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1、- 1 -高二英语假期检测题二第一部分：阅读理解 （共两节，满分 60 分）第一节 （共 15 小题;每小题 3 分，满分 45 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。 AHundreds of years ago, a Roman army came north from England to declare war on Scotland. The Scots, a brave people, love their country. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland.
2、But there were too many Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.One night, the leader of the Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. We will rest here tonight, my men, he said. Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win, or we will die.They were all very tired so they ate thei
3、r supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very tired, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they went up the hill. Closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the t
4、op. A few minutes more the war would be over. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle (蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots up. In a minute they were on their feet and ready for a battle. The fighting was hard, but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved
5、Scotland.The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland like it so much that they made it their national flower.1. At the shout of a Roman soldier, all the Scots who were asleep at the hill _.A. began to fight the Romans hardB.
6、stood up without putting on their shoes and began to fightC. woke and rose immediately, ready to fightD. put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to fight2. The result of the war is that _.A. the Romans killed all the Scots B. the Scots were defeatedC. the Scots were driven out of Scot
7、landD. the Scots defeated the Romans3. The Scots made thistle their national flower because thistle _.A. is lovely, though not beautiful- 2 -B. gives them happinessC. is a kind of useful plantD. helped the Scots in wiping out the RomaBWhat is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like
8、money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world?Thats an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a v
9、aluable resource. Maybe thats why they are fond of the expression, Time is money.Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend seminars or read books on time management. It seems they all want to organize their time better.
10、Professionals carry around pocket planners - some in electronic form - to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more time out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is
11、 the stuff life is made of.To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other peoples time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the les
12、s formal the situation is, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the appointed time.To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In th
13、ese societies, people dont try to control time, but to experience it. Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time - like money - slips all too easily through our fingers. And time - like the weather- is very hard to predict. Nevertheless, time is one of lifes most precious gifts. An
14、d unwrapping it is half the fun.4. Whats the main topic of this passage?A. What is time? B. Time among Americans.C. Make good use of time. D. How to control time?5. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “conserve”?A. protect B. develop C. produce D. assist6. The sentence Americans seem tied to th
15、e clock in paragraph 5 probably means_.- 3 -A. Americans often carry a clock with them. B. Americans can take control over time.C. Americans often make full use of time. D. Americans can not predict the time.7. We can safely draw a conclusion from this passage that _.A. Americans have more time than
16、 others.B. by using pocket planners, people can have more time.C. for informal meeting, Americans often arrive 30 minutes earlier.D. Americans often attend seminars, because they want to use time betterCTo extinguish (熄灭) different kinds of fires, several types of fire extinguishers have been invented. They must be ready for immediate use when fire breaks out. Most portable (手提式的) kinds operate for less tha
