山西省阳高县高中英语 Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note（2）练习（无答案）新人教版必修3（通用）

Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note（2）阅读理解A阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。While researching one of the books, I came across a story of an 11-year-old Dutch boy who had climbed up on top of a life raft (救生筏) after his ship was attacked in 1942. The raft drifted off (漂走) into the night and was never seen again. I was taken by the story of the event and thought about the possibility of using it in a novel later on.Over the next ten years, 1957 to 1967, the boy on the raft was never far away from my mind. Finally, I decided to bring that boy back to life from the dead. I thought the key to the story might be the “rescuer” hopefully someone who knew the Caribbean Sea, whod sailed it for a long time.This man came to me in the form of an old black man named Robert, who couldnt read or write, yet he was one of the wisest men Id ever talked to. He became “Timothy” of The Cay. He knew more about the Caribbean than anyone Id been around.I didnt know any Dutch boys and refuse to write about people or places that I dont know about. So I came up with Phillip, a boy with whom Id played from about the age of five until I was ten. Mostly, I remembered Phillip for one thing his deep anger and distrust of black people.So I thought it would be an interesting situation if I placed the prejudiced (有偏见的) Phillip on that life raft with a black man upon whom his very life would depend. Then I blinded Phillip purposely, hoping hed be color-blind before the story was over; hoping hed learn something about the tragedy of racial prejudice.1. What happened to the Dutch boy?A. He was lost at sea on a raft.B. He was rescued by the author.C. He was attacked by a black man.D. He made a raft to sail the Caribbean.2. Who was the model of Timothy in The Cay?A. The author. B. The Dutch boy. C. Robert. D. Phillip.3. We can learn from the text that Phillip _.A. was a blind manB. was a very interesting manC. knew the Caribbean very wellD. was the authors childhood friend4. The text is mainly about _.A. a Dutch boyB. a trip to the CaribbeanC. how the author came to write The CayD. why it took the author so long to write The CayB“Hello” is a relatively new greeting. It first appeared sometime in the mid-1800s, but many people would not have dreamed of using it. “Hello” was considered a very impolite way to greet someone. Instead, people used formal expressions like “How do you do?”Back then, there were several words that sounded like “hello,” but they were used to get someones attention or to express surprise. For example, if you caught your little brother stealing your snack, you might have said, “Halloa there! Stop eating my cheese!” If you found a fly in your soup, you might have shouted, “Hullo! How did that get in there?”Everything started to change in 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The first telephones didnt have numbers you could dial, nor did they have bells or ringers. Instead, your telephone sent signals along telephone lines to a central office where an operator would answer by saying something like “Are you there, sir?” or “What is wanted?” The operator would then connect your phone to the phone of the person you wanted to reach. There was just one small problem: Since telephones didnt ring, how would the person you were calling know that you were “on the line”? The answer is you would yell (大喊) into your phone and hope someone on the other end heard you. But what would you yell? And what would the person you were calling say when they were going to answer? Bell suggested “Ahoy! Ahoy!” but it didnt catch on. Then the famous inventor Thomas Edison suggested the word hello. That caught on right away.“Hello” became so popular that by 1878 telephone operators were required to use it. In fact, operators received the nickname (绰号) “Hello Girls.” Soon, “hello” became not just the standard way to answer the phone, but an accepted way to greet people in person.5. Why was “hello” seldom used when it first appeared?A. It was too informal.B. It was hard to pronounce.C. It was considered to be rude.D. There were other words like “hello”.6. “Hullo” was used to show something _.A. interesting B. exciting C. boring D. unexpected7. Paragraph 3 is mainly about _.A. how “hello” was used to answer the telephoneB. the friendship between Bell and EdisonC. the invention of the telephoneD. how the telephone improved8. We can infer from the text that _.A. “hello” got popular as soon as the telephone was inventedB. the telephone has changed the way people speakC. people liked simple expressions like “hello”D. Bell advised girls to use “hello”CWith regard to extreme sports, the general public think that people who choose to take risks are irresponsible. While extreme sports do not attract the masses, there are still a large number of people to whom these activities are an important part of their lives. It is our differences that make a society interesting, so while it may not be for everyone, high-risk activities contribute to the diversity (多样性) of our culture. As author, outdoorsman, and Idaho State University teacher, Ron Watters explains in his essay “The Wrong Side of the Thin Edge”, everyone needs a little adventure. But some people need more than the normal forms of lifes excitement and take it one step further, joining in high-risk activities, where as the great American mountaineer Willi Unsoeld once said, “It has to be real enough to kill you.”Marvin Zuckerman, a psychologist at the University of Delaware notes that people who take extreme sports do take risks, but there are far more dangerous “highs” they could be seeking. Rock climbing and mountain biking offer a high that can only be achieved through self-discipline (自律), hard work, and a healthy lifestyle.Take for example an extreme mountain biker who is prevented from mountain biking. If he likes risk-taking behaviour, it might not be long before he is gambling (赌博) as he seeks his next “high.” Gambling addiction (上瘾) can quickly destroy a person, break up families and lead to health problems.It is easy for the health problem to be overshadowed by the greater problems like addiction, but it should be of particular concern to the public. Consider the kids in the skateboard park. Without the park, they might choose to play video games which have proven links to obesity. The long-term costs related to treating obesity are far greater than the cost of setting a few broken arms and repainting a few fences.Instead of avoiding and discouraging extreme athletes, we should celebrate them for their differences and do what we can to support them. As the essayist T.