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1、Module 3单元测试题 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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A One of Scotlands most active centenarians (百岁的人), Lady Morton, drove for nearly 80 years. She loved driving and spent the war years as an ambulance (救护车) driver for Bangour Hospital. Aged 100 she was still d
2、riving aroundEdinburgh, up to Perthshire and elsewhere the oldest among all the drivers inScotland. But she had her first ever accident several days after her 100th birthday she hit a traffic island (a raised area in the middle of a road where people can wait until it is safe to cross) when she took
3、 her new car for a drive inEdinburgh. Lady Morton, who celebrated her 100th birthday in July, was given a car as a surprise present. She talked about the accident which happened that night. “I wasnt going fast, but I hit a traffic island. I couldnt see it, because it had no lights, which I think is
4、unbelievable and unreasonable. But I am all right and luckily my car wasnt badly damaged (损坏).” Although Lady Morton had the accident, she didnt plan to stop driving. “Some people are just born to drive, and I think I am one of them. Ive been a good driver since the first time I got in a car,” she s
5、aid. “Im musical, so I listen to the sound of the car to know when to change gear (档位).” Lady Morton bought her first car in 1927. The main change she had noticed since then is the traffic. “Itsappalling. However, I dont mind it, because I am experienced, but I feel very sorry for beginners,” she sa
6、id.21. What was special about Lady Morton?A. She was 100 years old.B. She had the fewest traffic accidents.C. She was the oldest driver inScotland.D. She had the most years of driving experience.22. How did Lady Mortons first accident happen?A. She had poor eyesight.B. She was driving too fast.C. Th
7、e traffic island was dark.D. The lights of her car werent on.23. What do Lady Mortons words in Paragraph 3 suggest?A. She had a deep love for cars.B. She was quite good at driving.C. She had a great musical ability.D. She drove better than any other driver.24. What does the underlined word “appallin
8、g” in the last paragraph mean?A. Very good. B. Fantastic.C. Not bad. D. Terrible.B It has been 24 years, and John Moore still looks out of his passenger window as the train he travels by every day runs over the Moodna Viaduct inCornwall,New York. For more than twenty years, the 60-year-old businessm
9、an has been traveling about 67 miles to work from his home inCornwallto lowerManhattan. His total travel time is 5 hours each day. It may seem like a lengthy journey, butMooresays he prefers this mode of travel.“Compared to a bus or a car, its much more spacious and comfortable,”he says. As soon as
10、Moore boards (上车), he can start work, or socialize with the friends hes made on the train over the years, or spend a few hours reading a novel. For Moore, traveling by train allows him and his wife to live in a more peaceful environment that is far away from the fast-paced (快节奏的) city lifestyle.“We
11、moved to Cornwall specifically because I could take a train to work. It allowed us to live more than 50 miles outside the city and still travel comfortably to work every day,” he says.Mooreis not the only one enjoying passenger rail. There has been a great rise in rail travel from 2000 to 2015, acco
12、rding to Matt Hardison, a spokesman for Amtrak, the national rail operator.“The longstanding sayings from the 1980s that passenger rail is dying have changed,” he says. “People are turning to rail for inter-city travel.” Although a growing number of people are traveling daily by train like Moore did
13、, there are also those who prefer to ride trains to see more of the landscape (风景) and to relax. Jack Donachy, 58, says he and his wife are among those people.“There are no seat belts (安全带) and you can go to the dining car for something to eat, or simply look out the window and think freely,”he says
14、.25. How doesMoorefeel on the way to and from work?A. Tired. B. Happy.C. Painful. D. Worried.26. Why did theMooresmove toCornwall?A. It is cheap to live there.B. It is close to his workplace.C. They have a lot of friends there.D. They can travel to work by train.27. During the past 15 years, rail tr
15、avel inAmerica_.A. has attracted very few passengersB. has become more and more popularC. has changed peoples busy lifestylesD. has been considered slow and dangerous28. Donachy enjoys train journeys because _.A. it is relaxingB. it is money-savingC. he likes the food in the dining carD. he can make more friends on trainsC If there is life on another planet, what is it like? This is the question that a new science fiction (科幻) programme, Alien Planet (
