湖南省湘潭市2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解暑假选练(12)

湖南省湘潭市2016高考英语完形填空和阅读理解暑假选练（12）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

“Dr. Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?”

The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go. Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was.

“I will answer your question.”

Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter. And what he said went like this:

“When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village. One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror. A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place.

I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece. This one, and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round. I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine—in deep holes and crevices（裂缝）and dark closets. It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find.

I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game. As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child’s game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life. I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light. But light—truth, understanding, knowledge—is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it.

I am a fragment（碎片）of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know. Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world—into the black places in the hearts of men—and change some things in some people. Perhaps others may see and do likewise. This is what I am about. This is the meaning of my life.”

1. On hearing the author’s question, Dr. Papaderos__________ at first.

A. laughed at his foolishness

B. wasn’t sure of the answer

C. doubted his seriousness

D. wasn’t interested at all

2. How did Dr. Papaderos get the small round mirror when he was a child?

A. He found it on the road and made it round.

B. A dying German soldier gave him as a present.

C. He chanced to find it in the street while playing.

D. He put the broken pieces together and made it.

3. Why did Dr. Papaderos like the small round mirror so much as a child?

A. Because he was too poor to afford other toys.

B. Because it could shine the places where the sun couldn’t rea ch.

C. Because he believed it would bring good luck to him.

D. Because it told him a lot about what life really meant to him.

4. The underlined “metaphor” in the 7th paragraph most probably means_____ .

A. symbol

B. source

C. light

D. purpose

5. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. A Special Game in the Childhood

B. A Broken Piece of Mirror

C. Dr. Papaderos’ Experience

D. The Meaning of Life

【参考答案】1—5、CABAD。

阅读理解。

Redheaded birthday boy Jake Balcom, newly 11, walked into the principal’s office at Centennial Lane Elementary School in Ellicott City ready for his big surprise. His name had been announced over the loudspeaker moments earlier. Today was going to be special.

Back in the day—like, before fifth grade —Jake’s parents would bring cupcakes to school in his honor. But this year, for the first time, his Howard County school has forbidden parents from bringing “edible treats”for students’birthdays. That means no more cupcakes, brownies, chocolate chip cookies, birthday cake, ice cream, Rice Krispies treats or pizza. Instead, Jake got a handshake from Principal Robert Bruce and a colorful pencil and a card.

“We hope that you have a terrific birthday,” the card read.

Jake just smiled, and went back to class.