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高三英语补差限时训练（10） Date:Nov.17 阅读理解C、D篇真题变式题 【高考真题变式题1】 From a young age, Barbara Binns’s passions were reading and doing research. With her latest book, Unlawful Orders, a biography, she captures American history. Unlawful Orders tells the story of James Williams (1919-2016), a doctor who served with the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military pilots, during World War II. While at the Freeman Airfield base in Iowa, he stood up to racial unfair practices through peaceful protest, which pushed the government to make some changes in the US army. Binns lives in Chicago, Illinois, where she grew up and where most of her stories took place. In 2008, she wrote several books for young readers. She found her current book’s subject while researching James’s mother, Clara Williams, for another project. James had also lived in Chicago, in a neighborhood not far from where Binns grew up, but she hadn’t heard about him. “I found myself wondering if I ever walked past him on the street and didn’t realize I was in the presence of greatness,” Binns told The Week Junior. She said she would have loved to have him as a role model during her childhood. That’s one reason why she wrote Unlawful Orders, she said — for children who need a hero, someone who looks ordinary but did extraordinary things through quiet but persistent actions. 1．What can be known about James Williams? A．He once served as an American pilot. B．He fought for equal rights for the black people. C．He lived in the same neighborhood with Binns. D．He got the support from American government. 2．Which of the following words can best replace the underlined words in Paragraph 2? A．Put aside. B．Settled for. C．Objected to. D．Referred to. 3．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about? A．How Binns chose the subject for Unlawful Orders. B．How Binos got to know James Williams. C．Why Binns gave up researching Clara Williams. D．Why Binns chose Chicago to be the setting for her books. 4．Why did Binns writ