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1、定远县育才学校2021届新高三英语暑假特训卷10第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He had rented a cottage in the country, although he seldom spe
2、nt much time there. We understood the reason for this after our arrival: the cottage had no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked, making the whole house damp.On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories which our uncle
3、 had to tell of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed; but I could not bear to miss any of my uncles exciting tales.He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had once had when the
4、re was a loud crash from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.It sounds as if the roof has fallen in! cried out my uncle, with a loud laugh.When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, we could see nothing at first because of the thick clouds of
5、dust which filled the room. When the dust began to clear, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had fallen down, falling right on to the pillow of my bed. I was glad that I had stayed up late to listen to my uncles stories, otherwise I should certainly have been seriously injured
6、,perhaps killed.That night we all slept on the floor in the sitting room downstairs, not wishing to risk our lives by sleeping under a roof which might at any moment fall down on our heads. We left for London the very next morning and my uncle gave up his cottage in the country. This was not the kin
7、d of adventure he cared for either!1.Why did the uncle seldom spend much time in the country cottage?A.Because he was used to living abroad.B.Because there was no furniture in it.C.Because the cottage was in bad condition.D.Because the roof of the cottage was falling.2.When they opened the bedroom d
8、oor, they could see nothing at first because _.A.there was too much dust in the airB.something strange blinded themC.it was completely dark insideD.it was too bright inside3.The writer felt glad that he had stayed up late because _.A.he saw a strange sightB.he did not miss the exciting storiesC.he s
9、pent more time with his uncleD.he had a lucky escapeB Mrs. Jones was my first patient when I started medical school and I owe her a lot.She was under my care for the first two years of my medical training, yet I knew very little about her, except that she was thin, perhaps in her mid 70s. It might s
10、eem rather negligent not to know the basic facts of my patient, but I had a valid reason Mrs. Jones was dead, and had been dead for about three years before I made a patient of her. Mrs. Jones was the dead body that I dissected (解剖) over the first two years of my medical training.Of course, her name
11、 wasnt really Mrs. Jones, but it seemed a little impolite to be conducting research into someones body without even knowing its name, so out of courtesy, I thought she should have one. “Me and Mrs. Jones, weve got a thing going on.” went the song coming out of the radio as I unzipped the bag of her
12、on my first day and so she was christened (命名).As the months passed, I soon forgot that Mrs. Jones had, in fact, once been alive. One day, though, she suddenly became very human again. Id been dissecting Mrs. Jones a good 18 months before I got around to the uterus (子宫). After Id removed it, the pro
13、fessor came up to me, “If you look at the opening carefully, youll see that the angle indicates that this woman has had several children, probably three.” I stared at it, and I suddenly felt very strange. This woman, who had given me something incredibly precious that Id begun to take for granted, w
14、asnt a dead body. She was a person, a mother, in fact.At my graduation, the same professor came over to congratulate me. I explained the story about Mrs. Jones to him, and recalled what hed told me about her having children and how that had affected me all those years ago.“Well,” he said, “at the be
15、ginning of your training you had a dead body and managed to turn it into a person. Now youre a doctor, the trick is to have a person and not turn them into a dead body,” and he laughed, shook my hand and walked away.4.What does the underlined word “negligent” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Irresponsible.
16、B.Pitiful.C.Regretful.D.Miserable.5.How did Mrs. Jones get her name?A.She was named after the authors favorite singer.B.It came from a song being played during their first meet.C.It was passed down from the seniors of the authors school.D.It just occurred to the author when he opened the bag of her.6.What could be the authors feeling for Mrs Jones Now?A.Indiffer
