2021年高考英语真题和模拟题分类汇编专题14阅读理解人物故事类【含答案】.docx





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1、专题14阅读理解人物故事类I、2021年高考真题试卷(新高考I卷B篇)By day, Robert Titterton is a lawyer. In his re time though he goes on stage beside pianist Maria Raspopova一not as a musician but as her page turner. Im not a trained musician, but Ive learnt to read music so I can help Maria in her performance.Mr Titterton is chai
2、rman of the Omega Ensemble but has been the group,s official page turner for the past four years. His job is to sit beside the pianist and turn the pages of the score so the musician doesn,t have to break the flow of sound by doing it themselves. He said he became just as nervous as those playing in
3、struments on stage.A lot of skills are needed for the job. You have to make sure you don,t turn two pages at once and make sure you find the repeats in the music when you have to go back to the right spot, Mr Titterton explained.Being a page turner requires plenty of practice. Some pieces of music c
4、an go for 40 minutes and require up to 50 page turns, including back turns for repeat passages. Silent onstage communication is key, and each pianist has their own style of nodding to indicate a page turn which they need to practise with their page turner.But like all performances, there are moments
5、 when things go wrong. I was turning the page to get ready for the next page, but the draft wind from the turn caused the re pages to fall off the stand, Mr Titterton said. Luckily I was able to catch them and put them back. Most page turners are piano students or up-and-coming concert pianists, alt
6、hough Ms Raspopova has once asked her husband to help her out on stage.My husband is the worst page turner, she laughed. Hes interested in the music, feeling every note, and I have to say: J Turn, turn! Robertis the best page turner Ive had in my entire life. began charging admission and advertising
7、 the place. By now it had become a favorite spot for family trips like ours.Dad paid the fee and we walked through a doorway hidden in a bookshelf and into the backyard. I just couldn t help noticing the tree!It was located at one end of the yard, with a fence around it for protection. It was simila
8、r in form to the plastic trees I d seen, but there was much more. You could see details more delicate than in any artificially made plant. And it was alive. But best of all was the smell-fresh, living smell, unfamiliar to the world outside with metal, plastic, and glass. I wanted to touch the bark,
9、but the fence prevented me from doing so.On the way back, Iread throughthe brochures. One partsaid the O Brienhomewould be torn down next year to makeroom for some insurancebuilding, and thetreewill have to go, too.I just sat still,fingering theobject in my pocket that I had picked intheOBrien s bac
10、kyard.I think it scalled an acorn (橡子).1. Why could the tree in the O Brien s backyard survive till today?A. It possessed some special characteristics.B. It had a very strong fence around to protect it.C. It was preserved together with the house by its owner.D. It got the local government, s attenti
11、on as a tourist attraction.2. How might the author feel after the trip?A. Annoyed.B. Calm.C. Excited.D. Upset.3. Which statement best shows the theme of the passage?A. Social progress and urbanization come at a cost.B. Social progress should give way to nature protection.C. Humans value nature prote
12、ction over social progress.D. Urbanization has more advantages than disadvantages. CDA这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者在城市化全面推进的社会里终于见到了第一棵真树, 这棵树种在O Brien家后院,但是因为要为一些保险大楼腾出空间,明年这棵树也要被砍掉, 这使作者很沮丧。1 .细节理解题。根据第二段中 “The。 Brien home was one of the few examples of old-style wooden structures that hadn t been destroyed i
13、n BostonJ s urban-renewal campaign. The family had been able to avoid this because of its wealth and political influence, and the house was passed on through generations to the present. ,Then an official discovered that the house had a backyard-in the yard was a live tree!(在波士顿的 城市重建运动中,奥布莱恩的房子是少数几个
14、没有被摧毁的旧式木结构建筑的例子之一。由 于其财富和政治影响力,这个家族得以避免这种情况,这所房子代代相传到现在。后来 一位官员发现这所房子有一个后院一一院子里是一棵活的树!)可知,O Brien家后院的树 能存活到今天是因为它和房子一起被主人保存了下来。故选C项。2 .推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中 “One part said the O Brien home would be torn down next year to make room for some insurance building, and the tree will have to go, too.(其中一部分说0, Br
15、ien的房子明年将被拆除,为一些保险大楼腾出空间,那棵树也必 须被砍掉。)”和最后一段中“I just sat still, fingering the object in my pocket that I had picked in the O Brien s backyard.(我只能静静地坐着,用手摸着我口袋里的东 西,它是在O Brien家后院捡到的。)”可知,作者在这次旅行后会感到沮丧。故选D项。3 .主旨大意题。根据第一段中“Dad used to tell me stories about the trees that still existed when he was a bo
16、y. There weren, t very many even then, with the urbanization program in full swing.(爸爸常给我讲他小时候还存在的那些树的故事。即使在当时,随 着城市化进程的全面推进,这样的城市也不多。)”和倒数第二段中“One part said the O Brien home would be torn down next year to make room for some insurance building, and the tree will have to go, too.(其中一部分说O Brien的房子明年将
17、被拆除,为一 些保险大楼腾出空间,那棵树也必须被砍掉。)”以及下文的描述,可知,本文讲述了作者在 城市化全面推进的社会里终于见到了第一棵真树,这棵树种在O Brien家后院,但是因为要 为一些保险大楼腾出空间,明年这棵树也要被砍掉,这使作者很沮丧。因此本文的主题选项 A “社会进步和城市化是有代价的。”符合题意。故选A项。(天津十二区县联考2 阅读理解B篇)Maybe no one forgets their first bicycle and there is no exception to a woman like me. Mine was a Schwinn coaster bike,
18、second-hand, painted a distinctive red and yellow by its previous owner. I remember riding too fast down the big hill on Springfield Avenue. I knew at once that the world was mine to explore.A couple of years later, when I was 11, my grandmother visited from England, bringing me a bike. It was a shi
19、ny dark green, with three gears (齿轮)and hand brakes. As the owner of the first English bicycle my neighbors had ever seen, I was, for a time, almost a star.Unlike my coaster bike, it was light and responsive 一 riding it felt like flying. I rode it past big stone houses with their huge yards and tree
20、s. I rode past brick row houses. I rode alone and with groups of friends.That beloved bike went with me to college, carrying me to the library and to classes. Beyond transport, it was often a prop (道具):pushing it along as I walked the college paths made me feel less self-conscious. Somehow, conversa
21、tion flowed more easily on either side of a bike.After college, I lived abroad for a time. Returning from London, I discovered to my horror that my parents had sold my bike. They didn t even know who had bought it.For years after that, I didn t have a bicycle that was specifically mine. Teaching in
22、a New England prep school, I simply rode whatever bikes its graduates had left behind. I rode around the little town on bikes which slipped in and out of gear, with brakes that often failed.I did not take any of those bikes with me when I moved south to the coastal town where I now live. But after a
23、 while I missed riding. Finally, on a fall day, I bought a bicycle. Called a comfort bike, it has wider tires than my old bike and seven gears. But it is green 一 a brighter green bike.Still, I was a bit apprehensive. I was out of practice and a lot older. I brought the bike home and put on my helmet
24、 一 Id never worn a helmet before. Then I got on the bike. After a tentative, slightly shaky start, I fell exactly as I was on that long-ago day on Springfield Avenue: free. Soon I was riding along. It seemed that everyone I passed smiled and waved or call out, great day for a bike ride! And I knew t
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