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1、浙江省天台县平桥第二中学2014届高三英语 上学期读写备考训练1I got my first drivers license（执照） in 1953 by taking driver education in my first year at Central High School in charlotte, North Carolina. Four years later when it was time to renew my license I was a married woman. Henry and I were living in Baltimore, Maryland. Two
2、 weeks before my 20th birthday, Henry drove me to the motor vehicle office on a hot July afternoon. When I got to the office and showed to the man behind the counter my North Carolina drivers license, ready to renew, the man told me that I was under age by Maryland law since I was not yet 21. “Mr. H
3、enry Smith, your husband, will have to sign for you,” he said.I argued, pointing to a very large belly of mine, “I am married. I am having a baby. Why should I have to have someone sign for me to drive?” He answered coldly, “Its the law, madam?”Henry encouraged me to calm down, just go ahead and get
4、 the license and be done with it. “No,” I said. I refused to have him sign for me. So I left without a Maryland license. I called the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Office and renewed my NC license by mail using my name Susan Brown. And thus it was for the next twelve years. Since Henry was in the arm
5、y I could drive under my home state license. By the time Henry left the army we were once again living in Maryland , and I had to take the Maryland drivers exam .Since then I just go in and renew every four years - sign the name Susan Brown , have my new picture taken, and walk out with a license to
6、 drive. 56. Susan got her first drivers license_ .A. before she got married to Henry B. when she was twenty years oldC. after she finished high school D. when she just moved to Maryland57. Susan failed to renew her license the first time in Maryland because_ .A. she was forbidden to drive by Marylan
7、d lawB. she lacked driving experience in MarylandC. she was to give birth to a baby soonD. she insisted on signing for herself58. We can infer from the text that in the U. S. _ .A. American males should serve in the armyB. different states may have different laws C. people have to renew their licens
8、es in their home statesD. women should adopt their husbands family names after marriageB（11LN）About 21,000 young people in 17 American states do not attend classes in school buildings. Instead, they receive their elementary（初等）and high school education by working at home on computers. The center for
9、 Education Reform says the United States has 67 public “cyberschools” and that is about twice as many as two years ago. The money for students to attend a cyberschool comes from the governments of the states where they live. Some educators say cyberschools receive money that should support tradition
10、al public schools. They also say it is difficult to know if students are learning well. Other educators praise this new form of education for letting students work at their own speed. These people say cyberschools help students who were unhappy or unsuccessful in traditional schools. They say learni
11、ng at home by computer ends long bus rides for children who live far from school. Whatever the judgment of cyberschools, they are getting more and more popular. For example, a new cyberschool called Commonwealth Connections Academy will take in students this fall. It will serve children in the state
12、 of Pennsylvania from ages five through thirteen. Children get free equipment for their online education. This includes a computer, a printer, books and technical services. Parents and students talk with teachers by telephone or by sending emails through their computers when necessary. 60. What is a
13、 problem with cyberschools?A. Their equipment costs a lot of money. B. They get little support from the state government. C. It is hard to know students progress in learning. D. The students find it hard to make friends. 61. Cyberschools are getting popular because _. A. they are less expensive for
14、studentsB. their students can work at their own speedC. their graduates are more successful in societyD. they serve students in a wider age range62. We can infer that the author of the text is _. A. unprejudiced in his description of cyberschoolsB. excited about the future of cyberschoolsC. doubtful
15、 about the quality of cyberschoolsD. disappointed at the development of cyberschoolsC（11LN）Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile (汽车). But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the worlds first automobile. Many
16、people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a cars parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. That is not true, either. Many factory owners used methods of this kind before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other peoples ideas and make them better. And h
