高考英语二轮专题专练 阅读理解（2 ） .docVIP

2015届高考英语二轮专题专练：阅读理解(2 ) A In the summer of 1936, people all over the world heard the name of Jesse Owens. That summer, Owens joined the best athletes from fifty nations to compete in the Olympic Games. They met in Berlin, Germany. There was special interest in the Olympic Games that year. We do not know what Hitler thought of Jesse Owens. No one recorded what he said about this black man who ran faster and jumped farther than any man of any color at the Olympic Games. But Hitler thought nobody should run faster or jump higher than the athletes from Germany. For at Hitlers request, films were made of the Berlin Olympic Games. The films show Jesse Owens as a thin but powerfully-built young man with smooth brown skin and short hair. When he ran, he seemed to move without effort. When he jumped, as one observer said, he seemed to jump out of Germany. Jesse Owens won the highest award, the gold medal, in all four of the Olympic competitions he entered. In the 100-meter race, he equaled the fastest record in that Olympic event. In the long jump and the 200-meter race, he set new Olympic records. And as part of a four-man team, he helped set a new world record for the 400-meter relay race. He was the first American in the history of Olympic track and field events to win four gold medals in a single Olympics. 1．When were Berlin Olympic Games held? A．Before the Second World War. B．After the Second World War. C．During the Second World War. D．During the First World War. 答案：A　第二次世界大战是1939年爆发的，从文章第一段可知柏林奥运会是1936年夏天举办的。 2．According to the underlined sentence in the second paragraph, we know that________. A．Hitler thought highly of any man of any color B．Hitler thought Owens was an ordinary athlete like other athletes C．Hitler thought Owens was a strong athlete D．Hitler thought poorly of any man of any other color 答案：D　希特勒认为日耳曼民族是世界上最优秀的民族，认为没有任何人或任何民族在体育赛事上比自己的民族更强。 3．From the third paragraph, we can infer whom Owens jumped long in competition with finally? A．Another American at