阅读理解(人生百味)英语期末复习经典

阅读理解（人生百味）英语期末复习经典一、九年级中考英语阅读理解（人生百味）（含答案详细解析）1．阅读理解As a young woman， my mother worked in the kitchen of a large farm owned by Fanny Cratty. She was hardworking and had a special skill in making delicious strawberry jam.Aunt Fanny was single and had no children. She didn't like to share love with others. I thought she was very lonely， although she didn't mind it. She had a workshop where my mother helped her make the best strawberry jam， and everyone in our town bought it. But aunt Fanny asked my mother not to tell the recipe（秘方） of making the strawberry jam to others.When the strawberries were ripe，my family would pick them together. We talked and laughed， experiencing the fun of picking strawberries. But aunt Fanny never joined us. She just asked us to pick strawberries quickly and make more strawberry jam to make more money for her. Each person in our town said that she just paid attention to money rather than anything else. What a poor woman! It's no use having too much money because she had no family and friends to share her happiness during her lifetime.Maybe it was the recipe that brought success to aunt Fanny. But to me， it was just a common recipe. Money can make you feel rich for a while， but it is the beautiful days spent with family and friends that truly make you rich.（1）Who owns the recipe of making the best strawberry jam?A. The writer's mother.B. The writer.C. Aunt Fanny.D. Fanny's mother.（2）Why do people in the town think aunt Fanny is poor?A. Because she needed to work hard in her workshop.B. Because she paid attention to nothing except money.C. Because she had no close friends to shared her success.D. Because she always thought of helping others rather than herself.（3）—What does the last word “rich” mean in this passage?—It means ________.A. the success of making strawberry jamB. having the recipe and much moneyC. the happiness， one's family and friendsD. owning a big house and the large farm【答案】（1）A（2）C（3）C【解析】【分析】短文大意：作者的妈妈拥有一种特殊的制作美味草莓酱的技巧。

每年她帮助范妮姨妈做最好的草莓果酱，但范妮姨妈不让她把制作草莓酱的配方告诉别人。

镇上的每个人都说范妮姨妈只关注钱而不是其他的东西。

都认为她可怜，因为她没有家人和朋友在她的一生中分享她的幸福。

而作者认为使你真正富有的是与家人和朋友一起度过的美好时光。

是亲情与友情。

（1）A细节理解题。

根据短文中的句子“She was hardworking and had a special skill in m aking delicious strawberry jam.” 她很勤劳，有一种特殊的制作美味的草莓酱的技巧。

可知作者的妈妈拥有制作美味的草莓酱的食谱。

答案为A。

（2）C细节理解题。

根据短文中的句子“Each person in our town said that she just paid attention to money rather than anything else. What a poor woman! It's no use having too much money becaus e she had no family and friends to share her happiness during her lifetime.”可知，除了钱之外他什么也不关注。

都认为她可怜，因为她没有家人和朋友在她的一生中分享她的幸福。

答案为C。

（3）C词意猜测题。

根据短文最后的句子“but it is the beautiful days spent with family and friends that truly make you rich.”使你真正富有的是与家人和朋友一起度过的美好时光。

故答案为C。

2．阅读理解I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I thought that the act of writing is the coolest thing in the world.Years later, during her final illness, my mother kept different things for my sister and my brother.“ But the desk，” She said, “it's for Helen.”Although I knew she loved me and she only showed it in action, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. But they never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional （易动感情的）”，but she lived “on the surface”．I had my own family later. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she forgave me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. It didn't come.My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and finally, peace—it seemed that nothing happened. I wasn't even sure if the letter had got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I never heard from her!Now the present of her desk told, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside—a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times.Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.（1）The writer began to love her mother's desk ________.A. when mother gave it to herB. before she was badly illC. when she was a childD. after mother died（2）From the passage, we can know that the writer's mother ________.A. was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughterB. was too serious about everything her daughter had doneC. cared much about her daughter in wordsD. wrote to her daughter in careful words（3）The underlin ed word “gulf” means “________” in Chinese.A. 理解B. 鸿沟C. 沟通D. 港湾（4）What did mother do with her daughter's letter asking forgiveness?A. She had never received the letter.B. For years, she often talked about the letter.C. She didn't forgive her daughter at all in all her life.D. She read the letter again and again till she died.（5）What's the best title of the passage?A. My Letter to MotherB. Mother and ChildrenC. My Mother's DeskD. Talks between Mother and Me【答案】（1）C（2）A（3）B（4）D（5）C【解析】【分析】本文叙述了作者的妈妈是从事写作的，经常看见妈妈在课桌旁忙碌，所以作者在小的时候，就喜欢妈妈的桌子了，妈妈也了解女儿的心思，在去世前把课桌留给了她，作者给妈妈的信也在课桌里找到了。