济南历城区2017高考英语阅读理解（一轮）选练（三）
【由北京市丰台区2014高考模拟改编】
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Mountain of Green Beans
Another envelope in the mail. There’s my name, Alexander Spencer, typed on the front. I throw it under the bed. The piles of envelopes are growing.
The envelopes were applications to all the colleges I was supposed to attend. I did open the first envelope. Then I saw the application, all those blank spaces I was supposed to fill with my own writing, spaces for my name and birth date and grade average and … statement of purpose. I looked at them for a long time. I could write for hours and not fill all those spaces. So I put the application back in the envelope. I would fill it out the next day, when I had time. But another envelope arrived. And then the pile began.
The pile scares me — it is really like a monster. All the while, I feel the weight of a million envelopes raining down on my head until my grandmother calls me and wants to know how I am.
“I am overcome by too many tasks,” I say.
“Honey, you just take it bit by bit,” she says, and she reminds me about the green beans. When I was a little kid I hated green beans. But my mom said I couldn’t leave the table until I ate ten green beans. All alone at the table, I stared at the green beans for what seemed like hours. It was a mountain of green beans. I couldn’t do it. My grandma came to me and asked if I could eat one green bean. “But Grandma, I have to eat ten!”
She said all I had to do was to eat one green bean. One tiny little green bean. So I ate one. It was bad, but not as bad as I’d thought it would be. Then she asked me again if I could eat one. So I ate one green bean nine more times.
My grandma doesn’t know about the envelopes, but she tells me anyone can do one thing every day.
Back in my room, I lay down on the bed. Just like I used to do when I was a little kid, I hang my head down to look at the pile of envelopes. There it is. But instead of a monster, I see a pile of green beans. Who’s afraid of green beans?
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1. Envelopes are piling up because the author _______. A. B. C. D.
doesn’t know how to reply feels bored of the paper work doesn’t want to attend college has been too busy to open them
2. What does the author learn from the story of the green beans? A. A good start is half done. B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. A long journey begins with a single step. D. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 3. What do you think the author will do next?
A. He will fill out the applications one after another. B. He will go to the college that he dreams of. C. He will throw away all the envelopes. D. He will eat up the green beans. 【参考答案】1—3、B C A
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 【2014高考英语综合能力测试题】
When we consider the large number of people who need help, being part of the solution can seem overwhelming. There are hundreds of thousands of kids trapped in quitting schools in the U.S. alone. There are many millions of starving children around the world. How can a single person who isn't a billionaire have an impact? Where do you start? Start with one small act.
When Hilde Back was a schoolteacher in Sweden, she decided to sponsor (赞助) one child's education in Kenya. Hilde's sponsorship of Chris cost about $15 per month. Most poor children in Kenya cannot afford to pay secondary school tuition. Unfortunately, without an education, an extremely difficult and poor life is practically guaranteed. Thanks to Hilde's
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generosity, Chris avoided that fate.
Chris graduated from high school, went to University of Nairobi and then attended Harvard Law School. He became a U.N. Human Rights Advocate, and he started a charity. He got the name of his anonymous (匿名的) sponsor through the Swedish embassy and named his nonprofit organization the Hilde Back Education Fund (HBEF) after the sponsor he never met.
HBEF pays tuition for poor students in Kenya. Since the charity's start, 350 children have been supported. Three hundred and fifty lives have been changed directly so far. That doesn't even include the impact on their families. And who knows how many of these students will be inspired, as Chris was, to give back.
When talking about why he started HBEF to educate poor children, he said, \think I want to see a world in which children have equal opportunity and are not robbed of their future by poverty, like so many of my friends in the village were.\
It's interesting that the only reason why Hilde Back was even alive to support Chris was because of a stranger's kindness. This is a reminder that we can all make a difference, and you never know what a big impact a small act of kindness can have. 26. What's the function of the first paragraph? A. To tell a story. B. To give an example. C. To introduce the topic. D. To list some questions.
27. Which of the following best describes Hilde Back? A. She used to be a poor student in Kenya. B. She did a small act to make a big difference. C. She offered something great to a poor student. D. She did a small act to get a fund named after her. 28. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Chris named his fund after meeting Hilde Back.
B. Chris would have a fate of poverty without an education. C. Chris' fund is aimed to help poor children in his village. D. Chris knew the name of his 'sponsor before graduation. 29. How is the passage organized?
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山东省济南市历城区高考英语一轮复习阅读理解选练(三)
