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1、0高三年级英语试题第第卷（共卷（共 70 分）分）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（共第一节（共 15 小题；每小题小题；每小题 2 分，满分分，满分 30 分）分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和和 D）中，选出最佳选）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAn English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for him to go back ho
2、me. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinnertime came, he didnt go to dinning room, saying that he was
3、 not feeling very well.The next morning he still didnt have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room. But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel (争执).“Bring me the bill,” he said. “
4、The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isnt any bill. On our ship meals are included (包括) in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter. 21. The story happened _. A. in England B. on a ship from Norway to England C. in Norway D. on a ship from England to Norway 22. The traveler didnt go
5、 to the dinning room first because _. A. he had no money B. he didnt feel very well C. he didnt want to eat anything D. he didnt hear the sound of the bell23. The traveler went to the dinning room to eat something because _。A. his friend had given him some money B. the waiter had asked him to change
6、 his mindC. he learned that there was no bill on the ship D. he was too hungry.24. After the traveler finished eating, _. A. he had a quarrel with waiter over the bill B. he drank a lotC. he asked the waiter to bring him the change (零钱)D. he came to know that travelers on the ship had free meals B1B
7、ut people didnt like the change, even if it made life easier. So the new simpler spelling was not popular. More importantly, when the American politicians (政客) discussed the plan, they did not like it either.Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians, he changed his min
8、d and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling.Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling. However,people do simplify some words, mainly in advertisements. For example, we often see “tonite” instead of “tonight” and “thru” instead of “through”25. Many pe
9、ople have tried to simplify English spelling because_.A. English words are too long to rememberB. there are many mistakes in English wordsC. lots of words are spelt in many different waysD. sometimes the same sounds have different spellings.26. Who is NOT a member of the Simplified Spelling Board?A.
10、 Andrew Carnegie.B. Melvil Dewey.C. Theodore Roosevelt. D. Brander Matthews.27. What was Theodore Roosevelts attitude towards simplified spelling?A .Worried. B. Supportive. C. Uncertain.D. Doubtful.28. According to the passage, simplified spelling_.A. was welcomed by the US politicians B. changed th
11、e way the words soundC. has been used widely for over a centuryD. was first used in US government letters.CTravel Information2Place of interestWater CubeWest LakeDisneylandDragon TowerLocation (位置)BeijingHangzhouHong KongHarbinPhone Number010-281355890571-6834557900852-280298220451-81187899Price of
12、Ticket￥60￥50￥300￥150FeatureSpecial bubbly (气泡状的)designThe Broken BridgeCartoon charactersSkywalk29. It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on _.A. Dragon TowerB. West LakeC. Water CubeD. Disneyland30. If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube, he shoul
13、d call _to get information.A. 010-28315589B. 0451-82187899C. 0571-68345576D. 0l0-2813558931. Disneyland, which attracts a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year, is in _ according to the travel information.A. BeijingB. HarbinC. Hong KongD. Hangzhou32. Which of the following is TRUE accordin
14、g to the travel information?A. Water Cube is special in design.B. The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest.C. In Disneyland.you cant see any cartoon characters.D.The price of a ticket for Dragon Tower is the lowest.D His first successful fight was for the equal rights of black people in So
15、uth Africa. Then, as the first black president, he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS. On March 19 the former president, hosted his second AIDS-awareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already
16、infected with the fatal disease. Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life.But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination(歧视). He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa. Before 1990, under the countrys Racial Seg
