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1、盂县三中高一期中考试试题英 语时间：90分钟 满分：100分2014年11月10日第卷 客观题第一部分 阅读理解（共两节, 满分30分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20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。AThe most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting
2、 for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”I looked down on the computer and every
3、 passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do all your people do?”“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”“Thats good,
4、sir.”“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us.”After the girl told me they had no backup(备用) computer, I said. “L
5、ets forget the computer. What about your planes? Theyre still flying, arent they?”“I couldnt tell without asking the computer.”“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if hes flying to Washington, ” I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Wash
6、ington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.”“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”“I wouldnt know, ” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. It cant tell me.”By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon s
7、pread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.1. The best title for the article is _.A. When the Computer Is Down B. The Most Frightening WordsC. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer2. What
8、could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?A. She could sell a ticket.B. She could write out a ticket.C. She could answer the passengers questions.D. She could do nothing.3. The last paragraph suggests that _.A. a modern computer wont be down.B. computers c
9、an take the place of humansC. sometimes a computer may bring suffering to peopleD. there will be great changes in computersBThe arts, especially music, should be part of every schools lessons at every grade level. Students would be much smarter if they had some musical experience. They could improve
10、 their classroom skills, like paying attention and following directions. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Making music also lets children use their imagination. It provides students with a chance to try out their own ideas.Music not only makes children better students, but also
11、 gives them something positive to do. In a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining a gang (团伙). Parents can enjoy listening to their childrens music instead of seeing them glued to a computer or TV screen. In a school band, students get to be part of a team. They can get alo
12、ng well with old friends and make new friends through music.Music builds self-confidence, too. It gives children a sense of achievement and success. Making music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practice performing in front of an audience. Music gives children an opportunity fo
13、r self-expression, and that helps develop their self-confidence.Once again, music is important because it can make children better students, give them something positive to do, and build their character. That is why music should be offered in every single grade in every school.4. What does the under
14、lined phrase glued to in the second paragraph mean?A. unwilling to turn onB. always lookingC. unwilling to leaveD. always playing5. The third paragraph mainly tells us that music could _.A. give children an opportunity for self-expressionB. bring to children achievement and successC. give children s
15、omething to be proud ofD. develop childrens self-confidence6. Whats the best title of this passage？A. Music is a must（必需做的事）as a course at schoolB. Music builds childrens self-confidenceC. Music makes students much smarterD. Learning music and making musicCProverbs (谚语) are quite common in spoken English. We dont normally put them in a composition or a letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples.1）“Once bitten, twice shy.” If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also us
