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高考英语复习课堂限时强化训练阅读理解（三十）There was a time in my life when beauty meant something special to me. I guess that would have been when I was about six or seven years old, just several weeks or maybe a month before the orphanage turned me into an old man. I would get up every morning at the orphanage, make my bed just like the little soldier that I had become and then I would get into one of the two straight lines and march to breakfast with the other twenty or thirty boys who also lived in my dormitory. After breakfast one Saturday morning I returned to the dormitory and saw the house parent chasing the beautiful monarch butterflies who lived by the hundreds in the azalea (杜鹃花) bushes strewn around the orphanage. I carefully watched as he caught these beautiful creatures, one after the other, and then took them from the net and then stuck straight pins through their head and wings, pinning them onto a heavy cardboard sheet. How cruel it was to kill something of such beauty. I had walked many times out into the bushes, all by myself, just so the butterflies could land on my head, face and hands so I could look at them up close. Every year when the butterflies would return to the orphanage and try to land on me I would try and shoo (用嘘声赶走,吓走)them away because they did not know that the orphanage was a bad place to live and a very bad place to die. 1. According to the passage, how did the author find the orphanage?A. A favorable place to live. B. A bad place to live.C. A comfortable place for butterflies. D. A favorable place for the old.2. How did the people go to their meals?A. By car.B. On foot.C. Queuing in two ways.D. Any way they wanted.3. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage?A. I love everything of beauty when I was old. B. The people in the orphanage stand in line doing everything.C. The azalea bushes were planted by the people living in the orphanage.D. I shooed the butterflies away because I didnt want them to be killed.4. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?A. I love beauty when I was about six or seven years old.B. I became old very soon in the orphanage.C. I had a very pleasant time in the orphanage.D. I was tired with the life the way I lived in the orphanage. 5. What does the author think of the house parent?A. Pitiless.B. Kind.C. Lovable.D. Beautiful.2His eyes nearly in tears from the crush of fellow travelers at Guangzhous train station, Hong Tao said things were much better on Sunday, after days of waiting for a train to his home in Hubei province.I think its fine today, and everything is going smoothly, the 28-year-old said. I thought it would be really crowded but it has turned out to be OK.Chinese authorities say they expect 1.3 million people to travel out of Guangzhous train station over the next few days, as they rush to get home by Wednesday, the eve of Lunar New Year.Hongs optimism may have been helped by the blue skies that emerged over Guangzhou on Sunday for the first time in a week.Last week, a rare winter storm paralyzed Chinas transportation system as millions tried to get home to celebrate the holiday the only chance for many migrant workers to see their families all year.Chinas state-run Xinhua news agency said Friday that 95 percent of rail traffic had returned to normal. But Guangzhous train station remained packed with a backlog of hundreds of thousands of travelers hoping to get home for the holiday.A young woman was stepped on in a stampede (人群蜂拥) at the train station Friday, and later died of her injuries, according to Xinhua. Video of the situation on Friday showed crowds of people screaming, elbowing each other, in some cases sobbing and collapsing in the rush to get a slot (狭缝，窄孔) on a train.China Sunday announced it has organized over 300,000 Peoples Liberation Army forces to southern China in what it described as a war on winter weather. The government also announced a $700 million plan to help farmers whose crops have been destroyed.6. How many days is it from the day this article was made to the Lunar New Year?A. Two days.B. Three days.C. Four days.D. Five days.7. What can we know about the weather condition of last week in Guangzhou?A. Sunny with blue sky.B. Rainy for a whole week.C. Heavily snowy.D. Rainy first and snowy now.8. Why are there so many passengers in Guangzhous train station?A. Because the heavy snow stopped the passengers from leaving the station.B. Because the passengers didnt hope to leave the station right now.C. Because the passengers hoped to leave for their hometown.D. Because the holiday was coming near.9. Where is Hong Tao from?A. Shandong province.B. Hubei province.C. Guandong province. D. Not mentioned.10. What can we infer from the passage?A. On Friday, a young man was dead because of crowds elbowing, screaming.B. Chinas Government have arranged the PLA forces to help.C. The government of China have offered money to help farmers enjoy the new year.D. Many crops have been destroyed by the crowds of people.2.C 细节理解题。可根据文中的第二段的I would get into one of the two straight lines and march to breakfast推知答案为C。3.D 细节理解题。通过第一段的I guess that would have been when I was about six or seven years old,可知A项不对。根据第二段的two straight lines and march to breakfast 可知B项与文章内容不符；C项在文中没有根据；由最后一段可知D项正确。5.A 细节理解题。从倒数第二段How cruel it was to kill something of such beauty.可知the house parent的kill the butterflies的方式是非常残酷无情的。故答案为A。6.D 推理判断题。根据第一、二段内容Hong Tao said things were much better on Sunday,和I think its fine today, and everything is going smoothly, the 28-year-old said. I thought it would be really crowded but it has turned out to be OK. 可知写作此文应当是在Sunday；根据文中信息as they rush to get home by Wednesday, the eve of Lunar New Year.可知除夕夜就是Wednesday的晚上，那么Lunar New Year就在Thursday，总计5天。D项正确。8.A 细节理解题。根据第六段But Guangzhous train station remained packed with a backlog of hundreds of thousands of travelers hoping to get home for the holiday.内容可知，此处答案应是A项。B项是错误的，C、D两项均是事实，但都不是造成广州站人多的原因。10.B 推理判断题。根据最后一段可知C、D两项不对；根据倒数第三段可知A项中所提供的事实与原文不符。故选择B项。
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