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1、学能培优特训试题(十五)注意:本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。第卷第一部分: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)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AInside their one-store, metal-roofed house on Vancouver Islands west coast,Janet Schwartz and her domesticated(驯养的) deer, Bimbo, are returning to their normal live
2、s. The law-represented by men and women dressed in black uniforms and carrying guns is no longer threatening to forcibly separate Schwartz and Bimbo,freeing the l0-year-old deer to the fates (命运) of the surrounding rainforest and its hungry wolves and black bears “We love each other,”said Schwartz w
3、ho turned 70 on Saturday. “shell come up to me and shell kiss me right on the lips,like a man kisses a woman For four days last week,Schwartz life turned as rocky as the rough logging road that connected her life to the outside world. Conservation officers had arrived with orders to loose Bimbo. Sch
4、wartz was told she wasnt allowed to touch Bimbo any more. It seemed somebody had complained,said Environment Minister Terry Lake earlier in the week, noting its illegal to keep wild animals as pets. During those tense days,sleepless nights were made even more restless by nightmares,said Schwartz. Th
5、ere were news stories and Facebook pages which supported Schwartz and by Friday,the government had changed its mind. Schwartz could keep her pet with the help of a veterinarian and conservation officers. “It makes me feel good,”said Schwartz of the announcement“She is my lifeand Ive had her since th
6、e day shes been born.” The relationship began when a friend found the orphaned fawn (幼鹿) along a nearby logging road,more than a kilometer away from her current home,said Schwartz. The friend brought the fawn over because she knew Schwartz had raised a deer before. Schwartz named the fawn(小鹿) Bimbo,
7、based on a Gene Autry song that was playing inside her home at the time,and began feeding the animal goats milk. Days turned into months and years, and now Bimbo is a part of the family.1. According to Paragraph 1 , Janet Schwartzs life is returning to normal because A. no one disturbs her life agai
8、n B. she can continue to keep the deerC. she has married again D. Bimbo has returned to the forest2. Why didnt Schwartz want to loose the deer? A. It was the only companion in her house B. She wanted to study the lifestyle of the deer C. The deer had become part of her life D. She had a veterinarian
9、 to help her3. Conservation officers ordered Janet to loose Bimbo because A. the deer was not properly taken care of B. the deer brought harm to the neighborhood C. it was against the law to keep the deer as a pet D. the deer made too much noise 4. What made the government change its mind? A. Schwar
10、tzs love for the deer. B. The threat to the deer in the wild. C. The change of the law. D. The influence from the press and the Web.BSilence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more
11、than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows
12、 that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像). The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. T
13、here are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasan
14、t even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors. Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a co
15、nversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other peoples ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists 5. According to the author, people make conversation to _ A. exchange ideas B. prove their value C. achieve suc