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 am
and 4:00 pm. Since I work from 9 o"clock to 5:30 pm, 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 Tuesday, 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

阅读理解。     Every weekday morning I take the 8:30 bus to go to my job. I know by sight several people who also take
that bus. Some of the girls work as maids. They get off at each stop in ones, twos or threes.
     But at one corner something wonderful happens. Before the bus stops, a little dog races out of the nearest
house. He doesn"t look at two of the maids who get off. But for the third he has a joyful "Hello!". From head
to tail, his little body wags his happiness. Everyone on the bus watches until the maid and the dog go into the
house.
     One day not long ago, the maid wasn"t on the bus. I wondered if the dog would be waiting for her. Sure
enough, he was!
     He stood at the back door of the bus for a minute. I could see his joyful welcome turning into fearful
worry. Where was she?
     The driver closed the back door. The dog raced to the front door. It, too, shut in his face. Everyone on the
bus felt sad. Poor little pup! He looked so unhappy, standing there! The driver couldn"t stand it. He opened the
door and looked down at the dog. "She didn"t come today," he said, in a loud, kind voice.
     A man in a front seat leaned forward. "Maybe she will come tomorrow," he called.
     The dog wagged his tail as if to say "thank you." He watched the bus as we pulled away. Then he turned to
trot home-alone.
     The next day everyone on the bus was happy to see the maid back again. Yes, the dog was waiting for her.
     The welcome he gave her was even warmer and more delighted than usual. We all smiled at one another.
How bright and good the morning suddenly seemed to us! 1. What do the people on the bus usually see at one corner? [     ]
A. A little dog coming close to the bus when it stops.
B. Two maids get off the moment the bus stops.
C. A dog waiting for someone.
D. A dog greets a maid merrily and follows her into a house. 2. One day the maid wasn"t on the bus and the dog _____. [     ]
A. didn"t appear
B. stood waiting at the bus stop till the bus left
C. raced about looking for the maid
D. went back the moment he found the maid wasn"t there 3. All this made people on the bus _____. [     ]
A. awfully sorry
B. greatly surprised
C. very bored
D. much exited 4. The next day people on the bus were happy, for _____. [     ]
A. the maid was among them again
B. she would not take the same bus
C. she was not on their bus
D. she was waiting for an empty bus to come 5. We can safely say this story is about _____. [     ]
A. a magic dog
B. a young maid that has magic powers
C. a bus that can produce magical results
D. the close relationship between a maid and her dog

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完形填空。     I came to study in the US last fall. My life had been    1   since I arrived at Andover. Although I had several
outside-class activities, I hadn"t taken any official leadership position.
     This    2   changed when I received an e-mail from Ms Griffith, my cluster (一组, 一群) dean (主任),    3
that a new female DC Rep was needed. DC Rep    4   Discipline Committee Representative.    5   boarding
school (寄宿学校) students break serious rules, like using    6   , getting drunk or cheating in their studies. The
punishments given to such students are    7    by a DC Rep, a house adviser, two student representatives, the
cluster president and the cluster dean. I was interested in becoming a DC Rep for my cluster, Pine Knoll,    8
so were other students. We had to hold an election and Ms Griffith asked us to write    9   to be sent to
everyone in Pine Knoll.
     I thought hard about what to write. I didn"t want to make any   10 , because they are difficult to keep. So I
started my speech by explaining   11   I wanted to become a DC Rep. "I want to serve Pine Knoll and also learn
how American boarding schools carry out discipline," I wrote   12 .
     I made three   13   that said, "Vote For Teresa" and put them on every exit of my dorm (宿舍) so that people
would   14   my name when they went to vote.
     Although I tried hard, I didn"t win the election. I was   15 , but my positive (乐观的) nature did not allow me
to   16   for very long. I actually   17   when my friends tried to   18   me, "Teresa, I am sorry."
     "Don"t be sorry for me. I"m very happy to have taken part in the election," I said.
    It is true that the process is much more important than the   19  . I am surprised and happy to   20   my
hidden courage.

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(     )1. A. hard
(    )2. A. condition
(   )3. A. explaining
(   )4. A. stands for
(   )5. A. Usually
(    )6. A. computers
(    )7. A. realized
(    )8. A. but
(   )9. A. articles
(    )10. A. mistakes
(    )11. A. how
(   )12. A. openly
(    )13. A. posters
(   )14. A. recognize
(   )15. A. satisfied
(   )16. A. put down
(   )17. A. smiled
(     )18. A. encourage
(   )19. A. reason
(   )20. A. know

B. terrible
B. situation
B. writing
B. asks for
B. Sometimes
B. drugs
B. given
B. although
B. speeches
B. movements
B. whether
B. easily
B. advertisements
B. remember
B. surprised
B. feel down
B. cried
B. cheer
B. attitude
B. find

C. happy
C. time
C. saying
C. calls for
C. Often
C. cars
C. determined
C. or
C. compositions
C. promises
C. when
C. fluently
C. pictures
C. forget
C. disappointed
C. look down
C. laughed
C. comfort
C. result
C. invent

D. simple
D. life
D. talking
D. looks for
D. Seldom
D. mobiles
D. made
D. therefore
D. introductions
D. requests
D. why
D. honestly
D. rules
D. see
D. helpless
D. lie down
D. sorrowed
D. persuade
D. aim
D. discover

阅读理解。

     Sometimes you make a wish, but when it comes, you decide you don"t want it. That"s what happened with
Micky"s "birthday wish".
     Our family tradition is that you make a wish before you blow out the birthday candle. After he blew out the
candle, Micky told us that his wish was to win a prize in the Pine Ridge-match. We quickly told Micky, "If you
tell people your wish, your wish won"t come true." So we lit the candle again, and he made another wish. Micky
and Paul were both supposed to start playing at 5:30.
     When Micky reported to the check-in table, the game organizers told him his opponent (对手) had phoned
and said he was coming late. The officials told Micky he could choose not to play and be declared the victor of
the first round of competition.
     But Micky said he didn"t want to win by not playing. He wanted the experience of playing a great player.
Finally, the beast showed up. He was tall, smiling and relaxed. His serve (发球) was like lightning.
     Micky had some good returns, but he lost quickly, 6-1, 6-0.
     We congratulated Micky on having some good returns and a few great serves. And we noted that he had
won the first game.
     "I didn"t win that game," Micky said. "I think he just gave it to me at the beginning because he arrived late."
     "It was a birthday present." I said, smiling.
     "No, I refused my birthday present," Micky said. In his eyes, his "birthday present" had been the chance to
win by his opponent"s being late.
     Micky ended up winning the "consolation prize (鼓励奖)" a small prize that we didn"t know existed until
Micky earned it by being undefeated in the consolation bracket (档次).
     We"ll" never know what Micky"s second wish was-the wish he didn"t share with us.
     It seems to me that no matter how many birthdays you celebrate, as long as you enjoy challenges, you will
never be "old".

1. What kind of person is Micky?

[ ]

A. A person who always gives up.
B. A person who is afraid of challenges.
C. One who enjoys challenges.
D. One who is selfish.

2. Why did Micky lose the match?

[ ]

A. Because he gave up a good chance.
B. Because he let the others know his birthday wish.
C. Because he was proud of himself.
D. Because his opponent played much better than him

3. The prize Micky won was _____.

[ ]

A. one he had expected
B. not a well-known one
C. a famous one
D. one he thought meaningless

4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _____.

[ ]

A. enjoying challenges is helpful for one to keep "young"
B. one will become old as he celebrates his birthdays
C. one will stay young by continuously celebrating his birthdays
D. challenges can make one never get old

完形填空。

     Teaching second grade is always a challenge. Each student arrives at school with his own needs and
difficulties. One year, a student called Billy   1   me with his behavior as well as his academic requirements.
He struggled daily with his   2   emotions and often became angry or violent. I knew that, to make   3
progress, his emotions needed controlling.
     One   4   I tried to help Billy was to have him come directly into the classroom when he arrived at school.
Billy"s mom would   5   me to alert (警告) me to a particularly emotional morning at home. Then, I would
focus on   6 his anger and calming him down before the other students arrived.
    One week our class was studying   7 . I thought one way to bring learning into the classroom was to
bring my dog Rocky to school for the day.
     That day began as normal. I was preparing activities focused on dog themes   8   I was told that Billy
had a   9 morning at home and I might need to get him  10 . As I was talking to his mom, Billy  11  into
the classroom. To Billy"s  12 , Rocky immediately ran up to his new  13 , wagging his tail and licking Billy"s
face with doggy affection. Billy couldn"t  14  Rocky"s charm (魅力) and began laughing as his anger melted
away.
     Throughout the day, Billy never left Rocky"s side, feeding him, being gentle with him and even  15  the
other students while Rocky was sleeping.
     Billy was known for doing anything he could to avoid  16 , but on this day he found a good dog story,
"Clifford"s Puppy Days," and read it to Rocky. How  17  I was at the sight of Billy reading happily! My little
dog was able to  18  Billy"s day from one of anger and frustration to one of laughter, gentleness and  19 .
     That day Rocky more than helped me with my  20 ; he helped to change the life of a child! After that
Billy"s behavior definitely improved.

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阅读理解。
The thing is, my luck"s always been ruined. Just look at my name: Jean. Not Jean Marie, or Jeanine, or Jeanette, or even Jeanne. Just Jean. Did you know in France, they name boys Jean? It"s French for John. And okay, I don"t live in France. But still, I"m basically a girl named John, If I lived in France, anyway. This is the kind of luck I"ve had since before Mom even filled out my birth certificate. So it wasn"t any big surprise to me when the cab driver didn"t help me with my suitcase. I"d already had to tolerate arriving at the airport to find no one there to greet me, and then got no answer to my many phone calls, asking where my aunt and uncle were. Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds? Had they heard about my bad luck-all the way from Iowa-and decided they didn"t want any of it to rub off on them? So when the cab driver, instead of getting out and helping me with my bags, just pushed a little button so that the trunk (汽车后备箱) popped open a few inches, it wasn"t the worst thing that had ever happened to me. It wasn"t even the worst thing that had happened to me that day. According to my mom, most brownstones in New York City were originally single-family homes when they were built way back in the 1800s. But now they"ve been divided up into apartments, so that there"s one-or sometimes even two or more families-per floor. Not Mom"s sister Evelyn"s brownstone, though. Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted Gardiner own all four floors of their brownstone. That"s practically one floor per person, since Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted only have three kids, my cousins Tory, Teddy, and Alice. Back home, we just have two floors, but there are seven people living on them. And only one bathroom. Not that I"m complaining. Still, ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow-outs, it"s been pretty frightful at home. But as tall as my aunt and uncle"s house was, it was really narrow-just three windows across. Still, it was a very pretty townhouse, painted gray. The door was a bright, cheerful yellow. There were yellow flower boxes along the base of each window, flower boxes from which bright red-and obviously newly planted, since it was only the middle of April, and not quite warm enough for them. It was nice to know that, even in a sophisticated (世故的) city like New York, people still realized how homey and welcoming a box of flowers could be. The sight of those flowers cheered me up a little. Like maybe Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted just forgot I was arriving today, and hadn"t deliberately failed to meet me at the airport because they"d changed their minds about letting me come to stay. Like everything was going to be all right, after all. Yeah. With my luck, probably not. I started up the steps to the front door of 326 East Sixty-Ninth Street, then realized I couldn"t make it with both bags and my violin. Leaving one bag on the sidewalk, I dragged the other up the steps with me. Maybe I took the steps a little too fast, since I nearly tripped and fell flat on my face on the sidewalk. I managed to catch myself at the last moment by grabbing some of the fence the gardeners had put up.
1. Why did the author go to New York?
[ ]
A. She intended to go sightseeing there. B. She meant to stay with her aunt"s family. C. She was homeless and adopted by her aunt. D. She wanted to try her luck and find a job there.
2. According to the author, some facts account for her bad luck EXCEPT that _____.
[ ]
A. she was given a boy"s name in French B. the cab driver didn"t help her with her bags C. her sister Courtney discovered blow-outs D. nobody had come to meet her at the airport
3. The underlined phrase "rub off on" in Paragraph 3 probably means _____.
[ ]
A. have an effect on B. play tricks on C. put pressure on D. throw doubt on
4. From the passage, we can know that _____.
[ ]
A. the author left home without informing her mother B. the author arrived in New York in a very warm season C. her aunt"s family lived a much better life than her own D. her aunt and uncle were likely to forget about her arrival