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1、大连市103中学2019届高三开学考试英语试题满分：120分；时间：100分钟第一部分 听力（ 略）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen you are traveling in Thailand，which means of transport is the best choice？You can rent a variety of motorbikes or bikes in ThailandIt seems to be very p
2、opular in most of the beaches and islands along the places in the north The most popular bikes are the little 125 cc Honda Dream which you can get for about 150 baht (铢) a day or as little as 3，000 baht per month，making it the cheapest way to tour Thailand for the people from other countriesSometime
3、s you will have to go somewhere by taxiWhen you are in cities in Thailand，especially in Bangkok，always remember to get a taxi that is traveling on the roadsSome drivers outside hotels refuse to use the meter（计程表）They will ask a price which is several times the price when they use the meter!The quali
4、ty of the roads in Thailand is generally pretty good，so renting cars is another way to get aroundThe big car rental companies may offer you slightly older cars at a very reasonable priceIt is a little surprising considering that the cost of buying a car in Thailand is more than that in the WestPetro
5、l is also reasonably priced in Thailand，more expensive than American prices，but much cheaper than what is paid in EuropeIn the past，Bangkok could be a difficult place to drive insigns were generally in Thai only，making it a hard job to find exactly where you were by looking aroundBut now，the situati
6、on is improvedIn a lot of places，even the farthest corners of the country，street signs are in both Thai and English21To a foreigner，the most economical way to get around Thailand is renting a Amotorbike Bcar Ctaxi Dbike22What is the writers advice about taking a taxi in Thailand？ ATo make sure there
7、 is a meter in itBTo take a taxi parked outside hotelsCTo take a taxi going on the roadDTo bargain with the driver over the price23It was difficult to drive in Bangkok in the past because Athere were too many traffic jams on the roadsBthe signs were written only in their own languageCthere were no s
8、igns at the farthest cornersDthe quality of the roads was not goodBIt was in the Victorian Era（维多利亚时期）that the novel became the leading form of literature in EnglishMost writers were more concerned to meet the tastes of the middle classThe best known works of the period included the works of Charles
9、 Dickens and the Bront sisters and othersCharles Dickens came on the literary scene in the 1830sDickens wrote vividly about London life and the struggles of the poorMost of his works were written in a very humorous style，which was popular with readers of all classesThe Bront sisters were English wri
10、ters of the 1840s and 1850sThey began to write from early childhoodIn 1846 they published the first book at their own expense as poets； however，their book attracted little attention，selling only two copiesThen the sisters turned to writing novels，each producing a novel in the following yearAn intere
11、st in rural matters and the changing social and economic situation of the countryside may be seen in the novels of Thomas Hardy and a number of othersLiterature for children developed as a single styleSome works became wellknown，such as those of Lewis Carroll and Edward LearAdventure novels were wri
12、tten for adults but are now generally grouped in the list for childrenHelen Beatrix Potter was an English author at the end of the Victorian Era，best known for her childrens books，which featured animal charactersIn her thirties，Potter published the highly successful childrens book The Tale of Peter
13、Rabbit in 190224What can we know about Charles Dickens from the text？ AHe described the struggles of the poor in LondonBHe showed an interest in rural matters in his writingCHe focused on changing social and economic situation of the countrysideDHe published the highly successful childrens book25Whi
14、ch is TRUE about the Bront sisters？ AThey were English writers of the 1830sBThey paid to have their first book publishedCThey began their writing from adulthoodDTheir first book was successful26The author states in the last paragraph that Asociety changed rapidly in the Victorian EraBThomas Hardy wa
15、s not as famous as Lewis Carroll CEdward Lear was famous for writing about animalsDadventure novels were not written for children at first27This text is mainly about Aliterature in the Victorian Era Bwriting styles in the Victorian EraCfamous works in the Victorian EraDthe importance of literature in the Victorian EraCMusic is magic! Music speaks louder than words and it is a language that the whole world can understandA piece of music can produce a response in the heart and mindLike feeling an electrical current or receiving a personal radio signal，music
