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1、学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考 学习资料 2019高三英语星级阶梯阅读练习三星级23 A I get off the bus and walk a few blocks. I stop when I get to a garage-like place and walk to the metal door with brown paint. I turn the knob(把手 )and walk in. A thousand eyes look at me as I take my place at the end of the long line. When I finally get up
2、 to the window, I hand the officer my ID. “ Im here to visit Mr C. Yes, I m his daughter.” I learn that line by heart. The officer hands me a piece of paper with my name as the visitor and my father s as the prisoner. It tells me which floor to go to. As I get on the elevator, a rush of excitement r
3、uns through me. Then I go to the eighth floor, look around and see the faces I see here every Sunday and Thursday. There he is. I stand on tiptoe( 脚尖 )to get a better view since I can hardly see him. He doesn t look like my father. Hes got a beard now and he looks a lot weaker. Hes the dad that I se
4、e through a window. My dad who is separated from the world. The only place he now knows is his room in the prison. When I look deep into his eyes, I see emptiness and pain. Its difficult to hear him through the thick glass and over everyone else who is trying to talk. We try to carry on a normal con
5、versation about simple things including my day and what Im doing in school, but we mostly talk about how we can t wait until he gets out. After an hour my time is up. We say our good-byes and love-yous. I get on the bus to go home. My favorite place is where my father isprison. I know, how can priso
6、n be anyone s favorite place? But it is because my father is there. It ll no longer be my favorite place once he gets out, though home will be. 56. Before the author meets her father, she might be very . A. nervous B. disappointed C. excited D. worried 57. It can be inferred that the author s father
7、 is . A. visited by her twice a week B. just in the prison for a short while C. still strong and healthy in prison D. keeping in close touch with outsides 58. What does the author mainly talk about with her father? A. Her behaviors in school. B. Simple things in everyday life. C. Difficulty and trou
8、ble in her life. D. The feeling of expecting him home. 59. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Her father will be in prison forever. B. Her father is sentenced to death. C. Her father will go home someday. D. Her father s favorite place is prison. B Life assistance company CPP finds that B
9、ritons have lost 9 million wallets in last five years and over 75% will not see them again. Research by UK life assistance firm CPP has found only one in five wallets is likely to be returned and not always with all its contents. 学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考 学习资料 Wheres your wallet right now? Youd better check be
10、cause research reveals only one in every five lost wallets are returned to their owners in Britain even though three-fifths of Britons claim they would either hand it in to police or try to find the owner. The research, made by life assistance company CPP , found that Britonswho carry an average of
11、85 in cash and 7,000 in credit in their walletshave lost more than 9 million wallets and 765 million pounds in the past five years. More than three quarters of those who lose their wallets will never see them again, and most will spend over 110 hours replacing their credit cards. In a nationwide exp
12、eriment, CPP “ dropped ” 20 wallets containing 10 in cash, a photograph, tickets, stamps and several business cards in shopping centers, on public transport, in museums, cafes, and on the street in five cities: London, Leeds, Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow. Only two in ten of the wallets were retur
13、ned to their owners and only around half of those(55%) contained the original sum of money. According to the study, you can kiss your belongings goodbye if you lose your wallet in a cafe or on a train as none of the wallets “ dropped ” on public transport or while dining out were returned. But you h
14、ave a 47% chance of seeing your wallet again if you lose it in a museum, and a third of the wallets “ lost” in shopping centers were returned. 60. How many lost wallets are likely to be returned in the last five years? A. About 6.75 million. B. About 4.5 million. C. About 2.25 million. D. About 1.8
15、million. 61. According to the passage, Britons usually . A. put 700 in cash in their wallets B. put 7,000 in cash in their wallets C. replace their lost credits in more than 4 days. D. replace their lost credits in two days. 62. In the experiment, CCP mostly “ dropped ” the wallets . A. in secret pl
16、aces B. in public sites C. in private sites D. into the dustbins 63. Which can be the most possible place of getting back the lost wallet? A. A museum. B. A dining room. C. A shopping centre. D. A bus or a train. C CONGRATULATIONS We veorganized the following information to help you prepare for your arrival at Boston College. Please feel free to contact our Admissions Office at any time over the coming months with any
