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1、高一英语寒假作业（三）第一部分 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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑AThe day of my holiday arrived, but I wasnt looking forward to it. I had little money and had only been able to afford to stay with my Aunt Rosa in Spain. So, I wasnt really excited as I k
2、new exactly what it was going to be like: lots of noisy cousins , and Aunt Rosa begging me to take her for a ride.After I had checked in, I made my way slowly to the departure gate. As I was waiting to board the plane, I kept thinking about my ideal holiday destination: Jamaica, with its long, sandy
3、 beaches and crystal clear water. As soon as the plane took off, I fell fast asleep and only woke to the sound of the announcement: “Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten you seat belts, as we will shortly be landing in Kingston.” I froze in my seat. Was I dreaming? Kingston? Jamaica? I had boarded th
4、e wrong plane!Immediately after the plane landed, I explained the situation to the authorities. It seems there were also three other passengers heading for Spain. Apparently it had been the airlines fault, since the flight numbers for Spain and Jamaica were exactly the same! Therefore, with no fligh
5、t back to London for a week, the airline had no choice but to pay for our stay.So there I was, lying on the beach, enjoying the music and the marvelous food of Jamaica! As for Aunt Rosa, I suppose she just had to live without me!1. Why did the writer choose to spend her holiday with her aunt in Spai
6、n?A. She missed her cousins very much.B. Her aunt begged her to go there.C. She could hardly afford any better trip.D. Spain was her ideal destination.2. In the story, the writer ended up _.A. flying to London immediatelyB. heading for Spain from JamaicaC. complaining to the authoritiesD. enjoying a
7、 free beach holiday3. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. A Lucky Mistake B. A Terrible AdventureC. A Nice Dream D. A Well-Planned TripBSome people in Manchester, Britain, will soon be paying for goods and services with so-called “smart” credit cards. These cards are mor
8、e secure than the traditional magnetic-strip version and can be used to travel on buses, check bank accounts and do shopping.The Manchester project is one of the biggest smart card schemes in the world. Every time people use the cards on a bus or train, the fare is deducted (reduced) from the value
9、of the card. When they have no credit left, the cards can be recharged at a local shop.A smart card looks just like a mormal plastic card but it has a silicon chip in it.It is possible for the same silicon chip to perform a number of different functions,so one plastic card in your pocket could do a
10、large number of different jobs. The card has much more memory space than a magnetic-strip card,so many more things can be recoreded on it.There are two types of smart cards.One is the contact card which is used in the same way as a magnetic-strip card.Information is transferred by running the card t
11、hrough a narrow opening in an electronic reader. In the slot, electronic probes make contact with the magnetic-strip or silicon ship and read the information. The other type is the contactless smart card where the electronic reader communicates with the card by short-range radio waves. This makes th
12、e card quicker and more convenient to use because it does not have to leave your wallet. It is also more reliable as it is not easily influenced by scratches or dirt. However, the biggest advantage that smart cards have over magnetic-strip cards is that they are more secure. They are much more diffi
13、cult to make than conventional cards and they have to be made by specially trained manufacturers. In addition, they have a large number of extra security features on them and if a smart card gets lost or stolen a quick phone-call to the distributor ensures that its individual number is made invalid
14、and unreadable. This can be done more quickly than with a magnetic-strip card.1.A smart credit card can do many kinds of jobs because _ .A. it is smart B. it is a plastic card C. it has a silicon chip in it D. it can be recharged2. “ The cards can be recharged” means that _ .A. the card can be put i
15、nto a new charge of electricity B. the cards can be changed into new onesC. the cards can be put to use again D. the cards can be recycled 3. What are the advantages of smart credit cards over traditional ones?A. they can store more information B. they are more secureC. they are more convenient to u
16、se D. all of the above4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Contactless cards are more convenient to use than contact onesB. Smart cards are more expensive to manufacturerC. By means of long-range radio waves contactless cards can communicate with the electronic readerD. A smart credit card and a normal plastic card are the same thingCFor some reason we were reminded that we primates(灵长目
