2024屆高考模擬試題分類匯編（2）之閱讀理解

　　【吉林省梅河口市第五中學2024屆高三上學期階段測試（一）】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A. B. C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑·

　　A

　　Dolphins (海豚) are not fish, but warm-blooded animals. They live in groups, and speak to each other in their own language. In this way they are like other animals, such as bees and birds. But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time --- at least twenty or thirty years.

　　Like some animals, dolphins use sound to help them find their way around. They also make these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. We now know they do not use their ears to receive these sounds, but the lower part of the mouth, called the jaw.

　　Strangely, dolphins seem to like man, and for thousands of years there have been stories about the dolphin and its friendship with people.

　　There is a story about sailors in the 19th century. In a dangerous part of the sea off the coast of New Zealand, they learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. From 1871 to 1903 Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. Then in 1903 a passenger on a boat called The Penguin shot and wounded Jack. He recovered and for nine years more continued to guide all ships through the area－except for The Penguin.

　　Today, some people continue to kill dolphins, but many countries of the world now protect them and in these places it is against the law to kill them.

　　21. By telling the story of Jack the writer wanted to show that _____.

　　A. people are cruel to animals

　　B. dolphins are friendly and clever

　　C. Jack is different from other dolphins

　　D. dolphins should be protected by law

　　22. Dolphins are different from many other animals in that they _____.

　　A. live in groups

　　B. have their own language

　　C. are warm-blooded

　　D. have large brains

　　23. Which of the following does the dolphin use to help it find its way around?

　　A. Its mouth.

　　B. Its ears.

　　C. Its nose.

　　D. Its eyes.

　　24. Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?

　　A. They wanted his help.

　　B. They enjoyed playing with him.

　　C. He was seriously wounded.

　　D. He was lonely and liked to be with people

　　B 【吉林省梅河口市第五中學2024屆高三上學期階段測試（一）】

　　The young boy was sitting on the ground in the refugee(難民)camp playing with an empty tin．Other children were standing around watching him with envious eyes．

　　Envy?

　　Of an empty tin?

　　This tin was indeed no worthless piece of trash—it was a splendid truck，complete with wheels and grille(鐵柵) and floor．The vehicle even had remote control，a frayed piece of string from the“engine”to the hand of the owner．

　　The tin had lost all its original markings．But its first load had probably been sardines(沙丁魚)．Later the tin had been left with other rubbish behind the refugee camp clinic，and the boy had found it on one of his daily expeditions into the“big world”．

　　For thousands of refugee children，a tin 1ike this rates high on their list of wants．It can be used for many purposes，as jewellery，as a toy，for drinking or as a medicine box．

　　Many refugee children would consider it the happiest day of their lives if they received a handful of marbles(彈珠) as a present．

　　They dream of gifts which children in developed countries take for granted．Maybe a book to read．or a pencil and an exercise book of their very own．

　　Their imagination can create toys，but it cannot create books．Someone else must provide them．A more costly and valuable gift they cannot imagine．

　　25. How do you think the young boy may feel when he gets something to read?

　　A. depressed

　　B. frustrated

　　C. excited

　　D. frightened

　　26．Other children envied the young boy because the boy

　　．

　　A． had something to play with

　　B．got some sardines to eat

　　C．received a handful of marbles D．had a real truck toy

　　27．What is implied in the last paragraph of the text?

　　A．The society should donate(捐)some toys for the refugee children

　　B．The refugee children are more imaginative rather than creative

　　C．The refugee children are more creative rather than imaginative

　　D．The society should offer the refugee children things for study

　　28．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

　　A．An Enviable Toy Present

　　B.

　　Sardine Tin—A Precious Toy

　　C．A Splendid Truck Toy

　　D．A Poor Refugee Cam

　　C

　　A qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said: “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover.” Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story.

　　When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper.

　　As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhov’s medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference (冷漠) many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories.

　　Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair.

　　It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov’s stories and plays. He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters. Chekhov’s work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感) of an artist.

　　Some of Chekhov's works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell, about a school teacher’s extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students.

　　29. Which of the following is the right order of the events?

　　a. became a doctor

　　b. became a full time writer

　　c. started to publish comic short stories

　　d. wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper.

　　e. entered the Moscow University Medical School

　　A. e→c→b→a→d

　　B. e→c→a→d→b

　　C. d→a→b→c→e

　　D. a→e→d→c→b

　　30. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ________.

　　A. was a competent doctor

　　　 　B. had a lawful lover

　　C. used to be a lawyer

　　D. as an illegal writer

　　31. In 1880, Chekhov ________.

　　A. became a full-time writer

　　B. published his most memorable stories

　　C. studied medicine in Moscow University

　　D. practiced medicine in his hometown

　　32. Which of the following adjectives can’t be used to describe Chekhov?

　　A. Sensitive.

　　B. Cool.

　　C. Quick-minded.

　　D. Warm-hearted.

　　【吉林省梅河口市第五中學2024屆高三上學期階段測試（一）】D

　　Walt Whitman was born in 1819 in Long Island, New York. Whitman received most of his education outside of the classroom. At the age of eleven, he worked in a law office as an office boy where he became interested in reading. He was soon reading the works of famous authors like William Shakespeare and Homer, and was well on his way to becoming one of America’s most well-known poets.

　　By the time Whitman was seventeen years old, he had already worked as a printer’s learner, a worker, and a learning games to help his students with spelling and maths. In his early twenties, however, he gave up teaching to pursue (追求) a full-time career as a journalist and poet.

　　When Walt Whitman first appeared as a poet, his arrival onto the American literary scene was met with controversy. His first collection of poems, Leaves of Grass, was so unusual that no commercial publisher would print the work. In 1855 Whitman published, at his own expense, the first edition of his collection of twelve poems.

　　Whitman’s poetic style was uncommon I the sense that he wrote poems in a form called parallelism (對句法), in which his goal was to copy the flow of the sea and the quickly-passing nature of human emotion. A common theme in Whitman’s poetry is self-realization. In his work, Whitman moves from conventional patterns of rhyme to create a unique rhythm and a multi-layered, but truly American voice.

　　“Although Whitman was considered a revolutionary by many, there is little doubt he loved his country deeply.” In his writing, he used slang (俚語) and various images, or voices, to create a sense of national unity.

　　For Whitman, the “proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.” Whitman has undoubtedly become a part of the cultural history and image of America.

　　33. Paragraph 2 mainly talks about ____________.

　　A. Whitman’s education

　　B. Whitman’s early career

　　C. how Whitman became a poet

　　D. why Whitman’s poems were popular

　　34. When Whitman first appeared as a poet, ______________.

　　A. he received a warm welcome

　　B. his literary road was not easy

　　C. he became famous for his unusual style

　　D. his poetic style was copied by other poets

　　35. What was Whitman’s greatest literary contribution?

　　A. He expressed human emotion in his writing.

　　B. He showed that flow of the sea in his poems.

　　C. He used slang to show his love for his country.

　　D. He created a unique rhythm and An American voice.

　　【貴州省銅仁市第一中學2024屆高三上學期第一次月考】閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A. B. C和D)中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　A

　　I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that's impossible. For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easygoing and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardestworking people I have ever met.

　　In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.

　　The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isn't large and I live better. Nonimported(非進口的)foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children can't afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor areas in China. But they organized Project Hope many years ago. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.

　　When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.

　　When I am asked which country I consider better, China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”

　　21．What does the author think of Chinese people?

　　A. He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.

　　B. He thinks most Chinese people are proud.

　　C. He dislikes most Chinese people.

　　D. He praises most Chinese people a lot.

　　22．What is the author doing in China?

　　A. He is teaching English in a school.

　　B. He is visiting the places of interest.

　　C. He is studying in a college.

　　D. He is on business.

　　23．What are NOT cheap in China in the author's opinion?

　　A. Clothes and shoes made in China.

　　B. Local foods.

　　C. Imported foods.

　　D. Public transportation tickets.

　　24．We can infer from the passage that the author thinks ________.

　　A. the westerners have got to know China well

　　B. the progress of China is seldom reported in the US

　　C. China's economic miracles have appeared everywhere

　　D. the education in rural areas is never cared about in China

　　【貴州省銅仁市第一中學2024屆高三上學期第一次月考】 B

　　Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had—not legs but stumps(殘肢) that could he fitted with a kind of special boots, People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.

　　Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.

　　Hank felt himself got cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs(假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror, For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be——a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.

　　Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room , and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.

　　When World War II came , he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. he marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.

　　25. Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because ______.

　　A. he kept away from them

　　B. he didn’t talk to them

　　C. his arms touched the ground when he moved

　　D. he couldn’t use his arms

　　26. It can be inferred from the story that five feet eight inches tall is ______.

　　A. an average height for a fully grown person

　　B. too tall for an average person

　　C. too short for an average person

　　D. none of the above

　　27. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross _____.

　　A. was only glad to give him a job

　　B. gave him a job because he was a good soldier

　　C. was not willing to give him a job at first

　　D. gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization

　　28. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he ______.

　　A. did some of the things the other soldiers did

　　B. did most of the things the other soldiers did