word 第一局部阅读理解〔共两节，总分为40分〕 第一节〔共15小题；每一小题2分，总分为30分〕
阅读如下短文，从每题所给的四个选项〔A、B、C和D〕中，选出最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Music
Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August,with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Artsmembershipdiscounts. Phone: 241-2742. .cityopera.. Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723-1182 for more information. .chamberorch.. SymphonyOrchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381-3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall in summer at Riverbend. . College Conservatory of Music (CCM): Performances are onthemain campus(校园)ofthe university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known LaSalle Quartet, CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I.D. cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556-4183. .
Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference).Big name shows all summer long! Phone:232-6220. .riverbendmusic.. 1. Whichnumber shouldyoucallifyouwantto see an opera? A. 241-2742. B. 723-1182.
1 / 11
word C. 381-3300.D. 232-6220.
2. When canyougotoaconcert byChamber Orchestra? A. February.B. May. C. August. D. November.
3.Where can students go for free performances with their I.D. cards? A. MusicHall. B. Memorial Hall. C. Patricia Cobbett Theater. D. RiverbendMusicTheater. 4. How isRiverbend MusicTheaterdifferentfrom the other places? A. Ithas seatsintheopenair. B. Itgives shows allyear round. C. Itoffersmembership discounts. D. It presentsfamousmusicalworks. B
I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,〞 she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth. 〞
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.
They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional(易动感情的)〞. But she lived “on the surface(外表)〞.
As years passed I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let
2 / 11
word me know in any way she chose that she did forgive(原谅) me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came.
My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.
5.The writer began to love her mother’s desk ______. A. after Mother died
B. before she became a writer C. when she was a child D. when Mother gave it to her 6. The passage shows that ______.
A. mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter B. mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done C. mother cared much about her daughter in words D. mother wrote to her daughter in careful words 7. The word “gulf〞 in the passage means ______. A. deep understanding between the old and the young B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter C. free talks between mother and daughter D. part of the sea going far in land 8.What’s the best title of the passage? A. My letter to Mother
3 / 11
高一入学摸底考试英语精彩试题
