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1、南昌市2016高考英语二轮阅读理解选编(2)阅读理解解读The 30 miles of steep roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46yearold father of four, wasnt expecting any trouble on the road last New Years Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Be
2、ar River Mountains with nineyearold daughter Mia, fouryearold son Baylor, and nineyearold neighbour Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years. The weather was fine,but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp Uturn at mile marke
3、r 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep tenfoot dam towards the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped t
4、owards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river. There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upsidedown car was filled with water. “It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater,” r
5、emembers Andersen, a softspoken product development manager. “Youre thinking, is this how its all going to end?”Having lost all sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldnt find her.
6、I thought,“If I dont get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. Thats when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced
7、 down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father, “Who else is in the car?” Andersen says respectfully, “It_was_like_the_sight_of_angels_(天使). ”1. What might be the main reason for the car accident?AThe sharp Uturn.BThe steep dam.CThe sudden brake.D
8、A truck hitting the car. 2. Andersen didnt expect any trouble on the road because _Ahe was familiar with the roadBhe was good at drivingChis hands didnt have sweatDthe weather was fine3. What can be learned from the last paragraph?AAndersen lost conciousness in the water.BStrangers helped Andersen o
9、ut of the car.CAndersen liked Mia most among the children.DStrangers teamed together to save the three children. 4. The underlined sentence is to express Andersens feeling of being_AtiredBexcitedCdoubtfulDgrateful5. Which of the following can be the best title of the text?AStay calm when in troubleB
10、Drive rounding a UturnCMiracle rescue from an icy riverDMystery of the Bear River MountainsB【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了Andersen开车带三个孩子上盘山公路时遭遇车祸并死里逃生的故事。1C由第二段第二句“Rounding a sharp Uturn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes.”可知是急刹车导致了这一次事故。2A由第一段最
11、后一句“Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.”可知Andersen在Canyon山路上开了成百上千次车,所以,他应该是对这条路非常熟悉。3D由最后一段“Thats when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam.One after another, they raced down into the water.Helping onto safety all the three child
12、ren”可知,陌生人成群结队地去救三个孩子。4D由最后一句话中Andersen把他们比喻成天使,可知他应该对营救他们的人心存感激。5C纵观全文可知本文主要介绍了在冰河中,大家营救车祸中的三个孩子和一位父亲的故事,故C项为最佳选项。高考英语冲刺阅读理解。President George Bush is heading to Camp David for Thanksgiving, thankful for his almost-expired privilege of serving as the president. President-elect Barack Obama is stayin
13、g in Chicago to have a whole bunch of people over to the house and squeeze in some Christmas shopping. On a holiday designed for reflection(回忆), one man, historically unpopular, is heading to a remote mountaintop with his family. The other, promising change, is surrounding himself with dozens of peo
14、ple in a busy city. Dressed casually in a leather jacket and black scarf on Wednesday, Obama handed out food to the needy at a Chicago church with wife Michelle and their two daughters, shaking hands and happily telling people you can call me Barack. He followed that with a quick visit to a school n
15、ext door, where he asked the excited kids, Whos going to have turkey? Whos going to have green beans? Whos going to have sweet potato pie? Obama has shown a knack(窍门) for symbolism, in this case following the Thanksgiving tradition of helping the poor, said David Greenberg, a Rutgers University historian who is working on a history of political spin. Here hes showing a different side of himself, the president as national conscience or moral authority. I think thats probably a good note for him t