【英语】天津市耀华中学2018届高三上学期第二次月考英语试题 含解析

天津市耀华中学2018届高三上学期第二次月考
英语试题
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节：(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will the woman have?
A. Fish.
B. Chicken.
C. Beef.
2. What does the man want to do?
A. See a film.
B. Enjoy a play.
C. Read a novel.
3. Where is the woman going next?
A. To a museum.
B. To a restaurant.
C. To her house.
4. When should the man arrive at university?
A. By 9:45.
B. By 9:30.
C. By 8:40.
5. What does the woman imply?
A. The man isn’t telling the truth.
B. The man had no reason to be sick.
C. The man didn’t need to attend the meeting.
第二节：（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有儿个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答第6至8题。

6. Where did Mrs King originally plan to go?
A. To Miami.
B. To Chicago.
C. To Los Angeles.
7. Why will Mrs King go to Los Angeles?
A. To do an interview.
B. To have a sales meeting.
C. To attend the opening of an office.
8. What could the woman most probably be?
A. An airline clerk.
B. A secretary.
C. A travel agent. 听下面一段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. When does the conversation take place?
A. In the evening.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the morning.
10. What do we know about the boy?
A. He will go to school today.
B. He can’t finish his homework today.
C. He can’t h and in his project today.
11. What does the boy ask the woman to do?
A. Help him hand in his project.
B. Call his teacher to ask for leave.
C. Drive him to the hospital right now.
听下面一段独白，回答第12至15题。

12. What is the talk about?
A. Advice on the choice among courses.
B. Differences between the courses.
C. Required and elective (选修的) courses.
13. Why does history open at all levels?
A. Students have different levels of history knowledge.
B. Different courses are usually taught by different teachers.
C. There are many cultures and time periods in history.
14. What is included in the elective courses?
A. History.
B. Science.
C. English,
15. What will the speaker do for the students?
A. Give them advice on course schedule.
B. Help them sign up for a course.
C. Find them room in a course.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. --- Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I order?
--- Of coupe. ________, Sir.
A. Make yourself at home
B. At your service
C. Take your time
D. It doe sn’t matter
【答案】C
【解析】考查交际用语。

Make yourself at home 使自己在家里一样；At your service 乐意效劳；Take your time 别着急；It doesn’t matter 没关系。

句意：在我决定之前我能多看会儿菜单吗？当然了先生，别着急。

所以选C。

2. --- Why did your brother look so down?
His ________ to become a pilot was held back by his poor eyesight.
A. promotion
B. destination.
C. instruction
D. ambition
【答案】D
【解析】考查名词。

A. promotion晋升；B. destination目的地；. C. instruction 指导；D. ambition雄心。

上句：你弟弟为什么看起来这么沮丧？下句：他想当飞行员的野心被他可怜的视力所抑制。

根据句意可知答案为ambition。

3. Sometimes the message you intend to convey through words may be the exact opposite of others ________actually understand.
A. what
B. why
C. how
D. which
【答案】A
【解析】考查宾语从句。

句意：你想通过话语传达的信息也许正与其他人实际理解的相反。

介词of 后的宾语从句中的understand 后缺少宾语且表示物，故用what。

4. --- I’ve read another book this week.
---Well, maybe ________ is not how much you read but what you read that counts.
A. this
B. that
C. there
D. it
【答案】D
【解析】考查代词。

（句意为：——这一周我又读了一本书。

——或许,重要的不是读了多少内容,而是读了什么内容。

）这是强调句型.强调句的基本结构为：It is/was + 被强调部分（通常为主语、宾语或状语）+ that + 其它部分。

（当强调主语且主语指人时,可用who代替that）5. --- What do you think of Betty?
--- She is a lovely girl, though she ________be naughty sometimes.
A. should
B. must
C. need
D. can
【答案】D
【解析】考查情态动词。

A. should 应该；想必会，理应；B. must 必须，一定；C.情态动词need，通常用在疑问句、否定句中，意为“必须”；C. can 能，会，可能；句中描述的Betty应该是一个可爱但有时会有些调皮的女孩，结合句意，此处应该是填一个表示推测的情态动词，can用于肯定句，表示理论上存在的可能性，所以适用于本句；should，must都可以表示推测，但在这里不合语意。

故选C。

6. --- How did your brother lose so much weight?
--- ________ eating less, he walked five miles every day.
A. In terms of
B. In spite of
C. In addition to
D. With regard to
【答案】C
【解析】考查介词短语。

A. In spite of虽然B. In addition to此外C. Instead of相反的D. Thanks to 多亏了。

句意：--她怎么象预期一样减了那么多肥？--除了少吃，她每天慢跑五英里。

选C。

【名师点睛】
本题考查了介词的短语辨析，在平时要加强识记，本题的4个项考查都很多。

7. I came across a good friend of mine on the square the oth er day, but we didn’t talk much because he ________ to catch the bus.
A. had rushed
B. was rushing
C. would rush
D. has been rushing
【答案】B
【解析】考查时态。

句意：前几天我在广场上遇到了我的一个好朋友，但是我们不多说话，因为他赶着赶公共汽车。

根据句意可知句子用过去进行时态，故选B。

8. --- Did you see who the man was?
--- No, so quickly ________ that I couldn’t get a good look at his face.
A. did he run
B. has he run
C. he has run
D. he ran
【答案】A
【解析】考查倒装句。

上句：你看见那个男士是谁吗？下句：没有，他跑的如此快，结果我没看清他的脸。

此题考查：so +形容词或副词，放在句首使用部分倒装。

根据上句的时态可知应用一般过去式，助动词提前，故选A。

【名师点睛】
“so+adj. / adv.”位于句首时的倒装，让我们一起来看看运用倒装句产生的内在含义的改变。

1.“so+adj. / adv.”位于句首时的倒装，副词so后接形容词或副词位于句首时，其后用部分倒装：
So cold was the weather that we had to stay at home.
天气太冷，我们只好呆在家里。

2.“so+助动词+主语”倒装：
当要表示前面提出的某一肯定的情况也同样适合于后者，通常就要用“So+助动词+主语”这种倒装结构：
（1）You are young and so am I.你年轻，我也年轻。

（2）She likes music and so do I.她喜欢音乐，我也喜欢。

9. If the project ________ before the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.
A. completed
B. being completed
C. to be completed
D. completing
【答案】C
【解析】考查非谓语动词。

从语境可以看出，如果建筑工程被耽搁的话，建筑公司将被罚款，所以工程应当是正在被建，将要被完成。

所以要用动词不定式to be completed．．．短语作定语。

故选C。

10. --- How are things going, Mr. White?
--- Well, they have set out to deal with the present situation ________ they think deserves their immediate attention.
A. what
B. where when
C. When
D. which
【答案】D
【解析】试题分析：句意：——事情进展的怎么样，珍妮？——他们已经开始着手处理目前的现状，他们认为这值得引起他们的注意，下文中先行词the present situation为下文定语从句的逻辑宾语，指物，故引导词用which，选D。

11. Born into a family with three brothers, David was _________ to value the sense of sharing.
A. brought up
B. cared for
C. looked after
D. held back
【答案】A
【解析】考查短语动词的辨析。

句意：出身在一个三兄弟家庭，David受到了要看重与人分享的教育。

bring up教育，养育(孩子)，呕吐(食物)；care for介意，在意；look after照顾；hold back阻碍，抑制，隐瞒。

故选A。

12. Last night Mr. Crook didn’t come back at the usual time. ________, h e met some friends and stayed out until midnight.
A. Meanwhile
B. Therefore
C. Instead
D. Somehow
【答案】C
【解析】考查句意的理解和副词的选用。

题干前半句的意思是：昨晚Crook先生没有像平常一样的时间回家；后半句的意思是：他与几个朋友聚会并且直到午夜才回来。

根据句意，需
要一个表解释说明的词，C表示“而是”，符合题意。

A是在此期间，B是然而，D是仍然，显然不符合题意。

13. Simon thought his computer was broken ________ his little brother pointed out that he had forgotten to turn it on.
A. until
B. because
C. while
D. though
【答案】A
14. --- With the failure of the experiment, we have reached a dead end.
--- Cheer up! Many good things would never have happened if the bad events________ first.
A. don’t happen
B. didn’t happen
C. hadn’t happened
D. haven’t happened
【答案】C
【解析】考查虚拟语气。

上句：由于实验失败，我们已到了穷途末路。

下句：振作起来！很多好事从来不会发生，如果坏事首先没有发生的话。

此处是if引导的虚拟语气，与过去的事实相反，句子用过去完成时态。

故选C。

【名师点睛】
If引导的虚拟语气
1.表示与现在事实相反的情况，其句型为“ if+ 主语+ 动词的过去式（be 动词用were ），主语+would / could / might / should + 动词原形”。

如：If the weather were fine, we would go to Shanghai. 如果天气好，我们就去上海。

（事实上天气不好）
2.表示与过去事实相反的情况。

其句型为“ if + 主语+ 动词的过去完成式，主语+would / could / should / might + have + 动词的过去分词”。

如：If I had taken his advice, I shouldn't / wouldn't / couldn't have made such a mistake.如果我按照他的建议去做，我一定不会（不可能）犯这样的错误。

3.表示与将来事实可能相反的假设和结果，其句型为“ if + 主语+ 动词的过去式/ should + 动词原形/ were to +动词原形，主语+would / could / might / should + 动词原形”。

如：The glass would break if you dropped it. 杯子摔下来会打破的。

（事实上没有摔下来）
15. --- What are you going to do this weekend?
--- ________. If time permits, I may go to Shanghai with my friends.
A. Up to you
B. It depends
C. Forget it
D. Never mind
【答案】B
【解析】考查情景交际。

句意为：这个周末你打算做什么？如果时间允许的话，我可能和我的朋友去上海。

A.由你而定；B.看情况而定；C.项“没关系，不客气”；D.项“没关系”。

根据if条件状语从句的提示可知，B项符合语境，故选B。

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，并从各题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch ___16___ a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria (白喉), a deadly infectious disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would
___17___ if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. ___18___, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.
How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s ___19___ was already full of ice, so it
couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the ___20___ roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.
___21___ January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were ___22___. Nome’s town officials came up with a(n) ___23___. They would have the medicine sent by
___24___ from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled (狗拉雪撬) drivers — known as “mushers”—would ___25___ it to Nome in a relay (接力).
The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. ___26___ he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.
On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to ___27___ a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most ___28___ part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would ___29___, and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.
A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his ___30___. He had to leave the trail (路径) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to ___31___ the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, ___32___ to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to ___33___. He had found the trail.
At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dog ___34___ in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.
Nome had been ___35___.
16. A. examined B. warned C. interviewed D. cured
17. A. harmless B. helpless C. fearless D. careless
18. A. Moreover B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. However
19. A. airport B. station C. harbor D. border
20. A. narrow B. snowy C. busy D. dirty
21. A. From B. On C. By D. After
22. A. tired B. upset C. pale D. sick
23. A. plan B. excuse C. message D. topic
24. A. air B. rail C. sea D. road
25. A. carry B. return C. mail D. give
26. A. Though B. Since C. When D. If
27. A. enter B. move C. visit D. cross
28. A. shameful B. boring C. dangerous D. foolish
29. A. escape B. bleed C. swim D. die
30. A. memory B. exit C. way D. destination
31. A. find B. fix C. pass D. change
32. A. pretending B. trying C. asking D. learning
33. A. run B. leave C. bite D. play
34. A. gathered B. stayed C. camped D. arrived
35. A. controlled B. saved C. founded D. developed
【答案】16. A 17. B 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. C 22. D 23. A 24. B
25. A 26. C 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. A 34.
D 35. B
【解析】试题分析：文章讲述了一个人们接力运送药物来救患病儿童的感人故事。

1925年1月份的阿拉斯加北部极其寒冷，由于大雪，诺姆小镇与外界隔绝了。

雪上加霜的是，那里的孩子患上了一种致命的传染病——白喉。

为了拯救孩子们，人们接力运送药品到诺姆。

最终，人们通过狗拉的雪橇把药物送到了诺姆。

16. A 考查动词。

A. examined检查；B. warned警告；C. interviewed 面试，采访；D. cured 治愈。

根据谓语动词的主语是Dr. Welch，宾语是a sick boy，以及后面的动词knew可知，医生是在检查病童，并发现Billy患了一种传染病。

故选A。

17. B 考查形容词。

A. harmless无害的；B. helpless无助的；C. fearless无畏的；D. careless 粗心的。

如果疾病在小镇蔓延，这里的孩子们会很无助。

故选B。

18. D 考查副词。

A. Moreover而且，此外；B. Therefore因此；C. Otherwise否则；D. However 然而。

根据上文Nome这个地方急需药品以及下文提到最近的可以取到药品的地方也在一千公里之外可知，前后是转折关系，因此选D。

19. C 考查名词辨析。

A. airport机场；B. station车站；C. harbor港口；D.border边境。

根据“so it couldn’t come by ship”可知，这里指港口结冰，故选C。

20. B 考查形容词辨析。

A. narrow狭窄的；B. snowy被雪覆盖的；C. busy繁忙的；D. dirty 脏的。

根据第一段可知，大雪覆盖了道路，汽车和马都不能通行，故选B。

21. C 考查介词辨析。

A. From从，自；B. On在……上面；C. By通过，在……之前；D. After 在……之后。

By+时间，与完成时连用，后跟过去的时间，用过去完成时；跟将来的时间，用将来完成时，故选C。

22. D 考查形容词辨析。

A. tired劳累的；B. upset难过的；C. pale苍白的；D. sick生病的。

四个孩子相继去世，还有20几个患病，故选D。

23. A 考查名词辨析。

A. plan计划；B. excuse借口；C. message信息；D. topic话题。

当地的官员想到了一个计划，故选A。

24. B 考查名词辨析。

A. air空气；B. rail栏杆，铁轨；C. sea海洋；D. road道路。

根据下一段“from the train at Nenana”可知，药物被用火车运到Nenana，故选B。

25. A 考查动词辨析。

A. carry运送，携带；B. return返回，归还；C. mail邮寄；D. give给。

然后再由乘坐狗拉的雪橇的人把药物接力送到诺姆，故选A。

26. C 考查时间状语从句。

A. Though虽然；B. Since因为，自从；C. When当……时；D. If 如果。

当他把药物交给下一个人时，他的脸已经被冻得乌青，故选C。

27. D 考查动词辨析。

A. enter进入；B. move移动；C. visit拜访；D. cross穿过。

根据“Norton Sound was covered with ice”可知，Norton Sound是一片冰冻的水域，Seppala必须穿过这片水域，故选D。

28. C 考查形容词辨析。

A. shameful惭愧的；B. boring令人厌烦的；C. dangerous危险的；
D. foolish愚蠢的。

根据“which could sometimes break up without warning”可知，这是旅途最危险的一段，故选C。

29. D 考查动词。

A. escape逃脱；B. bleed流血；C. swim游泳；D. die死。

根据上文可知，一旦Norton Sound破裂坍塌，Seppala可能会掉到冰水里死掉。

故选D。

30. C 考查名词。

A. memory回忆；B. exit出口；C. way路；D. destination目的地。

根据下文“Kaasen不得不离开雪橇的痕迹、绕过阻挡他的大雪堆”可知，巨大的雪堆挡住Kaasen前进的路。

故选C。

31. A 考查动词。

A. find找到；B. fix安装；C. pass通过；D. change改变。

根据上文Kaasen 离开雪橇的痕迹可知，当时环境太糟糕，使Kaasen不可能再次找回雪橇的痕迹。

故选A。

32. B 考查动词辨析。

A. pretending假装；B. trying努力；C. asking问，要求；D. learning
学会。

Seppala的雪橇狗努力嗅着其它狗的味道，故选B。

33. A 考查动词辨析。

A. run跑；B. leave离开；C. bite咬；D. play玩耍。

Seppala的雪橇狗找到了轨道，开始奔跑起来，故选A。

34. D 考查动词辨析。

A. gathered聚集；B. stayed保持；C. camped露营，借住；D. arrived 到达。

arrive in sp到达某地，这里指终于到达诺姆，故选D。

35. B 考查动词辨析。

A. controlled控制；B. saved拯救；C. founded建立；D. developed发展。

所有的孩子得到了救治，诺姆被拯救了下来，故选B。

【学法指导】·
1.近几年来状语从句的引导词在完形填空中频繁地考查，31小题C考查时间状语从句。

A.Though虽然；
B.Since因为，自从；
C. When当；
D.If如果。

当他把药物交给下一个人时，他的脸已经被冻得乌青，故选C。

2.在做完形填空时一定要注意and/but/so/besides/however/furthermore/moreover/in
addition/what’s more等词汇、固定结构的运用。

它们连接了上下文，起着承上起下的作用。

像but（但是）、however（然而），表示转折，这说明前后的内容相反或相对。

把握住这一点，做起题来就会得心应手。

23小题D考查副词。

A. Moreover而且，此外；B. Therefore因此；
C. Otherwise否则；
D. However然而。

根据上文Nome这个地方急需药品以及下文提到最近的可以取到药品的地方也在一千公里之外可知，前后是转折关系，因此选D。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读
第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
At UMOM New Day Centers, volunteers are the heart of our mission. We exist entirely through the generosity of individuals within the community. Through the giving of their time and talents, volunteers help homeless men, women and children find hope in the future.
Child Development Center
Type of help needed: Assist teachers with art projects, reading, singing, games and play projects for children aged one to five.
Requirements: Ages 16+ only, must obtain an Arizona state fingerprint card, and must obtain a TB Test.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am-12:00pm.
T.A.P. (Teen Activities Program)
Type of help needed: Assist TAP coordinator (协调员) with weekly activities. Coordinate and help with field trips, 5ports, cooking, music and other forms of entertainment. We welcome your ideas for teen activities,
Requirements: Ages 21+ only, have graduated from high school, and must obtain an AZ state fingerprint card.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 3:00pm-6:00pm and Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm.
Summer hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm and Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm.
In-Kind Donation Assistant
Type of help needed: Moving, repairing, organizing furniture and other donated items.
Requirements: Must be comfortable with physical labor, being outdoors, and be able to lift at least 50 lbs (磅).
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9:00am-3:00pm.
Docent (讲解员)
Type of help needed: Help screen visitors and volunteers and answer questions provide directions. Offer non-program-related assistance to residents to enhance customer service needed. Accept donations, event assistance and other projects as assigned.
Requirements: Ages 18+ only, must obtain an AZ state fingerprint card, and be able to lift 50 lbs.
Hours: Monday-Friday, l:00pm-4:00pm. Tuesday evening, 5:00pni-9:00pm.
Saturday& Sunday, 9:00am-5:00pm.
Kitchen Helper Program
Type of help needed: Support kitchen staff in food preparation, serving and other duties as needed.
Requirements: V olunteers must be 13 years and older to volunteer in the kitchen.
Hours: Dinner: 7 days a week from 4:00pm-7:00pm; Lunch: Monday Friday from
10:30am-1:00pm; Brunch: Saturday & Sunday from 9:30am-12:00am.
36. V olunteers who work at UMOM should ________.
A. apply for the position of resident assistant
B. homeless people live a better life
C. participate in other programs to enhance customer service
D. donate money to homeless families and individuals in need
37. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Working hours for T.A.P. change with the seasons.
B. Only adults have the volunteer opportunities
C. Having AZ state fingerprint cards is a necessity for volunteers.
D. V olunteers at Docent will always work the longest hours per week.
38. Which of the following requires much physical activities?
A. Teen Activities Program.
B. Kitchen Helper Program.
C. Child Development Center.
D. In-Kind Donation Assistant.
39. During which time range can people volunteering at the kitchen have a rest?
A. 6:00pm-8:00pm on Friday.
B. From 12:00am-4:00pm on Sunday.
C. From 9:00am-11:00am on Monday.
D. From 8:00am-11:00am on Saturday.
40. Who might be mostly interested in the article?
A. People who are working at UMOM.
B. People who intend to offer free service.
C. People who are in charge of safe shelters.
D. People who plan to open a rescue center.
【答案】36. B 37. A 38. D 39. B 40. B
【解析】在UMOM New Day Centers，志愿者是使命的核心。

本文介绍了UMOM New Day Centers的志愿者的工作情况。

36. B
推理判断题。

根据第一段中Through the giving of their time and talents, volunteers help homeless men, women and children find hope in the future.可知，在UMOM工作的志愿者应该帮助无家可归的人过上更好的生活。

故选B。

37. A
推理判断题。

根据T.A.P. (Teen Activities Program)中Hours: Monday-Friday, 3:00pm-6:00pm
and Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm.Summer hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:00pm and Saturday & Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm.由此推知，T.A.P.的工作时间随着季节改变。

故选A。

38. D
细节理解题。

根据In-Kind Donation Assistant中Requirements: Must be comfortable with physical labor, being outdoors, and be able to lift at least 50 lbs (磅).可知，In-Kind Donation Assistant.需要体力劳动。

故选D。

39. B
细节理解题。

根据Kitchen Helper Program中Requirements: Hours: Dinner: 7 days a week from 4:00pm-7:00pm; Lunch: Monday Friday from 10:30am-1:00pm; Brunch: Saturday & Sunday from 9:30am-12:00am.可知，志愿者在厨房里的休息时间是From 12:00am-4:00pm on Saturday & Sunday。

故选B。

40. B
推理判断题。

根据第一段第一、二句At UMOM New Day Centers, volunteers are the heart of our mission. We exist entirely through the generosity of individuals within the community.由此可知，打算提供免费服务的人可能对这篇文章感兴趣。

故选B。

B
It was my first day back home since starting college. A lot had changed in the last year. Not with my hometown but with me. I had left as a 17-year-old boy and had now returned as an 18-year-old man. In the city, I was living on my own, had a part-time job and was studying. Even the government recognized I was an adult: I had a driver’s license. So here I was, on my summer vacation, walking down the main street with my father, desperate for him to acknowledge how mature I was. When his recognition failed to appear, I took matters into my own hands. “Dad,” I said casually, “I’m thirsty. Let’s go for a beer.” It was the first time I’d ever mentioned beer in front of my father, let alone ask him to drink one with me.
He turned to me with a curious expression on his face. “A beer? Well, 1 guess you’re old enough now. Let’s go to Sailors’ Bar. It’s where my cousin Tom, your uncle, used to drink. You remember him, right?”
I had only some vague recollection of my uncle. He was the black sheep of the family. We didn’t talk about him much. What ever happened to Uncle Tom, Dad? I haven’t seen him in years,” I said
as we continued towards the bar.
“Neither have I, unfortunately. He was a good kid once. But things changed,” my father said mournfully. As a boy, he explained, there had been no better-behaved boy than Tom. But after leaving school, he moved to the city and fell in with bad company. He started going out every night, drinking in nightclubs and playing cards. Soon he lost everything and had to beg his mum to pay his debts. She agreed on condition that he returned home.
My dad took a deep breath and continued his tale. "Things settled down for a while. He married a lovely woman, gave up his bad habits. But it didn’t last. He was soon back to his old ways. He couldn’t resist. He was at Sailors, Bar almost every night. His poor mother died of grief and shame. His wife followed her soon after.
“What ruined him was alcohol He told me once, when a man begins drinking, he never knows where it’ll end. ‘So’, Tom warned me. ‘be cautious about your first drink!’
“He went from bad to worse. Last year Tom sent me a letter saying he had been found guilty of stealing, and sent to prison for ten years.”
Dad finished talking just as we reached the front door of Sailors’ Bar. “Anyway, here we are. Let’s go in,” he said. But understood. I put my arm around my father and said, “I’m not thirsty anymore, Dad. Let’s go home.”
41. What did the young man invite his father to drink a beer?
A. Because he was thirsty while walking with his father.
B. Because he wanted to impress his father casually.
C. Because he wanted to show he was an adult.
D. Because he wanted to discuss his Uncle Tom.
42. What does the y oung man mean by referring to Uncle Tom as “the black sheep of the family”?
A. The family was concerned about Tom because he was always in trouble.
B. The family felt ashamed of Tom because he was a failure.
C. The family showed sympathy to Tom because he was unfortunate.
D. The family felt disgusted about him because he was different.
43. What was the main source of Uncle Tom’s problems?
A. His overly-strict family.
B. His addiction to card games.
C. The deaths of his mother and wife.
D. His inability to control his drinking.
44. In the story the father told his son about Tom in order to ________.
A. warn the son to keep away from Tom
B. entertain the son while they walked to the bar
C. recall an interesting period in the father’s life
D. convince the son of the harm caused by drinking
45. What is the correct order of the following events from Uncle Tom’s life?
a. His mother died.
b. He married a lovely girl.
c. He started going to nightclubs
d. He was caught stealing.
e. He went back home to live with his mother.
f. He left school.
A. d, f, e, b, a, c
B. e, a, f, b, c, d
C. f, c, e, b, a, d
D. f, c, e, a, b, d
【答案】41. C 42. B 43. D 44. D 45. C
【解析】儿子长大了想和父亲去喝酒，父亲借Uncle Tom终日酗酒，家破人入狱的故事知道喝酒的危害，儿子明白了父亲的用意，欣然回家。

41. C
细节理解题。

由第一段中的“So here I wa s, on my summer vacation, walking down the main street with my father, desperate for him to acknowledge how mature I was. When his recognition failed to appear, I took matters into my own hands. “Dad,” I said casually, ‘I’m thirsty. Let’s go for a beer.’”可知，作者邀请父亲去喝啤酒，希望以此让父亲认可他的成熟。

故C选项切题。

42. B
推理判断题。

由倒数第二段中的“Last year Tom sent me a letter saying he had been found guilty of stealing, and sent to prison for ten years”可知，去年，Uncle Tom 因为盗窃被判入狱10年，所以说Tom是一个失败者，家人因他而感到羞愧。

故B选项正确。

43. D
细节理解题。

由倒数第三段中的“What ruined him was alcohol”可知，酒精毁掉了Uncle Tom 的一切，是一切问题的根源，故D选项切题：他没能控制住喝酒。

44. D
推理判断题。

作者的父亲通过给作者讲述Uncle Tom 的遭遇，告诉作者：一个人一旦开始喝酒，他就不知道什么时候能停止喝酒。

喝酒上瘾会造成各种问题，最终导致悲剧的发生。

故作者的父亲想让作者明白喝酒的坏处。

D选项切题。

45. C
细节理解题。

a选项出现在第五段第八句。

b选项出现在第五段第三句。

c选项出现在第四段第六句。

d选项出现在第七段。

e选项出现在第四段最后一句。

f选项出现在第四段第五句。

故正确顺序为f, c, e, b, a, d。

C选项正确。

C
Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move houses quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.
On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long–term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.
To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a les s mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.
Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for traveler s, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.
Some societies have “universalist” cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way.
“Particularist” societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the
society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.
This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check–in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check–in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem.
46. Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians
________.
A. like traveling better
B. easy to communicate with
C. difficult to make real friends
D. have a long-term relationship with their neighbors
47. People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those ________.
A. who will tell them everything of their own
B. who want to do business with them
C. they know quite well
D. who are good at talking
48. A person from a less mobile society will feet it ____ when a stranger keeps talking to him or her,and asking him or her questions.
A. boring
B. friendly
C. normal
D. cruel
49. Which of the following is true about “particularist societies”?
A. There are no rule for people to obey.
B. People obey the society’s rules completely.
C. No one obeys the society’s rules though they have.
D. The society’s rules can be changed with different persons or situations.
50. The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules
because of different ________.
A. habits and customs
B. Interests
C. cultures
D. ways of life
【答案】46. B 47. C 48. A 49. D 50. C
【解析】文章主要讲的是文化差异，不同的文化背景下，形成了不同的行为习惯，当这些行为交织在一起时，就会出现矛盾。

46. B
细节题。

从第一段的：So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.看出,经常搬家使美国人、澳大利亚人很容易交流。

选B。

47. C
细节题。

从第二段的：But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.看出马来西亚人喜欢和熟悉的人交流。

选C
48. A
推理判断题。

根据第三段“as a passenger from a less mobile society pu ts it, it's no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don't want to answer.”可知，生活没有太多变动的人，不喜欢听他人说他们的事情。

故选A。

49. D
50. C
细节题。

从最后一段的：A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. 看出印度、德国有不同的规则是因为文化不同。

选C。

D。