Crossing Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity(生物的多样性). It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock.
You know you have arrived in the heart of the Chihuahuan Desert when it feels as if you have fallen off the edge of the earth and into the rabbit hole. Nothing is as it appears. Moths (蛀虫) are the size of birds. Are those twin pillars (柱) of black rock (a landmark known as Mule Ear Peaks) ten miles (16 kilometers) away or fifty (80 kilometers)? Visibility (能见度) reaches more than a hundred miles on a clear day, and since there are few roads or buildings to use as milestones, distance is difficult to judge.
This is a place where water runs uphill, where rainbows have to wait for rain. The line between myth (虚构的故事) and reality is unclear. Stare long enough at the Chisos Mountains or the Sierra del Carmen, the two mountain ranges, known as sky islands, which lie on the land, and they rise and float above the plain.
The vast Chihuahuan Desert is a land of no people. There is always the chance you’ll die of thirst. The “You Can Die”possibilities are endless, and keep some visitors — 350,000 a year to Big Bend National Park, built in 1944 — from coming back. Those who do return are left to think of the remarkable courage of the brave few who have managed to survive in this terrible environment.
1.The underlined word“untamed”in Paragraph 1 means“________”.
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A．untouched |
B．wild |
C．unchanged |
D．fresh |
2.Why do the twin pillars of black rock seem ten or fifty miles away?
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A．They were put so far away. |
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B．They lie across the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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C．It is difficult to judge the distance, with few milestones. |
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D．One lies in the Chisos Mountains, the other in the Sierra del Carmen. |
3.How many years are there since the Big Bend National Park was built?
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A．350,000 years. |
B．350 years. |
C．66 years. |
D．44 years. |
4.What is the passage mainly about?
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A．The natural wonders of the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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B．Everything you see is not what it seems in the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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C．The terrible environment of deserts in Texas and Mexico. |
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D．A special place where none who go can return. |
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
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A．There are all kinds of living things in the Chihuahuan Desert. |
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B．No people live in the Big Bend region. |
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C．Nothing is as it appears in the Big Bend region. |
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D．Traveling in the Big Bend region is dangerous. |
语法填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1-10的相应位置上。
Sometimes Chinese English teachers are puzzled by such questions, “Have you got any skills in reading comprehension?” Actually, many of the teachers can’t give students 1. efficient (效率高的) way to deal with reading. Anyway, 2. often simply say, “Read more and practise more, and you 3. (get) more experience in reading comprehension.” Frankly, these teachers’ good 4. (suggest) are only helpful to arouse students’ interest in reading 5. not helpful to deal with the questions in the examinations of reading comprehension. Personally, I think the skill for reading comprehension should be based 6. the knowledge of English writing. Since the English passages 7. (write) under some rules or principles, the science of reading and understanding may have a close relationship with writing. Reading comprehension can’t be independent from the knowledge of writing. So to do8. (well) in reading comprehension, we should learn the knowledge of writing, study 9. questions are designed and the relationship 10. questions and the reading materials.
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 1 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We’ve called for a (n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.”
Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 3 .
The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they 4 the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames 5 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head.
6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in 7 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 8 scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesn’t mean they won’t 9 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I 10 this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to 11 and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the 12 to give up any plastic surgery (外科手术).
We all have “scars” that 13 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 14 standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your 15 and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
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【答案】D 【解析】略 【题型】单项选择 【适用】较易 【标题】2010年广东省曾宪梓中学高二上学期英语10月月考英语卷 【关键字标签】介词短语 【结束】 6【题文】---What are the police doing? ---They are _________the mountain ___________ the escaped prisoner.
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I was walking along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking somewhere to make a phone call. My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to get in touch with the Automobile Association .Low gray clouds were drifting across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea. It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street. I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.
There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour I could ask. I had thought I might find a shop selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his job, but the town was completely dead.
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for. There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street next to it was the town's only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint, I hurried forward but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside. He was very fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat and rubber boots. I could not see his face - he was bending forward over the phone with his back pressed against the glass and didn't even raise his head at the sound of my coming nearer and nearer. Carefully and surprisedly, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait my turn. It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the call box door.
1.The author was walking through the small seaside town__________.
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A．late morning |
B．early morning |
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C．before midnight |
D．late evening |
2.The weather of the day was ____, when the story happened.
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A．windy, cold and cloudy |
B．stormy, damp and clear |
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C．rainy, cold and clear |
D．rainy, windy and cold |
3. Why was the author astonished when he saw that there was a man in the call box? Because____.
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A．the man inside was still wearing a raincoat |
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B．he didn't expect it to be taken up |
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C．the man had his back with him |
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D．the man did not seem to be moving |
4.The author waited, standing a few feet away from the box because____.
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A．it was not safe to be close to the box |
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B．the man didn't notice his coming |
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C．he wanted to have a cigarette to calm himself down |
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D．it was bad manners to overhear other's phone calls |
5. What do you suppose happened to the man in the call box?
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A．He slept. |
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B．He had most probably been killed. |
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C．He was lost in his important phone call. |
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D．He was too fat to move around. |
Diego Maradona acknowledged(承认) that he struck the ball with his hand in the famous “Hand of God “ goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals.
Maradona appeared to hit the ball with his hand into the net, and officials allowed the goal to stand despite protests by the English team. Argentina went on to win the 1986 quarterfinal match 2-1 and then win the World Cup.
In his most detailed comments yet, Maradona said he was unable to reach the ball for a header(头球) when he went up against the taller English goalkeeper, Peter Shilton.
After the score, Maradona said he quickly realized the line referee(裁判) had allowed the goal but none of themselves were figuring the goal would be effective.
“I was waiting for my teammates to hug me and no one came,” said Maradona, who was the team captain. “I told them, ‘Come and hug me or the referee isn’t going to allow it.’”
In his 20-year career before retiring in 1997, Maradona starred at Argentinas Juniors and Boca Juniors and in Europe. He also led Argentina league titles(冠军).
In 1991, Maradona failed a drug test and was banned for 15 months. Nine years later, FiFA chose him and Pele as the best players in soccer history.
Recently, he was appointed vice president of Boca Juniors. And with his new TV show, Maradona, 45, has returned to public eyes after years of dealing with drug and health problems.
1.This passage comes from ________.
A a report of some newspaper. B Maradona’s autobiography
C statement of an official D an interview with Maradona’s teammates
2.Maradona was chosen as one of the best players in soccer history in ____.
A 1986 B 1997 C 2000 D 2001
3.The underlined word “figuring” is closest in meaning to ____.
A pretending B thinking C hoping D celebrating
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A Striking the ball with one’s hand into the net is effective.
B Maradona didn’t pass a drug test.
C Maradona won the 1986 World Cup.
D Maradona retired in 1997.
5.We can learn the following from the passage EXCEPT THAT ___.
A Maradona was once a drug taker.
B Maradona had planned to head the ball but failed.
C his teammates rushed to congratulate him after Maradona had shot the goal.
D Maradona once had some health problems.
