高二英语练习题25

语篇提能

Ⅰ.阅读理解

(2014·荆门高二检测)

It was 1st January, the first day of the year and a holiday for me. What luck! I started by thinking of getting the bank work out of the way. The bank person, an elderly gentleman with a white beard, was, as usual, brief to my polite “Happy New Year”. He nodded and I sat in front of him.

Minutes passed and nothing happened. I had to put my form and brochure in front of him. He was busy filling up entries in his register. After a few minutes he took my form and from his locker he took out a very thick file from which he started filling in my details. I sat there wondering why we had computerized banking.

After waiting for a few more minutes, in which I showed all signs of being impatient, I asked him if my work was done. The moment I said the words, he shouted, “Nothing is done, it will take time！”

Just then I saw his morning cup of tea which had been lying there for the last ten minutes, untouched. The tea had turned almost cold while he was doing his work. Suddenly I felt what this man, who had been working at this counter for the last God-knows-how-many years, must be feeling when customers like me come who are always in a hurry to get their work done. We do not even feel the need to thank them for being there.

On an instinct (本能) I told him, “Sir, you please have your tea, I am not in a hurry.” This man, who I had been seeing for the last few years, suddenly looked up at me and for the first time we had eye contact — he had never made eye contact earlier. I saw a different person there, another human being who was as hard-pressed for time as I always am.

I saw both of us sailing_in_the_same_boat. I felt that he was also missing the small things in life like a hot cup of tea or lying in a warm bed

for a few more minutes like me. He gave me a rare smile and said, “It is an everyday affair with me; you are not in a hurry but somebody else will come who will be in a hurry.”

His words really touched me. All the time I thought of him as a robot, someone who was there for my convenience, but today I suddenly felt a strange communication with him.

1．The purpose of the second paragraph is to show ________.

A. The bank person was working very carefully

B. The bank person ignored the author totally

C. The author admired the way the bank person worked

D. The author was becoming more and more impatient

答案与解析D细节理解题。由第二段首句及整段的描写，可知D 项正确。

2．Why did the bank person suddenly look up at the author?

A. He was annoyed to be interupted during his work.

B. He was sorry for keeping the author waiting long.

C. He was surprised at the author's attitude to him.

D. He was delighted that the author wasn't in a hurry.

答案与解析C细节理解题。由倒数第三段可知C项正确。

3．By saying “sailing in the same boat” in Para. 6, the author means ________.

A. they could have a good communication

B. they both suffered from great life pressure

C. they missed a lot of nice things in life

D. they found out the true meaning of life

答案与解析A推理判断题。字面意思是“在同一船上行驶”，所以