阅读理解 We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn"t even lift her - 高中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解     We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn"t even lift her eyes from the book. Mum
pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched mouth
open in surprise,  Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to
the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse
looked up, Mum nodded and said, "Very dirty floors. "
      "Yes, I"m glad they"ve finally decided to clean them, "the nurse answered. She looked at Mum
strangely and said, "But aren"t you working late?"
    Mum just pushed harder, each swipe(拖一下)of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall.
I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book.
    After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She quickly put the mop back and took my
hand. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, "Thank you."
    Outside, Mum told me, "Dagmar is fine. No fever. "
    "You saw her, Mum?"
     "Of course. I told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop worrying as well. It"s a fine hospital. But such floors! A mop is no good. You need a brush."

1. When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was____.

A. to clean the floor
B. to please the nurse
C. to see a patient
D. to surprise the story-teller

2. When the nurse talked to Mum she thought Mum was a________

A. nurse
B. visitor
C. patient
D. cleaner

3. After reading the story what can we infer about the hospital?

A. It is a children"s hospital.
B. It has strict rules about visiting hours.
C. The conditions there aren"t very good.
D. The nurses and doctors there don"t work hard.

4. From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely____________

A. the story-teller"s sister
B. Mum"s friend
C. the story-teller"s classmate
D. Dad"s boss

5. Which of the following words best describes Mum?

A. strange
B. warm-hearted
C. clever
D. hard-working

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阅读理解                                                                Fresh Air will Kill You
    Smog, which was once the big attraction of Los Angeles, can now be found all over the country from
Butte, Montana, to New York City, and people are getting so used to polluted air that it is very difficult
for them to breathe anything else.
    I was lecturing recently, and one of my stops was Flagstaff, Arizona, which is about 7,000 feet above
sea level. As soon as I got out of the plane, I smelled something peculiar(奇怪的). "What"s that smell?" I
asked the man who met me at the plane. "I don"t smell anything," he replied.
    "There is a definite odor that I am not familiar with," I said.
    "Oh, you must be talking about the fresh air. A lot of people come out here who have never smelled
fresh air before." "What"s it supposed to do?" I asked suspiciously.
    "Nothing. You just breathe it like any other kind of air. It"s supposed to be good for your lungs."
    "I"ve heard that story before," I said. "How come if it"s air, my eyes aren"t watering?"
    "Your eyes don"t water with fresh air. That"s the advantage of it. Saves you a lot in paper tissues."
    I looked around and everything appeared crystal-clear. It was a strange sensation and made me feel
very uncomfortable.
    My host, sensing this, tried to be assuring. "Please don"t worry about it. Tests have proved that you
can breathe fresh air day and night without its doing any harm to the body."

1. What is the air like in Flagstaff?

A. Polluted.
B. Fresh
C. Dirty
D. Clean

2. We can infer from the story _______ .

A. Flagstaff is a small city
B. fresh air made the writer sick
C. the air in many American cities is polluted
D. breathing fresh air day and night does you no good

3. How did the writer feel when he first came to Flagstaff?

A. Excited
B. Disappointed
C. Uncomfortable
D. Surprised

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完形填空     Christopher Reeve is best known as the man who acted Superman always fighting against the forces of
evil(邪恶). He came to __1___ the victory of good over bad. Now he has taken on his __2___ fight.
     In 1995, __3___ riding his horse, Christopher Reeve was thrown to the ground. He broke his ___4__
and has been paralyzed(瘫痪) ever since. He cannot move the muscle ___5__ his shoulder level and for
six months after his accident he could not even __6___ without help. However, __7___ his terrible
injuries, his goal is to carry on as __8___ a life as he can. He now spends a lot of time traveling around
America __9___ for people who are in the same __10___ as he is.
     Over 215, 000 Americans suffer from spinal cord(脊髓) injuries, but 90% of them survive and live to
a great age. Almost $9 billion is spent every year __11__ these people, yet only $5 million is spent on the
___12___ to find a cure. Christopher Reeve is a very ___13___ man, who will not accept that he will
__14___ walk again. He and many others believe that the only thing stopping ___15__ from finding a cure
for their injuries is ___16___ for research.
     In 1996, he set up the Christopher Reeve Foundation(CRF) to raise funds(资金) for medical research
to treat and find a cure for spinal cord injuries, and also to support programs that improve the __17__ of
life for people with___18__. Christopher Reeve makes the best of his position. He has conquered his
___19___. He has even returned to the ___20___ world with a ＄5, 000 wheelchair that can be controlled
by sucking or puffing on a straw.

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(     )1. A. stand for
(     )2. A. own
(     )3. A. before
(     )4.A. legs
(     )5 A. above
(     )6. A. jump
(     )7. A. instead of
(     )8. A. normal
(     )9. A. allowing
(     )10. A. country
(     )11. A. treating
(     )12. A. hospital
(     )13. A. smart
(     )14. A. later
(     )15. A. hospitals
(     )16. A. time
(     )17. A. equality
(     )18. A. disabled
(     )19. A. fear
(     )20. A. business

B. call for
B. serious
B. when
B. arm
B. below
B. work
B. in case of
B. pleased
B. writing
B. illness
B. caring
B. patients
B. young
B. possibly
B. scientists
B. equipment
B. quantity
B. unable
B. spinal cord
B. movie

C. apply for
C. interesting
C. after
C. back
C. from
C. breathe
C. in honor of
C. easy
C. looking
C. situation
C. serving
C. research
C. determined
C. hardly
C. chemists
C. money
C. quality
C. inability
C. hardship
C. sports

D. allow for
D. hard
D. by
D. hand
D. of
D. think
D. in spite of
D. difficult
D. speaking
D. part
D. curing
D. medicine
D. handsome
D. never
D. patients
D. views
D. equal
D. disability
D. victory
D. pleasant

阅读理解

     According to the Daily Telegraph on February 10, a British woman who was "pushed to the edge" by
a faulty fire alarm that sounded non-stop for several days discovered that the sound was in fact made by
a parrot in her garden.
     Shanna Sexton, 25, from Devon, UK, even called in workmen to try and solve the problem. But she
was amazed to see an African Grey Congo parrot stopped on a water bucket as she came out washing in
the garden.
     The noisy parrot, called Sammi, had escaped from neighbor Louise Ledger"s house a week earlier and spent seven days in the garden imitating a smoke alarm.
     Ledger, 38, was worried and spent hours searching for her beloved pet and she even pasted the
neighborhood with missing posters hoping for Sammi"s return.
     "I am over the moon. I am going to give Shanna a huge bunch of flowers. When I found out where he
was I could not have got there any faster. He is always making funny noises from anywhere and
everywhere. I think he must have heard me burning the toast once so he made the smoke alarm noise,"
said Ledger.

1. According to the first paragraph, what exactly pushed the British woman Shanna Sexton to the edge?

A. A parrot
B. A parrot"s noises
C. A fire alarm
D. The sound made by a parrot

2. What does the underlined word "faulty" in Para. 1 mean?

A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Worried
D. Relaxed

3. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A. I am so angry
B. I am so worried
C. I am so excited
D. I am so disappointed

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Shanna Sexton was amazed to see a parrot in her garden
B. Ledger loved her parrot very much and worried for his missing
C. The parrot has been missing for a week
D. The parrot imitated the fire alarm at Shanna"s house

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     A young man was getting ready to graduate from college, for many months he had   1   a beautiful sports car in a dealer"s showroom, and   2 his father could well   3 it, he told him that was all he wanted.
     On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how   4    he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box.   5    but slightly disappointed, the
young man   6 the box and found a lovely book.   7    , he raised his voice at his father and said, "  8
all your money you give me a book?" And rushed out of the house    9    the book in the study.
     He did not contact（联系）his father for a whole year   10 one day he saw in the st reet an old man
who looked like his father. He   11   he had to go back home and see his father.
     When he arrived at his father"s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The
moment he was about to   12   the hospital, he saw on the desk the   13 new book, just as he had left it
one   14 ago. He opened it and began to  15   the pages. Suddenly, a car key  16 from an envelope
taped behind the book. It had a lag (标签) with dealer"s name, the  17 dealer who had the sports car he
had    18   . On the tag was the  19 of his graduation. and the   20 PAID IN FULL.

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