2019-2020年高考英语考前热身专练 新闻报道类阅读2

5、With the average home in the capital selling for 19,548 yuan a meter in November, a tiny mobile home built by a 24-year-old office worker is creating a stir(震动) online.

Dai Haifei built the 6-square-meter pad(住所) because he could not afford to buy or rent in the capital.

Dai’s new home costs him 6,400 yuan and he has been living in it for nearly two months in courtyard at Chengfu Road, Haidian district.

Dai, who is one of the millions of migrants who moved to the capital from other parts of China seeking a better life and better job, said he realized his financial burden had bee too great.

The Hunan native said he simply could not make ends meet(收支相抵) when he became an intern at a Beijing-based construction design pany in xx.

“I rented a home at the very beginning--a small room in an apartment that cost me about 900 yuan per month,” said Dai in an interview with local media. “It was too expensive for me. ”Dai’s father works on a construction site in his hometown and his mother is a cleaner.

Dai, who ended up being a formal employee of the pany, figured out his own way to solve the problem---with inspiration from a housing design project at his pany’s exhibition early this year.

The project, named“An egg given birth to by the city”, included a series of egg-like movable houses, with a karaoke house, chair house and trader’s house in it.

Dai, who borrowed 6,400 yuan from an older cousin and who got additional help from several friends, decided to make one of his own. He spent nearly two months building his“egg house”in his hometown, a village in southeast Hunan that is around 1,700 kilometers from Beijing.

17．Where is this passage probably taken from? A. A story book.

B. A cartoon film. C. A news report. 18．What is Dai Haifei?

A. An official of government. B. A journalist. C. An office worker of a pany. D. A manager of a pany. 19．Why did he build the pad?

A. Because he will sell it for money. B. Because he has no house to get married in.

C. Because he doesn’t have enough money to buy or rent a house. D. Because he wants to get help from the society. 20．Which statement is not TRUE? A. He es from a Hunan village.

B. He has lived in the egg home for two months. C. He got the idea from a friend. D. He once rented a room.

21．What’s the writer’s attitude? A. Supporting. B. Puzzled. C. Criticizing.

【答案】 17．C 18．C 19．C 20．C 21．D 【解析】

D. A research report.

D. Objective.

6、(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.

“I didn’t think at all,” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头) when he saw something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. Immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.

The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn’t realize his story of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.

“I don’t really think I’m a hero,” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same thing.” 22．Why was Duret in New York?

A. To meet his girlfriend. B. To spend his holiday.

C. To work as an engineer. D. To visit the Andersons. 23．What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came? A. He was interviewed by a newspaper. B. He went to the hospital in the ambulance. C. He disappeared from the spot quickly. D. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.

24．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Duret thought twice before he jumped into the cold water. B. Duret dived into the water before the girl’s father. C. The rescue happened on the day Duret left for France. D. Duret didn’t think he was brave enough to be a hero. 25．What is probably the headline of this news report?

A. A Careless Father B. A Poor Girl C. Warm-hearted Onlookers D. Brave Frenchman Found

【答案】 22．B 23．C 24．B 25．D 【解析】