2015年高考仿真模拟试卷•新课标卷I（一） 英语
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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（2015•河南省开封市高三第二次模拟考） When I was a high school student, mathematics looked like a big hurdle（障碍）for me and several of my classmates. When we reached the ninth class, we got Mr. Iyer, a strict maths teacher who was also our class teacher. He always stuck to his discipline. We had to arrive on time, pay undivided attention to his lectures, and dared not neglect any of h is homework.
Even so, as our class teacher, we got to know him better. Noticing some of us fidgeting one day as the mid –term exams approached, he stopped solving a mathematical problem to ask us why. “There’s too much to do,” we sighed. “We’re afraid we’ll never manage to finish our revision before the exams. ”
“Nothing is impossible,” Mr. Iyer told us. “This classroom is on the second floor. Do you have a problem reaching here ?”
We reacted with blank stares.
“No, you don’ t !”he said, answering his own question. “You have a staircase to help you climb up to this level. No one expects you to make it in two giant leaps. You simply take one step at a time. Any task can be solved if you focus on the immediate action to be taken. The rest will take care of itself, if you keep at it. One step at a time. That’ s the secret. ”
Then he wrote down an old motto on the blackboard —the longest journey starts with a single step. Having heard his staircase analogy（比拟）, we understood why he asked us the question and we saw him in a new light.
Most of my classmates scored distinctions in maths. And I went on to become an English teacher. To this day, whenever I pass on Mr. Iyer’s invaluable advice to my own students , they brighten up at the prospect of a lighter academic burden.
21.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Maths was difficult for most of the author’s classmates.
B. The students thought Mr.Iyer was not a good teacher.
C. Mr.Iyer would punish the students neglecting his discipline.
D. The students showed great fear to Mr.Iyer.
22.The underlined word “ fidgeting” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.
A. excited B. nervous C. hardworking D. calm
23.Why did the author and his classmates react with blank stares ?
A. Because they were too tired to understand what Mr. Iyer said.
B. Because they felt surprised at such an unbelievable problem.
C. Because they had no interest in any subjects that were no good for their exams.
D. Because they first thought reaching the second floor had no connection with the worry.
