英语阅读理解练习题及答案及解析

英语阅读理解练习题及答案及解析

一、高中英语阅读理解

1．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。

"You'll be blind by the time you're twenty-five," a doctor at Children's Hospital predicted. "Your blood sugars are much too high." It consumed me. No matter where I was or what I was doing, it was overhead like a dark cloud, waiting for just the right opportunity to break open and destroy my world.

I liked painting. Losing myself in painting filled me with peace. Painting provided me with the only place where I could escape from those threatening words.

When I was twenty-one, my right eye went blind. Precisely three months after my twenty-fifth birthday, I had a massive hemorrhage (大出血) in my left eye because of an accident. For the next twenty years, vision came and went. I went through many eye operations in an attempt to keep my vision. But after one final operation, I lost the battle and all remaining vision. And I buried all dreams of painting.

Desperate, I enrolled in (注册) a sixteen-week program for the blind and visually impaired (损伤的). I learned personal adjustment and the use of a computer with adaptive software. A whole new world opened up to me through this program.

"Jaws and Window-Eyes are leading software for the blind," my instructor told me. "You can use the Internet, e-mail and Microsoft with all its tools and features." It's amazing! Hope went up for the first time in years. "By learning how to use hot keys to control the mouse, you can use Microsoft Access, Excel and Powerpoint," my instructor added.

For the next several years, I learned that when one door closes, another door opens. There are plenty of choices available for the blind and visually impaired through the gift of technology. Not only do I have a speaking computer, but I have a speaking watch, alarm clock and calculator.（1）What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. The right opportunity.

B. Losing my sight in the future.

C. Consuming too much sugar

D. The children's hospital.

（2）What happened when the author was 25 years old?

A. He gave up painting.

B. He went blind completely

C. He injured one of his eyes.

D. He picked up a new hobby

（3）What brought a turning point to the author?

A. A special course.

B. A meaningful event

C. An inspiring speech.

D. An important interview.

（4）What does the author intend to tell us?

A. No pain, no gain.

B. Every man has his price.

C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

D. Be optimistic in the face of life's difficulties.【答案】（1）B

（2）C

（3）A

（4）D