高考英语二轮复习专项限时训练?阅读理解（十七）
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Many American presidents in the 19th century were born in poor families. They spent their childhood in little wooden rooms. They got little education. Washington and Lincoln, for example, never went to school and they taught themselves. Lincoln once did jobs of a worker, shop-keeper and post officer in his early years.
A large number of U.S. presidents had experiences in the army. The two best known were Ulysses Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Grant was a general in the American Civil War and Eisenhower was a hero in the Second World War. It happened that they graduated from the same school — West Point Military Academy (west point military school). One may be surprised to learn that both of them did not do well in the school. Eisenhower, for example, was once fined because he broke the rules of the school.
The jobs for U.S. presidents are tiring. He must keep an eye on anything important which happens both at home and abroad. Every day, a lot of work waits for him to do, and he has to make many important decisions. When Franklin Roosevelt was a child, he was once brought to visit President Taft. The old president said to him, ―When you grow up, you should not be president. It’s a tiring job. ‖
In the century, the first two American presidents are John Adams(1797-1801) and Thomas Jefferson(1801-1809)
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阅读短文，判断正（T）误（F）。
( ) 1. In the nineteenth century, many U. S. presidents couldn’t receive good education before they grew up.
( ) 2. President Eisenhower became well-known while studying in West Point Military Academy.
( ) 3. It is an important and tiring job to be a president in the U.S.
( ) 4. President Taft didn’t want Roosevelt to be a president because he was too young. ( ) 5. The main idea of the second paragraph is that only those who didn’t work hard at school but were good at fighting could be presidents.
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Lifeguard, sportscaster, movie star, governor, president—there wasn’t much Ronald Reagan didn’t do in life.
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―The world was one vast opportunity for him,‖ Lou Cannon wrote in his biography○ of the
former U.S. president, who died on June 5, aged 93.
Reagan’s final years saw him fight a losing battle against Alzheimer’s disease. But his active attitude toward life has given hope to many people.
Born in 1911 to a poor family in a small town in Illinois, his father was a failed salesman. It
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was in these difficult times, though, that Reagan developed the powerful optimism○ that would
serve him so well. He always believed better times lay ahead, and this was reflected in his high school yearbook entry. ―Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music,‖ he wrote. As a teenager, Reagan spent summers working as a lifeguard at his local beach, saving 77 lives in seven years. He graduated from college in 1932 with a degree in economics and sociology. But America was still in the Great Depression，and jobs were hard to find. Reagan finally found work as a radio sports announcer and this road led him to Hollywood in 1937.
During a 20-year film career, he never became a leading star. As in his lifeguard days, Reagan loved to play the hero and only took the role of a bad guy once in more than 50 films. A talented speaker who was always able to connect with his audience, Reagan became
3involved○ in politics in the 1950s. This popular touch led to him being elected governor of
California in 1967.
All the while Reagan was in California, he had his eye on the White House. In 1980, aged 69, he became the oldest man ever elected president.
He held office from 1981 to 1989, the first president to serve two complete terms after World War II. When he left, aged 77, he held the highest popularity rating of any retiring president in US history.
He remained positive in spite of his illness that would destroy him. ―I will leave with the
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greatest love for this country of ours and eternal○ optimism for its future,‖ he wrote.
阅读短文，回答问题。
1. When Lou Cannon, the author of Reagan’s biography says ―The world was one vast opportunity for him,‖ What did he really mean?
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2. What did Reagan mainly do in the whole life?
_________________________________________________________________________ 3. How were Reagan’s childhood and his later life like?
_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. What kind of person was Reagan described, according to the text ? Give some evidences. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What can we learn from the passage?
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高考模拟考场
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We arranged that Kissinger would fly to Vietnam early in July and then stop in Pakistan on the way back. There he would develop a stomachache that would require him to stay in bed and not be seen by the press. Then, with President Yahya’s help, he would be taken to an airport where a Pakistani jet would fly him over the mountains to China.
Kissinger’s trip was given the code name Polo after Marco Polo, another western traveler
who made history by journeying to China. Everything went quite smoothly. His slight illness in Islamabad received only small attention from reporters covering him. They accepted the story that he would be kept shut up for at least a few days and began making arrangements for their own activities.
Because of the need for complete secrecy and the lack of any direct communication facilities (设备) between Beijing and Washington, I knew that we would have no word from Kissinger while he was in China. Even after he had returned to Pakistan it would still be important to keep it secret，so before Kissinger left，we agreed on a single code word—Eureka—which he would use if his mission（使命）were successful and the presidential trip had been arranged.
On July 11, A1 Haig who knew our code word, phoned me to say that a cable from Kissinger had arrived.
―What’s the message?‖ I asked. ―Eureka,‖ he replied.
1. Kissinger stopped in Pakistan because____. A. he had a stomachache
B. he needed President Yahya’s help in carrying out a secret plan C. he did not want to be seen by the press
D. he would like to take a Pakistani jet on his way back 2. The reporters in Islamabad believed that _____. A. Marco Polo made a trip to China B. Kissinger would make a journey to China
C. Kissinger was making arrangements for their activities D. Kissinger was sick
3. Washington would have no word from Kissinger while he was in China mainly because____.
A. the trip must be kept secret
B. President Yahya would not fly together with Kissinger C. communication between China and Islamabad was impossible D. Al Haig would phone to the author to tell him about Kissinger’s trip
4. From the passage we can infer that Kissinger’s cable carrying the message ―Eureka‖ must
have been sent____.
A. before he had left Beijing
B. soon after he had returned to Pakistan from China C. as soon as he had arrived in Washington on July 11 D. before he retuned to Pakistan on July 11
B
David Beckham was born in 1975,in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was football, he played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Chariton Soccer Skills award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for the schools of Essex and also for his county team.
In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995, he played his first football leagues game against Leeds United. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won it both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.
His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996-1997 season, he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper the goal, it was a wonderful goal and Beckham sent the ball over the goalkeeper’s head and into the goal. It was a wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose,. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.
5.Which word can take the place of the underlined word ―passion‖ in paragraph1? A. Skill B. Prize. C. Success. D. Interest.
6. Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Beckham/ a. Beckham played his first football league game. b. Beckham won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award c. Beckham played for Manchester United Youth Cup team