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1、2015 重庆市高考英语阅读类课外训练【3】及答案【三月】【由山东省2014 模拟改编】 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。Phil White has just returned from an 18,000-mile, around-the-world bicycle tripWhite had two reasons for making this epic journeyFirst of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he didHe raised
2、 70,000 for the British charity, OxfamWhites second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the worldHe is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not.White set off from Trafalgar Square, in London, on 19th June 2004 and
3、 was back 299 days laterHe spent more than l,300 hours in the saddle（车座） and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chainsHe had the adventure of his life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the AmericasAmazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no suppo
4、rt teamNo jeep carrying food, water and medicineNo doctorNothing! Just a bike and a very, very long road.The journey was lonely and desperate at timesHe also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountainsHe cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all
5、 to help people in needThere were other dangers along the roadIn Iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he hadThe worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of AustraliaFor l,000 kilom
6、etres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing himThis part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the endNow MrWhite is back and intends to write a book about his adventures. 1When Phil White returned from his trip, he _.Abroke the world recordBcollected mo
7、ney for OxfamCdestroyed several bikes Dtravelled about l,300 hours2What does the underlined word “epic“ in Paragraph l most probably mean?AVery slow but excitingBVery long and difficult.CVery smooth but tiringDVery lonely and depressing.3During his journey around the world, Phil White _. Afought her
8、oically against robbers in IranBexperienced the extremes of heat and coldCmanaged to ride against the wind in AustraliaDhad a team of people who travelled with him4Which of the following words can best describe Phil White?AImaginative BPatriotic CModest DDetermined.5What actually inspired Phil White
9、 to overcome all the difficulties?ATo help people in need.BTo test his new bicycle.CTo prove his potential.DTo show off his ability.【参考答案】15、BBCDA 【由山东省2014高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（ 5）改编 】阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。 I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atla
10、ntic City and landing on my headNow I am thirty twoI can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red isIt would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity（灾难） can do strange things to peopleIt occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadnt
11、been blindI believe in life nowI am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwiseI dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyesI simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had leftThe hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myselfThat was
12、basicIf I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my lifeWhen I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase aloneThat is part of itBut I mean somethin
13、g bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的） pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fitIt took me years to discover and strengthen this assuranceIt had to start with the simple
14、st thingsOnce a man gave me an indoor baseballI thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt“I cant use this“ I said“Take it with you,“ he urged me, “and roll it around“ The words stuck in my head“Roll it around! “By rolling the ball I could hear where it wentThis gave me an idea how to achieve a
15、goal I had thought impossible: playing baseballAt Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseballWe called it ground ball All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a timeI had to learn my limitationsIt was no
16、good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failureI would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress 1We can learn from the beginning of the passage that _Athe author lost his sight because of a car crash Bthe author wouldnt love life if the disaster didnt happenCthe disaste
