北京英語高考閱讀練習原文

　　“You don't know how hard it is. This year my baseball team would have won the championship. They won't even give me a chance to pitch (投球) here. All I get to play is right field, and that's the worst!”

　　Papa turned toward me. “Things will get better, I promise you. Let me ask you, do you know why you were named David Lorenzo?”

　　“Yes, your name is David and grandfather's name is Lorenzo.”

　　“Very good, and what makes your grandfather so important?”

　　“He was the first in the family to come to this country and all that，” I answered.

　　“That is only partly correct. Your grandfather was a very great man. In Mexico, he had been a teacher. When he came to America he could only get low­paid labor jobs because he didn't speak the language. It took him two years before he spoke English well enough to be allowed to teach here, but he did it. He never complained because he knew change could be difficult. Did he ever tell you that?” my father asked.

　　I looked down at my feet, ashamed at my behavior. “No. That must have been hard，” I said sheepishly.

　　“Your grandfather taught me that if you let people see your talent, they will accept you for who you are. I want you to always remember what my father taught me, even if it takes a few years for people to see who you are，” said Papa.

　　All I could say was, “Okay.” Then I asked, “What should I do now?”

　　Laughing, Papa said, “How about you pitch a few to me? You need some work.”

　　北京英語高考閱讀練習題目

　　1.Why was the author unhappy that day?

　　A.Because he moved to a new country.

　　B.Because his baseball team lost the game.

　　C.Because he wasn't offered a chance to pitch.

　　D.Because he quarreled with his friends at school.

　　答案：C　細節理解題。由第四段“They won't even give me a chance to pitch (投球) here.”可知，作者到新校后，沒有獲得投球的機會，所以不高興。

　　2.The father successfully changed his son's mood by ________.

　　A.asking him to train harder

　　B.playing baseball with him

　　C.telling his grandfather's story

　　D.introducing him some new friends

　　答案：C　推理判斷題。由文章后面的介紹可知，作者的父親給作者講述了祖父的故事給作者上了有效的一課。

　　3.The underlined word “sheepishly” probably means ________.

　　A.shyly　　　　　　　 B.patiently

　　C.clumsily D.cautiously

　　答案：A　猜測詞義題。聽了祖父的故事，作者非常內疚，所以“害羞地”承認了自己的錯誤。

　　4.What can we infer about the author?

　　A.He thinks his father lives in the past.

　　B.He'd rather live with his grandfather.

　　C.He will continue to dislike school and everything.

　　D.He will try his best to adapt to the new environment.

　　答案：D　推理判斷題。由倒數第四段“I looked down at my feet, ashamed at my behavior.”和倒數第三段可推知，作者從祖父的身上獲得了教益，一定會像祖父一樣盡力適應新環境。