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1、七彩教育网 免费提供Word版教学资源2014高考英语阅读理解抓分精品训练（25）及答案 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。 Roy wasnt the only one to receive his call-up（入伍）papers. Stephen Napiers call-up came at the beginning of February and he was pleased to find that he would be going into the Royal Air Force (RAF). His father was not so
2、 pleased and made his feelings known as he and Stephen were on their daily walk. It was the first step in his plans for Stephen to take over the estate（地产）when the time came, and although Stephen was well aware of this, he could think of no reason not to accompany him. “Thought youd forgotten that n
3、onsense. Still, I dare say I could pull a few strings to get you to the Army.”“No, Father! I have told you I want to learn to fly. What chance would I have to do that in the Army? Id be better off in the Navyat least theyve got the Fleet Air Arm. But I have been put in the RAF and thats where I want
4、 to be, so lets leave it at that.” His face went red. Sent to his fathers school and then to Cambridge, much to his satisfaction, he had never had to defend his own desires and his father was a hard man to oppose. The father glared at Stephen, “No, I wont leave it at that. I want to know what other
5、ridiculous ideas are in your head. For a start, whats all this about America?” “America?” “Yes. All those books I saw in your room the other day. Brochures about emigration（移民）.”The big, silvered head lowered, like that of a bull about to charge“Dont trouble to deny it. ”“I wont, Father. Some men at
6、 Cambridge have been talking about it. They want people like us here, mathematicians and scientists, for all kinds of researchthe sort of research I could doIt would be a worthwhile life for me.”The father responded exactly as his son had known he would. Youve got a worthwhile life here！Youve got an
7、 estate to run！” “No, Father. Youve got an estate to run. I never asked for it. Why not ask Baden to do this stuff? He perhaps can make a good job of it, but I. ”“If he were here, I might think about this silly idea of yoursonly think about it, mind you but.”1. If Father wanted Stephen to take over
8、the estate, the first thing he did would_ A .take a walk with Stephen as usual B. wait till his son graduated from Cambridge C. persuade Stephen not to go into RAF D. send Stephen to the Army instead of RAF 2. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? A. Stephen preferred to go into the
9、Navy rather than the Army. B. Stephen also received his call-up papers as Roy. C. The father didnt like Stephens idea of going to America. D. Stephen was eventually forced to stay to run the estate 3. After reading this passage, we can infer that_ A. Stephen had never had to defend his desires befor
10、e B. Baden might be one of Stephens family members C. Stephen wanted to fly in RAF and become a pilot in America D. if somebody took over the estate, Stephen could realize his dream 4. What do we learn from the underlined sentence? A. It looked as if the father was angry when mentioning the brochure
11、s. B. The father was very angry and wanted to beat his son Stephen C. Stephen was annoyed when his father referred to the brochures. D. A big red bull was about to charge at Stephen. 5. Which would be the best title for this passage? A. RAFa better choice than the Army B. A talk between Father and S
12、on C. The dreams of a Cambridge student D. Conflict between Father and Son参考答案 CDBAD C62013重庆卷 CAlmost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for.We do know，however，that they existed over 5，500 years ago in ancient A
13、sia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia.It is over 5，100 years old.Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though.This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.But it could also
14、 be because of a difficult situation.While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them.Eventually，road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later.There
15、 had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modern road design.In the mid1700s，a Frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer (层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones.A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong，la
16、sting road surface became a reality.At around the same time，metal hubs(the central part of a wheel) came into being，followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎) in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads(柏油路)As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.
