1991年全国普通高校招生统考试题
阅读理解（共20小题，计分40%） 阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
（A）
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short. His real name was William
During the three years in prison , he learned to write short stories . After he got out of prison, he ( d )1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things? （按图索骥）
a. Lived in New York
b. Worked in a bank
c. Travelled to Texas
d. Was put in prison
e. had a newspaper job
f. Learned to write stories
A. e, c, f, b, d, a B. c, b, e, d, a, f
C. e, b, d, c, a, f D. c, e, b, d, f, a
( a )2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because （出人意料的结局）
A. they had surprise endings. B. they were easy to understand.
C. they showed his love for the poor. D. they were about New York City.
( b )3. O . Henry went to prison because （偷）
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.
B. people thought he had taken money that was not his.
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D. he broke the law by not using his own name.
( b )4. What do we know about O . Henry before he began writing? （自学成才不简单）
A. He was well – educated.
B. He was very good at learning.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was not serious about his work.
( c )5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories? （来自NY和NY人的生活）
A. His life inside the prison B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as b boy.
O.Henry具有传奇色彩的一生，短文不长，先说出主题，然后按时间顺序组织。可先扫描，答题时快速定位。英雄不问出处，而且往往历尽磨难。也成为阅读高手也得费一番苦
工，不过比起OH受的苦又算什么了。
(B)
Valencia1 is in the east part of Spain(西班牙).It has a port in the sea, two miles away on the
The city is a market center for what is produced
by the land around the city.
It is also a busy business city, with ships, railways, clothes and machine factories.
with white buildings, coloured roofs, and narrow streets . The
The University in the center of the city was built in the 13 century.
The city of Valencia has been known since the 2nd century. In the 8th century it was the capital of ( b )1. From the text .how many places have the name Valencia?（细节题，文中提到有三个叫Valencia的地方）
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
( c )2. What is the main difference between the two parts of the city?（因为这个城市的两部分，一个是老城区，一个是新城区，所以主要是根据时间来分的。）
A. The colour of the buildings.
B. The length of the streets.
C. The age of the buildings.
D. The colour of the roofs.
( b )3. When was Valencia the most important city in Spain?（答案a是说这个城市开始被人说知道的时间，b是这个城市成为西班牙首都的时间，c是这个城市中的大学建成的时间，d的时间没有提到，所以答案是b，这题是细节题，回到文章中找到提到这几个时间的地方仔细看看就知道答案了。
A. 2th century. B. 8th century.
C. 13th century. D. 20th century.
( d )4. What is Valencia famous for?
A. Its seaport.
B. Its University.
C. Its churches and museums.
D. Its parks and gardens.
( d )5. The main income of the city of Valencia is from its
A. markets. B. business. C. factories D. farming.
如果是现在，V的出名也许是因为它的球队，不过10年前，西班牙足球联赛可能还离中国人很遥远。文章结构比较清楚，每一段都有一个中心意思（不一定有中心句），定位比较方便。
(C)
Jane Clark ,fair – haired ,blue – eyed and tough as steel , has just won the most difficult race in the world.
In seventeen days she drove a dog team and sledge(雪橇)across I,050 miles of the Arctic Circle and through some of the most difficult land in the world. In bitter(刺骨) winds and
( a )1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this newspaper article?（这里提到是一场比赛，David Wilson, who came second，表明第二名是一个男人，也就是女人赢了男人，答案b，d没有扣中文章中女人赢男人的意思，而答案a，c有一种暗示是女人赢了男人，c则太没有鼓动性，考虑到是报纸文章的标题需要吸引人，所以选a最合适。）
A. Woman wins the world’s toughest race!
B. Woman fights bitter winds and snow-storms!
C. Woman wins a sledge race in the world!
D. Woman drives a dog team across the Arctic!
( c )2. Why was the race considered to be very hard?（文章提到雪橇和北极圈，如果还不确定的话，看文中标出的(2)）
A. The race was very long and on a very narrow track.
B. The people racing only and dogs to pull the sledge.
C. The trip was long and hard and the temperatures were low.
D. The people racing had to pull the sledges on their own.
( a )3. What was so special about Jane winning the race?
A. No woman had ever won this race in the past.
B. Her 13dogs were wild and difficult to control.
C. She broke the record by taking only 17 days to complete the race.
D. This was the first time she had taken part in this kind of race.
( b )4. How did David Wilson feel about the race?（理解文中标出（4）的句子，a提到David发生了事故，c提到不应该将男人和女人安排在一起比赛，d提到他不够大度，这都和标出的句子的意思不吻合，所以可以排除a，c，d，答案是b）
A. He had an accident during the race and thought it was not fair.
B. He was sorry to lose but thought it was fair that Jane won the race.
C. He thought that it was not right to put men and women in the same race.
D. He was very upset because he thought that he should have won.
( d )5. From the text we know that Jane was (难道J不强吗？)
A. a fair-minded girl.
B. very tough with her dogs. C. interested in women’s rights. D. a very strong person.
很多人在做了很多阅读和听力后，都总结出在考试中，女人＝牛或者好。这也许还真的是一个小规律。文章先说了一件事，然后描述这件事的过程，结构清晰。
’s big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder put Rupert, the skeleton（人体骨架）to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase（箱子）. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
( d )1. Who wrote the story?（文章中提到的人是一个老师，主题句中提到这个老师是作者的neighbour，所以答案是d）
A. Rupert’s teacher.
B. The neighbour’s teacher. C. A medical school teacher. D. The teacher’s neighbour
( b )2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
( a )3. What happened at the airport? （可以知道文章中提到的老师的箱子不见了，注意是错拿by mistake。当然，装在其中的skeleton也就不见了。）
A. The skeleton went missing. B. The skeleton was stolen.
D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase. C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.
( b )4. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?（文章表明那个老师总是去猜测拿到skeleton的人的感受，而且从首句也可以看出文章的基调是funny。A,C,D都差的太远）
A. He is very angry. B. He thinks it rather funny.
C. He feels good without Rupert.
的哥们会吓得把箱子扔到大海里）
A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert. D. He feels helpless without Rupert. ( b )5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?（也许出题老师认为那帮拿了箱子
讲的是一个老师的装着标本的箱子被人
错拿的故事。还好不是价值连城的木乃伊。文章按时间顺序组织。
1991年全国普通高校招生统考试题
阅读理解（共20小题，计分40%） 阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
（A）
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short. His real name was William
During the three years in prison , he learned to write short stories . After he got out of prison, he ( d )1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things? （按图索骥）
a. Lived in New York
b. Worked in a bank
c. Travelled to Texas
d. Was put in prison
e. had a newspaper job
f. Learned to write stories
A. e, c, f, b, d, a B. c, b, e, d, a, f
C. e, b, d, c, a, f D. c, e, b, d, f, a
( a )2. People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because （出人意料的结局）
A. they had surprise endings. B. they were easy to understand.
C. they showed his love for the poor. D. they were about New York City.
( b )3. O . Henry went to prison because （偷）
A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper.
B. people thought he had taken money that was not his.
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.
D. he broke the law by not using his own name.
( b )4. What do we know about O . Henry before he began writing? （自学成才不简单）
A. He was well – educated.
B. He was very good at learning.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was not serious about his work.
( c )5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories? （来自NY和NY人的生活）
A. His life inside the prison B. The newspaper articles he wrote.
C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as b boy.
O.Henry具有传奇色彩的一生，短文不长，先说出主题，然后按时间顺序组织。可先扫描，答题时快速定位。英雄不问出处，而且往往历尽磨难。也成为阅读高手也得费一番苦
工，不过比起OH受的苦又算什么了。
(B)
Valencia1 is in the east part of Spain(西班牙).It has a port in the sea, two miles away on the
The city is a market center for what is produced
by the land around the city.
It is also a busy business city, with ships, railways, clothes and machine factories.
with white buildings, coloured roofs, and narrow streets . The
The University in the center of the city was built in the 13 century.
The city of Valencia has been known since the 2nd century. In the 8th century it was the capital of ( b )1. From the text .how many places have the name Valencia?（细节题，文中提到有三个叫Valencia的地方）
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
( c )2. What is the main difference between the two parts of the city?（因为这个城市的两部分，一个是老城区，一个是新城区，所以主要是根据时间来分的。）
A. The colour of the buildings.
B. The length of the streets.
C. The age of the buildings.
D. The colour of the roofs.
( b )3. When was Valencia the most important city in Spain?（答案a是说这个城市开始被人说知道的时间，b是这个城市成为西班牙首都的时间，c是这个城市中的大学建成的时间，d的时间没有提到，所以答案是b，这题是细节题，回到文章中找到提到这几个时间的地方仔细看看就知道答案了。
A. 2th century. B. 8th century.
C. 13th century. D. 20th century.
( d )4. What is Valencia famous for?
A. Its seaport.
B. Its University.
C. Its churches and museums.
D. Its parks and gardens.
( d )5. The main income of the city of Valencia is from its
A. markets. B. business. C. factories D. farming.
如果是现在，V的出名也许是因为它的球队，不过10年前，西班牙足球联赛可能还离中国人很遥远。文章结构比较清楚，每一段都有一个中心意思（不一定有中心句），定位比较方便。
(C)
Jane Clark ,fair – haired ,blue – eyed and tough as steel , has just won the most difficult race in the world.
In seventeen days she drove a dog team and sledge(雪橇)across I,050 miles of the Arctic Circle and through some of the most difficult land in the world. In bitter(刺骨) winds and
( a )1. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this newspaper article?（这里提到是一场比赛，David Wilson, who came second，表明第二名是一个男人，也就是女人赢了男人，答案b，d没有扣中文章中女人赢男人的意思，而答案a，c有一种暗示是女人赢了男人，c则太没有鼓动性，考虑到是报纸文章的标题需要吸引人，所以选a最合适。）
A. Woman wins the world’s toughest race!
B. Woman fights bitter winds and snow-storms!
C. Woman wins a sledge race in the world!
D. Woman drives a dog team across the Arctic!
( c )2. Why was the race considered to be very hard?（文章提到雪橇和北极圈，如果还不确定的话，看文中标出的(2)）
A. The race was very long and on a very narrow track.
B. The people racing only and dogs to pull the sledge.
C. The trip was long and hard and the temperatures were low.
D. The people racing had to pull the sledges on their own.
( a )3. What was so special about Jane winning the race?
A. No woman had ever won this race in the past.
B. Her 13dogs were wild and difficult to control.
C. She broke the record by taking only 17 days to complete the race.
D. This was the first time she had taken part in this kind of race.
( b )4. How did David Wilson feel about the race?（理解文中标出（4）的句子，a提到David发生了事故，c提到不应该将男人和女人安排在一起比赛，d提到他不够大度，这都和标出的句子的意思不吻合，所以可以排除a，c，d，答案是b）
A. He had an accident during the race and thought it was not fair.
B. He was sorry to lose but thought it was fair that Jane won the race.
C. He thought that it was not right to put men and women in the same race.
D. He was very upset because he thought that he should have won.
( d )5. From the text we know that Jane was (难道J不强吗？)
A. a fair-minded girl.
B. very tough with her dogs. C. interested in women’s rights. D. a very strong person.
很多人在做了很多阅读和听力后，都总结出在考试中，女人＝牛或者好。这也许还真的是一个小规律。文章先说了一件事，然后描述这件事的过程，结构清晰。
’s big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder put Rupert, the skeleton（人体骨架）to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase（箱子）. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
( d )1. Who wrote the story?（文章中提到的人是一个老师，主题句中提到这个老师是作者的neighbour，所以答案是d）
A. Rupert’s teacher.
B. The neighbour’s teacher. C. A medical school teacher. D. The teacher’s neighbour
( b )2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
( a )3. What happened at the airport? （可以知道文章中提到的老师的箱子不见了，注意是错拿by mistake。当然，装在其中的skeleton也就不见了。）
A. The skeleton went missing. B. The skeleton was stolen.
D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase. C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.
( b )4. Which of the following best tells the teacher’s feeling about the incident?（文章表明那个老师总是去猜测拿到skeleton的人的感受，而且从首句也可以看出文章的基调是funny。A,C,D都差的太远）
A. He is very angry. B. He thinks it rather funny.
C. He feels good without Rupert.
的哥们会吓得把箱子扔到大海里）
A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert. D. He feels helpless without Rupert. ( b )5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?（也许出题老师认为那帮拿了箱子
讲的是一个老师的装着标本的箱子被人
错拿的故事。还好不是价值连城的木乃伊。文章按时间顺序组织。