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1、专题 22阅读理解（人物传记类） 【阅读 1】 The young violin player Vanessa-Mae was the first musician to use dance and rock music in classical （古 典的） music. Vanessa-Mae love pop music, and she was also a very good classical violinist, and she brought these kinds of music together. She likes lots of different kinds of
2、music, from Beethoven to the Beatles, and she wants to play the music she likes. Not only has she played in classical concerts all over the world, but she has also played in pop concerts with pop stars. A lot of peop le don?t like the way she uses modern rhythms（节奏） , noisy drums and guitars in trad
3、itional （传统 的） music. But Vanessa-Mae has done one important thing: she has brought many new fans to classical music. For the first time, many young people began to listen to classical music. 【小题 1】Vanessa-Mae was a young woman. A. Chinese B. English C. Singaporean D. French 【小题 2】The type of music
4、Vanessa-Mae likes is . A. traditional music B. different kinds of music C. classical music D. rock and roll 【小题 3】listen to classical music because they like Vanessa-Mae. A. Pop stars B. Young people C. Classical musicians D. Old people 【小题 4】was the first instrument （乐器） she learnt to play. A. The
5、violin B. The piano C. The drums D. The guitar 【阅读 2】Mr. Whitcomb Judson was a really clever man. He invented a special train that was pushed along by air and in 1893 he invented something like a zip(拉链 ) that could be used to open and close clothes. It could be used on men?s trousers and on ladies?
6、 dresses. He did not call his invention a ,zip? but everybody says that he was the ,Father of the Zip?. Mr. Judson tried to sell his invention but no one wanted it because it did not work very well. A Canadian changed Mr. Judson?s invention and made it better. He made a zip that worked very well in
7、1913.This is the same zip we use today. 【小题 1】Mr. Whitcomb Judson was a _ man. A. kind B. lazy C. clever D. foolish 【小题 2】Mr. Whitcomb Judson invented _ in 1893. A. a special train B. something like a zip C. a washing machine D. a special car 【小题 3】A zip can be used to _. A. open clothes B. close cl
8、othes C. open and close clothes D. make clothes 【小题 4】 A _ man changed Mr. Judson?s invention and made it better. A. Chinese B. Canadian C. German D. Japanese 【小题 5】_ was called “Father of Zip”. A. Mr. Whitcomb Judson B. The Canadian C. Whitcomb?s father D. Whitcomb?s son 【阅读 3】Last Friday, a Tibeta
9、n( 藏族的 ) postman became the first woman postal worker to give a speech at the World Postal Meeting in Bern, the capital of Switzerland. She was Nima Lamu, a postwoman of Yunling Post office, Yunnan Province. She said, “ I had to cross the Lancang River along a steel wire. My younger brother nearly d
10、ied in the river before. I felt so afraid when I was asked for the first time to crossthe river. But when I reached the other side, I found that I was flying.” Her area is locked in ( 封闭 ) two snowy mountains and three big rivers. She said, “ :What worries me most is the snakes on the way. Sometimes
11、, I throw little stones toward them and I often tell my self ,Keep going?. ” Ten years ago, it took Nima five days to finish each week?s mail. She had to face snowstorms, floods, snakes and loneliness on her 350- kilometer journey. Nima said, “ The situation has developed a lot these years. Now we h
12、ave a bridge that was built across the Lancang River in 2006.” Nima never dreamed she would become famous one day when she first look up her job, 12 years ago. Changes have been seen in recent years as more tourists visit Nima?s hometown. But one thing remains unchanged: she is still the carrier of
13、the villagers? hopes and dreams. 1Nima was invited to the meeting in Bern because she was _. A. the only Tibetan postman in China B. the first postwoman in the world C. doing a hard job as a postwoman D. making her village famous overnight 2 What happened to her brother according to Nima Lamu? A. he
14、 once fell into the river . B. He was killed by a snake. C. He died when sw imming in the river. D. He got hurt when building the bridge. 3Which picture is TRUE about Nima?s crossing the river ten years ago? 4What will Nima do if she finds a snake on the way? A. Kill it with stones. B. Keep it off a
15、nd go on. C. Throw it away and leave. D. turn around and run. 5What is RTUE about Nima? A. She is building a bridge across the Lancang River. B. She has realized all the villagers? dreams. C. She got her job as a post woman before 2000. D. She doesn?t need to do her work now. 【阅读 4】Hello Sandy, We h
16、ave just returned form our holiday. We went with our friends，Edward Smith and his wife Tina, to the Yorkshire Moors. It is a beautiful natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills，miles of grassland with no people ，just sheep and birds. Edward had just come out of hospital
17、 and he could not walk as far as before. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch each day before returning to the place we lived in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant! I
18、took lots of photos from the place we lived in, across the valley (山谷） below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist( 迷雾） in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains are very popular. I took many photos of the train. Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early
19、. We usually have snow in January. It rained all day, then snowed in the evening .Today we have bright sunshine! Both Jenny and I are well. I don?t know if I told you, in the last e-mail , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice, and she is enjoying
20、 the work. Please write to us to tell us your news. Yours, Victor 【小题 1】What can they see on the tops of the hills? A. Sheep and birds B. Snow. C. Many people. D. Forests. 【小题 2】Why couldn?t Edward walk very far? A. Because he didn?t like walking. B. Because he was in hospital. C. Because he was wea
21、k then. D. Because his wife didn?t go. 【小题 3】What?s the season now? A. Spring B. Winter C. Summer D. Autumn 【小题 4】Where does Jenny work now? A. In a computer company B. In the hospital C. In a restaurant D. In a hotel 【小题 5】Victor wrote to tell Sandy _. A. he just came back from his holiday B. Edwar
22、d could not walk as far as before C. they had the first snow of this winter D. how things were going with the holiday. 【阅读 5】 When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive. After the ants were in the gla
23、ss farm, they started to make tunnels（地道）. I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job. On the fifth day a tragedy （悲剧） happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their eart
24、hquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone. Although much time has passed, I still think
25、of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more. Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired （钦佩） for their
26、 hard work. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity （逆境）is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another. Giving up, I say, is not a goo
27、d choice. 1 What did the writer?s family do for him when he was seven? A. They built a farm of ants. B. They bought a few ants. C. They caught a lot of ants. D. They found an ant city. 2Which statement is WRONG according to the passage? A. The writer knocked the glass box over because he put his fac
28、e so close to the glass farm. B. The ants didn?t die one by one after the tunnels were destroyed. C. Like people, teamwork is very important for the ants. D. Giving up isn?t a good way when we meet trouble. 3Among the following events, which one happened first? A. All the tunnels fell down. B. The a
29、nts died one by one. C. The ants got into the glass box. D. The ants began making tunnels. 4What did the writer learn from the ant tragedy a few years later? A. Working together is useless. B. Teamwork is important. C. He can?t accept adversity. D. Working alone is amazing. 5What is the best title f
30、or the passage? A. Ants Fear Adversity B. My Family and Ants C. Giving Up in Adversity D. Don?t give up anytime 【阅读 6】Spiderman(蜘蛛侠 ) is one of the most famous comic book heroes of all time. He was created by Stan Lee in 1963 and was first introduced to the world in the pages of Marvel comic books.
31、Spiderman?s story is the story of Peter Parker, a child who lost his parents and lives with his aunt and uncle. Peter is a shy, quiet boy wearing glasses and has few friends. One day, on a high school class trip to a science lab, he gets bitten by a special spider. Soon Peter realizes he has amazing
32、 powers: he is as strong and quick as a spider and also has a type of sixth sense. He no longer needs his glasses and he can use his super power to fly through the city streets! Remembering something his Uncle Ben has told him, that “ with great power, there must also come great responsibility( 责任 )
33、, ” Peter decides to use his powers to fight enemies(敌人 ) who do cruel things to people. And so, Spiderman is born. Life is not easy for Peter even though he is a superhero. He is in love with Mary Jane but cannot tell her about his amazing powers. Besides, his best friend Harry hates Spiderman! Pet
34、er is also short of money and time. He has to sell photos of Spiderman (himself!) to a newspaper and he keeps losing his other jobs because he?s so busy saving people! Yet he has to fight different kinds of cruel enemies. 【小题】 Who created Spiderman? A. Stan Lee. B. Marvel. C. Peter Parker. D. Superm
35、an. 【小题】What happened to Peter Parker after he was bitten by the spider? A. He could not see with his eyes. B. He became a spider. C. He developed spider-like powers. D. He was sick. 【小题】 What does “with great power, there must also come great responsibility” mean? A. Powerful people can do whatever
36、 they like. B. People with power are always good. C. Powerful people should have a responsibility to do good. D. Powerful people are to blame( 为 担责 ) for all the bad things that happen. 【阅读 7】The Toll House Cookie, one of the most famous inventions ever, was an accident. Ruth Wakefield had a small h
37、otel near Whitman, Massachusetts. She made some food for her guests. One evening, 【小题 1】 She thought that she could make them all chocolate. She cut the chocolate into small pieces, 【小题 2】She thought that the chocolate would melt completely so that she had the chocolate cookies. When the cookies cam
38、e out of the oven, the chocolate didnt melt at all Instead the “chocolate chips“ kept their own form. However, to her sur prise, 【小题 3】And people began to come to the hotel just to eat the famous cookies. How did Nestle( 雀巢 ) join in ？ 0nce, when Ruth Wakefield made the Toll House cookies, 【小题 4】She
39、 went to Nestle with her recipe for “Chocolate Cookies“ and allowed Nestle to put her recipe on the back of their chocolate. In retum , 【小题 5】 Nestle tried to make i t easy for people to make these cookies. They even included a small chopper(刀) in the chocolate box. Finally, in 1939, the Chocolate M
40、orsels that we know today were introduced. 根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填人文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整，并将 其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。 A. the guests loved the cookies. B. she was making butter cookies. C. and added them to the cookie. D. she used up the Nestle chocolate. E. she got all the chocolate she wanted to keep on bakin
41、g those cookies. 【阅读 8】Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs, but he doesnt let it stop him. The brave young man plays football and golf, swims, and surfs, despite the fact that he has no limbs （四肢） Nick has a small foot on his left side, which helps him balance and enables him to kick. He uses
42、 his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes. “I call it my chicken drumstick, “ joked Nick, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, but now lives in Los Angeles. “Id be lost without it. When I get in the water I float( 漂浮 ) because 80 percent of my body is lungs and my
43、drumstick acts as a propeller( 螺旋桨 ). “ Although Nick Vujicic had long-term girlfriends in the past, he is not mamed yet. “ Hes very shy, but he gets marriage offers from women all the time, “ said Nicks friend, Steve Appel, an expert from Los Angeles. “He would love to get married and start a famil
44、y, but hes waiting for the right girl to come along. “ When Nick was born, his father was so shocked that he left the hospital room to vomit( 呕吐 ). His distraughtmother couldnt bring herself to hold him until he was four months old. His disability came without any medical explanation, which was a ra
45、re case. Nick and his parents spent many years asking why this cruel trick would happen to them. “ My mother was a nurse and she did everything right during pregnancy , but she still blamed( 责备 ) herself, “ he said. “It was so hard for them, but right from the start they did their best to make me in
46、dependent. When I was 18 months old my dad put me in the water and gave me the courage to learn how to swim. “ 根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填人题前括号内。 【小题 1】 What makes it possible for Nick to float in the water？ A. His small size. B. His one foot. C. His light weight. D. His big lungs. 【小题 2】. What can we learn
47、 from what Steve Appel said? A. Nick Vujicic is serious about marriage. B. Nick Vujicic is too shy to talk with women. C. Nick Vujicic is afraid of starting a family. D. Nick Vujicic is not willing to get married. 【小题 3】 How did Nicks parents feel when he was born? A. Angry. B. Pleased. C. Disappoin
48、ted. D. Excited. 【小题 4】 The underlined word “ distraught“ probably means “_ “ in Chinese. A. 冷漠无情 的B. 情绪恶劣的C. 和蔼可亲的D. 心神错乱的 【小题 5】 Which of the following statements about Nick is TRUE? A. Nicks parents didnt like him because of his disability. B. Nicks family accepted his disability bravely. C. Nick
49、s mother was to blame for his disability. D. Nick learned to be independent at a young age. 【阅读 9】We sometimes have to meet some difficulties that we never expect, but we should develop a positive attitude to life. Keeping a positive attitude isnt always easy, especially when we are going through a difficult time in our life. However, we know, only when we take a positive attitude, can we overcome the difficulties. On July 23rd, 1993, Wang Jiapeng lost his legs when his plane crashed. Wang was only 12 years old. He felt he w