2014浙江省绍兴县高考英语阅读理解选练（3）及答案【江西省上饶市2014高考英语二模试题】Amansion（豪宅）maysymbolizetheAmericandream．Butthefactis,formostimmigrants,theclosestonetheyevergettoistheneighboringbushes．Suchisthecasewith63-year-oldCatalinoTabia,Calif．He'sagardenerwitha6'hgradeeducation．HecametoAmericatomakehisdreamscometrue,butendedupfulfillingeveryoneelse's“．Ialwayswantedtobesomebody,"Tabiasaid“．ButnowIjustwanttheopportunitytohelpothers．"Thatiswhy,notlongago,TabiastartedtheBayAreaGardenersFoundation．It'sacharityaimingathelpingsmartkidslikeNoelChavez,whosedreamwastobecomethefirstinhisfamilytograduatefromcollege．Unfortunately,sinceNoelisstillwaitingforhiscitizenship,he'snotqualifiedforfinancialaid．Andafterjustafewmonthsofgoingtoschoolfull-timeandworkingfull-time,hewasreadytogivein．“I'mworkingtoomuch．I'mnotgoingtodoit．It'simpossible．Butthenyougetsomehelp,andthat'smybreak．"Thebreakwasa$1,500scholarshipfromtheGardenersFoundation．Inthelasttwoyears,thefoundationhasawarded13suchprizestolow-incomekids,regardlessofcitizenship．AndTabiaplanstogiveouthundredsmore．Howdoesagardenercomeupwiththatkindofcash?”Iwasthinkingandthinkingandsuddenly,theclientsV"hesaid“．That'swherethemoneyiscomingfrom．Weworkforclientswithalotofmoney．"Tabiaandhisgardenerfriendsjuststartedknockingonthosemansiondoors-andthecheckshavebeenrollingineversince．“Theremightbesomegardenersatyourgraduation,"someonesaidtoNoel“．I'msuretherewillandI'mgoingtoinvitethem,"hereplied．Tabiaisnowhopingthisideacatchesonwiththegardenersaroundthecountry．Andwhetherthathappensornot,andwhetherherealizesitornot,TabiahasalreadyfinishedwhathecametoAmericatodo－becomesomebody．71．WhydidTabiacometoAmerica?A．ToimprovehisgardeningB．Tofurtherhiseducation．C．Tobecomesomeoneimportant．D．Tohelpimmigrantssucceed．72．TheBayAreaGardenersFoundationisanorganizationwhich．A．providespoorimmigrantstudentswithpart-timejobsB．helpswisekidsfromlow-incomefamiliesrealizetheirdreamsC．supportsimmigrantswhowanttobuytheirownbighousesD．assistsimmigrantstogetAmericancitizenshipquickly73．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“break"inPara．4mean?A．Aperiodoftimewhensomebodyishavingarest．B．Anoccasionwhenyouendarelationship．C．Anunexpectedchancetodosomething．D．Tosplitapartsomething．74．WhatdoweknowaboutNoel?A．Hedidapart-timejobtosupporthisowneducation．B．Heneverthoughtofgivingin．C．Hedreamedtobethefirstinhisfamilytoreceiveeducation．D．Hewillinvitegardenerstoattendhisgraduationceremony．75．Thepurposeofthistextismainlyto．A．tellhowagardenerachievedsuccessbyhelpingothersB．introducetheBayAreaGardenersFoundationC．showtheconcernofimmigrantsforeducationD．encouragechildrentogrowuphappily【参考答案】70-75CBCDA阅读理解Whatwouldyoudoifyouwerelostinthedarkforestatnight?Thefirstsensiblelessonisthatyoushouldn’tbothertryingtofindyourwayinthedarkatall,butjuststayputuntildawn.Becausethenyouwon’ttripoverthings?No,mainlybecauseyou’llhaveanideaofdirection.Thesunrisesintheeast.Butyouwillbeamazedathowmanypeopleforgettheyknowthat.Apparently,theareaunderneathahollybushprovidesagoodmakeshiftshelter—theyarethick,andevergreen.Thenextthingtodo—orrathernottodo—ispanic,fortheobviousreasonthatunlessthereissomeonetheretohearyouscream,itwillgetyounowhere.Justtrytothinkofnice,happythings.Thereisalwaysapointinfilmswhenapersonwhoislostinthedesertorth...
