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（英语）高考英语阅读理解
(
人物故事
)
试题类型及其解题技巧
一、高中英语阅读理解人物故事类
1
．
Directions:
Choose the one that fits best according to the
information given in the passage
you
have just read.
When
she was ten years old, Isadora Duncan dropped out
of school to teach people dance. If
that job was left to any other ten-
year-old, it would have turned out frustrating,
difficult, and a
little
discouraging.
But Duncan was different. Not only was she already
talented enough to earn money even at
that
age,
but
she
also
had
a
rare
kind
of
confidence
that
helped
her
treat
troubles
as
fuel
—
something
to elevate the fire that is already burning inside
of her.
It's no
surprise, then, that when she moved to New York to
join a theatre company, she found
herself restricted. The existing
dancing style, their way of
operating
—
all of this seemed
to her the
work
of
a
misguided
past.
Duncan
was
very
direct
about
what
she
wanted,
confidently
telling
people
she
had
a
different
vision
of
dance
that
she
was
going
to
spread
in
the
world.
This,
naturally,
led
to
ridicule
and
laughs
early
on,
but
as
she
built
up
her
work,
these
instances
became less
frequent. Today, she is remembered as
modern
art
owing
its
expressive
style
to
her
influence.
Inspired
by
the
ancient
Greeks,
she
brought the style to life.
In her autobiography
(
自传
), one of the things
Duncan frequently refers to as the basis of her
expressive spirit is the fact that she
had a childhood where she wasn't constantly
watched. The
expectations
of
her
mother
(who
raised
her)
were
open-ended.
It
was
the
freedom
of
this
lifestyle
that drove her to see what she could
do.
Growing
up,
before
she
left
school,
she
was
told
one
of
two
things:
that
she
was
either
completely
useless
or
that
she
was
a
genius.
There
was
nothing
in
between.
Even
when
she
started
working, people either bowed to her or they
basically ignored her. But there wasn't one
moment Duncan doubted her own
genius.
There is an old
quotation
life believing that it is
stupid.
a failure. In the dance hall,
she gave form to brilliance.
（
1
）
What does the
underlined phrase
used
troubles to push her forward towards her
dream.
was good at burning
away everyday troubles.
es
turned Duncan into a confident girl.
es lit the fire of dancing in
Duncan.
（
2
）
Which of the following is TRUE
about Duncan?
experience in New York was the foundation of her
career.
teaching job when
she was little destroyed her
confidence.
dancing style
was not very well received at the
beginning.
mother set
higher expectation on her than she could
bear.
（
3
）
What does the author try to tell the
readers in the last paragraph?
is useless climbing a tree
to catch fish.
ody is a
genius in his own way.
es
come from human stupidity.
rs can impact students
greatly.
（
4
）
What is this passage mainly
about?
a
Duncan's childhood and her achievements
today.
's career development
and other dancers' opinions of her.
a Duncan's early experiences and the
reasons for her success.
's
high status in the dancing world and her unique
expressive style.
【答案】
（
1
）
A
（<
/p>
2
）
C
（
3
）
B
（
4
）
C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文
，伊莎多拉
·
邓肯十岁时辍学去教别人跳舞，作者讲述
了她的早期的经历以及其取得成功的原因。
（
1
）考查词义猜测。根据第二段中的
“N
ot
only
was
she
already
talented
enough
to
earn
money
even at that age, but she also had a rare kind of
confidence”
即使在那个年龄，她也有足
够的天赋去
挣钱，而且她还有一种罕见的自信；以及
“something
to
elevate
the
fire
that
is
already
burning
inside
of
her
”
能让她心中燃烧的火焰更旺，可推测出划线部分的意思应为
“
用困难推动她向梦想前进
”
< br>。故选
A
。
（
2
）考查
细节理解。根据第三段中的
“Duncan
was
very
direct
about
what
she
wanted,
confidently telling people she had a
different vision of dance that she was going to
spread in the
world.
This,
naturally,
led
to
ridicule
and
laughs
early
on,
but
as
she
built
up
her
work,
these
instances
became
less
frequent.
”<
/p>
可知，她自信地告诉人们她对舞蹈有不同的看法，她将在
世界上传
播。很自然，这在一开始就引起了人们的嘲笑和大笑，但随着她的工作越来越
多，这样的
事情就不那么频繁了。由此可知，她的舞蹈风格一开始不被人们接受。故选
C
。
（
3
）考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的
“if you
judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it
will
live its whole life
belie
ving that it is stupid.”
如果你以爬树的能力来判断一条鱼，它终其一生都
会认为自己是愚蠢的。接着又指出在
学校里，伊莎多拉
·
邓肯是个失败者。在舞厅里，她光
彩夺目。由此可推断出，作者在最后一段想要告诉我们每个人都是独特的天才。故选
B
。
< br>（
4
）考查主旨大意。伊莎多拉
·
邓肯十岁时辍学去教别人跳舞，文章主要介绍了她的经历
以及
所取得的成功。故选
C
。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测，推理判断和主旨
大意四个题型的考查，是一
篇人物类阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根
据上下文的逻辑关系，进行
分析，推理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。
2
．
阅读理解
My
family
lives
in
Texas.
I
was
born
and
brought
up
in
Texas
and
I
am
a
graduate
of
the
University
of
Texas.
However,
around
my
second
year
in
law
school,
I
wanted
to
make
a
great
change, which was
almost unheard of for Texans: I wanted to
leave!
I
realized
this
after
completing
my
first
year-
year
internship(
实习期
)
I
knew
I
wanted
something
different
and
my
chance
came
during
the
2011
Super
Bowl
in
Dallas.
A
snowstorm
blanketed
the
entire
city
in
snow
and
thousands
of
people
were
gathered.
I
overheard
that
StubHub, a big company from a great
city, San Francisco, was throwing a party next
door to my
hotel. I thought if l could
get an internship, I could leave for the summer
and at least see what it
was like. Yes,
it was a huge leap. I told myself I was
ready.
There was just
one problem: I wasn't invited to the StubHub
party. But you know I'm the type
of
person who goes for something she wants. Needless
to say, I crashed the party and found my
way
to
the
president.
I
kindly
introduced
myself
and
then
asked
if
they
had
a
legal
internship
program.
Guess
what?
They
accepted
my
request
to
be
a
legal
intern,
even
though
no
such
program
existed.
Although the
legal department didn't have a permanent position
for me, the experience has
shaped my
life. Working for a great company in San
Francisco, I'm incredibly happy for making my
decision to leave Texas.
By leaving Texas, I learned that it
is so much more rewarding to try the unfamiliar
than to stay
in the comfortable.
Exploring the unfamiliar is how you'll understand
what fits your life. I say, dive
in
head first.
（
1
）
The
author went to Dallas to in 2011.
A. watch the Super
Bowl
B. meet up with her
family
C. flee San
Francisco
D. hunt for an
internship
（
2
）
Which is the biggest lesson
that the author learned from the experience?
A. You must choose a career
that you like.
B. Jumping
out of your comfort zone is rewarding.
C. Accepting who you are makes you
realize your strengths.
D.
You should listen to your family to learn about
your potential.
（
3
）
Which of the following
words best describe the author?
A. Patient and
modest.
B. Supportive and
energetic.
C. Intelligent
and humorous.
D. Determined
and adventurous.
【答案】
（
1
）
D
（<
/p>
2
）
B
（
3
）
D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文
，作者去达拉斯寻找实习机会，并从中学到了很多。
（
1
）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的
city,
San
Francisco,
was
throwing
a
party
next
door
to
my
hotel.
I
thought
if
l
could
get
an
internship,
可知，作者无意中听到来自旧金山的一家大公司
在自己所住酒店的隔壁开派
对，她在想自己能否在那家公司得到一个实习的机会，因此，
2011
年作者去达拉斯是为了
寻找一
个实习机会，故选
D
。（
2
）考查细节理解。根据最后一段中的
leavin
g
Texas,
I
learned that it is so much more
rewarding to try the unfamiliar than to stay in
the comfortable.
可知，作者认识到尝试不熟悉的东西比呆在舒适区更
有意义，也就是说作者从这个经历中
学到的最大的教训是跳出舒适区是有意义的，故选<
/p>
B
。
（
3
）考查推理判断。根据第三段中的
the type of person who goes for
something she wants.
可知，作者没有被邀请参加派对，但她
是那种追求她想要的东西的人，由此可见作者很坚定，再根据
my way to the president. I kindly
introduced myself and then asked if they had a
legal internship
program.
可知，
作者闯进派对，直接找到董事长进行自我介绍并问是否有实习项目，由此
可见作者很大胆
，综合以上两方面可知作者是坚定和大胆的，故选
D
。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断
两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需
要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻
辑推理，从而选出正确答案。
3
．
阅读理解
It was at least two
months before Christmas when nine-year-old Rose
told her father and me
that she wanted
a new bicycle.
As
Christmas drew nearer, her desire for a bicycle
seemed to fade---or so we thought, as she
didn't mention it again. We bought the
latest fashionable Baby Sitter's Club dolls, a
holiday dress
and
some
beautiful
story
books.
Then,
much
to
our
surprise,
on
December
23rd,
she
proudly
announced that she
It
was
just
too
late,
what
with
all
the
details
of
preparing
Christmas
dinner
and buying
last-
minute gifts. We could
only think of the bicycle and the disappointment
of our child.
make a little bicycle out
of clay and write a note that she could trade the
clay model in for a real
bike?
painstakingly working with clay to
make a tiny bike.
Three
hours
later,
on
Christmas
morning,
we
were excited
for
Rose
to
open
the
little
heart-
shaped package with
the beautiful red and white clay bike and the
note. Finally, she opened it
and read
the note aloud.
She
looked at me and then at her dad and said,
Daddy made me for a real
one?
Beaming, I said,
Rose had tears in her
eyes when she replied,
Daddy made me.
I'd rather keep this than get a real
bike.
At
that
moment,
we
would
have
moved
heaven
and
earth
to
buy
her
every
bicycle
on
the
planet!
（
1
）
Rose's
parents didn't buy her the bike she wanted because
______.
A. they
had bought many other wonderful things for
her
B. they thought she had
changed her mind
C. they
didn't have time to do any shopping
D. they decided to make one for
her
（
2
）
Why
did Dad make the clay bicycle?
A. He thought Rose was too
young for a real bike.
B. He
didn't want to disappoint his daughter.
C. He thought his daughter would like
it.
D. He wanted to give his
daughter a surprise.
（
3
）
From the story, we
know that ______.
A. Rose's father was an artist with
special skills
B. Rose would
trade in the clay bike for a real one
C. The parents were moved and proud of
the girl
D. Rose was a
thoughtful and independent girl
【答案】
（
1
）
B
（<
/p>
2
）
B
（
3
）
C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文
，
Rose
希望圣诞节收到一辆自行车。父母没有给她买
自行车，因为他们认为
Rose
可能对自行车
失去了兴趣，为了满足女儿的
愿望，爸爸决定
给她做个粘土的自行车让她去换个新的，但是
Rose
决定保留这个粘土自行车，不要新的自
行车。
（
1
）考查
细节理解。根据第二段中的
Christmas
drew
nearer,
her
desire
for
a
bicycle
seemed to fade---or
so we thought, as she didn't mention it again.
可知，作者夫妻俩认为
Rose
买自行车的愿望
褪去了，所以没给她买。故选
B
。
（
2
）考查
推
理判断。根据第
三段中的
could
only
think
of
the
bicycle
and
the
disappointment
of
our
child
可推知，作者夫妻
因为没有帮女儿实现圣诞节的愿望而内疚，
为了不让
Rose<
/p>
失望，决定做一个黏土自行车模型先送给
Rose
，之后
Rose
可以用它来兑换
一辆真正的自行车。故选
B
。
（
3
）考查
推理判断。根据最后一段
“
At
that
moment,
we
would
have
moved
heaven
and
earth
to
buy
her
every
bicycle
on
the
planet!”
作者夫妇愿
意竭尽全力给
Rose
买自行车
可推
知：这对父母亲为女儿的行为而感到并觉得自豪。故选
C
。
【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需
要准确捕捉细节信息，并根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。
4
．
阅读理解
Recently whenever I
turned on my computer or my mobile phone, news
about the great effect
of Hurricane
Harvey on thousands of people caught my eyes. We
saw many unfortunate events.
However,
there
were
also
the
bright
news
that
confirmed
the
goodness
of
mankind.
As
a
journalist, I wrote many human
interesting stories during my career. That's why
the story about
the guys in the bakery
caught my eyes.
When the
staff at a Mexican bakery chain in Houston were
trapped inside the building for two
days, they didn't sit there feeling
sorry for themselves. They used their time wisely
after flooding
caused
by
Hurricane
Harvey.
While
they
were
waiting
for
the
eventual
rescue
that
came
on
Monday morning, four decided to make as
many loaves of bread as possible for their
community.
The
flood
water
rose
in
the
street
outside.
They
took
advantage
of
their
emergency
power
supply to bake bread.
They used more than 4,200 pounds of flour to
create hundreds of loaves
and sheets of
sweet bread. Although the water kept rising, they
continued baking to help more
people.
By the time the owner managed to get to them, they
had made so much bread that we
took the
loaves to loads of emergency centers across the
city for people affected by the floods.
The
store
manager,
Brian
Alvarado,
told
The
Independent,
a
disaster
occurs,
nobody should just
feel
forlorn.
Instead
，
we should take
positive action to save ourselves and
help others. Our acts of kindness will
make a big difference.
（
1
）
What did the bakery
store workers do after flooding caused by
Hurricane Harvey?
A. They volunteered to make bread for
their community.
B. They
managed to live by selling more bread in the
store.
C. They felt sorry
that they couldn't escape from the
store.
D. They ate nothing
but to wait for their community to rescue
them.
（
2
）
Which of the following best explains
A. Fortunate.
B. Hopeful. C. Shallow.
D. Desperate.
（
3<
/p>
）
What can we infer from the
text?
A.
Alvarado organized his workers to bake much
bread.
B. Hurricane Harvey
caused a power failure in Houston.
C. The staff in the bakery sent enough
flour to emergency centers.
D. The author preferred to write
stories about people facing disasters.
（
4
）
Wha
t can be the best title for the text?
A. A Popular Mexican Bakery
Chain in Houston
B. Wait for
the Eventual Rescue in a Big Disaster
C. All Kinds of Disasters Caused by
Hurricane Harvey in Houston
D. Bake Bread to Make a Difference in
Face of Hurricane Harvey
【答案】
（
1
）
A
（<
/p>
2
）
D
（
3
）
B
（
4
）
D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文
，
Hurricane
Harvey
到来时面包店继续烤面包所产生的
意义。
（
1
）考查
细节理解。根据第三段中的
“They took advantage of
their emergency power supply
to
bake
bread.
They
used
more
than
4,200
pounds
of
flour
to
create
hundreds
of
loaves
and
sheets
of
sweet
bread.”<
/p>
可知，
Hurricane
Harve
y
引发洪水后，面包店的工作人员自愿为他们
的社区做面包。故
选
A
。
<
/p>
（
2
）考查词义猜测。根据最后一段中的
“Instead
，
we
should
take
positive
action
to
save
ourselves
and help others.”
相反
,
< br>我们应该采取积极的行动来拯救自己和帮助别人。由
Instead
可知与前句构成转折关系，再由
positive
可
推知划线词的意思是
令人绝望的
。故选
D
。
（
3
）考查
推理判断。根据第二段中的
“When the staff at a
Mexic
an bakery chain in Houston
were trapped inside the building for
two days,”
可知，
Hurricane Harve
y
造成休斯敦停电。故选
B
。
（
4
）考查主旨大意。根据最后一段中的
“Whenever a
disaster occurs, nobody should just feel
forlorn.
Instead,
we
should
take
positive
action
to
save
ourselves
and
help
others.
Our
acts
of
kindness will make a big difference.”
可知，文章讲述的是
Hurricane Harvey
到来时面包店继续
烤面包所产生的意义。故选
D<
/p>
。
【点评】
本题考点涉及细节理解，词义猜测，推理判断和主旨大意四个题型的考查，是一
篇故事类
阅读，要求考生在捕捉细节信息的基础上，进一步根据上下文的逻辑关系，进行
分析，推
理，概括和归纳，从而选出正确答案。
5
．
阅读理解
My First Day of
School
Fear started
taking over, I was walking into my first school in
America. I had traveled a long
distance
from India in order to join my parents, who had
been for three years, hoping America
would help my future. My father decided
that I would be better off going to school here,
so I
enrolled(
登记
)in
the local high school in my new town.
I
was
afraid
how
I
would
do.
On
the
first
day,
I
went
to
my
second
period
class
after
I
had
missed my first. With
anxiety, I reached for the door, opening it
slowly. Without paying attention
to my
classmates, I went straight to the teacher and
asked if this was the right class. With a soft
voice
he
answered.
His
voice
comforted
me
a
little.
He
gave
me
a
sheet
called
Course
Requirements, which I
would never get in India because we didn't have
anything like that. Then
he asked me to
choose where I would sit. I didn't actually want
to pick a seat. In India we had
fixed
seats, so I never needed to worry about that. I
spent the rest of the class taking notes from
the image produced by the overhead
projector. In Indian schools, we didn't use the
technology
we had. We had to take notes
as the teacher spoke.
It
was noon. I was very confused about when I would
have lunch. I went to my next class and
the bell rang as I entered. I went
through the regular process of asking the teacher
if I was in the
right class. She said,
Changing from a gentle tone to a
harsher(
刺耳的
)one, she said,
man.
I
apologized. Without another word I headed for the
cafeteria. I felt lucky because we didn't
have this in India. Every confusion
seemed like a barrier I had to get through to
reach my goal. At
the end of the day, I
was on my way to the bus which we didn't have in
India either. I spotted my
bus and sat
down inside happily. I was thinking, today wasn't
so bad.
（
1
）
The
author attended an American high school because
_______.
A. his
father preferred American schools
B. his family wanted him to have a
bright future
C. his mother
had worked in it for 3 years
D. he had been longing to leave his
homeland
（
2
）
What do we know about the
author's first day of school?
A. He went to the wrong
class for the second period.
B. He met some enthusiastic teachers
and classmates.
C. He got
the Course Requirements sheet from his
classmate.
D. He experienced
differences from the Indian schools in many
ways.
（
3
）
How
did the author feel at the end of the day?
A. Worried
B. Puzzled C. Relieved
D. Excited
【答案】
<
/p>
（
1
）
B
（
2
）
D
（
3
）
C
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文
，作者从印度来到美国，在美国上高中。作者记叙了
第一天上学的经历和感受。
（
1
）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的
had
traveled…
join
my
parents…,
hoping
America
would help my
future. My father decided that I would be better
off going to school here
可知，
作
者的父母希望美国会对作者的未来有好处，在美国上学作者会更好。故选
B
。
（
< br>2
）考查推理判断。根据第二段中的
I would never get in India”“I didn't actually want to pick a seat. In India we had fixed seats
，
I
spent the
rest of the class taking notes from the image
produced by the overhead projector. In
Indian schools, we didn't use the
technol
ogy we
had”
以及第六段中的
“I felt lucky
because we
didn't
have
this
in
India
可知，作者在美国上学的第一天，遇到了很多和印度不一样的地
方。例如
：自己选择座位，课程安排等。故结合选项，选
D
。
（
3
）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的
my second
period class after I had missed my first.
Wit
h anxiety…
和最后一段中的
< br>
bus and sat down inside happily. I
was thinking, today wasn't so bad
可知，作者一
开始非常害
怕，非常焦虑，但是到了这一天结束的时候，他感觉这一天不是那么糟糕。由
此可以推
知，作者的焦虑最终得以缓解。选
C
< br>。
【点评】本题考点涉及细
节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查，是一篇故事类阅读，考生需
要准确捕捉细节信息，并
根据上下文进行逻辑推理，从而选出正确答案。
6
．
阅读理解
Nine years ago, a few
days before Christmas, I was a director at a
company in San Francisco,
and I was
called into a meeting that was already in
progress. That meeting turned out to be my
exit interview. I was 64 years old at
the time. It wasn't completely unexpected. I
signed a pile of
papers and left the
company.
So,
40
plus
years
of
employment
was
over.
I
had
a
good
reputation
and
background.
Retirement was not a choice for me. I
wanted to do something. And then an idea came into
my
mind, born from my concern for our
environment. I wanted to build my own business,
designing
and
producing
biodegradable(
可
生
物
降
解
的
)packaging
from
waste.
This
is
called
clean
technology, and it was
really meaningful to me. It could help reduce
billions of pounds of single-
use
plastic packaging wasted each year.
Five years later, I'm delighted and
proud to share with you that our income has
doubled every
year and we have no debt.
Meanwhile, I have a wonderful partner, and we've
won more than 20
awards for the work
that we've done.
And I
am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of
my life right now. But what I really
long for is to find other first-time
entrepreneurs(
企业家
)who are my
age. I want to connect with
them.
So
I
want
to
do
something
about
that
in
a
few years.
I
want
us
to
start
talking
more
about
people
who don't become entrepreneurs until they are
seniors. And then connecting all of them
across industries, regions and
countries
—
building a
community.
（
1
）
What happened to the author
nine years ago?
A. He retired from his former company.
B. He failed an interview.
C. He had a good family background.
D. He changed his job to a better one.
（
2
）
Why
was the new business meaningful to the author?
A. It was beneficial to the
environment.
B. It
developed a clean technology.
C. It provided jobs for lots of people.
D. It brought in quite a lot of
money.
（
3
< br>）
What is the author's attitude to
the development of his own company?
A. Cautious.
B. Disappointed. C.
Ambiguous. D.
Positive.
（
4
）
What does the author plan to do
in the future?
A. To do something else about
environment.
B. To help
people who want to become successful.
C. To meet more people from different
backgrounds.
D. To build a
community for senior entrepreneurs.
【答案】
（
1
）
A
（<
/p>
2
）
A
（
3
）
D
（
4
）
D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文
，讲述了
64
岁的作者退休后开创了自己的事业，成为
一位老年企业家的故事。
< br>（
1
）考查细节理解。根据第一段中的
< br>“That meeting turned out to be my exit i
nterview. I was
64 years
old at the time. It wasn't completely
unexpected.
及第二段中的
“Retirement
was not a
choice
for
me.
可知，
9
年前的那个会
议是
64
岁的作者的离职面谈，由此可知，
9
年前作者
从原来的公司退休了，故选
A
。
（
2
）考查细节理解。根据第二段中的
“It
could
help
reduce
billions
of
pounds
of
single
-use
plastic
packaging
wasted
each
year.
可知，新事业对作者很有意义是因为它每年可以帮助减
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