阅读理解。 I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last - 高中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解。     I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the paper
said that you could buy tickets at the theater box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since
I work from 9 o"clock to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theater was during my 45-minute lunch break.
Unfortunately, the theater is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland
Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes. Last Monday, I stood at
the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not
enough time left to make the trip-so I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesda
y, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre
in exactly twenty minutes. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard
one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line,
I caught the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip
by taxi. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth hearing the concert. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes,
but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line.
The reason, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets. 1. The writer is probably _____. [     ]
A. worker
B. a college teacher
C. manager of a company
D. a clerk 2. He learned _____ that there would be a concert last Friday. [     ]
A. from his friends
B. from one of his colleagues
C. over the radio
D. from the newspaper 3. He could go and buy the ticket _____. [     ]
A. any day before work hours
B. both before and after work hours
C. only during lunch time
D. on Saturday and Sunday 4. The word "relieved" in the last two sentences may best be replaced by "_____". [     ]
A. surprised
B. pleased
C. puzzled
D. sorry 5. The story is about _____. [     ]
A. a good concert
B. someone enjoying a good concert
C. someone trying to buy concert tickets for his friends
D. someone"s disappointment at not being able to go to the concert

1-5: DDCBD

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C. and D.
Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.      This is a true story that happened in Japan. In order to repair a house with a history of 10 years, someone
in Japan tore open the walls (Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls.)
     While painting the walls, he found that there was a lizard   1   there because a nail from outside had been
hammered into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt pity and at the same time   2  . When he checked the nail,
he found it was nailed 10 years ago when the house was first built.
     What happened? The lizard had survived in such a   3   for 10 years-in a dark wall partition for 10 years
without moving! It was incredible. He wondered how this lizard had survived for 10 years without moving
a single step-since its foot was nailed!
     So, he stopped his work and   4   the lizard: what has it been doing and what has it been   5  . Later, he
didn"t know from where   6   lizard appeared, with food in its mouth… AHHH! He was astonished and touched
deeply. The lizard that was stuck by the nail had been fed by this   7   lizard. Just imagine it had been doing
this for 10 tiresome years,   8 giving up hope for its partner!
     Before hearing the story, I watched a program on a father who kept digging in the ruins caused by an
earthquake for 38 hours before finding his son, despite the dangers of fires and aftershocks. He talked about
his   9  to his son: No matter what happens, I"ll always be there for you!
     What beautiful love that occurred between both humans and such  10  creatures as lizards! The relationship
between the two lizards remains unknown,  11  no matter what it is, the love between them has done a  12 .
So never abandon your loved ones.

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(     )1. A. show
(     )2. A. angry
(     )3. A. wall
(     )4. A. observed
(     )5. A. living on
(     )6. A. other
(     )7. A. able
(     )8. A. before
(     )9. A. suggestion
(     )10. A. clever
(     )11. A. but
(     )12. A. joke

B. hidden
B. satisfied
B. room
B. helped
B. working on
B. any
B. free
B. after
B. lesson
B. strange
B. though
B. warning

C. stuck
C. worried
C. position
C. followed
C. playing with
C. more
C. busy
C. with
C. promise
C. tiny
C. and
C. wonder

D. killed
D. curious
D. roof
D. kept
D. finding out
D. another
D. dull
D. without
D. requirement
D. terrible
D. for
D. mistake

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that fits the context.

     The Emperor of China had sent some peaches to the king of Tondmandalam with a note 1.______ said
that the fruit gave long life to 2.______ ate it.
     As the fruit was being shown to the ruler, Rama, who was a wise servant, giving in 3.______ temptation
(诱惑), picked up 4. ______ of the luscious (甘美的) peaches and bit into it. The king was very angry.
"You"ve bitten into a fruit meant for me!" he thundered. "5. ______ this you must die!"
     As Rama was being taken away by the royal guards he laughed and shouted," 6. _____ a deceitful (欺诈的)
man the Emperor of China is! 7. ______ said the fruit gave long life. I took just one bite and I"m about to die.
Oh, what a fate is waiting for the one who eats 8. ______ entire fruit!"
     The king was greatly amused by Rama"s wit. He not only pardoned him but also gave him a dozen of the
peaches he had risked his life for.

阅读理解。

     I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would
try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
     The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical
passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will. A person can
choose to love." To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that
would change.
     And it did. On arriving at the beach cottage, I kissed Evelyn meeting me at the door and said, "That
new yellow sweater looks great on you." "Oh, Tom, you noticed", she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe
a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I
started to refuse, but then I thought, "Evelyn"s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants
to be alone with me." We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.
     So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell
museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that"s how the whole vacation passed. I
made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.
     There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about
it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest
expression.
     "What"s the matter?" I asked her.
    "Tom," she said in a voice filled with distress, "I don"t?"
     "What do you mean?"
     "Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me?
Tom, you"ve been so good to me…am I dying?"
     It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.
     "No, honey," I said, wrapping her in my arms. "You"re not dying; I"m just starting to live."

1. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage _____.

[ ]

A. with his family
B. with Evelyn
C. alone
D. with his children

2. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because _____.

[ ]

A. he was determined to be a good husband
B. he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm
C. she looked lovely in her new clothes
D. the doctor said his wife was seriously ill

3. The author says, "There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment." What does "one thing"
refer to?

[ ]

A. He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.
B. She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.
C. He knew something about her illness but didn"t tell her.
D. He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

4. By saying "I"m just starting to live," Tom means that _____.

[ ]

A. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life
B. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband
C. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change
D. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before

完形填空。

     When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday
School and then church. The   1   in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later
divide into groups based   2   their ages.
     One Easter Sunday, all the kids   3   with big   4   about what the Easter Bunny (复活节兔子) had
brought.   5   all of the kids shared their stories with   6 , one young boy, whom I should call Bobby, sat   7  .
One of the teachers, noticing this, said to him, "And what did the Easter Bunny   8   you?" He replied, "My
mum   9   the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn"t get  10  because he hadn"t got a key."
     This sounded like a  11  idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories. My mom knew the true
story,  12 . Bobby"s mom was a single parent, and she suspected (怀疑) that they just couldn"t  13  the Easter
Bunny.
    After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to  14 . But my mom announced that we were going
home  15 . At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel  16 , we were going to pretend to be the Easter
Bunny, make a basket of our candies for him and  17  it at church. We all donated some to the basket, and
18  back to church. There, mom hung the basket over the hanger (挂钩) and attached a(n)  19 :
Dear Bobby,
     I"m sorry I  20  your house last night. Happy Easter!
                                                                                                                                    Love,
                                                                                                                                   The Easter Bunny

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阅读理解。
Trouve sat up on its back legs and growled (吼叫) the words, "How are you, Grandmama?" The audience roared with laughter and clapped. Twenty-year-old Aleck gave the dog a morsel(一口) of food. His hard work had paid off. His dog could talk! Aleck was fascinated with the different sounds of people"s speech. His father taught students who had a speech problem to improve their speech. Aleck paid close attention. Could an animal form sounds into words, too? He decided to experiment with Trouve, the family dog. The easy part was teaching Trouve to growl whenever Aleck wanted. The little dog growled for a morsel of food. Next Aleck moved the dog"s "lips" as it growled. It sounded like "ma ma ma". Trouve learned quickly to stop the growling just as Aleck"s hand moved away. They practiced and practiced until the dog said "mama" perfectly. Soon Aleck discovered more. If he pushed gently under the dog"s jawbone (下颌骨), it made the "ga" sound. If he pushed once and moved the dog"s lips twice, he could make the dog say, "ga ma ma." With even more practice, it sounded like "grandmama". Whenever Trouve said "grandmama", Aleck gave the dog two treats, so Trouve loved the lessons. Aleck tried to teach his dog to move its tongue so that Trouve could say more words. That didn"t work, but Aleck didn"t give up. After many hours of practice, Trouve could say, "Ow ah oo ga-ma-ma?" This sounded just like "How are you, Grandmama?" Friends and neighbors traveled to see young Aleck and his amazing talking dog. Rumors spread that the dog could speak by itself, which wasn"t true. No matter how much Aleck tried, the dog was never able to move its lips without help. Aleck"s full name was Alexander Graham Bell. He wanted to know more about the world all his life. He had many ideas. Some worked; others didn"t. But he kept trying-always learning. One of his inventions was something called the telephone.
1. Which of the following is TRUE of Aleck?
[ ]
A. His father had an influence on him. B. He had a talent for giving speeches. C. He taught Trouve to talk in honor of his grandmother. D. He carried out many experiments to improve people"s speech.
2. Trouve grew fond of practicing talking because _____.
[ ]
A. it liked being together with Aleck B. it was given some food for that C. it would like to develop its potential (潜能) D. Aleck treated it like one of the family
3. Which of the following words can best describe Aleck?
[ ]
A. Humorous. B. Naughty. C. Knowledgeable. D. Curious.
4. What contributes most to Aleck"s success in teaching the dog to talk?
[ ]
A. His own hard work. B. His neighbor"s help. C. His father"s encouragement. D. The dog"s smartness.
5. According to the passage, how many statements are true? a. The audience was very excited to hear the dog growling the sound "ma". b. The dog could understand Aleck"s sign. c. The dog could move its tongue successfully by itself. d. Aleck kept trying his ideas all the while. e. The only intention of Aleck"s is telephone.
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A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5