名校高考模拟题专题04 阅读理解之记叙文

专题04阅读理解之记叙文

1.（2020届安徽省名校高考模拟）

My name is Matthew. I'm not someone who has many secrets，because I'm a terrible liar. But there is one huge secret that I kept for years- -I failed my driving test. I had never failed a test before, and had never even come close. Driving made me anxious , but my parents told me I had to. They signed me up for driving lessons. I had gotten a perfect score for my written permit exam , but getting behind the wheel was a different story.

But when October 30th rolled around ,my pride set in. I wanted to be like everyone else at my school , showing off the brand new license they'd gotten. Looking back on that special day,I can't remember if I was nervous. What I do remember is starting the test , pausing at a stop sign after a few seconds , and being asked by the instructor to pull over. I had received an auto-fail since my pause was indeed a pause and not a real stop. I wasn't upset that I was leaving without a license, but I was scared everyone would know that I had failed. So when I got to class, I told everyone I didn't want to take the test on my birthday.

One Friday a month later, I went to the test spot again and passed. Later that night I drove for the first time by myself, which brought to me an amazing feeling I've never experienced——but sill, I couldn't imagine ever telling anyone the truth. So I didn't. It wasn't until midway through college that I came clean. It turned out plenty of my college friends had failed too! And I gathered enough courage to speak the fact out. Yes ,I had also failed.

Now I realize failure and imperfection are two things everyone has to experience , without which one couldn't make a true man.

4．What can we learn about Matthew? A．He was a slow learner of driving. C．He was afraid of taking exams.

B．He relied heavily on his parents. D．He was bored with telling lies.

5．Why did the instructor ask Matthew to pull over? A．To put an end to his lest. C．To give him a second chance,

B．To check his parking skills. D．To show him a better way of driving.

6．W hat made Matthew feel extremely worried after his first attempt? A．Failing to get a driving license. C．Making his parents disappointed.

B．Missing his birthday celebration. D．Losing face before his classmates.

7．W hat did Matthew learn from his own experience? A．Honesty is the best policy.

B．Failure is a way to grow up.

C．Truth stands the test of time.

2.（2020届福建省泉州市高三第一次质检）

I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs.When a newspaper reporter asked him why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person, he responded that it all came from an experience with his mother when he was about two years old.

At that time he was trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he accidentally dropped the bottle, splling its contents all over the kitchen floor—a real sea of milk!

When his mother came in, instead of yelling at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, ''Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made!I have rarely seen such a huge puddle of milk.Well, would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes? ''

Indeed, he did.After a few minutes, his mother said, ''Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order.We could use a sponge(海绵) , a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer? '' He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said, ''You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry big milk bottle with two tiny hands.Let's go to the backyard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it. '' The little boy leaned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!

This famous scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were opportunities for learning something new, which is what scientific experiments are all about.

Wouldn't it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert'smother responded to him? 4．What happened when the boy dropped the milk bottle? A．He got injured and burst into tears. B．He cried over the broken milk bottle. C．His mother scolded him for making a mess. D．His mother encouraged him to play with the milk.

5．What was his mother's purpose by inviting him to do the clean-up together? A．To inspire his creativity.

D．Imperfection is another form of perfection.

B．To promote his responsibility. C．To develop his cooking skill. D．To improve his experiment ability.

6．Why did the mother take the boy to the backyard? A．To fetch water for cleaning B．Top our milk into the bottle.

C．To help him wipe off his memory of failure. D．To explore how to carry bottles successfully. 7．What is critical to the scientist's creativity? A．His childhood toys. B．His mother's strictness. C．Lessons from making mistakes. D．Failure in scientific experiments.

3.（2020届福建省泉州市高三第一次质检）

Connie Monroe clicks a button, flicks her wrist and watches as her neighborhood floods. The shorelines are first to go. Then, the baseball fields at Fleming Park. By the time seawater reaches the senior center, it has flooded streets and over a dozen brick homes. Monroe moves her head up and down, side to side, taking in the simulated (仿真的) view. This is what could happen to Turner Station, a historic African American community southeast of Baltimore, as sea levels rise.

Climate change presents many challenges to coastal communities and to those trying to prepare for its impacts, but one of the most basic is also one of the most vexing: How do you show people and convince them of a possible future?

Communicating the realness and immediacy of the climate threat is hugely important to climate researchers and those aiming to lessen its causes. But it's also the most important to communities faced with coming changes that are already unavoidable. These projects need public support and input. That's why Monroe and other residents (居民) are being directed to sit in metal chairs, put on virtual reality headsets and watch their homes flood.

Turner Station, a community which gets flooded easily, is trying to prepare. It has partnered with the Port of Baltimore, a few nonprofits and a local landscape architecture firm to adopt a range of tools and ways to

communicate climate change to the public, because every person is different and every place is different.

The virtual reality program is only the most recent, and perhaps the most effective step. Virtual reality is an immersive experience that can trick the human brain into thinking it's real. But tricking people is not the goal of the sea level rise simulation being used at Turner Station, says Juiano Calil, one of the program's developers. ''The goal, '' he says, ''is to start a conversation and help folks visualize the impacts of climate change and the solutions, and also discuss the trade-offs between them. ''

8．Who is Monroe?

A．A coastal community citizen. C．An architect.

B．A climate researcher. D．AVR program developer.

9．What does the underlined word ''vexing'' mean in paragraph 2? A．Bothersome. C．Original.

B．Dramatic. D．Convincing.

10．Why is VR technology employed here? A．It can cut down the risks of climate change. B．It can show severe results of climate change. C．It can introduce technology to the residents. D．It can predict the climate change accurately. 11．What is the purpose of the program? A．To trick more people to believe. B．To win the residents’cooperation. C．To advocate the application of VR. D．To inform the residents of the solutions.

4.（2020届广东广雅中学高三适应性考试）

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