题目内容
阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future called to him excitedly. “Get out of the classroom into a job,” it said, and Ron obeyed. His father, supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket. “You're lucky, Ron,”he said.“It is almost impossible for every boy to have a job these days.” So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.
For a year he spent his days filling shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time, he was looking back on his school days as a time of great variety and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work with little success.
One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a truck going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart and a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a coffee house managed by an old man and his wife. Before he had finished the sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the rest of the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. The ease and speed of it rather astonished Ron. At quiet time Ron had to check the old man's arithmetic (算术) in the records of the business.
As the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was again surprised how straight-forward it was for a boy of seventeen to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for three weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only one who could keep the books(账簿).
1．Why did Ron Mackie leave school at sixteen?
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A．His father made him leave.
B．He had reached the age when he had to leave.
C．He left because he was worried about the future.
D．He left because be wanted to start work.
2．It took about a year for Ron to realize that ________.
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A．he worked well because he was interested in the job
B．his work at the supermarket was uninteresting
C．being at work was much better than going to school
D．the store manager wanted to get rid of him
3．Why did Ron leave the supermarket?
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A．He knew he would find a job in Bournemouth.
B．He took a job as a truck driver.
C．He gave up the job because he felt unwell.
D．he wanted to work at the seaside.
4．Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because ________.
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A．he got on well with the manager there
B．he knew how to keep the bills of the business
C．he had had experience of selling shoes
D．he was young and strong
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第二部分：阅读理解（共25小题；第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分，满分45分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最
佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Each Indian tribe had a different language. Many Indians never learned any language except their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other? They had two ways to talk without sound． One way was by sign language; the other way by signals.
Sign language is a way of talking by using signs. Indians used sign language when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out whether the stranger was a friend or an enemy. In the Indian sign language, signs were made with the hands. One sign meant “man”. Another meant “horse”. To tell the time of day when something happened, an Indian pointed to the sky. He showed where the sun had been at the time.
Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.
To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian rode his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.
The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held the corners of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.
He could also send many signals with a mirror. He usually used the mirror to warn someone of danger. Or he attempted to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send messages in code. Of course, mirrors could be used only when the sun was shining. At night, Indians used fire arrows for signaling.
An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood． Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When he removed the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.
Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.
41． The whole text is mainly about _______.
A． different tribes have different languages
B． the Indians had many kinds of languages
C． how Indians communicated between different tribes
D． why the Indians used many languages
42． An Indian used a mirror to do all the followings EXCEPT _______.
A． send messages in code
B． get the attention of someone in the distance
C． warn someone of danger
D． to tell a friend from an enemy
43． Sign language is _______.
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C． a kind of gesture only for Indians
D． a way to express one’s ideas by making gestures
44． Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language because _______.
A． they thought they could easily make themselves understood
B． they could use signals or sign language
C． different tribes lived far away and never met each other
D． they never communicated with one another