高考英语（阅读理解）考前冲刺训练（2） 及答案解析 4页

只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 - 1 - 高考英语（阅读理解）考前冲刺训练（2） 及答案解析 (第***篇) We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class. “You could win prizes，” our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing， “ The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.” We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich. Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners. I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen，and then I turned it in. Minutes passed. No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again. I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me. [语篇解读] 本文描述了在五年级美术课的一次海报设计竞赛中，作者出乎意料地取得 了第一名的经历。 1. What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster? A. It must appear in time. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 - 2 - B. It must be done in class. C. It must be done on a construction sheet. D. It must include the words on the blackboard. [解析] 事实细节题。从第二段“...make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster.”可知，老师的要求是黑板上的内容需在海报中出现。 [答案] D 2．The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means ________. A. formed an idea for B. made an outline for C. made some space for D. chose some colors for [解析] 猜测词义题。第三段中 conjure up 意为“想起；使……呈现于脑际”。从对称 的结构“Some...while we conjured up our designs.”与下文的“Others...while deep in thought.”可以猜测出该词词义。 [答案] A 3. After the teacher’s words, all the students in the class________. A. looked very serious B. thought they would be rich C. began to think about their designs D. began to play games [解析] 事实细节题。第三段生动、形象地描写了同学们思考时的各种动作。 [答案] C 4. After seeing the good students’ designs, some students________. A. loved their own designs more B. thought they had a fair chance C. put their own designs in a corner D. thought they would not win the prize [解析] 事实细节题。从第四段“...wander past the good students’desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness.”可知：看到优秀 学生作品后，另外一些学生对自己这次的参赛作品信心更加不足了。 [答案] D 5. We can infer from the passage that the author________. A. enjoyed grown up tricks very much B. loved poster competitions very much 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 - 3 - C. felt surprised to win the competition D. became wise and rich after the competition [解析] 推理判断题。最后三段描写了作者焦急地等待比赛结果的心情，所以对于不自 信的作者来说，这次比赛的结果让他很吃惊。 [答案] C *****************************************************结束 (第***篇) When people hear a president speak, they seldom think about others helping to shape the presentation (报告). Today, however，presidents depend on writers such as J. Terry Edmonds to help them communicate (交流) effectively. Edmonds is the first African American ever to work as a full-time speechwriter for a U. S. president； he is also the first African American to serve as director of speechwriting for the White House. His is an all-American story of success. Edmonds grew up in Baltimore, Maryland; his father drove a truck，and his mother worked as a waitress. A great reader, Edmonds showed a gift for writing at his high school，Baltimore City College. After graduating in 1967, Edmonds went on to Morgan State University. Edmonds began his career in business, with jobs in public relations and communications. He joined the world of politics as news secretary for his congressman (国会议员) from Baltimore. During Bill Clinton’s presidency, he wrote speeches for Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and worked in a number of jobs in the White House and in governmental departments. President Clinton then appointed(任 命) him to the office of director of speechwriting. Following the 2000 elections, Edmonds returned to Morgan State University as the school’s special assistant to the president for 2001—2002. [语篇解读] 文章主要介绍美国总统演讲稿撰写人 J.Terry Edmonds 的成长经历。 1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? A. Edmonds proved himself to be good at writing at high school. B. Edmonds graduated from Morgan State University in 1967. C. Edmonds was the first full-time speechwriter. D. Edmonds served the White House after 2000. [解析] 事实细节题。根据第二段第二句．..Edmonds showed a gift for writing at his high school，Baltimore City College.可知 Edmonds 上中学时就表现出了写作天赋，故选 A。 [答案] A 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 - 4 - 2. Edmonds entered the world of politics first as________. A. news secretary for a congressman B. a speechwriter for President Clinton C. news secretary in the White House D. a speechwriter for Secretary Donna Shalala [解析] 事实细节题。根据第三段第二句 He joined the world of politics as news secretary for his congressman(国会议员)from Baltimore.可知答案为 A。 [答案] A 3. The text is most likely to be found in a book about________. A. popular science B. historical events C. successful people D. political systems [解析] 推理判断题。本文主要是介绍 Edmonds 的成功经历，故本题选 C。 [答案] C *****************************************************结束