廣東高考英語閱讀真題練習原文

　　It turned out that the woman，Natalie Smith，had read something on a friend's refrigerator：“Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.”The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

　　Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home.When it stayed on her mind for days，she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down.“I thought it was beautiful，”she said，explaining why she'd taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters，“like a message from above.”Her husband，Frank，liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students，one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson，a local news reporter.Alice put it in the newspaper，admitting that though she liked it，she didn't know where it came from or what it really meant.

　　Two days later，Alice got a call from Anne Herbert，a woman living in Marin.It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper，after turning it around in her mind for days.

　　“Here's the idea，”Anne says.“Anything you think there should be more of，do it randomly.”Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools，leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town，and giving money secretly to a proud old lady.Anne says，“Kindness_can_build_on_itself_as_much_as_violence_can.”

　　The acts of random kindness spread.If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid，who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later.Like all great events，kindness begins slowly，with every single act.Let it be yours!

　　廣東高考英語閱讀真題練習題目

　　1.Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?

　　A.She knew the car drivers well.

　　B.She wanted to show kindness.

　　C.She hoped to please others.

　　D.She had seven tickets.

　　解析　事實細節題。第一段說Natalie Smith為其后面的六輛車交費，是她因看到的“Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty”這句話給了她深刻印象，她是受這句話的啟發，“想給他人施恩”，故選B。

　　答案　B

　　2.Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she ________.

　　A.thought it was beautifully written

　　B.wanted to know what it really meant

　　C.decided to write it on a warehouse wall

　　D.wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom

　　解析　事實細節題。由第三段第三句“I thought it was beautiful，”she said，explaining why she'd taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters可知，選A。

　　答案　A

　　3.Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?

　　A.Judy Foreman. B.Natalie Smith.

　　C.Alice Johnson. D.Anne Herbert.

　　解析　事實細節題。由第四段中的“It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper”可知，是Anne Herbert想出這句話來的。

　　答案　D

　　4.Which of the following statements is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence above?

　　A.Kindness and violence can change the world.

　　B.Kindness and violence can affect one's behavior.

　　C.Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.

　　D.Kindness and violence can shape one's character.

　　解析　詞義猜測題。本段中先是Anne Herbert解釋她想出的那句話意為：你認為(生活中或世界上)應該多一些存在的事，那么你就隨意去做這樣的事。接著說她想象中的這類事包括“給破舊教室粉墻”“在窮人區的廚房里留下熱飯”等善舉。那么該段結尾的話“善舉和暴力一樣可以在它們自己的基礎上建立起來”，可知“善舉同暴力一樣是可以自我繁衍的”，故選C。

　　答案　C

　　5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

　　A.People should practice random kindness to those in need.

　　B.People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.

　　C.People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.

　　D.People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.

　　解析　推理判斷題。由最后一段的第一和第二句可以推知：受到恩惠的人很可能會施惠于他人，將恩惠傳播下去。

　　答案　B