高考英语阅读理解随堂练习(九)

定额市鞍钢阳光实验学校高考英语阅读理解随堂练习（九）
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso was the favorite child of his family. He was the only boy among great many girl cousins. That was enough to make him important, but his father loved him especially, because he knew his son was going to be an artist. Pablo knew the word for himself making delightful little drawings of animals and people. If his mother sent him out to play in the square, he went on drawing in the dust under the trees. One of his favorite models was his younger sister, Lola.
Don Jose Ruiz, Pablo's father was director of the museum at Malaga in southern Spain. He earned only a small salary, but there was not much work to do and he was able to practice his hobby, which was painting pigeons. don Jose loved pigeons very much. He painted them dead or alive, in ones and twos and in dozens. Sometimes he painted them on paper, and then stuck them on to canvas (画布); sometimes he stuck real feathers on to his pictures. He knew a great deal about he technique of painting and he taught it all to Pablo.
Life in Malaga was very pleasant. In the hot, Mediterranean (地中海的) sunshine father and son would walk down to the beach to look at the boats on the shore or wander round the open markets. They made a strange pair. Don Jose was tall and thin, with red hair and beard, sad gray eyes and a fine set of whiskers (髯). He was so shy and correct that he was nicknamed "the Englishman". Pablo was quite the opposite. He had his mother's small, strong build; he had straight black hair, and bright black eyes that noticed everything that was going on around him.
1. Don Jose and Pablo were "a strange pair" because ___.
A. they liked to wander about the town
B. they noticed everything that was going on around them
C. they both painted
D. they looked so different from each other
2. Malaga is probably ___.
A. an island in the Mediterranean
B. a sea port in Spain
C. an inland city in southern Spain
D. a small country township
B
Kevin Rogers used to be my boss. At that time he was a hard-working, up-and-coming businessman and a real slave-driver, always telling us we had to sell more and more. As soon as I could, I got a job with another company. The last time I saw Rogers was more than ten years ago. At least that's what I thought until last Thursday. But now I'm not so sure.
I was on my way back to my office in the center of town. There is
a small park nearby which I sometimes walk through after lunch. It was almost empty, except for an unshaven, shabby-looking man on one of the benches. He looked about fifty years old and was wearing an old, gray overcoat. it was a cold, wintry day, and he was shivering.
"It's been a long time since I had a meal. Can you help me?" he said. There was something about his voice that sounded familiar. I gave him a few coins and he mumbled something about being grateful. As he stumbled (蹒跚) past me, I looked at his face closely. I wondered where I had seen him before. Then it hit me. Could it possibly be ...? No! Impossible, I thought. I watched him walking away. He was the same height as Rogers but looked a lot thinner than I remembered. Then, as he left the park and turned down the street, I caught sight of his face again, this time from his side. The nose was the same as Rogers' too. I almost followed him but something made me stop. I just couldn't be sure. But the resemblance (相似) was very close.
Yesterday I ran into someone who had worked for Rogers at the same time I did, and had stayed on longer. I started telling him about the man I had seen in the park. "For a moment I thought it was our old boss. The voice, the nose, and even the face were just like Rogers. But it couldn't have been. Rogers must be the director of a big company by now." I said.
My ex-colleague (先前的同事) shook his head. "I thought you knew."
"Knew? Knew what? What are you talking about?"
"Rogers was sent to prison six years ago. He's probably out by now. For all I know he's sleeping on park benches and begging money from passers-by."
1. It seems that when Rogers was the writer's boss, the writer ___.
A. rather liked Rogers
B. admired Rogers' ability to sell
C. thought Rogers was lazy
D. was not very happy in his job
2. When his story begins, the writer ___.
A. was working for a man called Rogers
B. was on his way to work in the morning
C. was going back to work after lunch
D. had finished work and was going home
3. When the man in the park saw the writer, the man ___.
A. begged some money from him
B. tried to hit him
C. offered to help him
D. walked away from him
C
Lucky is the man who has no “skeleton in his closet.” When a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to hide, he is said to have a “skeleton in his closet.” Some people may have more than one skeleton.
As we have noted many times, it is hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts. But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase, which came from England.
Before 1932,English law did not permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless it was the corpse(尸体) of an executed(处决) criminal.
But when it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors at high prices.
We are told that a doctor would usually buy just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work. But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skelton in some dark corner where it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.
After a time, people began to suspect(怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet. From this suspicion, the phrase “a skeleton in the colset” took on a broader, more general meaning. To describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less serious. Well, that is one theory.
One writer, however, believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well, one man's guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great French novelist, Balzac.
Baizac tells us of a man who suspected his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.
The husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not change her the story and admit her guilt.
1.Which of the following situations is suitable for using the phrase “Skeleton in the closet”?
A. You have stolen something presious and don't want it discovered.
B. You are a doctor and have to keep a skeleton for research
C. If you have cut open a dead human body for scientific examination you should keep the skeleton secret.
D. You have done a crime or done something foolish, but you want to keep others from discovering it.
2.From the text we know that there are _____ theories about how the phrase “skeleton in the closet” came into being.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
3.In Chinese the world “Skeleton” means ________ .
A.尸体
B.标本
C.收藏
D.骷髅
4.Which of the following is right according to the text?
A. In the 19th century, doctors realized the importance of anatomy(解剖) in the development of medicine.
B. The doctors of the ancient times liked to collect as many skeleton as possible.
C. The thieves stole skeletons from tombs in order to help the doctors
D. It is legal that corpses of anybody are cut open for scientific examination in history.
5.From the story Balzac told we know that the wife's lover must have become _______.
A. a corpse
B. a phrase
C. a skeleton
D. a secret
D
A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds, walked with slow heavy noisy footsteps up to the produce counter in the supermarket. "Give me half a head of cabbage, "he told the clerk.
"All we have are whole heads, "came the cold reply.
"I don't want a whole head, "the customer demanded. "Just half a head. Are you going to sell me half a head? "
"Wait a minute, "said the clerk nervously, "Let me ask the manager."
She went back where the manager was stamping prices on canned goods. "Hey"，she said，"there's a big，stupid-looking buffalo（水牛）out front who wants me to sell him half ahead of cabbage. Shall I tell the fool to..."She said，"wants to buy the other half。

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1．What is the best title for this passage？
A．A Strange Customer
B. A Friendly Customer
C. A Nervous Customer
D. A Polite Customer
2. When talking to the manager, the clerk was referring to______.
A. two different customers
B. the same customer
C. more than two customers
D. a stupid -looking customer and a gentleman
3. What is your impression(印象)of the customer?
A. Looking like an animal.
B. Looking like a housewife
C. Looking like a gentleman
D. A man of strong build.
A.
KEY: 1. D 2. B
B
KEY: 1. D 2. A 3. A
C
KEY: 1. D 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. C
D
KEY: 1. A 2. B 3. D。