高三英语八月测试题

高三英语八月测试题

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

Friends play an important part in our life, and although we may take for granted（认为…..理所当然）,we often don’t clearly understand how to make friends. While we get on well with

a number of people, we are usually friends with only a very few. For example, the average

among students is about 6 per person. In all the cases of friendly relationships, two people like

one another and enjoy being together, but beyond that, the degree of intimacy（亲密）

between them and the reasons for their shared interests vary（不同） greatly. As we get to

know people, we take into account（考虑）things like age, race, economic condition, social

position, and intelligence. Although these factors（因素） are not of great importance, it is

more difficult to get on with people when there is a marked difference in age and background.

Some friendly relationships can be kept on argument and discussion, but it is usual for

close friends to have similar ideas and beliefs, the same opinions and interests. They often talk

about “ being on the same wavelength”. It generally takes time to reach this point. And the

more intimately involved people become, the more they depend on one another. People who

want to be friends have to learn to put up with annoying habits and to stand differences.

In contrast （比较）with marriage, there are no friendship ceremonies to strengthen the

association（友谊） between two people. But the supporting and understanding of each other

that results from shared experiences and emotions does seem to create a powerful bond, which

can overcome differences in background, and break down barriers of age, class or race.

1. According to the passage, ________________________.

A. friends are those who must share their interests

B. friends are closer than people who just get on with each other

C. all the people know how to make friends

D. every student has six friends on average

2. We can learn from the passage that ___________.

A. differences in background can make friendship more difficult

B. there are no special ceremonies to strengthen friendship C. standing differences in opinion can lead to friendship

D. friendship can be strengthened by smiles and soft voices

3. When people talk about “being on the same wavelength”, they mean that they ______.

A. watch the TV programs B. are the same in all ways

C. have the same background

D. share the same way of thinking and the same interests

4. Which of the following is NOT implied from the passage?

A. Even friends may have different opinions

B. Friends never argue with each other

C. It generally takes time for people to become close friends

D. Someone’s habits may annoy his friends

B

Without plants, people could not live. We eat plants. We take in oxygen that plants make.

And we need plants for another reason: We need them because they are beautiful.

Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their

beautiful colours and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, we are not able to

hear the leaves of the trees or watch the branches swing from side to side.

Everywhere people need beautiful plants. That is why we have parks full of trees and

flowers. That is why people always like houses with room for some grass and a garden.

Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and take good care of them? Peter

Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called The Secret Life of Plant, tell of an

experiment in which who seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were

growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. After six months, the beloved plant was

bigger. Under the earth it had more and longer roots above the earth, it had a thicker stem and

more leaves.

5. In the experiment, the two plants were __________.

A. treated in two different ways B. of different kinds

C. both given love and taken good care of D. grown in the same place 6. At the end of six months __________.

A. the plants were of the same size

B. one plant had longer roots than the other

C. one plant had longer roots; the other plant had a thicker stem

D. one plant had a thicker stem; the other plant had more leaves

7. Tompkins and Bird believe that plants _____________.

A. can talk to each other B. can take care of each other

C. should be grown in different places D. need love and care

8. The underlined word in the last sentence means _________ in Chinese.

A. 种子 B.茎 C. 果实 D. 花朵