2020届高考英语一轮阅读理解热门话题针对训练-故事类

故事类
1、My family came to the United States from Mexico when I was 5, so I was an English-language learner in school and had to work very hard. After finishing high school, it took me eight years to graduate from University, while working full time at night.
I started out as an aerospace(航空宇宙) engineer and changed into marketing, working at Hewlett-Packard and IBM for most of my career. Then I became a financial adviser, but eventually didn't find it satisfying enough.
I had always dreamed of teaching children with a background like mine, and I was 59 years old, so l knew it was now or never. I found out about the EnCorps STEM Teachers Program in California, which would allow me to explore the possibility of becoming a science, technology, engineering, or math teacher in a high-needs middle or high school. I quickly applied and was accepted.
My first job was the hardest assignment(任务) you can get. I spent my first year there teaching math in a middle school, and the following two years I taught at the Academy of Science & Engineering. When I spotted a job opening within the high school network Soledad Enrichment Action and I saw the students, I knew it's where I wanted to work. I'm in my third year there, and I love it. It's so much more satisfying than what I used to do for work. The best is when you see a student really getting something for the first time. Especially algebra, which can be very confusing. Sometimes I was so confused at their age that I couldn't even ask a question, so I know that feeling.
I feel relevant again, like what I do is really important. I don’t plan on ever retiring.
1.What do we know about the author from the first two paragraphs?
A.He had to begin working from an early age.
B.He was good at language learning when young.
C.Upon graduating, he enjoyed trying different jobs.
D.Not satisfied with his job, he changed jobs constantly.
2.How did the author realize his dream?
A.By applying to be a math teacher in a high school.
B.By teaching children with a background like himself.
C.By getting the hardest assignment to challenge himself.
D.By changing his job for a satisfying one as an engineer.
3.What was the author satisfied with when being a teacher?
A.He found algebra can be very confusing.
B.He settled confusing math problems for his students.
C.He taught at the Academy of Science & Engineering.
D.He saw a student really getting improved for the first time.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.To Be a Teacher and Never Retire
B.How to Be a Successful Teacher
C.Finding a Satisfying Job Is Difficult
D.Teaching after You Retire Is Worth It
2、Born blind is tough in any case.But things were even harder for Srikanth Bolla who was born in a small village in India,where the common belief was that kids with disabilities were “of no use” and therefore,better off
dead.Fortunately,Srikanth’s parents l oved their son and refused to give him up.Instead,they encouraged the blind boy to dream big and reach for the star.
Srikanth did not disappoint his parents.The now twenty-four-year-old is the founder CEO of Bollant Industries.
Of course,getting here was not easy.Being both blind and poor meant that Srikanth had to face hard challenges.As a young boy,Srikanth attended a regular school near his home.Unfortunately,the students and teachers didn’t quite like him because of his disability.As a result,the young boy was largely ignored and often spent the entire day alone.
Concerned this would hold back Srikanth’ s development,his family decided to send him to a special school in Hyderabad.Sure enough,the young boy soon rose to the top of his class,earning awards in speech and debate competitions.But Srikanth was prevented from studying sciences when he reached 10th grade,because it was
thought too “dangerous” for a blind student.Not wanting to give up,Srikanth took legal action and became the first blind student in the country allowed to study sciences.
Late,after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology,Srikanth set up Bollant Industries in 2012.For just four years,it has become a powerhouse with over 450 employees,70% of whom are physically challenged.
Being disabled doesn’t mean being unable.“If the world looks at me and says,‘Srikanth,you can do nothing,’ I will look back at the world and say I can do anything.” the young man says.
1.Why was Srikanth sent to a special school?
A.His parents became richer than before.
B.He could be treated equally there.
C.This school was free for disabled students.
D.He was sent away by the regular school.
2.What can we know about Srikanth from the text?
A.He was born in a poor village.
B.He cared about disabled people.
C.His parents were strict with him in his study.
D.He was loved by the villagers when he was young.
3.What words can best describe Srikanth?
A.Intelligent and determined.
B.Active and honest.
C.Patient and careful.
D.Kind but stubborn.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Chances Are Everywhere
B.No Challenges,No Success
C.Big Dream Makes a Difference
D.Disability Doesn’t Mean Being Unable
3、His parents may have named him Edson Arantes do Nascimento, but to the rest of the wor ld, he is known as Pelé. Without doubt, Pele is the greatest soccer player ever.
Born in a small village in Brazil, Pelé grew up playing soccer like most other children of his age. Too poor to afford a soccer ball, Pele and his playmates often made one by tying together a bunch of rags. Their playing field was usually a sidewalk. Old tin cans marked where the goalposts should be. Pelé and the other boys from his neighborhood often dreamed of one clay becoming professional soccer players. At the age of e leven, Pelé was discovered by Waldemar de Brito, a former professional player. Waldemar de Brito was then the coach of the Bauru Soccer Club and he signed Pele to play for the junior Bauru team.
In 1956, when Pele was fifteen, Waldemar de Brito took him to the city of Santos, Brazil, to try out for the Santos professional team. Pele immediately distinguished himself as one of the best players.
In 1957, Pelé was selected to play on Brazil's national team. He scored the only goal for Brazil in the first game and another goal in the second game. Then in 1958, Pelé helped Brazil win ils first World Cup.
Between 1958 and 1970, Pele played in four World Cups. He is the only person who won three World Cups. Pelé played his last game with the Brazilian n ational team in 1971, but he continued to play for the Sanlos team for three more years before calling it quits.
Throughout his career, Pelé had an amazing ability to touch people. Once a war was suspended for two days because the Santos team had been invited to play there and people on both sides were so eager to see Pelé play.
Pelé's name represents excellence in soccer. His 20-year career has yielded some of the most memorable moments in soccer histoiy. People today still refer to him as the grea t Pelé, the King of Soccer.
1.What was Pelé's soccer playing environment like when he was young?
A.Well-developed.
B.Tough.
C.Relaxing.
D.Standard.
2.What's the focus of Paragraphs 3 to 5?
A.Pelé's influence.
B.Pelé's achievements.
C.Pelé's personal develo pment.
D.Pelé's international records.
3.Why was the war in Nigeria suspended for two days?
A.Nigerians were fed up with wars.
B.Pelé refused to play soccer unless the war was stopped.
C.Nigerians didn't want to injure Pelé.
D.People wanted to see Pelé's g ame.
4.What do we know about Pelé?
A.Growing up in a soccer family influences him a lot.
B.He is a selfless and generous player.
C.He has a talent for soccer and practices a lot.
D.He received professional training at age 15.
4、When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs. Stanley was one of my customers. She’d watch me coming down her street, and by the time I’d biked up to her doorstep, there’d be a cold drink waiting. I’d sit and drink while she talked. M rs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband, “Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning,” she’d say. The first time she said that, soda went up my nose.
I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr. Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe she’d work it out of her system. So that’s what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery (墓地).
I finally quit delivering newspapers and didn’t see Mrs. Stanley for several years. Then we crossed paths at a church fund-raiser. She was spooning mashed
potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she’d had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.
I live in the city now, and my paperboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how I’m doing. When I don’t say “fine,” she sticks around to hear my problem s. She’s lived in the city most of her life, but she knows about community. Community isn’t so much a place as it is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how you’re doing because they care, and not because they’re getting paid to do so. Sometim es it’s good to just smile, nod your head and listen.
1.Why did soda go up the author’s nose one time?
A.He was talking fast.
B.He was shocked.
C.He was in a hurry.
D.He was absent-minded.
2.Why did the author sit and listen to Mrs. Stanley?
A.He enjoyed the drink.
B.He wanted to be helpful.
C.He took the chance to rest.
D.He tried to please his dad.
3.Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “work it out of her system” in Paragraph 2?
A.Recover from her sadness.
B.Move out of the neighborhood.
C.Turn to her old friends.
D.Speak out about her past.
4.What does the author think people in a community should do?
A.Open up to others.
B.Depend on each other.
C.Pay for others’ help.
D.Care about one another.
5、 Minutes after the last movie ended yesterday at the Plaza Theater, employees were busy sweeping up popcorns and gathering coke cups. It was a scene that had been repeated many times in the theater’s 75-year history. This time, however, the cleanup was a little different. As one group of workers carried out the rubbish, another group began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building’s end.
The film classic The Last Picture Show was the last movie shown in the old theater. Though the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to say good-be to the old building. Theater owner Ed Bradford said he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate. The movie is set in a small town where the only movie theater is preparing to close down.
Bradford said that large modern theaters in the city made it impossible for the Plaza to compete. He added that the theater’s location (位置) was also a reason. “This used to be the center of town,” he said. “Now the area is mostly office buildings and warehouses.”
Last week some city officials suggested the city might be interested in turning the old theater into a museum and public meeting place. However, these plans were abandoned because of financial problems. Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.
The theater audience said good-bye as Bradford locked the doors for the last time. After 75 years the Plaza Theater has shown its last movie. The theater will be missed.
1.In what way was yesterday’s cleanup at the Plaza special?
A.It made room for new equipment.
B.It signaled the closedown of the theater.
C.It was done with the help of the audience.
D.It marked the 75th anniversary of the theater.
2.Why was The Last Picture Show put on?
A.It was an all-time classic.
B.It was about the history of the town.
C.The audience requested it.
D.The theater owner found it suitable.
3.What will probably happen to the building?
A.It will be repaired.
B.It will be turned into a museum.
C.It will be knocked down.
D.It will be sold to the city government.
4.What can we infer about the audience?
A.They are disappointed with Bradford.
B.They are sad to part with the old theater.
C.They are supportive of the city officials.
D.They are eager to have a shopping center.
6、Homeless for 30 years, Mick gets tips by playing at a BART station in the Bay Area and begging along the highway. That's where Jacob Swalwell caught up with him last year. He warned Mick several times to stop.
Swalwell said, "When I got closer, I realized he was a senior citizen. I wanted to know how come he was not on social security. It turned out that he couldn't get it because he couldn't even get an ID." Even with Swalwell’s resources at the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, it took three separate trips to get an identification card. His persistence paid off. Mick is now on Medicaid and has applied for social security benefits.
But Mick's fresh start was just beginning. Private investigator Mark Askins from Miracle Messages, a nonprofit organization devoted to reconnecting the homeless with their loved ones, heard of Mick s story, and he wanted to help out. Using the little in-formation provided, Askins was able to find Mick's birth mother Polly living roughly 250 miles away in Eureka, California. "She was just so anxious to see him and talk to him. " Askins said.
Polly didn't have an easy life either. After leaving her husband, she was a teenage mom struggling to support three kids. Mick was sick and needed surgery when
he was 2 years old, so Polly gave him up for adoption to her mother's friend who could afford to give him the help he needed.
Swalwell and Mark Askins arranged for Mick to fly to meet the mother who gave him up 65 years ago and the family he had never known. Polly's home is ready to embrace Mick.
Polly has invited Mick to live with her in Eureka, but he's hesitant to move away from the area where he has spent his whole life. For now, he's working on getting
a car and promises to go back and visit her as often as possible.
1.What did Swalwell do for Mick?
A.He gave Mick much money.
B.He helped Mick get his ID card.
C.He collected resources to care for Mick.
D.He offered Mick social security benefits.
2.Why did Polly abandon Mick?
A.She wanted to help her friend adopt a child.
B.He was going to die of a serious illness.
C.She felt it was too busy to raise three children.
D.She desired to give him a chance to cure his illness.
3.How old is Mick now?
A.67 years old.
B.65 years old.
C.32 years old.
D.30 years old.
4.What may be the best title for the text?
A.A homeless man lived a normal life
B.Two kind people helped a sick man
C.Acts of kindness led to a family reunion
D.Great love contributed to the last meeting
答案
1、1.D; 2.B; 3.D; 4.A
解析：
1.推理判断题。

根据第二段内容尤其是第二句中的“eventually didn’t find it satisfying enough” 可知,作者一直换工作是因为前面的工作总是令他不满意。

故选D。

2.细节理解题。

根据第三段第一句中的“I had always dreamed of teaching children with
a background like mine”可知,作者的梦想是去教与自己有着相同背景的孩子们。

故选B。

3.细节理解题。

根据倒数第二段倒数第三句“The best is when you see a student really getting someth ing for the first time. ”可知,成为一名教师后,作者最满意的是看到学生第一时间学到了东西,获得进步。

故选D。

4.标题概括题。

通读全文可知,作者想要成为一名教师, 可以教导和帮助那些与他有着相同背景的孩子们,并决心致力于教育事业,永不退休。

故选A。

2、1.B; 2.B; 3.A; 4.D
解析：
本文是一篇记叙文,主要讲述了盲人青年Srikanth通过努力取得成功的故事。

答案及剖析:
1.B 推理判断题。

根据文章第三段最后两句和第四段第一句可知,Srikanth因为眼睛失明,在原来的学校受到歧视,考虑到孩子的未来发展,他的父母决定把他送到特教学校,希望他能受到平等的对待,故选B。

2.B 细节理解题。

根据文章第五段最后一句可知,Srikanth在成功后给残疾人提供工作岗位以此来关心帮助他们,故选B项。

3.A 推理判断题。

根据文章第四段中“Sure enough,the young boy soon rose to the top of his class,earning awards in speech and debate competitions.”和“Not wanting to give up”以及第六段叙述可知,Srikanth不仅聪明而且意志坚定,故选A。

4.D 主旨大意题。

本文主要介绍了失明青年Srikanth,尽管身患残疾,但是通过努力取得成功的故事,因此D项符合文意。

3、1.B; 2.C; 3.D; 4.D
解析：
1.细节理解题。

根据第二段中Born in a small village in Brazil, Pelé grew up playing socce r like most other children of his age. Too poor to afford a soccer ball. Pelé and his playmates often made one by tying together a bunch of rags. Their playing field was usually a sidewalk. Old tin cans marked where the goalposts should be.
可知,贝利小时候家庭贫困,买不起足球,他与附近的孩子们将破布缠在一起做成足球,路边的人行道是足球场地,用旧罐子当作球门柱。

从这些描述中可看出,当时踢球的环境极其艰苦,故选B。

2.主旨大意题。

这三段讲述了贝利从15岁开始接受正规的足球训练到1971年他退出巴西国家队,概述了他个人发展的全过程,故选C。

贝利的影响、成就在最后两段提及,故A、B项错误;D项international records世界纪录在这三段中虽有提及,但并不是重点,不能以偏概全,故D项错误。

3.细节理解题。

根据第六段第二句Once a war was suspended for two days because the Santos team had been invited to play there and people on both sides were so eager to see Pelé play.可知交战双方都渴望看到贝利的比赛,故选D.
4.细节理解题。

根据第三段第一句In 1956,when Pelé was fifteen, Waldemar de Brito took him to the city of Santos, Brazil, to try out for the Santos professional team.可知贝利在15岁时开始接受正规的足球职业训练,故D项正确。

4、1.B; 2.B; 3.A; 4.D
解析：1.推理判断题.根据第二段Mrs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband. "Mr. Stanley and I went shopping this morning,” she’d say.可推测,作者第一次听到Mrs. Stanley说这些话时是极为震惊的。

故选B。

2.推理判断题:根据第三段Dad said she was probably lonely, and that I ought to sit and listen and nod my head and smile 可知,作者倾听Mrs. Stanley 说话是为了帮助她。

故选B.
3.词义猜测题。

根据第二段最后一句After a while she seemed content to leave her husband over at the cemetery(墓地)可知,Mrs. Stanley看来已从失去丈夫的悲痛中走了出来,说明画线部分的意思“从悲伤中恢复过来”。

故选A。

4.推理判断题。

根据最后一段You find it whenever people ask how you’re doing because they care,and not because they’re getting paid to do so,以及本文所讲的故事作者以前关心Mrs. Stanley,后来又被自家的送报员所关心,由此可推断作者想要表明的观点:社区邻里间应该相互关心。

故选D。

误解分析:不能误选A项。

open up to others意为“对别人敞开心扉”。

心扉指的是心的门扇,比喻人的内心。

敞开心扉是指在一个人面前把自己的心毫无隐瞒地表现出来,也指分享自己的心情,是一种乐观开朗的表现。

而文中作者通过自身的经历告诉我们要相互关心。

全文翻译
四年级的时候,我兼职做报童。

斯坦利太太是我的顾客之一。

她会看着我走到她所居住的大街,走到她家门前时,会给我准备一杯冷饮。

她讲话时我总会坐着喝冷饮。

斯坦利太太讲述的内容多是关于她死去的丈夫。

“今天早上斯坦利先生和我去购物了。

”她说道。

她第一次这样说时,我大为吃惊。

我告诉父亲,斯坦利太太说话的样子似乎斯坦利先生还活着。

爸爸说她可能很孤独,我应该坐着听, 还得不时地点头微笑,这样也许她会从失去丈夫的悲痛中恢复过来。

于是我那样做了,结果证明爸爸是对的。

不久后,斯坦利太太似乎把丈夫遗忘在了墓地。

我终于不再送报纸了,几年来也没见过斯坦利太太。

然后在一个教堂募捐活动的现场,斯坦利太太和我不期而遇。

她正在舀土豆泥,看起来很高兴。

四年前,为了与人交谈,她还不得已为报童提供一杯饮料。

现在,她有朋友了。

她的丈夫去世了,但生活还得继续。

现在,我住在城里,我的报童是一个叫埃德娜的女士,她有三个孩子。

她问我近况怎样。

当我没有说“好”的时候,她就会坚持倾听我的问题。

她一生大部分时间都住在城市,但她了解社区。

与其说社区是一个地方,倒不如说它是一种心境。

每当有人因为关心而问你日子过得怎么样而不是因为要得到报酬而做这些时,你会感到这一点。

有时只是笑一笑,点点头, 听一听就好了。

5、1.B; 2.D; 3.C; 4.B
解析：1.细节理解题。

由第一段最后一句的began removing seats and other theater equipment in preparation for the building’s end. ”可知,昨天的打扫的特殊之处在于,这是广场剧院即将成为历史的最后一次打扫,因此B项正确。

2.细节理解题。

由第二段第三句的“...he chose the movie because it seemed appropriate. ” 可知,Ed Bradford 认为选择播放这部电影非常适合当时的情景。

3.推理判断题。

由第四段最后一句的which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located. ”可知,这个剧院即将被拆除。

4.推理判断题。

由Though the movie is 30 years old, most of the 250 seats were filled with teary-eyed audience wanting to say goodbye to the old building.和The theatre will be missed.可推断出要和这座老电影院告别了,观众们感觉很悲伤,选B。

6、1.B; 2.D; 3.A; 4.C
解析：
1.细节理解题。

根据第二段“Even with Swalwell’s resources at the Alameda County Sheriff's Department, it took three separate trips to get an identification card”可知,Swalwell 帮助Mick 获得了身份证。

2.细节理解题。

根据文章第四段最后一句可知,Polly之所以抛弃Mick,是因为Mick身患重病,而她无法承担治疗费用,只有把Mick过继给她的朋友,以让他能获得帮助。

3.推理判断题。

根据文章第四段和第五段的描述可知,Mick是在65年前被他妈妈过继给别人的,当时他只有2岁。

由此推断,Mick现在应该67岁了。

4.主旨大意题。

文章讲述了流浪汉Mick 在Jacob Swalwell和Mark Askins等人的帮助下与失散多年的亲人团聚的故事。