2010年高考英语总复习练习：阅读理解之人物传记类(二)

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【解析】本文是一篇人物简介。主要介绍了著名的剧作家 Arthur Miller以及他的著名的作品Death of a Salesman。
专题一 │ 真题典例
( )1.Why did Arthur Miller’ s father move to the USA? A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. B．He was attracted by the “Great American Dream”． C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist. D．His family business failed. 【解析】 B 细节理解题。根据第一段Miller’s father had moved to the USA from Austria-Hungary，drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”可知他是受到Great American Dream的吸引才搬往美国的。
专题一人物传记型阅读理解
专题一
人物传记型阅读理解
专题一 │ 专题导读
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这类文章一般可分为人物传记和短篇故事两类。人物传记主要涉及某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长和奋斗历程等，其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，脉络清楚，可读性较强。因此，阅读这类文章应该抓住时间线索来获取有关信息，即主人公在某个时间做过什么，然后通过分析推理、综合归纳的方法进行解题。
专题一 │ 真题典例
Miller’s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can’t do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go.

高考英语考点87阅读理解之人物传记类

⾼考英语考点87阅读理解之⼈物传记类考点⼋⼗七阅读理解之⼈物传记类1.熟悉⼈物介绍⽂特点⼈物传记是⾼考英语阅读理解题重要题材，它主要向读者介绍科学家、⽂学家、思想家、政治家和企业家等杰出⼈物在各⾏各业所取得的重⼤成就，并特别着重介绍这些杰出⼈物如何克服⾃⾝⾝体残缺或⾃然环境和社会环境所造成的各种困难，⽤强烈的事业⼼和责任感、⽤汗⽔和泪⽔、⽤鲜⾎和青春为⼈类做出巨⼤贡献，为⽣命谱写精彩乐章。

当然这些杰出⼈物留给社会的不仅仅是和平发展和经济效益，更重要的是，他们对事业的追求和对⼈民的厚爱成为我们这个时代最重要的精神财富。

2.熟悉⼈物介绍⽂命题规律(1)⼈物时段介绍判断题这种试题往往以What is the article mainly about? What life part of the hero is mentioned in the text? 为设问⽅式考查对⼈物时段介绍的判断。

因为⼈物传记往往介绍杰出⼈物⼀⽣学习、⼯作和⽣活情况，因此这种试题往往以The life of the hero.或The whole life of the hero is mentioned in our text.为答案。

这种试题也可转换形式，以How old is the hero now? How old was the hero when he died? How many years did he live?为设问⽅式。

因为⼈物传记往往要从⼈物出⽣介绍到现在/⼈物死亡，因此推算这些试题答案时，应仔细分析思考⼈物的起⽌年龄。

(2)童年⽣活质量判断题⼈物传记常出现What do we know about his childhood?之类的试题。

杰出⼈物为什么有超强的毅⼒和惊⼈的吃苦精神？因为他们从⼩⾝处逆境饱尝⽣活艰⾟，从此发奋努学*科*⽹⼒，全⼒实现⼼中理想，因此这种试题答案多为：He lived a hard life.或He had an unhappy childhood.或He didn抰live as happy as the other children.(3)⼈物简历正确顺序判断题⼈物传记的最⼤特点就是记叙⼈物⼀⽣的经历，因此⼈物简历正确顺序判断题是常考试题，这种试题往往从⼈物全部活动中挑选4~6个重要活动并打乱其顺序，要求学⽣重新排序，并选择相应正确答案。

2010年高考英语总复习练习：阅读理解之人物传记类(七)

Passage 1(湖北省宜昌市一中2009届高三5月仿真模拟考试A篇)Here‟s an unusual story：a diamond ring was recently found in an egg．The magician，Liu Qian，discovered it，in front of an audience of millions at CCTV‟s Spring Festival Gala．Liu‟s magic tricks have made the centuries-old art of magic fashionable once again，and made him the hottest magician in China．As a seasoned young magician from Taiwan，Liu is popular worldwide for his magic shows．Countries he has performed in include the United States，Japan，South Korea and the UK．Witn essing something impossible happen right before your eyes is the root of people‟s love for magic．Liu is known for his interaction with his audiences．He has a unique understanding of showmanship (演出技巧) ．“It‟s actually thinking rather than one‟s controlling skills”，that is more important to achieving a successful magic show．We think carefully about how to design the shows creatively，to make them appear more interesting, Liu said.Liu Qian‟s success dated back to his childhood．Born in 1976 in Taiwan，he found himself attracted to a magic toy in a shop when he was seven years old．At the age of 12，he won Taiwan‟s Youth Magic Contest，which was judged by the great American magician，David Copperfield．Yet，Liu never planned on becoming a professional magician．He studied Japanese literature at university and only hoped to be an amateur magician in his spare time．However，his failure to find a proper job after graduation pushed him towards magic as a career．To refine his performing skills，he has performed on streets，roads and fields，for passers-by，policemen and farmers．“Street shows are the biggest challenge for us magicians．We have to deal with unexpected situations and tough crowds,” Liu said．51．The story is about______.A．how Liu Qian became China‟s hottest magicia nB．why people love magicC．what magic tricks areD．how fashionable magic is52．People love to watch magic because___________________．A．they can‟t figure out the secret of magicB．it arouses their curiosityC．they love watching magicians make the impossible happenD．it is a centuries-old art53．Which of the following is the key reason why Liu Qian decided to make magic his career?A．He was interested in magic when he was young.B．He had won Taiwan‟s Youth Magic Contest．C．He became all amateur magician in his spare time．D．He couldn‟t find an acceptable job after graduation．54．From the story we know that_______________．A．Liu Qian competed in many magic competitionsB．Liu Qian often invites audiences to be in his magic showC．Liu Qian performs on streets in order to increase his fameD．Liu Qian does street show to make money答案51.A 52.C 53.D 54.BPassage 2(安徽省马鞍山二中2009届高三第四次模拟考试E篇)John Dalton was born in England in 1766，ten years before the U．S．Declaration of Independence was signed．His family lived in a small cottage．As a small child，John worked in the fields with his brother，and helped his father in a shop where they wove cloth. Most poor boys at that time received no education，but John was lucky to attend a nearby school In 1766，when only about one out of every 200 people could read．John was a good student and loved learning．His teachers encouraged him to study many things when he was twelve. He opened his first school in a nearby town，but there was little money．He had to close his schoo1．Three years later，he joined his older brother and a friend in running a school. John studied the weather and nature around him. He collected butterflies，snails and mites. He discovered he was colorblind and studied that,too．In 1793，John began to think about different elements and their composition. He had a theory that each element is made up of identical(完全相同的) atoms and that elements are different because each is made of different atoms．In 1808，Dalton published a book，which listed the atomic weights of many known elements．These formed the basis for the modern periodic table(元素周期表)．Not everyone accepted Dalton‟ theory of atomic structure at the time．However，he had to defend it with more research．When John Dalton died in 1844，he was buried with honors in England．More 400,000 people viewed his body as it lay in state．As his final experiment，he asked that an autopsy(验尸)be performed to learn the cause of his color-blindness：This was done，and proved the color-blindness was caused not by a problem with his eyes，but with the way his brain worked．Even in death, he helped expand scientific knowledge．Today．scientists everywhere accept Dalton‟s theory of atomic structure．A simple country boy showed the world a new way of thinking about the universe and how it is made．73．John Dalton‟s first school had to be closed mainly because___________．A．he was color-blindB．his family lived in a small cottageC．he had hardly enough money to run ID．he lacked experience74．Which of the following descriptions about John Dalton is wrong?A．John found a cure for color-blindnessB．As a student，John was outstandingC．John used to help with farm workD．In his book，presentation of the atomic weight of many known elements was of great importance.75．From the passage we may conclude that______．A．John Dalton‟s only contribution to science was his achievement in chemistryB．as a great educator，John Dalton established the basis for education in EnglandC．John Dalton‟s book ab out the elements enjoyed great popularity thenD．John Dalton devoted his entire life to science答案73.C 74.A 75.DPassage 3(上海市崇明中学2009届高三5月高考模拟考试B篇)Susan Sontag (1933 — 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything — to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American culture life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.Seriousn ess was one of Sontag‟s lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In “Notes Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made h er name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “a victory of …form‟ over …content‟, …beauty‟ over …morals‟”.By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist (感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist (伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor —published in 1978, after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities(被压抑的性格), a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.In America, her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000．But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame.“Sometimes,” she once said, “I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending …is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.68．The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means Sontag ______.A．was a symbol of American cultural lifeB．developed world literature, film and artC．published many essays about world cultureD．kept pace with the newest development of world culture69．She first won her name through _______.A．her story of a Polish actressB．her book illness as MetaphorC．publishing essays in magazines like partisan ReviewD．her explanation of a set of difficult understandings70．Susan Sontag‟s lasting fame was made upon _______.A．a tireless, all-purpose cultural viewB．her lifelong watchword: seriousnessC．publishing books on moralsD．enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing71．From the works Susan published in the 1970s and 1980s, we can learn that _______.A．She was more a moralist than a sensualistB．She was more a sensualist than a moralistC．She believed repressed personalities mainly led to illnessD．She would like to re-examine old positions答案68.D 69.D 70.A 71.APassage 4(浙江省宁海县知恩中学2009届高三最后适应性考试A篇)Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countries. “Toronto is truly multicultural，” he said in a newspaper interview. “It‟s a city from many places, and multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to underst and and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city.”Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the University of Toronto. He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “Most of Toronto‟s immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said.Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city‟s Executive committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed out Toronto‟s rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping.”Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto‟s immigrant businessmen would support an open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “A study done earlier t his year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said. “At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as tourist attraction.”41. What is Fidenzio Salvatori‟s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto?A. To provide different forms of amusement.B. To keep the cultural variety of the city.C. To inspire its immigrant community.D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants.42. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from thegovernment ______.A. to make an experimentB. to perform a researchC. to start a marketplaceD. to operate a business43. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto‟s ______.A. market managementB. travel industryC. community serviceD. city planning44. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ______.A. the protection of different culturesB. the plan of an open-air marketC. the request of merchantsD. the attitude of shoppers答案41.B 42.B 43.B 44.APassage 5(南昌市南昌二中高三冲刺模拟考试C篇)Misery and setbacks are not always as terrible as one imagines．Hard times can offer new ways of looking at life that would otherwise never be known．And, if you are a writer, this can be the source of much of your success．Popular British author, Charles Dickens' （1812-1870）family could hardly make ends meet （入不敷出）．They could only afford to send one of their six children to school．Dickens was not that child．His parents chose to send a daughter, who had a talent for music, to an academy．Then at the age of 12, Dickens' life took another turn for the worse．His father, a clerk, was placed in prison for unpaid debts．And, being the oldest male left at home, Dickens took up work at a factory．His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing．His father was freed three months later and inherited（继承） a small amount of money．Dickens was then sent to school．From 1836 to 1837, he wrote a monthly series of stories．Thus the "Pickwick Papers" （《匹克威克外传》）, came into being, which brought fame to the 23-year-old man．Throughout his career, Dickens covers various situations in his novels．He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in "Oliver Twist" （《雾都孤儿》）, the French Revolution in "Tale of Two Cities", and social reform in "Hard Times" （《艰难时世》）．He also wrote "David Copperfield" （《大卫·科波菲尔》）, a book thought to be based on his own life．"I do not write bitterly or angrily: for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am," he once said．His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career．There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist．Like the author, all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success．"Minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort," he once wrote．On June 9th, 1870, aged 58, Dickens died, leaving one unfinished work．The words on his tombstone read: "He was a sympathizer（同情者）to the poor, the suffering and the oppressed （受压迫者）, and by his death, one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world．" 64．The book that called public attention to Dickens was ______．A．the Pickwick Papers B．Oliver TwistC．Tale of Two Cities D．David Copperfield65．The phrase “shades of” in bold means “_____”．A．various shapes of B．situations ofC．different experiences D．reminders of66．How did Dickens see his childhood?A．He felt grateful for it．B．He felt it a pity that things weren‟t in his favor．C．He loved writing about it．D．He chose to forget the bitterness about it．67．From the story, we can see Dickens‟ attitude towards an easy life is ______．A．to enjoy it B．to hate itC．not to indulge in （沉湎于）it D．to work hard for it 答案64.A 65.D 66.A 67.C。

人物传记高考英语真题作文

人物传记高考英语真题作文一、题目1题目：假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom对中国的科学家袁隆平很感兴趣，请你根据以下提示用英语写一篇短文介绍袁隆平。

1. 1930年9月7日出生于北京；2. 从小对农业感兴趣；3. 致力于杂交水稻（hybrid rice）研究，经过多年努力，成功培育出高产杂交水稻，大大提高了粮食产量；4. 他的贡献不仅在中国，而且在全世界都有重要意义，被称为“杂交水稻之父”；5. 他的工作态度和奉献精神值得我们学习。

解析1. 体裁：人物传记类记叙文。

2. 时态：主要使用一般过去时，介绍他的出生、过去的研究成果；但在描述他的贡献的意义时可以使用一般现在时。

3. 内容要点- 出生信息：“Yuan Longping was born in Beijing on September 7, 1930.”- 兴趣：“He was interested in agriculture since childhood.”- 研究成果：“He devoted himself to the research of hybrid rice. After years of hard work, he successfully developed high - yield hybrid rice, which greatly increased the food production.”- 贡献意义：“His contributions are of great significance not only in China but also all over the world. So he is called 'Father of Hybrid Rice'.”- 值得学习：“His working attitude and dedication are worth learning from.”4. 高分表达- “devote oneself to”（致力于），“be of great significance”（有重要意义），“be worth doing”（值得做）等短语的使用可以提升文章档次。

高考英语二轮复习：阅读——人物传记故事类(含答案)

高中英语阅读——人物传记/故事类1、阅读理解Cheaters called “pirates” often use camcorders(便携式摄像机) and cell phones to make illegal copies of blockbusters in the local theater. These pirates then sell those recordings on the street or over the Internet for very low prices. Some share them for free.“It’s unfair for people to pirate movies,” says 15-year-old Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin. Movie piracy “takes money out of the pockets of thousands of people in the movie industry,” she notes. Victim s include famous actors and directors as well as local theater owners and their employees.Hadaia came up with an idea that could help stop movie piracy. Hadaia’s idea uses infrared(红外线的) light. This range of light is invisible to the human eye. It is visible, however, to many types of cameras. Theater owners could place small infrared lights on their movie screens. The lights would not disturb people watching the movie. It would, however, distort the recordings made by many types of cameras.To test her idea, Hadaia built a box with a movie screen inside. Then, she projected images on that screen through a hole in the box. She took recordings of those images, using nine different types of cameras. These included the types found in cell phones as well as camcorders. During some tests, she also turned on light emitting diodes(发光二极管), or LEDs. The LEDs were embedded（植入的）in a certain place behind the movie screen. They gave out infrared light.Sure enough, she showed, a pirated movie included odd stripes or spots if it had been recorded while the LEDs were on. It might be possible to use the LEDs to flash the date and time on the movie screen. The information would then appear in the illegal recordings. Theater owners or police might use the information to track down the pirates.Cutting down on piracy might get more people into theaters to watch the real movie instead of an illegal copy. Six out of every ten films now produced aren’t profitable. They don’t make enough money to recover how much was spent to make and market them. Such a poor payback can discourage filmmakers from producing anything but the types expected to become blockbuster hits. It might also keep smaller theaters from showing a wider variety of movie types.【小题1】From what Hadaia says in Paragraph 2, we can infer that _______.A．most people spend less money on pirates movesB．the pirates don’t have to pay for the movie ticketsC．theater owners will increase the price of movie ticketsD．she strongly criticizes those who video movies in the theater【小题2】Infrared lights are put on the movie screens to _______.A．adjust the brightness of the movie screensB．make sure the images of movies are darkC．make illegal copies of movies unpleasant to seeD．protect the eyesight of viewers in the darkness【小题3】What is the correct order of the steps in Hadaia’s test?a. She projected pictures on the screen.b. She used cameras to record the pictures.c. She turned on the LEDs placed behind the screen.d. She made a special box with a movie screen inside.A．d c a b B．d b a cC．b a c d D．b c a d【小题4】According to the last paragraph, we can know that _______.A．forty percent of movies now are profitableB．small theaters often choose to show low-cost moviesC．more and more people go to theaters to fight movie piracyD．filmmakers prefer to produce ordinary movies than blockbusters2、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

高考英语二轮复习：阅读——人物传记故事类含答案

高中英语阅读——人物传记/故事类1、阅读理解Cheaters called“pirates”often use camcorders(便携式摄像机)and cell phones to make illegal copies of blockbusters in the local theater.These pirates then sell those recordings on the street or over the Internet for very low prices.Some share them for free.“It’s unfair for people to pirate movies,”says15-year-old Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin.Movie piracy“takes money out of the pockets of thousands of people in the movie industry,”she notes.Victims include famous actors and directors as well as local theater owners and their employees.Hadaia came up with an idea that could help stop movie piracy.Hadaia’s idea uses infrared(红外线的)light.This range of light is invisible to the human eye.It is visible,however, to many types of cameras.Theater owners could place small infrared lights on their movie screens.The lights would not disturb people watching the movie.It would,however,distort the recordings made by many types of cameras.To test her idea,Hadaia built a box with a movie screen inside.Then,she projected images on that screen through a hole in the box.She took recordings of those images,using nine different types of cameras.These included the types found in cell phones as well as camcorders.During some tests,she also turned on light emitting diodes(发光二极管),or LEDs.The LEDs were embedded（植入的）in a certain place behind the movie screen.They gave out infrared light.Sure enough,she showed,a pirated movie included odd stripes or spots if it had been recorded while the LEDs were on.It might be possible to use the LEDs to flash the date and time on the movie screen.The information would then appear in the illegal recordings. Theater owners or police might use the information to track down the pirates.Cutting down on piracy might get more people into theaters to watch the real movie instead of an illegal copy.Six out of every ten films now produced aren’t profitable.They don’t make enough money to recover how much was spent to make and market them.Such a poor payback can discourage filmmakers from producing anything but the types expected to become blockbuster hits.It might also keep smaller theaters from showing a wider variety of movie types.【小题1】From what Hadaia says in Paragraph2,we can infer that_______.A．most people spend less money on pirates movesB．the pirates don’t have to pay for the movie ticketsC．theater owners will increase the price of movie ticketsD．she strongly criticizes those who video movies in the theater【小题2】Infrared lights are put on the movie screens to_______.A．adjust the brightness of the movie screensB．make sure the images of movies are darkC．make illegal copies of movies unpleasant to seeD．protect the eyesight of viewers in the darkness【小题3】What is the correct order of the steps in Hadaia’s test?a.She projected pictures on the screen.b.She used cameras to record the pictures.c.She turned on the LEDs placed behind the screen.d.She made a special box with a movie screen inside.A．d c a b B．d b a cC．b a c d D．b c a d【小题4】According to the last paragraph,we can know that_______.A．forty percent of movies now are profitableB．small theaters often choose to show low-cost moviesC．more and more people go to theaters to fight movie piracyD．filmmakers prefer to produce ordinary movies than blockbusters2、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

高考英语二轮专题复习阅读理解人物传记类提分训练(真题集锦,含解析)新人教版

人物传记类Passage 1 (2010·全国卷II·B)When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses (压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation —you have to finish something!Here lies the problem for travel writer and food critic (评论家) Edie Jarolim. “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things.” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere — in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her three books, The Complete Idiot’s Travel Guide to Mexico is Beach Resorts.Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a test for Frommer’s travel guides, p assed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona.As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it’s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you’d better get the local (当地的) museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.46. Which country does Jarolim live in now?A. Mexico.B. The U.S.C. The U.K.D. Canada.47. What is most difficult for Jarolim?A. Working in different places to collect information.B. Checking all the facts to be written in the guides.C. Finishing her work as soon as possible.D. Passing a test to write travel guides.48. What do we know about Jarolim from the text?A. She is successful in her job.B. She finds her life full of stresses.C. She spends half of her time traveling.D. She is especially interested in museums.49. What would be the best title for the text？A. Adventures in Travel WritingB. Working as a Food CriticC. Travel Guides on the MarketD. Vacationing for a Living46. 【解析】选B。

高考英语语法填空名校好题100篇：专题04 人物传记主题(二)进阶篇(原卷版)

专题04-人物传记主题（二）---进阶篇距离高考还有一段时间，不少有经验的老师都会提醒考生，愈是临近高考，能否咬紧牙关、学会自我调节，态度是否主动积极，安排是否科学合理，能不能保持良好的心态、以饱满的情绪迎接挑战，其效果往往大不一样。

以下是本人从事10多年教学经验总结出的以下学习资料，希望可以帮助大家提高答题的正确率，希望对你有所帮助，有志者事竟成！养成良好的答题习惯，是决定高考英语成败的决定性因素之一。

做题前，要认真阅读题目要求、题干和选项，并对答案内容作出合理预测;答题时，切忌跟着感觉走，最好按照题目序号来做，不会的或存在疑问的，要做好标记，要善于发现，找到题目的题眼所在，规范答题，书写工整;答题完毕时，要认真检查，查漏补缺，纠正错误。

总之，在最后的复习阶段，学生们不要加大练习量。

在这个时候，学生要尽快找到适合自己的答题方式，最重要的是以平常心去面对考试。

英语最后的复习要树立信心，考试的时候遇到难题要想“别人也难”，遇到容易的则要想“细心审题”。

越到最后，考生越要回归基础，单词最好再梳理一遍，这样有利于提高阅读理解的效率。

另附高考复习方法和考前30天冲刺复习方法。

Passage 1（2022·上海松江·统考一模）Left. Right. Left. Right again.Getting lost in the rhythm of my turns was one of my favorite parts of skiing. Whenever I feel the soft, powdery snow beneath my skis, I feel like I’m capable of ___1___.I started skiing when I was just three years old. While the other children in my group___2___ (mess) around, I was busy rolling down the small slopes. Although there were many difficulties, I soon mastered the basic concepts ___3___ (underlie) the art of turning.I decided to take my skiing ___4___ the next level and joined a team when I was seven. Riding the chairlift with my mother, I saw free skiers spinning through the air. I immediately knew which team I wanted to join: free skiing, an event heavily ___5___ (dominate) by boys.As soon as I joined the team, I was placed at its___6___ (low) level. However, I never stopped climbing the rankings ___7___ I was placed into the highest group. At that point, I was the only girl on my team. I was put down at first; nobody wanted to ride the chairlift with me. But as time passed, I slowly became more accepted. And this entire process took three years.In the past, having been forced to assume the roles of stay-at-home and motherly figures, women couldn’t imagine___8___ they wanted to be. Even today, in some countries, there are still so many cases ___9___ people are not yet accepting the idea that women can make their own choices or pave their own paths. But if we are to fully accept these views, we will be able to move closer to equality.Being a girl in such a sport can be difficult, but I’m actually thankful that my experiences have taught me to face whatever setbacks I meet with in life. I encourage you, all the girls,___10___ (step) out of your comfort zone to show the boys that girls are just as powerful as they are.Passage 2（2022春·上海·高三期中）ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—At 19, Yohannes Gebregeorgis borrowed a novel entitled Love Kitten that changed his life forever. Born in rural Ethiopia, his father was an illiterate cattle merchant who insisted that his son ____11____ (have) an education. So Gebregeorgis had seen a few books in school. But ____12____ (have) a book of his own sparked a lifelong commitment.Today, Gebregeorgis is establishing libraries and literacy programs to connect Ethiopian children with books. “Most Ethiopian children only have access to textbooks in the classroom,” says Gebregeorgis. “Books ____13____ children read outside of school are the spices of education.”Until he became a children’s librarian, he didn’t realize ____14____ the children of his native home were missing. Arriving in the United States in 1981, Gebregeorgis ultimately put himself through college, ____15____ (obtain) a graduate degree in library science. He took a position at the San FranciscoChildren’s Library in 1985. There, he met The Little Engine That Could, Captain Ahab, andPeter Pan. He realized the impact children’s books could make ____16____ a child’s sense of wonder and vision. “Children could imagine everything from books—connections to other cultures, to other people, to other children, and to the universe at large. Reading gives them hope. It gives them pleasure. It gives them everything that they cannot otherwise get in regular textbooks.”But Gebregeorgis found that there were no children’s books in Amharic, the primary language of Ethiopia, and none representing the places and characters of Ethiopian lore. ___17___ the library granted $1,200 for the purchase of Ethiopian books, Gebregeorgis was unable to find any, so he wrote one. Silly Mamma was the first bilingual Amharic-English children’s book, and its publication led Gebregeorgis ____18____ (establish) the nonprofit organization Ethiopia Reads in 1988. Using proceeds from book sales, the nonprofit organization ____19____ (finance) his efforts to bring children’s libraries to Ethiopia.Gebregeorgis reads storybooks to children who ____20____ (deny) access to television or computers and believes that literacy and education will emancipate his impoverished land. “With literate children there is no limit as to how much we can do.”Passage 3（2023·全国·高三专题练习）Francoise Barre-Sinoussi shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2008 for the discovery of HIV. She has always loved nature and spent her school vacations ____21____ (observe) animals and plants in the parks of her home town of Paris, France. According to Barre-Sinoussi ____22____ (she), it was by accident that she ____23____ (eventual) ended up working at the famous Institute Pasteur. She came from ____24____ humble background and ____25____ (force) to choose the cheapest school available in the region. At age 19 she enrolled in the biomedical science programme at the University of Paris, where she would skip class ____26____ (work) at the Pasteur Institute. She began working there as a volunteer and then received her PhD in 1975. At age 35, Barre-Sinoussi and her team separated ____27____ would later be named HIV. That ____28____ (discover), in 1983, led to blood tests to spot the infection and finally ____29____ drugs that began to keep AIDS patients alive. Sincethen AIDS has been transformed from a death sentence to a ____30____ (manage) disease.Passage 4（2022春·山东·高三青岛二中校考开学考试）As we know, calligraphy(书法) is the essence(精髓) of Chinese traditional culture.___31___ (mention) calligraphy, Chinese people must associate it with Wang Xizhi, a Chinese writer and an official ___32___ lived during the Eastern Jin dynasty. But he was best known as the most ___33___ (celebrate)Chinese calligrapher, traditionally known as the Sage of Calligraphy. Wang is generally referred to ___34___ the greatest Chinese calligrapher in history, and is a master of all forms of Chinese calligraphy, ___35___ (especial) skilled in Xingshu, which features connections between individual characters and slightly shortened forms. He was also expert at Caoshu, which appears as though the wind had blown over the grass in a free manner. All his lifetime he___36___ (produce) a large number of works of calligraphy, but to our regret, up to now, all of his original works ___37___ (lose) or destroyed.Wang Xizhi is the ___38___(famous) for his work Lantingji Xu, which describes a gathering of forty-two Chinese famous poets and ___39___ (write) including Xie An and Sun Chuo. And Lantingji xu consists of 324 Chinese characters in 28 lines. It seems amazing that the character zhi (之) appears l7 times,___40___no two characters look the same.Passage 5（2021秋·全国·高三专题练习）“Without the ball, I'm half complete of ____41____ , ”Luis Figo, one of the world's greatest football players once said.The Portuguese played his first international match in 1991 at the age of 18 and has kept scoring ever since.He reached a new mark on February 18 by playing ____42____ hundredth match for his national team in a friendly match against England.A crowd of more than 30,000 fans watched and cheered for ____43____ in Lisbon.“Figo, Figo, ” ____44____ (all, both) shouted excitedly when he walked onto the field.The Real Madrid player,31, wanted to help his country in Euro 2004 and to win ____45____ (another, other) Spanish Cup with Real Madrid.Madrid bought Figo from FC Barcelona for 82.4 million dollars in 2000, and he showed ____46____ (everyone, anyone) what a great player he was by winning FIFA's Footballer of the Year award in 2001.“Figo works like an artist and has the skills to be the most complete player, ”said FIFA President Joseph Blatter in 2001.“Figo ____47____ is a real leader ____48____ always tries his best on the field and a good team player.He doesn't have any problems working together with his teammate at Real Madrid, star footballer David Beckham.” In fact, Figo was the first ____49____ to welcome Beckham when he arrived.“We have a strong team, and we can help one ____50____ and work together to be successful, ” Figo said.Passage 6（2021·湖南·沅江市第一中学校联考模拟预测）Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping made history on November 1, 2021, when she became the country's first woman to conduct a spacewalk. Wang and fellow astronaut Zhai Zhigang, two of the three-member team at China's new Tiangong space station, successfully ___51___(complete) the 6.5 hour spacewalk in the early hours of that day. During the spacewalk, the team installed___52___ air-spring suspension device and transfer connectors to the station's robotic arm. They also tested the ___53___(safe) of supporting equipment, including China's domestically___54___(produce) spacesuit. It's the first time the crew have exited the station ___55___ they arrived on October 16.Shortly after stepping out of the space station's cabin, Wang ___56___(gentle) waved to audiences on Earth and said she felt great, in a video released by the flight control center. She is China's second woman in space, after Liu Yang made history by ___57___(join) the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in 2012.Chinese state media highlighted Wang's achievement. Before her, only 15 women globally had conducted spacewalks since 1984, ___58___ Soviet astronaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first to do so. So far, the vast majority of female spacewalkers ___59___ (be) American NASA astronauts. Female spacewalkers are “an integral part of manned space,” and Wang has left her mark on history thanks ___60___ her “bravery,” said Yang Yuguang, Vice Chair of Space Transportation Committee for IAF.Passage 7（2022秋·浙江·高三专题练习）The third-generation hybrid rice ____61____(develop) by Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice," and his team achieved____62____ new yield record in fields in central China's Hunan province. The new record in Qingzhu village, Hengyang city, one of the hybrid rice's experimental fields, ____63____(reach) 1,603.9 kg per mu. Hunan is one of the major rice ____64____(producer) in China, and is ____65____ farmers plant double-cropping rice. Among the rice’s output, the yield of early rice came to 667.8 kg per mu in the test fields, and that of late-season rice stood at 936.1 kg per mu. Last year, the same hybrid rice____66____(vary) made a double-cropping yield of 1,530.76 kg per mu in a year ____67____ the same plot(小块土地)."Surpassing(超过) a yield of 1,500 kg per mu in a year on the same plot ____68____(mean) that the target set by professor Yuan Longping____69____(realize)," said Li Jianwu, a researcherat the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center. The high yield under unfavorable conditions of the earlier continuous high temperature has shown the varietal has strong adapt-ability and has laid a good foundation for future____70____(promote), he said.Passage 8（2022春·甘肃兰州·高三西北师大附中校考阶段练习）A drama series named "Medal of the Republic" has aroused___71___(enthusiasm) discussion on Chinese social media. The series tells heart-warming stories about the first group of eight recipients of the Medal of the Republic, the country's___72___(high) honor for those who have made great contributions ___73___ the development of the People's Republic of China.According to the series' chief director Zheng Xiaolong,___74___(compare) to most biopic(传记片) productions that tend to document the whole life of the featured individual, this series focuses___75___(specific) on the individuals' most shining moments.The episode(集) on Li Yannian(李延年), a soldier of Chinese People's V olunteer Army, focuses on the battlefield during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. With his___76___(brave) and wisdom, Li and his fellow soldiers retook a strategic highland and fulfilled their mission.In the episode on nuclear physicist Yu Min(于敏), ___77___ is regarded as the "father of China's hydrogen bomb," viewers can see how he overcamedifficulties ___78___ made breakthroughs in hydrogen bomb research after several months of undertaking complex calculations.In the episode on Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou(屠呦呦), you learn about her efforts to develop a medicine which___79___(use) to treat malaria(疟疾). Her breakthrough has saved millions of lives, especially in developing____80____(country).Passage 9（2022·辽宁大连·统考模拟预测）Ayo deji Ajibola started to train as a lawyer, graduating from the Nigerian Law School. She then decided ____81____(pursue) a career in Human Resources (HR), ____82____(gain) a master’s degree from the London School of Economics & Political Science.She started her HR career in Phillips Consulting before progressing to a role in the HumanCapital Management Group, one of the ____83____(large) energy solutions providers in Africa at that time. From there, she spent five years in GE, ____84____(initial) as GE’s first employee services leader in Nigeria and then as the HR compliance and localisation manager forSub-Saharan Africa before joining Microsoft. She left Microsoft as ____85____ HR leader in Middle East and Africa’s Multi-Country Cluster. In this role, she worked across 19 diverse____86____(country).Deji joined Guinness Nigeria in April 2020 with a lot of experience across several industries and Global companies. Her career has shown her to be a strong partner and ____87____(trust) advisor of other leaders, ____88____ champions the development of talent, a strong advocate for Inclusion and Diversity and the principle of “bringing your whole self to work”.In an interview with TOBI AWODIPE, she ____89____(talk) about how Guinness Nigeria was driving diversity _____90_____ gender equality.Passage 10（2022春·浙江·高三专题练习）Perhaps the finest nature writer of the Twentieth Century, Rachel Carson (1907-1964) ____91____ (remember) more today as the woman who challenged the idea that humans could obtain mastery over nature by chemicals, bombs and space travel than for her studies of ocean life. ____92____ (work) for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, DC, ____93____ (primary) as a writer, she was always aware of the effect that humans had on the natural world. All her books were physical explanations of life, all ____94____ (fill) with miracle of what happens to life in and near the sea.Carson wrote about how islands were formed, how ____95____ (current) change and merge (融合), how temperature affects sea life, ____96____ how erosion (侵蚀) affects not just shore lines but fish populations and tiny micro-organisms. But how, she wondered, would the educated public be kept informed of these challenges to life ____97____ (it)? In Silent Spring, she asked the hard questions about whether and why humans had the right to control nature; to decide who lives or ____98____ (die), to poison or to destroy non-human life. In showing that all biological systems were dynamic and by urging the public ____99____ (question) authority, to ask "Who speaks and why?" Rachel Carson became a social revolutionary, and Silent Spring became the handbook for ____100____ future of all life on Earth.高考质量提升是一项系统工程，涉及到多个方面、各个维度，关键是要抓住重点、以点带面、全面突破，收到事半功倍的效果。

高考试题中有关人物传记的阅读理解及详解

定额市鞍钢阳光实验学校第1题(普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（全国Ⅰ）DAnyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir（回忆录）of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.Tyler became well-known nationality in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins.Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent（的）spirit in their work.Although Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives（目标）that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools. 68. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memoir?A. Top managers.B. Language learners.C. Serious educators.D. Science organizations.69. The words “hooked oh teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.A. attracted to teachingB. tired of teachingC. satisfied with teachingD. unhappy about teaching70. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over10 years?A. The University of Chicago.B. Stanford University.C. Ohio State University.D. Nebraska University.71. Tyler is said to have never actually retired because____________.A. he developed a new method of testingB. he called for free spirit in researchC. he was still active in giving adviceD. he still led the Eight-Year Study答案 68. C 69. A 70. B 71. C68. 解析:这是一道推断题。

十年(2010-2019)高考英语真题分类汇编与讲解19---人物传记、故事类阅读理解含解析

十年十年（（2010-2019）高考英语真题分类汇编与讲解专题19 人物传记人物传记、、故事类阅读理解(2010﹒广东﹒阅读理解A)When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously ,did not give her good service ,pretended not toUnderstand her ,or even acted as if they did not hear her .My mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she . I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人).I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs.Tan..”And my mother was standing beside me ,whispering loudly, “Why he don’t send me cheek already two week lone.”And then , in perfect English I said : “I’m getting rather concerned .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.”Then she talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately , I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs.Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.41.Why was the author’s mother poorly served?A.She was unable to speak good English.B.She was often misunderstood.C.She was not clearly heard.D.She was not very polite.42.From Paragorph 2, we know that the author was .A.good a pretendingB.rude to the stockbrokerC.ready to help her motherD.unwilling to phone for her mother43.After the author made the phone call, .A.they forgave the stockbrokerB.they failed to get the checkC.they went to New York immediatelyD.they spoke to their boss at once44.What does the author think of her mother’s English now?A.It confuses her.B.It embarrasses her.C.It helps her understand the world.D.It helps her tolerate rude people.45.We can inter from the passage that Chinese English .A.is clear and natural to non-native speakersB.is vivid and direct to non-native speakersC.has a verv bad reputation in AmericaD.may bring inconvenience in America】【解析解析】41.A 由文中Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly.可知42.D由文中 ‘I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her”可知43.B receive the check immediately , I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”和 “The next week we ended up in New York.” 可推断出答案44.C 由文中最后一段But now, I see it differently. To me, --------and made sense of the world.45.D 由文中作者母亲的经历可以推测出(10·江苏B篇)It is reported that conservation groups in North America have been arguing about the benefits and dangers of wolves. Some groups believe wolves should be killed. Other people believe wolves must be protected so that they will not disappear from the wilderndss(荒野)For Killing WolvesIn Alaska，the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago，because hunters were killing hundreds 0f them forsport .However．1aws were established to protect the wolves from sportsmen and people who catch the animals for their fur．So the woIf population has greatly increased. Now there are so many wolves that they are destroying their own food supply．A wolf naturally eats animals in the deer family. People in the wilderness also hunt deer for food．Many of the animals have been destroyed by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the wilderness plant life．When the deer can’t find enough food，they die．If the wolves continue to kill large numbers of deer，their prey(猎物)will disappear some day．And the wolves will．too．So we must change the cycle of life in the wilderness to balance the ecology．If we killed more wolves，we would save them and their prey from dying out．We’d also save some farm animals．In another northern state，wolves attack cows and chickens for food．Farmers want the government to send biologists to study the problem．They believe it necessary to kill wolves in some areas and to protect them in places where there is asmall woIf population．Against Killing WolvesIf you had lived long ago，you would have heard many different stories about the dangerous wolf．According to most stories，hungry wolves often kill people for food．Even today，the stories of the“big bad woIf'＂will not disappear．But the fact is wolves are afraid of people．and they seldom travel in areas where there is a human smell．When wolves eat other animals，they usually kill the very young．or the sick and injured .The strongest survive .No kind of animal would have survived through the centuries if the weak members had lived．And has always been a law of nature.Although some people say it is good sense to kill wolves，we say it is nonsense!Researchers have found wolves and their prey living in balance．The wolves keep the deer population from becoming too large,and that keeps a balance in the wilderness plant life．The real problem is that the areas where wolves can live are being used bv people．Even if wilderness land is not used directly for human needs．the wolves can’t always find enough food .So they travel to the nearest source,which is often a farm．Then there is danger．The“big bad wolf”has arrived! And everyone knows what happens next．60．According to the passage，some people in North America favor killing wolves for all the following reasons EXCET that ．A．there are too many wolvesB．they kill large numbers deerC．they attack cows and chickens for foodD．they destroy the wilderness plant life【解析】D 根据文中小标题For killing wolves 第一段第三行“so the wolf population has increased”第三段第一句和第四段第一句话，可知选项D不是原因61．Some people are against killing wolves because ．A．wolves help to keep the ecological balance in the wildemessB．there is too small a wolf population in the wildernessC．there are too many deer in the wildernessD．wolves are afraid of people and never attack people解析】】A 小标题Against killing wolves 中第三段最后一句【解析62．According to those against killing wolves，when wolves eat other animals，．A．they never eat strong and healthy onesB．they always go against the law of natureC．they might help this kind of animals survive in natureD．they disturb the ecological balance in the wilderness】C 小标题Against killing wolves 中第二段最后两行可知强者生存，弱者解析】【解析淘汰是自然法则63．The last sentence“And everyone knows what happens next”implies that in such cases ．A．farm animals will be in danger and have to be shipped awayB．woIves will kill people and people will in turn kill themC．wolves wilI find enough food sources on famlsD．people will leave the areas where wolves can live解析】】B 文中最后一段可知狼居住的地方被人类占据，它们就会跑到就近的【解析农场等地吃人，那么人类就会反过来杀死它们Ⅰ篇)(10·全国EThere were smiling children all the way. Charily they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train. I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight, Immediately I came alive; I decided to wave hack.From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. Themountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug (拥抱). I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.I looked forward to the return journey.71. The author expected the train trip to beA. adventurousB. pleasantC. excitingD. dull72.What did the author remember most fondly of her train trip?A. The friendly country people.B. The mountains along the way.C. The crowds of people in the streets.D. The simple lunch served on the train.73.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word“relish”in thesecond paragraph?A. chooseB. enjoyC. prepare forD. carry on74.Where was the writer going?A. Johore Baru.B. The Causeway.C. Butterworth.D. Singapore.75.What can we learn from the story?A. Comfort in traveling by train.B. Pleasure of living in the country.C. Reading gives people delight.D. Smiles brighten people up.】解析】【解析71.选D。

高考英语复习阅读理解(人物传记类)

高考英语复习阅读理解（人物传记类）【母题来源一】【2019·浙江卷，A】Zachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military(军队的)medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet.But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks down the medals’ rightful owners, and returns them.His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart-he earned one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he knew right away what he had to do.Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrado’s sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: "Who are you？What antique shop？" However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the call. So she called Zac back and apologized. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N.Y. "At that point, I knew she meant business, " Zac says. "To drive eight hours to come to see me."The Piccolis grew up the children of Italian immigrants in Watertown. Corrado, a translator for the Army during WWII, was killed in action in Europe.Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn’t realized the medal was missing. Like many military medals, the one Zac’s mother had found was a family treasure." This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on special occasions(场合)would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands," Adeline says.As a child, Adeline couldn't understand why the medal was so significa nt. “But as I grew older,” Adeline says, "and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left." Corrado Piccoli’s Purple Heart medal now hangs at the Italian American Civic Association in Watertown.Zac recently returned another lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since he first reunited Corrado’s medal, Zac says his record is now 5 for 5.21. Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself？A. In the army.B. In an antique shop.C. From his mother.D. From Adeline Rockko.22. What did Zac realize when Adeline drove to meet him？A. She was very impolite.B. She was serious about the medal.C. She suspected his honesty.D. She came from a wealthy family.23. What made Adeline treasure the Purple Heart?A. Her parents’ advice.B. Her knowledge of antiques.C. Her childhood dream.D. Her memory of her brother.【语篇解读】这是一篇记叙文。

2010年高考英语总复习练习：阅读理解之人物传记类(三)

人物传记类第一部分五年高考题荟萃Passage 11(08·福建A篇)After the Summer Olympics are over,when all the athletesand viewers have gone home and the television audience hasswitched off,another group of athletes and fans will arrive at thehost city,and another competition will begin.These are theParalympics,the games for athletes with a disability.But inBeijing in 2008,for the first time,one of the greatestparalympians will not be taking part.She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thompson.Born with spina bifida（脊椎裂）which left her paralysed from the waist down,Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7.At first,she was not keen on sport,apart from horse riding,which gave her a sense of freedom.But in her teens,she started taking sports more seriously.She tried swimming,basketball and tennis.Eventually she found athletics, and never looked back.Indeed,Tanni’s athletic career took off.In 1984,when she was 15,she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100 metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.In 1988,Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul.She won bronze in the 400 metres.Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics.Tanni won gold in the 100,200,400 and 800 metres relay,setting two world records in the process.In the same year she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.Tanni’s enduring success has been part motivation(动机），part preparation.“The training I do that enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑运动员）,enables me to be good at a marathon too.I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I went to race...I am still competing at a very high level,but as I get older things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007.Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.In spite of ups and downs,she never takes her fate lying down.In her splendid life,she has won an amazing eleven gold medals,four silvers and one bronze in a series of Paralympics—a top level athletic career covering two decades.She has won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times,more than any other competitor,and she has set over thirty world records.What advice does she have for young athletes?“Work hard at your studies,and then train,train and train again.”56.Which of the following sports did Tanni like before thirteen?A.Basketball.B.Swimming.C.Tennis.D.Horse riding.57.When did Tanni win her first Olympic gold medal?A.In 1984.B.In 1988.C.In 1992.D.In 2007.58.The underlined word “that”in the 5th paragraph refers to .A.fifty weeks’trainingB.being a good sprinterC.training almost every dayD.part motivation and part preparation59.What’s the right order of the events related to Tanni?a.She works as a coach.b.She took up athletics.c.She won four gold medals in Barcelona.d.She competed in her first Paralympic Games.e.She achieved a victory in her first London Wheelchair Marathon.A.b,d,c,e,aB.a,d,b,c,eC.a,d,c,e,bD.b,d,a,e,c60.What can we learn from Tanni’s success?A.Union is strength.B.Never too late to learn.C.Well begun is half done.D.No pains,no gains.答案56.D 57.C 58.C 59.A 60.DPassage 12(07·山东C篇)When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.For he r drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, she’s been named national teacher of the year.Principal Waynes Kettler said he’s worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybo dy I’ve ever worked with before.”Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.When students were reading S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It’s inspiring to know that people from small towns own even win national honors.As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more year outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education. Not surpassingly. She is a big believe in the white of acts education. She said it’s essent ial for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.65．The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most prob ably means __________.A．discouraging B．interestingC．creative D．unbearable66．When Peterson began her teaching career, ____________.A．music was a focus of learning in most schoolsB．the environment was favorable to music teachingC．the school backed teaching facilities for musicD．immemorial support for music programs was unavailable67．What is the most important reason that Peterson won the award?A．She concerned herself with current social problems.B．She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.C．She has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years.D．She make great efforts to amuse students’ interest in literature.68．Which of the following is an example of Peterson’s way of teaching music?A．She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.B．She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.C．She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.D．She helped students compose songs by themselves.69．In Peterson’s opinion, ____________.A．art music and PE classes are all importantB．more subjects should be offered to studentsC．students should be motivated to attend art classesD．arts education is more important than other subjects70．It can be inferred from the text that ________.A．Peterson’s honor was a surprise for the local peopleB．Peterson’s art classes attracted students back to schoolC．Peterson aroused the local residents’ passion for musicD．Peterson will change her profession next year答案65.A 66.C 67.B 68.B 69.A 70.APassage 13(07·宁夏、海南、全国ⅠD篇)Anyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir（回忆录）of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.Tyler became well-known nationality in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins.Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent（独立的）spirit in their work.Although Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across thecountry to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives（目标）that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools.68. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memoir?A. Top managers.B. Language learners.C. Serious educators.D. Science organizations.69. The words “hooked on teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.A. attracted to teachingB. tired of teachingC. satisfied with teachingD. unhappy about teaching70. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?A. The University of Chicago.B. Stanford University.C. Ohio State University.D. Nebraska University.答案68. B 69. C 70. APassage 14(07·全国ⅡD篇)It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors can’t fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on the m. He made the monkeys’ blood back to the monkeys’ brains. When the brain’s temperature was 10℃, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.53.The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that ____.A. the time is too short for doctorsB. the patients are often too nervousC. the damage is extremely hard to fixD. the blood-cooling machine might break down54.The brain operation was made possible mainly by ____.A. taking the blood out of the brainB. trying the operation on monkeys firstC. having the blood go through a machineD. lowering the brain’s temperature55.With Dr. White’s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain ____.A. can last as long as 30 minutesB. can keep the brain’s blood warmC. can keep the patient’s brain healthyD. can help monkeys do different jobs56.What is the right order of the steps in the operations?a. send the cooled back to the brainb. stop the blood to the brainc. have the blood cooled downd. operate on the brainA. a, b, c, dB. c, a, b, dC. c, b, d, aD. b, c, d, a答案53.A 54.D 55.A 56.BPassage 15(07·重庆C篇)Dear all,Please read Professor Hume's email about his next lecture on Rosa Parks.Susan MillerSecretary＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊Dear Susan,Please forward this message to students of my history class.Besides the life story of Rosa Parks in the textbook, the students are also required to read the passage below and some related stories that can be borrowed from the school library.Ted HumeThe early experiences of Rosa Parks(1913-2005), long known as the “mother of the civil rights movement, ”were not different from those of many African-Americans at that time. The black woman, however, turned the course of American history in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. “By sitting down, ”remarked John Lewis, “she was standing up for all Americans. ”Among the numerous awards Parks received in her life were the Presidential Medal of Freedom(1996)and the Congressional Gold Medal(1999).Parks died on Oct. 24, 2005. At St. Paul A. M. E. Church in Montgomery, a large crowd including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice celebrated her life. Rice said she and others, who grew up when the political activities of Parks held public attention, might not have realized her impact(影响)on their lives, “but I can honestly say that without Mrs. Parks, I probably would not be standing here as Secretary of State. ”After her casket(灵柩)was placed at the Capitol, U. S. President Bush, members of Congress and ordinary Americans paid their respects. In American history Parks is the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol, a very high regard usually reserved for Presidents of the United States.63. What is the main purpose of Susan’s email?A. To make arrangements for Professor Hume's class.B. To introduce to the students Rosa Parks.C. To help the students organize a lecture.D. To answer Professor Hume's last email.64. What does the underlined word “forward” mean?A. Explain.B. Send.C. Take.D. Read.65. The political impact of Rosa Parks lies in the fact that she .A. helped Condoleezza Rice achieve political successB. joined the civil rights movement at a young ageC. made racial equality a common value in American societyD. set a good example in her early life for other black Americans66. How was Rosa Parks treated after her death?A. She was named “mother of the civil rights movement. ”B. She was received by President Bush at the Capitol.C. She was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.D. She was honored to lie in state at the Capitol. 答案63.A 64.B 65.C 66.D。

2010年高考英语总复习练习：阅读理解之人物传记类(四)

人物传记类第一部分五年高考题荟萃Passage 16(07·辽宁B篇)Danielle Steel America‟s sweetheart is one of the hardest working woman in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research some before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to divided into a book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk..Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France [or her education. After graduation, he worked in the public relations and advertising, industries. Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them. Deal with the real-life problem of death, new babies and new schools. Her l998 book about the death of her was shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty-eight of her books have been made into film. She is listed in the Guinness Books of World Records for one of her hooks being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.Not content with a big house, a loving family, and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource(资源)and has kept in touch with them by e-mail. While she is often compared to the heroines(女主人公)of her own invention. Her life is undoubtedly much quieter. But if she does have anything in common with them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable(独特的)style. There is only one Danielle Steel.60. Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that ______A. she can write several books at the same timeB. she often does some research before writing a bookC. she is one of the most popular American women writersD. she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break61. Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may knowA. how to deal with affairs at schoolB. what to do if Max and Martha dieC. what to do when new babies are born into their familiesD. how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes62. One of Danielle Steel‟ a achievements is thatA. some TV plays were based on her booksB. her picture books attracted a lot of young menC. one of her books became a best-seller in 1998D. she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records63. We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel ______A. lives an exciting lifeB. values her readers a lotC.writes about quiet womenD.is pleased with her achievements答案60.A 61.C 62.C 63.BPassage 17(07·福建A篇)When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scoresof our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “You’re all going.”On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001, hemoved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.56.Without Mr. Clark, the writer .A.might have been put into prisonB.might not have won the prizeC.might have joined a women’s clubD.might not have moved to Atlanta57.The Essential 55 is .A.a showB.a speechC.a classroom ruleD.a book58.How many students’names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?A.NoneB.ThreeC.Fifty-five.D.All.59.In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that .A.Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travellingB.Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubsC.a good teacher can help raise his or her students’scoresD.a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students答案56.A 57.D 58.A 59.DPassage 18(07·陕西A篇)Louis Armstrong had two famour nicknames (绰号). Some people called him Bagamo. They said his mouth looked like a large bag, Musicians often called him Pops,as a sign of respect for his influence (影响) on the world of music.Born in 1901 in New Orleans, be grew up poor, but lived among great musicians. Jazz was invented in the city a few years before his birth. Armstrong often said,“Jazz and I grew up together.”Armstrong showed a great talent (天赋) for music when he was taught to play the cornet (短号) at a boy’s home. In his late teens, Armstrong began to live the life of a musician. He played in parades, clubs, and on the steamboats that traveled on the Mississippi River. At that time, New Orleans was famous for the new music of jazz and was home to many great musicians. Armstrong learned from the older musicians and soon became respected as their cqual.In 1922 he went to Chicngo. There, the tale of Louis Armstrong begins. From then until the end of his life, Armstrong was celebrated and loved wherevet be went Armstrong had no equal when it came to playing the American popular song.His cornet playing had a deep humanity (仁爱) and warmth that caused many listeners to say, “Listening to Pops just makes you feel good all over.”He was the father of the jazz style(风格) and also one of the best-known and most admired people in the world. His death, on July 6,1971, was headline news around the world.41.Armstrong was called Pops because he .A.looked like a musieianB.was a musician of much influenceC.showed an interest in musicD.traveled to play modern music42.The third paragraph is developed .A.by spaceB.by examplesC.by timeD.by comparison43.Which statement about Armstrong is true?A.His tale begins in New Orleans.B.He was born before jazz was invented.C.His music was popular with his listeners.D.He learned popular music at a boy’s home.44.Which would be the best title for the text?A.The Invention of the Jazz MusicB.The Father of the Jazz StyleC.The Making of a MusicianD.The Spread of Popular Music答案41.B 42.C 43.C 44.BPassage 19(06·全国ⅡB篇)May: Happenings from the PastMay 5,1884Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.May 9,1754Benjamin Franklin‟s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon （漫画）, showing a snake cutsin pieces, with the words “ Join or Dic ” printed under the picture. May 11,1934The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl , the result of years of drought(干旱),blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D.C.May 19,1994Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s, died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64.May 24, 1844Samuel F.B Morse taps out the first message, “What Hath God wrought,” over the experimental long—distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D,C, to Baltimore, Md.45．We know from the text that Buchanan is .A．Isaac‟s father B．a winning horseC．a slave taking care of horses D．the first racing horse in Kentucky 46．What is the title of the first American political cartoon?A．Join or Die B．Pennsylvania GazetteC．What Hath God Wrought D．Kentucky Dorby47．In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die?A．1934 B．1960C．1964 D．199448．Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history?A．Washington, D.C. B．New York City.C．Kentucky D．Pennsylvania答案45.B 46.A 47.D 48.APassage 20(06·山东A篇)Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis Cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless, “he says now with a laugh. But ba ck then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England‟s rural Devonshire.It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway‟s school of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man‟s cold-water exploits(成就).Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.Journeys to the Pole aren‟t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many peiole dismissed his dream as fantasy. “John Ridgway was one of the few who didn‟t say, …You are completely crazy,‟”Saunders says.In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter(遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he‟s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.56. The turning point in Saunders‟life came when _____A. he started to play ball gamesB. he got a mountain bike at age 15C. he ran his first marathon at age 18D. he started to receive Ridgway‟s training57. We can learn from the text that Ridgway _______.A. dismissed Saunders‟ dream as fantasyB. built up his body together with SaundersC. hired Saunders for his cold-water experienceD. won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic58. What do we know about Saunders?A. He once worked at a school in Scotland.B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.D.He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.59. The underlined word “Intrigued” in the third paragraph probably means_____.A. ExcitedB. ConvincedC. DelightedD. Fascinated60. It can be inferred that Sau nders‟ journey to the North Pole ______.A. was accompanied by his old playmatesB. set a record in the North Pole expeditionC. was supported by other Arctic explorersD. made him well-known in the 1960s答案56.B 57.D 58.A 59.D 60.B。

2000年~高考试题中有关人物传记的阅读理解及详解

第1题(2007年普通高等学校夏季招生考试英语（全国Ⅰ）DAnyone who cares about what schools and colleges teach and how their students learn will be interested in the memoir（回忆录）of Ralph W. Tyler, who is one of the most famous men in American education.Born in Chicago in 1902, brought up and schooled in Nebraska, the 19-year-old college graduate Ralph Tyler became hooked on teaching while teaching as a science teacher in South Dakota and changed his major from medicine to education.Graduate work at the University of Chicago found him connected with honorable educators Charles Judd and W. W. Charters, whose ideas of teaching and testing had an effect on his later work. In 1927, he became a teacher of Ohio State University where he further developed a new method of testing.Tyler became well-known nationality in 1938, when he carried his work with the Eight-Year Study from Ohio State University to the University of Chicago at the invitation of Robert Hutchins.Tyler was the first director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, a position he held for fourteen years. There, he firmly believed that researchers should be free to seek an independent（独立的）spirit in their work.Although Tyler officially retired in 1967, he never actually retired. He served on a long list of educational organizations in the United States and abroad. Even in his 80s he traveled across the country to advise teachers and management people on how to set objectives（目标）that develop the best teaching and learning within their schools. 68. Who are most probably interested in Ralph W. Tyler’s memoir?A. Top managers.B. Language learners.C. Serious educators.D. Science organizations.69. The words “hooked oh teaching” underlined in Paragraph 2 probably mean ________.A. attracted to teachingB. tired of teachingC. satisfied with teachingD. unhappy about teaching70. Where did Tyler work as the leader of a research center for over 10 years?A. The University of Chicago.B. Stanford University.C. Ohio State University.D. Nebraska University.71. Tyler is said to have never actually retired because ____________.A. he developed a new method of testingB. he called for free spirit in researchC. he was still active in giving adviceD. he still led the Eight-Year Study答案68. C 69. A 70. B 71. C68. 解析:这是一道推断题。

10年高考【2003--】6年模拟试题【--】高考英语汇编阅读理解之人物传记类

10年高考【2003--2012】6年模拟试题【2007--2012】高考英语汇编阅读理解之人物传记类2012年高考题【2012山东卷】BOne of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文)showing how it was used.This was a huge task. So Murrary had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American Surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,”50 miles from Oxford.Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next years, he became one of the staff’s most valued contributors.But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897， Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally insane.Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds.In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend.Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volumes defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient.61. According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary _________.A. came out before minor diedB. was edited by an American volunteerC. included the English words invented by MurrayD. was intended to be the most ambitious English dictionary62. How did Dr. Minor contributed to the dictionary?A. He helped Murray to find hundreds of volunteers.B. He sent newspapers, magazines and books to Murray.C. He provided a great number of words and quotationsD. he went to England to work with Murray.63. Why did Dr. Minor refuse to visit Oxford?A. He was shut in an asylumB. He lived far from OxfordC. He was busy writing a bookD. He disliked traveling64. Prof. Murray and Dr. Minor became friends mainly because __________.A. they both served in the Civil War.B. They had a common interest in wordsC. Minor recovered with the help of MurrayD. Murray went to America regularly to visit Minor65. Which of the following best describe Dr. Minor?A. Brave and determinedB. Cautious and friendlyC. Considerate and optimisticD. Unusual and scholarly66. What does the text mainly talk about?A. The history of the English language.B. The friendship between Murray and MinorC. Minor and the first Oxford English DictionaryD. Broadmoor Asylum and is patients【文章大意】本文是一篇人物传记，讲述了牛津英语词典的编撰者之一的Dr. Minor的不一般的人生，他博学，但被关在精神病院。

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人物传记类第一部分五年高考题荟萃Passage 5Napoleon,as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace,is more than once described as having “fat little hands.”Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.”He is said to be “undersized,”with “short legs”and a “round stomach”.The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description—it seems not that far off from historical accounts—but his choice of facts:other things that could be said of the man are not said.We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman.Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose—and that is the point.It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character.And it turns out that,as Tolstoy has it,Napoleon is a crazy man.In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace,the wars having reached the critical year of 1812,Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar (沙皇),who has come with peace terms.Napoleon is very angry:doesn’t he have more army? He,not the Tsar,is the one to make the terms.He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped,“That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!”he shouts.And then,Tolstoy writes,Napoleon“walked silently several times up and down the room,his fat shoulders moving quickly.”Still later,after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds,Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner.“He raised his hand to the Russian’s...face,”Tolstoy writes,and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently...”.To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court.“Well,well,why don’t you say anything?”said he,as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself,Napoleon.Tolstoy did his research,but the composition is his own.51.Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is .A.far from the historical factsB.based on the Russian historyC.based on his selection of factsD.not related to historical details52.Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because .[来源:]A.he thought he should be the one to make the peace termsB.the Tsar’s peace terms were hard to acceptC.the Russians stopped his military movementD.he didn’t have any more army to fight with53.What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?A.To walk out of the room in anger.B.To show agreement with him.C.To say something about the Tsar.D.To express his admiration.54.Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is .A.ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guestsB.fond of showing off his iron willC.determined in destroying all of EuropeD.crazy for power and respect55.What does the last sentence of the passage imply?A.A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.B.A writer may write about a hero in his own way.C.A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.D.A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.答案51.B 52.C 53.B 54.A 55.BPassage 6(08·山东C篇)It was the summer of 1965.DeLuca,then 17,visited Peter Buck,a family friend.Buck asked DeLuca about his plans for the future.“I’m going to college,but I need a way to pay for it,”DeLuca recalls saying.“Buck said,’You should open a sandwich shop.’”That afternoon,they agreed to be partners.And they set a goal:to open 32 stores in ten years.After doing some research,Buck wrote a check for $1,000.DeLuca rented a storefront (店面) in Connecticut,and when they couldn’t cover their start-up costs,Buck kicked in another $1,000.But business didn’t go smoothly as they expected.DeLuca says,“After six months,we were doing poorly,but we d idn’t know how badly,because we didn’t have any financial controls.”All he and Buck knew was that their sales were lower than their costs.DeLuca was managing the store and going to the University of Bridgeport at the same time.Buck was working at his day job as a nuclear physicist in New York.They’d meet Monday evenings and brainstorm ideas for keeping the business running.“We convinced ourselves to open a second store.We figured we could tell the public,’We are so successful,we are opening a second store.’”And they did－in the spring of 1966.Still,it was a lot of learning by trial and error.But the partners’learn-as-you go approach turned out to be their greatest strength.Every Friday,DeLuca would drive around and hand-deliver the checks to pay their suppliers.“It probably took me two and a half hours and it wasn’t necessary,but as a result,the suppliers got to know me very well,and the personal relationships established really helped out,”DeLuca says.And having a goal was also important.“There are so many problems that can get you down.You just have to keep working toward your goal,”DeLuca adds.DeLuca ended up founding Subway Sandwich,the multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.67.DeLuca opened the first sandwich shop in order to .A.support his familyB.pay for his college educationC.help his partner expand businessD.do some research68.Which of the following is true of Buck?A.He put money into the sandwich business.B.He was a professor of business administration.C.He was studying at the University of Bridgeport.D.He rented a storefront for DeLuca.69.What can we learn about their first shop?A.It stood at an unfavorable place.B.It lowered the prices to promote sales.C.It made no profits due to poor management.D.It lacked control over the quality of sandwiches.70.They decided to open a second store because they .A.had enough money to do itB.had succeeded in their businessC.wished to meet the increasing demand of customersD.wanted to make believe that they were successful71.What contributes most to their success according to the author?A.Learning by trial and error.B.Making friends with suppliers.[来源:]C.Finding a good partner.D.Opening chain stores.答案67.B 68.A 69.C 70.D 71.APassage 7(08·山东D篇)Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a letter to the then President Bush.Through her own efforts,her letter was reproduced on over 250 donated billboards (广告牌) across the country.The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.) in 1989.There are now 300,000 members of Kids F.A.C.E. worldwide and it is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a “Children’s Forest”project in every national park.In 1992,she was invited as one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth Summit in Brazil as part of the V oices of the Future Program.In 1993,she was given a Caring Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.Since the organization started,Kids F.A.C.E.members have distributed and planted over 1 million trees!Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kid’s Yards－the creation of backyard wildlife habitats (栖息地)－and now Kids F.A.C.E.is involved in the exciting Earth Odyssey,which is a great way to start helping.“Starting the club turned out to be a way to help people get involved with the environment.Club members started doing things like recycling,picking up litter and planting trees as well as inviting other kids to join their club.”“We try to tell kids that it’s not OK to be lazy,”she explains.“You need to start being a responsible,environmentally friendly person now,right away,before you become a resource-sucking adult.”72.Kids F.A.C.E.is .A.a program to help students with writingB.a project of litter recyclingC.a campaign launched by President BushD.a club of environmental protection73.What can we learn about Poe?A.She was awarded a prize in Brazil.B.She donated billboards across the country.C.She got positive responses for her efforts.D.She joined the National Park Service.74.Kid’s Yards is .A.established in a national parkB.started to protect wildlifeC.a wildlife-raising projectD.an entertainment park for kids75.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?A.Adults are resource-sucking people.B.Poe sought help from a youth organization.C.Kids F.A.C.E.members are from the U.S.D.Kids are urged to save natural resources.答案72.D 73.C 74.B 75.DPassage 8(08·江西C篇)Topping the class academically was certainly an advantage．Studying was a breeze for Nigel．The reward was certainly incomparable to th e little effort that he had to put it．It began when he was selected to help the teachers in the computer laboratories．The peak of his school career came not when he topped the school but when he was selected for the nationwide competition．Unlike everyone else, Nigel wanted to join the contest because he liked playing with the Lego sets and making something out of them．Nigel spent the next two months rebuilding the robot．It was during the time that Nigel found out about the prizes for the competition as well as another competitor, Alicia, from a neighboring school．His early intentions were forgotten．Getting the thousand-dollar prize was more important than anything else．Nigel decided to befriend Alicia．Unaware of his intentions, she told him all about the robot that she had been building for the competi tion．He even helped her to put the finishing touches to her robot．He was glad with the way things had progressed．His robot looked even better than Alicia’s and it was able to bounce a ball with its arm, something Alicia had failed to do．On the day of the competition, he saw Alicia．Everything dawned on her the minute she saw him among the competitors. She stared at him, puzzled at first, then angry and finally a look of helplessness came over her．The flashbulbs of the camera exploded in Nigel’s face．The robot had performed actions so unique and different that the specialists’judgments were the same．Nigel was so pleased with himself that he did not even notice the girl standing a few feet away from him．Without her, he would never have won the competition．64．What reward did Nigel receive for doing well in his school work?A．He was offered a part-time job.B．He was honored with a scholarship.C．He helped his teachers construct a robot.D．He helped in the computer laboratories.65．Nigel’s original intention of joining the contest was to ___ ．[来源:Z§xx§] A．be the top student of the school B．being great honor to his schoolC．construct a robot with the Lego sets D．wins the thousand-dollar prize66．Why did Nigel help Alicia finish her robot?A．He tried to make friends with her. B．He was fond of building robots.C．He intended to help her. D．He didn’t want her to suspect him. 67．What is the author’s attitude towards Nigel’s actions?A．He is mildly critical. B．He is strongly critical.C．He is in favor of them. D．His attitude is not clear.[来源:学科网ZXXK][来源:]答案64.D 65.C 66.D 67.APassage 9(08·天津A篇)Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her lo ve of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’Workshop, however, she felt lonely—a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “creative voice.”“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.36. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?A. She had seven brothers.B. She felt herself a nobody.C. She was too shy to go to school.D. She did not have any good teachers.37. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.A. work for a school magazineB. run away from her familyC. make a lot of friendsD. develop her writing style[来源:学&科&网]38. According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?A. Her early years in college.B. Her training in the Workshop.C. Her feeling of being different.D. Her childhood experience.39. What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?[来源:]A. It is quite popular among students.B. It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.C. It wasn’t a success as it was written in Spanish.D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.答案36.B 37.D 38.C 39.APassage 10(08·浙江A篇)Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early when his parents realized that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的)，he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular schools couldn’t take care of a special needs student. His parents were determined to take the risk and pushed him hard to go through his work every day because they wanted to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything. Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big challenge. The pace（节奏）was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.The efforts made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06—being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother.“If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great results,”she often said.41. How did Adrian communicate with other children in the special school?A. By speaking.B. By using sign language.C. By reading lips.D. By making loud noises.42. Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school because .A. they wanted him to live a normal lifeB. they wanted to prove the headmaster wrongC. he wouldn’t mix with other disabled childrenD. he wasn’t taken good care of in the special school43. How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?A. He did a lot of outdoor activities.B. He was pushed hard to study every day.C. He attended private classes after school.D. He worked very hard both in and after class.44. Why is Adrian’s life described as an “Amazing Race”?A. He did very well in his study.B. He succeeded in entering a regular school.C. He reached his goals in spite of his disability.D. He took part in the World Yacht Race 05/06. 答案41.B 42.A 43.D 44.C。