高二英語(yǔ)閱讀理解(人物故事)解析版匯編及解析一、高中英語(yǔ)閱讀理解人物故事類1．閱讀理解

WhenIwassmall,mymotherandIwouldwalktoourlocallibraryinFranklinSquare.Aswedidn'talwayshaveaccesstoareliablecar,walkinghandinhandwasthemostconvenientwaytogetanywhere.ItwasatstorytimeforchildrenthatbothmymotherandImadelastingfriendships.

Today,IamfortunatetolivearoundthecornerfromtheColdCoastPublicLibraryinGlenHeadandashortwalktotheSeaCliffChildren'sLibrary.My18-imonth-oldson,Colin,andIfindourselvesinSeaCliffseveraltimesaweek,meetingandmakingfriends.Well,thatiswhatmanypeopledon'tunderstand-alibraryismorethanbooks;it'sacommunity.

Sure,thelibraryinFranklinSquarewastheplacewhereIwasintroducedtoJudyBlumenovels.ButitwasalsotheplacewhereIgotmyfirstemailaddressin1997.Atthelibrary,friendsandIlearnedhowtoresearchcollegesandsearchforscholarshipsontheInternet.Thelibrarywastheplacewherewesometimesgiggled(咯咯笑)tooloudly,andwherethelibrariansknewusbyname.Theirknowingournameswasn'tabadthing.WhenIcamehomefrommyfirsttermatBinghamtonUniversity,MaryLaRosa,thelibrarianattheFranklinSquarelibrary,offeredmemyfirstteachingjob.

InowteachreadingatNassauCommunityCollege.Mystudentsareoftenamazedthattheycancheckoutbooksviatheirsmartphonesandvirtually(虛擬地)visitavarietyofLongIslandlibraries.TheappusedbyNassauandSuffolkcountypubliclibraries,aswellasthecollegelibrary,makestheirhomeworkeasierbyhelpingthemfindresources.Eventhoughtheycan'talwayseasilyvisittheirlocallibraries,thelibraryisalwayswiththem.（1）Whydoestheauthorconsiderherselfluckytoday?A.

Shehasbecomehermother'sbestfriend.

B.

Shehasaccesstoareliablecarnow.C.

Shecanmeetfriendsatthelibrary.

D.

Shelivesclosetolibraries.（2）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"that"inParagraph2referto?A.

Socializinginalibrary.

B.

Readingbooksinalibrary.C.

Visitingalibrarywithafamilymember.

D.

Buildingparent-childfriendshipinalibrary.（3）Whatistheauthor'sattitudetoherstudents'wayofvisitinglibraries?A.

Cautious.

B.

Favorable.

C.

Doubtful.

D.

Disapproving.（4）Whydoestheauthorwritethetext?A.

Todiscusswhylibrariesareimportant.

B.

Toexpressherdeeploveforlibraries.C.

Toexplainhowlibrarieschange.

D.

Tointroduceherfavoritelibraries.【答案】（1）D（2）A（3）B（4）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，作者講述了從自己小時(shí)候到成家生子再到工作教書(shū)這一路上圖書(shū)館的變化。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Today，IamfortunatetolivearoundthecornerfromtheColdCoastPublicLibraryinGlenHeadandashortwalktotheSeaCliffChildren'sLibrary.”可知，現(xiàn)在，我很幸運(yùn)地住在格倫黑德的冷海岸公共圖書(shū)館附近，走一小段路就可以到海崖兒童圖書(shū)館，由此可知，作者認(rèn)為自己很幸運(yùn)是因?yàn)樗〉秒x圖書(shū)館很近，故選D。（2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的“My18-imonth-oldson，Colin，andIfindourselvesinSeaCliffseveraltimesaweek，meetingandmakingfriends.”可知，我和18個(gè)月大的兒子科林每周都要去幾次海崖圖書(shū)館，在那里見(jiàn)面、交朋友，這是一種社交活動(dòng)，畫(huà)線詞指代的就是“在圖書(shū)館社交”，故選A。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Eventhoughtheycan'talwayseasilyvisittheirlocallibraries，thelibraryisalwayswiththem.”可知，盡管學(xué)生們不能總是很容易地參觀當(dāng)?shù)氐膱D書(shū)館，但圖書(shū)館總是與他們?cè)谝黄穑纱丝芍?，作者?duì)學(xué)生們?cè)L問(wèn)虛擬圖書(shū)館的方式是支持的，故選B。（4）考查推理判斷?？v觀全文可知，作者講述了從自己小時(shí)候到成家生子再到工作教書(shū)這一路上圖書(shū)館所發(fā)生的變化，由此可知，作者寫(xiě)這篇文章是為了解釋圖書(shū)館的變化，故選C?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。2．閱讀理解

AthrillingpolarcompetitionbetweentwoadventurerstocrossAntarcticaalone,unsupportedandunassistedhadahappyendingwithbothexplorersachievingtheunprecedentedfeat(功績(jī)).AmericanprofessionalathleteColinO'BradyandBritishArmyCaptainLouisRuddsetoffamileapartatthesametimeonNovember3,2018,fromtheAtlanticcoastwiththeaimtobecomethefirstpersontoskiacrosstheremotecontinentalone.

LouisRuddmaintainedtheleadatfirst.However,O'BradycaughtupwithRuddonNovember10andneverlettheBritishmangetclosetohimagain.O'Bradywasthefirsttoconquerthe930mileicyland,arrivingattheRossIceShelfonthePacificcoastbywayoftheSouthPoleonDecember26,2018.The33-year-oldspent54daysskiingtheworld'scoldestcontinentwhilepullinga300-poundsled(雪橇)withsupplies.

Insteadofleavingtheharshenvironmentaftercompletingthehistoricadventure,theexplorersetupatentontheworld'slargesticesheetandwaitedpatientlyforRuddtocompletethegreatundertaking.OnDecember29,justthreedaysafterO'Bradyarrived,theBritishexplorerfinishedhisadventure,becomingtheworld'ssecondpersontocompletethesolocrossingofthefrozencontinent.Ruddwasnotdisappointedatbeingsecondsinceheneverconsideredittobea

"race".Besides,the49-year-oldBritishArmyCaptainhadamoreselflessmotiveforattemptingthefeat.HewasdoingitinmemoryofhisfriendHenryWorsley,whohadintroducedhimtopolarexploration.ThedisasterhappenedwhileWorsleywastryingtocrossthecontinentalonein2016.Ruddsaid,"Ididn'twanttogetdrawnintoarace.AllthatmatteredtomewasthatIcompletedit,andthatIskiedsoloandunsupported,carryingtheflagwithHenry'snameonit."

Afterspendingafewdayscamping10feetawayfromeachother,thetwoadventurerswerepickedupbyahelicoptertotheSouthPolescientificresearchstation.（1）WhatdoColinO'BradyandLouisRuddhaveincommon?A.

TheybecamethefirstexplorerstocrossAntarcticaalone,unaided.B.

TheybecamethefirstadventurerstoskiacrossAntarctica.C.

ThisisthefirsttimethattheyhavearrivedattheSouthpole.D.

TheycrossedAntarcticainhonoroftheirfriendHenryWorsley.（2）Whatdoyouknowaboutthefirstleg(第一段賽程)oftherace？A.

O'BradyskiedalongwithLouisRuddsidebyside.B.

O'Brady'ssledwithfoodsuppliesbrokedown.C.

LouisRuddlostthetagwithHenry'snameonit.D.

O'BradyfellbehindLouisRuddforthefirstweek.（3）WhatcanweinferaboutHenryWorsley?A.

HeusedtoencourageO'BradytoexploretheAntarctic.B.

Helosthislifeinaterribletrafficaccidentin2016.C.

HediedwhilehewasattemptingtocrosstheAntarcticalone.D.

HehelpedLouisRuddcompletethehistoricadventure.（4）HowdidthetwoadventurersreturntotheSouthPolescientificresearchstation?A.

Onfoot.

B.

Byair.

C.

Byland.

D.

Bywater.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）C（4）B【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，兩個(gè)冒險(xiǎn)家在無(wú)人幫助的情況下獨(dú)自滑雪穿越南極大陸，但是兩個(gè)人的目的不同。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的“AthrillingpolarcompetitionbetweentwoadventurerstocrossAntarcticaalone,unsupportedandunassistedhadahappyendingwithbothexplorersachievingtheunprecedentedfeat(功績(jī)).”以及“withtheaimtobecomethefirstpersontoskiacrosstheremotecontinentalone.”可知，兩人的目標(biāo)都是成為滑雪穿越南極洲的第一人，并且兩人都獲得成功，這是他們的共同之處，故選A。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“LouisRuddmaintainedtheleadatfirst.However,O'BradycaughtupwithRuddonNovember10”以及第一段可知，他們于11月3日出發(fā)，O'Brady趕上LouisRudd是11月10日，可以得出，LouisRudd領(lǐng)先時(shí)間為一周，故選D。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“ThedisasterhappenedwhileWorsleywastryingtocrossthecontinentalonein2016.”可知，Worsley在2016年獨(dú)自穿越南極洲的時(shí)候遇難，故選C。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Afterspendingafewdayscamping10feetawayfromeachother,thetwoadventurerswerepickedupbyahelicoptertotheSouthPolescientificresearchstation”可知，最后兩人被直升飛機(jī)帶去的南極科考站，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。3．閱讀理解

JonHoffmanwassittingataredlightwhenhesawamanrunoutofastorecarryingaplasticdonationjarfullofcash.ThePlano,Texas,detective,dressedinplainclothesbutwearinghisbadge(徽章)andgun,caughtthemanandpinnedhimtothehoodofhiscar.ButHoffmanhadtroublecontainingthethief,andtheygotintoastruggle.

"Thedetectivehasamartialartsbackground,andhesaidhethoughtthesuspectmusthaveamartialartsbackground,too,becausehewasabletobreakawaysoeasily,"aPlanopolicespokespersonsaid.

Thedetectivecalledoutforhelpasacrowdgathered.Amongthosewatching:AndreHarveyandKirbySample,twodaylaborers.Harveydidwhathasbecomecommonthesedays—hetookouthisphoneandhitrecord."Ihatetosayit,butIthoughtthatthispolicemanwasdoingsomethingillegal,"Harveysaid."Butwhenheaskedforhelp,Ithought,well,therewon'tbeashootingifIgetoverthereintime.”Harveyjumpedintoaction—whilehewasstillrecordingthevideo—asdidSample.

"Harveycaughtholdofthesuspect'sarms,whileKirbyseizedhislegs,andtheywereabletogetthesuspecttothegroundtohelpDetectiveHoffmanputthehandcuffs(手銬)on,"saidthepolicespokesperson.The27-year-oldsuspectwaschargedwithresistingarrestandotheroffenses.Thecharityjarhestoleheldlessthan$50.

"I'vebeenonthewrongsideofthelawseveraltimesinmylife,"HarveytoldWFAA."Itfeelsgoodtobeontherightsideanddosomethingpositive."

Afterthearrest,thethreemengottoknoweachotheroversteaksandribsatalocalsteakhouse—Hoffman'streat,asathank-you.ButtherescuerssayHoffmandeservescredittoo."Itcouldhaveturnedrealugly."Sampletoldthemedia"Hehandledhimselflikearealprofessional."（1）WhatmadeHoffmancallforhelpwhenarrestingthesuspect?A.

Hewasnotonduty.

B.

Heneededwitnessestosupporthim.C.

Hewantedtopushthethiefintothecar.

D.

Hecouldn'tcontrolthesuspect.（2）WhydidHarveyandKirbyrecordthesceneatthebeginning?A.

Tofollowthefashion.

B.

Tokeeptrackofthecriminal.C.

Torecordthedetective'sviolence.

D.

Toavoidbeinginvolvedintheincident.（3）WhatcanbeinferredaboutHarvey?A.

Hewasreadytoviolatethelaw.

B.

Hemighthavehadsomeillegalbehaviour.C.

Hewasoutofworkatthattime.

D.

Hehadagoodmartialartsbackground.（4）WhatisHarveyandSample'sattitudetowardsHoffman?A.

Appreciative.

B.

Prejudiced.

C.

Skeptical.

D.

Cautious.【答案】（1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，偵探JonHoffman在捉偷善款的小偷時(shí)遇到困難尋求幫助，AndreHarvey和KirbySample幫助了他。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“ButHoffmanhadtroublecontainingthethief,andtheygotintoastruggle.”可知，Hoffman控制住那個(gè)嫌疑人有困難，并且他們扭打在一起。故選D。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“hetookouthisphoneandhitrecord.“Ihatetosayit,butIthoughtthatthispolicemanwasdoingsomethingillegal”可知，他們記錄場(chǎng)景是想記錄警察做了一些不合法的事。及“Butwhenheaskedforhelp,Ithought,well,therewon'tbeashootingifIgetoverthereintime.”此句是說(shuō)“如果我能及時(shí)趕到那里，就不會(huì)有槍擊事件了”。由這兩句可知，即他們記錄了警察的暴力。故選C。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第六段中的“I'vebeenonthewrongsideofthelawseveraltimesinmylife”可知，Harvey曾經(jīng)違反過(guò)法律。故選B。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段Harvey所言“I'vebeenonthewrongsideofthelawseveraltimesinmylife,”HarveytoldWFAA.“Itfeelsgoodtobeontherightsideanddosomethingpositive最后一段“ButtherescuerssayHoffmandeservescredittoo，”尤其是最后Sampletoldthemedia“Hehandledhimselflikearealprofessional”可知，這兩個(gè)人認(rèn)為Hoffman很專業(yè)，很欣賞他。故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀理解

PTSD(戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷)issadlyacommonaffliction(折磨)formanysoldierswhohavewitnessedconflict,aninvisiblewoundthatcontinuestocauseincrediblesufferinglongafterthegunshavefallensilent.

"Alotofuscomehomewithoutrealizingwearebringingthewarhomewithus,"saidJoshMarino,aveteran(退伍兵)oftheIraqwarwhosufferedtheeffectsofPTSDofsuicide.

"Ididn'twanttodealwithitanymore,"Marinosaid.Hewroteagoodbyenote,grabbedaknifeandwentoutsideforafinalcigaretteintherain.Butthen,fromthedeepestdepthofdespaircamehope.Meowingoutofthebushesnexttohimcameastrayblackandwhitekitten(小貓)which,accordingtoMarino,"justwalkedupandstartedrubbingupagainstmylegandletmepethim.IcametolifeagainandIbrokedowncrying.Iburstintotears."

Fromthisaccidentalencountereverythingchanged.Marinofoundanewpurposeinlifethroughthefriendlycat,whohenamedScout,andwhohecreditswithsavinghislife."Istoppedthinkingaboutallmyproblems,andstartedthinkingaboutallhisproblems,andwhatIcoulddotohelphim,"Marinosaid.Thebondbetweenthemwasinstant，butthatwasn'ttheendofthestory.

MarinohasmadeavideoofhisandScout'sremarkablestoryofhealingandheartbreakwhichyoucanwatchontheInternet.Thestoryisdedicatedtoshowinghowanimalscanhelphumansthroughtoughtimes,aswellashumanscanhelpthem.Itisabeautifulstorythatissuretotugatyourheartstrings,showingjusthowpowerfulthebondbetweenhumansandanimalscanbe.Weloveit,andwehopeyoudotoo!（1）Whatcanwegetfromthefirsttwoparagraphs?A.

TakingpartintheIraqwarhadbadeffectsonJoshMarino.B.

JoshMarinowoundedbadlyduringtheIraqwar.C.

PTSDisakindofdiseasewhichcannotbecurednow.D.

PTSDusuallyhappensafterthesoldiersdroptheirguns.（2）WhydidJoshMarinosuddenlyburstintotearsaccordingtothepassage?A.

Hejustcouldn'thelpcrying.B.

Thelittlecatgavehimhopetotreasurelife.C.

Thewildlittlecatattackedhimsobadly.D.

Hesuddenlyrealizedthatthecatcametohelphimonpurpose.（3）Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.

PTSD-adiseasecuredbyasoldier.B.

Themanandthecat.C.

Arescuebetweenasoldierandacat.D.

Howcanacatbeusedtostopsuicide【答案】（1）A（2）B（3）C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記述文，退伍軍人Marino患上了PTSD(戰(zhàn)后創(chuàng)傷)，在他準(zhǔn)備自殺時(shí)一只小貓出現(xiàn)尋求他的撫摸，小貓的出現(xiàn)給了他生活的希望，改變了他的生活。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段中的“JoshMarino,aveteranoftheIraqwarwhosufferedtheeffectsofPTSDofsuicide”可知Marino參加了伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，戰(zhàn)后患上了PTSD，并因?yàn)镻TSD的影響想自殺。這說(shuō)明參加伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)對(duì)Marino產(chǎn)生了不好的影響，故選A。（2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Meowingoutofthebushesnexttohimcameastrayblackandwhitekitten(小貓)which，….Ibrokedowncrying.Iburstintotears.”可知在Marino準(zhǔn)備自殺的時(shí)候，一只小貓從灌木叢走出來(lái)蹭他的腿,讓他撫摸自己。這讓他又活了過(guò)來(lái)并哭了。由此可以推斷小貓的出現(xiàn)給了他生活的希望，他因此而哭泣。故選B。（3）考查主旨大意。本文講述了小貓的出現(xiàn)給了想要自殺的退伍軍人Marino生活的希望，拯救了Marino,C項(xiàng)（士兵與小貓之間的救贖）最能體現(xiàn)本文大意，故選C?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷和主旨大意兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解

Nineyearsago,afewdaysbeforeChristmas,IwasadirectoratacompanyinSanFrancisco,andIwascalledintoameetingthatwasalreadyinprogress.Thatmeetingturnedouttobemyexitinterview.Iwas64yearsoldatthetime.Itwasn'tcompletelyunexpected.Isignedapileofpapersandleftthecompany.

So,40plusyearsofemploymentwasover.Ihadagoodreputationandbackground.Retirementwasnotachoiceforme.Iwantedtodosomething.Andthenanideacameintomymind,bornfrommyconcernforourenvironment.Iwantedtobuildmyownbusiness,designingandproducingbiodegradable(可生物降解的)packagingfromwaste.Thisiscalledcleantechnology,anditwasreallymeaningfultome.Itcouldhelpreducebillionsofpoundsofsingle-useplasticpackagingwastedeachyear.

Fiveyearslater,I'mdelightedandproudtosharewithyouthatourincomehasdoubledeveryyearandwehavenodebt.Meanwhile,Ihaveawonderfulpartner,andwe'vewonmorethan20awardsfortheworkthatwe'vedone.

AndIamdoingthemostrewardingandmeaningfulworkofmyliferightnow.ButwhatIreallylongforistofindotherfirst-timeentrepreneurs(企業(yè)家)whoaremyage.Iwanttoconnectwiththem.

SoIwanttodosomethingaboutthatinafewyears.Iwantustostarttalkingmoreaboutpeoplewhodon'tbecomeentrepreneursuntiltheyareseniors.Andthenconnectingallofthemacrossindustries,regionsandcountries—buildingacommunity.（1）Whathappenedtotheauthornineyearsago?A.

Heretiredfromhisformercompany.

B.

Hefailedaninterview.C.

Hehadagoodfamilybackground.

D.

Hechangedhisjobtoabetterone.（2）Whywasthenewbusinessmeaningfultotheauthor?A.

Itwasbeneficialtotheenvironment.

B.

Itdevelopedacleantechnology.C.

Itprovidedjobsforlotsofpeople.

D.

Itbroughtinquitealotofmoney.（3）Whatistheauthor'sattitudetothedevelopmentofhisowncompany?A.

Cautious.

B.

Disappointed.

C.

Ambiguous.

D.

Positive.（4）Whatdoestheauthorplantodointhefuture?A.

Todosomethingelseaboutenvironment.B.

Tohelppeoplewhowanttobecomesuccessful.C.

Tomeetmorepeoplefromdifferentbackgrounds.D.

Tobuildacommunityforseniorentrepreneurs.【答案】（1）A（2）A（3）D（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了64歲的作者退休后開(kāi)創(chuàng)了自己的事業(yè)，成為一位老年企業(yè)家的故事。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“Thatmeetingturnedouttobemyexitinterview.Iwas64yearsoldatthetime.Itwasn'tcompletelyunexpected."及第二段中的“Retirementwasnotachoiceforme."可知，9年前的那個(gè)會(huì)議是64歲的作者的離職面談，由此可知，9年前作者從原來(lái)的公司退休了，故選A。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Itcouldhelpreducebillionsofpoundsofsingle-useplasticpackagingwastedeachyear."可知，新事業(yè)對(duì)作者很有意義是因?yàn)樗磕昕梢詭椭鷾p少數(shù)十億磅的一次性塑料包裝的浪費(fèi)，也就是對(duì)環(huán)境有好處，故選A。（3）考查觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度。根據(jù)第三段中的“Fiveyearslater,I'mdelightedandproudtosharewithyouthatourincomehasdoubledeveryyearandwehavenodebt.Meanwhile,Ihaveawonderfulpartner,andwe'vewonmorethan20awardsfortheworkthatwe'vedone."可知，作者的公司每年的收入都翻番，而且還與一個(gè)合作者一起贏得了20多個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)，由此可知，作者對(duì)自己公司的發(fā)展的態(tài)度是積極的，故選D。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Andthenconnectingallofthemacrossindustries,regionsandcountries—buildingacommunity."可知，作者計(jì)劃將來(lái)為來(lái)自不同行業(yè)、地區(qū)和國(guó)家的老年企業(yè)家建立一個(gè)社區(qū)，故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行推理，歸納，從而選出正確答案。6．閱讀短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

In2011,NancyBallardwentforaroutinecheckupthatturnedintosomethingextraordinary.Infact,shewascarryingapaintingofaplantshe'ddonewhenshearrivedatherdoctor'sSanFranciscooffice."Itwouldbegreatifwehadartworklikethatforourchemotherapy(化療)rooms,"thenursesaid.Ballardaskedtoseeone.

Shewasshockedbywhatshefound.Thewallsweredullandbare,andthepaintwaschipping(剝落).Itwasadepressingroomforadepressingroutine—patientsrestrictedtochemodripsforperhapsseveralhours,oftenwithnothingtolookatotherthanthosesadwalls.Ballarddidn'thavecancerherself,butshecouldsympathizewiththepatients."Icouldn'timaginehowanyonecouldeventhinkaboutgettinghealthyinaroomlikethat,"shesays.Asithappens,Ballard'sphysician,StephenHufford,wasillwithcancerhimself,sofindingtimetodecoratetheroomswaslowonhisto-dolist.SoBallardmadeithermissiontobrightenuptheplace.

Shestartedbye-mailing20localdesigners."Iwrote,'Youdon'tknowme.Butmyhearthurtsafterseeingtheserooms,"sheremembers.ShethenaskedwhethertheywoulddonatetheirtimeandmoneytotransformjustoneofDr.Hufford'sroomseach.

Asithappened,sixofthemwrotebackalmostimmediately.Sixroomsgotnewpaint,lightfixtures,artwork,andfurniture.Dr.Huffordwasdelighted."Allthepatientsfeelrelievedofthepainbecauseofit,"hesaid.Heevennotedthathisowntoneofvoicewasdifferentintheroomsandthathewasbetterabletoconnectwithhispatients.

Ballardwassoencouragedbythepatients'reactionsthatshecreatedanonprofit,RoomsThatRock4Chemo,toraisemoneyanddecoratemorespaces.Sincethen,shehasworkedon20projects,includingoneinPennsylvania."WewereinPhiladelphiaforaribboncutting,andawomanwasthereonherthirdbattlewithcancer,"saysBallard."Whenshesawwhatwe'ddone,shesaid,'I'mgonnabeatitthistime.IthoughtIwasn'tgoingto,butnowIknowI'mgonnabeatit".（1）WhatmadeBallarddecidetohelpdecoratethechemotherapyrooms?A.

Hersympathyforcancerpatients.B.

Herpassionforroomdecoration.C.

ThegoodrelationshipwithHufford.D.

TherequestofanurseinSanFrancisco.（2）WhatoutcomedoesBallard'seffortbringabout?A.

Morehospitalswillbebuilt,B.

Huffordcuredmorepatients.C.

Thecancerpatientswerefeelingbetter.D.

Hufford'schemotherapyroomsgotgoodfame.（3）WhichwordsbestdescribeNancyBallard?A.

Lovinganddevoted.B.

Talentedandenergetic.C.

Richandgenerous.D.

Ambitiousandcreative.（4）Whichcanbeasuitabletitleforthepassage?A.

DesignforHopeB.

BattleagainstCancerC.

DonationforPatientsD.

DecorationinHospital【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）A（4）A【解析】【分析】這是一篇記敘文，NancyBallard出于對(duì)癌癥病人的同情，決定幫忙裝飾化療室。Ballard的努力，使得癌癥患者重新對(duì)生活充滿了希望。（1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Ballarddidn'thavecancerherself,butshecouldsympathizewiththepatients.”Ballard本人并沒(méi)有患癌癥，但她同情病人。由此可知，Ballard對(duì)癌癥病人的同情，使她決定幫忙裝飾化療室，故選A。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的"‘Allthepatientsfeelrelievedofthepainbecauseofit,’hesaid.”他說(shuō)：“所有的病人都因此感到疼痛減輕了?！庇纱丝芍?，Ballard的努力使得癌癥患者感覺(jué)好多了，故選C。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Ballardwassoencouragedbythepatients'reactionsthatshecreatedanonprofit,RoomsThatRock4Chemo,toraisemoneyanddecoratemorespaces.”病人的反應(yīng)讓巴拉德深受鼓舞，她創(chuàng)建了一個(gè)非營(yíng)利組織"RoomsthatRockChemo"來(lái)籌集資金，并裝飾更多的空間。由此推斷出，NancyBallard是一個(gè)有愛(ài)心，有奉獻(xiàn)精神的人，故選A。（4）考查主旨大意。本文介紹了NancyBallard出于對(duì)癌癥病人的同情，決定幫忙裝飾化療室。Ballard的努力，使得癌癥患者重新對(duì)生活充滿了希望。所以這篇文章最好的題目是“為希望而設(shè)計(jì)”，故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

I.M.Pei,theChinese-American,whowasregardedasoneofthelastgreatmodernistarchitects,hasdiedattheageof102.

AlthoughheworkedmostlyintheUnitedStates,PeiwillalwaysberememberedforaEuropeanproject:HisredevelopmentoftheLouvreMuseuminParisinthe1980s.Hegaveustheglassandmetalpyramidinthemaincourtyard,alongwiththreesmallerpyramidsandavastsubterranean(地下的)additiontothemuseumentrance.

PeiwasthefirstforeignarchitecttoworkontheLouvreinitslonghistory,andinitiallyhisdesignswerefiercelyopposed.Butintheend,theFrench—andeveryoneelse—werewonover.WinningthefifthPritzkerArchitecturePrizein1983,hewasthoughtasgivingthe20thcentury"someofitsmostbeautifulinsidespacesandoutsideforms…Histalentandskillintheuseofmaterialsapproachthelevelofpoetry."

AfterstudyingarchitectureattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandHarvard,PeisetuphisownarchitecturalpracticeinNewYorkin1955.

DesigningtheJohnF.KennedyPresidentialLibrary&Museumin1964establishedhimasaname.HisEastBuildingoftheNationalGalleryofArtinWashingtonin1978changedpeople'sideasofamuseum.Thesitewasanoddtrapezoid(梯形)shape.Pei'ssolutionwastocutitintwo.Theresultingbuildingwasdramatic,lightandelegant—oneofthefirstcrowd-pleasingcathedralsofmodernart.

Thoughknownasamodernist,andnotableforhisformsbasedonarrangementsofsimplegeometric(幾何的)shapes,heonceurgedChinesearchitectstolookmoretotheirarchitecturaltraditionratherthandesigninginawesternstyle.

Inperson,I.M.Peiwasgood-humored,charmingandunusuallymodest.Hisworkingprocesswasevolutionary,butinnovation(創(chuàng)新)wasneveranintendedgoal.

"Stylisticoriginalityisnotmypurpose,"hesaid."Iwanttofindtheoriginalityinthetime,theplaceandtheproblem."（1）WhatcanwelearnabouttheresultofredevelopmentoftheLouvreMuseum?A.

ItwascriticizedbytheFrench.B.

Itwasasuccess.C.

ItmadetheLouvreMuseumlooksstrange.D.

ItchangedthefunctionoftheLouvreMuseum.（2）Whatcanwelearnfromtheunderlinedsentenceinparagraph4?A.

Heisamasterinapplyingmaterials.B.

Heisskilledinwritingpoems.C.

Heoftencombinespoetryandconstruction.D.

Hegetsinspirationfrompoetryindesigning.（3）What'sthecorrectorderofthefollowingevents?a.DesigntheJohnF.KennedyPresidentialLibrary&Museum.b.StudyarchitectureattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandHarvard.c.DesigntheNationalGalleryofArt.d

WinthefifthPritzkerArchitecturePrize.A.

a,b,c,d

B.

b,a,c,d

C.

b,c,a,d

D.

d,a,c,d（4）WhatcanwelearnaboutI.M.Pei?A.

Innovationwashisfirstgoalindesign.B.

Hewastalentedandserious.C.

Hepreferredwesternstyletotheeast.D.

Helikedsimplegeometricshapes.【答案】（1）B（2）A（3）B（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇人物介紹，介紹了享譽(yù)世界最后的現(xiàn)代主義建筑大師——貝聿銘。（1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“PeiwasthefirstforeignarchitecttoworkontheLouvreinitslonghistory,andinitiallyhisdesignswerefiercelyopposed.Butintheend,theFrench—andeveryoneelse—werewonover.”貝聿銘是盧浮宮悠久歷史上的第一位外國(guó)建筑師，最初他的設(shè)計(jì)遭到強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)。但最終，法國(guó)人，以及全世界，都被（他的精妙設(shè)計(jì)所）折服。從而可以推測(cè)，羅浮宮博物館重建非常成功。故選B。（2）考查句義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第三段中的“Histalentandskillintheuseofmaterialsapproachthelevelofpoetry.”中的關(guān)鍵詞talentandskill和theuseofmaterials可知，此句字面含義為：他在使用（建筑）材料方面的才華和技藝達(dá)到了詩(shī)一般的境界，即他是應(yīng)用材料方面的專家。故選A。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“AfterstudyingarchitectureattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandHarvard,PeisetuphisownarchitecturalpracticeinNewYorkin1955.可知，1955年，貝聿銘在麻省理工學(xué)院和哈佛大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)建筑學(xué)；第五段中的“DesigningtheJohnF.KennedyPresidentialLibrary&Museumin1964establishedhimasaname.”1964年，貝聿銘設(shè)計(jì)了約翰·肯尼迪總統(tǒng)圖書(shū)館和博物館；“HisEastBuildingoftheNationalGalleryofArtinWashingtonin1978changedpeople'sideasofamuseum.”1978年設(shè)計(jì)了華盛頓國(guó)家美術(shù)館東館；第三段中的“WinningthefifthPritzkerArchitecturePrizein1983,hewasthoughtasgivingthe20thcentury‘someofitsmostbeautifulinsidespacesandoutsideforms…”貝聿銘于1983年獲得普利茲克建筑獎(jiǎng)。故選B。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第六段中的“Thoughknownasamodernist,andnotableforhisformsbasedonarrangementsofsimplegeometric(幾何的)shapes,heonceurgedChinesearchitectstolookmoretotheirarchitecturaltraditionratherthandesigninginawesternstyle.”可知，貝聿銘設(shè)計(jì)的建筑物基于簡(jiǎn)單幾何形狀排列的形式而聞名，從而推斷出，他喜歡簡(jiǎn)單的幾何形狀。故選D。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，句義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇人物類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

Ifyoufeelsickoruncomfortable,youmightseekoutadoctor.Butwhattodoifyoudon'tquiteknowwhereyoufitintothisworldandyou'retiredofcarryingthatburdenalone?

Iansweredstrangers'questionsonlifepuzzlesattheentrancetotheNewYorkCitysubwayat57thand8th.Agroupofstrangershadstoppedbybecausetheywerecarryingaroundsomedeep,meaningfulquestionsthathadlonggoneunanswered,like"whycan'tIbehappierinmylife?"

AndthenIspottedher,whowouldbemytoughestquestioneroftheday.Shewasabout6yearsoldandheldhermother'