1、高三英语校本资料编号（ ） 共享类型： 阅读限时训练（4） 2012 年 3 月 2 日 印 910 份 编制人：苏丽平1完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给 的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。It was a cloudy morning when we left homeI walked alongside my father, clutching his right handAll my clothes were new: the black shoes, the green school unifor
2、m, and the red _36_They did not make me happy, 37 as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first timeWhen we arrived at the gate we could see the 38 ,vast and full of boys and girls“Go in by yourself“, said my father, “and join themPut a smile on your face and be a good 39 to other
3、s“ I 40 and clung to his hand, but he 41 pushed me from himBe a man, “ he said softly“Today you truly begin lifeYou will find me 42 for you when its time to leave“I look a few stepsThen the faces of the boys and girls came into viewI did not 43 a single one of them, and none of them knew me, eitherI
4、 felt I was a stranger who had 44 his wayThen some boys began to glance at me in 45 _ The gate was now closedSome of the children burst into 46 The bell rangA lady came along and led us to a room“This is your new home, said the woman “Everything that is enjoyable and 47 is hereSo dry your tears and
5、48 life joyfully,“Well, it seemed that my misgivings（担忧） had had no basisFrom the first moments I 49 many friends and I had never imagined school would have this 50 variety of experiencesWe played all sorts of games and sang our first songsWe also had our first introduction to languageWe ate 51 food
6、, took a little nap, and woke up lo go on with friendship, playing and learningThe bell rang, 52 the passing of the day and the end of workThe children happily_53_ toward the gate, which was opened againI said 54 to friends and teachers and passed 55 the gate, I looked around to find my father, eage
7、rly to tell him that I am a man now36Awatch B trousers Ccap Dnecklace37Atherefore B moreover Cotherwise Dhowever38Acourtyard B classroom Clibrary DDining-room39Asupporter B example Ccolleague Drelative40Ainspected B adopted Chesitated Dcontrolled41Asadly B coldly Croughly Dgently42Acaring B looking
8、Chunting Dwaiting43A, know B acquire Crecognize Dinspire44Afound B lost Cfought D, pushed45Asorrow B surprise Ccuriosity Dterror46Atears B crying Claughing Dlaughter47Agrateful B beneficial Cskillful Dprotective48Aface B occupy Csave Dshare49Aidentified B made Cdistinguished Dcontacted50Asimple B ra
9、re Crich Dmere51Asour B salty Cterrible Ddelicious52Aanswering B announcing Callowing Dcelebrating53Arushed B walked Cwandered Dmoved54Alove B hello Cgoodbye Dpity55Aover B along Cby Dthrough二、阅读理解 AHarii Jordean, 8, is “the worlds youngest CEO“For the past two year, 8-year-old Harii Jordean from St
10、oke Newington, London, has been selling marbles（弹珠） His successful marble companyMarble King, Sells all things marble-relatedfrom affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitaire tables sourced, proclaimed and processed by the mini-CEO himself“I li
11、ke having my own companyI like being the boss,“ Harii told The Mirror With profits now in the thousands, “the worlds youngest CEO“ has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demandHarli launched Marble King after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren depleti
12、ng （削减） his marble collectionYes, he literally “lost his marbles Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacementsHarli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to findWithin months, Harli had his own marble-selling website and orders started pouring inTina sa
13、ys her sons obsession （迷恋） with marbles started when lie was just 6 “His obsession became so big we started calling him the Marble King, so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it,“ she told The Sun“I never thought it would become so popularwe are struggling to cope with th
14、e number of orders at times“The 8-year-old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marblesSometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bitBut his dream is still to own Britains biggest marble shop and open stores around the world“ Tina told Th
15、e Daily Mail来源:科#网 Z#“At the minute he is annoying me by asking about creating his own Marble King marbles, so that could well be the next step for him“56Wily did Harlis marble company become popular as soon as he launched it?ABecause it was run by “the worlds youngest CEO“BBecause it filled the gap
16、s of marble businessCBecause Harli was fascinated with marble collectionDBecause his mother and brothers helped him a lot57How many mass media are mentioned in the passage?AOne B Two CThree DFour 58Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined expression “scale back“?Amake smaller B
17、 carry out Cturn down Dfrighten away59What message do the last two paragraphs carry?AConflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his familyBHarlis mother and brothers are worried about Marble Kings futureCMarble King marbles will be more popular with marble fans around the world高三英语校本资料编号（ ） 共享类
18、型： 阅读限时训练（4） 2012 年 3 月 2 日 印 910 份 编制人：苏丽平2DThe “Marble King“ has great ambitions for his Marble King CompanyBCanadian concept of space has contributed to the spreading citiesWith no lack of land, their cities tend to grow horizontally, rather than verticallyJust about every house in town has a lar
19、ge grassy lawn and at least four trees: two at the front and two at the backVegetable gardens are optionalAdd the municipally maintained trees that line the streets and you have towns occupying real forestsLiving in one of the least densely populated countries in the world, the Canadians have their
20、own version of personal spaceA general rule is never to advance closer than one meter to a personBut the distinct concept of how much physical distance you want to have between you and the next person may disappear once a friendship has been establishedPeople are not above giving hugs, even between
21、men But once the physical embrace is concluded, the Canadians return to their conventional distance, that is, only close enough that one does not have to shout in order to be heard,The Canadians are noted for being exceptionally politeA Canadian is quick to apologize even when it is you who unintent
22、ionally bumped him in the streetPedestrians in smaller towns have to take care not even to look as if they would like to cross the street since cars are likely to stop and wait for themA woman suffering from amnesia （遗忘症） was discovered aimlessly wandering the streets of Los Angeles Not knowing her
23、own identity, police had only one clue: the woman was polite So polite, in fact, they figured she had to be CanadianSure enough, when an all-points bulletin went out across Canada, it turned out that indeed she wasCanadian politeness does not mean formalityThe language etiquette （礼节） in Quebec follo
24、ws much less formal lines than in France where one would never call a stranger “tu“To do so would be like walking up to the Prince of Wales and giving him a hearty slap on the backHowever, me Quebecois appear to consider anyone from the same province a brother or sister and “tu“ their way around the
25、 countryside as if they know the entire world on first name terms60How is the first paragraph developed?ABy examples B By comparison CBy discussion DBy classification61From the passage, we can know that_Athe Canadians have the tendency of building high buildingsBthe Canadians never apologize to stra
26、ngers in the streetCthe physical distance the Canadians accept is one metreDformality is a necessary part of politeness in Canada62By mentioning the woman who suffers from amnesia, the author wants to illustrate thatApolice in Los Angeles are very devoted to their workBpoliteness has become a natura
27、l quality of the CanadiansCpeople still remember to be polite even after becoming illDthe USA and Canada maintain a good relationship63After reading the passage, we can infer that in Canada_Apeople always keep much physical distance between each otherBpeople in Quebec like being informal in their la
28、nguage etiquetteCpedestrians in small towns have to be very careful before they cross the streetDpeoples concept of space has negatively affected the development of their citiesC Travel NoticesNewark/New York /Houston area travel waiverA travel waiver has been issued for the Newark/New York /Houston
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34、11 ?APhiladelphia B Houston CNew York DNewark 65All of the following may cause United to issue a travel waiver EXCEPT_AA snowstorm BA thunderstorm CA cool wind DA thick fog66If Tom is unable to change his reservation online, he may _,Arebook his travel by calling United ReservationsBreschedule his travel through My Reservations高三英语校本资料编号（ ） 共享类型： 阅读限时训练（4） 2012 年 3 月 2 日 印 910 份 编制人：苏丽平3Cvisit the My Reservations page to see if he has been rebookedDcancel his check-in before trying to rebook through My Reservations参考答案：完型：CDABC DDABC ABABC DBACD阅读： BCAD ACBB BCA
