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1、福建省英语高考复习记叙文阅读理解训练17（含答案）1（2018年天津卷）When I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay. She had requested the community to turn it into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum. She a
2、sked, Do you have the address? No, but Ill recognize it, there was a picture in the magazine. Oh, stop. There it is!” The museum was free. We entered, excited. A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us. May I help you? a man asked. No, I said. Were fine.” Tour guides got
3、 on my nerves. What if they talked a long time about a painting you werent that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes on me with curiosity. What was their problem? I saw some nice sculptures in one room. Suddenly I sensed a man stan
4、ding behind me. Where do you think you are? he asked. I turned sharply. The McNay Art Museum! He smiled, shaking his head. Sorry, the McNay is on New Braunfels Street. Whats this place?” I asked, still confused. Well, its our home. My heart jolted(震颤). I raced to the staircase and called out, Sally!
5、 Come down immediately! Theres some really good stuff(艺术作品) up there. She stepped down, looking confused. I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family, saying, Sorry, please forgive us, you have a really nice place. Outside, when I told Sally what happened, she covered her mouth, laughin
6、g. She couldnt believe how long they let us look around without saying anything.The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervous the whole time we were there. Van Gogh, Picasso. This time, we stayed together, in case anything else unusual happened. Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a publ
7、ic place. Excuse me, did you ever enter a residence, long ago, thinking it was the McNay Museum? Yes. But how do you know? We never told anyone. That was my home. I was a teenager sitting in the hall. Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in. I never felt lucky before
8、. You thought it was a museum. My feelings about my home changed after that. Ive always wanted to thank you.1. What do we know about Marian McNay?A. She was a painter.B. She was a community leader.C. She was a museum director.D. She was a journalist.2. Why did the author refuse the help from the man
9、 in the house?A. She disliked people who were nosy.B. She felt nervous when talking to strangers.C. She knew more about art than the man.D. She mistook him for a tour guide.3. How did the author feel about being stared at by the people in the hall?A. Puzzled. B. Concerned.C. Frightened. D. Delighted
10、.4. Why did the author describe the real McNay museum in just a few words?A. The real museum lacked enough artwork to interest her.B. She was too upset to spend much time at the real museum.C. The McNay was disappointing compared with the house.D. The event happening in the house was more significan
11、t.5. What could we learn from the last paragraph?A. People should have good taste to enjoy life.B. People should spend more time with their family.C. People tend to be blind to the beauty around them.D. People tend to educate teenagers at a museum.答案: ADADC2Rehan Staton recently found out he was acc
12、epted to Harvard Law School. For him, the skys the limit, but it wasnt always that way.The 24-year-old college student was raised by a single father who worked three different jobs, breaking his back. But, despite his fathers best efforts, financial burdens steadily mounted. Statons study had suffer
13、ed but he kept pushing himself forward. He said growing up was tough and he used to struggle in school. One teacher even suggested he switch to a special education class.But with help from a free tutor, Statons grades improved. He continued to improve academically while training to be a professional
14、 boxer in high school. However, his choices for collegedwindledafter suffering an injury, which ruined the chances of him turning professional in sports. He was rejected from every school he applied to.So to help support his family, Staton took a job collecting trash at a local sanitation company, w
15、hich he said changed his life in ways he never imagined. “Most of my coworkers were formerly imprisoned. So, it caught me by surprise how much the people on the bottom of the society uplifted me and really wanted me to make something of myself,” he told the reporter. “They encouraged me to reapply t
16、o college. They had nothing but uplifting words for me and my future.”Through persistence, he took the LSAT and applied to nine schoolsgetting accepted to five. Ultimately, he decided to commit to Harvard Law Schooland hell never forget all the people who helped him get there. “Throughout this time, people ask me, How did you do it? its more so how could I no
