19.John H.Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas city in 1918.His father died in an accident when John was six.He was reaching the high school age,but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Fortunately he had a strong-willed (意志堅強的) caring mother.John remembered that his mother told him many times,"Son,you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe."She told him not to depend on others,including his mother."You have to earn success,"she said."All the people who work hard don't succeed,but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard."
These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education.She also knew that believing and hard work don't mean everything.So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son,who was then 15,to Chicago.
Chicago in 1933was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for.John's mother and stepfather could not find work.But here John could go to school,and here he learned the power of words-as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School.His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged him,John's mother offered him more words to live by."Nothing beats a failure but a try."She also let him pawn(典當(dāng))her furniture to get the﹩500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful.He always keeps his mother's words in mind."Son,failure is not in your vocabulary!"
Now John H.Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America-worth﹩150 million.
56.John's mother decided to move to Chicago becauseC.
A.his father died when John was very young
B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown
C.John needed more education badly
D.there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown
57.John's motherD
A.didn't believe in or depend on others
B.thought one could be whatever one wanted to be
C.believed one would succeed without working hard
D.thought no one could succeed without working hard
58.The underlined sentence"Nothing beats a failure but a try."meansD.
A.if you try,you would succeed
B.a(chǎn) failure is difficult to beat,even if you try
C.a(chǎn) try is always followed by a failure
D.no failure can be beaten unless you try
59.The story mainly tells usB.
A.how John H.Johnson became successful
B.a(chǎn)bout the mental (心理的) support John's mother gave him
C.a(chǎn)bout the importance of a good education
D.a(chǎn)bout the key to success for blacks.
分析 本文主要講述John H.Johnson的成功之路主要是由于他的媽媽對他的精神支持,媽媽一直都在鼓勵他嘗試,努力.
解答 56--59 CDDB
56.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for.John's mother and stepfather could not find work.But here John could go to school,and here he learned the power of words-as an editor of the newspaper可知,他們來到芝加哥是因為在這里他可以獲得好的教育.故選C.
57.D 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段最后一句she said."All the people who work hard don't succeed,but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard."可知,她的觀點:不是所有努力的人都會成功,但是成功的人都需要很努力.故選D.
58.D 句意猜測題.根據(jù)本句While others discouraged him,John's mother offered him more words to live by."Nothing beats a failure but a try可知,說明他的媽媽認為嘗試和努力最重要.故選D.
59.B 主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章所描述的內(nèi)容可知,在他的成功過程中,媽媽起了巨大的作用,媽媽一直都在鼓勵他,給他的精神支持是他成功的關(guān)鍵.故選B.
點評 人物故事類閱讀理解文章是高考英語?疾牧现唬@類文章一般可分為人物傳記和短篇故事兩類.這兩類閱讀材料一般較長,即詞數(shù)多,而且命題也較多,特別是推理判斷題和事實細節(jié)題多.在做此類閱讀理解題時往往是材料看得懂,題目不好做的感覺.因此,在閱讀材料時要重點放在事情發(fā)展的過程和結(jié)果上,注意把握事件的發(fā)展進程及人物之間的關(guān)系,細節(jié)與主題的關(guān)系,用以說明人物性格特點的事實、作者的態(tài)度等,這些內(nèi)容往往是推理判斷題的命題點.至于事實細節(jié)題的解答,同學(xué)們切忌想當(dāng)然或者憑印象,一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.