湖南高考英語(yǔ)閱讀精選題(一)

　　Peace is right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We don’t have to travel far away to enjoy the blue sky. We don’t have to leave our city or even our neighborhood to enjoy the eyes of a beautiful child. Even the air we breathe can be a source of joy.

　　We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing how to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with joy, peace, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment.

　　Passage 2

　　The argument of both the hedonist (享樂主義者) and the guru (印度教的宗師) is that we were but to open ourselves to the richness of the moment, to concentrate on the feast before us, we would be filled with bliss. I have lived in the present from time to time and can tell you that it is much overrated. Occasionally, as a holiday from stroking one’s memories or brooding (擔(dān)憂) about future worries, I grant you, it can be a nice change of pace. But to “be here now,” hour after hour, would never work. I don’t even approve of stories written in the present tense. Ads for poets who never use a past participate, they deserve the eternity they are striving for.

　　Besides, the present has a way of intruding whether you like it or not. Why should I go out of my way to meet it? Let it splash on me from time to time, like a car going through a puddle, and I, on the sidewalk of my solitude (孤獨(dú)), will salute it grimly like any other modern inconvenience.

　　If I attend a concert, obviously not to listen to the music but to find a brief breathing space in which to meditate on the past and future. I realize that there may be moments when the music invades my ears and I am forced to pay attention to it, note for note. I believe I take such intrusions gracefully. The present is not always an unwelcome guest, so long as it doesn’t stay too long and cut into my remembering or brooding time.

　　10.The author of Passage 1 would most likely view the author of Passage 2 as _______.

　　A. attaching too much importance to the views of others

　　B. advocating an action without considering the consequences

　　C. squandering (浪費(fèi)) a precious opportunity on a daily basis

　　D. failing to respect the feelings of other people

　　11. The author of Passage 1 would most likely respond to the “argument” (line 1 Passage 2) with_______.

　　A. complete agreement B. partial acceptance

　　C. absolute neutrality D. surprised disbelief

　　12. In Passage 1 line 11, the list (“a job…house”) presents things that most people ________.

　　A. assume they will eventually obtain B. eventually realize are overrated

　　C. are unwilling to make sacrifices for D. see as worth much effort to acquire

　　13. In Passage 2 lines 8—10, the “present” is characterized as _________.

　　A. a dangerous threat B. an unsolvable puzzle

　　C. an unavoidable imposition (強(qiáng)加) D. a burdensome obligation

　　14. Which of the following phrases from Passage 2 would the author of Passage 1 most likely choose as a title for Passage 1?

　　A. “the hedonist and the guru” (line 1) B. “the feast before us” (line 2)

　　C. “a brief breathing space” (line 11) D. “an unwelcome guest” (line 14)

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　　湖南高考英語(yǔ)閱讀精選題(二)

　　Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.

　　He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.

　　He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets —nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea

　　At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.

　　While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.

　　Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello! I’m going swimming, but you can’t go, can you?”

　　No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Tom’s mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.

　　Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, you’ve got to work, hey?”

　　Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, it’s you, Ben! I wasn’t noticing.”

　　“Say —I’m going swimming. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d rather work — wouldn’t you? Of course you would.”

　　Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “What do you call work?”

　　“Why, isn’t that work?”

　　Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered carelessly.

　　“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isn’t. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”

　　“Oh come, now, you don’t mean to say that you like it?”

　　The brush continued to move.

　　“Like it? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”

　　Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,

　　“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”

　　Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.

　　“No —no —it won’t do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I don’t think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”

　　“No —is that so? Oh come, now —let me just try. Only just a little.” “Ben, I’d like to, but if it isn’t done right, I’m afraid Aunt Polly … ”

　　“Oh, I’ll be careful. Now let me try. Say —I’ll give you the core of my apple.”

　　“Well, here —No, Ben, now don’t. I’m afraid …”

　　“I’ll give you all of it.”

　　Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat —and so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.

　　And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company -and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadn’t run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.

　　He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get.

　　15. How many characters are mentioned in this story?

　　A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7

　　16. Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?

　　A. Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.

　　B. Because he wanted to throw his toys away.

　　C. Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends.

　　D. Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.

　　17. Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because ______.

　　A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himself

　　B. Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple first

　　C. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashing

　　D. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.

　　18. We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A. Tom was interested in whitewashing the fence.

　　B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.

　　C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for him

　　D. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.

　　19. What made Ben Rogers eagerly gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom?

　　A. His warm heart and kindness to friends. B. His curiosity about Tom’s brushing job.

　　C. Tom’s threat. D. Aunt Polly’s idea.

　　20. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?

　　A. The Happy Whitewasher B. Tom And His Fellows

　　C. Whitewashing A Fence D. How To Make The Things Difficult To Get.

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