高考英语阅读理解轻松搞定阅读细节题专项练习含解析 (4)

高考英语阅读理解轻松搞定阅读细节题专项练习含解析

李仕才

（1）

New York, 10 November —5:27 pm, yesterday. Biggest power failure in the city’s history.

Thousands of people got stuck in lifts. Martin Saltzman spent three hours between the 21st and 22nd floors of the Empire State Bui lding. “There were twelve of us. But no one panicked. We passed the time telling stories and playing word games. One man wanted to smoke but we didn’t let him. Firemen finally got us out.”

“It was the best night we’ve ever had,” said Angela Carraro, who runs an Italian restaurant on 42nd Street. “We had lots of candles on the tables and the waiters were carrying candles on their trays. The place was full — and all night, in fact, for after we had closed, we let the people stay on and spend the night here.”

The zoos had their problems like everyone else. Keepers worked through the night. They used blankets to keep flying squirrels and small monkeys warm. While zoos had problems keeping warm, supermarkets had problems keeping cool. “All of our ice cream and frozen foods melted,” said the manager of a store in downtown Manhattan. “They were worth $ 50, 000.”

The big electric clock in the lobby（大厅）of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in downtown Manhattan started ticking （滴答）again at 5:25 this morning. It was almost on time.

1. Throughout the period of darkness, Martin Saltzman and the eleven others were _______.

A. nervous

B. excited

C. calm

D. frightened

2. How long did the power failure last?

A. Nearly 12 hours.

B. More than 12 hours.

C. Nearly 24 hours.

D. More than 24 hours.

（2）

In Mount Berry, Georgia, people find a group of schools built specially for mountain children. The schools, as well as the mountain itself, are named after Martha Berry, herself

a daughter of a Georgian mountaineer.

Martha Berry was born in 1866. Luckier than most Georgian mountain children, she received an education. But she never forgot other children of the mountains whose parents couldn’t afford to send them to school. In 1902 Martha Berry started a school for these children. It was housed in a single small log cabin and was attended by only five pupils. Now eighty years later, there are a score of Berry Schools in the area, with a total of over one thousand students and a waiting list of

about five thousand.

Martha Berry in her later years received many medals and honors for what she had done for the poor mountain children of Georgia, and in 1931 she was named one of the twelve most important women in the United States. She never stopped working for the mountain children till her death in 1942.

1. Georgia is the name __________.

B. of a school in

A. of a mountain in the U. S.

the U. S.

C. of the mountain people in the U. S.

D. of a state

in the U. S.

2. How many years of her life did Martha Berry devote to

working for children?

D. 76 years

C. 29 years

A. 40 year

B. 36 years

3. The first Berry School was founded ________.

B. in memory of Martha

A. to honor Martha Berry

Berry D. in Martha

C. by the efforts of Martha Berry

Berry’s own house

4. The Berry Schools have expanded ________.

D.

C. 1000 times

A. 20 times

B. 200 times

5000 times