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1、阅读理解汇编（6）（同步类）高二（1011聊城市高唐一中高二期中）AThomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because s
2、omeone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets
3、. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men e
4、njoyment and pleasure.Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make m
5、en happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work. 56. Edison thought_.A. he could be happy if he was a genius B. genius plays the most important part in ones successC. hard work could do better than genius D. genius could do better than hard work57. Edi
6、son was _.A. very much interested in nature B. interested in discovering the secrets of natureC. interested in changing peoples ideasD. uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature58. In Edisons opinion,_.A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well
7、 as helpB. peoples success lies mostly in geniusC. hard work is the second important thing in making people successfulD. there are few secrets for him to discover later59. The last sentence in the passage most probably implies _ .A. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beingsB. Edis
8、on made 100 inventions in his lifeC. Edison was able to live and work for 100 yearsD. People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years work答案：56-59 CBAA. BLast year, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington D. C. I saw many of our unfortunate and homeless fellow citizens on the street.S
9、tanding outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say, “Can you help me?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended. Immediately, I pulled out all of my loose change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her. I was annoyed at being bothered by a be
10、ggar.But the blind woman smiled and said, “I dont want your money. I just need help finding the post office.”In a moment, I realized what I had done. I acted with prejudice（偏见） I judged another person simply for what I thought she had to be.I hated what I saw in myself. This incident re-awakened my
11、belief in humility（谦卑）Id lost for a moment.The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in US at 15. I started my new life with two suitcases, my brother and sister, and a strong, no-nonsense mother. Through the years, I have been a doorkeeper, roofer
12、, cashier, mechanic（技工）and pizza delivery driver among many other humble（卑微的）jobs, and eventually I became a network engineer.In my own life, I have experienced many open acts of prejudice. I remember a time, at age 17 I was a busboy, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do we
13、ll in school, he would end up like me. So I know what its like, and I should have known better.But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am, where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That blind woman on the street
14、s cured me of my self-induced（自我引发的）blindness. She reminded me of my belief in humility and to always keep my eyes and heart open.60. How did the writer give the blind woman money?A. In a modest way.B. In a polite way.C. In an impatient way.D. In a painful way.61. According to the passage, the write
15、r _.A. still lives a poor life.B. might be born in Honduras.C. was busy with his workD. was a native of Washington D. C.62. At the end of the story, the writer might _.A. help the lady to the post office B. say sorry to the woman and gave her more moneyC. ignore the woman D. send the woman home答案：60-62 CBA CThere is an English saying, Laughter is the best medicine. Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found facts that laughter really can improve peoples health.
