2015一轮英语阅读理解巩固训练(4)及答案(精品).pdf

1 苏州中学2015 一轮英语阅读理解巩固训练（4）及答案（精品） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C 或 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项 In 1995, Susan Boyle went to Glasgow to audition( 试演 ) for My Kind of People, a televised talent show popular in the UK. She was immediately rejected. She was nervous during the audition, and felt she didn?t perform well, but her brother said that she was rejected because of her plain looks. Boyle was not discouraged and continued to sing at church and at the karaoke nights in a local pub. Boyle suffered a personal loss in 1997, when her father passed away. After his death, Boyle put her big dreams on hold to care for her sick mother Bridget Boyle. The mother and daughter often talked of Susan?s possible fame. Bridget Boyle encouraged her daughter to take part in singing competitions. “ She was the one who said I should enter Britain?s Got Talent. We used to watch it together.” susan later told reporters. “ She thought I would win.” In 1999, Boyle used all of her savings to pay for a professional demo (样本唱片 ) tape, which she sent to record companies. In 2002, Boyle began taking singing lessons from voice coach Fred O?Neil. In 2007, Boyle?s mother passed away at the age of 91. A neighbor reported that when Bridget Boyle died, her daughter “ wouldn?t come out for three or four days or answer the door or phone.” she lived alone with her cat, Pebbles. For over a year, she refused to sing. But in August of 2008, O?Neil urged her to try out for Britain?s Got Talent. Convinced that the performance would be an honor to her mother, Boyle auditioned in Glasgow, Scotland. She sang I Dreamed A Dream in the first round of the show, which was aired on 11 April 2009. The 47-year-old Scottish woman?s plain looks provided a sharp contrast ( 对比 ) to her powerfully beautiful voice. The performance astonished the audience and the judges. Online videos of her performance totaled over 40 million views within a week. Although she failed to win the final of Britain?s Got Talent, Susan Boyle became globally popular. Her first album I Dreamed A Dream has sold over five million copies. 2 1. Bridget Boyle?s attitude towards her daughter?s musical talent can be described as______. A. criticalB. doubtfulC. indifferentD. optimistic 2. From Para. 4 we learn that Boyle______. A. was slightly discouraged by her voice coach B. entered Britain?s Got Talent to prove her ability C. decided to give up her singing career D. was deeply affected by her mother?s death 3. Which of the following is TRUE about Susan Boyle? A. Her international fame grew rapidly in 2008. B. Her audition for My Kind of People failed. C. She has never stopped singing since 1995. D. She was the winner of Britain?s Got Talent. 4. In writing this passage, the author mainly intends to______. A. tell us how Boyle?s dream came true B. let us know more about Boyle?s personal life C. show how Boyle was influenced by her family D. explain how to enter and win a talent show 【参考答案】 14、DDBA 3 较难题目特训：人物故事类 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C 或 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

In Western culture, 21 was the age at which young people traditionally received a key to their parents? door, as a symbol of entering adulthood. Now, the age of 21 is a time when people ask themselves: where do I go from here? Jiang Fangzhou?s 21 years have been filled with the kind of success most young people wouldn?t dare hope for in a lifetime. She published her first book at the age of nine and has written many more since then. She is regarded as a spokesperson for her generation. However, her hopes and concerns for the future appear decidedly normal. She explains that while her fellow students are chiefly concerned with getting a job or buying an apartment, shefrets over how she can excel in her work when having limited experience of the world. However, Jiang, now a senior at the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, notes that her peers face intense pressure and competition at school. They are expected to excel in their field of study despite limited experience, just as Jiang is expected to shine in the literary world. Young people, she says, have been forced to open their eyes to the world around them. Jiang?s world has opened up, too. She?s more at ease with herself at 21, compared with when she began college. “ My horizon has broadened and I?m more tolerant,” she says. “ As a freshman, I was desperate. I stopped people around me and asked: ,Is there anything in the world still worth hoping for? , But now I don?t do that.” Jiang says that she may not pursue writing as her main future career because she wants to 4 try “ other lifestyles”overseas travel and study touring sound particularly inviting to her. But she is concerned that many foreigners have skewed ( 歪曲的 ,倾斜的 ) perceptions about China. “ A few days ago I overheard a conversation between two foreigners sitting next to me on a flight,” says Jiang. “ They were having a heated discussion about the number of beggars in 。