1、（英语） 英语阅读理解(人物故事)专题练习(及答案)含解析一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类1阅读理解 Half a Day I walked alongside my father, holding his right hand. All my clothes were new: the black shoes, the green school uniform, and the red cap. They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the firs
2、t time. Why school? I asked my father. What have I done? Im not punishing you, he said, laughing. Schools not a punishment. Its a place that makes useful men out of boys. Dont you want to be useful like your brothers? I was not convinced. I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tear
3、ing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. When we arrived at the gate we could see the courtyard, vast and full of boys and girls. Go in by you, said my father, and join them. Put a smile on your face and be a good example to others. I hesitated and squeezed his h
4、and firmly, but he gently pushed me from him. Be a man, he said. Today you truly begin life. You will find me waiting for you when its time to leave. I took a few steps. Then the faces of the boys and girls came into view. I did not know a single one of them, and none of them knew me. I felt I was a
5、 stranger who had lost his way. But then some boys began to glance at me in curiosity, and one of them came over and asked, Who brought you? My father, I whispered. My fathers dead, he said simply. I did not know what to say. The gate was now closed. Some of the children burst into tears. The bell r
6、ang. A lady came along and said, This is your new home. There are mothers and fathers here, too. Everything that is enjoyable and beneficial is here. So dry your tears and face life joyfully. Well, it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. From the first moments I made many friends. I had never
7、 imagined school would have this rich variety of experiences.（1）On the way to school, the boy felt . A.happyB.embarrassedC.upsetD.excited（2）About schooling, Father suggested . A.wearing a smileB.tearing himself away from gamesC.waiting for parentsD.throwing himself to studying（3） helped him most on
8、the first day at school. A.Teachers and classmatesB.Courtyards and buildingsC.Father and brotherD.New uniforms and shoes（4）What would probably happen next? A.The school life would turn out to be a failure.B.Boys in the school would watch him curiously.C.He would open up a new journey of colorful lif
9、e.D.His parents would accompany him at the school.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）A（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者第一天去学校的时候并不开心，但是等他到了学校之后，他结交了很多朋友，开始了新的生活。 （1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time.”可知穿新衣服并没有让作者开心，因为他要第一次被扔进学校了；再根据第四段中的“I
10、did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building.”可知作者不相信将他从家中撕裂并被扔进这座巨大的高墙建筑（也就是学校）中真的有什么好处。综合可知作者认为去学校不好，去学校的路上是不开心的，沮丧的，故选C。 （2）考查细节理解。根据第五段中的Go in by you, said my father, and join them. Put a smile on your fac
11、e and be a good example to others. 可知作者的父亲对他说：进去吧，加入他们的行列。面带微笑，成为他人的好榜样。也就是作者的父亲让他面带微笑，故选A。 （3）考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“A lady came along and said, This is your new home. and face life joyfully. ”；以及最后一段中的Well, it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. From the first moments I made many friends.“可知老师过来
12、对作者他们说了一番话，作者听了这番话之后觉得之前自己的顾虑是毫无根据的，打消了顾虑。他一开始就交到了很多朋友。这说明老师帮助作者在学校的第一天过得很好，他的同学也和他成为了朋友。故选A。 （4）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的”From the first moments I made many friends. I had never imagined school would have this rich variety of experiences.“可知从一开始我就结交了很多朋友。我从未想象过学校会有如此丰富的经历。由此推断之后作者会在学校开始新的生活，会有丰富的经历，故选C。 【点评】
13、本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。2阅读理解 Many people criticize todays newspapers as sensationalist, satisfying the publics abnormal curiosity. But journalism a century ago was just as notorious (臭名昭著). Publishers at that time routinely competed with each other for wil
14、d stories that could draw in the most readers. Meanwhile, it was an ideal atmosphere for a courageous reporter like Nellie Bly to spring into fame. Bly, whose name was Elizabeth Corcoran, had to work to make her way in the world. Different from many women of the time, however, she refused to let the
15、 working world scare her away. Her first big opportunity as a reporter came in 1885 after she wrote an angry letter denouncing the Pittsburgh Dispatch for an article it had run criticizing women forced to work outside the home. The interested and excited editor hired Bly for her spirit, and soon she
16、 was investigating the situations of female factory workers. Bly cared less about their jobs than their lives after work - their amusements, their motivations, their fears and ambitions. She produced an article totally different from what other reporters of the time were writing: personal, thoughtfu
17、l, meaningful. By 1887 Bly had a job with the New York World, one of the leader papers of the day. She quickly became famous for undercover stories about women in a mental hospital. Soon she had investigated life as a maid, a chorus girl, and even a street girl. In her best - known brave deeds, in 1
18、890, Bly beat the famous around the world in 80 days trip Jules Verne had described in his novel. Traveling by steamship, train, even ricksha, Bly reported from each stop. A spellbound nation hung on every word. Only 25, Bly had become internationally famous.（1）Blys first newspaper job was . A.with
19、the New York WorldB.with the Pittsburgh DispatchC.to interview mental patientsD.to experience life of chorus girls（2）What does the underlined word denouncing in Para. 2 probably mean? A.Praising.B.Questioning.C.Informing.D.Condemning.（3）How did Nellie Bly gain world - wide fame? A.By criticizing Jul
20、es Verne.B.By competing with other reporters.C.By writing stories through investigation.D.By caring about women from different classes.（4）Which of the following best describes Nellie Bly? A.Daring and practical.B.Acute and confident.C.Critical and dependent.D.Calm and enthusiastic.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C（
21、4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，Bly是一名美国女记者,在那个记者都热衷于相互竞争而报道不实新闻特殊年代,她选择为女性说话。为了能调查清楚事实,她扮成乞丐,女仆,神经病患者。她不顾自己的工作甚至安危的态度,让她成了美国历史上著名的女记者。 （1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的Her first big opportunity as a reporter came in 1885 after she wrote an angry letter denouncing the Pittsburgh Dispatch for an article it had run criticizing
22、women forced to work outside the home. The interested and excited editor hired Bly for her spirit,可知,Bly写信谴责Pittsburgh dispatch的文章,却因为她的勇气被主编雇佣了。故选B。 （2）考查词义猜测。根据该句中的 angry letter 可知她信的内容是批评Pittsburgh dispatch的文章。A. Praising表扬；B. Questioning.质问；C. Informing.告知；D. Condemning.谴责选项中和批评相近的选项是condemn（谴责）
23、。故选D。 （3）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的She quickly became famous for undercover stories about women in a mental hospital.她很快因为揭露精神病院女性的故事而名声大振）可知,Bly是因为报道女性故事而出名的。故选C。 （4）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的a courageous reporter like Nellie Bly可知她是勇敢的,再通过下文讲述她卧底去调查女性事件,说明她是实事求是的人。故选A。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确捕捉细节
24、信息，同时根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。3阅读理解 A biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the Nobel Prize of conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction. Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize - the highes
25、t accolade in the field of animal conservation - for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from becoming the next Great Auk. When the 61-year-old first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestr
26、el. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding (人工繁殖), which involved snatching eggs from the birds nests and hatching(孵化)them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs i
27、n the wild. A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also been necessary in efforts to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warble
28、r. Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 (172,000) prize at a ceremony in London.As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didnt enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received, reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a dead loss at the ti
29、me. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild. Prof Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only becoming a father for the first time eight years ago, at 53. He said
30、receiving the prize was particularly important to him, because it proved that his work to save birds was right.（1）What does the underlined word accolade mean in Paragraph 2? A.returnB.levelC.honorD.research（2）According to the passage, Great Auk is _. A.an endangered birdB.an extinct birdC.a popular
31、birdD.a fierce bird（3）What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4? A.Taking eggs from the nests has worked well.B.The wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot.C.Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.D.Its difficult to protect kestrel.（4）Prof Jones idea of taking eggs from the birds
32、nests _. A.was proved of no useB.was widely acceptedC.was promoted officiallyD.was criticized by some people【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了生物学家 Carl Jones 通过人工繁殖的方式是濒临灭绝的鸟类的数量逐渐增加，并且因此获得了2016年的印第安的波利斯奖。 （1）考查词义猜测。第二段中的“for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered ke
33、strel from becoming the next Great Auk.”是对前面句子的补充说明，再由“won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize”可推知，这里的accolade与获奖有关，故选C。 （2）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“where he saved an endangered kestrel from becoming the next Great Auk”可知，他保护了濒临灭绝的红隼，使他免于遭受Great Auk的情况，因此可知Great Auk是一种已经灭绝的鸟类，选B。 （3）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“A decade later, the
34、 number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild.”可知红隼的数量已经开始增加了，所以推断出人工繁殖的方法很有效，故选A。 （4）考查细节理解。根据第一段“A biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the Nobel Prize of conservation after his
35、 methods saved nine species from extinction.”；以及倒数第二段中的“In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.”可知 Jones 教授从稀有鸟类的巢穴中取出鸟蛋的行为被一些人批评，故选D。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查，是一
36、篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，同时根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，从而选出正确答案。4阅读理解 When Katie Stagliano was 9 years old, she was given a class project to grow her first cabbage from just one seed. She took it home and planted it in her home garden. It didnt even take her long to come up and begin to grow. But as friends came
37、over, they pointed out that it was bigger than any of theirs. And it grew so much that the cabbage ended up weighing 40 pounds! Katie then decided that she could use this cabbage to do something nice for the community. So she took the huge cabbage to a local soup kitchen, where they used it, and coo
38、ked it with ham and rice. And because of her cabbage, 275 people were fed. She began to realize that gardening and helping people is what she likes to do most. So, she decided to start her first garden on a plot of land donated by her school. I think if more kids get to experience gardening they wou
39、ld find out how cool it is and how many people can be fed if you donate your produce, said Katie. Now, just 9 years later, Katie is 18 years old, and has set up her own business called Katies Krops with the help of her family friends. But this doesnt even come close to the other amazing part. She ha
40、s raised over 200,000 dollars! And there are over 100 Katies Krops within 33 states in the United States. She loves gardening and loves inspiring other children to experience the joy of gardening as well. As of today, her first garden is still doing amazing and is even responsible for supplying over
41、 3,000 pounds of produce donated to local charities. Her goal now? To get 500 gardens across all 50 states.（1）How did Katie deal with her first cabbage? A.sharing it with her community.B.Presenting it to the school kitchen.C.Eating it with her family.D.Giving it to her friends.（2）What inspired Katie
42、 to help others by gardening? A.The support from her school.B.The gardening and sharing experience.C.The encouragement of community.D.The admiration of her friends.（3）Why does Katie suggest more children learn to garden? A.She thinks gardening is cool.B.She needs more people to help her.C.She hopes
43、to earn more money.D.She wants them to experience the joy.（4）What is the last paragraph mainly about? A.The brief introduction of Katies Krops.B.The amazing benefits of gardening.C.Katies achievement and future aim.D.The joy of gardening and donation.【答案】 （1）A（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，Katie小时候体验
44、到了种植和利用种出来的作物帮助别人的乐趣，因此开启了她的慈善事业。 （1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Katie then decided that she could use this cabbage to do something nice for the community. So she took the huge cabbage to a local soup kitchen, where they used it, and cooked it with ham and rice. And because of her cabbage, 275 people were fed. ”可知，Katie用这个大白菜为社区做了一些事情，把大白菜送去一个当地的流动厨房，在那里供275个人食用，故可知，她把大白菜与人分享，故选A。 （2）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“She began to realize that gardening and helping people is what she likes to do most.”可知，园艺和帮助别人是自己最喜欢做的事情，因而开启了她的慈善生涯，故选B。 （3）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“She loves gardenin
