高考英语历年真题及参考答案

高考英语历年真题及参考答案

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高考英语历年真题

第I卷

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

Hundreds of years ago，a Roman army came north from

England to make war on Scotland. The Scots，a brave people，loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the

enemy out of Scotland, but there were too many Romans. It

looked as if the Romans would win.

One night, the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the

top of a hill. “We will rest here tonight, my men,” he said.

“Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or we

will die.”

They were all very tired, so they ate their supper quickly and

fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very

tired, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.

The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the

foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside, taking care

not to make a sound. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping

Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war

would be over. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle(蓟).

He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready for a battle. The fighting was

hard but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans

and saved their country.

The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all

over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so

much that they made it their national flower.

21.The result of the war is that ________.

A.the Scots defeated the Romans

B.the Romans killed all the Scots

C.the Scots were defeated

D.the Scots were driven out of Scotland

22. At the shout of a Roman soldier, all the Scots who were

asleep at the hill _______.

A.woke and rose immediately, ready to fight

B.put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to

fight

C.stood up without putting on their shoes and began to fight

D.began to fight the Romans hard

23. The Scots made thistle their national flower because

thistle ________.

A.gave them happiness

B.had so many sharp needles all over it

C.helped the Scots in wiping out the Romans

D.is lovely,though not beautiful

B

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever

I faced disappointment. "If you carry on, one day something

good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have

happened if not for that previous disappointment."

Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work

my way up to sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and

knocked on the door of every station and got turned down every

time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't

risk hiring an inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks(边缘地区) and find a small station that'll give you a chance," she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had

opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports

department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school

football, I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn't

hired.

My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens

for the best," Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job

hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director,

a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had

already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud,

"How can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a

job in a radio station?"

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling,

"What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything

about football?" Then he put me before a microphone and asked

me to broadcast an imaginary game.

On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of

my mother's words: "If you carry on, one day something good

will happen. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that

previous disappointment."

I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I'd gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

24. Author dreamt of becoming_________.

A. a manager in a station

B. a football player

C. a manager in a sports department in Dixon

D. a sports announcer

25. The reason why author failed to find a job in Chicago may

be that_________.

A. at the very beginning, he decided to become a sports

announcer

B. the stations in Chicago had hired others

C. he had no working experience

D. he preferred to work in his hometown

26. Which of the following words can be used to best