英语阅读理解人物故事练习题含答案及解析.docx

英语阅读理解人物故事练习题含答案及解析.docx

《英语阅读理解人物故事练习题含答案及解析.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《英语阅读理解人物故事练习题含答案及解析.docx（26页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

英语阅读理解人物故事练习题含答案及解析

英语阅读理解（人物故事）练习题含答案及解析

一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类

1．阅读理解

   RussGremel,now98yearsold,decideditwastimetodonate$2milliontotheIllinoisAudubonSociety,acharitytopurchasenearly400acresoflandforwildlifeprotection.Gremelwasabletomakethisamazingdonationbecausehepurchased$1,000worthofWalgreensstocksevendecadesagowhosevaluehasgrownrecently.

  "Asinglemanwithnokids,GremelhaslivedinthesameChicagohousefor95years,andhasalwayslivedsimply",neighborPatrickFalsotoldTODAY.FalsosaidheheardGremelsaymanytimesthe"moneywasn'tminetobeginwith"andthathealwaysintendedtogiveitaway.

   TheGremelWildlifeshelterwasfoundedonJune4.IllinoisAudubonSocietypresidentJimHerkertsaidGremel'sdonationwasextremelygenerous."It'sallowingustoprotectareallyvaluableandimportantpossessionandrealizeoneofGremel'swishesthatwecouldfindaplacewherepeoplecouldcomeoutandexperiencenaturethewayhedidasakid,"HerkerttoldTODAY.

   Afterdoingallthis,thispastweekend,GremeladoptedanoldChihuahua（吉娃娃犬）.Winniethedogwaspickedupasahomelessdogseveralmonthsago.Shesufferedfromakindofcancer,whichwastreated—andallsheneededwasalovinghome,whichColleenCollins,thefounderofPerfectPoochesAdoptionAgency,wasdeterminedtofind.

   GremelhadlosthisownbelovedChihuahuaearlierthisyear.WhenhereachedouttoCollinsaboutWinnie,shefeltthiscouldbeagoodmatch.ThatfeelinggrewwhenshebroughtWinnietohishouseforameetandgreet,andWinniewasintroducednotonlytoGremelbutalsosomeofhisfriendsandneighbors.Onehadbroughtoveralotoffreshstrawberries;allsaidthey'dbetheretohelpoutinanywayneeded.

（1）PatrickFalsoismentionedinthetextmainlytoexplain_________.

A. howGremelearnedthemoney

B. whatkindofpersonGremelis

C. whyGremelmadethedonation

D. whereGremelhasbeenliving

（2）WhatcanwelearnaboutRussGremelfromthetext?

A. Heraisedmanypetdogsinhislife.

B. HeboughtWalgreensstockatage28.

C. HeadoptedayoungChihuahuarecently.

D. Hevolunteeredinwildlifesheltersregularly.

（3）WhatcanweinferaboutGremel'sneighborsfromthetext?

A. Theyliveinharmonywithanimals.

B. TheyareimpressedwithdogWinnie.

C. Theyleadahealthyandwealthylife.

D. Theyarecaringandkindtoeachother.

【答案】

（1）C

（2）B

（3）D

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，格雷梅尔是一个没有孩子的单身男人，他在芝加哥同一所房子里住了95年，一直过着简朴的生活。

他经常给社会慈善机构捐钱。

（1）考查细节理解。

根据第二段"‘Asinglemanwithnokids,GremelhaslivedinthesameChicagohousefor95years,andhasalwayslivedsimply’,neighborPatrickFalsotoldTODAY.FalsosaidheheardGremelsaymanytimesthe"moneywasn'tminetobeginwith"andthathealwaysintendedtogiveitaway.”格雷梅尔是一个没有孩子的单身男人，他在芝加哥同一所房子里住了95年，一直过着简朴的生活。

"Falso说，他听到Gremel说过很多次，"钱本来就不是我的"，他总是打算把钱送人。

可知，PatrickFalso的话道出了为什么Gremel要做出捐赠。

故选C。

（2）考查细节理解。

根据第一段中的“Gremelwasabletomakethisamazingdonationbecausehepurchased$1,000worthofWalgreensstocksevendecadesagowhosevaluehasgrownrecently.”格雷梅尔之所以能够做出这一惊人的捐赠，是因为他在70年前购买了价值1000美元的沃尔格林股票，而这些股票的价值最近一直在增长。

他在28岁时购买了沃尔格林的股票。

故选B。

（3）考查推理判断。

根据最后一段中的“WinniewasintroducednotonlytoGremelbutalsosomeofhisfriendsandneighbors.Onehadbroughtoveralotoffreshstrawberries;allsaidthey'dbetheretohelpoutinanywayneeded.”温妮不仅被介绍给格雷梅尔，还被介绍给他的一些朋友和邻居。

一个人带来了许多新鲜的草莓;所有人都说他们会在那里以任何需要的方式提供帮助。

可知，他的邻居之间是互相帮助友好相处的。

故选D。

【点评】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，考生需要准确捕捉细节信息，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

Openwaterswimming

   Ihadonlyswuminopenwaterafewtimes,andalwaysingentlelakes,soIwasn'tpreparedforhowroughLakeWindermereappearedonacoldday.Aswimmertoldmethewaterfeltcolderthanithadbeenmeasured,andthatthewaterwasabitrough.ButI,alongwith10,000others,wasabouttocompletethechallenge.

   Mostofthepeopletakingpartweredoingaone-milerace,and10raceswereplannedovertheweekend.Thereseemedtobeamixofopen-waterenthusiastsalongsidecompletebeginners—whichispreciselytheaimoftheswims,togetasmanypeopleaspossiblecompletingtheirownchallenge.Theoldestwomancompetingwas77,takingpartinthetwo-milerace,alongsideamanwholastyearhadswumineveryone-milerace.

   Ihadchosenthethirdone-mileraceoftheday.Therewereover600peopleinmyrace.Weweretakenthroughanacclimatizationarea

 achildren'spaddlingpool-sizedpartofthelakewherewemovedintofeelhowcoldthewaterwas."Nottoobad"waseveryone'sthought!

Thenweheadedouttowardsthemiddleofthelake.

   We'dbeenwarnedthatthefirst100metreswouldbereallyrough.However,somewherenearthe750mmarkIwasstillwaitingforthecalm;itfeltmorelikeswimmingintheseathanalake.Itriedtofocusonmybreathingandtechnique,andjustkeepgoing.AsIapproachedthe400m-to-gomarkmylowerrightlegbecamepainful.Irecalledoverhearingpeopletalkingabouthowtheykeptswimmingthroughthepain,soItried.Butitdidn'twork.Ibegantofeeltheentirelegtightandpainful.Ididn'twanttostop,soIbentmyrightkneeandjustkickedwiththeleftleg.

   FinallyIsawthefinishingpost,andIjustconcentratedongettingthere—stillone-legged.Myfinishingtimewas38minutes25secondsbutthatdidn'tmatter—theatmospherewasfantasticandeveryonefeltasenseofachievement,whatevertheirtime.I'mhooked,andwanttogiveitanothergo.I'vealreadysignedupformynextopen-waterswim.

（1）Howdidtheauthorfeelbeforetherace?

A. Scaredofthemostchallengingrace.

B. Disappointedbythedifficultconditions.

C. Concernedabouttheotherswimmersintherace.

D. Determinedtobeastoughasthepeoplearoundher.

（2）WhydoestheauthormentionthetwopeopleinParagraph2?

A. Tostresstheimportanceoftherace.

B. Topraisetheexperiencedswimmers.

C. Toshowthewiderangeoftheparticipants.

D. Tointroducethevariouseventsoftherace.

（3）TheauthorsuggestsinParagraph4that______.

A. theracewouldcausebreathingproblems

B. theracebecameharderthanshehadexpected

C. itwasreallynecessarytopreparefortoughswims

D. itwouldhavebeeneasierifshehadtakenothers'advice

（4）Whatdoestheauthortalkaboutinthelastparagraph?

A. Herconfidenceinherownability.                  

B. Herprideinhavingswumsoquickly.

C. Hereagernesstorepeattheexperience.        

D. Hersurpriseathavingmanagedtofinish.

【答案】

（1）D

（2）C

（3）B

（4）C

【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，作者讲述了参加一英里的天然水域游泳的经历，最终成功到达终点线。

（1）考查推理判断。

 根据第一段中的“ButI,alongwith10,000others,wasabouttocompletethechallenge.”可知，我马上和其他10000名游泳者完成这项挑战，故可知，他们很坚定要完成这项运动，故选D。

（2）考查推理判断。

根据第二段中的“Thereseemedtobeamixofopen-waterenthusiastsalongsidecompletebeginners—whichispreciselytheaimoftheswims,togetasmanypeopleaspossiblecompletingtheirownchallenge.Theoldestwomancompetingwas77,takingpartinthetwo-milerace,alongsideamanwholastyearhadswumineveryone-milerace.”可知，参赛者包括天然水域游泳的爱好者，也包括初学者，也有很多人完成自己的挑战，这里面就有77岁参加2英里游泳的老人，也有去年参加一英里的男子，故可知，该比赛参与者范围很广，故选C。

（3）考查推理判断。

根据第四段中的“Irecalledoverhearingpeopletalkingabouthowtheykeptswimmingthroughthepain,soItried.Butitdidn'twork.Ibegantofeeltheentirelegtightandpainful.”可知，我想起了那些人提及的克服水中抽筋的技巧，但是没有作用，我感觉整条腿开始紧张疼痛，故可知，这次比赛比她想象的要艰难，故选B。

（4）考查推理判断。

根据最后一段中的“I'mhooked,andwanttogiveitanothergo.I'vealreadysignedupformynextopen-waterswim.”可知，我被吸引住了，想要再尝试一次，准备好为下一次游泳比赛报名，故可知，作者为完成比赛而感到兴奋，也喜欢上了这项运动，故选C。

【点评】本题考点涉及推理判断题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需要根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。

3．阅读理解

   Iwaitedhalfanhour,settheboard,andsatinthestudio,reviewingmyquestionsuntilthetelephonelinesflashed.

   "Hello?

"

   "ThisisConnieChung.I'msosorryI'mlate."

   ConnieChungwasoneoftheonlyfourwomenanchors（主播）tomakeitintotheclubofmajoreveningnetworktelevisionnews.Foralmostanhourwetalkedabouttheindustry.WhenIaskedifsheeverhadaninstructorthroughouthertrials,sheturnedaroundandofferedtoinstructme.WhenIaskedwhyshedecidedtodoit,shesimplyreplied,"Becauseyou'regood."

   ThatafternoonIrushedhomeandtoldmymotherwhathadhappened.Withoutlookingup,shejustsaid"Goodforyou."Hearingthis,Ifeltasenseofloss. Herconsistentresponsealwaysmademefeelunder-appreciated.

   UntilthenIhadbeensearchingforsomethingthatIwouldneverget—thatsenseofloveandacceptanceinahousefullofnegativity（消极）.

   IknewIneededtogetridofallthenegativityinmylifefirst,soIpackedmybagsandwalkedoutofthehouse,thinkingariskwouldallowmetoopenmyselftotheworldagainandreceiveallthepositiveenergythatIneeded.

   Thenradiobecamemywayofconnectingwithothers.Myabilitytobookhigh-levelguestsandcelebrities（名人）wasgraduallyrecognizedandeventuallyallthewordsofencouragementfrompastguestsandcolleagueshelpedmetore-buildmyconfidencelevels."Icandothis,"Ikepttellingmyself,andpushedevenhardertofindmynextaim.

   Peoplehadfaithinme,soIdevelopedfaithinmyself.Theirpositiveattitudestowardsthemselvesandtowardsmehelpedmedevelopmyownpositiveattitude,leadingtoproductiveinteractionswithcelebritiesandaddingtomylistofinstructors.

   ImaynothavestartedlifesurroundedbypositivitybutIsurelyfeelthatIamsurroundedbyitnow.It'samazinghowpositivitybuildsonitself.

（1）Whatwastheauthorprobablydoingatthebeginningofthetext?

A. Hewaspreparingforashow.                          

B. Hewaslookingforaninstructor.

C. Hewaswaitingtobeinterviewed.                  D. Hewasbroadcastingn