It was the night before the composition was due. As I looked at the list of topics , "The Art of Eating Spaghetti (意大利面條) " caught my eye. The word "spaghetti" brought back the 36  of an evening at Uncle Alien' s in Belleville   37  all of us were seated around the table and Aunt Pat  38  spaghetti for supper. Spaghetti was an exotic (外來的) treat in   39   days. Never had I eaten spaghetti, and  40  of the grown-ups had enough experience to be  41  it. What laughing  42  we had about the  43  respectable method for moving spaghetti from plate to mouth.   44  , I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to  45  it down simply for my own 46 , not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher.   47 , I would write something else.

When I finished it the night was half gone and there was no  48  left to write a proper com­position for Mr. Fleagle. There was no choice next morning but to  49  my work. Two days pas­sed before Mr. Fleagle returned the   50  papers. He said, "Now, class, I want to read you a composition, “The Art of Eating Spaghetti'. "

My words! He was reading my words out  51  to the whole class.   52 laughed, then the whole class was laughing with open-hearted enjoyment. I did my best not to show  53 , but what I was feeling was pure happiness,   54  my words had the power to make people  55 .

1.

A．memory

B．thought

C．knowledge

D．experience

 

2.

A．when

B．where

C．since

D．a(chǎn)fter

 

3.

A．cooked

B．served

C．got

D．made

 

4.

A．their

B．past

C．last

D．those

 

5.

A．none

B．one

C．earns

D．neither

 

6.

A．careful about

B．good at

C．fond of

D．interested in

 

7.

A．speeches

B．lessons

C．sayings

D．a(chǎn)rguments

 

8.

A．nearly

B．naturally

C．officially

D．socially

 

9.

A．Especially

B．Probably

C．Suddenly

D．Fortunately

 

10.

A．settle

B．put

C．Bite

D．let

 

11.

A．work

B．story

C．luck

D．joy

 

12.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．As for him

D．Except for that

 

13.

A．time

B．excuse

C．way

D．idea

 

14.

A．give up

B．continue

C．hand in

D．delay

 

15.

A．written

B．graded

C．collected

D．calmly

 

16.

A．loudly

B．fast

C．publicly

D．calmly

 

17.

A．People

B．Nobody

C．Somebody

D．I

 

18.

A．shock

B．wonder

C．worry

D．pleasure

 

19.

A．if

B．because

C．while

D．a(chǎn)lthough

 

20.

A．excited

B．satisfied

C．think

D．laugh

 

【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析:

1.考察名詞含義辨析。memory譯為“記憶”；thought“思想”；knowledge“知識(shí)”；experience“經(jīng)歷”。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可判斷出這是作者對(duì)過去發(fā)生的事的回憶。所以memory的意思比較適合，故A項(xiàng)正確

2.考察引導(dǎo)復(fù)合句的連詞。When表示時(shí)間；where表示地點(diǎn)；since譯為“自從”；after譯為“……之后”，這四個(gè)連詞均可引導(dǎo)狀語從句，而且when和where還可引導(dǎo)定語從句。根據(jù)題意可知“意大利面”使作者回想起那天晚上在他的叔叔家的情景。when引導(dǎo)定語從句表示“在那天晚上”。故A項(xiàng)正確。

3.考察動(dòng)詞含義的辨析。cooked譯為“烹飪，做飯”；served譯為“供應(yīng)，上，進(jìn)”；got為“得到，到達(dá)”；made為“制作”。根據(jù)題意可知，上文中的around the table可判斷出故事發(fā)生在飯桌旁，Aunt pat正在上意大利面條。故B項(xiàng)正確。

4.考察形容詞和代詞的用法。their和those為形容詞性物主代詞，past和last為形容詞。聯(lián)系上下文可知，意大利面在那些日子只不過被看做是外來的東西。In those days譯為“當(dāng)時(shí)”。故D項(xiàng)正確。

5.考查不定代詞。none譯為“一個(gè)也沒有，毫無”，既可以代表人又可以代表物，可以與of連用；one為泛指，主要用于代替a+單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞；earns為“掙錢”；neither譯為“（兩者）都不的”，固定搭配為neither……nor……“既不……也不”。作者以前也沒有吃過意大利面，并且成年人對(duì)于做意大利面也沒什么經(jīng)驗(yàn)。選項(xiàng)中表示否定的有none和neither，但是neither不能與of連用，故A項(xiàng)正確。

6.考查固定短語含義辨析。Careful about意思為“對(duì)……小心”；be good at“擅長于……”；be fond of譯為“喜歡……”；be interested in譯為“對(duì)……感興趣”；to be____it做experience的定語，表示對(duì)吃意大利面條的經(jīng)驗(yàn)是否擅長。故B項(xiàng)正確。

7.考查名詞含義的辨析。speeches譯為“演講，演說”；lessons譯為“課程，經(jīng)驗(yàn)”；sayings意思為“說話，諺語，格言”；arguments“爭論，爭吵”；根據(jù)題意可知：由于大家都沒有吃意大利面的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，所以每個(gè)人的看法都不同。故D項(xiàng)正確。

8.考查副詞含義辨析。nearly譯為“幾乎，差不多”；naturally譯為“自然地，順理成章地”； officially 譯為“官方地，依據(jù)法規(guī)地”；socially“在社交方面的”，聯(lián)系上下文可知，根據(jù)國外的風(fēng)俗，大家共同進(jìn)餐被認(rèn)為是一種社交活動(dòng)。所以，如何有禮貌地把面條從盤子里吃到嘴里就成了爭論的焦點(diǎn)。故D項(xiàng)正確。

9.考查副詞含義辨析。Especially譯為“尤其，特別”；probably譯為“可能地”；suddenly“突然地”；fortunately譯為“幸運(yùn)地”。根據(jù)題意可知作者對(duì)這件事感到有趣，所以突然冒出把這件事寫下來的想法。故C項(xiàng)正確。

10.考查動(dòng)詞含義的辨析。根據(jù)題意可知，此項(xiàng)應(yīng)與其后的介詞down連用構(gòu)成固定短語。Settle down譯為“定居，安靜下來，平息”；put down譯為“放下，寫下，記下，估計(jì)”；bite down譯為“咬下”；let down“放低，放下，是失望，失信”；根據(jù)上題可知，作者想把這件事情寫下來，故用put down，故B項(xiàng)正確。

11.考查名詞含義辨析。Work意思是“工作”；story“故事”；luck譯為“幸運(yùn)的事”；joy“高興的事”。根據(jù)題意可知，作者寫這件事的目的不是完成老師布置的作業(yè)，而是認(rèn)為它很有趣，認(rèn)為它是一件令人高興的事。故D項(xiàng)正確。

12.考查連詞含義辨析。However譯為“然而”，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句；therefore譯為“因此”，引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句；as for…譯為“講到，至于，在……方面”； Except for that譯為“除了……”；根據(jù)題意可知，至于給我的作文老師，我要寫一些其他的東西。故C項(xiàng)正確。

13.考查名詞含義辨析。Time“時(shí)間”；excuse“諒解，借口”；way“方法，方式”；idea“想法”。聯(lián)系上下文when I finished it the night was half gone可判斷出由于寫完講述在Uncle Allen家發(fā)生的事的短文后已經(jīng)到了深夜，作者沒有時(shí)間再寫作文老師布置的題目。故A項(xiàng)正確。

14.考查動(dòng)詞以及動(dòng)詞短語含義辨析。Give up譯為“放棄”，其后接名詞或動(dòng)名詞作賓語；continue譯為“繼續(xù)”，常用continue doing sth.；hand in譯為“交(作業(yè)等)”；delay譯為“推遲，推后”，delay doing sth.；聯(lián)系上下文可知，學(xué)生要交老師布置的作業(yè)。故C項(xiàng)正確。

15.考查動(dòng)詞含義的辨析。Written意思為“寫，記”；graded“評(píng)閱(作業(yè)、試卷等)”；collected意思為“收集”；calmed意思為“使冷靜下來”；根據(jù)題意可知本題為過去分詞graded作papers的定語，表示“批閱過的作業(yè)”。 故B項(xiàng)正確。

16.考查副詞含義辨析。Loudly意思為“大聲地”；fast意思是“迅速地”；publicly譯為“公共地”；calmly譯為“冷靜地”。根據(jù)He was reading my words out……可知，老師在課堂上大聲地朗讀了作者寫的短文。故A項(xiàng)正確。

17.考查人稱代詞做主語。People譯為“人們”；nobody譯為“沒有人”；somebody譯為“一些人”；根據(jù)下文the whole class was laughing with openhearted enjoyment可判斷出同學(xué)們聽了老師朗讀的短文后，開始有一些同學(xué)笑了起來，接著全班同學(xué)開心地笑了起來，所以為一些人，故C項(xiàng)正確。

18.考查名詞含義辨析。Shock譯為“震驚，動(dòng)搖”；wonder譯為“驚奇，奇觀”；worry譯為“擔(dān)心的事”；pleasure“愉快，樂事”。根據(jù)下文中的what I was feeling was pure happiness可判斷出作者當(dāng)時(shí)內(nèi)心充滿了愉悅，但是在同學(xué)面前他盡力掩飾這種情緒。故D項(xiàng)符合題意。

19.考查連詞的用法。If引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句，譯為“假如”；because引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，譯為“因?yàn)椤�；while引導(dǎo)時(shí)間和讓步狀語從句，譯為“當(dāng)……時(shí)候或然而”；although引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，譯為“盡管”，根據(jù)題意可知，作者是想說明自己高興的原因。故B項(xiàng)符合題意。

20.考查動(dòng)詞含義辨析。Excited譯為“激動(dòng)地，興奮的”；satisfied譯為“滿意的”；think譯為“思考”；laugh譯為“發(fā)笑”。根據(jù)上文的內(nèi)容可判斷出作者為自己的作文具有使人們大笑的威力而感到高興。故D項(xiàng)正確。

考點(diǎn)：本文是一篇記敘文。

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本篇講述了作者在構(gòu)思老師留的作文的時(shí)候看到了"spaghetti"這個(gè)單詞，想起了第一次在叔叔家吃意大利面的情形，大家對(duì)吃意大利面有著自己不同的看法，作者把這次經(jīng)歷寫了下來，但是卻與老師所留的作文無關(guān)。對(duì)于一時(shí)沒有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來完成，因?yàn)橛袝r(shí)答案可以從下文內(nèi)容體現(xiàn)出來。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項(xiàng)能不能是語句通順，語意連貫。

 

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科目：高中英語 來源：廣東省揭東一中2009-2010學(xué)年高一下學(xué)期期末考試試題（英語） 題型：閱讀理解


Botany, the study of plants, occupies a special position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest (含糊的) of insight. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of peoples, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, eyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of the Amazon recognized accurately hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them, botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of knowledge at all.
Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer productions the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the wonder of agriculture; cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the built up knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and close relationship with plants in the wild would begin fade away.
1. Which of the following statements about early humans is expressed in the passage?
A. They probably had extensive knowledge of plants.    
B. They thought there was no need to cultivate crops.     
C. They did not enjoy the study of botany.      
D. They placed great importance on the ownership of property.
2. What does the comment “This is logical.” In the first paragraph mean?
A. There is no clear way to determine the extent of our ancestor’s knowledge of plants.           
B. It is not surprising that early humans had a detailed knowledge of plants.
C. It is reasonable to assume that our ancestors behaved very much like people in pre-industrial societies.       
D. Human knowledge of plants is well organized and very detailed.
3. According to the passage, why has general knowledge of botany begun to fade?
A. People no longer value plants as a useful resource.       
B. Botany is not recognized as a special branch of science.
C. Research is unable to keep up with the increasing numbers of plants.
D. Direct contact with a variety of plants has decreased.
4. In the second paragraph, what is the author’s purpose in mentioning “ a rose, an apple, or an orchid”?
A. To make the passage more poetic.
B. To give an example of plant that are attractive.
C. To give botanical examples that all readers will recognize.
D. To explain the variety of botanical life.
5. According to the passage, what was the first great step toward the practice of agriculture?
A. The invention of agricultural tools and machinery.       
B. The development of a system of names for plants.
C. The discovery of grasses that could be harvested and replanted.         
D. The changing diets of early humans.   

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