高三英语校本资料阅读限时训练(4)平.doc

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 uniform, 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 girlsGo in by yourself, said my father, and join themPut a smile on your face and be a good 39 to others I 40 and clung to his hand, but he 41 pushed me from himBe a man, he said softlyToday you truly begin lifeYou will find me 42 for you when its time to leaveI 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 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 roomThis is your new home, said the womanEverything that is enjoyable and 47 is hereSo dry your tears and 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, 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, eagerly to tell him that I am a man now36Awatch Btrousers Ccap Dnecklace37Atherefore Bmoreover Cotherwise Dhowever38Acourtyard Bclassroom Clibrary DDining-room39Asupporter Bexample Ccolleague Drelative40Ainspected Badopted Chesitated Dcontrolled41Asadly Bcoldly Croughly Dgently42Acaring Blooking Chunting Dwaiting43A, know Bacquire Crecognize Dinspire44Afound Blost Cfought D, pushed45Asorrow Bsurprise Ccuriosity Dterror46Atears Bcrying Claughing Dlaughter47Agrateful Bbeneficial Cskillful Dprotective48Aface Boccupy Csave Dshare49Aidentified Bmade Cdistinguished Dcontacted50Asimple Brare Crich Dmere51Asour Bsalty Cterrible Ddelicious52Aanswering Bannouncing Callowing Dcelebrating53Arushed Bwalked Cwandered Dmoved54Alove Bhello Cgoodbye Dpity55Aover Balong Cby Dthrough二、阅读理解 A Harii Jordean, 8, is the worlds youngest CEOFor the past two year, 8-year-old Harii Jordean from Stoke 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 himselfI like 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 depleting （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 says 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 SunI never thought it would become so popularwe are struggling to cope with the number of orders at timesThe 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 The 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 him56Wily did Harlis marble company become popular as soon as he launched it?ABecause it was run by the worlds youngest CEOBBecause it filled the gaps 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 BTwo CThree DFour58Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined expression scale back?Amake smaller Bcarry 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 worldDThe 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 large 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 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 menBut 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 unintentionally 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 AngelesNot knowing her 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 follows much less formal lines than in France where one would never call a stranger tuTo 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 countryside as if they know the entire world on first name terms60How is the first paragraph developed?ABy examples BBy comparison CBy discussion DBy classification61From the passage, we can know that_Athe Canadians have the tendency of building high buildingsBthe Canadians never apologize to strangers 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 natural 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 language 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