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练习 45 阅读理解＋读后续写
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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2022·安徽八校联考 说明文 291词 ★★★☆☆
Pearl Fryar knew he wanted to do something unique with the farmland he bought in South
Carolina. He wanted to win the local garden club's “Yard of the Month” award.
Fryar didn't have the money to purchase new trees, so he began by using bushes and shrubs
that a local nursery had thrown away—plants that looked dead to most people.
Because he worked days at a factory, Fryar often tended his garden at night. Neighbors got
used to seeing him stand on the ladder, cutting up his steadily growing bushes. The shrubs began
to take on different shapes. As the years went by, the creations became more delicate. Fryar began
planting trees and using zip ties, coat hangers, PVC pipe, and even his wife's old stockings to
achieve the forms he wanted. “He has a way of handling plants to do things he wants them to by
training, bending, wiring and clipping，” said a neighbor.
Many professional gardeners are amazed by what Fryar has been able to accomplish. Some
plants which wouldn't survive in the South thrived under his care.
Fryar's attention to detail and his willingness to work hard have made him a local hero. He
was the first African American to win “Yard of the Month” from the local garden club.
Fryar's garden now includes about 400 species of plants and 150 different plant sculptures. A
box for donations can be found on the property, but giving is optional. Fryar welcomes people
who can't afford to pay. He understands. He's been there. “You can be somebody，” he tells
students who visit the garden. “Show me anyone who works at anything with a passion and has
patience, and they're going to be successful. Be strong enough not to let the barriers in life stop
you.”
1．How did Fryar make his garden unique?
A．He made the plants into different shapes.
B．He bought new trees from a local nursery.
C．He used his professional knowledge.
D．He asked his neighbors to cut up his bushes.
2．What does the underlined word “thrived” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Died away. B．Became weak.
C．Faded slowly. D．Grew strong.
3．What made Fryar win the award?
A．Passion and innovation.
B．Patience and generosity.
C．Ambition and sympathy.
D．Willingness and honesty.
4．What is the best title for the text?
A．Making a Man into a Hero
B．The Hard Life of Pearl Fryar
C．Transforming a Garden into ArtD．The First Man of “Yard of the Month”
B
2021·新高考Ⅰ卷 说明文 350词 ★★★☆☆
When the explorers first set foot upon the continent of North America, the skies and
lands were alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife. Native Americans had taken care of these
precious natural resources wisely. Unfortunately, it took the explorers and the settlers who
followed only a few decades to decimate a large part of these resources. Millions of waterfowl
(水禽) were killed at the hands of market hunters and a handful of overly ambitious sportsmen.
Millions of acres of wetlands were dried to feed and house the everincreasing populations, greatly
reducing waterfowl habitat (栖息地)．
In 1934, with the passage of the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act (Act), an increasingly
concerned nation took firm action to stop the destruction of migratory (迁徙的) waterfowl and the
wetlands so vital to their survival. Under this Act, all waterfowl hunters 16 years of age and over
must annually purchase and carry a Federal Duck Stamp. The very first Federal Duck Stamp was
designed by J．N. “Ding” Darling, a political cartoonist from Des Moines, lowa, who at that time
was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt as Director of the Bureau of Biological Survey.
Hunters willingly pay the stamp price to ensure the survival of our natural resources.
About 98 cents of every duck stamp dollar goes directly into the Migratory Bird
Conservation Fund to purchase wetlands and wildlife habitat for inclusion into the National
Wildlife Refuge System—a fact that ensures this land will be protected and available for all
generations to come. Since 1934, better than half a billion dollars has gone into that Fund to
purchase more than 5 million acres of habitat. Little wonder the Federal Duck Stamp Program has
been called one of the most successful conservation programs ever initiated.
5．What was a cause of the waterfowl population decline in North America?
A．Loss of wetlands.
B．Popularity of water sports.
C．Pollution of rivers.
D．Arrival of other wild animals.
6．What does the underlined word “decimate” mean in the first paragraph?
A．Acquire. B．Export.
C．Destroy. D．Distribute.
7．What is a direct result of the Act passed in 1934?
A．The stamp price has gone down.
B．The migratory birds have flown away.
C．The hunters have stopped hunting.
D．The government has collected money.
8．Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A．The Federal Duck Stamp Story
B．The National Wildlife Refuge System
C．The Benefits of Saving Waterfowl
D．The History of Migratory Bird Hunting
Ⅱ.读后续写
[2022·潍坊市高三下学期二模]阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，
使之构成一篇完整的短文。I received an urgent call from my aunt. “Turn on the TV. Granny's on the Channel 10 news.”
It turned out that Granny had made a sandwich run for her office and was stopped at a red light
downtown. She had the window rolled down to enjoy the breeze when a man rushed up to the
driver's side window, intending to carjack (劫车) her.
Now, what the wouldbe carjacker couldn't have known was that this woman simply wasn't “a
granny”. This was Nancy Johnson—the same woman who owned and lived on a Texas cattle farm,
drove her own tractors, and dug her own post holes to lay fence. The week before, she had shot a
rattlesnake and chopped off its head with a shovel. She was the proud owner of the new minivan
(小型货车) she was driving. In other words, she was not your normal kind of granny.
The carjacker leaned into the open window, one hand stuffed in his pocket, and said, “Get out
of this car. I have a gun, and I will shoot you.” A statement like that would have terrified anyone
else. Instead, Granny saw it as a challenge. “If you really had a gun in your pocket, you
would've pulled it out and led with that first，” she shouted at him, apparently unworried.
She was right. The criminal didn't have a gun. He instead reached into the window, grabbed
her, and tried to pull her out of the van. He pulled open the door, wildly catching Granny's arms.
Granny leaned her shoulder inside to press the horn (喇叭) and started yelling to make people
around notice what was happening. With the door now open, she held tight the steering wheel with
one arm and started kicking the man anywhere her foot could make contact. This tall woman had
quite a reach.
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式作答。
After a wellplaced kick, the man was done, and attempted to release her and run.
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Later, we asked “Granny, don't you realize you could have got yourself killed！”
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答题策略
语法填空——时态、语态时态、语态题的解题步骤
So it was a great honour to be invited backstage at the notforprofit Panda Base,
例题 where ticket money helps pay for research, I ________ (allow)to get up close to
these cute animals at the 600acre centre.
通过上下文时态、时间状语、各种从句判定时态，叙述过去的事用一般过
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步 去式，叙述客观事实用一般现在时；(多考查一般过去时)
骤 ② 结合句意，根据主语与谓语动词之间的主动、被动关系判定语态
③ 确定助动词be或have的单复数形式
was allowed 上下文叙述的是过去的事情，使用的是一般过去时，如
was(where定语从句中叙述的是一般事实，故用的是一般现在时，应该排
答案
除干扰。)，所填词也应用一般过去时。又因为主语I与谓语动词allow之
间是被动关系，故应用一般过去时的被动语态。主语是I，be动词用was
