2019届中学考试英语阅读理解专项训练20(3)

The show was great. It made me understand why we shouldn't take what didn't belong to us. I also learned that we shouldn't get happiness from hurting others. I recommended(推荐) it to some of my friends. They watched the show last night.

I thought that they could learn something from it while enjoying the wonderful magic.

( )9. From the passage we know that the monkey in the show A. has never lost things B. used to steal things

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实用文案C. was very stupid D. stopped eating bananas ( )10. What did the writer learn from the magic show? A. We should know what belongs to us.

B. A person should always help others.

C. A person shouldn't get happiness from hurting others.

D. We should pull together to overcome difficulties.

( )11 In this passage, which of the following events happened last? A. The writer 's friends watched the live show. B. The writer's aunt went to the writer's home. C. The writer watched the show on TV. D. The writer watched the live show. ( )12. What can we infer (推断) from the passage? A. The magician would leave the city soon. B. The writer's mother didn't like the show.

C. The writer $ friends were not interested in the show.

D. The writer thought the show was very interesting.

D

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his boat when it hit something and sank. He got into a life boat and was lost at sea. His supplies (供给) were few. His chances were small. Yet when three fishermen found him seventy-six days later, he was alive. He was much thinner than he was when he started,

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实用文案but alive. His story of how he survived (生存)is fascinating. His cleverness—how he managed to catch fish, how he changed seawater into drinking water一is interesting.

But the thing that caught my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost. He was So hungry and tired. Giving up would have seemed the only choice. When people survive these kinds of situations, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in similar situations give up or go mad.

“I tell myself I can deal with it, wrote Callahan in his story. Compared to what others have been through, I'm lucky. I tell myself these things over and over, building up my courage...”

It struck me as something important And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed far away. And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my senses.

So whatever you're going through, tell yourself you can deal with it. Compared to what others have been through, you're lucky. Tell this to yourself over and over, and it will help you get through difficult situations with a little more