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高二Book 5 Module 1同步练习2

第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

A★

Dinner, for the English people, is the richest meal of a day and is, different from Chinese dinner, a very formal meal. Many people even wear special clothes for dinner. So if you are asked out to dinner, you must find out whether you are expected to wear a formal suit. You would feel upset if, when you got there, you were the only person in ordinary clothes.

Dinner is generally served at about half past seven. All the members of the family sit down together and are on their best behavior. The guest of honor will sit on the right of the lady of the house. There are two schools of thought as to the seating of the hostess. One is that she sits at the foot of the table but this may mess up the man-woman-man setting order. The other way is for the guest of honor to sit at the foot and the hostess to sit on his right. The wife of the guest of honor will sit on the right of the host. This is subject to change according to the wishes of your employer.

During the meal when conversation is carried on, you should try to get into conversation with the person on your right or left, but you should not try to talk to someone who is a long way from you.

Don’t forget to drop your hosts a thank-you note or make a brief phone call.

36. If you and your parents go out to dinner, ______.

     A. you will sit on the right of the housewife

     B. your father will sit on the right of the housewife

     C. your mother will sit on the left of the housewife

     D. all of you will sit on the left of the housewife

37. Your wearing a special clothes for dinner shows that ______.

     A. you are a special person

     B. you are a rich person

     C. you are a person with good manners

     D. you are the most important guest

38. English dinner is different from Chinese, for _____.

     A. English dinner is a very formal meal

     B. English dinner is the richest meal of the day

     C. English dinner is served at home

     D. English dinner is served in the evening

39. The passage mainly tells us _____.

     A. that dinner is most important in the English people’s lives

     B. that the English people is very rich

     C. that the people with good manners are respected by the English people

     D. about the dinner of English people

 

B★★

What makes a good hotel?

1. Frequent airport transport

If you have to wait an hour for the hotel bus at the airport or you miss your flight the next morning because the bus is late, it is not a service. It’s a disaster.

2. Fast reception and check-out

Nobody wants to stand in a line to register when they are tired or to pay the bill when they are in the hurry.

3. Good restaurants

In a city hotel you can go out to that nice little restaurant around the corner. In an airport hotel, you eat their food or go hungry.

4. Up-to-date flight departure information

Nobody wants to rush to the airport check-in desk and wait for two hours when you could stay in your hotel room. You will get the newest flight information in an airport hotel.

5. Reliable message service

If an important message for you gets lost when you are at an airport hotel, you can be in the wrong continent by the time you find out.

6. ______________________

Being alone in a strange hotel isn’t much fun at all. Live entertainment is great. If not, a choice of videos or a movie channel can make the evening enjoyable, too.

40. This passage is mainly about _______.

     A. airport hotels               B. city hotels     

     C. services in an airplane   

     D. services at an airport

41. The sentence “you can be in the wrong continent” means _______.

     A. the message is not easy to get lost

     B. there is no message for you at all

     C. the message will be sent to you much later

     D. the message will not be sent to you

42. The underlined word “disaster” probably means _______.

     A. an unskilled bus driver

     B. a great traffic accident

     C. an event that causes great harm or damage

     D. an unfortunate event

43. Give a right heading for No.6.

     A. You are not alone    

     B. Videos or a movie channel

     C. Go hungry   

     D. Something to do in the evening   

 

C★★

Letter One

                                            21 July, 2006

Dear Sirs,

Our foreman, Mr. Li Ming, had an accident on July 6, 2006. He crushed his forefinger (食指) when operating a machine. At that time, we didn’t think the accident was serious enough to report, but Mr. Li has returned to his work after an absence of two weeks and is still unable to carry on his normal duties. We therefore wish to make a claim (索赔) under the above policy (保险单) and shall appreciate your sending us the necessary claim form.

                                        Yours faithfully,

                                                  (Signature)

 

Letter Two

27 July, 2006

Dear Sirs,

     We have received your letter of July 21 and noted that you made a claim for the accident of Mr. Li Ming. We would, however, remind you of the terms of the policy that this claim should have been submitted within three days after the accident. More than two weeks have now passed. Consequently, your claim to compensation（赔偿） under the policy has been forfeited (放弃、没收).

Nevertheless, as an exceptional measure, we have decided to overlook its late submission, though we are bound to say that it should have been clear from Mr. Li’s absence from work that this accident was more serious than you had supposed and that there seems to be no good reason why this claim should not have been made earlier.

We are enclosing (附上) a claim form as requested, but must emphasize that future claims cannot be entertained if you cannot comply with the terms of the policy.

                                         Yours faithfully,

                                                   (Signature)

44. What is the main idea of these two letters?

     A. Mr. Li crushed his forefinger when operating a machine.

     B. Mr. Li can’t work after an absence of two weeks.

     C. Asking for a claim for injury.

     D. The insurer compensates Mr. Li.

45. What happened to Li Ming on July 6?

     A. He crushed his forefinger while working.

     B. He was hurt by a car accident.

     C. He was ill.

     D. He didn’t go to work.

46. The reason why they didn’t report the accident to the insurer in time is that ______.

     A. they didn’t think of the claim

     B. they didn’t think it was serious enough to report

     C. they didn’t insure in the company

     D. they want more compensation

47. What’s the attitude (态度) of the insurer to this injury?

     A. He doesn’t want to compensate.

     B. He compensated in time when they received the letter for claim.

     C. He thinks it doesn’t matter to tell him a little late.

     D. He thinks that the accident should be informed in time.

 

D★★★

More than 6,000 children were expelled (开除) from US school last year for bringing guns and bombs to school, the US Department of Education said on May 8.

The department gave a report to the expulsions (开除) as saying handguns accounted for 58 percent of the 6,093 expulsions in 1996—1997, against 7 percent for rifles (步枪) or shotguns and 35 percent for other types of firearms.

“The report is a clear sign that our nation’s public schools are cracking down (严惩) on students who bring guns to school,” Education Secretary Richard Riley said in a statement. “We need to be tough-minded about keeping guns out of our schools and do everything to keep our children safe.”

In March 1997, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy using handguns and rifles shot dead four children and a teacher at a school in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In October, two students were killed and seven wounded in a shooting at a Mississippi school. Two months later, a 14-year-old boy killed three high school students and wounded five in Dasucah, Kentucky.

Most of the expulsions, 56 percent, were from high schools, which have students from about age 13. 34 percent were from junior high schools and 9 percent were from elementary schools, the report said.

48. From the passage we can infer that in the US schools ______.

     A. most of students like shooting                     

     B. the students are not expected to be soldiers

     C. safety is actually a serious problem                    

     D. students can freely take guns into their classrooms

49. It can be known from the report of the US Department of Education that ______.

     A. guns are out of control in US schools 

     B. American children don’t have the right to go to school

     C. the number of the expulsions in the USA is smaller than that in other countries

     D. expelling students is the best way to control guns

50. The main idea of paragraph 4 shows us ______.

     A. children should stay at home instead of going to school

     B. some examples of shoot in US schools

     C. the Americans’ strong feelings about guns

     D. some famous schools in the US

51. How many students mentioned in paragraph 4 were shot dead in 1997 in US schools?

     A. Nine.                            B. Ten.        

     C. Twelve.                      D. Twenty-two.

52. From this passage we know that _______.

     A. it breaks the laws for Americans to have guns

     B. only soldiers and the police can have guns

     C. every American citizen can own guns         

     D. the US sets a good example in controlling guns

 

E★★★

Four Freedoms

                               By Franklin Roosevelt

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship (崇拜) God in his own way—everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a worldwide reduction of armaments (武器) to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.

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This nation has placed its fate in the hands，heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy (至高无上) of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose.

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53. We can infer that this passage is taken from a (an)  _______ by Franklin Roosevelt.

      A. novel                           B. textbook           

      C. report                          D. speech 

54. The purpose of the author writing this passage is to ________.

      A. encourage people to build a new world based on four human freedoms

      B. make himself president of the USA

      C. make himself well-known for four human freedoms

      D. want the world understand the USA and help them build a strong country

55. In Franklin Roosevelt’s view, freedom means ________.

      A. a world founded upon four essential human rights

      B. every nation being a peaceful home for its people

      C. no nation committing physical aggression against other neighbors

      D. human rights being the most important everywhere

 

第三部分 写作（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 阅读表达（阅读短文，回答以下五个问题，每小题3分，满分15分）

We should not blindly describe the real estate (房地产) sector as being “overheated”. Certainly, an over-optimistic (过分乐观的) anticipation of property price has led to blind investment in some places. But that’s an isolated phenomenon. It does not tell the whole story.

Some would argue the current supply of houses outweighs the demand, as the country’s idle housing space has reached 100 million square meters. But can we infer from this figure that the real estate sector is overheated?

Let’s pause and consider. Suppose 20 percent of urban households want to improve their living conditions and each of them expect to enlarge their houses by 20 square meters. With both figures underestimated, there would be 2.7 million urban households wanting to buy larger houses and 540 million square meters of properties should be available in total.

The calculation is by no means unrealistic. You can feel that the huge demand is real from your daily contacts with friends. Now my question is: Do we have idle space of 540 million square meters?

Suppose further that commodity (日用品) prices would rise as a result of overheated investment. But have we witnessed a rise in the prices of bricks, tiles or stones? No. China’s overall price level has just inched up by 0.3 percent. It does not indicate inflation (通货膨胀).

Suppose again that an overheated real estate sector has siphoned (吸取) too much capital from other sectors of the economy. But have we witnessed a shortage of funds in other sectors? No. Have we witnessed a real interest rate higher than the nominal one? No. This is the biggest difference between the real estate today and that in the early 1990s.

56. What is discussed in the passage?  (In English)

57. According to the passage, what is the author’s opinion to the real estate?   (In English)

58. What does the underlined word “idle” in the second paragraph mean in Chinese?

59. 把第一段的划线部分变成一个含有定语从句的句子。

60. Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.

第二节 书面表达（满分30分）

根据下面提示，用英语写一封信给电影院经理。

学生李华于11月16日到电影院观看电影《泰坦尼克号》。 2. 他把包遗忘在座位上。包里只有课本和一本鲁迅作品《祝福》（The New Year’s Sacrifice），没有值钱的东西，但对他却很重要。 电影票扔了，记不得座号。 3. 他前天来影院找过值班人员，由于对方无礼，一无所获，请求经理帮忙找回。 4. 联系电话：81798999。要求：书信以李华的名义写，不要逐条翻译。

 

 

 

 

参考答案

1-5 DBCBB         6-10 ABCCA　　11-15 BCBCD

16-20 CABDD　　21-25 BACCD      26-30 DBADA　31-35 CBDBC

36-40 BCADA　　41-45 ADDCA   46-50 BDCAB　　51-55 ACDAD

56. Whether the real estate today is overheated or not.  57. The real estate sector is not overheated. 58. 空置的  59. But that’s an isolated phenomenon, which does not tell the whole story. 60. 设想，20%的都市住户想去改善他们的居住条件，他们每个人都期待着使自己的住房面积扩大20平方米。

 

One possible version：

Dear manager,

I went to see the film Titanic on Nov.16 at your cinema. After returning home, I realized that I had left my schoolbag at the cinema. Unluckily, I had already thrown my ticket away, so I couldn’t remember the seat number.

I visited the cinema the day before yesterday, hoping to get back my bag. The man on duty, however, gave me no help. In fact, he was impolite.

There was nothing valuable in the bag but a few copies of textbooks and a book named “The New Year’s Sacrifice” written by Lu Xun, which are important to me.

I should be most thankful to you if you would be so kind as to help me get it back.

I am waiting for your reply. My telephone number is 81798999.

Thank you.

 

                                                 Yours sincerely,

                                                        Li Hua