高考英语题型训练 07:阅读七选五专题

阅读七选五

Mary went through a personal experience 40 years ago that changed her life path and established her connection with Chinese herbal medicine.

Still childless after 13 years of marriage, Mary longed to become a mother. For years she travelled from country to country and visited top experts in the field, but without success.      1      However, her Chinese herbalist grandmother gave her hope through a herbal treatment.

After three and a half years she became pregnant.      2      The expectant mother’s delight was shared by the rest of her family too. This was the point when she made up her mind to carry on her grandmother’s work and devote her life to herbal medicine research, development and promotion. To this end, she invested in a large herbal garden in the suburbs of Jakarta, where more than 30,000 plants are grown.      3     

Through the application of great effort and resources over many, many years, Mary’s career has developed vigorously.      4      When she was asked whether it was worthwhile to have devoted so much of her life to this research, she firmly responded, “What I have done is to fulfill a promise I once made. More importantly, I want to bring Chinese herbal medicine to all those in need.      5     ”

A. More than 7,000 of these can be used as medicine.

B. The heartbreak was so great that she came close to giving up.

C. The moment the news was confirmed, she burst into tears of happiness.

D. I believe it can help relieve pain and enable the sick to regain their hope of life.

E. I’m so happy that the local people like to use Chinese herbal medicine for treatment.

F. Mary decided to make great contributions to the development of Chinese herbal medicine.

G. Although she is now 80 years old, she is still committed to the study of Chinese herbal medicine.

词汇锦囊

·herbal  adj. 用药草制成的

·long to 渴望，盼望

·pregnant  adj. 怀孕的；妊娠的

·application  n. 应用；施用；申请

·vigorously  adv. 充满活力地

·worthwhile  adj. 重要的；值得做的

长难句分析

To this end, she invested in a large herbal garden in the suburbs of Jakarta, where more than 30,000 plants are grown. (Para. 3)

这是一个主从复合句。where引导的____________修饰“____________”，where在从句中作____________。

答案与解析

【语篇解读】

本文是一篇记叙文。结婚多年的Mary一直没有孩子，她到处寻医问药都没有成功。然而在做中医的外祖母的帮助下，奇迹发生了。

【答案解析】

1. B 上文提到Mary多年来去了很多国家找专家都求子无果，由此可推知，她肯定很伤心。B项紧承上文而且与后一句构成转折关系，符合语境，故选B。

2. C 前一句提到经过三年半的治疗，她终于怀孕了，C项“消息一经确认，她就喜极而泣”符合语境。故选C。

3. A 根据前一句的“she invested in a large herbal garden”可知，Mary投资了一个大型的草药园，由此可推测，这些植物中很多可以被用作药材。故选A。

4. G 空前提到Mary在她的中草药事业上投入了很多年，G项“虽然她现在已经80岁了，但是仍然致力于中草药的研究”紧承上文。故选G。

5. D 空前讲到她这样做主要是想把中草药带给需要的人，而D项是具体讲如何帮助这些人的，符合语境。故选D。

【长难句分析答案】

非限制性定语从句；garden；地点状语