specifically targeted at boys C．it gave them a deeper feeling of pleasure D．it talked about the wonders of the world ‎59．Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story to ________.‎ A．play a mean trick on the boys B．experience more joy of achievement C．add his own imagination to the story D．help the boys understand the story better ‎60．What is the message conveyed in the story?‎ A．One can find his position in life in his own way.‎ B．Friendship is built upon respect for each other.‎ C．Reading is more important than playing games.‎ D．Adult habits are developed from childhood.‎ ‎【要点综述】 这是一篇感人的文章。作者是一位很喜欢文学阅读的学生，在很多时候，他受到了其他小伙伴的冷落，他们想当然地认为作者不擅长打棒球。但终于有一天转机出现了，在某一天晚上，有个小伙伴与作者搭了话，从此，作者开始给他们讲故事，并由此找到了自己的位置。‎ ‎55. A　推理判断题。 从文章第一段的watched enviously the other boys和“I was never asked to take part…not out of special cruelty…”推断知，作者受到了其他小伙伴的冷落，他感到很孤单和痛苦。故选A项。‎ ‎56. D　推理判断题。 从文章第二段的“It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed. I can no longer remember which boy…”可推断出，当一个男孩子与“我”搭话的时候，“我”的生活从此发生了改变。故选D项。‎ ‎57. B　细节理解题。 从第三段的“Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man's entertainments…”知，听人讲故事是一个古老而又传统的娱乐方式。故选B项。‎ ‎58. C　推理判断题。 从第四段的“Dreiser had hit my young mind, and they listened to me tell the story with some of the wonder…”知，这些小伙伴被“我”的《嘉莉妹妹》故事深深吸引住了，感受到了无比的愉悦之情。故选C项。‎ ‎59. B　推理判断题。 从文章最后一段的“…in order to taste my victory more completely, I cheated. I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London…”推断知，“我”有时候故意在精彩的地方停下来，这样“我”就能体会到一种前所未有的成就感和愉悦感。故选B项。‎ ‎60. A　主旨大意题。 从最后一段的“…but I had to make certain of my newfound power and position.”知，作者通过给其他小朋友讲故事，感受到了自己身份和价值的变化。故选A项。‎ ‎【八】‎ I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labelled(贴标签 ) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.‎ War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming, “Take your shoes away! Why under my bed！” Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.‎ The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled(爬) under her covers, sobbing.Obviously, that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden ，a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.‎ Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books，made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn't notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me，“Thanks.”‎ Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn't always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.‎ ‎36. What made Kate so angry one evening?‎ A. She couldn't find her books.‎ B. She heard the author shouting loud.‎ C. She got the news that her grandma was ill.‎ D. She saw the author's shoes beneath her bed.‎ ‎ 37. The author tidied up the room most probably because ________.‎ A. she was scared by Kate's anger B. she hated herself for being so messy C. she wanted to show her care D. she was asked by Kate to do so ‎ 38. How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?‎ A. By analysing causes.‎ B. By showing differences.‎ C. By describing a process.‎ D. By following time order.‎ ‎39. What might be the best title for the story?‎ A. My friend Kate B. Hard work pays off C. How to be organized D. Learning to be roommates ‎【要点综述】 本文是一篇记叙文。故事讲述了作者和其室友由于不同的生活习惯带来的一次冲突之后互相理解而和谐相处的经历。‎ ‎36．D　细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“‘Why under my bed！’”可知答案为D。‎ ‎37．C　推理判断题。从第三段最后一句中的sympathy可推知作者一改以前懒散的生活态度，用自己的行动去安慰Kate，表示了一种关切。‎ ‎38．B　篇章结构题。作者通过介绍Kate和自己不同的生活模式来突出彼此之间尖锐的矛盾，故是一种对比。‎ ‎39．D　主旨大意题。通读全文可知，作者自己改变了，得到了Kate的重新认同，俩人找到了和好的契机，从而学会了怎样做室友。‎ ‎【九】‎ I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, “Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are？”‎ At that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, “Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone！” And she swept it into the wastebasket.‎ I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth?‎ She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, “Now hear this! All objects in this room—if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go！”‎ Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, “Honey, you just have to learn how to take control.” With that, she left the room.‎ After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.‎ ‎16．Why did the author shout at the telephone?‎ A．He was mad at the telephone.‎ B．He was angry with his agent.‎ C．He was anxious about his wife.‎ D．He was impatient with the secretary.‎ ‎17．What did the author's wife do after she heard his shouting?‎ A．She said nothing.‎ B．She shouted at him.‎ C．She called the agent.‎ D．She threw the phone away.‎ ‎18．What made the author laugh?‎ A．His own crazy behaviour.‎ B．His wife's suggestions.‎ C．His changeable feeling.‎ D．His wife's sweet kiss.‎ ‎19．What does the underlined word “antics” refer to?‎ A．Smart words.‎ B．Unusual actions.‎ C．Surprising looks.‎ D．Anxious feelings.‎ ‎【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。作者打电话一直被推脱不接，渐渐没了耐心，而此时他妻子的一系列行为点醒了他，使他明白自己当时的行为是多么地可笑。‎ ‎16．B　推理判断题。根据文章第一段的“…Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are？’”并结合本段的整体内容可推知，作者对自己的经纪人很是生气，故选B项。‎ ‎17．D　细节理解题。 根据第二段的最后一句“And she swept it into the wastebasket.”可知，作者的妻子在听到作者对电话吼叫时，把电话扔进垃圾桶了，故选D项。‎ ‎18．A　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段的第一句和第三句“After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood had changed.…How could I have trouble with that phone？”可推知，作者通过妻子模仿自己的行为意识到自己对电话吼的行为是多么地可笑，故选A项。‎ ‎19．B　词义指代题。根据文章最后一段第一句“After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my ‎ mood had changed.”可知，antics与crazy是同义词，故选B项。‎ ‎【十】‎ When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University(SMU) in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn't afford the operation because her family was poor.‎ Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic(阁楼) one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript(手稿). On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry.” It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry's.‎ My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.‎ My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.‎ ‎49. Who found the O. Henry's manuscript?‎ A. The girl's mother.‎ B. The author's father.‎ C. The girl. ‎ D. The author.‎ ‎50. Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found ‎ in the attic?‎ A. O. Henry once worked in Houston. ‎ B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.‎ C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines. ‎ D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.‎ ‎51. The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”．‎ A. named B. treated ‎ C. proved D. described ‎52. According to the text, why did the author's father go to Des Moines?‎ A. To sell the O. Henry story. ‎ B. To meet the author himself.‎ C. To talk with the O. Henry expert. ‎ D. To give money to the girl.‎ ‎【要点综述】 “我”告诉父亲“我”要搬到爱荷华州的Des Moines城居住时，父亲给“我”讲述了一个多年前他在Des Moines城所遇到的一个故事，故事讲述了著名短片小说家欧·亨利的一篇故事手稿最终救人一命的经过。‎ ‎49. A　细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句可知是那位女孩的母亲发现了欧·亨利的手稿，故选A。‎ ‎50. B　推理判断题。根据第二段中的“…and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse…”一句可知本题答案为B。‎ ‎51. C　词义猜测题。句意：我父亲去拜访了纽约哥伦比亚大学的欧·亨利研究专家，他证明这份手稿是欧·亨利的真迹。由此可知本词意思是“证明”，故选C。‎ ‎52. A　推理判断题。‎