湖北高考英語閱讀訓練原文

　　湖北高考英語閱讀訓練題目

　　1.We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ________.

　　A.the author lost his sight because of a car crash

　　B.the author wouldn't love life if the calamity didn't happen

　　C.the calamity made the author appreciate what he had

　　D.the calamity strengthened the author's desire to see

　　答案：C　細節理解題。第一段最后一句指出“所失去的讓我更懂得珍惜現在擁有的”，故選C。作者失明是因為他從一輛貨車(box car)上摔下來，而不是因為汽車事故，故排除A;B的推斷沒有原文依據;文中提到他渴望重見光明。D的表述與原文有出入。

　　2.What's the most difficult thing for the author?

　　A.How to adjust himself to reality.

　　B.Building up assurance that he can find his place in life.

　　C.Learning to manage his life alone.

　　D.To find a special work that suits him.

　　答案：B　細節理解題。the most difficult thing是The hardest lesson的同義改寫，故可定位到第二段。該段首句指出最困難的事情是“相信自己”，故選B。

　　3.For the author, the baseball and encouragement offered by the man ________.

　　A.hurt the author's feeling

　　B.made the author puzzled

　　C.directly led to the change of the author's career

　　D.inspired the author

　　答案：D　細節理解題。根據baseball定位到倒數第二段。從該段最后兩句可知棒球和那個男人的鼓勵給作者以啟示和鼓舞.故選D。

　　4.According to the passage, the author ________.

　　A.set goals for himself but only invited failure most of the time

　　B.thought that nothing was impossible for him

　　C.was discouraged from trying something out of reach for fear of failure

　　D.suggested not trying something beyond one's ability at the beginning

　　答案：D　推理判斷題。最后一段第二、三句表明我們要意識到自己的局限性，在開始時嘗試那些遙不可及的東西只會徒勞無益，故D正確。