2021学年高考英语三轮复习天天练：Day2阅读理解(记叙文)附答案解析

高考英语三轮复习天天练

Day 2阅读理解(2)(记叙文)

Passage 1

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Bryan Forbes, who was born in London on 22 July 1926, made his first screen acting appearance in 1918.

He landed supporting parts in several outstanding British films, including An Inspector Calls(1954) and The Colditz Story(1955), but it was not long before screenwriting and directing attracted him behind the camera. Together with Richard Attenborough, he set up Beaver Films in 1959. Its first film, The Angry Silence(1960), was written by Forbes and Attenborough played the lead role.

His directing career began in 1961 with Whistle down the Wind, featuring child star Hayley Mills. Forbes directed many more films in the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1969 he took over as head of production and managing director of EMI—MGM Elstree, and the studio achieved outstanding successes. But it was a torrid time for the company. Troubled constantly by financial difficulties and staffing issues, Forbes quitted in 1971. He then directed The Stepford Wives, based on the novel by Ira Levin, and in 1975 International Velvet, starring T atum O’Neal, in 1978.

Forbes, who counted the late Queen Mother among his friends,

continued directing, writing and acting throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. He also found success as an author with a number of novels, the

s Story, was published last year.

latest of which, The Soldier’

After Forbes passed away, film critic(批评家) Mark Kermode said, “once I had fun—boyish pleasure of telling Bryan Forbes how much I loved Stepford Wives. He was charming and modest. A great loss.”

1.Having played several supporting roles, Forbes began to ______.

A.work as a cameraman

B.make a lead actor

C.build his own company alone

D.write and direct films

2.Which of the following is the first film directed by Forbes?

A.An Inspector Calls.

B.The Colditz Story.

C.Whistle down the Wind.

D.The Angry Silence.

in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by 3.The underlined word “torrid”　

______.

A.suitable

B.tough

C.precious

D.steady

4.Which of the following can be best used to describe Forbes?

A.Talented.

B.Well-educated.

C.Proud.

D.Attractive.

Passage2

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I really love my job because I enjoy working with small children and

like the challenges and awards from the job. I also think my work is

important. There was a time when I thought I would never have that sort

of career.

I wasn’t an excellent student because I didn’t do much schoolwor In my final term I started thinking what I might do and found I didn’t

have much to offer. I just accepted that I wasn’t the type to have a car

I then found myself a job, looking after two little girls. It wasn

bad at first. But the problems began when I agreed to live in, so that I

would be there if my boss had to go out for business in the evening. We

agreed that if I had to work extra hours one week, she’d give me tim the next. But unfortunately, it didn’t often work out. I was getting

extremely tired and fed up, because I had too many late nights and early

mornings with the children.

One Sunday, I was in the park with the children, and met Megan

who used to go to school with me, I told her about my situation. She

suggested that I should do a course and get a qualification if I wanted to

work with children. I didn’t think I would be accepted because I didn

take many exams in school. She persuaded me to phone the local college

and they were really helpful. My experience counted for a lot and I got on

a part-time course. I had to leave my jo

b with the family, and got work helping out at a kindergarten.

Now I’ve got a full-time job there. I shall always be thankful to Megan. I wish I had known earlier that you could have a career, even if

school.

you aren’t top of the class at

1.What is the author’s present job?

A.Working part-time in a college.

B.Taking care of children for a family.

C.Helping children with their schoolwork.

D.Looking after children at a kindergarten.

author ______.

2.When staying with the two girls’ family, the

A.was paid for extra work

B.often worked long hours

C.got much help from her boss

D.took a day off every other week

3.Why did the author leave her first job?

A.She found a full-time job

B.She was fed up with children.

C.She decided to attend a part-time course.

D.She needed a rest after working extra hours.

4.What has the author learned from her own experiences?

A.Less successful students can still have a career.

B.Qualifications are necessary for a career.

C.Hard work makes an excellent student.

D.One must choose the job she likes.

Passage3

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“Cleverness i s a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are

Jeff Bezos

easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.”—

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact

that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an

online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just

turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife

MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that

probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure

what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d

been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she

wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of

very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went

to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the

Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to

me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.”　

That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it

for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really

was a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be

haunted by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my

nd, we are our passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the e

choices.

1.What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

A.His dream of being an inventor.

B.The support of his wife.

C.The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/1511671244.html,lions of exciting titles.

2.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined

sentence?

A.The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.

B.He would be very excited if he tried it out.

C.He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.

D.The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.

3.We can know from the passage that ______.

A.the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

B.the author wanted someone else to try the idea

C.the author might not regret if he failed the idea

D.the author might go back to his boss if he failed

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Cleverness and Kindness

B.The Starting of Amazon

C.Following My Passion

D.We Are What We Choose

答案及解析

Passage 1

【语篇导读】本文介绍了英国著名演员、编剧、导演、制片人布赖恩·福布斯的生平事迹。

1.D 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段的it was not long before screenwriting and directing attracted him behind the camera.可知不久之后福布斯开始转向幕后。根据Its first film，The Angry Silence(1960)，was written by Forbes…可知他开始编剧。根据第三段中的His

可知他开始做导演。由此可知，他在演directing career began in l961…

了一些配角之后开始尝试做编剧和导演。故选D项。

2.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段第一句His directing career

可知选C项。

began in 1961 with Whistle Down the Wind…

3.B 【解析】词义猜测题。根据第三段中的Troubled constantly by financial difficulties and staffing issues…可知那段时间他始终受到经

济和人事方面的困扰，所以那段时间公司是很困难的。故选tough。

4.A 【解析】推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，布赖恩·福布斯不仅是演员，还是编剧、导演和作家，因此他是很有天赋的。故选A项。文章中没有体现他受到良好教育、骄傲或有魅力。

Passage 2

【语篇导读】作者上学时成绩并不好，从事的第一份工作是照看小孩，后来经过朋友的介绍，作者参加课程学习，拿到了照顾小孩的资格证书，从而得到了一份全职工作。

1.D 【解析】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句I had to leave my job with the family，and got work helping out at a kindergarten.以及最后一段第一句Now I’ve got a full-time job there.可知作者目前是在幼儿

园工作。故选D项。

2.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句中的…because I had too many late nights and early mornings with the children.可知作者每天工作时间都很长，所以很累。故选B项。

3.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第四段中的…I got on a part-time

可知作者参加了一项业course.I had to leave my job with the family…

余的课程，所以必须要辞去照看小孩的工作。故选C项。

4.A 【解析】推理判断题。本文主要谈论了作者学生时代学习不努

力，成绩不好，但毕业后通过自己的努力和学习也找到了一份不错的

全职工作。从作者的个人经历可知，即使学生时代不是很优秀，但通

过努力仍然可以取得成功。故选A项。

Passage 3

【语篇导读】本文是一篇自传体的人物故事，亚马逊网站创始人杰

夫·贝佐斯讲述自己创建网站的动机和下定决心开始创业的心路历

程，为人们讲述了“我们的选择成就了自己的今天”的道理。

1.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段前两句I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago.I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year.可知，互联网的迅速发展使作者想到

了建立网上书店的主意。

2.A 【解析】句义猜测题。画线部分意思是“我怀疑我会被根本没有

尝试的决定所困扰”，句中的haunted 意为“困扰”，与A项中的

disturb 相近。故A项正确。

3.C 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中的I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing.可知，即使尝试后失败了，他也不会后悔的，与C

项意义相近。

4.D 【解析】主旨大意题。本文讲述了作者做出放弃当前体面的

工作的选择，遵循自己内心的想法(哪怕最后失败了也不会后悔)，并

最终实现了梦想的创业历程，从而说明了选择的重要性，即我们的选

择成就了自己。