英语阅读理解人物故事练习英语考试外语学习及解析.docx

1、英语阅读理解人物故事练习英语考试外语学习及解析【英语】阅读理解(人物故事)练习_英语考试_外语学习及解析一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类1阅读理解 The great-grandmother is learning English with the help of her family when she is at the age of 91. She hopes to use the language at next years Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizawa was one of the more than 200, 00 people who requ

2、ested to volunteer for Tokyos 2020 Games. English is not required for service, but it is a useful skill for volunteers to have. But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, In my second ye

3、ar there, English was banned because it was the enemy language. Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn. When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, Its not too late. We will teach you one word a day . Natsuko is Takamizawas granddaught

4、er and main English teacher. Natsuko sends a new English word to her grandmothers phone every day. They also often work together directly on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics. Welcome to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you? Takamizawa answers when asked to say an

5、English phrase she has learned. Natsuko explains that she wanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy. I can clearly see her English is getting better. Its my joy now. The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries wh

6、ere English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations welcome English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people become more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Taka

7、mizawa family is ready to welcome the world to Tokyo.（1）Why couldnt Takamizawa learn English when she was young? A.Because English was useless.B.Because she was too young to learn English.C.Because English was forbidden to learn.D.Because she was unwilling to learn English.（2）What can we know from t

8、he third paragraph? A.Takamizawa gets strong support from her family.B.Takamizawas grandchildren love her a lot.C.Natsuko is Takamizawas granddaughter and only English teacher.D.Natsuko teaches Takamizawa English mainly by talking with her.（3）What does the underlined phrase This situation in Paragra

9、ph 4 refer to? A.English is not the first language in Japan.B.The level of English spoken in Japan is relatively low.C.Younger generations in Japan welcome English.D.Japanese people become open to the rest of the world.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A.Where there is a will, there is a way.

10、B.It is never too late to learn.C.The early bird catches the worm.D.Two heads are better than one.【答案】 （1）C（2）A（3）B（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，日本91岁的奶奶Takamizawa为了做好迎接在东京举行的2020奥运会的志愿工作，在孙辈的鼓励和帮助下开始学习英语。 （1）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizaw

11、a said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.”可知，是在她高中二年级时第二次世界大战大战爆发了，而英语因为是敌人的语言被禁止了，故选C。 （2）考查细节理解。根据第三段中的”Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to le

12、arn. When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, Its not too late. We will teach you one word a day ”.可知她的孙辈说服并且帮助她学习英语，因此推断她从家人那里得到很大的支持。故选A。 （3）考查词义猜测。根据第四段中的“Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language.” 在英语不是第一语言的国家中，日本排名第49位。可知“This situation”指的是在日本人

13、的英语水平相对较低，故选B。 （4）考查主旨大意。文章主要介绍了日本91岁的奶奶Takamizawa在孙辈的鼓励和帮助下学习英语，从她身上体现了“活到老，学到老”的精神，故选B。 【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。2阅读理解 Three months after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Rebecca Sell, then 24, a photojournalist for Fredericksburg phot

14、ographed a New Orleans couple worriedly examining water-spotted photo albums. As she took the photo, something within her clicked. I told them I could take the ruined pictures, copy them and give them digitally restored (修复) photos, she recalls. Although a bit sceptical, the couple agreed. Rebecca t

15、ook their photos home, restored them and took them to the couple at their temporary home. It felt so good to be able to do that for them, says Rebecca. When her editor, Dave Ellis, saw the photo of the couple, he suggested they go back and restore damaged photos for even more people. So in January 2

16、006, with paid time off from the paper, the two set up shop in Pass Christian. After posting a notice in the community newsletter, Rebecca and Dave received 500 photos in four days. For each, the pair took a new digital picture, then used high-tech software to erase water spots and restore colors. I

17、t just so happened that a popular website linked to Daves blog about the experience, and soon Operation Photo Rescue, as it came to be known, had emails from hundreds of volunteers, including photographers and restoration experts, eager to help. Though digital restoration is a painstaking process, m

18、ending irreplaceable family pictures means the world to victims like Emily Lancaster, 71, who took out piles of ruined photo albums after Katrina, never thinking the mess could be saved. But she just couldnt bear to part with a few treasured pictures, including a portrait of her father, who had pass

19、ed away, and a photo of her husband as a boy. Then she heard about Operation Photo Rescue. I didnt have a whole lot of hope they could fix them, but they did, Emily says. Almost every day I think about all the pictures Ive lost. Im so happy to have these two. In the five years since Katrina, Operati

20、on Photo Rescue has collected thousands of pictures ruined by floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. Volunteers make copy runs to disaster areas across the country to gather damaged photos from survivors; operating costs are covered by donations. Its great to be able to give people some of their history

21、back, says Rebecca. One person told me that thanks to us, her grandmother got to see her photos again before she passed away. Moments like that remind me why I do this.（1）When Rebecca took the picture of the New Orleans couple, she decided to . A.take them to their temporary homeB.help with their da

22、maged photosC.set up shop in Pass ChristianD.cover Hurricane Katrina（2）From Paragraph 2, we know that Dave and Rebecca . A.quit their jobs in 2006B.inspired volunteers to join themC.spent four days mending the photosD.made their work known in their newspaper（3）How did Emily Lancaster feel when she f

23、irst heard about Operation Photo Rescue? A.Excited.B.Hopeless.C.Satisfied.D.Sceptical.（4）What is the best title for the passage? A.Surviving HurricanesB.An Act of GenerosityC.Saving MemoriesD.A Lucky Couple【答案】 （1）B（2）B（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，摄影记者丽贝卡塞尔和编辑戴夫埃利斯通过照片修复，他们让很多人丢失的记忆得到恢复，同时，也赢得了人们的肯定。 （

24、1）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的I told them I could take the ruined pictures, copy them and give them digitally restored (修复) photos, 可知，摄影记者丽贝卡塞尔会帮助他们修复受损的照片。故选B。 （2）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的”It just so happened that a popular website linked to Daves blog about the experience, and soon Operation Photo Rescue, as it came to b

25、e known, had emails from hundreds of volunteers, including photographers and restoration experts, eager to help.“后来被称为照片救援行动的网站，收到了数百名志愿者的电子邮件，其中包括摄影师和修复专家，他们都渴望提供帮助，可知，他们的行动鼓舞了其他的志愿者加入。故选B。 （3）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的I didnt have a whole lot of hope they could fix them, but they did, Emily says. ”艾米丽说:能修好它们，

26、我没有抱太大的希望，但他们做到了。从而可以推断出，艾米丽最初对能够修复照片是怀疑的。故选D。 （4）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的Its great to be able to give people some of their history back, says Rebecca. One person told me that thanks to us, her grandmother got to see her photos again before she passed away. Moments like that remind me why I do this.可知，通过照片修复

27、，他们让很多人丢失的记忆得到恢复，同时，也赢得了人们的肯定。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。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

28、 nine species from extinction. Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Prize - the highest 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 e

29、ast African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. 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

30、 nests and hatching(孵化)them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in 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

31、 back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warbler. 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 be