题目内容
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Feeling hopeless and sick at heart, Tom turned away. For a quick moment his eyes met the eyes of the cook, and he saw there a 36 of such hatred and fear that 37 words could describe.
The cook moved quietly 38 . He 39 to Tom in a rough voice, "Don't be too clever." And he went away.
Tom's views did not stay___40__ the cook and his words. His friend was in trouble. How could he__41____ him? He decided to slip away as soon as possible 42 of information that would clear Jay of all 43 and bring the true criminal(罪犯) to justice.
He had noticed a piece of old sailcloth 44 on the ship floor. With this and a length of string he __45__a package which looked very much like the one the police had seized. His plan was to 46 to the shore and hand it over 47 the cook had ordered Jay to, 48 in this way to learn the truth about the criminal's activities. Then he could 49 the police of his friend's innocence(无罪).
By now it was dark. Taking the blankets out of Jay's 50 bed, Tom piled them up in his own in the 51 of a sleeping figure. How real it looked! With the blanket pulled up high around the figure's head, he could almost believe he saw it breathing. 52 with this, Tom moved quietly to the door.
He was about to open it 53 he felt the handle turning the other way. Someone was outside and about to come in. Had his plan failed? Slipping quickly back behind the door as it opened, Tom 54 .
It was the cook who was leaning 55 now over the figure in the bed. His arm swung up and a long knife plunged down.
A. fire B. light C. lightning D. flash
A. many B. several C. few D. no
A. closely B. nearly C. closer D. near
A. whispered B. ordered C. indicated D. shouted
A. based on B. focused on C. carried on D. kept on
A. encourage B. support C. persuade D. help
A. in time B. in need C. in search D. in touch
A. truths B. doubts C. failures D. faults
A. lying B. lay C. laid D. lain
A. took B. bought C. made D. sent
A. slip B. step C. pass D. march
A. as with B. as though C. such as D. just as
A. expecting B. imagining C. hoping D. wishing
A. persuade B. require C. suggest D. encourage
A. neat B. empty C. dirty D. comfortable
A. shape B. sample C. shade D. shadow
A. Excited B. Pleased C. Surprised D. Frightened
A. though B. until C. while D. when
A. waited B. rushed C. seized D. shot
A. aside B. forward C. outward D. against
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?” Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good,” Miss Gorgers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes? Kate.”“I disagree. Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here and it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.” Kate said.1. Miss Gorgers was teaching her class ______.A. how to telephone B. about electricityC. about time zone D. about sound 2. Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether ______.A. it was easy to phone to Los Angeles B. her student could hear her from 75 feet awayC. her students had understood her lessonD. sound waves were slower than electricity3. Kate thought Tom was wrong because ______.A. clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New YorkB. electricity was slower than sound wavesC. Tom was not good at physics at allD. Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves4. Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?A. Tom’s. B. Kate’s. C. Both A and B. D. Neither A nor B.
Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That's every good,” Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said. “Yes, Kate.”
“I disagree,” Kate said. “Your brother would hear you earlier because when it's 11 o'clock here it's only 8 o'clock in Los Angeles.”
1.Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.
A．how to telephone B．about electricity
C．about time zone(时区) D．about sound
2.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.
A．it was easy to phone to Los Angeles B．her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C．her students had grasped（理解）her lesson. D．sound waves were slower than electricity
3.Tom thought that electricity was _________.
A．slower than sound waves B．faster than sound waves
C．not so fast as sound waves D．as fast as sound waves
4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.
A．clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
B．electricity was slower than sound waves
C．Tom was not good at physics at all
D．Tom's answer had nothing to do with sound waves
5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?
A．Tom's B．Kate's C．Bath A and B D．Neither A nor B
I value my friend Tom’s friendship very much, but _______ I dislike his selfishness.
A．in addition B．as well C．on the other hand D．in other words
I don’t like Tom’s way of behaviour, but ________ I admire his great knowledge.
A. in other words B. on the other hand C. for one thing D. as a matter of fact
