2014中职英语高考模拟试题阅读理解集中练习三.docVIP

中职英语高考模拟试题集中练习：阅读理解 阅读理解 A mother was devastated, crying, yelling all she can in that dark corner. There was nobody to hear her yell and not a soul to calm her, because outside her house is a long winding lonely road. The wind was at rest and the leaves didn’t rustle, silence filling the air. Loneliness was already killing her, but no one knows what made her cry. Losing something you love with all your heart isn’t really the pain you can ever overcome. Radha lost her baby, her only means to live. She saw her child getting killed and the accident was terrible. One lonely night, she was walking down the street to get a breath of fresh air with her child hugged tightly in her arms. The whole time she walked with her child in her arms, the only thing that worried her was Aryan’s future. She was imagining and feeling every day of the child’s growth, and figuring what she would have in store for him. But who knows what’s in store for us tomorrow, life can change in a second. On that deserted road were a few street lights barely enough. It was this light that could be seen from a distance, but as it came closer it got brighter and brighter. That light changed Radha’s life into darkness forever. A speeding car came down that road. The driver came at a speed of 110 kmph throwing beer bottles out of his half open window. He was definitely drunk, and the speed took everything in its path. Just then, there was a loud cry, and silence set in again. But the mother wasn’t hurt. She opened her eyes, unable to focus her eyes, and didn’t see Aryan. After a few minutes when her sight cleared up she looked all over in a panic for her baby, but alas. . . The child hadn’t even seen life. Simply, don’t drink and drive. You could take a life, but kill a number of people. 1. The underlined word “devastated” in Paragraph 1 would probably mean“　　　”. A. worried B. scared C. heart-broken D. weather-beaten 2. Which of the following statements is TRUE of Radha? A. She had expe