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1、廉政文化是社会主义文化建设的重要组成部分，是在我国五千多年文明历史发展过程中形成的博大精深的中华文化，是中华民族的传统美德高考题型组合练40阅读理解阅读理解书面表达.阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。(2017衡阳第八中学、永州市第四中学联考)A“My work is done.”Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman.He included them in his suicide note.They mark an ignoble end to a noble life，th
2、e leave taking of a truly great man.The same words could now be said for the company he left behind.Actually，the Eastman Kodak Company is through.It has been mismanaged financially，technologically and competitively.For 20 years，its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a centurys prospe
3、rity.One of Americas bedrock brands is about to disappear，the Kodak moment has passed.But George Eastman is not how he died，and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed.Though the ends be needless and premature，they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before.Few
4、companies have done so much good for so many people，or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world.It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.Kodak served mankind through entertainment，science，national d
5、efense and the stockpiling of family memories.Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility.It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne，and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks.It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy，a
6、nd his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor，and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr.on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel.When that sailor kissed the nurse，and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba，Kodak was the eyes of a nation.From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley，Koda
7、k took us there.Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity(繁荣) from the Eastman Kodak Company.In an era of easy digital photography，when we can take a picture of anything at any time，we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to p
8、eople.Yes，there were photographers，and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted(不自然的) pictures in studios and formal settings.But most people couldnt afford photographs，and so all they had to remember distant loved ones，or earlier times of their lives，was memory.Children could not
9、know what their parents had looked like as young people，grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like.Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection，to the permanence of a photograph.But it wasnt just people whose features were savable; it wa
10、s events，the sacred and precious times that families cherish.The Kodak moment，was humanitys moment.And it wasnt just people whose features were savable; it was events，the precious times that families cherish.Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings，picnics and parties，be preserved an
11、d saved.It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form.Lovers could take one anothers pictures，children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school，the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording，and hundreds of millions of such decisions were ma
12、de.And for centuries to come，those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny(子孙)Family history will be not only names on paper，but smiles on faces.The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job，but also allowed the companys founder to engage in some of the
13、most generous charity in Americas history.Not just in Kodaks home city of Rochester，New York，but in Tuskegee and London，and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.He bankrolled(资助) two historically black colleges，fixed the teeth of Europes poor，and quietly did good wherever he could.While doin
14、g good，Kodak did very well.Over all the years，all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy.They prospered a great company，but theywith that companyblessed the world.That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company.Like its founder，we should remembe
15、r how it lived，not how it died.History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company.But history will never forget Kodak.【语篇解读】文章叙述了柯达公司的没落，柯达公司对世界作出的巨大贡献以及作者对柯达公司的敬仰。1According to the passage，which of the following is to blame for the fall of Kodak?AThe invention of easy digital photogra
16、phy.BThe poor management of the company.CThe early death of George Eastman.DThe quick rise of its business competitors.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中“It has been mismanaged financially，technologically and competitively”可知B正确。答案：B2It can be learnt from the passage that George Eastman_Adied a natural death of old age.Bhappened to be on the spot when President Kennedy was shot dead.Cset up his company in the capital of the US bef
