2014 届高考英语二轮复习 三月精品练习阅读理解 <br />1． <br />Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节，满分 40 分) <br />第一节 阅读理解 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分) <br /> 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将 <br />该项涂黑。 <br /> The old shopkeeper led me through to the back of the shop．The room was <br />filled with boxes and <br /> photographs of people dressed in old-fashioned clothes，holding packages in <br />their hands． <br /> &ldquo;Who are these-people?&rdquo;I asked． <br /> &ldquo;Satisfied customers，&rdquo;answered young Mr. Hopkins．&ldquo;We have a very wide <br />choice of items for <br /> sale．Whenever I serve a new customer, I always take their picture．&rdquo;Mr. Hopkins <br />pointed to an ancient <br /> camera standing next to one wall．&ldquo;Now, how can I serve you?&rdquo;he added． <br /> By this time，I had started to trust Mr. Hopkins and had begun to appreciate <br />the lovely items on <br /> sale. I needed to buy Christmas presents for my family and friends，and this <br />seemed to be the perfect <br /> place to purchase them．I spent a very pleasant hour being shown the commodities <br />in Mr. Hopkins’shop． <br />No matter what I asked for, Mr. Hopkins found it for me．Finally, I bought an <br />antique jewelry box，a pair <br /> of riding boots ， a leather-bound edition of the Complete Works of Mark <br />Twain, and a sewing machine． <br /> I was very excited that I had found such a good little shop．I promised <br />Mr. Hopkins that l would <br /> come back soon. &ldquo;I will tell all my friends about your lovely place，&rdquo;I told <br />the shopkeeper． <br /> &ldquo;Please do not do that, sir&quot; , said Mr. Hopkins．&ldquo;This is a special place <br />for special people．You must <br /> keep this shop a secret．&rdquo; Then he took my photograph and handed me the picture <br />straight away． <br /> &ldquo;That was quick!&rdquo;I exclaimed．I looked at the photograph．In the picture <br />I looked proud and excited holding the presents I had bought in Mr. <br />Hopkins’dusty shop． <br /> On Christmas Day, my friends and relatives were delighted with the presents <br />I had bought for them． <br />For weeks．my brother begged me to show him where to find this wonderful little <br />shop．I finally agreed to take him to London to show him． <br /> When we arrived in London，we walked along Oxford Street，past the department <br />store and <br />Found nothing．The little shop was no longer there．In its place was an empty <br />space being used as a car <br />park．I checked the area again。There was the music shop，and there was the <br />department store．In between <br />should have been Hopkins and Son, but it wasn’t there． <br /> As l was staring at the place where the shop should have been, a old policeman <br />came along．&ldquo;Are <br />you looking for something sir?&rdquo;he asked． <br /> I turned and said&ldquo;I am looking for a little shop called Hopkins and Son．I <br />thought it was here．&rdquo; <br /> &ldquo;Oh yes，&rdquo;said the policeman．&ldquo;There was a shop here once called Hopkins <br />and Son．It sold all...