【高考押题卷】2025年高考英语考前预测卷 阅读理解（含答案与解析）

高考英语考前押题卷 阅读理解 一．阅读理解（共20小题） 1．My first book had been rejected by every major American publisher.My first agent wasn't communicating.My lifelong dream as a successful author was in tatters. " It isn't going to happen ， " I said to my friend." And 1 have to accept it." " if you lose faith in your product，no one else will have faith in it ， " she told me. I knew she was right.But，how could I believe in myself when I hit a wall at every turn？I knew I had a good product.The book featured interviews with the world﹣famous people who had learned how to succeed and lead the hard way.It had information that could help other people.As a consumer ，I would have loved that book because it had the great wisdom I so desperately needed.And ，their stories made for good reading.I had a good book.What I didn't have was a publisher.I had to find a way to get that book on the shelves and sold.But，how？ The hardest challenge was forcing myself to do battle again.I had to find the strength to believe in myself when it seemed like no one else believed in me.When I hit a wall，I usually need to get more information to figure out what is going wrong.So，I did some research and found out that my initial version of the book — where all the interview subjects got their own chapters —wasn't marketable to big publishers because that format would not sell tons of books.What I had to do was recognize it and restructure the book. I needed an agent.There were thousands of agents.Surely one of them would be right for me.So，I started sending out query （询问） letters.Within a week，I had a dozen agents who wanted the book.I chose the one who I thought would believe in me and my dream.She did get me my choices of publishers. Hard Won Wisdom wound up being a best﹣ selling book. （1）Which can best replace the underlined part " in tatters" in Paragraph 1？ 　 　 A．Great. B．Ruined. C．Strange. D．Cherished. （2）How can the author's first book be described？ 　 　 A．It is very theoretical. B．It contains many love stories. C．It is about a well﹣known person. D．It is quite useful to many people. （3）Which part of the mentioned book was changed by the author？ 　 　 A．The cover of it. B．The main content. C．The structure of it. D．The introduction part. （4）What does the author's story tell us？ 　 　 A．Never give up. B．It's easier said than done. C．Every man has his faults. D．Never judge a book by its cover. 2．A long time ago，a greedy，rich man hired a great mathematician to find the best way for him to make the greatest profit in everything he did.The rich man was building a huge safe，and his greatest dream was to fill it with gold and jewels. The mathematician was shut away for months in his study.One night he appeared at the rich man's house，with a big smile on his face："I found it！" he said.But the rich man was going on a long journey the next day，and didn't have time to listen.He promised the mathematician he would pay him d ... ...