湖北省2020高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（95）

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1、此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。湖北省2020高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（95）阅读下列A、B、C、D每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。ARecentlyafriendofminewrotetomeaboutherexperienceinHolland:Averyoldmanaskedmetocometohisapartment,andhewoulddonateabiketotheproject.Iwentovertogetit,anditwashalfab

2、ike,whichwaslockedtoapoleandhadobviouslybeenthereforyears.Thetemperaturewaswellbelowzero.Itbecameclearthathewasinfactsuper-lonely,andtornbetweenusualDutchdistrustofstrangersanddesperationforhumancontact.Hefinallybeggedmetocomeuptohisapartment(whereheobviouslylivedalone)butno

3、tbeforewespent15minutestryingtosawthatrustyoldbikeloose,withhisWorldWarII-periodhacksaw(钢锯)withmissingteeth.YoumayknowthatDutchpeoplearethetallestintheworld,reflectingaveryhighstandardofliving.But—ifthisoldmanisnotunusual—reducingthelonelinessofoldpeopleisn’tpartoftheDutchso

4、cialcontract,admirableasitmaybe.IrecentlywatchedtheFrontlineprogramSickAroundtheWorld.Itsuggestedthatthatoldmanisn’tunusual.InEngland,wheredoctorvisitsarefree,adoctorsaidhehasseveralpatientswhocomeweekly,purelybecausethey’relonely.InJapan,somepatientshavetheirbloodpressureme

5、asuredveryoften—mostprobablyforthesamereason.InTaiwan,ifyouseeadoctor20timesinonemonth,someonefromthegovernmentwillcometotalktoyou.Notaboutloneliness—aboutoveruseofmedicalcare.TheFrontlineprogrammadenothingofanyofthesefacts,whichwereincludedtoshowthataccesswaseasy.Reallythei

6、deathateveryoneneedshumancontactisn’tmysteriousorcontroversial.Myexplanationisthere’sadoubleblow:Notonlydolonelyoldpeoplehavelittlepower,it’salsoclearthattheirproblem(loneliness)isn’tcausedbya“chemicalimbalance”.Sonodrugscanbesoldtotreatit.Andthere’snodiagnosticcategory.When

7、theselonelyoldpeopleusewhatlittlepowertheyhavebyvisitingtheirdoctor,thedoctor—I’massuming—doesn’tdoanythingtogetridoftheloneliness.Evenifyouvisit20timesinamonth.1.ThestoryoftheDutcholdmanatthebeginningofthepassageservesas_______A.anexampleofthelone