(江苏专用)高考英语二轮复习 专题限时检测(二十三)阅读理解D专练(一).pdfVIP

专题限时检测 (二十三) 阅读理解D 篇专练(一) (共 2 篇，限时 20 分钟) A (2021·镇江一模)No one knew Prince Edward Street as well as Pierre Dupin.He had delivered milk to thefamilies on the street for thirtyyears.For the past fifteen years a large white horse named Joseph pulled his milk wagon.Joseph was a gentle horse with beautiful spirit shining out of its eyes, so Pierre named him after Saint Joseph. Every morning at five, Pierre arrived at the milk companys stables to find Joseph waiting for him, Pierre would call, “Good morning, my old friend.”， as he climbed into his seat, while Joseph turned his head toward the driver.And the two would go proudly down the street.Without any order from Pierre, the wagon would roll down three streets.Then it turned right for two streets, before turning left to Saint Catherine Street.The horse finally stopped at the first house on Prince Edward Street.There, Joseph would wait perhaps thirty seconds for Pierre to get down off his seat and put a bottle of milk at the front door. Pierre knew every one of the forty families that got milk.The cooks knew that Pierre could not read or write; so, instead of leaving orders in an empty milk bottle, they simply sang out if they needed an extra bottle. Pierre also had a wonderful memory.When he arrived at the stable he always remembered to tell Jacques, the foreman (领班) of the stables, “ThePacquins took an extra bottle this morning; the Lemoines bought a pint of cream... ” Most of the drivers had to make outthe weekly billsand collect the money.But Jacques, liking Pierre, never asked him to do this. One day the president of the milk company came to inspect the early morning milk deliveries.Jacques pointed to Pierre and said：“See how the horse listens and how he turns his head toward Pierre? See the look in that horses eyes? You know, I think those two share a secr