高三英語(yǔ)課堂閱讀檢測(cè)6

1、高三英語(yǔ)課堂閱讀檢測(cè)（6）（2009年高考英語(yǔ)廣東卷）alisa was running late. lisa，25，had a lot to do at work，plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for thanksgiving from her hometown. but as she hurried down the subway stairs， she started to feel uncomfortably warm. by the time she got to the platform，lisa felt

2、 weak and tired-maybe it hadnt been a good idea to give blood the night before，she thought. she rested herself against a post close to the tracks. several yards away，frank，43，and his girlfriend，jennifer，found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. they were deep in discussion about

3、 a house they were thinking of buying. but when he heard the scream，followed by someone yelling，“oh，my god，she fell in!” frank didnt hesitate. he jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “no! not you! ”his girlfriend screamed after him. she was right to be a

4、larmed. by the time frank reached lisa，he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. the train was about 20 seconds from the station. it was hard to lift her. she was just out. but he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arm and dra

5、g her away from the edge. that was where lisa briefly regained consciousness，felt herself being pulled along the ground，and saw someone else holding her purse. lisa thought shed been robbed. a woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. and she tried to

6、 talk but she couldnt，and that was when she realized how much pain she was in. police and fire officials soon arrived，and frank told the story to an officer. jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40一minute train ride downtownjust as he had been seconds after the rescue，which made her think a

7、bout her reaction at the time. “i saw the train coming and 1 was thinking he was going to die，”she explained. 41. what was the most probable cause for lisas weakness?a. she had run a long way. b. she felt hot in the subway. c. she had done a 1ot of work. d. she had donated blood the night before. 42

8、. why did jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?a. because they would miss their train. b. because he didnt see the train coming. c. because she was sure lisa was hard to lift. d. because she was afraid the train would kill him. 43. how did frank save lisa?a. by lifting her to the platform. b. by helpi

9、ng her rise to her feet. c. by pulling her along the ground. d. by dragging her away from the edge. 44. when did lisa become conscious again?a. when the train was leaving. b. after she was back on the platform. c. after the police and fire officials came. d. when a man was cleaning the blood from he

10、r head. 45. the passage is intended to _a. warn us of the danger in the subway b. show us how to save people in the subwayc. tell us about a subway rescue d. report a traffic accidentbwe once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class. “you could win prizes，our teacher told us as she wrot

11、e the poster information on the blackboard. she passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing，“the first prize is ten dollars. you just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. ”we studied the board critically. some of us looked with one eye and

12、held up certain colors against the blackboard，rocking the sheets to the right or left while we conjured up our designs. others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. we had plans for that tendollar grand prize，each and every one of us. im going to spen

13、d mine on candies，one hopeful would announce，while another practiced looking serious，wise and rich. everyone in the class made a poster. some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins， while others used nothing but colored construction paper. some of us used big designs，and some of us preferred

14、to gather our art tidily down in one comer of our poster and let the space draw the viewers attention to it. some of us would wander past the good students desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. it was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especi

15、ally fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance，and then alwaysalwaysrewarding the same old winners. i believe i drew a sailboat，but i cant say that with any certainty. i made it. i admired it. i determined it to be the very best of all of the posters i had seen，and then i turned it in.

16、minutes passed. no one came along to give me the grand prize，and then someone distracted me，and i probably never would have thought about that poster again. i was still sitting at my desk，thinking，what poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the clas

17、s applauded for me. 46. what was the teachers requirement for the poster?a. it must appear in time. b. it must be done in class. c. it must be done on a construction sheet. d. it must include the words on the blackboard. 47. the underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means _. a. formed an id

18、ea for b. made an outline forc. made some space for d. chose some colors for48. after the teachers words，all the students in the class _. a. 1ooked very serious b. thought they would be richc. began to think about their designs d. began to play games49. after seeing the good students designs，some st

19、udents _. a. 1oved their own designs more b. thought they had a fair chancec. put their own designs in a comer d. thought they would not win the prize50. we can infer from the passage that the author _. a. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much b. 1oved poster competitions very muchc. felt surprised to w

20、in the competition d. became wise and rich after the competitionca few years ago i had an “aha!” moment regarding handwriting. i had in my hand a sheet of paper with handwritten instructions on it for some sort of editorial task. it occurred at first that i did not recognize the handwriting，and then

21、 i realized whose it must be. i finally became aware of the fact that i had been working with this colleague for at least a year，maybe two，and yet i did not recognize her handwriting at that point. it was a very important event in the computerization of lifea sign that the informal. friendly communi

22、cation of people working together in an office had changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails. there was a time when our workdays were filled with little letters，and we recognized one anothers handwriting the way we knew voices or faces. as a child visiting my fathers office，i was plea

23、sed to recognize，in little notes on the desks of his staff，the same handwriting i would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridgeexcept that those notes were signed “dad” instead of “rfw”. all this has been on my mind because of the talk about the rise and fall of handwriting，a book by f

24、lorey. she shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well，but many others argue that people in a digital age cant be expected to learn to hold a pen. i dont buy it. i dont want to see anyone cut off from the expressive，person

25、al associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does. for many a biographer，part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their handwriting. what some people advocate is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16th-cen

26、tury italy. that may sound impossibly grandas if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings. however，they have worked in many school systems. 51. why was the author surprised at not recognizing his colleagues handwriting?a. he had worked with his colleague long enough. b. his col

27、leagues handwriting was so beautiful. c. his colleagues handwriting was so terrible. d. he still had a 1ot of work to do. 52. people working together in an office used to _. a. talk more about handwriting b. take more notes on workdaysc. know better one anothers handwriting d. communicate better wit

28、h one another53. the authors father wrote notes in pen _. a. to both his family and his staff b. to his family in small lettersc. to his family on the fridge d. to his staff on the desk54. according to the author，handwritten notes _. a. are harder to teach in schools b. attract more attentionc. are

29、used only between friends d. carry more message55. we can learn from the passage that the author _. a. thinks it impossible to teach handwriting b. does not want to lose handwritingc. puts the blame on the computer d. does not agree with florey第二節(jié) 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）首先請(qǐng)閱讀下列兒童讀物的封面及基本信息: 下面是這些書的簡(jiǎn)要

30、內(nèi)容。請(qǐng)把相關(guān)的內(nèi)容與它們的書名匹配起來(lái)。56. this picture book explores the life of a tree that has deep roots，long arms，and many children. she provides shelter for many animals and bears fruit. the author uses colorful, simple，yet detailed watercolor illustrations to convey her words. the charming pictures show the ma

31、ny aspects in the life of a tree down to the caterpillars that eat the leaves. it is good for pre-school children. 57. this charming picture book highlights the life of a garden，from planting seeds to harvesting. with the narrator as guide，the reader is led through a variety of free verse and occasi

32、onally rhymed poems that fill in the story of a garden and its inhabitants. the pictures. delightful watercolors in bright pastels，add to the whimsical feel of the poems. young readers will certainly enjoy this fun and fanciful text. 58. this is a story from 1956 which introduces a little boy who li

33、kes to go fishing with a tree limb， a woman，and a pin. although he never catches anything，on this particular day he finally does hook three big ones，but the little one gets away. the boy pulls them home in his wagon and his mother cooks them for supper. the swinging rhythms of the text and the good

34、humor evident in the illustrations remain fun for the youngest readers. 59. this useful，attractive，oversize volume uses its height well，employing a tree metaphor to show the earths various kinds of life and how all living things. from bacteria to the largest mammals，are related. each spread covers o

35、ne branch of the animal kingdom. to make the enormity of species understandable. strauss equates individual species（e. g. ，1 0，000 bacteria）with one leaf on the tree. 60. this is a story about how a grandfather teaches his eager granddaughter to catch speckled trout from the stream in springtime. af

36、ter a whole day on the lake，only grandpa is lucky. the next morning the young fisherman hurries to the dock alone，and soon she hooks the catch of a lifetime. young readers will appreciate this story that celebrates the special bond between the older and younger generation，while brilliant watercolor

37、illustrations capture the beauty of the natural world本文主要講述一個(gè)男人在地鐵救一個(gè)暈倒的女人的故事。41. 【答案】d?！窘馕觥考?xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段坐倒數(shù)第二句lisa felt weak and tiredmaybe it hadnt been a good idea to give blood the night before可知。42. 【答案】d。【解析】由最后一段最后一句i saw the train coming and i was thinking he was going to die可知。43. 【答案】a?！窘馕觥考?xì)節(jié)

38、理解題。由倒數(shù)第三段but he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arm 可知。44. 【答案】b。【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第三段的it was hard to lift her. she was just out. but he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arm and drag her away from the edge. that was where lisa briefly regained consciousness可知。45. 【答案】c?！窘馕觥繉懽髂康念}。寫