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1、甘肃省临夏中学2018-2019学年高二英语下学期第一次月考试题（特长班）一阅读理解（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ALinda Evans was my best friendlike the sister I never had. We did everything together piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding. When I was 13, my family moved away. Linda and I kept
2、in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special timelike my wedding and Lindas. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown.” I had no idea how to find Linda. Over the years, I missed Lind
3、a very much. I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill. One day I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young wo
4、man who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman Lindas married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans,” I thought, but I still wrote to her. She called as soon as she got my letter. “Mrs Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother. ”Minutes later I heard a voic
5、e that I knew very much, even after 40 years, laughed and cried and caught up on each others lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And theres one thing that Linda and I know for sure: We wont lose each other again!1. The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans _. A. at the age of 1
6、3 B. before she got marriedC. after they moved to new homes D. before the writers family moved away2. They didnt often write to each other because they _. A. got married B. had little time to do soC. didnt like writing letters D. could see each other on special time3. The writer was happy when she _
7、. A. read the newspaperB. heard Lindas voice on the phoneC. met a young woman who looked a lot like LindaD. wrote to the woman whose last name was Wagman4. They havent kept in touch _. A. for about 40 years B. for about 27 yearsC. since they got married D. since the writers family moved away BLittle
8、 Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everythingtutors, cards, special learning centersin short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school. After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didnt kiss h
9、is mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In n
10、o time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening. Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at i
11、t and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity. She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女)?”Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No.”“Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?”Little Tommy looked at her and said,
12、“Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed (钉) to the plus sign (加号), I knew they werent joking. ”5. Why did Tommys parents send him to a catholic school?A. Because he could eat well there. B. Because he could earn more about nuns. C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in
13、 his math. D. Because his parents didnt want him to learn math any more. 6. Tommys mother felt surprised that his son _. A. was still the same as usual B. ate so much at dinnerC. kissed her hello after school D. worked hard but said little7. “Hitting the books” means “_” in Chinese. A. 用功 B. 捶书 C. 发
14、泄 D. 振作8. From the passage, we can infer that _. A. teachers should be strict with their studentsB. mistaking might do good sometimesC. a catholic school is much better than other onesD. nuns are good at helping children with their mathCLast Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Terri
15、tories, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm. A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our h
