2016高考英语阅读理解练习及答案(5)

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　　2016年高考英语正在紧张的复习中，英语阅读理解是同学们复习的重点和难点，以下是新东方在线高考网小编整理的《2016高考英语阅读理解练习及答案》，供同学们参考学习。

　　Acting is such an over-crowded profession thatthe only advice that should be given to a youngperson thinking of going on the stage is“Don?t!”.Butit is useless to try to discourage someone who feelsthat he must act，although the chances of hisbecoming famous are slim. The normal way to beginis to go to a drama sch001.Usually only students whoshow promise and talent are accepted，and the course lasts two years.Then the young actor oractress takes up work with a theatrical company(剧团)，usually as an assistant stage managerThis means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre and occasionally acting in verysmall parts It is very hard work indeed，the hours are long and the salary is tiny.

　　Of course，some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and Success withoutthis long and hard training.Connie Pratt，for example，was just an ordinary girl working in abicycle factory.A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a busstop，as he drove past in his car.He stopped and got out to speak to the girl.He asked if shewould like to go to the film studio to do a test，and she thought he was joking Then she gotangry and said she would call the police It took the producer twenty minutes to convinceConnie that he was serious The test was successful.And within a few weeks she was playing theleading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day But chances like this happenonce in a blue moon

　　36 From the very beginning，the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession______

　　A sought after by too many

　　B.too difficult for young people

　　C.for slim people only

　　D.one can go into without special training

　　37.For someone who feels he must act，it is very likely that _____

　　A.he will become a film star at long last

　　B he will become a stage manager

　　C he will be well paid

　　D.he will end up without any Success

　　38.The film producer found Connie Pratt one morning when she was ____

　　A.at work in a bicycle factory

　　B.driving past him in her car

　　C.going to a film studio

　　D.waiting for a bus

　　39.A few weeks after the test.Connie Pratt found herself _____

　　A the most famous actress of the world

　　B.playing the leading female role in a play

　　C.as famous as the greatest actor of the world

　　D.no less famous than the leading actor of the day

　　40 The concluding sentence “chances like this happen once in a blue moon” means______

　　A this is something which happens once in a while

　　B.this is a highly profitable chance

　　C.this is something highly possible

　　D this is a very rare chance

　　答案

　　36.A

　　37.D

　　38.D

　　39.B

　　40.D

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