1、高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家Section Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading & Comprehending一、选择适当的单词填空permitspotpassageappearancestareseekaccountaccident1To our surprise,we many scenic to visit in the old city.答案spotted;spots2The drivers carelessness for the accident.答案accounted3We wondered whether he did it on purpose
2、or by .答案accident4You cant get in without a .答案permit5Because he had no money left to buy tickets,he had to work for his to Australia.答案passage6Dont judge a stranger by his .答案appearance7We have to make peace between Fred and Tom.答案sought8Its bad manners to at others.答案stare二、翻译句子1他在北京出生并且长大。(bring
3、up)答案He was born and brought up in Beijing.2我们不允许人们在这儿吵闹。(permit)答案We dont permit people to make a noise here.3学生们发现烟是从那个房间里冒出来的。(spot)答案The students spotted the smoke coming out of that room.4不要玩刀子,你可能会不小心伤了自己。(by accident)答案Dont play with a knife.You might hurt yourself by accident.5他想让我说明所花费的每一笔钱
4、。(account for)答案He wanted me to account for each sum of the money I had spent.6那不是一件好事情,恰恰相反,那是个巨大的错误。(on the contrary)答案It isnt a good thing;on the contrary,its a huge mistake.三、阅读理解 Mark Twain,the famous American writer and a great master of humour,liked to play jokes on others.But once a joke was
5、 played on him.One day Mark Twain was invited to give a talk in a small town.At lunch he met a young man,one of his friends.The young man said that he had an uncle with him.He told Mark Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled,and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh
6、.“You bring your uncle to my talk this evening,” said Mark Twain.“Im sure I can make him laugh.” That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front.Mark Twain began to speak.He told several funny stories and made everyone in the room laugh.But the old man never smiled.Mark Twain told more fun
7、ny stories,but the old man still kept quiet.Mark Twain continued to tell his funny stories.Finally he stopped.He was tired and quite disappointed.Some days later,Mark Twain told another friend what had happened.“Oh,” said his friend,“I know that man.Hes been deaf for years.” 1The writer wrote the pa
8、ssage mainly to .A.tell readers Mark Twain liked playing jokes B.tell readers a joke played on Mark Twain C.tell readers Mark Twain was a great writerD.tell readers how to tell a funny story答案B解析主旨大意题。从整篇文章来看,作者主要告诉读者马克吐温被人捉弄的故事。2One day Mark Twain met at lunch.A.a friendB.his brotherC.his teacherD.
9、a young girl 答案A解析细节考查题。由第一段最后一句可以得出答案。3Why did Mark Twain ask the young man to bring his uncle to his talk?A.Because he thought he could make the old man laugh.B.Because he wanted to get to know the old man.C.Because the old man could tell stories.D.Because he wanted to learn from the old man.答案A解析
10、推理判断题。由第三段可知,马克吐温想让老人来的目的就是想把他逗笑。4Mark Twain stopped finally because he was .A.disappointedB.sorryC.illD.sleepy答案A解析细节考查题。由第四段最后两句可以得出答案。5Mark Twain couldnt make the old man laugh because .A.his jokes were not funny B.the old man wasnt interested in the jokesC.the old man could tell more funny jokesD.the old man was deaf答案D解析推理判断题。由最后一段可知老人耳聋多年了,因此他不笑的真正原因是他听不到马克吐温讲的笑话。- 3 - 版权所有高考资源网