全国通用20英语19届高考专题复习专题9 阅读理解应用文.docx

1、全国通用20英语19届高考专题复习专题9 阅读理解应用文专题09阅读理解（文学小说类）1.【南京、盐城20162017学年第一次模拟考试】DDad and I loved baseball and hated sleep. One midsummer dawn when I was nine, we drove to the local park with our baseballs, gloves, and Yankees caps.“If you thought night baseball was a thrill, just wait,” Dad told me. “Morning a

2、ir carries the ball like youve never seen.”He was right. Our fastballs charged faster and landed more lightly. The echoes of our catches popped as the sun rose over the dew-sprinkled fields.The park was all ours for about two hours. Then a young mother pushed her stroller toward us. When she neared,

3、 Dad politely leaned over the stroller, waved, and gave the baby his best smile.The mother stared at him for a second, and then rushed away.Dad covered his mouth with his hand and walked to the car. “Lets go, bud,” he said. “Im not feeling well.”A month earlier, Bells palsy (贝尔氏神经麻痹) had struck Dad,

4、 paralyzing the right side of his face. It left him slurring words and with a droopy eyelid. He could hardly drink from a cup without spilling onto his shirt. And his smile, which once eased the pain of playground cuts and burst forth at the mention of Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, or his very own Yanke

5、es, was gone.As I slumped in the car, I began suspecting that our sunrise park visit wasnt about watching daylight lift around us. This was his effort to avoid stares.It was a solemn drive home.After that day, Dad spent more time indoors. He left the shopping, driving, and Little League games to Mom

6、. A freelance editor, he turned our dining room into his office and buried himself in manuscripts. He no longer wanted to play catch.At physical therapy, Dad obeyed the doctor: “Now smile as wide as you can. Now lift your right cheek with your hand. Now try to whistle.”Only the sound of blowing air

7、came out. My earliest memories were of Dad whistling to Frank Sinatra or Bobby McFerrin. He always whistled. He had taught me to whistle too.Of the roughly 40,000 Americans suffering Bells palsy every year, most recover in several weeks. Other cases take a few months to heal. But after nine weeks of

8、 therapy, the doctor confessed she couldnt help Dad.“Ive never seen anything like this,” she told him after his final session. Then she handed him the bill.Dad coped through humor. He occasionally grabbed erasable markers and drew an even-sided wide smile across his face. Other times, he practiced h

9、is Elvis impersonation, joking that his curled lips allowed him to perfect his performance of “Hound Dog”.By the time I entered fourth grade that September, Dad could blink his right eye and speak clearly again. But his smile still hadnt returned. So I made a secret vow: I would abstain from smiles

10、of any kind.Nothing about fourth grade made this easy. Classmates were both old enough to laugh about pop culture and young enough to appreciate fart jokes. Kids called me Frowny the Dwarf. (I was three foot ten.) Teachers accompanied me into hallways, asking what was wrong. Breaking the promise I h

11、ad made myself was tempting, but I couldnt let Dad not smile alone.When I asked my PE coach, “Whats so great about smiling?” he made me do push-ups while the rest of the class played Wiffle ball. Then he called Dad.I never learned what they discussed. But when I got off the school bus that afternoon

12、, I saw Dad waiting for me, holding our gloves and ball. For the first time in months, we got in the family car and went to the park for a catch.“Its been too long,” he said.Roughly a half-dozen fathers and sons lined the field with gloved arms in the air. Dad couldnt smile, but he beamed, and so di

13、d I. Sundown came quickly. The fields white lights glowed, and everyone else left. But Dad and I threw everything from curve balls to folly floaters into the night. We had catching up to do.1. Why did Father choose to play baseballs one summer dawn?A. They could perform better in the morning. B. He

14、tried to escape others attention to his face. C. Morning air was more suitable for playing baseball.D. The park was empty and they could enjoy themselves.2. The underlined phrase “abstain from” in Paragraph 16 is closest in meaning to _. A. seek for B. recover from C. give up D. break into3. What ca

15、n we infer from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 17?A. The boy lost his ability to smile. B. The boy must have suffered many wrongs.C. The boy couldnt appreciate pop culture. D. The boy tried his best to make Father smile. 4. Why did the father accompany his son to the park for a catch that nigh

16、t? A. He had made a complete recovery. B. He thought night baseball was a thrill. C. He intended his son to return to normal. D. He was instructed by the PE coach to do so. 5. Which of the following can best describe the authors father?A. Selfless and lucky. B. Generous and determined. C. Sensitive and stubborn. D. Responsible and humorous.6. What is the best title fo