1、高一英语阅读理解试题（故事类） (1)Sons HelpMr. Lang worked in a factory. As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much. His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good care of him and he never did anything at home. So he had enough time when he had a holiday. A few friends of
2、 his liked gambling(赌博) and he learned it soon. So he was interested in it and hardly forgot anything except gambling. He lost all his money and later he began to sell the television, watches and so on. His wife told him not to do it but he didnt listen to her. She had to tell the police. He and his
3、 friends were punished for it. And he was hardly sent away. After he came out of lockup(拘留所), he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him.It was New Years Day. Mr. Lang didnt go to work. He felt lonely and wanted to gamble again. He called his friends and they came soon. But they were afra
4、id the police would come. He told his five-year-old son to go to find out if there were the policemen outside. They waited for a long time and didnt think the police would come and began to gamble. Suddenly opened the door and in came a few policemen.“I saw there werent any policemen outside, daddy,
5、” said the boy, “so I went to the crossing and asked some to come.”1. Mr. Lang was paid much because _. A. he was a driverB. he worked in a factoryC. he had a lot of work to doD. he had worked there for a long time2. Mrs. Lang did all housework because _. A. she couldnt find any workB. she thought h
6、er husband was tiredC. her husband spent all time in gamblingD. she wouldnt stop her husband gambling3. _, so he was put into lockup. A. Mr. Lang often gambledB. Mr. Lang was late for workC. Mr. Lang didnt help his wife at homeD. Mr. Lang wasnt polite to the police4. The woman had to leave Mr. Lang
7、because _. A. he didnt love her any longerB. he wouldnt stop gamblingC. he had been put into lockupD. he was hardly sent away by the factory5. Which of the following is right? A. The boy hoped his father to be put into lockup again.B. The boy thought his father needed some policemen.C. The boy hoped
8、 his father to stop gambling soon.D. The boy hoped his mother to come back.【答案与解析】本文讲一个赌棍想要赌钱，因此叫他的儿子把风，可他的儿子却把警察找来的故事。1. C。细节题。根据第1段第2句话 As a driver, he was busy but he was paid much 可知答案为 C。2. B。推断题。根据第1段第3句话 His wife was an able woman and did all the housework. When he came back, she took good ca
9、re of him and he never did anything at home 可知答案为 B。3. A。推断题。根据 His wife told him not to do it but he didnt listen to her. She had to tell the police 可知答案为 A。4. A。细节题。根据 he hated her very much and the woman had to leave him可知答案为 A。5. B。语义理解题。根据最后一句话 I saw there werent any policeman outside, daddy, s
10、o I went to the crossing and asked some to come 可知答案为 B。(2)136 Crestview CircleDover, ConnecticutJanuary 16, 1995Ganders Furniture StoreStamford, Connecticut, 09876Dear Sir, I am writing about your January bill, which I am returning with this letter. I am not going to pay this bill. Last month I bou
11、ght a table and four chairs for $65.50. They were sent to me on December 18. That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. It fell on one of the chair, and that broke, too. Our $ 2.50 steak(牛排) landed on the floor, and the dog ate it. I spoke to the salesmen who h
12、ad sold me the table and the chairs. He told me to write you a letter. I wrote you on December 20, saying that I was not going to pay for the furniture. On December 21 some men came and took it back to the store. Please do something about your records. I do not want to receive another bill for the f
13、urniture which I returned. Yours trulyAlberts Robbins1. From the letter we can conclude that Mr Robbins had actually paid _ for the table and the four chairs. A. $ 65.50 B. $ 68.00 C. $ 2.50 D. no money2. Why do you think Mr Robbins write the letter to the furniture store? A. He had paid for the fur
14、niture but was asked to pay again. B. He didnt want to receive a second bill for the furniture he had returned. C. The furniture he bought was badly made and he wanted to return it. D. He wanted the manager to scold the salesmen for the bad furniture. 3. Try to guess the mood(心情) when Mr Robbins was
15、 writing the letter.A. He was angry. B. He was disappointedC. He was anxious. D. He was friendly. 【答案与解析】 这是一封信，作者写这封信的目的是想向收信人说明他不准备付这套桌椅的费用，因为这套桌椅刚送到他家的当天晚上就坏了。1. D。细节题。根据正文第1段第1、2句 which I am returning with this letter. I am not going to pay this bill 可知答案为D。2. B。细节题。根据正文最后一段第2句 I do not want to
16、receive another bill for the furniture which I returned 可知答案为 B。3. A。判断题。根据正文第1段 That night one leg of the table broke while my wife was putting our dinner on it. It fell on one of the chairs, and that broke too 可知答案为 A。(3) Kate: Has your sisters baby arrived yet? John: Yes, Ive been an uncle since
17、yesterday noon. Kate: Congratulations! Is it a boy or a girl? John: An eight-pound boy. They named him Francis. Thats spelled with an “i” before the “s”, you know. Kate: Thats right. Frances with an “e” is a girls name. But they are both pronounced the same. Why did they name your nephew Francis? Jo
18、hn: I dont know. They considered a lot of other names, like Richard, Edward, Philip, David, and several others. Kate: What if the baby had been a girl? Didnt they have any girls names in mind? John: They couldnt agree on any. Whenever he suggested a girls name, she said, “I hate that name!” Some peo
19、ple have very strong feelings about names. Kate: I think most people do. Sometimes I decided not to like someone I havent even met, just because I dont like his name. John: That reminds me of something I read a few days ago. Somebody had found out that school children with certain names get low mark
20、s in school just because of their names. Kate: Their family names? John: No, their first names. Thats what the article said. 1. The first sentence “Has your sisters baby arrived yet?” means _. A. Has your sisters baby come here yet? B. Has your sisters baby reached your home yet? C. Has your sisters
21、 baby been sent to you yet? D. Has your sister given birth to that baby yet? 2. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage? A. Francis is boys name. B. Frances is a girls name. C. Francis and Frances have the same pronunciation. D. There is no difference between Francis and Frances
22、. 3. According to the passage, we can infer that a nephew is _. A. a baby boy B. a baby girl C. the son of ones brothers or sistersD. the daughter of ones brothers or sisters. 4. Reading the passage, we can know _. A. Americans have only first namesB. Americans have only family namesC. Americans hav
23、e both first names and family namesD. Americans have either first names or family names【答案与解析】本文是一篇对话，是 John 和 Kate 关于人的名字的谈论。1. D。细节判断题。根据原文 John 说的话 Yes, Ive been a uncle since yesterday noon可知 Kate 是问 John 他的姐姐生了小孩没有。所以正确答案为 D。2. D。细节题。根据原文可知 John 的姐姐生了个男孩，取名 Francis，Francis 是男孩名，而 Frances 是女孩名。F
24、rancis 和 Frances 的读音是相同的。由此可判断出此题正确答案为 D。3. C。推断题。根据原文可知 John 的姐姐生了个男孩，取名 Francis。然后再根据Kate 问 John 的话可推知 nephew 是指一个人的 sister 或 brother 的儿子。所以答案为 C。4. C。细节题。根据最后两句 Kate 和 John 的话 Their family names? No, their first names可知此题答案为 C。(4)Another ReasonIt was a quiet village in which there was a military
25、camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.Once Mr.
26、 White was ill in bed. He couldnt work and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gat
27、e. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was angry.“Im sorry, sir,” said the firs
28、t soldier. “I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back.”And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldiers turn. He said, “Im sorry, sir.
29、I got on a bus on time, but”Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, “If you say something was wrong with your bus, Ill punish you at once!”“No, no, sir,” said the young man. “My bus was all right, but the dead horses were in its way!”1. The military
30、 camp was built in the village to _. A. stop the soldiers going to townsB. stop the soldiers meeting their friendsC. train the new soldiersD. make the young men live quietly2. Mr. Hunt let the nine soldiers have a holiday because _. A. he was kind to themB. they felt lonelyC. they had something impo
31、rtant to doD. they were the best of all3. The young officer was worried because _. A. a traffic accident had happenedB. he was afraid something happened to the nine soldiersC. the nine soldiers didnt come back on timeD. the nine soldiers drank too much in the town4. The nine soldiers returned to the
32、 camp late because _. A. something was wrong with their busesB. their horses died on the return wayC. it took them much time to run backD. they all had drunk much in the town5. Which answer do you think right? A. Ill believe only the last soldier.B. The officer believed the nine soldiers.C. Ill beli
33、eve none of the nine soldiers.D. The officer wont punish his soldiers.【答案与解析】本文讲9个士兵为自己没有按时返回军营找借口开脱的故事。1. C。细节题。根据第1段第2句和第3句 It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers 可知答案为 C。2. A。推断题。根据第2段第3句 He knew
34、the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday 可知答案为 A。3. B。推断题。根据 Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men 可知答案为 B。4. D。细节题。根据 It seemed they were all drunk 可知答案为 D。5. C。推断题。那9个士兵在为自己的晚归找借口，他们是在说谎，因此应该选择C。(5)I Dont Think I W
35、rote WrongLao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were respected(尊敬) and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments (编辑部) but didnt receive any answers.Now he works in a factory. Hes b
36、usy at work. When hes free, he always reads something. He always remembers he hoped to be a writer when he was young. One day, Xiao Ping, his ten-year-old daughter, came back. She looked worried and didnt eat anything. She said Miss GAO, her Chinese teacher, told them to write a solicit article(征文)
37、“My Father” that evening. But she did not know what to write.“Thats easy,” said Lao Yang. “Let me help you.”Then he sat down to write the solicit article at once. He easily finished it on time. He was sure Miss GAO would like it. But one afternoon he asked his daughter if the article had been chosen
38、 to post to the editorial department.“My teacher said your article digressed from the subject(离题),” said the girl.“I dont think so,” Lao Yang shouted angrily. “I described(描写) just my father!”1. Lao Yang wrote a lot of stories because _. A. he likes readingB. he learned much at schoolC. he wanted to
39、 be a writerD. he wanted to help others2. Lao Yang posted the stories to the editorial departments, _. A. and he got a lot of moneyB. and he became a famous manC. and he was respectedD. but he failed3. As _, Lao Yang decided to help his daughter. A. he was a writerB. he was freeC. he wanted to reali
40、ze his ideal(理想)D. he wanted to make his daughter happy4. Lao Yang hoped _. A. his article could surprise the teacherB. his article could be chosenC. the children could like his articleD. everyone could soon know him5. Lao Yangs solicit article digressed from the subject _. A. because he couldnt wri
41、te it at allB. because he didnt know his father wellC. because it was too bad to be chosenD. just because he described his father【答案与解析】Lao Yang 是个文学爱好者，但没能实现他的作家梦，他帮他的女儿写 my father，本来他应该描写他自己的，但他却写成了他的父亲。1. C。细节题。根据 he thought the writers were respected and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot
42、of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didnt receive any answers 可知答案为 C。2. D。细节题。根据 He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments but didnt receive any answers 可知答案为D。3. C。推断题。Lao Yang 很早就喜欢写作，多次投稿却没有回音，于是他认为帮他女儿写作文是个很好的实现理想的机会，因此选 C。 4. B。细节题。根据第4段最后一句
43、 he asked his daughter if the article had been chosen to post the editorial department 可知答案为 B。5. D。细节题。文章中说 I described just my father，但根据老师的要求他应该描写他自己。因此应该选择 D。(6)A couple from Miami, Bill and Simone Butler, spent sixty-six days in a life-raft(救生艇) in the seas of Central America after their boat s
44、ank.Twenty-one days after they left Panama in their boat, Simony, they met some whales(鲸鱼). “They started to hit the side of the boat,” said Bill, “and then suddenly we heard water.” Two minutes later, the boat was sinking. They jumped into the life-raft and watched the boat go under the water. For
45、twenty days they had tins of food, biscuits, and bottles of water. They also had a fishing-line and a machine to make salt water into drinking water two things which saved their lives. They caught eight to ten fish a day and ate them raw(生的). Then the line broke. “So we had no more fish until someth
46、ing very strange happened. Some sharks(鲨鱼) came to feed, and the fish under the raft were afraid and came to the surface. I caught them with my hands.”About twenty ships passed them, but no one saw them. After fifty days at sea their life-raft was beginning to break up. Then suddenly it was all over
47、. A fishing boat saw them and picked them up. They couldnt stand up. So the captain carried them onto his boat and took them to Costa Rica. Their two months at sea was over. 1. Bill and Simone were traveling _ when they met some whales.A. in a life-raftB. in MiamiC. in SimonyD. in Panama 2. The whales hit the side of the boat, and then _.A. they brought in a lot of waterB. they broke the side of the boat C. they pulled the boat D. they went under the water 3. After their boat sank, the couple _.A. jumped into the life-raftB. heard waterC. watched the boat go under waterD. stayed in th
