高中英語閱讀理解專講專練[五]

　　注意閱讀速度：

　　一個人的閱讀能力的高低決定了他能否快速高效地吸收有用信息。合理的快速閱讀可以使閱讀者思想高度集中，在閱讀中積極思維，不時作出歸納、演繹、對比、推測，正確理解篇章大意。沒有一定的閱讀速度，就不能順利地輸入信息，閱讀理解的成效也會大大地降低。

　　高考要求每分鐘讀60個字，但我們在平常練習(xí)時應(yīng)達(dá)到并超過這個基本標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，以便在高考中能給自己擠出更多時間去進(jìn)行思考。我們要培養(yǎng)快速閱讀的能力，就必須克服指讀、回讀、重讀等不良習(xí)慣，不要把注意力過度集中在孤立的單詞上，以致于對整句、整段的意思把握不清。與此同時，我們還應(yīng)注意運(yùn)用多種閱讀技巧，如略讀、掃讀、跳讀等來搜尋關(guān)鍵詞、主題句，理清文章脈絡(luò)，把握語篇實質(zhì)。

　　Passage A

　　閱讀理解

　　When someone says, “Well, I guess I'll have to face the music①”, it doesn't mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or attend a concert. It is something far less unhappy than you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that.②

　　At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially (尤其) as children. We can all remember father?s angry words “I want to talk to you”. And only because we did not listen to him. What a bad thing it was!

　　In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”. The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not. If...that means parents? cold faces and contempt (輕視) of the teachers and classmates.

　　“To face the music” is well known to every American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. It really means that you have to do something, no matter (無論) how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice.

　　根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. “To face the music” means “to____ ”.

　　A. do something that we don?t like to

　　B. go to the theatre

　　C. go to the music show

　　D. do something that we want to

　　2. In the third paragraph, “If...”really means “If____ ”.

　　A. we don't do a good job B. we get an“A” in the exam

　　C. the exam is easy D. the exam is difficult

　　3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A. “To face the music” is well known in the United States.

　　B. “To face the music” has a history of more than 100 years.

　　C. The young Americans know what “to face the music” means.

　　D. Only the old in the United States know the meaning of “to face the music”.

　　難句注釋

　�、買 guess I?ll have to face the music.

　　我想這下我得自食其果了。

　　face the music 指由于自己的決定或行為而接受批評、承擔(dān)后果等。

　　Total words:200

　　Reading time:____

　　Reading speed: ____

　�、贗t is something far less unhappy than you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that.

　　它要比你被老板喊進(jìn)去解釋為什么這樣那樣做，或者為什么不這樣那樣做要難過得多。

　　Passage B

　　閱讀理解

　　Julia lived in the countryside, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.

　　On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar (乞丐). He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously(慷慨地).①”

　　Julia felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl.

　　“Thank you.” he said.

　　The same thing happened again the following day. On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin. She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar?s bowl.

　　“What have I done wrong?” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy (吝嗇的) today?”

　　Julia was very surprised at what the beggar said.

　　“How do you know I haven't given you a dollar?” she said, “If you?re blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl.”

　　“Ah,” explained the beggar,“The truth is that I'm not blind. I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he?s on holiday.②”

　　“On holiday?” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday?”

　　“He goes into the countryside,”the man said, “and takes photographs. He's a very good photographer.”

　　根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. Where was the beggar sitting?

　　A. Between Julia's hotel and the market.

　　B. In the busiest part of the city.

　　C. Outside the shops.

　　D. In the market.

　　2. On the first two days, ____.

　　A. the blind man waited for Julia

　　B. Julia gave the blind man some money

　　C. the blind man demanded money from Julia

　　D. Julia gave him nothing

　　3. On the third day, the blind man____ .

　　A. accepted Julia's fifty cents quite happily

　　B. noticed that Julia had only given him fifty cents

　　C. refused Julia's fifty cents

　　D. also received one dollar from Julia

　　難句注釋

　�、� He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth. Please give generously.” 他舉著一個告示，上面寫著“生來雙目失明，請慷慨解囊！”。

　　Total words:248

　　Reading time:____

　　Reading speed: ____

　�、� I?m just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he?s on holiday.

　　那個經(jīng)常在這兒的乞丐度假去了，我只是幫他照看一下場子。

　　Passage C

　　閱讀理解

　　In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc. in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and have them as their good friends. Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射)so that they won't carry disease. They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find that almost every family has a feeding place for birds in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. ①If you killed an animal, you would be punished. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it.②

　　People in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours.③ When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life. Then the old will feel lonely, but pets can solve this problem. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.

　　根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. The passage mainly talks about____ .

　　A. how to keep disease from pets

　　B. pets in Canada

　　C. how to take good care of pets

　　D. life of the old in Canada

　　2. They give their pets injections before keeping them at their houses because ____.

　　A. the pets are sick

　　B. the pets are wild

　　C. they want to stop them from getting sick

　　D. they want them to sleep on the way home

　　3. In Canada, children leave their parents when they grow up because ____.

　　A. they don't love their parents any more

　　B. they can only find jobs far from their parents

　　C. their parents? houses are too small

　　D. they wouldn't depend on their parents any more

　　4. Which of the following is TRUE？

　　A. People buy animal food only at the animal food stores.

　　B. Pets eat better than people.

　　C. Almost every family has a birdcage in his house.

　　D. Any bird can come to the bird feeders to eat.

　　難句注釋

　�、賂hey have a law against killing wild animals.

　　他們有一項不準(zhǔn)捕殺野生動物的法律。

　�、贗f an animal happened to get run over by a car,

　　Total words:245

　　Reading time:____

　　Reading speed: ____

　　people would be very sad about it. 如果動物不巧被車軋了，人們就會很傷心。

　�、跲ne of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours.

　　原因之一可能是他們的家庭不像我們這樣聯(lián)系密切。

　　Passage D

　　完形填空

　　On Thursday afternoon Mrs Clarke locked the door and went to the women?s club as usual. It was a pleasant way of passing time 1 an old woman who lived 2 .

　　When she came home she sensed something 3 . Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no 4 of forced entry (進(jìn)入). Had anything been taken? She went from room to room, 5 , and found her camera and spare watch missing.①

　　The following Thursday she went out at her usual time, but didn?t go to the club. 6 , she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, 7 herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see② what would 8 .

　　It was 4 o'clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs Clarke was 9 tea at the time. The bell rang again, and 10 she heard her letterbox being pushed open. 11 the kettle (壺) of boiling water, she moved quietly 12 the door. A piece of wire (金屬絲) appeared through the letter?box, and then a 13 . The wire turned and caught around the knob (圓形旋鈕) on the door?lock. Mrs Clarke raised the kettle and 14 the water over the hand. 15 was heard outside as the 16 fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, which was 17 by the sound of running feet.

　　It wasn?t long 18 the police caught the thief. And Mrs Clarke was greatly 19 at the club for her successful 20 .

　　根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案：

　　1. A. byB. toC. withD. for

　　2. A. lonelyB. alone C. away D. busily

　　3. A. terribleB. uncomfortable

　　C. unusualD. bad

　　4. A. informationB. show C. sign D. sight

　　5. A. looking B. examining C. searchingD. checking

　　6. A. Therefore B. However C. InsteadD. Again

　　7. A. pushing B. letting C. pulling D. leading

　　8. A. appear B. follow C. happenD. do

　　9. A. cooking B. making C. burningD. serving

　　10. A. the next moment B. for a while

　　C. in time D. at once

　　11. A. Putting down B. Laying aside

　　C. Picking upD. Taking away

　　12. A. towards B. away from C. from behindD. near

　　13. A. knife B. hand C. letter D. key

　　14. A. used B. dropped C. poured D. covered

　　15. A. A sad voice B. A strange noise

　　C. A low shoutD. A sharp cry

　　16. A. key B. kettle C. door?lock D. wire

　　17. A. followed B. caused C. produced D. ended

　　18. A. before B. since C. until D. when

　　19. A. surprised B. praised

　　C. encouragedD. supported

　　20. A. self?satisfaction B. self?protection

　　C. self?respectD. self?service

　　難句注釋

　　①found her camera and spare watch missing

　　發(fā)現(xiàn)她的相機(jī)和備用手表不見了

　�、趕ettled down to wait and see 靜下心來等著看

　　Passage A

　　本文主要講解了一個短語“face the music”的含義以及它在什么樣的情景下使用。

　　1. A. 從文章最后一段 “It really means that you have to do something...because you know you have no choice.”可以得到答案。

　　2. A. 從If...下文得知只有考試沒考好才會有那樣的結(jié)果。

　　3. D. 最后一段提到“...is well known to every American, young or old.”。

　　Passage B

　　本文講述了Julia出于同情給了一個自稱失明的乞丐幾次錢后，發(fā)現(xiàn)該乞丐是假裝失明來騙錢的真相的故事。

　　1. A. 從第二段第一句“...as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar.”中可得出答案。

　　2. B. 從文中可以看出是Julia因為同情那個乞丐而主動給錢的。

　　3. B. 乞丐注意到Julia只給了平時的一半時很不高興，但并沒有拒絕。

　　Passage C

　　本文主要講述了加拿大人喜歡動物且注意保護(hù)動物。

　　1. B. 其他三個選項比較片面。

　　2. C. 第一段提到“...they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections so that they won?t carry disease.”，從中可以得出答案。

　　3. D. 根據(jù)文章第二段第三句“When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life.”可以得出答案。

　　4. D. 文章第一段提到每個家庭的花園里都為飛鳥設(shè)置了喂食處。

　　Passage D

　　本文講述的是Mrs Clarke在發(fā)現(xiàn)家中被盜后采取的對策，以及她懲治小偷的經(jīng)過。

　　1. D. 俱樂部對于孤獨老人來說是一種消磨時光的好方法。

　　2. B. 從全文看，Mrs Clarke 是獨自一人住。

　　3. C. 她感到家里有點“反常”(unusual)。

　　4. C. 由上半句可見并無破門而入的跡象 (sign)。

　　5. D. 這里應(yīng)該是核查，看看丟了什么東西。

　　6. C. 相反，她抄近路回家了。

　　7. B. 選A或C均不合邏輯；選D也不合情理。

　　8. C. 看看會發(fā)生什么。其余三項動詞含義可包含在此項中。

　　9. B. “沏茶”習(xí)慣用make tea來表示。同樣，英語中還有make coffee。

　　10. A. the next moment意為“緊接著……”。

　　11. C. 結(jié)合下文看，此處是“提起一壺開水”。

　　12. A. 朝門口走去。

　　13. B. 伸進(jìn)來的是“手”(hand)，下文有說明。

　　14. C. “倒開水；潑水”用pour。

　　15. D. 開水猛然澆到手上，發(fā)出的是尖叫，并非其他幾種聲音。

　　16. D. 從上文得知，應(yīng)該是鐵絲掉在地上。

　　17. A. 緊接著是逃走的腳步聲。

　　18. A. 句型It wasn?t long before (后接從句) 表示“不久……”。

　　19. B. 如此智勇兼?zhèn)�，自然在club中受到贊揚(yáng)。

　　20. B. 以上行為屬于“自我保護(hù)”(self?protection)。\

　　1. It doesn‘t mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or attend a concert. 這并不表示他打算去聽歌手演唱或聽音樂會。(Line 1, Passage A)

　　mean 表示“意味著……；(意思)是說……；打算”

　　That sign means that the road is blocked. 這個標(biāo)志表示此路不通。

　　What do you mean by saying that? 你那樣說是什么意思?

　　He did not mean to go. 他沒打算去。

　　動詞mean還有一些常見的搭配：

　　be meant to do sth. 必須做某事 mean what one says 說到做到

　　mean well to sb. 對某人出于好意mean much to sb. 對某人很重要

　　2. If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it. 如果動物不巧被車軋了，人們就會很傷心。 (Line 11, Passage C)

　　英語中被動語態(tài)除常用“be +過去分詞”構(gòu)成外，還可用“get + 過去分詞 ”結(jié)構(gòu)。這種結(jié)構(gòu)多用在口語中，強(qiáng)調(diào)動作的結(jié)果。

　　get paid 得到報酬

　　get hurt 受傷

　　get lost 迷路

　　get punished 受罰

　　I got caught for speeding. 我因超速而被抓住。

　　Some glasses got broken when we were moving.

　　我們搬家的時候，有些玻璃杯被打碎了。

　　注意在這種結(jié)構(gòu)中，動作執(zhí)行者(即by短語)一般不表示出來。