2019-2020年高三英语上学期阶段测试试题精选（4）.doc

2019-2020年高三英语上学期阶段测试试题精选（4）第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。AGrand OpeningBentwood Truck MuseumSaturday, November 8, at 10:00 A. M.After eighteen months of hard work by more than 100 volunteers, the Bent wood Truck Museum is ready to open. The old factory on the corner of Palmer Street and Norman Drive had been scheduled to be destroyed. When Roger Haygood heard about the plans to tear down the building, he bought it so that he could store his collection of old trucks there. Then he had the idea of turning the building into a truck museum.During the past year and a half, the old building has been transformed into a treasure chest of memories. Instead of a dark and dull house, the building has bee a cheery, bright home for all kinds of trucks from the past.The museum now houses 68 trucks, and we hope to have even more soon. There is a 1959 school bus, a 1942 bakery truck, and a 1937 fire engine. Our oldest vehicle is a 1919 milk truck. Our newest vehicle is a 1966 tow truck.You can take a ride on a fire truck, a mail truck, or an ice cream truck. Rides are $ 2.00, but you can get a ticket for a free ride at any grocery store in Bentwood.Help us celebrate our grand opening by bringing your family and friends! There is something to interest everyone who attends. The Bentwood Truck Museum is a special piece of our history.To get to Bentwood Truck Museum, take Route 29 (Kingston Highway) to Palmer Street.Go south on Palmer Street for one block and take a left onto Norman Drive.You will see the museum building and the amusement park on your left.Parking is available across the street, on your right.56In which of the following can visitors take a ride? AA milk truck.BAn ice cream truck.CA bakery truck.DA school bus.57What is special about this museum?AIt is built on the ruins of an old building.BIt offers visitors free rides to the museum.CIt exhibits trucks dating back to 100 years ago.DIts transformed from an old factory by volunteers.58Whats the purpose of writing this passage? ATo introduce the old history of Bentwood Truck Museum.BTo persuade readers to attend the opening of the museum.CTo explain why Bentwood Truck Museum was set up.DTo call on the visitors to take a ride in old trucks.BOne of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit ones mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I was wrong about that, ”and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that. ”I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons （箱子）. Then he related an incident and I began to remember clearly the incident he was describing. I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident took place. There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work. The Manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees inspecting （examining）some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the criminal. He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, obviously the manager did not. 59. The author was _ when he wrote this article. A. about 8 B. about 18 C. about 23 D. about 1560. Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons? A. The author. B. The manager. C. The woman. D. The authors mother. 61. When the manager scolded him the author _. A. was frightened and cried B. tried to explain C. did not say anything D. felt the manager was right 62. It can be inferred that the author _. A. regrets arguing with the manager for what he didnt do B. would like to tell people never to be fooled by an egg sale C. has forgiven the manager for what he did to him fifteen years ago D. expects the woman to say sorry to him for the mistake she madeCThe first thing I do when I wake up is to make a mental list of all things I have to do that day. Im very organized! Then I get up and have my bath. Often my best matchmaking ideas e while Im in the bath. Sometimes I have a really good idea about who might be with whom.Before I did matchmaking, I was a social worker, but I knew I wanted to do something without bosses telling me what to do and that I am good at dealing with people. Also I had seen too many broken marriages and too many people go downhill because they were so lonely. So I gave up my job, did a bit of research and started the matchmaking business in 1970. Over the last few years weve been doing introductions throughout Europe as well as here in Britain. Europeans want to meet British people. For every 100 people who e to us, about 65 will settle down. We keep going until clients (委托人) find someone that they get on very well with. Of course there are impossible people, those who will never settle. Sometimes I end up giving advice to clients. A few months ago, we had a highly paid scientist with a very nice face, but every woman refused to meet him a second time. It soon became clear that he did not like changing his shirts. So I had to be very honest and direct and told him, “But a woman cant start to love you if your shirt smells.” The job is most satisfying when I get a call from a couple telling me they have fallen in love. 63. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. On Being a Matchmaker B. Dealing with PeopleC. Matchmakers and Clients D. The Most Satisfying Job64. What does the author mean by saying “Im very organized”?A. She is especially good at organizing things.B. She has a fixed plan for her everyday activities.C. She likes to remember things she has to do.D. She always finishes what she does on time.65. What was the personal factor that made the author change her job?A. She was warm and kind-hearted.B. She could understand people better than others.C. She liked to make her own decisions.D. She was interested in social problems.66. From the authors experience given in the last paragraph, we can conclude that to be a good matchmaker, sometimes it is better for one to be _.A. straight B. kind C. hard workingD. organizedDEvery pet owner loves his pet. There is no argument here.But when we asked our readers whether they would clone their beloved animals, the responses were split almost down the middle. Of the 228 readers who answered it, 108 would clone, 111 would not and nine weighed each side without offering an opinion.Clearly, from readers response, this is an issue that reaches deeply into both the joy and eventual sadness of owning a pet. It speaks, as well, to peoples widely differing expectations over the developing scientific procedure.Most of the respondents who favored the idea strongly believed it would produce at least a close copy of the original; many felt the process would actually return an exact copy. Those on the other side, however, held little hope a clone could never truly recreate a pet, many simply didnt wish to go against the natural law of life and death.Both sides expressed equal love for their animals. More than a few respondents owned “the best dog/cat in the world”. They thought of their pets as their “best friend”, “a member of the family,” “the light of my life.” They told moving stories of pets heroism, intelligence and selfless devotion.Little wonders the loss is so disturbing-and the cloning so attractive. “People bee very close to their animals, and the loss can be just as hard to bear as when a friend or family member dies,” says Gary Kowalski, author of Goodbye, Friend: Healing Wisdom for Anyone Who Has Ever Lost a Pet. “For me, cloning feels like an attempt to turn death awayIts understandable. Death is always painful. Its difficult to deal with. Its hard to accept.”But would cloning reduce the blow? This question seemed to be at the heart of this problem.67.So far as the cloning of pets is concerned, a recent survey shows that, of all pet owners, _.A. a lot more of them are for itB. a lot more of them are against itC. very few of them are willing to tell their opinionsD. about half of them are for it and the other half against it68. While talking about the respondents from the readers, the expression “eventual sadness of owning a pet” refers to _.A. the death of ones petB. the high cost of owning a petC. the troubles one has to deal with in keeping a petD. the dangers involved in the cloning of a pet69. From what Gary Kowalski says, we can know that he _.A. has never thought about the problem of cloningB. is going to write another book on petsC. is in favor of the idea of cloning petsD. is all against the cloning of pets70. What is the key question at the heart of the problem of cloning pets?A. Can cloning make the pain one suffers less when a pet dies?B. Can pet owners afford the cost of cloning?C. Does cloning go against the law of nature?D. How reliably does cloning produce an exact copy of ones pet? E_71_. You need only to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highways and it will take you to where you wish. But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver has to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of a London, from the smallest lane(小巷) to the most popular bar around._72_A certain London taxi driver told of his job as follows.During the night it is quite usual for him to stop two or three times for some refreshments. He said. “I never drink when Im working - I would lose my licence.” He normally goes home between 2 and 3 Oclock in the night. _73_ He said, “Thats the worst thing about working for yourself. If you dont make the money, no one is going to give it to you.” _74_. Every summer hundreds of children from London will go for a day at the sea- by taxi! Their rides are paid by the taxi drivers, and these fares all go to the London Taxi Fund for Underprivileged Children. _75_ Also a lunch party is held there in honour of the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day running around the sea beaches and visiting the market, the children go home again- by taxi, and free of charge, of course!A. There are always plains about taxi drivers bad service.B. Driving a car at high speed along a highway seems to be fun.C. Recently the working conditions for taxi drivers have greatly improved. D. London taxi drivers not only take but also give.E. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.F. At the sea, they are met by the mayor.G. There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs.参考答案阅读:5658BDB5962CCBC6366ABCA6770DACA7175 BEGDF