2016-2017学年河北望都中学高二9月考英语试卷

C．his parents needed him to help support the family
D．his parents did not have enough money for him
【小题2】The father started his small shop with the money from ________.
A．a local league
B．his university
C．his relatives
D．his college friends
【小题3】According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?
A．To get a well-paid job for himself.
my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people.
Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small
B．To improve relations with his mother.
C．To go to his dream university.
D．To carry on with his father’s business.
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room cost just £62.95. LOOK AFTER YOURSELF Really centrபைடு நூலகம்l hotels in cities such as London, Edinburgh and Cardiff can cost a fortune, especially at weekends and during big events. As an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city centre buildings. A great example is the historic O’Neill Flat on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, available for £420 for five days in late September, with room for four adults. GET ON A BIKE London’s ‘Boris bikes’ have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmes that let you rent a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transport or car parking costs. Among the smaller cities with their own programmes are Newcastle (casual members pay around £1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or £5 per day). 【小题1】The Brighton Comedy Festival is mentioned mainly to show big events may ________. A．help travelers pass time B．attract lots of travelers to the UK C．allow travelers to make flexible plans D．cause travelers to pay more for accommodation 【小题2】“Farringdon” in Paragraph 5 is most probably ________. A．a hotel away from the train station B．the tube line to Covent Garden C．an ideal holiday destination D．the name of a travel agency 【小题3】The passage shows that the O’Neill Flat __________. A．lies on the ground floor B．is located in central London C．provides cooking facilities for tourists D．costs over £100 on average per day in late September 【小题4】The main purpose of the passage is __________. A．to tell visitors how to book in advance B．to supply visitors with hotel information C．to show visitors the importance of self-help D．to offer visitors some money-saving tips
investment (投资) could show returns. What’s more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful；otherwise they could not possibly have
managed their lives so badly.
to go what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship（奖学金）. My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my
mother eventually gave in before my success.
【小题1】The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because ________.
A．his father graduated from the university
B．his mother did not thinks it a great university
2 . Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs. AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19 Oct.) cost £169.15 at Booking.com. A week later, the same room cost £118.15. If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid—or you’re looking for a big event to pass your time—check out sites such as Whatsonwhen.com, which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category. STAYAWAY FROM THE STATION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday. Don’t be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. Booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodge’s Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday 22 September was £95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was £75.75. And at Farringdon, a double
When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up.
“You can’t say it’s not a great university, just because Papa went there.”
“No,”she said. “I don’t expect you to help support us.”
Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers,
“That’s not it at all. And it is a top university. ”She was still holding the pieces in her hand. “But we can’t afford to send you to college.”
“I wouldn’t dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren’t that bad, are they?”
I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power
2016-2017学年河北望都中学高二9月考英语试卷
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1 . In early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it.