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1、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，the leave taking of a truly great man.The same words could now
2、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 prosperity.One of Americas bedrock brands is about to disappear，the
3、 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 companies have done so much good for so many people，or define
4、d 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 defense and the stockpiling of family memories.Kodak took us t
5、o 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，and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor，and a fallen M
6、artin 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，Kodak took us there.Virtually every significant image of the 20th
7、 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 people.Yes，there were photographers，and for relatively large s
8、ums 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 know what their parents had looked like as young people，grand
9、parents 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 was events，the sacred and precious times that families cherish.
10、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 and saved.It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian a
11、rt 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 made.And for centuries to come，those long dead will smile and d
12、ance 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 most generous charity in Americas history.Not just in Kodaks
13、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 doing good，Kodak did very well.Over all the years，all the Kodaker
14、s 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 remember how it lived，not how it died.History will forget the small
15、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 photography.BThe poor management of the company.CThe early death of G
16、eorge 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 before setting up its branches all over the world.Dwas not only
