She sighed, “No.”

　　“Who are you?”

　　Not yet trusting the tones of her voice, she sat down on the bench beside him.He drew back but she laid her hand upon his arm.A strange thrill struck him when she did so, and visibly passed over his frame; he laid the knife down softly，as he sat staring at her.

　　Her golden hair，which she wore in long curls，had been hurriedly pushed aside，and fell down over her neck.Advancing his hand by little and little，he took it up and looked at it.In the middle of the action he went astray，and，with another deep sigh，fell to work at his shoemaking.

　　But not for long.Releasing his arm，she laid her hand upon his shoulder.After looking doubtfully at it，two or three times，as if to be sure that it was really there，he laid down his work，put his hand to his neck，and took off a blackened string with a scrap of folded rag attached to it.

　　He opened this，carefully，on his knee，and it contained a very little quantity of hair：not more than one or two long golden hairs，which he had，in some old day，wound on upon his finger.

　　He took her hair into his hand again，and looked closely at it.“It is the same.How can it be! When was it! How was it!”

　　As the concentrating expression returned to his forehead，he seemed to become conscious that it was in hers too.He turned her full to the light，and looked at her.

　　“She had laid her head upon my shoulder，that night when I was summoned(傳喚)out—she had a fear of my going，though I had none—and when I was brought to the North Tower they found these upon my sleeve.‘You will leave me them? They can never help me to escape in the body，though they may in the spirit.’ Those were the words I said.I remember them very well.”

　　He formed this speech with his lips many times before he could utter it.But when he did find spoken words for it，they came to him coherently(連貫地)，though slowly.

　　“How was this? Was it you?”

　　1.The underlined word“it”in the passage refers to“________”.

　　A.her hair B.her hand

　　C.his arm D.his shoulder

　　2.The passage is most probably taken from________.

　　A.a chant B.a drama

　　C.a novel D.an essay

　　3.From the passage，we can infer that________.

　　A.the lady was the jailer's friend

　　B.the man lived a peaceful life

　　C.they hadn't seen each other for years

　　D.they made a happy conversation

　　4.The old man took the lady's hair into his hand again because________.

　　A.the hair reminded him of his daughter

　　B.he found the hair of high quality

　　C.the lady had almost the same hair as he did

　　D.the lady's hair worried him so much

　　5.The writer attracts the readers by________.

　　A.describing the changes of the relationship

　　B.giving a vivid description of details

　　C.using funny and humorous language

　　D.presenting unpredictable consequence

　　高考英語閱讀復習練習答案：

　　【文章大意】 這個片段選自A Tale of Two Cities(雙城記)的第六章。父親和他的女兒見面了，多年的監獄生活使老人的大腦好像什么都想不起來了。他不知道她是誰，但是他卻分明感受到了她對他的依戀和發自內心的愛，她的金發也讓他有似曾相識的感覺。

　　1.B　細節理解題。根據“Releasing his arm，she laid her hand upon his shoulder.”可知，it指代的是前面的內容，即她的手，故選B項。

　　2.C　推理判斷題。這是一段關于兩人相見的主人公的內心和動作的細膩描寫，故應該出自一部小說。故選C項。

　　3.C　推理判斷題。根據“It is the same.How can it be!When was it!How was it!”以及文中反復出現的類似描寫可知，兩人很久沒見面了，如今相見讓他感到難以置信，故選C。

　　4.A　細節理解題。根據“He took her hair into his hand again，and looked closely at it.”可知，他把頭發又一次抓起來是為了對比，因為他覺得這和他女兒的頭發很相似。故選A項。

　　5.B　寫作手法題。文章運用了大量的細節描寫，把主人公的動作和內心想法細膩地展現出來，故選B項。

　　高考英語閱讀復習練習2：

　　A man sat at a metro station in Washington D.C. and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

　　Three minutes went by, and a middle­aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

　　A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the money box without stopping, and continued to walk.

　　A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

　　The one who paid the most attention was a 3­year­old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

　　In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected 32$. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

　　No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most beautiful pieces ever written, on a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

　　Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged 100$.

　　This is a real story. Joshua Bell's playing in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment.

　　The outlines were in a common environment at an inappropriate hour. Do we enjoy beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected situation?

　　One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

　　6.Few people stopped to listen to Joshua Bell playing because________.

　　A.people were in a hurry

　　B.they were not interested in music

　　C.it was too cold in the subway

　　D.the performance was not good enough

　　7.When children stopped to look at the violinist, their parents ________.

　　A.would give him some money

　　B.would stop to enjoy the music

　　C.would applaud for the performance

　　D.would urge them to continue walking

　　8.Joshua Bell played in the metro station in order to ________.

　　A.make more money

　　B.practise his skills in playing music

　　C.made an advertisement for his concert

　　D.find out people's reaction under such a circumstance

　　9.The purpose of the passage is to ________.

　　A.set us to think about our life

　　B.show us how to play music

　　C.tell us the importance of music

　　D.report a subway performance

　　高考英語閱讀復習練習答案：

　　【文章大意】 當人們處在匆忙之中時，有多少人會為美好的事物而駐足呢?在華盛頓的地鐵站，一位男士演奏了45分鐘的小提琴，因正值上班時間，幾乎沒有人停下腳步去欣賞這美妙的音樂，可是誰又知道，這位男士是著名的小提琴手Joshua Bell呢?

　　6.A　細節理解題。根據文章第一段的“…most of them on their way to work.”以及下文中出現的多個描述人們行為的詞可以判斷，因忙著去上班而很少人能停下來去欣賞美妙的音樂，故選A項。

　　7.D　細節理解題。根據文章第五段的“This action was repeated by several other children.All the parents，without exception，forced them to move on.”可知，當孩子們停下來聽音樂的時候，家長們都會催促他們繼續趕路，故選D項。

　　8.D　推理判斷題。根據文章后三段內容可知，Joshua Bell的行為是《華盛頓郵報》進行的一項實驗：在像車站這樣普通的地方，在匆忙去上班的這段時間，人們對于美好的東西會不會去欣賞，人們對于美好的事物是如何反應的。故選D項。

　　9.A　主旨大意題。根據文章末段“If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written，how many other things are we missing?”可知，文章的目的是讓人們思考人生，故選A項。