2016届高考英语二轮阅读理解九十天强化训练：11_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语二轮阅读理解九十天强化训练：11

　　39. What is the function of Lincoln’s famous saying in Paragraph Two?

　　A. To tell us that determination is the most important to success.

　　B. To attract readers1 attention.

　　C. To show why Lincoln was able to carry on in hard times.

　　D. To summarize Lincoln’s story.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据Then later in 1860, on such a rough road, he made it to the White House. He lived up to his famous saying, 可知这句话是为了表明为什么他能度过难关。故选C。

　　40.Why does the writer consider Lincoln as one of the greatest presidents in America?

　　A. Because he still influences America as a role model.

　　B. Because he set a good example to the present politicians.

　　C. Because of his great personalities.

　　D. Because he went through diverse difficulties.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据Lincoln’s high character influences us because we compare present-day politicians to the example Lincoln set.可知林肯还是一个榜样并影响了美国人，故选A。

　　B篇

　　In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider-story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider making a web(网). The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times. On the seventh time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to defeat the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won’t work.”