1、届高三英语考前热身专练人物传记故事类阅读32015届高考考前热身专练：人物传记故事类阅读1.When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen
2、 with great interest when my mother used to talk to it.Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an amazing person her name was Information Please and there was nothing she did not know. Information Please could supply anybodys number.My first personal experience with Inform
3、ation Please came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. I accidentally hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there didnt seem to be any reason in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my hurting finger, finally arriving
4、at the stairwaythe telephone! Climbing up I unhooked the receiver and held it to my ear. “Information Please,” I said.A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear, “Information.”“I hurt my finger” I cried. The tears came readily enough now that I had an audience. “Isnt your mother home?”
5、 came the question. “Nobodys home but me.” I sobbed. “Are you bleeding?” “No,” I replied. “I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.” “Can you open your icebox?” she asked. I said I could. “Then chip off a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.”After that I called Information Please for
6、 everything. I asked her for help with my geography and she told me where Philadelphia was. And there was the time that Petey, our pet canary (金丝雀) died. I called Information Please and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said the usual things grown-ups say to comfort a child. But I was u
7、nconsoled. Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers, feet up on the bottom of a cage?She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in.” Somehow I felt b
8、etter.Another day I was on the telephone. “Information Please.” “Information,” said the now familiar voice. “How do you spell fix?” I asked.All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Then when I was 9 years old, we moved to Boston. I missed my friend very much. Information Please
9、belonged to that old wooden box in former home, and I somehow never thought of trying the tall, shiny new phone that sat on the hall table.Yet as I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood conversations never really left me; often in moments of doubt and sadness I would recall the sense o
10、f security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about half an hour or so between planes, and I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with my si
11、ster, who lived there now. Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, “Information Please.”Unexpectedly, I heard again the small, clear voice I knew so well, “Information.” I hadnt planned this but I heard myself saying, “Could you tell me please how to spell fix
12、?” There was a long pause. Then came the soft spoken answer, “I guess that your finger must have healed by now.”I laughed, “So its really still you,” I said. “I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me during that time.”“I wonder,” she said, “if you know how much your calls meant to me.
13、I never had any children, and I used to look forward to your calls.”I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again when I came back to visit my sister.“Please do; just ask of Sally.”Just three months later I was back in Seattle. A different voice answe
14、red Information and I asked for Sally.“Are you a friend?” “Yes, a very old friend.” “Then Im sorry to have to tell you. Sally has been working part-time the last few years because she was sick. She passed away five weeks ago.” But before I could hang up she said, “Wait a minute. Did you say your nam
15、e was Paul?”“Yes!”“Well, Sally left a message for you. She wrote it down. Here it is. Ill read it. “Tell him I still say there are other worlds to sing in. Hell know what I mean.”I thanked her and hung up. I did know what Sally meant. 1According to the text, Information Please is actually _.A. a rob
16、ot B. the authors mother C. a telephone operator D. the telephone itself 2The author picked up the telephone for the first time to _.A. call his mother who was visiting a neighbor B. call the doctor for his wounded finger C. find out what exactly lived in the telephone D. find someone to give him sy
17、mpathy3The underlined word “unconsoled” in paragraph 6 means _.A. too sad to have a talk B. difficult to deal with somebody C. hard to communicate with somebody D. unable to accept comfort 4What did Sally mean by saying those underlined words in the message?A. The author didnt need to feel sad for h
18、er death.B. She went to another place to make a living as a singer C. The world without her would still be good to the author.D. The author should explore new worlds for his new life.5Why did the writer never think of trying the new phone after moving to Boston?A. He hadnt got used to the line servi
19、ce in Boston yet.B. There was something wrong with the new phone.C. He missed Information Please in the old phone so much.D. He didnt like the tall and shiny style of the new phone.【答案】1C2D3D4A5C【解析】2. One morning, teachers arrived to find the little country schoolhouse swallowed in flames. They dra
20、gged an unconscious little boy, who went to start the fire in the old-fashioned coal stove to heat, out of the flaming building more dead than alive. He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.From his bed the dreadfully burned, semi-conscious little
21、 boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother. The doctor told his mother that her son would surely die which was for the best, really for the terrible fire had ruined the lower half of his body.But the brave boy didnt want to die. He made up his mind that he would survive. Somehow, to the ama
22、zement of the physician, he did survive. When the deadly danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly. The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body, it would almost be better if he had died, since he was doomed to be
23、in a wheelchair all lifetime with no use at all of his lower limbs (肢体).Once more the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be a disabled man. He would walk. But unfortunately from the waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, all but lifeless.Ultimately he was released
24、from the hospital. Every day his mother would massage his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, nothing. Yet his determination that he would walk was as strong as ever.When he wasnt in bed, he was confined to a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get so
25、me fresh air. This day, instead of sitting there, he threw himself from the chair. He pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him.He worked his way to the white fence bordering their lot. With great effort, he raised himself up on the fence. Then he began dragging himself along the
26、 fence，resolved that he would walk. He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence. There was nothing he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.Ultimately through his daily massages, his iron persistence and his resolute determination, he did
27、 develop the ability to stand up, then to walk slowly, then to walk by himself and then to run.He began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for the pure joy of running. Later in college he made the track team.Still later in Madison Square Garden this young man, the great athlete, Dr. Gl
28、enn Cunningham, ran the worlds fastest mile!6Which word can best describe Glenn Cunningham according to the author?A. Miserable B. Unfortunate C. Determined D. Disabled7Glenn got seriously burned _.A. when he was playing near the stoveB. when he went to set fire to the schoolhouseC. when he was prob
29、ably younger than tenD. when his teachers were lighting the fire8Which cannot be inferred from the passage?A. Glenn didnt catch what the doctor told his mother so he didnt worry about his burns.B. Glenn decided to survive though his lower part of body had lost the sense of feeling.C. Glenn struggled
30、 to stand up by dragging along the fence and other supportable matters.D. Glenn never stopped practicing walking and running, even after he ran first in the race.9The doctor advised Glenns mother to let Glenn die because the doctor was too_.A. unskillful B. practical C. subjective D. irresponsible【答
31、案】6C7C8A9B【解析】儿童时代的一次烧伤事故让Glenn Cunningham丧失了行走能力，甚至差点要了他的命。但是他求生的欲望是那么强烈，以至于抗拒了医生的“死亡宣判”顽强的活了下来，并凭自己的意志达到了世界上的巅3. Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. Wh
32、en he was seventy five, he gave $ 60,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a childrens ground.As a result of his kindness, he became famous. Many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked wh
