【英语】高考英语快速阅读套题答案及解析

【英语】高考英语快速阅读套题答案及解析

一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类

1．阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The new president of Harvard University is the son of an Eastern European refugee and Auschwitz (奥斯威辛) survivor—Lawrence S. Bacow. His father worked full time while attending a state college in Detroit at night to earn his degree.

Bacow, the former president of Tufts University, has taken over Harvard at a time when higher education is under attack for being financially out of reach to many Americans. But Bacow said his family's journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.

"My parents came to this country with almost nothing," Bacow said. "I wouldn't be here if this country had not been open to people like my parents at that time. Nor would I if my father hadn't had the opportunity to get the college education."

Bacow grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. His father's family fled anti-Jewish (反犹太的) violence in Minsk, then part of the Soviet Union, before the start of World War II and went to the United States. His mother arrived in Brooklyn at age 19, having survived Auschwitz concentration camp. She was the only Jew from her town to have survived the war. Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and building radios like his dad.

Bacow has spent most of his professional career at MIT, Harvard and Tufts. He was a professor of environmental studies at MIT, and later a principal at the university. He led Tufts from 2001 to 2011. At Tufts, Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston. He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.

As the Tufts president, Bacow traveled around the country, reaching out to alumni (校友), and he urged his faculty and deans to do the same, in an effort to boost donations to finance Tufts' academic ambitions. He raised more than $20 million for faculty recruitment, attracting up-and-coming professors by offering junior faculty perks (福利), such as long academic leaves that they couldn't get elsewhere.

Under Bacow's leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to low-income students.

（1）The reason why Bacow appreciates college education is that ________.

A. college education is out of reach to many Americans

B. his family changed their fate due to college education

C. few opportunities were available when his father came into the country

D. a college degree helped his mother survive Auschwitz

（2）What can we infer from the passage?

A. The fellow townspeople of Bacow were all killed besides his mother.

B. Bacow's mother stimulated his interest in science.

C. Bacow's father was good at working with electronics.

D. Bacow's father came to the U.S. after World War II broke out.

（3）The underlined word "shaking up" in paragraph 5 probably means ________.

A. reactivating

B. causing

C. damaging

D. taking over

（4）What is this passage mainly about?

A. How to be admitted to Harvard University.

B. The history of Bacow's family.

C. The art of Bacow's leadership in Tufts.

D. Bacow's way to individual success.

【答案】（1）B

（2）C

（3）A

（4）D

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇名人传记，讲述了Bacow的个人成功之路。

（1）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“his family's journey had reflected the power of college education to transform generations and the opportunities that have historically been available in the United States.”他的家庭经历反映了大学教育改变几代人的力量，以及美国历史上一直存在的机遇。可知选B。

（2）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Yet Bacow, who is married with two sons, said that while growing up in Michigan, he had a happy childhood, entering science fairs as a child and build ing radios like his dad.”Bacow欣赏大学教育的原因是他的家庭因为大学教育改变了他们的命运”。可知，Bacow的父亲擅长电子产品。故选C。

（3）考查词义猜测。根据第五段中的“He is also credited with leading it through both 9/11 and the 2008 financial crisis.”他还因领导美国度过911和2008年金融危机而受到赞誉。可知，Bacow earned a reputation for shaking up a sleepy university that was being overshadowed by its peers in Boston.“Bacow因改变了一所沉睡的在波士顿的其他大学面前黯然失色的大学而赢得了声誉。”推知划线词的意思是“使……恢复”。故选A。

（4）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“Under Bacow's leadership, Tufts spent millions on labs and libraries. He also made addresses nationally about the need to make higher education more accessible and affordable to low-income students.”在Bacow的领导下，Tufts花了数百万美元在实验室和图书馆上。他还在全国范围内发表演讲，阐述让低收入学生更容易接受和负担得起高等教育的必要性。”本文讲述的是Bacow的个人成功之路。故选D。

【点评】本题考点涉及推理判断，词义猜测和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇人物类阅读，要求考生根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

2．阅读理解

In the nineteenth century, one of America's greatest writers, Walt Whitman, helped people learn to value poetry. Whitman created a new kind of poetry.

Walt Whitman was born in eighteen nineteen in New York City. During his long life, he watched America grow from a young nation to the strongest industrial power in the world. As a young man, Whitman worked as a school teacher, a printer and a newspaper reporter. He was thirty-six

years old when he published his first book of poetry in eighteen fifty-five. He called it Leaves of Grass. It had only twelve poems. The poems are written in free verse. The lines do not follow any set form. Some lines are short. Some are long. The words at the end of each line do not have a similar sound. They do not rhyme.

One of America's greatest thinkers and writers immediately recognized the importance of Leaves of Grass. Ralph Waldo Emerson praised Whitman's work. But most other poets and writers said nothing and even denounced it. Most readers also rejected Whitman's poems. The new form of his poetry surprised many people. Even his own brother told Whitman that he should stop writing poetry. But Whitman had many things to say. And he continued to say them. Readers began to understand that America had a great new poetic voice.

Walt Whitman's poems praise the United States and its democracy. The poet expressed his love for America and its people in many ways. Experts today praise Leaves of Grass as a major literary work. In eighteen seventy-three, Walt Whitman suffered a stroke. He spent the last years of his life in Camden, New Jersey. Whitman was poor and weak during the last years of his life. He died in eighteen ninety-two. Some critics say Walt Whitman was a spokesman for democracy. Others say he was not a spokesman for anything. Instead, they simply call him a great poet.

（1）What can we know about Whitman?

A. His poems have the same rhyme.

B. He is the first great poet in the USA

C. He helped people to create new poems.

D. His poems show his love for his country.

（2）Why was Leaves of Grass refused at first?

A. The poems are quite short.

B. The form of poetry is special.

C. Whitman wasn't famous then.

D. There are only 12 poems in it.

（3）What does the underlined word "denounced" in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?

A. Accused.

B. Downloaded.

C. Published.

D. Translated.

（4）What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Walt Whitman—a Great Soldier

B. Walt Whitman—an Unfortunate Poet

C. Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass

D. The First and Greatest Poet in America

【答案】（1）D

（2）B

（3）A

（4）C

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇人物介绍，介绍了美国著名的诗人Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草叶集》。

（1）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“Walt Whitman's poems praise the United States and its democracy. The poet expressed his love for America and its people in many ways.” Walt

Whitman的诗赞美美国及其民主。这位诗人以多种方式表达了他对美国及其人民的热爱。可知选D。

（2）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The new form of his poetry surprised many people.”他的新诗形式使许多人感到惊讶，故选B。

（3）考查词义猜测。根据第三段中的“But most other poets and writers said nothing and even denounced it. ”可知，人们不接受Walt Whitman的诗集，可推知denounced可能是“指责，批评”之意，选A。

（4）考查主旨大意。纵观全文可知，本文讲述了美国著名作家Walt Whitman以及他的代表作《草叶集》，并围绕《草叶集》的开始不被接受到最后的大受欢迎展开，故选C。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇人物类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

3．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read. In 1888 an Egyptian farmer digging in the sand near the village of Istabl Antar uncovered a mass grave. The bodies weren't human. They were feline —ancient cats that had been mummified(木乃伊化的) and buried in holes in astonishing numbers. "Not one or two here and there", reported English Illustrated Magazine, "but dozens, hundreds, hundreds of thousands, a layer of them, a layer thicker than most coal joints, ten to twenty cats deep. " Some of the linen-wrapped cats still looked presentable, and a few even had golden faces. Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change; the rest were sold as fertilizer. One ship transported about 180,000, weighing some 38, 000 pounds, to Liverpool to be spread on the fields of England.

Those were the days of generously funded explorations—that dragged through acres of desert in their quest for royal tombs, and for splendid gold and painted masks to decorate the estates and museums of Europe and America. The many thousands of mummified animals that turned up at religious sites throughout Egypt were just things to be cleared away to get at the good stuff. Few people studied them, and their importance was generally unrecognized.

In the century since then, archaeology has become less of a treasure hunt and more of a science. Archaeologists now realize that much of their sites' wealth lies in the majority of details about ordinary folks—what they did, what they thought, how they prayed. And animal mummies are a big part of that.

"They're really displays of daily life," says Egyptologist Salima Ikram. After peering beneath bandages with x-rays and cataloguing her findings, she created a gallery for the collection — a bridge between people today and those of long ago. "You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King So-and-So had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000-plus years, the ancient Egyptians become clearer and closer to us."

（1）Which of the following words has the closest meaning to "peddled"(paragraph 1)? A. modernized B. displayed C. illustrated D. demonstrated

（2）Why was archaeology once referred to as a "treasure hunt "(paragraph 3)?

A. In the royal tombs, there were many treasures made of silver and gold.

B. Animal mummies could be made into fertilizer which is very valuable.

C. It was hard to find animal mummies since they were buried under dirt.

D. People sought the remains of ancient Egypt merely for their material value.

（3）Which of the following is TRUE about Salima Ikram?

A. She wishes to establish the continuity of pets over history.

B. She believes that studying the remains can help modern society relate to the past.

C. She wants to identify the King's personal belongings and classify them.

D. She doubts if current society will understand the significance of Egyptian remains.

（4）This article probably encourages the readers to _____________.

A. value the past by studying the remains left behind by our ancestors

B. make full use of the remains our ancestors have left behind

C. understand that animal mummies are more important than gold and masks

D. become more sensitive to the ancient lifestyle of our ancestors

【答案】（1）B

（2）D

（3）B

（4）A

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，自从1888年在埃及发现了猫动物的木乃伊之后，大量的皇家墓穴被挖掘，成千上万的木乃伊被运往世界各地，以攫取物质利益。后来考古学家不再只是寻宝，而是把它作为一门科学研究。因为木乃伊展示了古埃及人的日常生活。正如古物学家萨利玛·伊克拉姆所说，木乃伊的研究是现代社会和过去的联系的桥梁。（1）考查词义猜测。根据第一段中"Village children peddled the best ones to tourists for change; the rest were sold as fertilizer."可知，peddled后的"to tourists for change"即"把最好的给游客来换取零钱"，可知，此处的peddled是"兜售"给游客以换取零钱，可知peddle就是向他人炫耀从而售出，故选B。

（2）考查推理判断。第二段叙述了"最初考古是为了寻找皇家陵墓，寻找华丽的黄金和彩绘面具来装饰欧洲和美洲的地产和博物馆。成千上万的来自古埃及的动物木乃伊出现在埃及各地的宗教场所，但很少有人研究它们"。可知，考古就是寻宝，为了物质上的价值。以及第三段中的“ In the century since then, archaeology has become less of a treasure hunt and more of a science.”从那以后的一个世纪里，考古学已不再是寻宝，而是一门科学，可知，他们寻找古埃及的遗迹仅仅是为了他们的物质价值。分析选项可知D项符合题意，故选D。

（3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“she created a gallery for the collection —a bridge between people today and those of long ago.”可知，Salima Ikram把她的发现进行分类之后，她为这些收藏品创建了一个画廊——一座连接今天的人和很久以前的人的桥梁。以及她的话"You look at these mummified animals, and suddenly you say, Oh, King So-and-So had a pet. I have a pet. And instead of being at a distance of 5,000-plus years, the ancient Egyptians become clearer and closer to us." "你看着这些动物木乃伊，突然你说，哦，国王某某养了一只宠物。我有一只宠物。古埃及人与我们之间的距离不再是5000多年前的事了，而是变得更加清晰，离我们更近了。"由此可推断出她认为研究这些遗迹有助于把现代社会与过去联系起来。故选B。

（4）考查推理判断。本文主要叙述了古代埃及的木乃伊展示了古代埃及人的日常生活，是了解它们的途径，有助于在现代社会与过去的之间建立一座桥梁。通过研究它们可以让我们正确的评估过去。分析选项可知A符合题意，故选A。

【点评】本题考点涉及词义猜测和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要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

About 6 years ago, I was on a plane next to a woman. I was tired and wanted to take a nap. But before I could go into "ignore pattern", she tapped me on the shoulder to introduce herself.

"Hi, my name is Helga!"

We got to talking and eventually it came up that I had started an organization in high school called R.A.K.E.(Random Acts of Kindness, Etc.). As I described what we did, Helga got very serious and told me that she admired me for that. She told me a story about the last time she had flown. She was on the way to Arizona because she had gotten sudden news that her dad's health was on the decline. Later her father's physician called to inform her that her dad had rather suddenly passed away. For the 3-hour plane ride, she sat in silence around strangers.

When she arrived at the airport in Arizona, she walked to the nearest wall, sat down, and cried. And here is the part I'll never forget about Helga's story. For 2 hours she sat and wept while thousands walked to and fro in the airport. Helga looked at me and said, "Houston, not a single person stopped and asked if I was okay that day." It was that day that I realized how much we need each other. It was that day I realized that kindness isn't normal.

Kindness isn't normal. That has stuck with me all these years especially now. I work in schools nationwide speaking about sympathy, kindness, empathy (同理心) and love. I'm reminded all the time that, for many of us, kindness is not usually our default setting. We spend so much time worrying about our problems, our lives, our insecurities, getting to our flight so we walk by or ignore people in need of help.

So, I've made it my mission to do my part in sharing stories with students, teachers, and parents about our need for character and sympathy. I'm always be on the lookout for the little opportunities that surround me every day to do something nice.

（1）What impressed the author most about Helga's story?

A. Helga's anxiety over her father's sudden illness.

B. Helga had no one to talk to on her flight to Arizona.

C. Helga was ignored by people around her when she cried.

D. Helga couldn't get over her sadness over her Father's death.

（2）Which can best explain the underlined part "default setting" in paragraph 5?

A. Usual way of doing things.

B. Unexpected way to do things.

C. Ignorance to people around.

D. Biggest surprise to others.

（3）What can we know about the author?

A. He started many clubs in high school.

B. He used to be a school teacher.

C. He teaches kids how to behave well.

D. He is a promoter of a good cause.

（4）What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Comforting People in Need

B. Making Kindness Normal

C. Ignoring Unnecessary Troubles

D. Practising Kindness on the Plane

【答案】（1）C

（2）A

（3）D

（4）B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者乘飞机时和女乘客Helga坐在了一起，Helga 讲述了关于她的父亲死亡时，她在Arizona机场伤心痛苦时，旁人的态度，使得作者想在学校组织善行，让学生们用自己的善意去帮助那些需要帮助的人。

（1）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“ And here is the part I'll never forget about Helga's story. For 2 hours she sat and wept while thousands walked to and fro in the airport.”可知作者对Helga哭泣时来来往往的人漠不关心的态度印象深刻，受到了触动，故选C。（2）考查词义猜测。根据第五段中的“We spend so much time worrying about our problems, our lives, our insecurities, getting to our flight so we walk by or ignore people in need of help.”可知，我们总是过多的关注自己，所以行善不是我们通常做事的方式，可推知选A。

（3）考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“I work in schools nationwide speaking about sympathy, kindness, empathy (同理心) and love.”以及最后一段中的“I've made it my mission to do my part in sharing stories with students, teachers, and parents about our need for character and sympathy.”可知作者是一个好的事业推广者，选D。

（4）考查主旨大意，纵观全文可知。本文通过Helga讲述自己的经历，使得作者决定要让善行成为人们习以为常的事，注意关注生活中需要帮助的人，不冷漠以待。可知选B。【点评】本题考点涉及推理判断，词义猜测和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

5．阅读理解

Generally speaking, people like those who have a good sense of humor.

Sometimes a touch of humor might well enable us to win. Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job. Although there was a good reason for Brian's being late—serious illness at home—he decided that this by-now-familiar excuse wouldn't work any longer. His boss was probably already pacing up and down preparing a dismissal speech.

Yes, the boss was, as Brian entered the office at 9:35. The place was as quiet as a locker room

(更衣室): everyone was hard at work. Brian's boss came up to him. Suddenly, Brian forced a smile and stretched out his hand. "How do you do!" he said. "I'm Brian. I'm applying for a job, which, I understand, became available just 35 minutes ago. Doesn't the early bird get the worm?"

The room exploded in laughter. The boss clamped off a smile and walked back to his office. Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.

Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face. For some jobs, it's the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialog may start a quarrel. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance (忍受力) than people in any other forum.

（1）Brian was late for his job because ________.

A. he got up late

B. he was seriously ill

C. he was caught in a traffic jam

D. he was busy applying for a new job

（2）What can we infer about humor?

A. It is the early bird.

B. It is important in our lives.

C. Brian often saved his job with humor.

D. It can solve racial discriminations.

（3）What does the underlined phrase "clamped off" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. charge

B. tried to set

C. gave up

D. tried to hold back

（4）What can we learn from the text?

A. Many people lack in a sense of humor.

B. Brian was supposed to arrive at his office at 8: 30.

C. It wasn't the first time that Brian came late for work.

D. Humor is the most interesting way of solving problems.

【答案】（1）C

（2）B

（3）D

（4）C

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，上班族Brian因为遇到了交通阻塞上班迟到，而在此之前他已经收到了迟到的最后通牒，因此这次很可能被辞退。当他在9：35分时走进办公室，他的老板走向了他，突然，布莱恩强颜欢笑，伸出手来。"你好!""他说。"我是布莱恩。我正在申请一份工作，据我所知，这份工作在35分钟前才开始招聘。早起的鸟儿有虫吃吗?"于是办公室都爆发出了笑声，他通过一点幽默化解了这次危机。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job.”可知Brian上班迟到是因为遇到了交通阻塞，故选C。

（2）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“Brian had saved his job, with the only tool that could win—a laugh.”可知布莱恩保住了他的工作，用的是唯一能赢的工具——笑声。即可推测幽默在生活中是很重要的，故选B。

（3）考查词义猜测。根据第三段中的“The room exploded in laughter. The boss cl amped off a

smile and walked back to his office.”可知房间里哄堂大笑，因此老板也是只能强忍住笑，走回他的办公室。故可知划线部分单词意思为"努力忍住；抑制住"，故选D。

（4）考查主旨大意。根据第二段中的“Consider the case of a young friend of mine, who hit a traffic jam on his way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum (最后通牒) about being late on the job.”可知Brian在上班路上遇到了交通堵塞，就在他收到上班迟到的最后通牒后不久。可知这不是Brian第一次上班迟到了，故选C。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测，推理判断和主旨大意四个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

6．阅读理解

When my father married my mother in 1943 he gave my mother a 1937 crown coin and told her to keep it in the back of her purse and not spend it. This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it.

When I was married in 1970 my husband who had heard this story obtained a 1937 crown for me and I have always kept it in my wallet and I have always had enough for my needs.

A friend recently fell on hard times partly through external (外部的) circumstances and partly through poor planning. Friends and I have loaned her money, paid her bills, even given her food and tried to teach her budget techniques, but none of them has been a solution. She has just slipped deeper and deeper into financial trouble and depression.

Last week she looked pale and unwell, very depressed and hopeless. I then thought about how the crown, a reminder of another's care and love, had protected me so I went to the bank for a $100 dollar bill. I told my friend the story and asked her to keep the $100 in the back of her wallet. It turned out that she didn't have a wallet so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins. She immediately felt better. "I feel rich and thank you for being a good friend" she said and we were both a bit teary.

The reason for passing this on is not to praise any generosity on my part but to show the power of "random acts of kindness". I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I'd never used and thought "I'll give that to my friend." I opened it and inside found $100. The universe is very just and if your heart is open the reward always comes.

（1）What did the 1937 crown coin from the author's father mean to her mother?

A. His concern for her.

B. His pity and protection for her.

C. His care and love for her.

D. His pride and respect for her.

（2）Where did the author's friend keep the $100 dollar-bill?

A. In the back of her wallet.

B. In a little pencil case.

C. In the pocket of her raincoat.

D. In the layer of her suitcase.

（3）What can he inferred from the last Paragraph?

A. The author became rich all of a sudden.

B. The author's friend would receive a wallet as a gift.

C. The author's friend was not touched by her story.

D. The author felt uncomfortable when receiving the bill.

（4）What can be the best title for the text?

A. A hard life

B. The help to a friend

C. A crown coin

D. A gift from my father

【答案】（1）C

（2）B

（3）B

（4）C

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者的一位朋友陷入了经济危机，帮她的方法都不起效。作者想起了自己一直放在钱包里的皇冠硬币，它如同护身符一样让作者衣食无忧。于是，就给了这位朋友一张百元的钞票，也让她放进钱包里，希望带给她好运和信心。没想到，作者的善意带来了回报。

（1）考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it.”可知作者父亲给她母亲的一枚硬币代表了父亲对母亲的爱和关心，故选C。

（2）考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins”可知作者的朋友把作者的一百美元放进了一个铅笔盒里，故选B。

（3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I'd never used and thought "I'll give that to my friend."可知作者要送给朋友一个钱包作为礼物，故选B。

（4）考查主旨大意。根据文章内容为一枚象征着"关爱"的硬币为中心，故选C。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和主旨大意三个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

7．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

Milton Hershey was born near the small village of Derry Church, Pennsylvania, in 1857. He only attended school through the fourth grade; at that point, he was apprenticed(做学徒) to a printer in a nearby town. After a while, he left the printing business and was apprenticed to a Lancaster, Pennsylvania candy maker. And at the age of eighteen, he opened his own candy store in Philadelphia. In spite of his talents as a candy maker, the shop failed after six years.

After the failure of his Philadelphia store, Milton headed for Denver, where he learned the art of making caramels(焦糖). Then in Denver, Milton once again attempted to open his own candy-making businesses, in Chicago, New Orleans, and New York City. Finally, in 1886, he went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he raised the money necessary to try again. This company— the Lancaster Caramel Company—established Milton's reputation as a master candy maker.

In 1893, Milton attended the Chicago International Exposition, where he saw a display of German chocolate-making implements. Fascinated by the equipment, he purchased it for his Lancaster candy factory and began producing chocolate, which he used for coating his caramels. By the next year, production had grown to include cocoa, sweet chocolate, and baking chocolate. The Hershey Chocolate company was born in 1894 as a subsidiary(子公司) of the Lancaster

Caramel Company. Six years later, Milton sold the caramel company, but reserved the rights, and the equipment, to make chocolate. He believed that a large market of chocolate consumers was waiting for someone to produce reasonably priced candy. He was right.

Milton Hershey returned to the village where he had been born, in the heart of dairy country, and opened his chocolate manufacturing plant. With access to all the fresh milk he needed, he began producing the finest milk chocolate. The plant that opened in a small Pennsylvania village in 1905 is today the largest chocolate factory in the world. The sweets created at this facility are favorites around the world.

The area where the factory is located is now known as Hershey, Pennsylvania. Within the first decades of its existence, the town of Hershey thrived, as did the chocolate business. A bank, a school, churches, a department store, even a park and a trolley system all appeared in short order; the town soon even had a zoo. Today, a visit to the area reveals the Hershey Medical Center, Milton Hershey School, and Hershey's Chocolate World—a theme park where visitors are greeted by a giant Reeses Peanut Butter Cup. All of these things— and a huge number of happy chocolate lovers—were made possible because a caramel maker visited the Chicago Exposition of 1893!

（1）The mention of the 1893 Exposition indicates that _______.

A. the exposition in Chicago is held once every three years.

B. the theme of the exposition of 1893 was "Food from Around the World."

C. the exposition contained displays from a variety of countries.

D. the site of the exposition is now a branch of the Hershey Chocolate Company.

（2）According to the passage, Milton Hershey sold his caramel company in _______.

A. 1894

B. 1900

C. 1904

D. 1905

（3）What can you infer from the passage?

A. Chocolate is popular in every country in the world.

B. Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are manufactured by the Hershey Chocolate Company.

C. Chocolate had never been manufactured in the United States before Milton Hershey did it.

D. The Hershey Chocolate Company now makes more money from Hershey's Chocolate World than from the manufacture and sale of chocolate.

（4）The author wrote this passage mainly to _______.

A. recount the founding of the Hershey Chocolate Company

B. describe the process of manufacturing chocolate

C. compare the popularity of chocolate to other candies

D. explain how apprenticeships work

【答案】（1）C

（2）B

（3）B

（4）A

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了Milton Hershey创办Hershey's Chocolate的历程以及该公司的发展目前状况。

（1）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“In 1893, Milton attended the Chicago International

Exposition, where he saw a display of German chocolate-making implements.”可知，在1893年，Milton参加了芝加哥国际博览会，在这个博览会上，他看到了一套制作巧克力的设备，故可以推出，国际博览会上有不同国家的产品展示，故选C。

（2）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“The Hershey Chocolate company was born in 1894 as a subsidiary(子公司) of the Lancaster Caramel Company. Six years later, Milton sold the caramel company, but reserved the rights, and the equipment, to make chocolate.”可知，1894年创立了子公司The Hershey Chocolate company，六年后，也就是1900年，把焦糖公司给卖了，故选B。

（3）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“Today, a visit to the area reveals the Hershey Medical Center, Milton Hershey School, and Hershey's Chocolate World—a theme park where visitors are greeted by a giant Reeses Peanut Butter Cup.”可知，如今，游客可以去参观Hershey医学中心，Milton Hershey学校，以及Hershey's Chocolate World主题公园，在这里，游客可以看到巨大的Reeses Peanut Butter Cup，故可知，主题公园里展出的是Hershey's Chocolate公司的产品，故选B。

（4）考查主旨大意。本文主要介绍Milton Hershey创办Hershey's Chocolate的历程以及该公司的发展目前状况，故选A。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，推理判断和主旨大意三个题型的考查，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，概括归纳，从而选出正确答案。

8．阅读理解

Violette Childe, 67, is a dining companion who helps serve patients lunches. The role was introduced ten years ago by a dietitian concerning that some patients were not eating their meals. "Many of our patients are elderly and can be confused by the noisy, busy environment of the hospital and so won't focus on eating." explains Yvonne Donglas-Morris, head of volunteering, who oversees the activities of all 528 of the trusty volunteers. "Staff are busy with the clinical side of things, so the dining companions were introduced. They will assist the patients and encourage them to eat."

Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. "It makes me feel a bit more complete," she says simply. "Helping with the meals frees up the nurses to get on with other things. I believe in being a part of the community and this hospital is part of my community."

Another key role is played by the discharge volunteers, who offer support to the elderly, especially those aged 70 and over-leaving hospital to return to an empty home. The team has a budget of ￡10 per person and will pop to the shops and buy milk, bread and a meal to tide them over for the first few hours. They then call the patients regularly, for as long as they need, to check how they are getting on and if they need extra support.

The volunteers in Kingston work from a dedicated office-a small room in one of the buildings on the hospital grounds, where a Christmas tree decorated with baubles (小饰物) bearing the faces of volunteers sits in the corner. "All the volunteers come and gather here, it gets very busy

at times," smiles Nicola Hutin, 67, a discharge support volunteer. A mother of two, and grandmother of four, she was a membership coordinator (协调员) for a trade association until she retired, and has since volunteered at the hospital one morning a week for 18 months.

（1）What can we learn about dining companions?

A. Their working conditions are noisy.

B. They are great assistants for doctors.

C. They often make patients more nervous.

D. The occupation existed more than ten years ago.

（2）What does Violette think of her work?

A. She finds it tiring and boring.

B. She finds it easy to complete her work.

C. She believes it gives her a sense of belonging.

D. She believes helping patients with meals is to free up the community.

（3）What does a discharge volunteer do for the patients?

A. Raise money for the elderly.

B. Pay a visit to them at home

C. Buy daily necessities for them.

D. Ring to check their health condition.

（4）Which of the following can best describe the theme of the text?

A. It is never too old to learn.

B. Many hands make light work.

C. Health is better than wealth.

D. God helps those who help themselves.

【答案】（1）A

（2）C

（3）D

（4）B

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，通过讲述志愿者的工作，告诉我们的是"人多力量大"。

（1）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的"Many of our patients are elderly and can be confused by the noisy, busy environment of the hospital and so won't focus on eating." "我们的许多病人都是老年人，可能会被医院嘈杂繁忙的环境所迷惑，因此不会集中精力吃饭。"--- so the dining companions were introduced. They will assist the patients and encourage them to eat."" 所以介绍了吃饭的同伴。他们会帮助病人，鼓励他们吃东西。"可知，关于用餐同伴，我们能了解到他们的工作环境很嘈杂。故选A。

（2）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“Violette, a retired library manager, has been helping out for six years. ‘It makes me feel a bit more complete,’” Violette是一名退休的图书馆经理，她已经帮了六年的忙。"这让我觉得更完整了”，以及“--- I believe in being a part of the community and this hospital is part of my community. ”我相信成为社区的一份子，而这家医院也是我社区的一份子。可知，Violette觉得她的工作会给她一种归属感。故选C。

（3）考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“They then call the patients regularly, for as long as they need, to check how they are getting on a nd if they need extra support.”然后他们会定期给病人打电话，只要他们需要，检查他们的情况以及是否需要额外的支持。可知，出院志愿者为病人打电话来检查他们的健康状况。故选D。

（4）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“The volunteers in Kingston work from a dedicated office-a small room in one of the buildings on the hospital grounds, where a Christmas tree decorated with baubles (小饰物) bearing the faces of volunteers sits in the corner.” Kingston的志愿者们在一间专门的办公室里工作，这是医院场地上一栋大楼里的一个小房间，角落里有一棵圣诞树，上面装饰着印有志愿者面孔的小玩意。可知，本文告诉我们的是"人多力量大"。故选B。

【点评】本题考点涉及推理判断和主旨大意两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。

9．阅读理解

Nine years ago, a few days before Christmas, I was a director at a company in San Francisco, and I was called into a meeting that was already in progress. That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn't completely unexpected. I signed a pile of papers and left the company.

So, 40 plus years of employment was over. I had a good reputation and background. Retirement was not a choice for me. I wanted to do something. And then an idea came into my mind, born from my concern for our environment. I wanted to build my own business, designing and producing biodegradable(可生物降解的)packaging from waste. This is called clean technology, and it was really meaningful to me. It could help reduce billions of pounds of single-use plastic packaging wasted each year.

Five years later, I'm delighted and proud to share with you that our income has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we've won more than 20 awards for the work that we've done.

And I am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. But what I really long for is to find other first-time entrepreneurs(企业家)who are my age. I want to connect with them.

So I want to do something about that in a few years. I want us to start talking more about people who don't become entrepreneurs until they are seniors. And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a community.

（1）What happened to the author nine years ago?

A. He retired from his former company.

B. He failed an interview.

C. He had a good family background.

D. He changed his job to a better one.

（2）Why was the new business meaningful to the author?

A. It was beneficial to the environment.

B. It developed a clean technology.

C. It provided jobs for lots of people.

D. It brought in quite a lot of money.

（3）What is the author's attitude to the development of his own company?

A. Cautious.

B. Disappointed.

C. Ambiguous.

D. Positive.

（4）What does the author plan to do in the future?

A. To do something else about environment.

B. To help people who want to become successful.

C. To meet more people from different backgrounds.

D. To build a community for senior entrepreneurs.

【答案】（1）A

（2）A

（3）D

（4）D

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了64岁的作者退休后开创了自己的事业，成为一位老年企业家的故事。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“That meeting turned out to be my exit interview. I was 64 years old at the time. It wasn't completely unexpected."及第二段中的“Retirement was not a choice for me."可知，9年前的那个会议是64岁的作者的离职面谈，由此可知，9年前作者从原来的公司退休了，故选A。

（2）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“It could help reduce billions of pounds of single-use plastic packaging wasted each year."可知，新事业对作者很有意义是因为它每年可以帮助减少数十亿磅的一次性塑料包装的浪费，也就是对环境有好处，故选A。

（3）考查观点态度。根据第三段中的“Five years later, I'm delighted and proud to share with you that our income has doubled every year and we have no debt. Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we've won more than 20 awards for the work that we've done."可知，作者的公司每年的收入都翻番，而且还与一个合作者一起赢得了20多个奖项，由此可知，作者对自己公司的发展的态度是积极的，故选D。

（4）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的“And then connecting all of them across industries, regions and countries—building a community."可知，作者计划将来为来自不同行业、地区和国家的老年企业家建立一个社区，故选D。

【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和观点态度两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要准确掌握细节信息，并根据上下文进行推理，归纳，从而选出正确答案。

10．阅读理解

It was a morning in January. The jet stream (急流)had dipped down, causing the Arctic cold to reach the mountains of my home. It was only 2 degrees outside, but the cold wind made it feel like it was 15 below zero. Still, I was kneeling in the snow alongside my house trying to open a tiny door, so I eoukl get in. 1 had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets(水龙头)were dry.

The wind cut into me like a knife while I struggled to get two electric heaters in place around the section of frozen pipes. The waterlines were buried except for a small piece that connected up to my house. I put a heater on each side of it, ran the extension cords(软线)into my house and plugged them in. Both heaters roared to life and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipes. My fingers had already started to go numb, so I stayed inside to wait. I could only hope that this bit of warmth could get my water flowing again. Finally, after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again. I went back outside into the biller cold and gathered my heaters up. I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled with "Thank you" heavenward and returned inside to make myself a hot breakfast.

Sometimes the coldness of this life can get to us as well. It can make our hearts feel icy and frozen. It can keep our kindness and love from flowing out to others. Sometimes, though, all we need is a bit of warnth to get us going again. It can be a simple smile, a kind word, a heart-felt hug, a morning sunrise, a bird's song or any gentle reminder of just how much God loves us. Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that gel us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of wannth for others every chance we get.

（1）What was the direct reason why the water pipes were frozen?

A. The jet stream.

B. The low temperature.

C. The cold wind.

D. The author's own carelessness.

（2）Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase "roared to" in Paragraph 2?

A. Began functioning smoothly.

B. Worked inappropriately.

C. Broke down suddenly.

D. Screamed out loudly.

（3）What did the author think of his work?

A. Embarassed.

B. Satisfied.

C. Mad with joy.

D. Cautiously optimistic.（4）What is the last paragraph mainly centered on?

A. The coldness of life has a negative effect on our life quality.

B. We meet with the coldness of life unavoidably and unwillingly.

C. We should be thankful for bits of warmth of life.

D. We should seize every chance to receive warmth of life from others.

【答案】（1）D

（2）A

（3）B

（4）C

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，一个寒冷的冬天早晨，由于作者的粗心大意而使水管冻死，没水可用。作者只得想尽办法自己修复，最后得到了热水做了早餐。作者从这件事得出，不要让生活中的寒冷影响我们，要感激生活中给我们带来的每一个温暖。

（1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“I had forgotten to leave my water dripping the night before and now my water pipes were frozen and my faucets (水龙头) were dry” 可知，头天晚上我忘记了让水龙头的水一直处于滴水的状态，现在水管冻结了，水龙头也流不出水了。由此可知，导致水管冻结的直接原因是由于作者本人的疏忽。故选D。

（2）考查词义猜测。根据第二段中的“... and started blowing hot air on the frozen water pipe…after twenty minutes, the water started flowing through my faucets again”可知，两个加热器开始向冻结的水管吹热空气，…二十分钟后，水又开始流过我的水龙头。此处roared to life表达的含义应该是两台加热器开始正常运转起来。分析选项可知A符合题意，故选A。

（3）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“I looked at the weak January sun shining on the frozen snow and smiled. Then I sent a joy filled with "Thank you" heavenward and returned inside to make myself a hot breakfast.”中的smiled和“a joy filled with "Thank you"”可知，作者对自己的工作很满意。故选B。

（4）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的“Let us all be grateful for those bits of warmth that

gel us going again. And let us all try to be that bit of warmth for others every chance we get.”可知，作者强调我们要感激生活中的每一个温暖，无论它们是多么的微不足道。故选C。【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测，推理判断和主旨大意四个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。