2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列（19）
阅读理解
A
Dear Mark，
You may consider this an anonymous(匿名的) testimonial.
We came to your seminar(研究班) with many difficulties and near violent anger, definitely emotionally violent. After taking your course we learned and practiced many of the techniques and principles you taught in the seminar we attended last year. It not only saved our relationship but improved our individual lives. For months and months we had all your rules taped to our walls (with 3M temporary double-sided removable pad tabs) in the bathroom above the sink, on the fridge and in my office and in the utility room. They kept reminding us of the proper ways to handle conflict and it has curtailed the damaging effects of emotional escalation(扩大) that really ruined any chance to a loving peaceful life. Although we both are far from where wed like to be, we are thousands of miles ahead of the painful place where we were before attending your course. Spending the time with you and other couples helped us see that we were not alone and encouraged us to move through this awful phase of our relationship to a happier and more satisfying relationship. We were both motivated to learn and sincerely when we came. We participated honestly and we received great rewards then and now. I believe that we have integrated your techniques into our lives to our benefit.
Thank you for your life’s work and course that has helped us grow and create a relationship that is so much more satisfying and pleasant.
We appreciate your part in our lives.
Yours,
Bill & Lori
1. The passage above can be best regarded as a letter of_______ .
A. appreciation B. apology
C. recommendation D. suggestion
2. When the writers first came to the seminar, _______.
A. their relationship nearly came to an end
B. they had lost hope in life
C. they had lost the desire to learn something new
D. they had just got to know each other
3. People attending the seminar mentioned in the letter wanted to learn_______.
A. how to improve their interpersonal skills
B. how to control their bad emotions
C. how to deal with difficulties in their work
D. how to make a successful career
4. The underlined word “curtailed” in the passage probably means “_______”.
A. let out B. pointed out C. reduced D. realized
5. The writers of the letter are probably _______.
A. father and son B. mother and daughter
C. teacher and student D. husband and wife
B
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must come to see the daffodils (黄水仙) before they are over,” I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. “I will come next Tuesday,” I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call.
Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn’s house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren. I said. “Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see!”
My daughter smiled calmly and said. “We drive in this all the time, mother. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience.”
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read:“Daffodil Garden.”
We got out of the car and each took a child’s hand. And I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, as we turned a corner of the path. and I looked up and gasped.Before me lay the most glorious sight. There were five acres of flowers. “But who has done this?” I asked Carolyn. “It’s just one woman,”Carolyn answered. “That’s her home.”Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio(露台), we saw a poster. “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking” was the headline.
The first answer was a simple one.“50,000 bulbs(球茎),”it read. The second answer was, “One at a time, by one woman.”The third answer was, “Began in 1958.”
I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun—one bulb at a time—to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top.
6. The author didn’t go to see the daffodils at first because_______ .
A. she was not interested in them
B. they were growing on a mountain top
C. the weather was not good enough
D. it was a long drive to her daughter’s house
7. Which of the following BEST describes the author’s feeling seeing the daffodils?
A. Amazed. B. Disappointed.
C. Confused. D. Moved.
8. What do we know about the woman living in the A-frame house?
A. She must be out of mind.
B. She acted as a gardener here.
C. It took her great determination to grow the daffodils.
D. She was poor and made her living by selling daffodils.
9. What would be the BEST title of the passage?
A. A Wonderful Daffodil Garden
B. A Remarkable Woman
C. One Bulb at a Time
D. I Love Daffodils
10. What could the author probably learn from this experience?
A. Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.
B. We must put the interests of others above our own.
C. We can change the world through our own efforts.
D. It’s never too late to learn.
参考答案
Ⅰ. 1. 解析：选A。推理判断题。从信的最后可知，作者写信的目的是向培训班的开办者表示感谢。
2. 解析：选A。推理判断题。从文章开头以及“It not only saved our relationship but improved our individual lives”可知，夫妻之间的关系曾经非常紧张，几近破裂。
3. 解析：选B。细节理解题。综合信中所提到的培训班的情况，培训班教会人们如何消除不良情绪去获得平静的生活。
4. 解析：选C。词义猜测题。从书信的中间可知，培训班教会人们如何应对冲突，减少不良情绪积累带来的负面影响，以获得平静的生活。
5. 解析：选D。推理判断题。信中提到参加培训班的其他夫妇，因此断定写信者也是夫妇，特别是前文提到参加培训班拯救了他们之间的关系。
6. 解析：选D。细节理解题。从文章第一段可知，从妈妈家到女儿家开车需要两个小时，因此她前两次都没有接受女儿的邀请。
7. 解析：选A。推理判断题。 从文章后半部分可知，这漫山遍野的黄水仙竟然是一位老太太花了40多年的时间栽下的，故应该感到吃惊。
8. 解析：选C。推理判断题。老太太花了40多年栽种黄水仙，说明她毅力非凡。
9. 解析：选C。标题归纳题。从文章最后可知，老太太是一颗一颗地栽种的水仙，只有C项能体现老太太坚韧的毅力。
10. 解析：选A。推理判断题。文章描述老太太花费40多年栽种黄水仙的情况，重在赞叹其毅力，因此A项符合文意。
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