2015年语言素养考核英语试题

2015年学科素养考核

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第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

One evening last autumn, while Marcos Ugarte, 15, did his homework and his father, Eduardo, 47, prepared lesson plans, they heard screaming outside. It was from one of their neighbors, the Ma family. Then Marcos’s eye was caught by a glow(火光) from there.

“T he house’s on fire!‖ Marcos cried. Wearing only in shorts, the barefoot(光脚的) teen ran out with his dad. When they got there, Grandmother Yim Ma, mother Suzanne Ma, and son Nathan Ma were crying for help. Through the open front door, father Alex Ma was staggering (磕磕绊绊) down the stairs, coughing heavily.

“Anyone else in it?‖ Eduardo asked.

“My son!‖ Alex point ed to the second floor.

Eduardo started up the stairs, but smoke and heat forced him to his knees. He crawled(爬) upstairs and down the hall where Alex said he would find Cody, 8, who had locked himself in a bedroom. Eduardo tried hard to open the door. But Cody made no reply, and Eduardo had to make his way back downstairs. At the same time, Marcos saw Yim and Suzanne pulling a ladder, shouting: ―Cody is at the window!‖

Marcos then placed the ladder near the window and climbed up. When Marcos reached the window, he pushed the screen into the room and managed to coax(哄) Cody out. Holding Cody with one arm, Marcos slowly climbed down the ladder. Cody was quickly sent to a nearby hospital, where he’s treated for smoke inhalation(吸入).

“You just don’t see a teenager have that kind of braveness,‖ sa id people around.

1. The best title for the passage is probably _____.

A. How a Brave Teen Is Shaped

B. An Unknown Fire Broke Out

C. Work Together with Your Neighbors

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D. Barefoot Teen Braves Fire to Save Life

2. How many people are there in the Ma family?

A. Four.

B. Five.

C. Six.

D. Seven.

3. Which is the correct order of the following things?

a. Eduardo failed to open the door.

b. Marcos saw a glow outside.

c. Cody was sent to the hospital.

d. The Ma’s family gathered crying for help.

e. Marcos placed the ladder near the window.

A. b-d-a-e-c

B. b-d-e-a-c

C. d-b-e-a-c

D. d-b-c-a-e

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Marcos is a hardworking student.

B. Eduardo is now a teacher.

C. Alex coughs a lot when he smokes.

D. No one was hurt in the fire in the end.

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The cause of the fire.

B. How Marcos saved Cody.

C. When the fire broke out.

D. People’s opinions of Marcos.

B

Well, it’s time for WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Today we have some expressions offered by Francisco Carlos, a listener in Brazil.

The first is “face the music‖. One story says the expression began in the theater. New actors, shaking with fear, were told that their only way out was to go out and face the music. The music was played by the musicians seated in front of the stage.

A similar expression is face up to. It means to accept something difficult or painful. For example, a man must face up to the fact that he lied about a business deal and will lose his job.

A child was told off by his mother at home because of his bad grades in study, but he put a good face on it before his friends.

Meeting someone face-to-face can be exciting, especially if the other person is famous. It is an expression one might use after visiting the White House and meeting the president face-to-face. Or a teacher might ask for a face-to-face meeting with the parents of a student in trouble.

Almost 500 years ago, William Shakespeare also used some words about music in his play Two Gentlemen of Verona. Valentine secretly loves Lady Sylvia. His servant jokes that Valentine’s love for her is as hard to see as the nose on a man’s face, thus creating another expression: as plain as the nose on your face. Of c ourse, a man’s nose can’t be hidden.

6. When you have done something wrong, don’t ______.

A. face the music

B. face up to it

C. put a good face on it

D. do it face-to-face

7. The underlined phrase ―as plain as the nose on your face‖in the last paragraph means

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