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1、郑州市2014高考英语一轮（暑假） 阅读理解训练（9）及答案（201*重庆卷）AThere was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckers. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best.Every mor
2、ning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出). The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: be
3、fore it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.Sometimes the new bucket would say, “See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I dont know why he still bothers with you. What a waste of space you are!”And all that the old bucke
4、t could say was, “I know Im not very useful, but I can only do my best. Im happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”One day, the gardener heard that kind or conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said, “You both have done your work very well. Now I am g
5、oing to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the path.”Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare (光秃秃的) earth; on the onther side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flow
6、ers, leading all the way to the garden.56. What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?out D. Plain-looking.57. What was the old bucket ashamed of?A. His past. B. His aging.C. His manner. D. His leaking.58. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to A. laugth at the o
7、ld oneB. take pity on the old oneC. show off its beautiful looksD. praise the gardeners kindness59. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?A. Because it was used to keep a balanceB. Because it stayed in its besr conditionC. Because it was taken as a treasureD. Because it had its own funct
8、ion【答案】CDAD*结束（2011天津卷) B In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed ghl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell
9、. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college an the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have t
10、o wait. Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic-and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In 2003, I gave birth to a
11、nother boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking a
12、s few as one class each semester. The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.In 2007, I
13、graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst of it, it just seems normal. Everything
14、you want wont arrive in your life on one day. Its a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.41. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was tobe A. a writerB. a teacherC. a judgeD. a doctor42. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?A. She wanted to stud
15、y by herself.B. She fell in love and got married.C. She suffered from a serious illness.D. She decided to look after her grandma. 43. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?A. She was buy yet happy with her family life.B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.44. What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?A. Failure is the mother of success.B. Little by little ,one goes far.C. Every coin has two side
