14.At the beginning of the World Series of 1947,I experienced a completely new emotion,when the National Anthem was played.This time,I thought,it is being played for me,as much as for anyone else.This is organized major league baseball,and I am standing here with all the others; and everything that takes place includes me.
About a year later,I went to Atlanta,Georgia,to play in an exhibition game.On the field,for the first time in Atlanta,there were Negroes and whites.Other Negroes besides me.And I thought:What I have always believed has come to be.
And what is it that I have always believed?First,those imperfections are human.But that wherever human beings were given room to breathe and time to think,those imperfections would disappear,no matter how slowly.I do not believe that we have found or even approached perfection.That is not necessarily in the scheme of human events.Handicaps,stumbling blocks,prejudices-all of these are imperfect.Yet,they have to be dealt with because they are in the scheme of human events.
Whatever obstacles I found made me fight all the harder.But it would have been impossible for me to fight at all,except that I was sustained by the personal and deep-rooted belief that my fight had a chance.It had a chance because it took place in a free society.Not once was I forced to face and fight an immovable object.Not once was the situation so cast-iron rigid that I had no chance at all.Free minds and human hearts were at work all around me; and so there was the probability of improvement.I look at my children now,and know that I must still prepare them to meet obstacles and prejudices.
But I can tell them,too,that they will never face some of these prejudices because other people have gone before them.And to myself I can say that,because progress is unalterable,many of today's dogmas (教條)will have vanished by the time they grow into adults.I can say to my children:There is a chance for you.No guarantee,but a chance.And this chance has come to be,because there is nothing static with free people.There is no Middle Ages logic so strong that it can stop the human tide from flowing forward.I do not believe that every person,in every walk of life,can succeed in spite of any handicap.That would be perfection.But I do believe-and with every fiber in me-that what I was able to attain came to be because we put behind us (no matter how slowly) the dogmas of the past:to discover the truth of today; and perhaps find the greatness of tomorrow.
I believe in the human race.I believe in the warm heart.I believe in man's honesty.I believe in the goodness of a free society.And I believe that the society can remain good only as long as we are willing to fight for it-and to fight against whatever imperfections may exist.My fight was against the barriers that kept Negroes out of baseball.This was the area where I found imperfection,and where I was best able to fight.And I fought because I knew it was not doomed to be a losing fight.It couldn't be a losing fight-not when it took place in a free society.And in the largest sense,I believe that what I did was done for me-that it was my faith in God that sustained me in my fight.And that what was done for me must and will be done for others.
66.Why did the author say he had experienced a completely new emotion?C
A.Because he won game.
B.Because he was an American.
C.Because he could compete in the game and won the game.
D.Because the National Game was played for him.
67.From the passage,we know that the author isD.
A.a(chǎn)n African.
B.a(chǎn) Chinese
C.a(chǎn) white man
D.a(chǎn) black man
68.The author firmly believed thatC.
A.humans are imperfect if they all unite together to overcome the difficulties.
B.humans needn't approach perfect even if they can.
C.humans should face the obstacles and fight for it bravely.
D.humans are becoming kind and honest if they have freedom.
69.We can infer from the passage thatC.
A.the fight between Negroes and Whites never ends
B.the civil war broke out because the Negroes fought for their freedom
C.In the past Negroes were kept out of baseball.
D.the fight ended up with a game.
70.The best title of this passage may beD.
A.Nothing matters except fighting
B.Success lies in hard work
C.Freedom is everything
D.Free Minds and Hearts make a difference.
分析 文章主要講述作者一直堅(jiān)守的信念.作者堅(jiān)信社會上存在的所有不合理的事物都會隨著社會的進(jìn)步而消失,作者一直在為此而戰(zhàn)斗.
解答 66.C 推理判斷題. This time,I thought,it is being played for me,這一次,我想,它是為我而舉行的,可以推斷出作者參加這次比賽而且有信心能贏,所以答案選C.
67.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段第二句"On the field,for the first time in Atlanta,there were Negroes and whites.Other Negroes besides me."可知,作者是一名黑人選手.
68.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段第二句"First,that imperfections are human."和最后兩句"Handicaps,stumbling blocks,prejudices-all of these are imperfect.Yet,they have to be dealt with…"可知,作者堅(jiān)信人類不可避免地會存在著殘疾、障礙和偏見等缺陷,這需要我們勇敢地去面對.
69.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段第六、七句"My fight was against the barriers that kept Negroes out of baseball.This was the area where I found imperfection…"可知,棒球比賽將黑人拒之門外就是人類社會的一種缺陷,作者與之抗?fàn),因(yàn)樽髡咧肋@場戰(zhàn)斗并非注定以失敗告終.
70.D 標(biāo)題歸納題.根據(jù)第三段第一句"And what is it that I have always believed?"和最后一段第一至四句"I believe in the human race.I believe in the warm heart.I believe in man's honesty.I believe in the goodness of a free society."可知,文章主要講述作者一直堅(jiān)守的信念.作者堅(jiān)信社會上存在的所有不合理的事物都會隨著社會的進(jìn)步而消失,作者一直在為此而戰(zhàn)斗.
點(diǎn)評 本篇閱讀理解主要測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋.考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn).