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阅读理解,阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳选项。

  Visitors to central Austin Texas would be easy to miss a small, old house called the O.Henry Museum.William Sydney Porter(1862-1910)-better known as O.Henry, was one of America's best loved writers of short stories.Beginning in 1893, he lived here.It was saved from destruction, moved, and turned into a museum in 1934.The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of him.

  William Porter Sydney rented this house and lived with his wife Athol and daughter for about 2 years.Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters.Others didn't, but are in the house to recreate the way it looked during their lifetime.

  Porter worked at a pharmacy, farm, land office and bank.He also loved words and writing.The museum has special proof of Porter's love of language-his dictionary.It is said that he read every word in it.Porter started a small publication called “The Rolling Stone”.He wasn't being published early on, so he published himself.His funny stories, poems, and drawings were published in the magazine.But it was too costly to continue for long, so he closed the project after about one year.

  Other troubles would lead the Porters to leave Austin.Porter was accused of financial wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job.Fearing a trial, he fled the country.But he returned because his wife was dying.After her death, he faced the trial and was found guilty.He served three and a half years in a federal prison in Ohio.

  Porter would keep his time in prison a secret.But there was one good thing about it.It provided him with time to write.By the time of his release, he had published 14 stories and was becoming well-known as O.Henry.

  Porter would later move to New York City and find great success there.He published over 380 stories in the last 8 years of his life.

(1)

What does the author want to tell us in the passage?

[  ]

A.

O.Henry's experience in prison

B.

The objects in the O.Henry Museum

C.

O.Henry's achievement in literature

D.

A brief introduction of O.Henry's life

(2)

What is the author's purpose of writing Paragraph 3?

[  ]

A.

To attract more visitors to the O.Henry Museum

B.

To show the jobs O.Henry did

C.

To show O.Henry's publication called “The Rolling Stone”

D.

To show O.Henry's early love of words and writing

(3)

Which of the following shows the right order about O.Henry?

①He was committed to prison.

②He settled down in central Austin, Texas.

③His wife died.

④He started a small publication called “The Rolling Stone”.

⑤He moved to New York City.

[  ]

A.

②④③①⑤

B.

②③①④⑤

C.

②④③⑤①

D.

②①③④⑤

(4)

What can be inferred from the passage?

[  ]

A.

Most of O.Henry's short stories were finished in prison.

B.

O.Henry didn't start his career as a successful writer when living in Austin.

C.

O.Henry was born in a small, old house which is called the O.Henry Museum now.

D.

O.Henry spent his last life in the small, old house in Texas.

答案:1.D;2.D;3.A;4.B;
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第三部分  阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

                                   A

Scars of Love

Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks and shirt as he went.

He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(短吻鳄) was getting close. The mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In great fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him. From the dock, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched (抓住) his legs. That began an unbelievable tug-of-war (拔河比赛) between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, rushed from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator.

Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred (留下伤疤) by the terrible attack of the animal. And on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother’s fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.

The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy after the trauma (外伤), asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted the pant legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “Look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mum wouldn’t let go.”

You and I can identify with (认同) that little boy. We have scars, too. Not from an alligator, but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret. But, some wounds, my friends, are because we have refused to let go.

56. The underlined part “the two” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

   A. the alligator and the mother         B. the mother and the son

C. the driver and the alligator          D. the son and the alligator

57. From the passage we can infer ________.

   A. The mother was unwilling to let the alligator go

   B. The mother was actually stronger than the alligator

   C. The son was proud of his scars on his arms

   D. The son was ashamed of his scars on his legs

58. According to the last paragraph, what is the writer’s real meaning?

   A. To forget the past is to betray.       B. We should forget the scars.

   C. Wounds are different from scars.     D. We should learn to let go sometimes.

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