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1、最新资料推荐2017 届1 月份高三阶段性测试英语试卷第二部分阅读理解（共两节,每小题 2 分，满分40 分）第一节（共 15 小题 , 每小题 2 分 , 满分 30 分）AWhen you are learning a foreign language, one of the hardest things to grasp is how and when to usecolloquialidioms( 口语习语 ) and expressions. Often used in both spoken and writtenlanguage, theseidioms are very imp
2、ortant. Using one of these phrases correctly when speaking or writing to an Englishspeaker is very impressive. Here are some wonderful British idioms.Use them wisely.1. It s the bee s knees.This expression means that something is of excellence or of very high quality. For example,“ Try thischocolate
3、. It s the bee s knees.”2. A penny for your thoughts?This question is used in a situation where someone appears thoughtful or is very quiet seeming lost inthought. But remember that you don t actually have to pay them a pennydo iftelltheyyou what is goingon! For example,“ You ve been a bit quiet thi
4、s evening, Pete. Aforpennyyour thoughts?”3. When pigs fly!This expression is one of my favorites and I use it all the time. It is used primarily when speaking,meaning that something is extremely unlikely or impossible. For example,“ I willpgsforgive him whenfly!”“ When do you think you will get a gy
5、m membership, Lucy?”“ When pigs fly!”4. To feel a bit under the weather.I use this expression in many different situations but most use it to refer to feeling ill, or unwell. Youwould not use this phrase if you were feeling extremely unwell. It is only for those times when you arefeeling a little il
6、l or suffering from something slightly like a cold or a cough. However, this can also beused to refer to feeling emotionally low.21. What would you say if you think something will never happen?A. It s the bee s kneesB. A penny for your thoughts?C. When pigs fly!D. To feel a bit under the weather.22.
7、 What does“ A penny for you thoughts?” mean?A. Can I help you?B. Do you need any money?C. How are you feeling?D. What are you thinking about?23. What is the writer most likely to continue to write in the last paragraphA. A study reportB. An exampleC. Another idiomD. The basis of the idiom.24. What i
8、s the writer s purpose of writing the text?A. To introduce some useful idiomsB. To show how to remember idioms.C. To tell people the importance of idioms.D. To give advice on how to learn a foreign language.BThat old saying “ Neversay never ”came to mind when I read that Harper Lee, the author of th
9、e beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, has a new book coming out in July, 2015 55 years after Mockingbird was published! The very private Ms. Lee had never followed up herhighly praised first book, with a second novel. Instead, she it up witha firstfollowingnovel. Confused?
10、So was I! Allow me to explain.Go Set a Watchman, was actually written before that classic volume. In the mid-1950s, Lee had1最新资料推荐completed Watchman, which features Scout Finch as a young woman from Alabama living in New York. The story follows Scout as she returns to visit her father, Atticus, the
11、lawyer who fought racial injustice in Mockingbird.But as Lee herself put it in a recent announcement through her publisher, “ my editor, who was taken by the flashback（倒叙） to Scouts childhood, persuaded me to write a novel from the point of view of the young Scout. I was a first-time writer, so I di
12、d as I was told. ” That book was, of course, To Kill aMockingbird, and after it was released to great praise, Lee never returned to Go Set a Watchman. In fact, that earlier work was considered lost until Lee s lawyer found a manuscript （手稿） of it.“ After much thought and hesitation I considered it w
13、orthy of publication.” said Lee. “ I amamazedthat this will now be published after all these years. ” So the book that gave birth to To Kill a Mockingbird will now serve as its sequel( 续集 ).It s safe to say that, decades after the publication of Mockingbird, millions of readers who were sotouched by
14、 Ms. Lee s second novel will be counting the days until the release of her first one.25. Whenwas Mockingbird published according to the text?A. In 1950B. In 1960C. In 1970D. In 198026. What can we know about the book of Watchman ?A. Atticus found a manuscript of the writer.B. Atticus was a lawyer fi
15、ghting racial injustice.C. Scout Finch got to Alabama to see Atticus.D. Scout Finch lost one of Atticus manuscripts.27. What does“ the book” in the fourth paragraph refer to in the writer s opinion?A. MockingbirdB. To Kill a MockingbirdC. Ms. Lee s second novelD. Go Set a WatchmanCShoyna, a small Russian village located on the edge of the arctic circle is often referred to as
