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1、浙江专用2022年高考英语大一轮新优化复习考点强化练30Unit5Thepowerofnature新人教版选修6 .阅读理解AJack Armstrong sat up in the secondhand hospital bed that had been placed into a corner of his home in Cleveland.Jack had been in the military for five years when the war in the Middle East started.Hed survived his first tour in Afghanis
2、tan and earned a Purple Heart.After that hed weathered several tours of duty in Iraq,one of which included the destruction of his Humvee while he was still inside.That injury had won him his second Purple.And he had a Bronze Star on top of that for rescuing three fellow soldiers and nearly getting k
3、illed in the process.After all that,here he was,dying fast in his house in Ohio.His goal was simple:just hang on until Christmas.He sucked greedily on the oxygen ing from the line in his nose.Jack knew that one day soon it would be turned off because hed be dead.Before Thanksgiving he was certain he
4、 would last another month.Now Jack was not sure he could make another day.But he would.“I have to,” He thought to himself.“Jack,Jack honey?”His wife Lizzie was bending down in front of him.She was still beautiful,though her looks had taken on a fragile edge.There were dark circles under her eyes and
5、 recently stamped worry lines on her face.Jack was the one dying,but in a way she was too.His youngest child,Mike,toddled(蹒跚) in and climbed on his dads lap,resting his head against Fathers sunken chest.Jack slowly slid his arm around his two-year-old son.Little fat fingers grasped his forearm,and w
6、arm breath touched his skin.It felt like the sharp point of needles,but Jack simply gritted(咬紧) his teeth and didnt move his arm because there wouldnt be many more of these embraces.He slowly turned his head and looked out of the window,where the snow was steadily falling.It was truly beautiful.He t
7、ook his wifes hand.“Christmas,” Jack said in a breathless voice.“Ill be there.”“Promise?” said Lizzie,her voice beginning to break.“Promise.”【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。杰克战后疾病缠身,在圣诞节来临之前他奄奄一息。为了妻儿,他希望自己能挺过圣诞节。妻子因此忧伤难过,可爱的儿子让杰克心痛不已。1.What made Jack win his highest military award?A.Saving his fellow soldiers.B.Dri
8、ving a damaged Humvee.C.Surviving his Afghanistan tour.D.Being in the military for five years.答案A解析细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句“And he had a Bronze Star on top of.the process.”可知,Jack因救援战友获得了他的最高军队表彰。故A项正确。2.What did the author mean by saying that Jacks wife,Lizzie was dying?A.She was full of regrets.B.She was
9、defeated by life.C.She suffered the same disease.D.She experienced worry and sadness.答案D解析推理判断题。根据第六段可知,他的妻子Lizzie面容憔悴,看起来黑眼圈很深,脸上满是忧伤。杰克面临死亡,Lizzie经历着痛苦和忧伤,所以说在某种程度上她也快死了。故D项正确。3.How did Jack feel when Mike grasped his forearm?A.Encouraged.B.Relieved.C.Painful.D.fortable.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第七段可知,儿子胖乎乎的小手
10、抓着杰克的前臂,这使得他非常痛苦。故C项正确。4.What does the whole passage mainly tell us about?A.Jacks survival in several wars.B.Jacks struggle against the illness.C.Jacks familys strong love for him.D.Jacks faith in medical treatment.答案B解析主旨大意题。纵观全文可知,本文主要讲述了杰克为了能活过圣诞节,与疾病斗争的情况。B项“杰克与疾病的斗争”概括了文章大意,符合语境。BOnce they reac
11、h a certain age,lots of women find motherhood exhausting,but not Brooklyn-based Nina Keneally.The 63-year-old still has lots of “mothering skills” that shes actually more than happy to rent out through a unique service called “NeedAMom”.Her motto is “When you need a Mom.Just not YOUR mom.”As a forme
12、r theatrical producer and drug-rehab(戒毒) adviser from Connecticut,Nina now spends all her time using her motherhood experience and her associate degree in helping individuals in New York.For $40 an hour plus expenses,Nina will listen to all your problems,offer advice(free from “I told you so”),help
13、you plan and shop for a dinner party,sew your buttons back on,bake you a cake,and do all sorts of other things a real mother might do.Shell even buy and wrap a present for your actual mother.Nina and her husband moved to Bushwick,Brooklyn,from Connecticut two years ago,after 30 years of raising thei
14、r own two sons.“Nowadays young men have other goalsits all about jobs,houses,permanent relationships,” she said.“They go into almost a young middle age.Here,its a more dramatically artistic lifestyle.” But more freedom also leads to more problems,and Nina often found herself giving advice to young m
15、en who reached out to her in yoga studios and cafes.“As I started to live in the neighborhood,do yoga and frequent coffee shops,Ive noticed that a lot of young people in the neighborhood wanted to talk to me about what was going on in their lives,” she told Bushwick Daily.Like this one man who was u
16、pset over losing a job and ended up pouring his heart out to Nina over a cup of coffee.She ended up rewriting his resume(简历).Soon,so many young people were approaching her that Nina realized she could really help them by being a mother-figure in their lives.And thats how NeedAMom was born.Its a fairly new business and shes had about six customers so far,all from Bushwic
