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1、2013年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测54阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe Donkey Mobile Library It is a bright morning in the Ethiopian countryside. Yohannes walks beside a pair of donkeys that are pulling a two-wheeled cart. They arrive at the agricultural town of Awassa where Yohannes opens the sides of th
2、e cart to display, not the usual vegetables or tools, but childrens books. This is the Donkey Mobile Library, the first of its kind in Ethiopia and one of only a few in the world. Yohannes was born in Ethiopia, North Africa, but trained to be a librarian in the USA and returned to Ethiopia years ago
3、. The cart is full of picture books donated by American libraries, teachers and school children. Yohannes arranges small painted benches in the shade of the trees, and suddenly Ethiopian children come shouting and racing down every road and path. Its mobile library day! They circle the bookshelves w
4、ith great excitement. Until the Donkey Mobile Library began its regular two-monthly visits, many of these children had never seen a book. “Without books, education is very dull, like food without salt. You can survive but you cant really come alive,” says Yohannes. “The ability to read is the basis
5、for greater productivity, better health and longer life. Even though the children lack material goods, with books they can imagine a world of possibilities.” Yohannes first worked in the childrens section of the main library in America. Surrounded by books he had never seen before, he realized how j
6、oyful and imaginative childrens literature is. He says, “I always thought of Ethiopia. But how could I bring childrens books to my home country when it had almost no libraries to keep the books in?” He contacted Jane Kurtz, a writer born in America but brought up in Ethiopia, and together they creat
7、ed the Donkey Mobile Library. The children say that the Library has given them ideas about what they might do in the future. A child called Dareje wants to be a scientist and find a cure for life-threatening diseases. An eleven year-old girl, Fikerte, wants to do research about the moon and discover
8、 new facts about outer space. Tamrat, aged 10, comes every time. “What brings you back here time and time again?” the librarian asks him. “The stories,” Tamrat replies instantly. 56. How do the children feel when they see the Donkey Mobile Library? A. Curious. B. Surprised. C. Interested. D. Excited
9、.57. We can conclude from the passage that .A. Ethiopian children have no idea about their futureB. Yohannes and Kurtz share similar life experiences C. donkey carts in Awassa usually carry vegetables and toolsD. most books in the Donkey Mobile Library were bought in America58. According to the pass
10、age, the Donkey Mobile Library . A. visits the countryside every day B. benefits Ethiopian children a lot C. was created by Yohannes himself D. was the first of its kind in the world59. Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?A. A news report. B. A book review. C. A historical story
11、. D. An advertisement.BSir,Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a remarkable price: fiftee
12、n pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeares plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Ch
13、arles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a si
14、x book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, a
15、nd asking you not to send any other books until further notice.You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the p
16、lays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.Please send no more bo
