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1、2012届高考英语考前冲刺精选专题资料汇编阅读理解（二）AJeanne Clamant, a French woman, became a record breaker on 17 October of 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 d高考资源网ays, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days. Jeanne Clamant lives in a
2、small old peoples home in the south of France; her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes her as being more like a 90-year-old in good health than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of hum
3、or. When asked on her 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied: A very short one. She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her. So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important facto
4、rs. Jeanne Clamant has followed two of the tips(窍门). She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glassed of strong red wine a day, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne
5、Clamant might have got very good genes(基因) from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86. A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at the time, but so far
6、 the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Clamant sends him a card saying: Sorry, Im still alive! 1. How does Jeanne Clamant feel about her old age? A. She is miserable and unhappy. B. She is cheerful and humorous. C. She would like to li
7、ve much longer. D. She feels she is going to die very soon. 2. Jeanne Clamant owes her good health and long life to _. A. smoking only a little every dayB. her giving up smoking and drinkingC. drinking two glasses of strong red wine every dayD. the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and som
8、e exercises3. Which of the following could best replace the word “move” in the fourth paragraph? A. dealB. trickC. march D. sport 4. Why does Jeanne Clamant say “Sorry, Im still alive” to the local lawyer every year on her birthday?A. Because she had an agreement at 80 with the lawyer which was to h
9、er advantage. B. Because she has asked the lawyer to pay her more rent than they first agreed. C. Because the lawyer has paid her much more money than the value of the house.D. Because the house she sold to the lawyer isnt worth the money he has already paid.出处 学英语报 体裁 夹叙夹议 话题 世界上最长寿的一位法国老太太 阅读策略 注意
10、提到的观点 入选理由 此篇难度不大，话题贴近实际，引起学生兴趣1. B。细节题。根据文章内容及第2段第3句 She still has a lively sense of humor 可推知此题答案为 B。2. D。细节题。根据文章第 3 段第4句 She has always eaten a healthy diet 及倒数第 2 句 Jeanne Clamant might have got very good genes (基因) from her parents 可推知此题答案为 D。3. A。词义猜测题。根据此单词所在句子的前面部分 A local lawyer bought her
11、 house under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death 可推知此题答案为 A。4. C。推断题。文章倒数第 2 段第 1 句说 so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house，而老太太本人也感到不好意思，据此可推知答案为 C。BOn May 29, 1973, Thomas Bradley, a black man, was elected mayor of Los Angele
12、s. Los Angeles is the third largest city in the United States, with a population of three million. About sixteen percent of the citys population are black.News of this election appeared on the front pages of newspapers everywhere in the United States. Here is how one major newspaper reported the eve
13、nt:LOS ANGELES ELECTS BRADLEY MAYOR UNSEATING YORTYBLACK WINS 56% OF VOTES Bradley called his victory over Yorty “the fulfillment (实现) of a dream”. During his childhood and youth, people had kept telling him, “You cant do this, you cant go there, because you are a Negro.” Nevertheless he had won a d
14、ecisive victory over a man who had been won 43.7 percent.Los Angeles voters have had many opportunities to judge. Thomas Bradley had to form an opinion of him. The son of a poor farmer Texas, he joined the Los Angeles police force in 1940. During his twenty-one years on the police force he earned a
15、law degree by attending school at night. He was elected to the city council (市政厅) ten years ago.At the time of the Los Angeles election, three other American cities already had black mayors, but none of those cities had as large a population as Los Angeles. Besides, the percentage of blacks in those
16、 other cities was much larger. Cleveland, Ohio, had thirty-six percent black when Carl Stokes was elected mayor of Cleveland in 1967. In the same year Richard Hatcher was elected mayor of Cary. In Newark, New Jersey, sixty percent of the population were black when Kenneth Gibson was elected in 1970. Thus election of a black mayor in those cities was not very surprising.In Los An
