2018届二轮复习 阅读理解典题18篇训练
【一】
Many high school students consider a college education useless. Therefore, they choose not to go to college. If you’re one of them, think again. Here are some reasons why you should go to college and receive a good education there.
Schools and universities are the first sources of knowledge. We take that knowledge later on to build our careers after graduation. More knowledge will be gained after you start working, but without an education, that job will not be within easy reach. Knowledge leads to knowledge.
While limited within the walls of the educational institutions, we openly explore other cultures of the world. We come to know that ours is not the only culture. Other cultures have valuable insights to share, enriching our own. Education also makes us want to travel and interact with various cultures, broadening our horizons.
When there’s a downturn（衰退）in the economy,those who attended college will be more likely to find a new job than those who only finished grade school and have a limited skills set. The more education you have, the more chances you will get to improve the quality of your life as you have a better job and earn a higher salary.
When you’re skilful and knowledgeable, you get to “rub knees” with people of similar backgrounds and tastes. It means a good education leads to excellent networking. Good networking can benefit you a lot in your later life.
A good education makes you a more interesting person. You can talk about ideas and events instead of just other people and what’s on sale in stores. An educated person doesn’t gossip, having a preference to discuss ideas and listen to what other people have to say. 21. What is the text mainly about? A. Sources of knowledge. B. Benefits of attending college.
C.The disadvantages of not being educated.
D. The reason why some people think college useless. 22. How does the writer develop the passage? A. By giving examples.
B. By listing reasons.
C. By following directions. D. By offering suggestions.
23. Which of the following are not mentioned by the writer about going to college? A. Gaining more knowledge. B. Enlarging social networks. C. Becoming a humorous person. D. Experiencing diverse cultures.
【二】
From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the Pilgrim’s Progress, my first collection was of John Bunyan’s works, in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton’s Historical Collections; they were small chapmen’s books and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father’s little library consisted chiefly of books in religion, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge; more proper books had not fallen in my way, since I realized that I should not be a clergyman（牧师）.Plutarch’s Lives there was,in which I read abundantly, and I still think that time spent to great advantage. There was also a book of Defoe’s, called An Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather’s called Essays to Do Good which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
This bookish preference at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession. In 1717, my brother James returned from England with a press and letters to set up his business in Boston. I liked it much better than that of my father, but still have a thirst for the sea. To prevent the concerned effect of such a desire, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. I stood out some time but at last was persuaded, and signed the contract,when I was yet but 12 years old.. I was to serve as an apprentice（学徒）tillI was 2l years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman’s wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother..
I now had access to better books. An acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers, enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which I was careful to return soon and clean. Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in
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