1、语 篇 提 能阅读理解AAbout twenty years ago I had the pleasure of teaching a disabled young woman. Not only was she good at math and science, but she was also extremely talented in art. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university she got two degrees, one in fine arts and one i
2、n chemistry. Not too many people do well in two such different areas of study.Just before her high school graduation, Audrey gave me a wonderful gift. It was a watercolor painting of a mother and her baby. A tear fell from the mothers eye as she looked lovingly at her child. Beneath the painting Aud
3、rey had written these words. “The deep love from Mother, through me, touches another.” What a beautiful gift! I had the piece of art framed (给做框) and hung in my office.Years passed with many moves from one office to another and I lost the painting. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing w
4、here it was, I received a phone from a former colleague who said she had something of mine. It was the picture Audrey had painted for me 18 years earlier. When cleaning out a storage room she had discovered my gift.I was struck that the precious gift came back. I knew Audrey very well. When she was
5、four years old Audrey had a serious disease. Whats worse, her father left the house. It was her mother who brought her up with much trouble. She survived the disease but was disabled.To any other it is just a painting, but to me it shows how a mothers love has helped develop a talent and how its pow
6、er pushes me ahead.1What made Audrey different from others was that she _.A. could draw and paint beautifullyB. was good at math and chemistryC. got two degrees in two different fieldsD. was a student in a key university答案与解析C推理推断题。依据第一段最终一句话“Not too many people do well in two such different areas o
7、f study.”可以推断C项正确。2How did the author regain the painting?A. She found it from one office.B. One of her former colleagues found it.C. She found it in a storage room.D. Audrey found it for her.答案与解析B细节理解题。依据文章第三段可以得知答案为B项。3What is Paragraph 4 mainly talking about?A. The authors feeling.B. Audreys fam
8、ily.C. Audreys experience.D. The authors experience.答案与解析C段落大意题。全段主要讲的是Audrey的经受,故C项正确。4Why does the author value the painting so much?A. It was painted by her most talented student.B. The painting can be worth a lot of money.C. The art value of the painting is immeasurable (无法估量的)D. The painting en
9、courages her to advance (前进)答案与解析D推理推断题。依据文章最终一段最终一句话可以推出作者格外珍惜这幅画是由于它表现了母亲之爱能培育出天才,并能鼓舞我连续前进。BThe child of today owes much of its pleasant school life to the work of Maria Montessori and others who felt as she did.Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in northern Italy. Both her parents were well educa
10、ted.While Maria was a student, she took great interest in the study of the particular nature of the chilD s mind. It came to her that small children should have freedom to learn.Maria became a doctor and a professor at Rome University. In 1907, after working with backward students, she was given a c
11、hance to try out her ideas on children. There were sixty children, aged three to six, in the Childrens House. The rooms were bright and colorful. Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed. They became busy, peaceful and happy.Maria Montessor
12、i was one of the worlD s greatest teachers. She traveled in Europe, America and Far East. She thought that true education, providing (供应) for the real needs of the child, would produce wise and happy grownups and therefore a peaceful world. Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of
13、 what childhood is.Maria Montessori died in Holland at the age of eightytwo.语篇解读本文是一篇人物介绍,介绍了训练家Maria Montessori的生平和经受,特殊是她的训练理念至今给人以深刻的思考。5The short passage is mainly about _.A. the education of backward studentsB. a new idea of educationC. the importance of proper educationD. the life of Maria Mon
14、tessori答案与解析D主旨大意题。通读全文后可知文章是围绕Maria的一生进行描写的,故选D项。6Maria traveled a lot in the world to _.A. teach the backward studentsB. enjoy her life in real natureC. spread her ideas of teachingD. study the situation of education答案与解析C细节理解题。文章第五段中的“Her original way of education has changed our whole idea of wh
15、at childhood is.”表明:她独特的训练方法转变了我们全部的对童年的看法,故选C项。7In what way did Maria teach the children in the Childrens House?A. She taught them the best way of learning well.B. She let them learn in a very pleasant way.C. She taught them by showing them how to do things.D. She just let them choose the most inte
16、resting subjects.答案与解析B细节理解题。从文章第四段中“Maria let the children make their own choice of what they wanted to do and work with their own speed. They became busy, peaceful and happy.”可知答案为B项。8We learn from the passage that _.A. Maria left her homeland in order to study abroadB. Maria didnt get marriedC. MariA s own parents were her teachersD. Maria fully understood the chilD s mind答案与解析D细节理解题。文章中没提及选项A、B、C,故选D项。