阅读理解。 The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 Septembe - 高中英语试题 - 超级试练试题库

阅读理解。     The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September, 1666. In four days it destroyed
more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. Over
one hundred people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.
     The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King"s baker (面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker,
with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window into the roof. A strong wind blew the fire
from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was
the beginning.
     By eight o"clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning
along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St
Paul"s and the Guildhall among them.
     Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire, "People threw their things into the river. Many
poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat."
     The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path
of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.
     After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new
houses of stone. In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them
the mew St Paul"s.
     The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not
just of the past. 1. From the passage, we can learn that the fire began in _____.[     ]
A. a hotel　　　
B. the palace　　
C. Pudding Lane　　
D. Thames Street 2. The underlined word "family" in the second paragraph means _____. [     ]
A. wife and husband　　
B. wife and children　
C. home
D. children 3. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that _____. [     ]
A. many famous buildings were destroyed
B. some people lost their lives
C. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire
D. the King"s bakery was burned down 4. Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys? [     ]
A. Because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.
B. Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.
C. Because he wanted to give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.
D. Because he wanted to show that poor people suffered most. 5. How was the fire put out according to the text? [     ]
A. The King and his soldiers came to help.
B. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.
C. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.
D. People managed to get enough water from the river.

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阅读理解。     Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity (生物的多样性). It"s a place so
untamed that if something doesn"t bite, stick, or sting, it"s probably a rock.
     You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fallen off
the edge of the earth and into the rabbit hole. Nothing is as it appears. Moths (蛀虫) are the size of birds.
Are those twin pillars (柱) of black rock (a landmark known as Mule Ear Peaks) ten miles (16 kilometers)
away or fifty (80 kilometers)? Visibility (能见度) reaches more than a hundred miles on a clear day, and
since there are few roads or buildings to use as milestones, distance is difficult to judge.
    This is a place where water runs uphill, where rainbows have to wait for rain. The line between myth (虚
构的故事) and reality is unclear. Stare long enough at the Chisos Mountains or the Sierra del Carmen, the
two mountain ranges, known as sky islands, which lie on the land, and they rise and float above the plain.
    The vast Chihuahuan Desert is a land of no people. There is always the chance you"ll die of thirst. The
"You Can Die" possibilities are endless, and keep some visitors-350,000 a year to Big Bend National Park,
built in 1944-from coming back. Those who do return are left to think of the remarkable courage of the
brave few who have managed to survive in this terrible environment. 1. The underlined word "untamed" in Paragraph 1 means "_____". [     ]
A. untouched
B. wild
C. unchanged
D. fresh 2. Why do the twin pillars of black rock seem ten or fifty miles away? [     ]
A. They were put so far away.
B. They lie across the Chihuahuan Desert.
C. It is difficult to judge the distance, with few milestones.
D. One lies in the Chisos Mountains, the other in the Sierra del Carmen. 3. How many years are there since the Big Bend National Park was built? [     ]
A. 350,000 years.
B. 350 years.
C. 66 years.
D. 44 years. 4. What is the passage mainly about? [     ]
A. The natural wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert.
B. Everything you see is not what it seems in the Chihuahuan Desert.
C. The terrible environment of deserts in Texas and Mexico.
D. A special place where none who go can return. 5. What can we learn from the last paragraph? [     ]
A. There are all kinds of living things in the Chihuahuan Desert.
B. No people live in the Big Bend region.
C. Nothing is as it appears in the Big Bend region.
D. Traveling in the Big Bend region is dangerous.

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完型填空。     All hope was not lost. Soon after the quakes, the army sent 150"000   1 to Tangshan to help the rescue
workers. Hundreds of thousands of people were   2 . The army organized teams to dig out those who were
trapped and to bury the   3 . To the north of the city, most of the 10"000 miners were   4   from the coal
mines there. Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.   5 water was taken to
the city by train, truck and plane. Slowly, the city began to breathe again.

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(     )1. A. students
(     )2. A. driven
(     )3. A. dead
(     )4. A. wounded
(     )5. A. Hot

B. soldiers
B. treated
B. living
B. tired
B. Cool

C. workers
C. helped
C. young
C. left
C. dirty

D. people
D. divided
D. old
D. rescued
D. Fresh

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    Today, English is spoken in many countries.   1   English spoken in the UK is a little different from that in
the USA in spelling, meaning, pronunciation, grammar, usage and so on. Sometimes,   2   English spoken in
the UK is very different in every region (区域)   3 the country. Differences in spelling don"t   4   speakers
of British English from understanding the meanings of the words.   5 , they don"t prevent speakers of
American English from understanding the meanings either.   6   in spelling are not a big problem for even
speakers of English as a   7   language.
     However, when different words in British English and American English are used to   8 the same thing
  9  the same word has different meanings in British English and American English, sometimes people will not
be understood if they don"t know common differences between British English and American English in
meanings and usages.
     Sometimes even Americans and British people do not  10  each other because of different word meanings.
11 , the British word "brolly" is an"umbrella" in America. And the British  12  potato chips "crisps". All of
these differences led British writer George Bernard Shaw to  13  that Britain and America are two countries
14  by the same language! That"s the reason why confusion or misunderstanding will be caused in some
situations. Of course, such confusion will  15  happen to speakers of English as a second language.

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阅读理解。
I have a rule for travel: never carry a map. I prefer to ask for directions (方向). Foreign visitors are often puzzled in Japan because most streets there don"t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop." In the countryside of the American Midwest, usually there are not many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat (平坦的). In many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distance. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile." People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map: they measure (测量) distance by means of time, not miles. "How far away is the post office?" you ask. "Oh," they answer, "It"s about five minutes from here." You say, "Yes, but how many miles away is it?" They don"t know. People in Greece sometimes do not even try to give directions because visitors seldom (很少) understand the Greek language. Instead of giving you the direction, a Greek will often say, "Follow me." Then he will lead you through the streets of the city to the post office. Sometimes a person doesn"t know the answer to your question. What happens in this situation? A New Yorker might say, "sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers, "I don"t know." People in Yucatan think that "I don"t know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A visitor can get very, very lost in Yucatan! One thing will help you everywhere ---- in Japan, in the United States, in Greece, in Mexico, or in any other place. You might not understand a person"s words, but maybe you can understand his body language. He or she will usually turn and then point in the correct direction. Go in that direction and you may find the post office!
1. The passage mainly tells that _____.
[ ]
A. never carry a map for travel B. there are not many landmarks in the American Midwest C. there are different ways to give directions in different parts of the world D. New Yorkers often say, "I have no idea," but people in Yucatan, Mexico, never say this
2. The passage says, "In Japan, people use landmarks in their directions." The word "landmark" means _____.
[ ]
A. building names B. street names C. hotels, marks and bus stops D. buildings or places which are easily recognized
3. In which place do people tell distance by means of time?
[ ]
A. Japan B. American Midwest C. Los Angles, California D. Greece
4. In the passage, _____ countries are mentioned (提到) by the writer.
[ ]
A. seven B. four C. eight D. five
5. Which of the following is wrong?
[ ]
A. Travelers can learn about people"s customs by asking questions about directions. B. A person"s body language can help you understand directions. C. People in some places give directions in miles, but people in other places give directions by means of time. D. People in different places always give directions in the same way.
阅读理解。
On February 3rd, 1949, New York Harbor (港) was an exciting place. Many people were there to greet a ship from France. On the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars (火车车厢) filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America. These boxcars were from the famous Merci Train (Merci: a French word meaning "thank you"). After World War II (二战), a lot of factories, roads and farms in France had been destroyed. Many French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eat. In the winter of 1947, a train was sent across the United States, stopping in cities and towns along the way. At every stop, people gave whatever they could. Factories gave clothing and medicine. Farmers gave food. Families gave money. Even school children gave away their pocket money (零用钱). All the things were then taken to France by ship. By 1949, the French had begun to recover (恢复) from the war. The Merci Train was their way of saying "thank you" to America. French people had filled the boxcars with gifts. Most of them were personal, like hand- made toys, children"s drawings, or postcards. But the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the gifts. On each car, the French people had painted the pictures of all their 40 provinces with an American eagle on the front. The boxcars were taken to each state of America, where they were warmly greeted. Now many of the states still keep their boxcars. Gifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some museums. The Merci Train came out of the war, but it now reminds the world that countries can also work together in peace (和平).
1. Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd, 1949 to _____.
[ ]
A. start a trip by ship B. meet their families C. have a big party D. welcome the Merci Train
2. In 1947, a train stopped in cities across America in order to _____.
[ ]
A. give away clothing and food B. get more soldiers for the war C. show exhibitions from the museums D. collect things to help French people
3. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 3 refers to (指) _____.
[ ]
A. the boxcars B. the gifts C. the American people D. the French people
4. The French people painted their 40 provinces and an American eagle on each boxcar because _____.
[ ]
A. it could show the friendship between the two countries B. they thought France was stronger than America C. the boxcars would be more beautiful D. they were very good at painting pictures
5. The passage is mainly about _____.
[ ]
A. American museums where the boxcars kept B. the story of the Merci Train C. gifts that American people liked D. World War II