游戏人高考英语二轮总复习阅读理解及答案

2021年1月19日发(作者：姚虎成)
2013
高考英语二轮总复习阅读理解精选（
12
）及答案


A
Two men, Alan and Henry, both seriously ill, shared a hospital room. Alan was allowed to sit up
in his bed and his bed was next to the room’s only window. Henry had to spend all his time flat on
his back.
The
men
talked
for
hours,
of
their
wives,
families,
their
homes
and
their
jobs.
And
every
afternoon
when
Alan,
in
the
bed
next
to
the
window,
could
sit
up,
he
would
pass
the
time
by
describing to his roommate all the things he could see. Ducks and swans played on the water while
children sailed their model boats. Lovers walked arm in arm among flowers. Trees and skyline could
be seen in the distance. As he described all this, Henry, on the other side of the room, would close
his eyes and imagine the scene.
One
warm
afternoon
Alan
described
a
parade
(
游行
)
passing
by.
Although
Henry
could
not
hear the ban
d, he could see it in his mind. Unexpectedly, an alien though: entered his head: why
should he have all the pleasure of seeing everything while I never got to see anything? It d
oesn’t
seem fair. Henry felt ashamed at first. But as the days passed and he missed seeing more sight, his
envy grew and soon let him down. He began to find himself unable to sleep. He should be by that
window ---- and that thought now controlled his life.
Late one night,

as he lay staring at the ceiling. Alan began to cough. He was choking. Henry
watched in the dim room as the struggling man tried hard to reach for the button to call for help.
Listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button which would have
brought the nurse running. In less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with
the sound of breathing. Now, there was only silence ---- deathly silence.
As soon as it seemed appropriate, Henry asked if he could be moved next to the window. The
nurse was happy to make the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he struggled to take his first look. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all
himself. He looked out, but faced a black wall.
56.

Judging
from
the
passenger,
the
meaning
of
the
underlined
word
“alien”
in
Paragraph
3
is
______.
A. disappointing


B. sudden


C. new



D. strange
57. What finally happened to Alan?
A. He was moved to another room.

C. He switched his bed with Henry.


B. He died.
D. He was very sick.
58.

Henry, who had his bed switched, had expected _____.
A. to see the blank wall





B. to feel the joy of seeing the outside world
D. to see more than Alan
C. to feel the joy of breathing fresh air

59. Which of following words could be used to describe Alan?
A. Kind-hearted and imaginative


C. Talkative and funny





B. Well-informed and humorous
D. Cold-hearted and indifferent
B
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60. What does the underlined
part “make a killing” in Paragraph 7 mean?

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．
” An entire industry has been built upon the assumption that image is
everything,
but
when
it
comes
down
to
it,
an
appealing
image
is
not
enough
．
If
there
is
no
substance
（事实）

behind the image, the product, service or person will fail eventually
．

First
of
all,
one
should
consider
how
important
image
is
in
the
selling
o
f
products
and
services
．
Advertising
agencies
have
raised
the
art
of
creating
an
image
to
a
state
of
near
perfection
．
Public concept of that product or service is certainly managed by the images created by
the
advertising
agencies
．
But
if
the
product
or
service
does
not
live
up
to
the
image
that
was
created, the customer will be very dissatisfied and possibly ask for their money back
．
For example,
the
Arthur
Andersen
accounting
firm
had
spent
decades
building
up
an
image
of
trustworthiness
．
But the recent scandal
（丑闻）

showed that behind that image, it cheated in
business practices
．
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