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高考英语二轮复习阅读理解专题测试题
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The
week
I
turned
50,
my
marriage
came
to
a
sudden
end.
My
house,
furniture
and
everything I
’
d owned was sold to pay debts that I
didn't’
even know I had. In a
week
I
had
lost
my
husband,
my
home
and
my
parents
who
had
refused
to
accept
a
divorce
in the family. I
’
d lost everything except my four teenage children. I used every
penny I had to buy five plane tickets from Missouri to Hawaii. Everyone said I was
crazy
to
think
I
could
just
go
to
an
island
and
survive.
I
was
afraid
they
were
right.

Knowing
that
no
one
in
the
world
was
going
to
help
us,
I
rented
a
cheap
apartment.
I worked 18 hours a day and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day. One
night as I walked alone on the beach, I saw the red orange glow of the lave (
火
山岩
) pouring out of Kilarea Volcano in the distance. It was time to live my
imagination!

The next day I quit my job and invested my last paycheck in art supplies and
began doing what I loved. I hadn
’
t painted a picture in 15 years. I wondered if
I
could
still
paint.
My
hands
trembled
the
first
time
I
picked
up
a
brush.
But
before
an hour had passed, I was lost in the colors spreading across the canvas in front
of
me.
And
as
soon
as
I
started
believing
in
myself,
other
people
started
believing
in me, too. The first painting sold for $$1,500 before I even had time to frame it.

The
past
six
years
have
been
filled
with
adventures.
My
children
and
I
have
gone
swimming
with
dolphins,
watched
whales
and
hiked
around
the
volcano.
We
wake
up
every
morning with the ocean in front of us and the volcano behind us. The dream I had
more than 40 years ago is now reality. I
’
m living freely and happily ever after.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A. the writer didn
’
t expect her marriage would end
B. the writer
’
s parents were content with her divorce
C. the writer
’
s husband took away most of her property
D. there was something wrong with the writer
’
s job

答案解析：答案为
A
。本题为推理题。从第一段的第一句话

“
The
week
I
turned
50,
my

1
marriage
came
to
a
sudden
end.
”

可以推断，作者迈入50
岁的那一周，婚姻突然解体，
这个是她所没有预料到的。故答案为
A
。


从第一段的

“
My house, furniture and everything I
’
d owned was sold to pay
debts
that
I
didn't’

even
know
I
had
…

I
’
d
lost
everything
except
my
four
teenage
children.
”

可以推断，
作者 失去了所有的财产，
而不是大部分财产，
故
C
选项错误。
又
从

“
In a week I had lost my husband, my home and my parents who had refused to
accept a divorce in the family.
”可推断，她的父母拒绝接受她的离婚，故选项< br>B
错
误
。
D
选项未提及。

2. The writer went to Hawaii to ______.
A. free herself from trouble B. spend her holiday
C. earn a living for the family D. realize her childhood
’
s dream

答案解析：答案为
C
。本题为推理题。由第二段前两句话

“
Knowing
that
no
one
in
the
world was going to help us, I rented a cheap apartment. I worked 18 hours a day
and lost 30 pounds because I lived on one meal a day.< br>”可知，作者带着四个孩子
去夏威夷后，没人帮助，住廉价的公寓，一天工作
18
个小时，吃一顿饭，故可推断她去
夏威夷为了谋生。

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?
A. The writer is a woman of great determination.
B. The writer has been fond of painting.
C. The writer sold her first framed painting for 1,500 dollars.
D. The writer likes a life full of adventures.

答案解析：答案为
C
。本题为推理题。结合全文，作者
50
岁的时候，婚姻瓦解，带着四
个孩子到夏威夷，偶然的机会发现了生财之道，利用自己以前的爱好谋生，
自力更生，
奋
斗不息，
可推断她是位有决心的伟大女性，
故
A
选项正确。
由作者的经历和最后一段的倒
数第二句话

“
The dream I had more than 40 years ago is now reality.
”

可知，作
者一直喜欢绘画，
故
B选项正确。
由最后一段首句

“
The
past
six
years
have
been
filled
with adventures.
”

可推断，作者喜欢冒险生活，故选项
D
正确。


由第三段最后一句话

“
The
first
painting
sold
for
$$1,500
before
I
even
had
time
to frame it.
”

可知，作者的第一幅画在抽空上框之前就卖了
$$1, 500
，选项
C
与文意不
符。故答案为
C
。


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4. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. My Broken Marriage B. A Hard Life in Hawaii
C. Adventures over 6 Years D. My Life After Divorce

答案解析： 答案为
D
。本题考查文章标题。全文描述了作者离婚后去夏威夷如何发现谋生
的机会， 如何
过上幸福自由的快乐生活。故答案为
D
。

Passage Three (Pop Stars Earn Much)

Pop
stars
today
enjoy
a
style
of
living
which
was
once
the
prerogative
only
of
Royalty.
Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go
wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully
dressed idols.
The
stars
are
transported
in
their
chauffeur
driven
Rolls-Royces,
private
helicopters or executive aeroplanes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage
of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in
the
press
and
all
their
comings
and
goings
are
reported,
for,
like
Royalty,
pop
stars
are
news.
If
they
enjoy
many
of
the
privileges
of
Royalty,
they
certainly
share
many
of
the
inconveniences
as
well.
It
is
dangerous
for
them
to
make
unscheduled
appearances
in
public.
They
must
be
constantly
shielded
from
the
adoring
crowds
which
idolize them. They are no longer private individuals, but public property. The
financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot
be calculated, for their
rates of pay are astronomical.
And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great
days of Hollywood have become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and
adulation
on
an
unpre
cedented
scale.
By
today’s
standards,
the
excesses
of
Hollywood
do
not
seem
quite
so
spectacular.
A
single
gramophone
record
nowadays
may
earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition
for the title ‘Top of the Pops’ is fierce, but the rewards are truly colossal.

It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Don’t
the top men in
industry earn enormous salaries for the services they perform to their companies
and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency
–
often m
ore
than large industrial concerns
–
and the taxman can only be grateful fro their
massive annual contributions to the exchequer. So who would begrudge them their

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rewards?
It’s
all
very
well
for
people
in
humdrum
jobs
to
moan
about
the
successes
and
rewards
of
others.
People
who
make
envious
remarks
should
remember
that
the
most
famous
stars
represent only the tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there are hundreds
of others struggling to earn a living. A man working in a steady job and looking
forward to a pension at the end of it has no right to expect very high rewards. He
has chosen security and peace of mind, so there will always be a limit to what he
can
earn.
But
a
man
who
attempts
to
become
a
star
is
taking
eno
rmous
risks.
He
knows
at
the
outset
that
only
a
handful
of
competitors
ever
get
to
the
very
top.
He
knows
that
years
of
concentrated
effort
may
be
rewarded
with
complete
failure.
But
he
knows,
too,
that
the
rewards
for
success
are
very
high
indeed:
they
are
the
recompense
for
the
huge
risks
involved
and
if
he
achieves
them,
he
has
certainly
earned
them.
That’s
the essence of private enterprise.


sentence
Pop
stars’
style
of
living
was
once
the
prerogative
only
of
Royalty
means

[A] their life was as luxurious as that of royalty.
They enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty.
[C] They are rather rich.
[D] Their way of living was the same as that of the royalty.
is the author’s attitude toward top stars’ high income?
[A] Approval.
Disapproval.
[C] Ironical.
[D] Critical.
can be inferred from the passage

[A] there exists fierce competition in climbing to the top.
People are blind in idolizing stars.
[C] Successful Pop stars give great entertainment.
[D] The tax they have paid are great.
can we learn from the passage?


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