2019年高考英语阅读理解模拟训练专题.pdf

2019 年高考英语阅读理解实战训练 (名师精选试题 +详细解析答案，建议下载练习 ) （一）故事类 A In one of the old buildings near our school ，one could see an old man sitting by a large window on the first floor ．His name was James．During the three years at schoo1, I had hardly ever found him missing from his usual position ． He was a high-ranking government official and lived happily with his wife ．Once there was a bus accident ，in which a number of passengers were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital for treatment ．James was responsible for the rescue operation．It was a big hospital ，but James was shocked to notice how ill-equipped it was ．There were no enough life-saving drugs and life — supporting equipment ．The injured and their companions had to struggle there ．James attempted to help ．However ，though he emptied his pockets ，many of them died that day ． That was a turning point in his life ．He made a decision to devote his life to helping others ， particularly the poor and needy patients and their companions ．He began spending much of his income on these people．Since this required a lot o f time and energy ，he found it difficult to fulfill his official duties and therefore chose to retire ，which ，in turn ，reduced his income considerably ． His wife was deeply worried. Most of the time ，James was out and paid least attention to home affairs ．Meanwhile ，as he was spending a lot helping others ，she had to struggle even to meet the household expenses．Though she was not opposed to his helping the poor ，she urged him not to overlook his own life and home ，but it had no effect on him ．One day they had a heated argument and in the end she left him ，never to return ．Though he continued with his work ，this was a great blow and