2019届高三英语入学摸底考试试题卫星班

河南省洛阳市汝阳县实验高中2019届高三英语入学摸底考试试题

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说明：

1.本试卷分不包含听力，满分120分，考试时间100分钟。

2.将选择题答案代表字母填（涂）在第II卷的答题表（答题卡）中。

第一部分听力（略）

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It’s our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.

First Novel Award Winner

Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Author: Gail Honeyman

Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit. It is contentment, of a kind, but an unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s debut is a funny and moving diamond.

Biography Award Winner

Book: In the Days ofRain

Author: Rebecca Stott

The Exclusive Brethren were a closed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members

of a fundamentalist Christian sect.

Poetry Award Winner

Book: Inside the Wave

Author: Helen Dunmore

To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world - and the acutely intense being ofboth.

Children’s Award Winner

Book: The Explorer

Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn

Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends it’s only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers in superb children’s fiction.

21.What kind of life does Eleanor lead?

A. boring and lonely.

B. funny and touching.

C.exciting and complex.

D. ordinary and happy.

22. Why did Rebecca Stott write In the Days of Rain?

A. To introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.

B. To help her father fulfill his last wish.

C. To share the life of fundamentalist Christians.

D. To pass on her family traditions.

23. For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?

A. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

B. In the Days of Rain

C. Inside the Wave

D. The Explorer

B

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