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1、- 1 -2014 江苏省南京市高考英语阅读理解巩固自练阅读理解 (2013乌鲁木齐三诊,A)When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. Ive lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shootups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who were barred in prison. I could have en
2、ded up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldnt let that happen.Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem
3、. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.Mr. Clark was selected as Disneys 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those students would go with him to Los Angeles to ge
4、t the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “Youre all going.”On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didnt want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based
5、 on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Its now my dream to one day start a group of womens clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.文章大意:
6、本文是一篇写人记叙文。介绍了“我”的老师 Clark 先生,他带“我们”欣赏歌剧、领“我们”一起领奖;他写了一本畅销书在他的帮助下, “我”积极生活,没有受到周围不良环境的影响。1What would happen when the time came for Mr. Clark to go to Los Angeles?AMany students would be treated to dinner at a restaurant there.BHe would start his new businesses and get more students there.CAll of his
7、 students would go with him to get the award.DHe would take his class to see a movie at a theater there.答案:C细节理解题。根据第三段中的“those students would go with him go Los Angeles to get the award. Youre all going.”可知,当 Clark 先生去洛杉矶时,- 2 -他的所有学生将和他一起去领奖。故 C 项正确。2Which of the following is the name of a book?AT
8、he Phantom of the Opera.BThe Essential 55.CSpanish Harlem.DDisneys 2000 Teacher.答案:B细节理解题。根据最后一段第四句中“. and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55”可知, The Essential 55 是一本书的名字,故 B 项正确。3From the writers story we can infer that _.Athe writer might have been put into pri
9、son without Mr. ClarkBthanks to Mr. Clarks hard work, the writer won the award for Best TeacherCthe writer followed Mr. Clark to South Africa to help old people in poor areasDMr. Clark retired in the year after he was selected as Disneys 2000 Teacher答案:A推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句“I have friends who were barred
10、 in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldnt let that happen.”可知,要是没有 Mr. Clark 的帮助, “我”就可能像“我”的朋友那样进 监狱了。故 A 项正确。4According to the text, what does the writer mainly intend to let us know?AMr. Clark was so successful a teacher that he devoted all his life to his career.BThe
11、 way Mr. Clark helped to raise the scores of his class.CMuch was Mr. Clark respected and loved by all of his students.DA good teacher has a good influence on his or her students.答案:D主旨大意题。通读全文可知,文章主要介绍了“我”的老师 Mr Clark 对“我”的影响,如果没有他的帮助, “我”很可能像“我”的朋友一样进监狱了。故本文主要说明一个好老师对学生的积极影响。故 D 项正确。阅读理解解读- 3 -Expe
12、nsive perfumes (香水) come in tiny bottles, but many hide a whalesized secret.To perfect a particular smell, perfumemakers often use an ingredient that comes from sperm whales, called ambergris. But using ambergris, which helps a perfume last longer, is strongly opposed by many people who think it is
13、wrong to kill whales just so we can smell sweet. Joerg Bohlmann is neither a perfumer nor a whale expert. Hes a plant biologist at the University of British Columbia in Canada. But his discovery of a new plant gene (基因) might push whales out of the perfume business.The gene comes from fir trees, fou
14、nd throughout North America and commonly used as Christmas trees. The trees produce a chemical that can be used in perfume in place of ambergrisbut with_a_catch.“Theres a problem that many people wouldnt consider. In the tree, the chemical is mixed with many others. That makes separation a challenge
15、, ” Bohlmann says. “Its like trying to isolate sugar from a biscuit.”This is where science becomes useful. When Bohlmann learned that fir trees produce the ambergrislike chemical, he decided to use his gene knowhow to find the instructions for how to make the ambergrissubstitute.Bohlmann found that
16、gene and took it out of the tree cells. Then he did something that might sound strange to someone who doesnt work in genetics: Bohlmann put the gene from the tree into yeast (酵母) cells.Yeast may sound familiar because its used to make things like bread, wine and beer. Biologists like to work with yeast because it easily adopts new genes and changes its features and behaviour. When Bohlmann