北京高三高中英语高考模拟带答案解析

北京高三高中英语高考模拟
班级:___________ 姓名：___________ 分数：___________
一、单项选择
1.To keep fit, the old man makes it a rule _____ for a walk after supper every day．
A．going B．to go C．go D．gone 2.Don’t handle the vase as if it ____ made of steel．
A．were B．is
C．has been D．had been
3.Nowadays people become more and more practical and buy only ____they need．
A．where B．which C．when D．what 4.We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map．
A．are B．were
C．would be D．will be
5.Sit down, Emma．You will only make yourself more tired,________on your feet．
A．to keep B．keeping
C．having kept D．to have kept
6.It is the third time that she has won the race, ______ has surprised us all．
A．that B．where C．which D．what 7._____ the early flight, we ordered a taxi in advance and got up early．
A．Catching B．Caught
C．Catch D．To catch
8.In the last few years, China ____ great achievements in environmental protection．
A．has made B．had made
C．was making D．is making
9.A person _____e-mail account is full won’t be able to send or receive any e-mails．
A．who B．whom
C．whose D．whoever
10.The old scientist used to say that knowledge ______ from practice．
A．was coming B．comes
C．had come D．would come
11.She wishes she ___to the cinema last night．
A．went B．would go
C．had gone D．were going
12.____ you start eating in a healthier way, weight control will become much easier．
A．Unless B．Although
C．Before D．Once
13.My iPhone isn’t in my bag．Where ____ I have put it?
A．can B．must C．should D．would
14.— Can you explain your mistake?
—The fact is _______ I didn’t notice the warning．
A．that B．how C．why D．what
15.Fred had to have his car repaired in a garage because it _____ seriously．
A．damaged B．had been damaged
C．was being damaged D．had damaged
二、完形填空
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。

Double Angels
It was Christmas Eve, and the stores were going to be closing pretty soon．I was trying to ____ my way through the crowds when a guy in a black coat came up to me , told me that he had lost his brown leather ____and shoved his gray business card into my hand．
Please call me at the number on the card if you happen to find it," he said．I looked at him, shrugged my shoulders and ____, "Yeah, no problem．I'll do that．"
Suddenly, I noticed a flat, green box ____under some wrapping paper．I opened it up to find an amazing
____plate with a Nativity scene on it．There it was．I smiled____, gathered it up and headed____ the cash register．As the cashier was ringing up my ____, I reached into my pocket to get my money．____my pocket
was empty! I began to scramble around searching every pocket when I ____I had left my wallet at home．
So I did the only thing I could think of at that moment: I ran outside the store and started to beg people for
___．Some looked at me like I was crazy; others just____me．Finally, giving up, I slumped down on a cold bench feeling totally ____．
I reached down to tie my shoe when I spotted a ____ wallet lying next to the front leg of the bench．I wondered if it ____ be the wallet that the man in the black coat had lost．I opened it and read the name on the driver's
license inside．Yep．It was his．Then my mouth dropped in awe ____ I discovered three hundred dollars inside.
I never even questioned what I should do．I found a nearby pay phone and made a/an____call to the number on the gray business card．The man was so excited that he thanked me over and over ．Then he opened up the wallet and ____ me four twenty-dollar bills, thanking me again and I hurried to get my mom a present before the mall closed．
I bought the glass plate and started skating home, ____that everything had worked out．I realized that I had
been sort of a Christmas angel for the man who had lost his wallet, and that he had been the same for me when
I'd ____ mine．Double angels! I thought．
【1】A．take B．make C．set D．get
【2】A．scarf B．purse C．wallet D．glove
【3】A．told B．said C．replied D．answered
【4】A．lain B．hidden C．sleeping D．staying
【5】A．glass B．silver C．wood D．china
【6】A．proudly B．heavily C．widely D．broadly 【7】A．back B．into C．for D．down
【8】A．cash B．purchase C．charge D．cost
【9】A．But B．And C．So D．For
【10】A．thought B．supposed C．realized D．confirmed 【11】A．advice B．money C．coffee D．bread 【12】A．ignored B．refused C．missed D．hated 【13】A．attracted B．confused C．frightened D．defeated 【14】A．black B．blue C．brown D．green 【15】A．could B．must C．may D．would 【16】A．after B．when C．before D．while 【17】A．urgent B．brief C．collect D．distant 【18】A．paid B．handed C．shared D．showed 【19】A．grateful B．helpful C．amazed D．delighted 【20】A．forgotten B．missed C．found D．remembered
三、阅读理解
1.阅读下列短文,选出最佳选项。

Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was sleeping in his cowboy outfit (套装) yesterday at his family’s Fifth Ave．apartment when he shot up in bed screaming．A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake twisted around his left arm and had just bitten his little finger．
“The babysitter (a person taking care of children while their parents are away for a short time) was frightened to death,” said Teddy’s father, David Lasry, who, along with his wife, Evelyn, was at work when the snake appeared about 4:00 pm．
The hor rified babysitter called 911 and the building’s doorman．The doorman and two cable TV workers helped take the snake off the boy’s arm and put it in a garbage bag．Police rushed Teddy to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he spent two hours attached to a heart monitor as a precaution in case the snake was poisonous．It wasn’t．Experts at the snakebite treatment center at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where policemen took the snake, found out it was a non-poisonous California king snake．
But how did it end u p in Teddy’s bed?
A little detective work determined that the snake had escaped two weeks ago from its cage in the apartment of a doctor whose family lives four floors below the Lasrys．The apologetic owner said his son’s pet snake likely traveled up the wa ter pipes and into his neighbor’s apartment．“It’s a very gentle, very harmless snake,” he said．“It’s handled by our family all the time．”
David Lasry believed the pet was simply hungry after two weeks of wandering．Evelyn said her son seems to have overcome his fright by thinking of himself as a hero cowboy as he rode in the back of the police car to the hospital．
“I told Teddy he’s a pretty snake, a nice pet snake who got out of his cage,” Evelyn said．“But he asked, ‘Why did he bite my finger, Mamma?’ And I said, ‘Because he saw that you are a big boy, Teddy, in your cowboy outfit and he got scared．’”
【1】What did the babysitter do after Teddy was bitten by a snake?
A．She ran out of the apartment．
B．She called the TV company．
C．She made an emergency call．
D．She took the snake off Teddy’s arm．
【2】We can learn from the passage that the snake _______．
A．was poisonous
B．was kept in a cage by its owner
C．was deserted by its owner
D．escaped to the apartment
【3】From the passage, we know _______．
A．Teddy needed a heart machine to stay alive for two hours
B．Teddy was awake when the snake arrived
C．Teddy’s mother was at home when the snake turned up
D．the snake was used to being touched
【4】Teddy probably believed he was attacked because _______．
A．his parents weren’t at home
B．he was asleep the snake
C．was scared of him
D．the snake was hungry
2.Editor Henry Slocum，
I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books，or e-books，with great interest．You made several good points about the disadvantages of e-books．You may have overlooked，however，some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books．Yes，e-books are expensive，but they are also convenient．In addition，due to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to change our planet for the better．
E-books, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term，are about the same size and shape as regular books．They have a large screen in the middle，however．This screen shows the reader a page of text that
has been downloaded from a computer．Once the reader has finished reading the page on the e-book screen．he or she scrolls down to see a new page．The process continues until the entire book has been read．As you pointed out．Mr．Slocum，it's great to lie on a warm，sandy beach with a book．You can do that just
as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book．In fact，because e-books are so light, you
can carry them anywhere．Say，for example，that you like to read on the bus．Which would you rather carry with you-a heavy 800-page novel，or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces?
Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well．They are more environmentfriendly than traditional books．At present，thousands of trees are cut down eac h year to meet the publishing industry’s demand for paper．Books that don’t sell are eventually returned to the Dublisher and destroyed．This terrible waste could
be avoided if everyone used e-books，which require no paper．
Sincerely，
David Eng
【1】What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books?
A．Interesting
B．Environment-friendly
C．Convenient
D．Expensive．
【2】In David’s letter, he thinks that______
A．E-books will come down in price
B．E-books do little harm to the environment
C．E-books come in various sizes and shapes
D．E-books are no better than traditional books
【3】The main purpose of the letter is to______
A．provide evidence that e-books are a good idea
B．honor the person who invented e-books
C．scold publishers for wasting so much paper
D．explain how to read e-books
3.“Old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do cer tain things．Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time．
Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration．Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%．Garlic is good for you, too．It can kill the type of virus that causes colds．
Unfort unately, not all of Mom’ s advice passed the test of medical studies, For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating．But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so．Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no．Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars．
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales．After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated from thousands of years of experience in family health care．We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false．
【1】Which of the following is TRUE according to the test?
A．Eating garlic is good for our eye
B．Carrots prevent people from catching colds．
C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous．
D．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth．
【2】The author develops the third paragraph mainly________．
A．by cause and effect
B．by order in space
C．by examples
D．by order in time
【3】The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means”_____”．
A．to be suitable
B．to be valuable
C．to be admirable
D．to be believable
【4】What’s the author’s attitude towards “old wives’ tales” in the text?
A．objective
B．subjective
C．dissatisfied
D．curious
4.The World Health Organization says there has been a sharp increase in the number of over-weight children in developing countries．In African countries, the WHO says the number of over-weight or obese children is twice as high as it was 20 years ago．Around the world, about 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2013．
Overweight and obese children are more likely to become overweight and obese adults．The condition can generate serious health problems like heart diseases．
Francesco Branca is the director of the WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development．He says urban lifestyle makes people eat processed food more often, which has a high sugar, fat and salt content．He also says people are gaining weight because of their lack of activities．They travel in cars or other vehicles more than on foot．
The WHO experts say to lower obesity rates is especially complex in countries that also deal with high rates of infectious diseases．
The WHO has some basic solutions for individuals and countries．The organization says you should lower your intake of fat, sugar, salt and processed food and eat more fruits, vegetables and increase physical activity．The WHO says these actions are especially important for children．
And WHO expert Branca says mothers should breastfeed their babies for at least the first six months of life, if possible．More importantly, governments should consider providing vitamins for children and educational campaigns about problems linked to obesity would also help．In his view, government policies should deal with how food is marketed to children and food producers must balance quality and taste with the dangers of sugar, fat and salt．"Reducing the number of overweight children will not be easy．The goal is difficult to meet even in wealthy countries．" he adds．
【1】What is the main idea of Paragraph l?
A．Overweight children in developing countries have increased greatly．
B．Children in developing countries generally weigh too much．
C．The number of overweight children in the world has doubled．
D．The World Health Organization has increased greatly．
【2】According to Branca, people are becoming overweight because of their changes in_______
A．school education
B．transportation
C．physical condition
D．lifestyles
【3】The underlined word “generate” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______．
A．cure
B．cause
C．worsen
D．prevent
【4】We can learn from the last paragraph that ______．
A．babies breastfed aren’t likely to become overweight
B．food producers should be stopped from marketing, food to children
C．governments should play a necessary role in fighting obesity
D．the number of overweight children decreases easily in wealthy countries
四、信息匹配
Many times, we find it very amusing to see people who can keep a smile on their face all the time．It’s kind of annoying, isn’t it?【1】___Let’s see some tips on how to have a positive attitude and see how that can change our lives．
【2】__ It really works! If you’re stuck in a terrible situation or a negative stage of your life, all you have to do is to think of the good times that are going to come after your bad stage gets over．Hope for the best and you will get the best．
We always feel good when we help o thers in some way, right? There’ a sense of achievement, satisfaction and positivity associated with giving and helping．
【3】
Being grateful for what you have can help you to be positive．If you’re the type to be whining, complaining and groaning about the things you don’t have, we must say that you need a reality check．
【4】Look around you and see other people who don’t have enough resources like you do．
Forget the regrets of your past．Are you in a depressed mood all the time because you are carrying the burden of a trouble past with you? Then you must realize that every moment you think of a dark past with negativity, you will lose one bright moment of your present and the future．Letting go of your past is the only way you can have a positive attitude all the time．
【5】 Keeping fit and healthy is a critical tip in having a positive attitude．You might have all the money, success and the luxury in the world, but you won’t be able to enjoy anything if you don’t have good health．
A．So try to do a good deed a day and help others with your strengths．
B．Being unsatisfied will also be a barrier in helping you to have a positive attitude．
C．That’s because we don’t know the advantages of having a positive attitude all the time．
D．It’s no use complaining because you have already had a good life．
E．Think of the good times you are going to have．
F．Make sure you know the importance of good health．
G．Try to think about terrible and negative things in your life．
五、书面表达
1.第一节（15分）
假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Tim打算暑假来北京学习汉语，来信向你咨询你校国际班的汉语课程。

请你根据以下提示给他写一封回信。

1．为汉语初学者开设，每班10人2．注重听说； 3．安排与中国学生交流活动。

注意：1．词数不少于 50。

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tim，
____________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
2.假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，为校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，记
述你给妈妈庆祝生日的全过程。

注意：1．词数不少于60。

2．短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

提示：oven烤箱, the directions说明书（）
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北京高三高中英语高考模拟答案及解析
一、单项选择
1.To keep fit, the old man makes it a rule _____ for a walk after supper every day．
A．going B．to go C．go D．gone
【答案】B
【解析】make it a rule to do sth．在本结构中，it是形式宾语，to do sth．是真正的宾语。

【考点】固定句型
2.Don’t handle the vase as if it ____ made of steel．
A．were B．is
C．has been D．had been
【答案】A
【解析】as if 是“好像”的意思，其后面引出的从句用了虚拟语气，对现在的虚拟要用一般过去时，be 动词一律用were。

【考点】虚拟语气
3.Nowadays people become more and more practical and buy only ____they need．
A．where B．which C．when D．what
【答案】D
【解析】buy为及物动词，后面缺少宾语，what引导宾语从句，在从句中充当宾语。

【考点】宾语从句
4.We __________back in the hotel now if you didn’t lose the map．
A．are B．were
C．would be D．will be
【答案】C
【解析】句意：要不是你丢了地图，我们现在就回到了酒店了。

这是个虚拟句，对现在的虚拟。

【考点】虚拟语气
5.Sit down, Emma．You will only make yourself more tired,________on your feet．
A．to keep B．keeping
C．having kept D．to have kept
【答案】B
【解析】本句已经有谓语动词will make，故只能用非谓语动词，keeping表主动和伴随。

【考点】非谓语动词
6.It is the third time that she has won the race, ______ has surprised us all．
A．that B．where C．which D．what
【答案】C
【解析】句子中的缺少了主语，引导词前面有逗号，属于非限制定语从句。

【考点】定语从句
7._____ the early flight, we ordered a taxi in advance and got up early．
A．Catching B．Caught
C．Catch D．To catch
【答案】D
【解析】本句中已经有了谓语动词ordered，we与catch之间是主动关系，to do 表目的。

【考点】不定式
8.In the last few years, China ____ great achievements in environmental protection．
A．has made B．had made
C．was making D．is making
【答案】A
【解析】句子中出现明显的时间状语in the past few years，凡是有in the past+时间点，都要用现在完成时。

【考点】时态和语态
9.A person _____e-mail account is full won’t be able to send or receive any e-mails．
A．who B．whom
C．whose D．whoever
【答案】C
【解析】定语从句中先行词为a person，根据意思是：一个人，他的邮箱满了的话是无法收发邮件的。

【考点】定语从句
10.The old scientist used to say that knowledge ______ from practice．
A．was coming B．comes
C．had come D．would come
【答案】B
【解析】虽然主句的时态所用的是一般过去时，但从句里的内容属于客观真理，故用一般现在时。

【考点】宾语从句
11.She wishes she ___to the cinema last night．
A．went B．would go
C．had gone D．were going
【答案】C
【解析】句意：她希望她那晚去了电影院。

根据句意，可知道这里是一个虚拟句，对过去事实的一个虚拟，要用过去完成时。

【考点】虚拟语气
12.____ you start eating in a healthier way, weight control will become much easier．
A．Unless B．Although
C．Before D．Once
【答案】D
【解析】unless 除非；although 虽然；before 在…以前；once 一旦。

这四个都可以在句中充当连词，根据句子意思，可知选D。

【考点】连词／连接词
13.My iPhone isn’t in my bag．Where ____ I have put it?
A．can B．must C．should D．would
【答案】A
【解析】can在本句中表推测。

【考点】情态动词
14.— Can you explain your mistake?
— The fact is _______ I didn’t notice the warning．
A．that B．how C．why D．what
【答案】A
【解析】that 引导同位语从句，that在从句中只起引导作用，没有任何的意思。

【考点】同位语从句
15.Fred had to have his car repaired in a garage because it _____ seriously．
A．damaged B．had been damaged
C．was being damaged D．had damaged
【答案】B
【解析】句意：Fred的让他的车在车库里修理因为它严重地受损了。

这句中有两个动作，一个是修车（用一般过
去时），另一个是车被损坏了（这个动作应该发生在修车前），故时态应该比修车的在往后退一级，所以用过去完成时。

【考点】时态和语态
二、完形填空
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。

Double Angels
It was Christmas Eve, and the stores were going to be closing pretty soon．I was trying to ____ my way through the crowds when a guy in a black coat came up to me , told me that he had lost his brown leather ____and shoved his gray business card into my hand．
Please call me at the number on the card if you happen to find it," he said．I looked at him, shrugged my shoulders and ____, "Yeah, no problem．I'll do that．"
Suddenly, I noticed a flat, green box ____under some wrapping paper．I opened it up to find an amazing
____plate with a Nativity scene on it．There it was．I smiled____, gathered it up and headed____ the cash register．As the cashier was ringing up my ____, I reached into my pocket to get my money．____my pocket
was empty! I began to scramble around searching every pocket when I ____I had left my wallet at home．
So I did the only thing I could think of at that moment: I ran outside the store and started to beg people for
___．Some looked at me like I was crazy; others just____me．Finally, giving up, I slumped down on a cold bench feeling totally ____．
I reached down to tie my shoe when I spotted a ____ wallet lying next to the front leg of the bench．I wondered if it ____ be the wallet that the man in the black coat had lost．I opened it and read the name on the driver's
license inside．Yep．It was his．Then my mouth dropped in awe ____ I discovered three hundred dollars inside.
I never even questioned what I should do．I found a nearby pay phone and made a/an____call to the number on the gray business card．The man was so excited that he thanked me over and over ．Then he opened up the wallet and ____ me four twenty-dollar bills, thanking me again and I hurried to get my mom a present before the mall closed．
I bought the glass plate and started skating home, ____that everything had worked out．I realized that I had
been sort of a Christmas angel for the man who had lost his wallet, and that he had been the same for me when
I'd ____ mine．Double angels! I thought．
【1】A．take B．make C．set D．get
【2】A．scarf B．purse C．wallet D．glove
【3】A．told B．said C．replied D．answered
【4】A．lain B．hidden C．sleeping D．staying
【5】A．glass B．silver C．wood D．china
【6】A．proudly B．heavily C．widely D．broadly 【7】A．back B．into C．for D．down
【8】A．cash B．purchase C．charge D．cost
【9】A．But B．And C．So D．For
【10】A．thought B．supposed C．realized D．confirmed 【11】A．advice B．money C．coffee D．bread 【12】A．ignored B．refused C．missed D．hated 【13】A．attracted B．confused C．frightened D．defeated 【14】A．black B．blue C．brown D．green 【15】A．could B．must C．may D．would 【16】A．after B．when C．before D．while 【17】A．urgent B．brief C．collect D．distant 【18】A．paid B．handed C．shared D．showed 【19】A．grateful B．helpful C．amazed D．delighted 【20】A．forgotten B．missed C．found D．remembered
【答案】【1】B
【2】C
【3】C
【4】B
【5】A
【6】D
【7】C
【8】B
【9】A
【10】C
【11】B
【12】A
【13】D
【14】C
【15】A
【16】B
【17】B
【18】B
【19】A
【20】A
【解析】【1】make one’s way固定搭配，意思是：前进，前行。

根据文章意思，平安夜的时候商店里都是人，所以“我”要艰难地前行，故选B。

【2】根据下文的第五段的第一句，可知那个男人要找的是wallet。

【3】“我”对那个男人的要求作出了回应，故用reply。

【4】从后面的“under the paper”和“wrapping paper”可知用hidden（躲藏）。

【5】根据最后一段的第一句I bought the glass plate可知，“我”要买的礼物是glass plate，故选A。

【6】smile broadly 的意思是“笑颜逐开”。

由于作者看到了合适自己母亲的礼物，故心理很高兴，笑颜逐开了。

【7】head for sp．的意思是“朝…方向去”。

拿了自己心仪的礼物，必定是朝收款处的方向走去。

故选C。

【8】本句中的ring up 的意思是“用收银机记录（收入的钱）”，cash 现金；purchase 购买的物品；charge 收费，费用；cost 费用。

根据意思故选B。

【9】前一句提到了“我”去收银台准备付款，而后面说他的口袋是空的，显然这里之间的连接词应该是转折关系的。

故选A。

【10】“我”在口袋里搜索了一番，但结果还是空的，最后才意识到把钱包放在家里了。

【11】根据上文的意思，“我”没带钱出来，理所当然要借钱了，故选B。

【12】在街上被陌生人问要借钱，常理来说肯定是不理睬了，故选A。

【13】从本句中的giving up 可知道，当时的“我”已经是心理受挫，完全被打败了。

【14】根据第一段中可知那个男人丢失的钱包是棕色的，故选C。

【15】could是情态动词，表示推测，根据文章的意思，“我”看到了那个棕色的钱包后，推测它就是先前那个男人
丢失的，故选A。

【16】根据故事发展的先后和文章的情节，可知道这里用的是before（在…之前）。

【17】“我”找到了那个男人的钱包，为了归还给他，就找到了附近的一台付费电话，给了他一个简短的（brief）的
电话。

【18】“我”帮那个男人找回了钱包，为了报答我，他给我（hand）两百美元作为报酬，这里不能用pay（付款），因为他们两者之间没有存在交易的关系。

【19】“我”做了一件好事，而且自己也如愿以偿地买到了想要的东西，对今天发生的一切都心存感恩，故选A。

A．grateful 感恩的；B．helpful 有帮助的；C．amazed 惊讶的；D．delighted 高兴的。

【20】本句前面出现的lost与答案forgotten是同义词复现，故选A。

考点定位：考查动词。

【考点】人生百味
三、阅读理解
1.阅读下列短文,选出最佳选项。

Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was sleeping in his cowboy outfit (套装) yesterday
at his family’s Fifth Ave．apartment when he shot up in bed screaming．A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake twisted around his left arm and had just bitten his little finger．
“The babysitter (a person taking care of children while their parents are away for a short time) was frightened to death,” said Teddy’s father, David Lasry, who, along with his wife, Evelyn, was at work when the snake appeared about 4:00 pm．
The horrified babysitter called 911 and the building’s doorman．The doorman and two cable TV workers helped take the snake off the boy’s arm and put it in a garbage bag．Police rushed Teddy to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he spent two hours attached to a heart monitor as a precaution in case the snake was poisonous．It wasn’t．Experts at the snakebite treatment center at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where policemen took the snake, found out it was a non-poisonous California king snake．
But how did it end up in Teddy’s bed?
A little detective work determined that the snake had escaped two weeks ago from its cage in the apartment of a doctor whose family lives four floors below the Lasrys．The apologetic owner said his son’s pet snake likely traveled up the water pipes and into his neighbor’s apartment．“It’s a very gentle, very harmless snake,” he
said．“It’s handled by our family all the time．”
David Lasry believed the pet was simply hungry after two weeks of wandering．Evelyn said her son seems to have overcome his fright by thinking of himself as a hero cowboy as he rode in the back of the police car to the hospital．
“I told Teddy he’s a pretty snake, a nice pet snake who got out of his cage,” Evelyn said．“But he asked, ‘Why
did he bite my finger, Mamm a?’ And I said, ‘Because he saw that you are a big boy, Teddy, in your cowboy outfit and he got scared．’”
【1】What did the babysitter do after Teddy was bitten by a snake?
A．She ran out of the apartment．
B．She called the TV company．
C．She made an emergency call．
D．She took the snake off Teddy’s arm．
【答案】C
【解析】根据第三段第一句The horrified babysitter called 911 and the building’s doorman 可知，保姆在小孩被蛇咬了以后马上报警了。

故选C。

【2】We can learn from the passage that the snake _______．
A．was poisonous
B．was kept in a cage by its owner
C．was deserted by its owner
D．escaped to the apartment
【答案】B
【解析】第五段第一句中的the snake had escaped two weeks ago from its cage in the apartment of a doctor whose family lives four floors below the Lasrys 可知B选项的描述是正确的。

【3】From the passage, we know _______．
A．Teddy needed a heart machine to stay alive for two hours
B．Teddy was awake when the snake arrived
C．Teddy’s mother was at home when the snake turned up
D．the snake was used to being touched
【答案】D
【解析】从文章的第五段中的描述可知道，那条咬了小孩子的蛇是一条家养的蛇，很温和对人没有伤害，还有第五段最后一句It’s handled by our family all the time可知，这条这经常被人触摸，故选D。

【4】Teddy probably believed he was attacked because _______．
A．his parents weren’t at home
B．he was asleep the snake
C．was scared of him
D．the snake was hungry
【答案】C
【解析】根据全文的最后一句Because he saw that you are a big boy, Teddy, in your cowboy outfit and he got scared，可知应该选C。

【考点】人物／故事
2.Editor Henry Slocum，
I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books，or e-books，with great interest．You made several good points about the disadvantages of e-books．You may have overlooked，however，some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books．Yes，e-books are expensive，but they are also convenient．In addition，due to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to。