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第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)
第一节 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。(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
Most American colleges and universities take a spring break. Students might go home to their families -- or spend a week partying on a warm beach with no parents around. That is the popular image, at least.
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In the United States, the lawful age to drink alcohol is twenty-one -- one of the highest in the world. Americans debate whether it should be lowered, or whether young drinkers would only drink more. In parts of Europe, the lawful drinking age for beer, and sometimes hard liquor, is sixteen. Yet France may raise the age limit for beer and wine sales to eighteen, the same as for hard liquor there.
Rules on alcohol differ from college to college in the United States. Many schools require all first-year students to take an alcohol prevention and education program, often given online. Some have a “zero tolerance” policy where alcohol is banned from all buildings. Parents are informed of violations and students may be suspended(停学).
At the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, permission is needed to serve alcohol at any event on campus. But alcohol is banned in first-year dorms---where most students are under twenty-one anyway.
Susan Davis, a university lawyer, says campus police and local police report underage drinking violations(违反)to the committee that decides punishments on a case by case basis. For example, the committee might suspend or expel(开除)a student. It might require an alcohol education program. Or it might just give a warning.
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Jon Zug is a lawyer in Albemarle County, where the university is located. He says international students would face the same punishment as American citizens for underage drinking in Virginia. That includes a punishment of five hundred dollars or fifty hours of community service. But first law-breakers might be given a chance to complete an alcohol education program instead.
Schools have to report unlawful violations by international students to the Department of Homeland Security. International adviser Richard Tanson at the University of Virginia says even minor violations stay on a student’s permanent immigration record. He says international students should know that this can affect them in the future if they try to re-enter the United States.
1. What does the underlined phrase “by case basis” mean?
A. Depending on the seriousness of the case itself.
B. According to the report of the campus and local police.
C. Depending on the judgment of the committee.
D. According to the former cases in store.
2. To international students, which of the following may be intolerable once they have drinking violations?
A. A punishment of $500 or 50 hours of community service.
B. Being given a warning of being suspended or expelled.
C. Having the violations kept on their permanent immigration record.
D. Receiving an alcohol education program.
3. The passage probably appears in_________.
A. an advertisement B. a local newspaper
C. a university guide book D. a popular magazine
4. The passage mainly talks about_________.
A. alcohol problems on the U.S. campus
B. alcohol policy on U.S. campus
C. U.S. universities---zero tolerance to alcohol
D. the punishment to the university alcohol drinkers
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析
核心考点
试题【第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分50分)第一节 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。(共20小题;每小】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
三.阅读理解(40分)
Americans have contributed to many art forms, but jazz, a type of music, is the only art form that was created in the United States. Jazz was created by black Americans. Many blacks were brought from Africa to America as slaves. The black slaves sang and played the music of their homeland.
Jazz is a mixture of many different kinds of music. It is a combination (合并) of the music of west Africa, the work songs the slaves sang, and religious music. Improvisation(即兴创作)is an important jazz. This means that the musicians make the music up as they go along, or create the music on the spot. This is why a jazz song might sound a little different each time i
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Jazz bands f
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New Orleans is an imitational seaport, and people from all over the world come to New Orleans to hear jazz.
Jazz became more and more popular. By the 1920s, jazz was popular all over the United States. By the 1940s, you could hear jazz not only in clubs and bars, but in concert halls as well. Today, people from all over the world play jazz. Jazz musicians from the United States, Asia, Africa, South America, and Europe meet and share their music at festivals on every continent. In this way, jazz continues to grow and change.
1.From the passage we know that_____________created jazz.
A.white American
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C.West Africans D.Indian Americans
2.What is the main idea of this passage?
A.It mainly tell about the contributions made by Americans to music.
B.It is mainly about different kinds of music.
C.It is about how jazz bands formed.
D.It is mainly about the history of jazz.
3.It can be known from the passage that jazz bands have a history of_________.
A.about 100 years B.around 200 years
C.about 150 years D.around 250 years
4.What kind of characteristics does jazz have?
A.
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B.It is only played in the United States.
C.It is completely different from other music.
D.It is played in bars, clubs and concert halls.
第三节 完形填空(每空1分,共20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
After the war between Britain and France which lasted 7 years, James Cook got married and 21 down in London. For several years, Captain Cook 22 to the east of America 23 he made a map of its 24 .In 1768 came Cook"s 25 for a major expedition. The navy was 26 a plan for an expedition 27 the South Pacific Ocean in 28 of watching a very unusual 29 , that is the planet Venus 30 between the earth and the sun in 1769. His 31 hope was to find a new land 32 was thought to be 33 in the Indian and Pacific Ocean. 34 Captain Cook was to be there in charge of this expedition 35 Captain of the ship 36 "Endeavour". It was an old merchant ship just like 37 on which Cook had learnt his seamanship. It was strongly built and had a lot of space 38 for storage. Cook understood there would be a lot of hardship for them, so he got everything 39 it. In this expedition, he had sailed around 40 and up the east coast of Australia, charting(绘制) over 8,000 miles of coastline that had been unknown before.
21. A. set B. sailed C. sent D. settled
22. A. went B. flew C. sailed D. came
23. A. which B. where C. that D. when
24. A. countries B. coasts C. cities D. seas
25. A. chance B. hope C. ship D. expedition
26. A. finding B. learning C. doing D. making
27. A. in B. to C. for D. at
28. A. the hope B. a view C. an idea D. plan
29. A. accident B. incident C. matter D. event
30. A. existing B. setting C. passing D. appearing
31. A. first B. second C. third D. last
32. A. which B. where C. what D. on which
33. A. passing B. going C. existing D. sailing
34. A. but B. as C. and D. for
35. A. of B. for C. like D. as
36. A. which called B. called C. call D. calling
37. A. one B. it C. the one D. what
38. A. down B. off C. up D. away
39. A. full prepared for B. fully prepared for
C. fully preparing D. full preparation
40. A. Endland B. Australia C. New Zealand D. Tasmania
The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星) is heading towards the Earth . Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.
On 17 July , a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion . About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
1.What is mainly described in the passage?
A.A historic discovery . B.An event of imagination
C.A research on space . D.A scientific adventure.
2.When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes ________ .
A.an earthquake B.damages to cities C.an Earth explosion D.huge waves
3.Why can’t the northern half of the earth escape for long ?
A.Because the land is covered with water
B.Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the earth .
C.Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero .
D.Because wars break out among countries .
4.By giving the example of dinosaurs , the author tries to prove ________ .
A.animals could not live in the cold climate
B.what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story
C.the human beings will die out in 2094
D.the Earth could be hit by other objects in space
Mail was usually carried west on ships that sailed around the bottom of South America and then north to California.That could take several months.
So, in eighteen fifty-seven, D.C.Lawmakers in Congress(国会) in Washington wanted to make it possible to send mail all the way across the United States by land.Congress offered to help any company that would try to deliver mail overland to the West Coast. A man named John Butterfield accepted this offer. He developed plans for a company that would carry the mail—and passengers, too.
Congress gave John Butterfield six hundred thousand dollars to start his company. In return, he had to promise that the mail would travel from Saint Louis, Missouri, to San Francisco, California, in twenty-five days or less.
It was not possible to travel straight through because of the Rocky Mountains and the deep snow that fell in winter. So the stagecoach(马车) would travel south from Saint Louis to El Paso, Texas, then over to southern California, then north to San Francisco. The distance was about four thousand five hundred kilometers.
Two hundred of these stations were built, each about thirty-two kilometers apart. The workers were to quickly change the horses or mules whenever a stagecoach reached the station. There could be no delay. Each stagecoach was to travel nearly two hundred kilometers a day.
One hundred stagecoaches were built and painted red or dark green. They were the most modern coaches that money could buy. They were designed to hold as many as nine passengers and twelve thousand pieces of mail. The seats inside could be folded down to make beds. Passengers either slept on them or on the bags of mail.
The cost would be one hundred fifty dollars to travel from Saint Louis to San Francisco. If a passenger was not going all the way, the cost was about ten cents a kilometer. The passengers had to buy their own food at the stations. The stagecoach would stop for forty minutes, two times a day.
The company warned passengers about the possible dangers. A poster said: “You will be traveling through Indian country and the safety of your person cannot by granted by anyone but God.”
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Different ways of sending mail in the United States.
B.The difficulty in sending mails across the USA by land.
C.The first stagecoaches that carried both passengers and mail.
D.The history of the first stagecoaches carrying mail to the American West.
2.The reason why Lawmakers wanted to send mail by land was that ________.
A.mail was usually carried west on ships
B.it was safer to travel to send mail by land
C.it would take less time to send mail by land
D.stagecoaches could carry passengers and mail
3.As is described in the passage, the stagecoach ________.
A.could only stop once a day
B.was modern with seats ,beds and cooking equipment
C.was a closed wagon operated only by skillful drivers.
D.had different horses or mules pulled all the way
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.John Buttterfield got thousands of dollars for delivering mail in stagecoaches.
B.John Buttterfield kept his promise to deliver mail straight to the West Coast.
C.Passengers might be robbed by Indians when traveling through the West.
D.Passengers needed to pay one hundred dollars for their journey.
Rules
Students are asked to submit essays of 500 to 700 words of their own work. Any essay containing material plagiarized(剽窃) from another source will be disqualified.
Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced, with the student’s name, address, and grade level on a separate sheet of paper.
Essays must be turned in by 4:00 p.m. on November 30. They can be brought to Mrs. Elton in Room 104 or to Mr. Markham in the school library.
Essay-Writing Tips
Catch your readers’ interests--- Your opening should immediately pull your readers into your essay. Asking a question or starting with an anecdote, quotation, or surprising statement is a good way to do this.
Create a picture--- Use active words that show your readers what is happening. Instead of telling your readers vaguely that “the room was disordered”, paint a picture using active verbs and lively adjectives.
Have a purpose--- Well-written essays do more than just describe an incident or express a viewpoint, and they also communicate a message.
Check for mistakes--- Read your paper over to check for mistakes. Ask another student to read your paper and make suggestions. Another pair of eyes will often spot a mistake you’ve overlooked.
Format your essay--- Neatly type your essay on white paper. Choose an attractive cover for submission. The computer lab will be open after school from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. each day this month so that students can use the computers.
Prizes
Winning essays will be published in the Centerville Times. Every contestant (选手) will also receive a free pass to enter one school activity or athletic game this year.
First Prize: $150
Second Prize: Dictionary and thesaurus
Third Prize: Pen set and journal
Special thanks to the Centerville Writers’ Association for the prizes to help encourage our aspiring authors. Good luck to all contestants.
1. The first writing tip given is mostly about________.
A. the use of quotations and anecdotes in an essay
B. using active verbs and lively adjectives
C. How a student should begin an essay
D. how to submit your essays
2. The prize section of the poster is included in order to _________.
A. show organizations how to donate prizes
B. inform teachers of the prizes available
C. persuade students to enter the essay contest
D. convince students to buy the local newspapers
3. Thanks are given to the Centerville Writers Association because it has_________.
A. offered to judge the contest B. prepared the essay-writing tips
C. organized the essay contest D. donated prizes for the contest
4. What do we know by inference from the passage?
A. The computer lab usually closes at 4:15 p.m. each day.
B. Winning essays will be published in the Centerville Times.
C. Every contestant will benefit from the essay contest.
D. The essay contest is held annually at Centerville High School.
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