高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（22）
高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（22）
阅读理解
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In November 1965, New York was blacked out by an electricity failure．The government officials promid that it would not happen again．Pessimists（悲观者） were certain that it would occur again within five years at the latest．In July 1977, there was a repeat performance which produced different degrees of disorder throughout the city of 8,000,000 people．In 1965, the failure occurred in the cool autumn and at a time of peace and good situation．In 1977, the failure was much more rious becau it came when the number of people out of work was large and the city was suffering from one of its worst heat waves．
In 1965 there was little stealing during the darkness, and fewer than 100 people were caught by the police．In 1977, hundreds of stores were broken into and stolen．They brok
e shop windows and helped themlves to jewellery, clothes or television ts, nearly 400 people were nt to the police but far more disappeared into the darkness of the night．The number of policemen at hand was far from enough and they were wily stopped from using their guns against the mobs（暴徒） that were far more than them and that included armed men．
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Hospitals had to treat hundreds of people cut by glass from shop windows．Banks and most business remained clod the next day．The blackout started at 9:33 p．m．, when lightning hit and knocked out vital cables（关键的电缆）．Many stores were thus caught by surpri．
The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, tried to help strangers, handed out candles, and tried to get through the dark world without traffic lights, refrigerators, water and electrical power．For 24 hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity．
1．Look at the first paragraph．Who were right, the government officials or the pessimist
s?
A．The government officials B．The pessimists
C．Both D．Neither．
2．In what way was the blackout of 1977 different from that of 1965?
A．There was much more disorder B．This time the electricity supply failed．
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C．It was quite unexpected D．It came in the cool autumn．
3．Why did many persons manage to escape the police?
A．Becau the police could not e them in the darkness．
B．Many of them carried guns．
C．There were not enough policemen to catch them all
白羊和水瓶D．They were hidden inside big buildings．
4．The 1977 New York electricity failure lasted______．
A．a whole week B．twenty-four hours
C．three days D．a whole night．
B
作风建设年After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student．An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expresd an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him．I agreed．
During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew．He had muscular dystrophy（肌肉萎缩症）．When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to e five, then they were told he would not make it to ten．Now he was thirteen．He wanted to meet me becau I was a gold-medal weight lifter, and I knew about overcoming obstacles and going for my dreams．
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew．Never once did he complain or ask, “Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams．Obviously, he knew what he was talking about．He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him becau he was different．He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me．
When we finished talking, I went to my briefca and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck．I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming obstacles than I ever would．He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me．He said, “You are a champion．You earned that medal．Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you．”儿化音绕口令
Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had pasd away．They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:
Dear Rick,
My mom said I should nd you a thank you letter for the picture you nt me．I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live anymore．But I still smile as much as I can．
I told you some day I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal．But I know now I will never get to do that．But I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too．When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you．Thank you for loving me ．
Your friend Matthew．关于乡愁的古诗
5．The boy wanted to meet the author becau_______．
A．he was interested in weight lifting
B．he wanted to get a gold medal
C．he admired the author very much
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D．he wanted the author to know him
6．The underlined part in the third paragraph probably means “_____”．
A．Why do you come to e me?
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B．Why do I have to stay at home?
