广东台山县2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练【二】（2016高考训练）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。

体裁：记叙文话题：名人传记词数：660 时间：8′This was spring.One day in spring four men were riding on horseback along a country road.These men were lawyers, and they were going to the next town to attend court.There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft.Water was dripping__from the trees, and the grass was wet.The four lawyers rode along, one behind another; for the pathway was narrow, and the mud on each side of it was deep.They rode slowly, and talked and laughed and was very happy.As they were passing through a row of small trees, they heard a great flutter(拍动)over their heads and a weak cry in the grass by the roadside.Some voice came from the green branches above them.Some voice came from the wet grass.The ground was wet.It's obvious that there had been a heavy wind and rain.And soon，one of the men，Speed, recognized that the sounds were from the robins(知更鸟)．They came to the grass, and found there were two robins were in the grass.It was probable that the birds had been blown out of their nest by the storm.The birds were hurt and their mother was very worried about it.The birds were in danger!Lincoln believed that something should be done to help the birds.But his companions did not think it important.They went away, but Lincoln stayed.The three men, as they passed, looked down and saw the little birds fluttering in the cold, wet grass.They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her mate.Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before.In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.But the fourth lawyer, whose name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped.He got down fromhis horse and very gently took the little ones up in his big warm hands.They did not seem frightened, but shouted softly, as if they knew they were safe.Mr.Lincoln wanted to put the little birds into their nest.Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen.It was high, much higher than he could reach.But Mr.Lincoln could climb.He had climbed many a tree when he was a boy.He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm little home.Two other baby birds that had not fallen out were there.All joined together and were very happy.Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their horses water.And soon they found Mr.Lincoln lost.They were surprised to find that Abraham Lincoln was not with them.They waited by the spring.In a few minutes Mr.Lincoln joined them.His shoes were covered with mud; he had torn his coat on the tree.When they saw Mr.Lincoln come, they asked him where he had been.After Mr.Lincoln told them he had helped the birds in need, the three lawyers were in surprise.“Well，we always thought you were a hero，”said Mr.Speed.“Now we know it.”Then all three of them laughed heartily.They thought it so foolish that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.“ Gentlemen，” sa id Mr.Lincoln, “I could not sleep tonight, if I had left those helpless little robins to die in the wet grass.”Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman.He was elected president.Next to Washington he was the greatest American.【语篇解读】本文是名人传记，讲的是林肯帮助小鸟回巢的事情。

这个小善举表明了林肯的仁爱之心。

1．What were the four men going to do?A．Go to the forest. B．Go to have dinner.C．Go home. D．Go to work.答案 D [考查细节理解。

根据第一段中的“they were going to the next town to attend court”可知，他们是去工作。

]2．What does the underlined phrase “dripping from” mean?A．Dropping from. B．Running away.C．Washing away. D．Coming from.答案 A [考查词义猜测。

前面说下过雨，按照常识可知，雨水应是从树上滴下来，故选A 项。

]3．What made the little birds fall out of their nest?A．Other birds. B．Storm.C．Hunters. D．Speed.答案 B [考查细节理解。

从文章第七段中的“It was probable that the birds had been blown out of their nest by the storm”可以看出答案。

]4．The other three men stopped at a spring because ________．A．they were tiredB．they were waiting for LincolnC．they wanted to drink some waterD．they wanted to give their horses water答案 D [考查细节理解。

从文章第十四段中的“Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their horses water”可以看出答案。

]5．The reason why Lincoln's coat got torn was that ________．A．he climbed up the tree to help the birdsB．he was poorC．he thought it necessary to help the birdsD．the coat was not of good quality答案 A [考查细节理解。

由倒数第五段中的“His shoes were covered with mud；he had torn his coat on the tree”可知，答案选A项。

]6．What kind of man was Lincoln from the text?A．Kind. B．Cruel.C．Unfriendly. D．Indifferent.答案 A [考查推理判断。