2019高三英语星级阶梯阅读练习三星级38.doc

2019高三英语星级阶梯阅读练习三星级38AIn 1969 I was a young girl working in Toronto. I was from a small town in Ontario and had just moved to the big city about three months earlier. It was one week before Christmas and I was going home on the last streetcar of the evening. I remember looking at my paycheque(工资单) and asking myself how it was going to endure. At that time in my life I hardly had enough money to exist on. Bread for supper and oatmeal for breakfast was the only way I kept hunger at bay. I got off the streetcar and started walking up the street, when I suddenly noticed a man was running after me. I stopped, turned around, seeing that he was black. I snapped, “What do you want?” The man answered in a soft voice, “I am returning your wallet. You left it on the streetcar seat.” Because of that mans thoughtfulness, I was allowed the comfort of going home by bus for the summer holidays. Otherwise, I would have stayed alone in my small room with a hog plate. I have never been so ashamed of myself, and that poor, kind man had to walk, who knows how far, home. I recognized immediately that this was wrong of me and it changed my ways forever. 56. What can we learn from the second paragraph? A. The writer had no job when the story happened. B. The writer were leaving the big city for her hometown. C. The writer had little money when the story happened. D. The writers parents were very poor when she was young. 57. What does the underlined word “snapped” most probably mean? A. To speak in a soft voice. B. To shout angrily. C. To scream for help. D. To whisper. 58. Why was the black man running after the writer? A. To rob her. B. To scare her. C. To make friends with her. D. To return her wallet. 59. What is the writer trying to tell her readers? A. Never judge people by their appearance. B. She had been struggling to her success. C. She had changed a lot since that night. D. Being kind to strangers will pay back. BMonkeys are very similar to us in many ways. We enjoy watching them because they often act like us. In fact, scientists say monkeys and humans share a common ancestor.Monkeys make us smile, too, because they are creatures full of playful tricks. This is why many monkey expressions are about tricky people or playful acts. One of these expressions is monkeyshines meaning tricks or foolish acts. So, when a teacher says to a group of students: Stop those monkeyshines right now!, you know that the kids are playing, instead of studying.You might hear that same teacher warn a student not to monkey around with a valuable piece of equipment. You monkey around with something when you are touching or playing with something you should leave alone. Also, you can monkey around when you feel like doing something, but have no firm idea of what to do. Monkey business usually means secret, maybe illegal, activities. A news report may say there is monkey business involved in building the new airport, with some officials getting secret payments from builders.You may make a monkey out of someone when you make that person look foolish. Some people make a monkey out of themselves by acting foolish or silly.If one monkey has fun, imagine how much fun a barrel of monkeys can have. If your friend says he had more fun than a barrel of monkeys at your party, you know that he had a really good time.Monkey suits are common names for clothes or uniforms soldiers wear. In earlier years, performing monkeys tight-fitting, colorful jacket looked similar to a military uniform. So, people began to call a military uniform a monkey suit.60. Which of the following can best state the main idea of the passage? A. Monkeys are connected with our life. B. Due respect should be paid to monkeys. C. Some English expressions about monkey. D. Monkeys share a common ancestor with us. 61. How many expressions about monkey are introduced in the passage? A. 5. B. 6. C. 7. D. 8. 62. The expression “monkeyshine” has the closest meaning to _. A. mischief(恶作剧，顽皮) B. laziness C. making noise D.diligence 63If you drew a funny picture on your friends face while he was sleeping, you were _. A. monkeying around B. doing money business C. enjoying a barrel of monkeys D. making a monkey out of him CTelevisions, stereos, telephones, and computers have changed the way we spend our time and what we know about the world. Some of the changes brought about by these material possessions have improved our way of life, but others have made it worse. Our young teenagers turn on the television, play the stereo, play games on the computer, talk on the telephone, and eat all the same time. This drives me right up the wall to instant insanity(精神失常).However, teens of today place too great an importance on material property. They spend an average of several hours a day watching television, listening to stereos, playing on the computer, playing video games, and talking on the telephone. Families no longer watch television together and there is great lack of communication. Materialism is evident when an otherwise intelligent teenager drives their parents crazy, and into debt, when misusing communication equipment. Teens judge and admire other teens for what they own and have, rather than for what they are or what they can do. They no longer care about values, like honesty, integrity(正直), freedom, talent, quality and other values and morals.However, good or bad, communication devices are here to stay. It is up to us, as parents, to stop our beloved teenagers from misusing and abusing our communication equipment and devices. We need to avoid the problems they present and to make the most of their opportunities they possess and hold for us all.64. The writers attitude toward the modern material possessions is generally _. A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. indifferent65. According to the writer, teens overuse of communication equipment can do harm to _. A. their own health B. their own study C. their own morality（道德） D. their neighbors life66. The writer attributes (归咎) the unsatisfactory behavior of teens to _. A. teens too much free time B. parents non-interference C. inadequate school education D. material property67. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer seems to be most annoyed at _. A. all the modern material possession B. eating while talking on the phone C. the decline in teens morality D. all the communication equipmentD Nowadays, people in China are increasingly interested in celebrating foreign festivals, especially those western festivals. A survey conducted recently by sina. com. showed that among the 18,222 people surveyed 63.90% said celebrating Christmas is just another way of recreation, nothing serious while 17.85% surveyed considered the festival as a fashion act, showing they were not “out”. These two parts clearly indicate the general opinion of the young. 10.45% people involved said the celebration of a religious western festival with so much enthusiasm is absolutely ridiculous pursuit of foreign goodness. Only 7.80% of people define Christmas as a kind of festival colonization(殖民).The arising of celebrating foreign festivals clearly has something to do with the advancement of Chinas economy. In my point view, Christmas and other festivals celebrated in China have difference from the origin. They have lost their religious background and turned into a big occasion to have fun and enjoy life. Shop owners pockets are filled, the publics hunger for happiness is filled, and that is enough. Foreign festivals in China are more like carnivals giving people pleasure and enjoyment. The crisis of traditional Chinese festivals that are losing their attraction may be linked to the culture tradition and background of the festivals. Most Chinese festival culture is related more or less to real life. “The country is based on its people while the people are relied on their food”. But the western culture shows much of romance. Some festivals have their religious background while others have much to do with culture and people. At this point, food seems to be too plain. Flowers and chocolates are more welcomed.Foreign festivals in China are celebrated for fun. They give people opportunities to relax and celebrate, to show appreciation and gratefulness. The acceptance of foreign festivals generally depends on the openness of the public, the familiarity with the western culture, and most importantly, on peoples economic stat