高考英语二轮题海特训营5阅读理解推理判断一.docx

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高考英语二轮题海特训营5阅读理解推理判断一

（5）阅读理解推理判断一

1、      In1812,theyearCharlesDickenswasborn,therewere66novelspublishedinBritain.Peoplehadbeenwritingnovelsforacentury—mostexpertsdatethefirstnoveltoRobinsonCrusoein1719—butnobodywantedtodoitprofessionally.Thesteam-poweredprintingpresswasstillinitsearlystages;theliteracy（识字）rateinEnglandwasunder50%.Manyworksoffictionappearedwithoutthenamesoftheauthors,oftenwithsomethinglike“Byalady.”Novels,forthemostpart,werelookeduponassilly,immoralorjustplainbad.

      In1870,whenDickensdied,theworldmournedhimasitsfirstprofessionalwriterandpublisher,famousandbeloved,whohadledanexplosioninboththepublicationofnovelsandtheirreadershipandwhosecharacters—fromOliverTwisttoTinyTim—wereheldupasmoraltouchstones.TodayDickens’greatnessisunchallenged.Removinghimfromthepantheon（名人堂）ofEnglishliteraturewouldmakeaboutasmuchsenseastheLouvresellingofftheMonaLisa.

      HowdidDickensgettothetop?

Forallthefeelingsreadersattachtostories,literatureisanumbersgame,andthetestoftimeisextremelydifficulttopass.Some60,000novelswerepublishedduringtheVictorianage,from1837to1901;todayacasualreadermightbeabletonameahalf-dozenofthem.It’spartlytruethatDickens’styleofwritingattractedaudiencesfromallwalksoflife.It’spartlythathiswritingsrodeawaveofsocial,politicalandscientificprogress.Butit’salsothatherewrotethecultureofliteratureandputhimselfatthecenter.Noonewilleverknowwhatmixoftalent,ambition,energyandluckmadeDickenssuchadistinguishedwriter.Butasthe200thanniversaryofhisbirthapproaches,itispossible—andimportantforourownculture—tounderstandhowhemadehimselfalastingone.

1.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesBritishnovelsinthe18thcentury?

A.Theyweredifficulttounderstand.

B.Theywerepopularamongtherich.

C.Theywereseenasnearlyworthless.

D.Theywerewrittenmostlybywomen.

2.DickensiscomparedwiththeMonaLisainthetexttostress________.

A.hisreputationinFrance

B.hisinterestinmodernart

C.hissuccessinpublication

D.hisimportanceinliterature

3.Whatistheauthor’spurposeinwritingthetext?

A.Torememberagreatwriter.

B.TointroduceanEnglishnovel.

C.Toencouragestudiesonculture.

D.TopromotevaluesoftheVictorianage.

2、   DanielHernandezalwayswantedtohelppeople.Beforehe’devengraduatedfromhighschool,hetrainedtobeacertifiednursingassistantandvolunteeredatanursinghome.Hethendecidedtoworkinpublicservice.InhisjunioryearattheUniversityofArizona,hemajoredinpoliticalscienceandbeganvolunteeringinpoliticalactivities.

   OneofhisheroeswasGabrielleGiffords.Whenpickedforaninternship（实习期）withher,hegladlygaveupapart-timesalesjob.Soeagerwashethathestartedworkfourdaysearly.OnSaturdaymorning,January8,hearrivedatLaToscanaVillagemarketnorthofTucsonandbegansettinguptablesinfrontofaSafewaystorewhere30orsopeopleweregatheringtomeetGiffords.

   At10:

10a.m.,Hernandezheardloudsounds.“Gun!

”someoneshouted.Heheardpeoplescreaming,sawthemfallingtotheground.Hernandezwasstanding30feetawayfromGiffordswhenshefelldown.Inseconds,hewasatherside.Everywherearoundhimwaschaos,butHernandezwilledhimselftoremaincalm.

   Giffordswaslyingonthesidewalk;bloodwasstreamingdownherfacefromabulletwoundonherhead.Gently,Hernandezliftedherintoasittingpositionagainsthisshoulder.Then,withhishand,heappliedpressuretothewoundonherforeheadtopreventtheflowofblood.Hecalmedherandtoldherallwouldbewell.

   Minuteslater,ambulancesarrivedonthescene.StillHernandezstayedwithGiffords,holdingherhandandtalking.“Ijustmadesuresheknewshewasn’talone,”hesays.“WhenItoldherI'dcontactherhusbandMark,shesqueezedmyhandhard.”

   Nineteenpeoplefellvictimtoacrazymanthatday.Giffords,thoughwounded,survivedinnosmallpartbecauseofHernandez’squickactions.Hernandezdidaheroicthing.Thoughhedoesn'tthinkso,thepeopleofTucsonandthenationaregratefulthatDanielHernandezwasthereatthatkeymoment,fourdaysearlierthanhewassupposedtobe.

1.WheredidDanielHernandezevervolunteerbeforetheaccident?

A.AttheUniversityofArizona.

B.Atastoreforaproduct.

C.Atanursinghome.

D.Athishighschool.

2.WhydidHernandezstaywithGabrielleGiffordsassoonaspossible?

A.GabrielleGiffordswashishero.

B.Heworkedasasecurityguards.

C.HeknewGabrielleGiffordswasindanger.

D.Heknewhowtotreatherwound.

3.Accordingtothelastparagraph,tothepeopleofTucson,GabrielleGiffords______.

A.workedhardattheSafewaystore

B.wasoneofDanielHernandez’sfriends

C.didareallyheroicthingthatday

D.wasluckytosurvivetheaccident

3、 Sciencehasalotofuses.Itcanuncoverlawsofnature,curediseases,makebombs,andhelpbridgestostandup.Indeedscienceissogoodatwhatitdoesthatthere’salwaysatemptation（诱惑）todragitintoproblemswhereitmaynotbehelpful.DavidBrooks,authorofTheSocialAnimal:

TheHiddenSourcesofLove,Character,andAchievement,appearstobethelatestinalonglineofwriterswhohavefailedtoresistthetemptation.

  Brooksgainedfameforseveralbooks.HislatestbookTheSocialAnimal,however,ismoreambitiousandseriousthanhisearlierbooks.Itisanattempttodealwithasetofweightytopics.Thebookfocusesonbigquestions:

Whathassciencerevealedabouthumannature?

Whatarethesourcesofcharacter?

Andwhyaresomepeoplehappyandsuccessfulwhileothersaren’t?

   Toanswerthesequestions,Brookssurveysawiderangeofdisciplines（学科）.Consideringthis,youmightexpectthebooktobeadryrecitationoffacts.ButBrookshasstructuredhisbookinanunorthodox（非常规的）,andperhapsunfortunate,way.Insteadofintroducingscientifictheories,hetellsastory,withinwhichhetriestomakehispoints,perhapsinordertokeepthereader’sattention.SoasHaroldandErica,theheroandheroineinhisstory,livethroughchildhood,wehearaboutthescienceofchilddevelopmentandastheybegintodatewehearaboutthetheoryofsexualattraction.Brookscarriesthisthroughtothedeathofoneofhischaracters. 

   Onthewhole,Brooks’sstoryisacceptableifuninspired.Asonewouldexpect,hiswritingismostlyclearand,tobefair,somechaptersstandoutabovetherest.Ienjoyed,forinstance,thechapterinwhichHarolddiscovershowtothinkonhisown.WhileHaroldandEricaarecertainlynotstrongormemorablecharacters,themoreseriousproblemswithTheSocialAnimallieelsewhere.TheseproblemspartlyinvolveBrooks’sattempttotranslatehistaleintoscience.

1.Theauthormentionsthefunctionsofscienceatthebeginningofthepassageto__________.

A.illustratewheresciencecanbeapplied

B.demonstratethevalueofBrooks’snewbook

C.remindthereaderoftheimportanceofscience

D.explainwhymanywritersusescienceintheirworks

2.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingcouldbeastrengthofthebook?

A.Itsstrongbasis.

B.Itsconvincingpoints.

C.Itsclearwriting.

D.Itsmemorablecharacters.

3.Whatistheauthor’sgeneralattitudetowardsthebook?

A.Contradictory.

B.Supportive.

C.Cautious.

D.Critical.

4.Whatistheauthorlikelytowriteaboutafterthelastparagraph?

A.Problemswiththebook.

B.Brooks’slifeexperience.

C.Deathofthecharacters.

D.Brooks’stranslationskills.

4、   1.TheWrightBrothers,byDavidMcCullough

    Anothermust-readforhistoryfans,McCulloughtellsthestoryofOrvilleandWilburWright,thebrotherswhotaughttheworldhowtofly.Drawingonalltypesofhistoricaldata—frompersonaldiariesandscrapbooks,tothousandsofprivatelettersoffamilyletters—wegetacloselookattheactualpersonalitiesbehindoneofthemostinfluentialmomentsinhistory.

   2.TheWonderGarden,byLaurenAcampora

    Thisnovelisreallyacollectionofseveralinterwoven（交织）storiesofpeoplelivingintherichConnecticutsuburbs.Fromtalesofanelderlyartisttoayoungmothertoawomanwhosehusbandjustbehavescarelessly,TheWonderGardengivesusanunforgettablereminderthatthere’softensomuchwedon’tknowaboutwhathappenswithourneighborsbehindcloseddoors.

   3.BetweenYou&Me:

ConfessionsofaCommaQueen,byMaryNorris

    Doessomeonemistakingwhoforwhommakeyourbloodboil?

Doyouwanttothrowadictionaryatsomeoneformistakingsitforcite?

EnterBetweenYou&Me.MaryNorrisbringsherexperienceworkinginTheNewYorker’scopydepartmenttoeagergrammarfansinthislaugh-out-loudbookthatlooksatsomeofthemostcommonspelling,punctuation,andusageproblemsintheEnglishlanguage.

   4.MyStruggle:

BookFour,byKarlOveKnausgaard

    MyStruggleisasix-volumeautobiographicalnovelthatfollowsthelifeofKarlOveKnausgaard,aNorwegianfatherofthree.InBookFour,hewritesofhisdecisionattheageof18tomovetoafisherman’svillageinthefarnorthoftheArcticcircletoworkasaschoolteacher.It’stherethathestruggleswithlove,alcoholism,andbecominglovedbyoneofhisstudents.

1.WhatdoesthebookTheWrightbrothersfocuson?

A.Inventionofairplanes.

B.Natureofthecharacters.

C.Historyofairplanes.

D.Ordinarylifeofthecharacters.

2.Whodescribeshisorherreallifeexperiencesinthenovel?

A.DavidMcCullough.

B.LaurenAcampora.

C.KarlOveKnausgaard.

D.MaryNorris.

3.Whichofthefollowingbooksmightmakeyouburstinto