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1、2015-2016 学年度第一学期十一校联考（附答案）II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A(16 分)(A)Strange things happen when you travel The Johnson family expected to see some whales when they rented a boat to sail around the Australian coast. But they didnt expect a 30-foot humpback whale to leap out of the ocean onto their
2、 boat. Amazingly, no one was seriously hurt, not even (25) whale.If you think thats unbelievable, how about the story of Roger Lausier? Aged four, he had wandered away from his mother on Salem beach, Massachusetts and (26) (save) from drowning by a woman called Alice Blaise. After nine years, Roger
3、was on the same beach when he saw a man fall overboard. Roger saved his life. The man turned out to be Alice Blaises husband.Some of the most unbelievable travel stories, it seems, are about a pet. Charlie, a cat who decided to take a nap inside the engine of his neighbours car and was found after (
4、27) (drive) 160 miles away. Luckily for him, he was completely unhurt.What about the things people lose and find when they are travelling? Rings top the list. In Hawaii, Ken Da Vico, who is a professional diver, claims (28) (find) about fifteen wedding rings a year in the sea. He returns many of the
5、m to their owners. (29) a fish eats the ring, there is still hope. There are many reports (30) rings are found years later inside the stomachs of sharks, and other kinds of fish. (B)The Worlds Best RestaurantOne day, my colleague and I went to visit a factory in Marinjab. As we drove back along the
6、long road, (31) of us were hungry and tired. Our only hope was of finding a small roadside caf to have some weak tea and a little sugar.Just then we came to a village made of small huts with flat roofs. Outside one of the many huts (32) (be) a sign, “ghahvehkhaneh” (caf) so we went in. It was cool i
7、nside, and the owner came in from the back and greeted us. “Good afternoon,” he said, (33) perfect English. “My name is Hosseini. We do not usually get any foreigners here. It will be a pleasure and an honour to prepare a meal for you.”A pale-faced lady appeared with a tablecloth, and some knives an
8、d forks, shortly followed by Mr Hosseini himself, (34) (carry) a couple of bowls of soup. (35) (make) with spinach and yoghurt, it was the most delicious soup I have ever eaten. Soon, the next courses arrived. We ate in silence, and finished with Turkish coffee. We asked Mr Hosseini how much it (36)
9、 (cost), and I can tell you it was astonishingly cheap. I told a lot of friends about the meal I had, but no one believed me. “How (37) you get such a meal in such a remote place?” an English engineer friend asked me.A few months (38) (late), I returned on exactly the same route with this engineer f
10、riend. We reached the village but there was no sign of the caf. It seemed (39) the building had never existed. We drove away disappointed. Naturally, my companion laughed at me. “You have a wonderful imagination,” he said. I dont have any explanation. I only know that I definitely had a meal in this
11、 village, in a caf (40) , ever since, I have called “the worlds best restaurant”. Section B(10 分)A. allowed B. broadcast C. checked D. complaints E. degrade F. entertainG. fictional H. figures I. remote J. series K. unpleasantReality TV began in the early 1980s, when a Japanese television company ma
12、de a programme, Endurance. Starting with thousands of contestants in the first show, the programme presenters made them do really difficult and 41 things in every episode (集). The presenters made fun of the contestants, too. Viewing 42 in Japan were enormous.In another reality TV programme, Survivor
13、, sixteen people are taken to a(n) 43 island and made to stay there for more than a month. They have to find their own food or go hungry. The producers let the contestants take one luxury item each. Every three days, one contestant must leave the island and the last person wins 1 million.Its not jus
14、t adults who take part in these shows. A television 44 in Britain in 2003, Thatll teach em, took 30 teenagers and put them in a(n) 45 Kings school, where they lived for one month and received 1950s-style tuition. The pupils were made to wear thick 1950s school uniforms (including a school hat) durin
15、g the hot summer and they had to do a long run every day. “They made us have cold showers and we had to have our hands 46 every day to see if they were clean,” says one pupil. “We couldnt take anything from our modern lives into the school.” Although there was no prize money in this programme, the t
16、eenagers learned a lot from the experience.In 2004, there was a programme in Britain where contestants were not 47 to sleep for seven days to try to win 97,000 prize money. The winner was 19-year-old Clare Southern. However, this programme had many 48 from viewers.But where will it stop? Programmes like this are 49 all over the world. But t
