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1、2017高考英语阅读理解解析版汇编（144）（2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。体裁：记叙文话题：日常生活词数：610时间：8I no longer run for the mail the way I used to.I remember, before the email age, the sense of heightened expectation as the hour of mail delivery approached, wondering what slim, handwritten treasures would appear in my bo
2、x.I once received a letter from a longlost friend and was filled with such joy that I ran the mail carrier down and shook his hand, as if he had done a heroic deed in conveying the letter to me.Once a day.Six days a week.That was the rhythm.Through snow, rain, heat, and darkness of night.I first lea
3、rned to love the mail as a young boy.The first thing I ever received that was personally addressed to me was from my friend Duane.We had been the fastest of 9yearold friends.Then he moved away, to Massachusetts.The parting was difficult, but boys didnt cry.Within the week, however, there was a lette
4、r in my mailbox.It was from Duane, and it read, “Im OK, but I miss you.” That first conveyance to me of a written word from a great distance had all the import of the first Morse code message：“What hath God wrought.” It was at that moment that I became a letter writer, quickly discovering that the m
5、ore letters I wrote, the more I received.I wrote letters through elementary school, high school, college, and beyond.It got to the point where I could comfortably expect to receive a letter a day.The daily mail delivery was, for me, like a beacon (灯塔) at seasomething toward which my thoughts began t
6、o move upon waking.What quickened my blood，of course, was the element of surprise: From whom would the letter be today? And what would the news be？And then，seemingly in the blink of an eye, the earth shifted.Email had arrived.Despite being attracted by the new technology, I promised myself that I wo
7、uld never stop writing letters by hand.However, I had no control over the tendency of others, and slowly, coldly, and then with quickened pace, the letters disappeared from my mailbox, having been replaced with electronic “messages” (a totally different beastin contrast to letters, all emails look a
8、like)And so, like a shipwrecked man filling notes into bottles, tossing them into the waves, and hoping for the best, I continue to write longhand, licking envelopes, sticking stamps, and handing my outgoing mail to the carrier who regards me with a curious eye, as if he is looking at the last membe
9、r of a species which is dying out.But he must share the pathos(伤感力), for the moment he takes my letter he says, “Thanks for your business.”Yes, its clear that he feels sorry for me, a man continually spitting into the wind and not learning any lessons from it.But I feel bad for him as well, walk har
10、d through the snow, only rarely bringing me a letter from a friend, and more likely delivering advertising mails or something useless.But it gets sadder than this.Some months ago, while thinking about but not expecting the mail, I noticed the lateness of the hour and my stillempty mailbox.By 6 that
11、evening there was still no sign of the carrier.The next morning I called the post office.“Oh，” the cheerful voice intoned.“It got dark, so the carrier went home.”So much for the darkness of night.“Hell bring your mail this afternoon，” the voice concluded.That wasnt true.When the carrier finally did
12、make his way down my street, I signaled to him, but he shrugged kindly and said, “Nothing for you today.”I think that, at some level, I already knew that.【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文，作者表达了自己在这个电子邮件时代对传统书信的难以舍弃的情愫。1Which of the following statements is TRUE about the author?AWhen his friend Duane left, they cried f
13、or parting.BHe would not write letters again because there are no carriers nowadays.CHe once loved to write letters and even wished to receive a letter a day.DHe was tired of the new technology.答案C考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“I wrote letters through elementary school，high school, college, and beyond. It got to th
14、e point where I could comfortably expect to receive a letter a day”可知选C。2What can we infer from the passage?AThe author was the last one to write letters.BThe author hadnt written letters before his friend Duane left.CThe author called the post office to look for Duane.DThe author was addicted to em
15、ails.答案B考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“It was at that moment that I became a letter writer”推断出，作者在他的朋友Duane离开之前没有写过信，故选B。3In the last paragraph the author says “I already knew that”， he probably means“_ ”Athe carrier went homeBemail is of great importanceCthe earth shifted suddenlyDtheres still no mail for him答案D考查
16、句意理解。根据倒数第二段中的“when the carrier finally did make his way down my street，I signaled to him，but he shrugged kindly and said，Nothing for you today”可推知依然没有作者的信件。4Why did the author run the mail carrier down and shake his hand?ABecause the mail carrier had done a heroic deed.BBecause the author was overjoyed to hear from a longlost friend.C
