新课标2016年高三英语寒假作业7

新课标2016年高三英语寒假作业7

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第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。

A

Alfred Carlton Gilbert（1884-1961）was a man of many ideas and talents. As a small boy, he kept trying new things. At age 12, he started a sports club for his friends and got their school to have a field day with active games and prizes. As he grew and practiced, Gilbert became skilled at pole vaulting（撑杆跳高）, pull-ups, the long jump and football.

Gilbert broke the world record for pull-ups in 1900 and the distance record for running long dive in 1902. And he won a gold medal in the pole vault at the Olympic Games in 1908. By that time, he had nearly finished medical studies. Choosing not to make medicine his career, Gilbert co-founded Mysto Manufacturing, a manufacturer of magic sets, in 1907. Gilbert had amused his friends and earned college money by doing magic tricks, so he knew what was needed. One day, Gilbert saw workers using steel girders（钢梁）to build towers for power lines. That gave him the idea for the Erector Set, a popular construction toy.

In 1917, the Council of National Defense thought no toys should be produced for Christmas because the country was fighting in World War I. Gilbert and other men from the Toy Manufacturers of America went to Washington, with about 40 different toys. They had 15 minutes to speak. This meeting was at the end of a long, hard day. Gilbert told the government men at the meeting how toys helped children learn. His helpers brought out the toys. Soon, the tired government men were on the floor, playing with building sets, models of navy ships, and other toys. The time limit was forgotten; so was the Christmas toy ban（禁令）.

Gilbert spent the rest of his life improving erector sets. His company made and sold the sets, plus chemistry and other science sets and toy trains. He made items for homes, businesses, and the army. When he died in 1961, he had 150 patents （专利）for his many inventions. But his main joy was in helping children learn and have fun at the same time.

67. What’s the right order of the events about Gilbert?

a. He argued against a ban on toy production.

b. He broke the world record for pull-ups.

c. He set up a manufacturer of magic sets.

d. He started a sports club for his friends.

e. He won a gold medal in the pole vault.

A. b, d, e, a, c

B. b, a, e, d, c

C. d, b, c, e, a

D. d, c, e, b, a

68. The story mentioned in paragraph 3 shows that _____.

A. Gilbert’s toys interested not only children but adults

B. toys could help children learn about World War I

C. toys were a danger to the Council of National Defense

D. Christmas toys were not popular during wartime

69. According to the text, Gilbert was known as _____.

A. a teacher, boy-maker and businessman

B. an athlete, inventor and businessman

C. an athlete, writer and businessman

D. a magician, writer and toy-maker

70. What would be the best title for the text?

A. An easy way into the sporting circle.

B. The man who saved Christmas.

C. Influenced of toys on children

D. The amazing Mr. Gilbert.

B

As a school teacher, Inderjit Khurana used to take the train to work. And one day, at the station, she saw dozens of children who spent their days begging from train passengers rather than going to school. She learned that it was not a rare problem and that millions of children in India lived on the streets.

Realizing that these children would never be able to escape poor life and homelessness without education, and that it would be impossible to send these children to school, Inderjit decided to create a model program---taking the school to the most out- of-school children.