2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析18.doc

2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精练精析18More and more English-educated Chinese Singaporean parents are realizing the importance for their children to be not only good at the all-important English language, but also at Chinese. China has bee a great political and economic superpower and they want their children to bee bilingual. It is mon knowledge that, to master any language, especially ones mother tongue, one must begin from childhood. But there are challenges and barriers for children of English-speaking homes to succeed in their journey towards bilingualism. Take my family as an example. While my wife and I are products of English education, we had some foundation (基础) in Chinese which we kept up in our working life. But the language of munication in our home is mainly English. We are glad that our three children had between 8 and 11 yearsChinese schooling before switching over to English schools. Their foundation in Chinese has bee an advantage in their adult life. They can hold their own in the spoken language, but would find it hard to write a business letter in Chinese for lack of usage. We have a grandson who will be two years old shortly. His parents have given my wife and I the unenviable task of making him bilingual. It is a very tough assignment, as we are with him only a couple of hours on most days. For the rest of the time, he is being surrounded by English sounds by his busy parents. Fortunately, our perseverance is paying off. After eight months, he has been used to hearing Chinese sounds, and even he can now quite fortably identify mon everyday objects in Chinese. 1. Why is it being necessary for some Chinese Singaporean children to learn Chinese? A. Because most of the Singaporeans e from China. B. Because their parents are missing their motherland. C. Because China has bee a great political and economic superpower. D. Because Chinese is the official language in the UN. 2. The underlined word “bilingual” in Paragraph 1 probably means _ . A. a person who knows EnglishB. a person who knows Chinese C. a person who knows only one languageD. a person who knows two languages3. The author uses the example of teaching his grandson mainly to prove that _ . A. there are challenges for children of English-speaking homes to learn ChineseB. his foundation in Chinese is a big advantage in teaching his grandsonC. he is quite good at teaching small children ChineseD. learning Chinese is very popular in Singapore4. We learn from the passage that _ . A. all the children in Singapore need to learn ChineseB. understanding Chinese is being an advantage in SingaporeC. the authors children know nothing about ChineseD. the author feels it easy to teach others Chinese (B)xx济南模拟A woman renewing her drivers license at the County Clerks office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is, ” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a. . . ”“Of course I have a job, ” said Emily. “Im a mother. ”“We dont list mother as an occupation. . . housewife covers it, ” said the recorder. One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation? ” she asked. The words simply popped out. “Im a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations. ”The clerk paused, her ballpoint pen frozen in mid-air. I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire. “Might I ask, ” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field? ”Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesnt）, in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree? ), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money. ” There was an increasing note of respect in the clerks voice as she pleted the form, stood up, and showed me out. As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistantsages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6-month-old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern. I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother”. Motherhood. . . What a glorious career! Especially when theres a title on the door. 5. What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage? A. The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was. B. The recorder was impatient and rude. C. The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced. D. Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society. 6. How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk? A. Calm. B. Panic-stricken. C. Confident. D. Cool. 7. Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author? A. Because the author cared little about rewards. B. Because she admired the authors research work in the lab. C. Because she thought the author did admirable work. D. Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of. 8. What is the authors purpose of writing the passage? A. To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. B. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect. C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. 答案解析1. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第一段第二句可以推出，中国的政治和经济地位的提高，使中国在世界上起着越来越重要的作用。这是促使新加坡籍华人儿童学习汉语的主要因素。2. 【解析】选D。词义猜测题。第一段第一句提到，越来越多的接受英语教育的新加坡籍华人意识到孩子同时擅长英语和汉语的重要性，因此bilingual应指“会两种语言的人”。3. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。由第二段第二句可知对于一个英语环境下的儿童来说，要掌握汉语需要克服很多困难和挑战，再根据第五段第三、四句可知，作者认为这是一项艰难的任务，因为他的孙子每天大多数时间都和讲英语的父母呆在一起。可知作者举这个例子的主要目的是为了证明第二段提出的观点，即“对于一个英语环境下的儿童来说，要掌握汉语需要克服很多困难和挑战”。4. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。由第四段第二句“Their foundation in Chinese has bee an advantage in their adult life. ”可知作者的孩子们有一些汉语基础，这成为他们在生活中的优势，由此推知，在新加坡懂汉语正在成为一种优势。5. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。由第四段对话中的“We dont list mother as an occupation. . . housewife covers it. . . ”可知。6. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。由第十段中的Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice可以看出作者在介绍自己的职业时沉着冷静。7. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据“我”对工作的叙述可以看出，这个办事员认为“我”所从事的工作是令人羡慕的。8. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。由文章的前半部分可知，很多人不认为motherhood是种职业，但是“我”对此感到自豪，由此可见，作者写这篇文章的目的是讨论motherhood是一项值得尊敬的职业。