(08·广东)
Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain.In particular,there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女).Not all of these 21 are the friendly,people-loving characters that appear in Disney films,and in some folktales they are 22 and cause much human suffering.This is true in the tales about the Changeling.These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 23 and pale and has changed so much that it is almost 24 to the parents.It was then
25 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and 26 the human baby with a fairy Changeling.There were many ways to prevent this from happening:hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his
father’s clothes were just two of the recommended 27 .However,hope was not lost even if the baby had been 28 .In those cases there was often a way to get the 29 baby back.You could 30 the Changeling on the fire—then it would rise up the chimney,and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.
21.A.babies B.believers C.fairies D.supermen
22.A.powerful B.cruel C.frightened D.extraordinary
23.A.sick B.slim C.short D.small
24.A.uncomfortable B.unbelievable
C.unacceptable D.unrecognizable
25.A.feared B.predicted C.heard D.reported
26.A.covered B.changed C.replaced D.terrified
27.A.cases B.tools C.steps D.methods
28.A.missed B.stolen C.found D.lost
29.A.little B.pale C.sad D.real
30.A.seize B.burn C.place D.hold
科目:高中英语 来源:2013-2014学年安徽巢湖市高三第一学期第一次月考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
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1.When did Bolt regain the men's 100 meters final?
A. August 11. B. August 12. C. August 13. D. August 14.
2.Where is the PGA held?
A. Jamaica. B. Russia. C. America. D. Ireland.
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A. Jason B. Bolt C. Isinbaeva D. Heffernan
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There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. Sadly, she went to the holy man and asked, “What magical things do you have to bring my son back to life?”
Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, “Fetch me a mustard (芥菜) seed from a home that has never known sadness. We will use it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman happily went off at once in search of that magical mustard seed.
She first came to a splendid house, knocked at the door and said, “I am looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is it such a place? It is very important to me.”
They told her “You’ve certainly come to the wrong place” and began to describe all the tragic things that had happened to them recently.
The woman said to herself, “I have had misfortune of my own. Who is able to help these poor, unfortunate people?” She stayed to comfort them, and then went on in search of a home that had never known sadness. But wherever she went, she found one tale after another of sadness and misfortune. She became so involved in other people’s sorrow that finally she forgot about her search for the magical mustard seed, never realizing that it had, in fact, driven the sadness out of her life.
1.Which of the following does the story lead us to believe?
A.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
B.Time passed cannot be called back again.
C.You can’t feel happy unless compared with others.
D.You can’t expect to know the result until you have tried.
2.Instead of sending the woman away, the holy man .
A.asked her to help him first
B.tried to comfort her with kind words
C.asked her to look for a thing that didn’t exist at all
D.tried to encourage her by talking with her
3.Leaving the holy man, the woman .
A.was full of hope B.was filled with sadness
C.was determined to try again D.became discouraged
4.The best title for the text would be “ ”.
A.A woman’s misfortune B.A nice surprise
C.The holy man’s faith D.Cure for sadness
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(08·广东C篇)
Napoleon,as a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace,is more than once described as having“fat little hands.”Nor does he “sit well or firmly on the horse.”He is said to be “undersized,”with “short legs” and a “round stomach”.The issue here is not the accuracy of Tolstoy’s description—it seems not that far off from historical accounts—but his choice of facts:other things that could be said of the man are not said.We are meant to understand the difference of a warring commander in the body of a fat little Frenchman.Tolstoy’s Napoleon could be any man wandering in the streets and putting a little of powdered tobacco up his nose—and that is the point.
It is a way the novelist uses to show the moral nature of a character.And it turns out that,as Tolstoy has it,Napoleon is a crazy man.In a scene in Book Three of War and Peace,the wars having reached the critical year of 1812,Napoleon receives a representative from the Tsar (沙皇),who has come with peace terms.Napoleon is very angry:doesn’t he have more army? He,not the Tsar,is the one to make the terms.He will destroy all of Europe if his army is stopped,“That is what you will have gained by engaging me in the war!”he shouts.And then,Tolstoy writes,Napoleon“walked silently several times up and down the room,his fat shoulders moving quickly.”
Still later,after reviewing his army amid cheering crowds,Napoleon invites the shaken Russian to dinner.“He raised his hand to the Russian’s...face,” Tolstoy writes,and “taking him by the ear pulled it gently...”.To have one’s ear pulled by the Emperor was considered the greatest honor and mark of favor at the French court.“Well,well,why don’t you say anything?”said he,as if it was ridiculous in his presence to respect any one but himself,Napoleon.
Tolstoy did his research,but the composition is his own.
51.Tolstoy’s description of Napoleon in War and Peace is .
A.far from the historical facts
B.based on the Russian history
C.based on his selection of facts
D.not related to historical details
52.Napoleon was angry when receiving the Russian representative because .
A.he thought he should be the one to make the peace terms
B.the Tsar’s peace terms were hard to accept
C.the Russians stopped his military movement
D.he didn’t have any more army to fight with
53.What did Napoleon expect the Russian representative to do?
A.To walk out of the room in anger.
B.To show agreement with him.
C.To say something about the Tsar.
D.To express his admiration.
54.Tolstoy intended to present Napoleon as a man who is .
A.ill-mannered in dealing with foreign guests
B.fond of showing off his iron will
C.determined in destroying all of Europe
D.crazy for power and respect
55.What does the last sentence of the passage imply?
A.A writer doesn’t have to be faithful to his findings.
B.A writer may write about a hero in his own way.
C.A writer may not be responsible for what he writes.
D.A writer has hardly any freedom to show his feelings.
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(08·湖南D篇)
Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture.Fans used to be crazy about a specific film,but now the public tends to base its consumption(消费) on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product.Besides,fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces.As a result,celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential,
moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.
Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon,but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers,and limited to a few TV actresses.Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands.The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style.As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market,they expand their production scale rapidly,covering almost all the poducts of daily life.
However,for every success story,there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal.No matter how famous the product’s origin is,if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing.And once the initial(最初的) attention dies down,consumer interest might fade,loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels.
Today,celebrities face even more severe embarrassment.The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever,but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well.Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life,and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears.Still,the ego’s(自我的) potential for expansion is limitless.Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition,many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered.As the saying goes,success and failure always go hand in hand.Their success as designers might last only a short time,but fashion—like celebrity—has always been temporary.
69.Fashion magazines today .
A.seldom put models on the cover
B.no longer put models on the cover
C.need not worry about celebrities’market potential
D.judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly
70.A change in the consumer market can be found today that .
A.price rather than brand name is more concerned
B.producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements
C.producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements
D.quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned
71.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly .
A.decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products
B.damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public
C.cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business
D.influence the price of a celebrity’s products
72.The passage is mainly about .
A.celebrity and personal style
B.celebrity and market potential
C.celebrity and fashion design
D.celebrity and clothing industry
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