人物传记类阅读理解模拟训练
本文作者： 山东省沂水县教育局教研室 党永
A William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Two of his most famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. He was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. He married in 1582 and had three children. At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company. He became a successful actor and started writing plays. But we know very little about William Shakespeare the man. One thing we can be certain about is that his writing was different to anything that had come before. In the 16th and early 17th centuries, theater was all about entertaining (娱乐) the audience – so the plays of the time were often full of blood and painful deaths. To this action, Shakespeare added an understanding of human nature. His characters are complicated (复杂的), but the topics he dealt with, while serious, could be understood by all. William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two. He was rich and successful. You still see his plays in English and many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world. 1. William Shakespeare was born in ________. A. France B. England C. Scotland D. Australia 2. What did Shakespeare do in 1592? A. He started writing poems. B. He got married. C. He moved to London and joined a theater company. D. He decided to become an actor. 3. Why were Shakespeare's plays successful? A. Because the actors in the plays were very good. B. Because his plays were full of blood and painful deaths. C. Because his plays expressed an understanding of human nature. D. Because his theater was all about entertaining the audience. 4. When did Shakespeare die? A. In 1582. B. In 1592. C. In 1614. D. In 1616. B Obama's story starts in opposite corners of the world. His white mother was born in the heartland of the US. His black father grew up in a tiny village in Kenya. They met during college in Hawaii, but his father left the family when Obama was just two years old and his mother moved to Indonesia. At 10, Obama moved back to live with his white grandparents in Hawaii where his sense that he didn't belong grew. In his class, a white boy asked Obama if his father ate people. Out of embarrassment, Obama lied to his classmates that his father was a prince (王子). He said he kept asking himself who he was and ended up trying drugs and drinking. Things changed after the young man made friends with people with a similar background at college. Their experiences back in Africa helped Obama finally to face up to his African origins. He worked hard to become a star at Harvard Law School and the third black senator (参议员) in US history. At the beginning of his campaign (竞选运动) for the White House, few people thought Obama would win. But Obama turned his pain of growing up into a tool (工具) to make Americans believe: "There is not a black America and a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America. There's the United States of America." 1. Why does the writer say Obama's story starts in opposite corners of the world? A. Because his mother was white and his father was black. B. Because his parents were both Americans. C. Because his mother was a white woman from the US and his father a black person from Africa. D. Because his parents came from different families. 2. When his father left the family, where did his mother move to? A. Kenya. B. US. C. Indonesia. D. Hawaii. 3. In order to overcome his embarrassment, Obama lied to his classmates ________. A. that his father was a lawyer B. that his father was a prince C. that his mother was a senator D. that he wanted to be a prince 4. What does the word "background" mean in the passage? A. 幕后 B. 伙伴 C. 场所 D. 经历 5. How do some people think Obama makes Americans believe him? A. The words he said moved Americans deeply. B. He was a black person. C. He came from a poor family. D. He finally faced up to his African origins. C He is the premier of the world's most populous country. But, millions of people would rather call him "grandpa". Always in plain (朴素的) jackets, he seems an ordinary old man with a kind smile. But in the face of disasters he has the power to pull together the whole country. About two hours after the deadly earthquake hit Sichuan Province, Premier Wen Jiabao was on a plane to the disaster site. Within two days, he had seen almost all the worst hit cities and towns. The 65-year-old was seen climbing over damaged buildings to encourage the trapped kids. Once in the rain, he shouted encouragement to the children through a crack (裂缝): "I am grandpa Wen Jiabao. You will certainly pull through and be rescued." He shed (流) tears with sad families and firmly promised to help rebuild their homes. Netizens (网民) saw an angry Wen as well. An online post from a reporter said the premier barked loudly into a cell phone at officials: "No matter what your problems are, I want these people out of danger. That's an order. You should know it's the people who feed you." Millions of Chinese were moved. "The people are always at the front of the premier's mind. From now on I am a fan of the man of our people," said an online post. 1. Why do millions of people in China call Wen Jiabao "grandpa"? A. Because he is the premier of the world's most populous country. B. Because he is plain and seems an ordinary old man with a kind smile. C. Because he has the power to pull together the whole country. D. Because he visited almost all the worst hit cities and towns. 2. ________ after the deadly earthquake hit Sichuan Premier Wen was on his way to the disaster site. A. About 24 hours B. About one hour C. About two hours D. About three hours 3. What does the word "trapped" mean in the passage? A. 被困的 B. 被捆绑的 C. 悲伤的 D. 忧虑的 4. What did Premier Wen Jiabao do once in the rain? A. He pulled trapped kids out of the ground. B. He helped build homes for rescued people. C. He encouraged children in a damaged building to hold on. D. He walked to every village affected. 5. The passage tells us that ________. A. all the new homes will be built by the survivors (幸存者) themselves B. Premier Wen Jiabao visited all the cities and towns in Sichuan C. all the people in the damaged buildings have been rescued D. millions of Chinese were moved by Premier Wen Jiabao |  |
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