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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。AWe were late as usual. My husband had insisted on watering the flowers in the garden by himself, and when he discovered that he couldnt manage he asked me for help at the last moment. So now we had an hour to
2、 get to the airport. Luckily, there were not many cars or buses on the road and we were able to get there just in time.We checked in and went direct to a big hall to wait for our flight (航班) to be called. We waited and waited but no announcement (通知) was made. We asked for information and the girl t
3、here told us that the plane hadnt even arrived yet. In the end there was another announcement telling us that passengers waiting for Flight LJ108 could get a free meal voucher (餐券) and that the plane hadnt left Spain for technical reasons. We thought that meant that it wasnt safe for the plane to fl
4、y. We waited again for a long time until late in the evening when we were asked to report again. This time we were given free vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel.The next morning after a bad night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we reported back to the airport. Guess what
5、 had happened while we were asleep! Our plane had arrived and taken off again. All the other passengers had been woken up in the night to catch the plane, but for some reason or other we had been forgotten. You can imagine how we felt!21. Before leaving for the airport, the author _.A. helped water
6、the flowersB. found it hard to start her carC. cleaned the garden by herselfD. made a phone call to her husband22. Why didnt the authors plane take off on time?A. The airport was too busy.B. The weather was terrible.C. Some passengers were late.D. Something was wrong with it.23. How did the author p
7、robably feel the next morning?A. Lucky. B. Excited.C. Angry. D. Nervous.24. Whats the main idea of the text?A. It is important to be a polite passenger.B. A couple were left behind at an airport.C. It is dangerous to travel around in a plane.D. More and more airports provide a bad service.BSequoyah
8、was born in the 1770s and grew up in the Cherokee village of Tuskeegee, Tennessee. He was skilled at working with silver jewelry (首饰). One day Sequoyah was advised to put his name on the silver jewelry he made. However, he could not write his name because Cherokee was only a spoken language. Sequoya
9、h decided to learn how to write his name, so he asked one of his customers (顾客) to teach him, who knew English very well. From that time on, Sequoyah signed (签名) his work in English.Then Sequoyah realized that a written language was necessary for his people. In 1809, he started by making small drawi
10、ngs, and then he experimented with creating a letter for each sound in the Cherokee language. First, Sequoyah picked out all the sounds in the Cherokee language. Then he gave each sound a symbol. Unlike English, however, no two sounds shared the same symbol.Sequoyahs work was difficult and took him
11、a lot of time. Worse, those around Sequoyah didnt understand what he was doing with all those strange symbols. Some raised doubts about his work. However, Sequoyah didnt stop working. In 1821, Sequoyah completed his alphabet (字母表). Each symbol in the alphabet symbolized one of the eighty-five sounds
12、 in the Cherokee language. By saying the name of each symbol, a person could read the spoken word.Sequoyah taught the symbols to his six-year-old daughter, Ayoka. One day, they went to visit the elders of the Cherokee Nation. Sequoyah asked Ayoka to leave while he wrote down what the elders said. Wh
13、en Ayoka returned, she read out loud what Sequoyah had written. The elders werestunned. Ayoka was able to repeat their words without being present! Sequoyahs alphabet was soon accepted as the written language of the Cherokee Nation.25. Sequoyah learned to sign his work _.A. so that he would become f
14、amousB. with the help of one of his customersC. when he moved to a Cherokee villageD. in order to save the Cherokee language26. What can we learn about Sequoyahs alphabet?A. It is made up of eighty-five letters.B. It uses at least two letters to symbolize a sound.C. It was created in the early eight
15、eenth century.D. It was the same as the English alphabet at first.27. The underlined word “stunned” in the last paragraph probably means “_”.A. worried B. thankfulC. regretful D. surprised28. What would be the best title for the text?A. The Cherokee Nation B. A popular languageC. A gift beyond price D. Fine silver jewelryCHow do young children learn to have good values? How can parents teach their children about the importance of kindness and patience? At a time when more and more parents worry about the violent images (暴
