高考英语分类汇编阅读理解之人物传记类文档格式.docx

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OneofthegreatestcontributionstothefirstOxfordEnglishDictionarywasalsooneofitsmostunusual.In1879,OxfordUniversityinEnglandaskedProf.JamesMurraytoserveaseditorforwhatwastobethemostambitiousdictionaryinthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.ItwouldincludeeveryEnglishwordpossibleandwouldgivenotonlythedefinitionbutalsothehistoryofthewordandquotations（引文）showinghowitwasused.

Thiswasahugetask.SoMurraryhadtofindvolunteersfromBritain,theUnitedStates,andtheBritishcoloniestosearcheverynewspaper,magazine,andbookeverwritteninEnglish.Hundredsofvolunteersresponded,includingWilliamChesterMinor.Dr.MinorwasanAmericanSurgeonwhohadservedintheCivilWarandwasnowlivinginEngland.Hegavehisaddressas“Broadmoor,Crowthorne,Berkshire,”50milesfromOxford.

MinorjoinedthearmyofvolunteerssendingwordsandquotationstoMurray.Overthenextyears,hebecameoneofthestaff’smostvaluedcontributors.

Buthewasalsoamystery.Inspiteofmanyinvitations,hewouldalwaysdeclinetovisitOxford.Soin1897，MurrayfinallydecidedtotraveltoCrowthornehimself.Whenhearrived,hefoundMinorlockedinabook-linedcellattheBroadmoorAsylumfortheCriminallyinsane.

MurrayandMinorbecamefriends,sharingtheirloveofwords.Minorcontinuedcontributingtothedictionary,sendinginmorethan10,000submissionsin20years.MurraycontinuedtovisitMinorregularly,sometimestakingwalkswithhimaroundtheasylumgrounds.

In1910,MinorleftBroadmoorforanasyluminhisnativeAmerica.Murraywasattheporttowavegoodbyetohisremarkablefriend.

Minordiedin1920,sevenyearsbeforethefirsteditionoftheOxfordEnglishDictionarywascompleted.The12volumesdefined414,825words,andthousandsofthemwerecontributionsfromaveryscholarlyanddevotedasylumpatient.

61.Accordingtothetext,thefirstOxfordEnglishDictionary_________.

A.cameoutbeforeminordied

B.waseditedbyanAmericanvolunteer

C.includedtheEnglishwordsinventedbyMurray

D.wasintendedtobethemostambitiousEnglishdictionary

62.HowdidDr.Minorcontributedtothedictionary?

A.HehelpedMurraytofindhundredsofvolunteers.

B.Hesentnewspapers,magazinesandbookstoMurray.

C.Heprovidedagreatnumberofwordsandquotations

D.hewenttoEnglandtoworkwithMurray.

63.WhydidDr.MinorrefusetovisitOxford?

A.HewasshutinanasylumB.HelivedfarfromOxford

C.HewasbusywritingabookD.Hedislikedtraveling

64.Prof.MurrayandDr.Minorbecamefriendsmainlybecause__________.

A.theybothservedintheCivilWar.

B.Theyhadacommoninterestinwords

C.MinorrecoveredwiththehelpofMurray

D.MurraywenttoAmericaregularlytovisitMinor

65.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribeDr.Minor?

A.BraveanddeterminedB.Cautiousandfriendly

C.ConsiderateandoptimisticD.Unusualandscholarly

66.Whatdoesthetextmainlytalkabout?

A.ThehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.

B.ThefriendshipbetweenMurrayandMinor

C.MinorandthefirstOxfordEnglishDictionary

D.BroadmoorAsylumandispatients

【文章大意】本文是一篇人物传记，讲述了牛津英语词典的编撰者之一的Dr.Minor的不一般的人生，他博学，但被关在精神病院。

他对牛津英语词典贡献很大，并与ProfMurray因为共同的爱好成为好朋友。

61.【答案】D

【解析】根据第一段中的…serveaseditorforwhatwastobethemostambitiousdictionaryinthehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage可知答案选D。

【考点定位】考查细节理解。

62.【答案】C

【解析】根据第三段的第一句话MinorjoinedthearmyofvolunteerssendingwordsandquotationstoMurray可知答案选C。

63.【答案】A

【解析】根据第四段中的…hefoundMinorlockedinabook-linedcellattheBroadmoorAsylum可知，Minor被关在一家精神病院里，这是他不能去牛津的原因。

64.【答案】B

【解析】根据第五段的MurrayandMinorbecamegoodfriends,sharingtheirloveofwords可知，他们成为好朋友的主要原因在于他们都对词汇很热爱。

65.【答案】D

【解析】从文章的最后一句话可以推断Minor很博学，对做学问很投入，但他同时又是一个精神病人。

因此用devoted,scholarship,unusual等描述他最贴切。

【考点定位】考查推理判断题。

66.【答案】C

【解析】文章的关键词有两个：

Minor和OxfordDictionary，主要讲述Mr.Minor的特别之处和他对OxfordDictionary的贡献，因此文章的大意应该把这两个词都包括进去。

【考点定位】考查文章的主旨大意。

【安徽卷】

C

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