高三英语练习9
90(A)
A well-known old man was being interviewed(采访)and was asked if it was correct that he had
just celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday.
"That‘s right," said the old man. "Ninety-nine years old, and I haven’t an enemy in the world. They‘re all dead."
"Well, sir," said the interviewer, "I hope very much to have the honour of interviewing you on your hundredth birthday."
The old man looked at the young man closely, and said, "I can’t see why you shouldn‘t. You look fit and healthy to me!"
66.The old man said he had not an enemy in the world,which shows that he was a very
A.friendly man—he never made any enemies.
B.healthy man—he lived longer than all his enemies.
C.lucky man—his enemies had all died.
D.terrible man—he had got rid of all his enemies.
67.When the interviewer said that he hoped very much to have the honour of interviewing the old man again the following year,
A.he was trying to make the old man happy.
B.he wished he himself would live another year.
C.he did not believe the old man would live to be one hundred.
D.he did not believe he would interview the old man again.
68.When the old man said "I can’t see why you shouldn‘t", what he meant was
A."You must try to live another year to interview me again next year."
B."Of course you can see me again since you’re so fit and healthy."
C."If I live to a hundred years, you should interview me again."
D."Unless you live another year, you wouldn‘t be able to interview me again."
69.What kind of man would you say the old man was?
A.He was silly. B.He was unpleasant.
C.He was very proud and sure of his health. D.He was very impolite to young people.
91.D
One day a few years
ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one
of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer
term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few
clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the
skeleton(人体骨架)
to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子).
At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a
newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he
discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders
what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
81. Who wrote the story?
A. Rupert's teacher.
B.The
neighbour's teacher.
C.A medical school
teacher.
D. The
teacher's neighbour.
82. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for
the summer term in London.
B.He needed it for the
lecture he was going to give.
C.He wanted to take it
to Russia for medical research.
D.He wanted to take it
home as he had finished his teaching.
83. What happened at the airport?
A. The skeleton went
missing. B.The
skeleton was stolen.
C.The teacher forgot
his suitcase. D.The teacher took the wrong
suitcase.
84. Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?
A. He is very angry. B.He
thinks it rather funny.
C.He feels good
without Rupert. D.He
feels helpless without Rupert.
85. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A. The teacher got
back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B.The teacher got back
neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C.The teacher got back
Rupert but not the suitcase.
D.The teacher got back
both the suitcase and Rupert.
92B
Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive (活着).Sam and Joe, however, thought it would be exciting though a little dangerous. "we're the best men for the job, " they said to the boss."There may be problems, but we can find the answers." "They're the last people I'd trust," thought the boss."But all the other astronauts have refused to go."
Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship.But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, "Who's there?" "It's me!Who else could it be?" shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!
71. Most of the astronauts were unwilling to go on the trip because .
A. there was little chance of being selected B. they weren't experienced enough
C. they thought they might get killed D. it wasn't exciting enough
72. Why were Sam and Joe chosen?
A. The boss wanted them to get more experience. B. The boss trusted them more than anyone else.
C. They were the last people who wanted to go. D. They were the only men who offered to go.
73. What did Sam and Joe think the trip would be like?
A. There would be serious problems. B. There wouldn't be any danger.
C. It would be long and tiring. D. It would be exciting.
74. Joe didn't want to work with Sam again probably because he thought Sam .
A. was very slow and possibly deaf B. didn't know how to operate the door
C. was less experienced than he was D. didn't know how to do repairs
75. The writer tells this story to .
A. show the dangerous side of the astronauts'life B. show the funny side of the astronauts' life
C. make people laugh D. make people think
92C
One Sunday,Mark decided to go sailing in his boat with his friend Dan , but Dan happened to be away. Dan's brother John offered to go instead though he did not know anything about sailing. Mark agreed and they set out to sea.
Soon they found themselves in a thick fog. Mark was sure they would be hit by a big ship. Fortunately he saw a large buoy (浮标)through the fog and decided to tie the boat to it for safety. As he was getting onto the buoy,however,he dropped the wet rope . The boat moved away in the fog carrying John, who did not know how to use the radio . He drifted (漂流) about and was not seen until twelve hours later.
Mark spent the night on the buoy . In the early morning he fell asleep . He was having a bad dream when a shout woke him up. A ship,the Good Hope, came up and he climbed onto it and thanked the captain. The captain told him that John had been picked up by another ship and the ship's captain had sent out a message. "Without the message I would not have found you on the buoy," he said.
76. Why didn't Mark and Dan go sailing together?
A. Dan asked his brother to go instead. B. Dan was in some other place.
C. Mark was in some other place. D. Mark would like to go with John.
77. Mark tried to tie the boat to the buoy so that .
A. he could spend the night on it while John was looking for help
B. he and John could go sailing again when the fog cleared
C. it wouldn't be hit by other ships
D. he might be picked up by a passing ship
78. John and Mark became separated because .
A. there wasn't room for both John and Mark on the buoy
B. John couldn't control the boat and drifted away
C. Mark thought it safe to stay on the buoy but John didn't
D. John had to stay in the boat to radio for help
79. What made it possible for Mark to be found on the buoy?
A. John told people where to look for him.
B. John radioed to the Good Hope to get him.
C. He shouted when he caught sight of the Good Hope.
D. The captain saw him as the fog cleared.
80. The word he in the last sentence refers to
A. the captain that got the message B. the captain that sent the message
C. John D. Mark
93B
A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man's big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant , in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
Three months later the woman went back to her parents' home, having quarrelled with her husband . Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
It went to the woman's home . On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved(感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband's home.
66. The writer wrote the story in order to ___.
A. show that elephants are very clever B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal
C. show that women care more for animals than men do D. tell how an animal reunited a husband and wife
67. The woman left her new home ___.
A. to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa B. to see if the elephant would follow her
C. because she was angry with her husband D. because she was tired of the large family
68. After the young woman left her husband's home, the elephant ___.
A. returned to the forest B. was sad because it missed her
C. went to look for a new home D. was sick because nobody fed it
69. The young wife went back to her husband because ___.
A. she knew he had sent the animal to her B. the elephant had come to look for her
C. her parents persuaded her to D. she missed her new home
94C
I had just gone to bed
after a very hard day when the phone rang.It was an eccentric(怪僻的)farmer.
I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk
about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so
before I understood anything. Even then all I could make out was that someone
called Milly had had a very bad accident.I hadn't the slightest idea who she
was but I obviously had to go .
It had been snowing
heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an
hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there,waiting for me. It
seemed Milly had died."She meant more to me than anyone…even
my own wife!" he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought
something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal(丑闻).
I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn(厩)."I
wouldn't leave her out in the cold!" he said.
Milly had clearly been
a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover
anything up when he opened the barn door .He lifted his candle and I saw a dark
figure on the ground." She was such a good cow!I wouldn't let anyone but a
doctor touch her!" he said, and burst into tears again.
70.The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means .
A.expect B.understand C.see
clearly D.hear
clearly
71.Before he arrived at the farmer's house, the writer expected to see Milly
lying .
A.on the ground of a barn B.on
the floor of a room. C.in
bed in a room D.in
bed in a barn
72.What do we know about Milly from he story?
A.She had met with an accident. B.She
had caused a scandal
C.She was seriously ill. D.She
was hidden somewhere.
73.The farmer wished that the writer might .
A.look into the matter B.bring
Milly back to life
C.free him from a scandal D.keep
the whole thing a secret
74.The person who told the story is probably a .
A.farmer B.policeman
C.country
doctor D.newspaper reporter