【导语】郑州学历网根据《全国各类成人高等学校招生复习考试大纲》收集整理了2021成考高起点《英语》考试真题以供广大考生参考，具体如下：

　　2021年成考高起点《英语》考试真题及答案八

　　四、阅读理解（共15小题）

　　阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。

　　Troublemaker was what was given to my friend Peter by his teachers.They also said that he had no future and no hope! But now I suggest that anyone who said that should say sorry to him.

　　Peter finished Grade Nine，and then he went to study at a technical college.He became a leader of a group of bad boys.After graduation he had nothing to d0，SO he just hung around by the market with his friends.

　　It looked like nothing could change his life.It was not until the day that his father died.He left the boys and went to help his mother who sold food by the roadside.

　　He really pitied his mum and wanted to do something to support her.He loved reading cartoon（漫画）books and had been collecting them for years，SO he decided that he should sell them.Soon he realized that his books were very popular.So he made up his mind to set up his own business.He went around buying cartoon books from other people.He bought them for 25%and then sold them for half price.

　　These days，he doesn t have to go around looking for cartoon books because there are always people coming to his shop to sell their old ones.He now has a monthly income of about 55，000 baht（泰铢）。

　　He was a troublemaker to his teachers but he is a hero to me.If you are judged by your teachers as a bad student .I suggest you ignore what they say.Just do your best in everything.Don t give up so eas-ily， Believe me ，one day you could be successful,too.

　　36.Why does the author think some people should say sorry to Peter?

　　A.They refused to help him. B.They considered him hopeless.

　　C-They looked down on his parents.D.They made him give up his friends.

　　37.What did Peter do after his father died?

　　A.He worked at a market. B.He learnt to draw pictures.

　　C.He started his own business.D.He continued his c011ege studies.

　　38.How does Peter get second.hand cartoon books now?

　　A.He buys them from bookstores. B.He goes around collecting them.

　　C.He borrows them from his friends. D.He waits for people to sell them to him.

　　39.The word ignore in paragraph 6 is closest in meaning t0 .

　　A.take no interest in B.pay no attention to

　　C.believe in D.stick to