2022天津西青区高考英语阅读理解专题一轮练习(4)及答案

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubeck’s bedroom skylight．The 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunder．It was 11 p．m．The storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town of Belchertown, Massachusetts．Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping．Lubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out．

Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 119 from his bedroom ,but the phone didn’t work．Lubeck realized he was trapped．“I started panicking,” he says．

His daughter and young granddaughters ,who lived with him ,were away for the night．No one will even know I’m home, he thought．His house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitless．

Up a hill about a third of a mile away lived Lubeck’s closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wife．Wentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detector．He jumped out of bed ,grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise．

He dialed 119“Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the house．Wentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house．

Then he heard ,“Help me! I’m trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubeck’s bedroom．

“I ran in and yelled, ‘Don, where are you ?’Then I had to run outside to catch my breath．”

After one more attempt inside the house, he gave up and circled around back．But there was no way to get to him．“I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a adder,” says Wentworth．He dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsed．

Wentw orth and Lubeck don’t run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs

help ,Wentworth will be there．

Lubeck still chokes up when he tells the story．“I was alone,”he says．“Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life．It was Jeremie．”

1．According to the text ,Lubeck ．

A．stayed calm in the fire B．couldn’t find a safe way out

C．lived on the first floor D．called for help in the fire

2．How did Wentworth help Lubeck escape?

A．He called 911．

B．He went upstairs and took Lubeck out．

C．He put out the fire

D．He used a ladder and pulled lubeck down．3．Which of the following factors was not mentioned in the text that almost caused Lubeck’s life?

A．He was living in his wood home alone that night．

B．The storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierce．

C．He lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pines．

D．He was too frightened to escape from the danger．

4．What does the text mainly talk about?

A．A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin．

B．A good way to get a narrow escape．

C．God helps those who help themselves．

D．Blood is thicker than water．

5．Cameron was a ．

A．software programmer B．a chief scientist

C．quality controller D．head of department

【参考答案】1---5、BDDAD

阅读理解。

Tail Spin

Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she's even swimming at all. She doesn't have a tail.

Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap.When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “Is she going to make it？” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it—but her tail didn't. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.

Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way—like a fish! She pushes herself forward through the water by moving her peduncle from side to side.