1、阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, und
2、erstandably, are very often asked. Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup(基因构成) as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps
3、 the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible.Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With
4、 knowledge, we can lessen its effects. Exploration also allows minerals and other potential(潜在的) resources to be found.Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exp
5、loration. The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spinoffs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even nonstick pans and mirr
6、ored sunglasses are byproducts(副产品) of technological developments in the space industry!While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many
7、 wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human beings to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist.While Earth is the only planet known to supp
8、ort life, surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow us to live on other planets. It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future. 1Why does the author mention the questions in Paragraph 1? ATo express his d
9、oubts.BTo compare different ideas.CTo introduce points for discussion.DTo describe the conditions on Earth.2What is the reason for exploring space based on Paragraph 2?AHumans are natureborn to do so.BHumans have the tendency to fight.CHumans may find new sources of food.DHumans dont like to stay in
10、 the same place.3The underlined word “spinoffs” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to _.Asurvival chances Bpotential resourcesCunexpected benefits Dphysical possessions4What makes it possible for humans to live on other planets? AOur genetic makeup. BResources on the earth.CThe adaptive ability of human
11、s.DByproducts in space exploration.解题导语 本文是一篇议论文，向我们阐述了人类进行太空探索的原因。人类的基因构成决定了人类探索其他领域包括太空的能力。人类探索太空可能暂时没有多大用处，但是在将来这可能会帮助人类生存下去。 1解析：选C。推理判断题。作者在第一段提出问题目的是引出下面要讨论的话题。2解析：选 A。细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句可知人类探索太空的原因是其基因的构成。3解析：选 C。词义猜测题。后面所说的“improvements in earthquake prediction，in satellites for weather forecast
12、ing and in communications systems”可知此处的划线短语意为“益处，好处”。4解析：选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段的第一句话可知，人类的适应能力会让人类在其他星球生存下去。阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。Ice Age Cave Art of Southwest FranceMay 21，2013May 27，2013Day 1 US.Bordeaux，FranceLeave the US. for Bordeaux to start our prehistoric exploration(史前探索)Day 2 B
13、ordeauxLes EyziesdeTayacSireuilOn arriving in Bordeaux，join the group to Les EyziesdeTayacSireuil，Frances prehistory capital. Check into Les Glycines hotel. Enjoy a welcome dinner here.Day 3 Les EyziesdeTayacSireuilBegin at the Combarelles cave，believed to have been used by CroMagnon man between 14，
14、000 and 12，000 years ago. After lunch in a restaurant in the rock，enjoy a guided tour of the National Prehistory Museum，containing one of the largest prehistoric collections. Our day ends at the cave of FontdeGaume. Discovered in 1901，it remains one of the most exciting places in the world，with many
15、 drawings of horses，deer and so on.Day 4 Les EyziesdeTayacSireuilJourney through Black Prigord，starting with a tour of Sarlat. After lunch in town，visit Bernifal. Discovered in 1898，it offers its visitors various paintings.Day 5 Les EyziesdeTayacSireuilAt the Rouffignac cave，get on an electric train
16、 to explore the nearly 10 kilometers of cavea real underground maze(迷宫) of prehistoric drawings and several surprising handprints. Pause for lunch in a local farm house，then continue to Abril Castanet.Day 6 Les EyziesdeTayacSireuilAfter checking out of Les Glycines，travel to Cougnac cave，containing
17、the oldest paintings in a site open to the public. Enjoy lunch in this beautiful town on the Dordogne river. As you leave Rocamadour，visit the Abri des Merveilles，then continue to the popular Chateau de Mercues.Day 7 ToulouseU.SCheck out of the Chateau de Mercues，and travel to the Toulouse airport f
18、or your return flight to the US.【解题导语】本文是一篇应用文，是去法国旅游的行程安排。1Where will tourists have a welcome dinner?AAt the Rouffignac cave.BAt the Cougnac cave.CIn the Les Glycines hotel.DAt the Combarelles cave.答案C考查细节理解。根据文中Day 2的行程安排可知，他们应该是在Les Glycines hotel享用欢迎宴。2On Day 3，the tourists will have lunch in a
19、place which _Ais carved in the rockBlies in the museumCis full of drawings aroundDwas discovered in 1901答案A考查细节理解。根据文章关于Day 3的行程安排尤其是“After lunch in a restaurant in the rock”可知，这一天的午餐将在一家从岩石中开辟出来的饭店里享用。故选A。3On which day will tourists visit Cougnac cave?ADay 3. BDay 4. CDay 5. DDay 6.答案D考查细节理解。根据Day
20、6的行程安排中的“After checking out of Les Glycines，travel to Cougnac cave”可知，参观Cougnac cave是Day 6的活动内容之一。4How many nights will tourists stay in Les Glycines hotel?ATwo nights. BThree nights.CFour nights. DFive nights.答案C考查细节理解。根据行程安排可知，游客们在Day 2就要住进该旅店，在Day 6离开，因此住在该旅店的时间是四个晚上。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选
21、出最佳选项。As a solo artist, Brightman has sold 26 million albums and two million DVDs in 34 countries. Her musical styles put opera, pop and jazz together. She is popular in the States but not here(Britain) the image of her and her second husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber (he much older, she his muse) seems
22、for ever frozen. The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one si
23、de. After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. Im not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.” Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted (fath
24、er a property developer who later committed suicide), she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5 I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding
25、 school. Brightman led the saucy dance troupe（辣妹三人舞） Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I cant remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didnt r
26、eally work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984. Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) “from the beginning. I havent tried to understand it. Ive done very well everywhere else, especially
27、the US, where I now live, I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I dont miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.” 1. The first paragraph tells us that _. A. Brightman
28、 is very popular around the world except in AmericaB. Brightmans musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazz C. the British people dont like her for her style of music D. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber2. Brightman decided to give up having children because _. A. she could ado
29、pt one B. her life and career were unbelievably rich without childrenC. she felt it normal not to have children D. she was too busy 3. The following statements are true except _. A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5 B. Brightman disliked life on the campus C. Brightman was very gif
30、ted when she was young D.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous4. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means _.A. located B. admired C. followed D. found5. What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightmans words? A. Brightman has to accept the fact tha
31、t she is not liked in Britain B. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own country C. The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homelandD. Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in Britain 【参考答案】BCADA阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。I am a German by birth and
32、descent. My name is Schmidt. But by education I am quite as much an Englishman as a Deutscher, and by affection much more the former. My life has been spent pretty equally between the two countries, and I flatter myself I speak both languages without any foreign accent. I count England my headquarte
33、rs now: it is “home” to me. But a few years ago I was resident in Germany, only going over to London now and then on business. I will not mention the town where I lived. It is unnecessary to do so, and in the peculiar experience I am about to relate I think real names of people and places are just a
34、s well, or better avoided. I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers. I had been bred up to the profession, and was credited with a certain amount of “talent”; and I was consideredand, with all modesty, I think I deserved the opinionsteady and reliable, so that I had already attai
35、ned a fair position in the house, and was looked upon as a “rising man”. But I was still young, and not quite so wise as I thought myself. I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair. It is this story which I am going to tell. Our house went in largely for patentsrather too largely,
36、 some thought. But the head partners son was a bit of a genius in his way, and his father was growing old, and let Herr Wilhelm - Moritz we will call the family namedo pretty much as he chose. And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well. He was cautious, and he had the benefit of the still greater cautio
37、n and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt, the second partner in the firm. Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with. No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become. Great
38、acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to portand perhaps more than anything, a power of holding your tongue. I was no chatterbox, nor, when on a mission of importance, did I go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets, which is, in my opinion,
39、almost as dangerous as revealing them. No one, to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake, would have guessed that I had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellows natural interest in his surroundings, though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night o
40、f railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers, or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow. For now and then - though not through me - our secrets did ooze out. And if, as has happened, they were secrets connected with Government orders or contract
41、s, there was, or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors, there would have been, to put it plainly, the devil to pay.12. The writer preferred to be called _.A. a GermanB. an EnglishmanC. both a German and an Englishman D. neither a German nor an Englishman13.
42、 Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer?A. Talented B. Modest C. Reliable D. Wise14. The head of the company where the writer works is _.A. SchmidtB. Moritz C. Wilhelms fatherD. Gerhardt15. The writer often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel
43、, because _. A. some people sometimes let out the secrets of his companyB. the writer occasionally didnt keep the secrets of his companyC. patents and the laws are strange things to have to do withD. the secrets were connected with Government orders or contracts【参考答案】1215、BDCA【重庆南开中学】短文改错（共10小题；每小题1
44、分，满分10分）此题要求改正所给短文中的错误对标题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边的横线上划（）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。Time is valuable but limit. Theres a famous saying, “Time is money”,this shows the importance of time. When76 time
45、has gone, it will never return back. It is a pity 77 when many people make poor u se of time. They spend their 78 precious time oversleeping, drinking and traveling. We dont 79 realized wasting time equal to wasting part of their life. 80 They always regret having made a little achievement so far. 8
46、1 Therefore, we should form the habit of value time. Do not 82 put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Lazy 83 will not only bring us failure, but also lead us on the road 84 of poverty and even death. 85 1.短文改错Are you looking for something interested? Would you like to give a hand to other p
47、eople in your spare time? Then joining us and be a volunteer! We have job for people of all ages. Anyone from students to old people can become ours members. You can help people in many ways. Some schools need volunteers to help take the care of children. Volunteers are needed in hospitals help the
48、patients. Animal lovers can help save dogs and cats without homes. There is nothing for everyone. “I often played computer games when I was freely before. Now I help old people learn to use computers,” said a volunteer aged 18. Unless everyone helps out a lot, well all have better and warmer world t
49、o live in.【参考答案】1.1. interesting 2. join 3. jobs 4. our 5. the去掉 6. to help 7. nothing something 8. free 9. Unless If 10. have a2.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线（ ），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词
50、;A Frenchman is once visiting London. He wished to take a walk to see a city. But he was afraid he might get being lost because he knew no words of English. So after he left his hotel, he stopped on the first corner and carefully copied in his notebook the names of the street where he was staying.Th
51、en he walked on.At last, he got lost.In several hours he found a policeman .The Frenchman tried his best to explain the policeman that he didnt know the name of his hotel, however he knew the name of the street. He then showed the policeman that he copied in his notebook. It was read : “One-way stre
52、et”. 【参考答案】2.1.is- was, 2.a-the, 3.being 去掉， 4.on - at, 5.names- name, 6.In-After, 7.explain 后加to, 8.however-yet/but, 9.that-what, 10.was去掉3.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线( )划掉。修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每
53、处错误及修改均限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。 When I first learned to write in English, I run into many difficulty. The main problem was in that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate everything into Chinese. My teacher advised me to keep diaries. I followed her advices. Happily it worked. Soon I
54、 began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I was learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a short story showed it to my teacher. She liked it very much that she read it to the class. Everyone said the story was the good one. I was great encouraged by their words. 【参考答案】3.When I firs
55、t learned to write in English, I run into many difficulty. Theran difficultiesmain problem was in that I always thought in Chinese and tried to translate 去掉everything into Chinese. My teacher advised me to keep diaries. I followed heradvices. Happily it worked. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on paper as I advice talkingwas learning to express me in simple English. One day I wrote a short story myself andshowed it to my teacher. She liked it very much that she read it to the class. soEveryone said the story was the good one. I was great encouraged by their words. a greatly
