2011甘肃武威第六中学高三年级第五次诊断考试英语试卷2

2011甘肃武威第六中学高三年级第五次诊断考试英语试卷2

【网络综合 - 甘肃高考试题】
第二部分：阅读理解

（共25小题。第一节每题2分，第二节每题1分；满分45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。

A

The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems，but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions,18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor．

As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005，he registered to vote on Sept.22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots（选票）.

To help get his name known, Sessions earned＄700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.

Sessions’ month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They'd look at me, and say ‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?’ And I say ‘I’m still in high school.’” he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time,” he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.

Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50a.m. to 2:30p.m., I’11 be's youngest mayor.

B. How to become a teenage mayor.

C. Hard work is the ticket to success.

D. Never too young to shake the world.

B

Two weeks after the opening ceremony, the Games are over. The last of the three hundred gold medals has been awarded and the flag of the winners have been raised for the last time.

The final event is the closing ceremony. It is a sad occasion because the extreme excitement is over, and it will not happen again for four years. Those who have made friends will have to say good-bye, perhaps for ever. It is also a happy occasion because the competition is over and the athletes can really show their friendship for one another.

The closing ceremony is rather like the opening. But now the Olympic flame goes out and the Olympic flag, with its five rings, is lowered. The person who closes the Games calls upon the youth of the world to meet again in four years time. The scoreboard lights up with the name of the city for the next Games and the band starts to play. The celebration starts.

All the athletes try to be at the closing ceremony. They have forgotten all their fears and worries. It does not matter whether they have done well or not. All the teams walk round the Stadium together. Everybody in the Village clears up and gets ready to leave. Everyone is hunting for local products. People exchange track suits, hats, running vests and so on. There is a last chance to take photographs and get addresses of new friends. Then each team starts its journey home.

45. At the closing ceremony, it is found that____________ .

A. all are called on to meet again in four years time

B. no music is needed

C. the name of the city for the next Games is shown

D. the Olympic flame is taken out of the stadium

46. What can we infer about the athletes from the passage?

A. To be at the closing ceremony is the wish of all the athletes.

B. They are only competitors rather than friends.

C. They can never help worrying about losing the games.

D. They exchange clothes for fun.

47. The underlined phrase “clears up” in the 1ast paragraph means____________.

A. packs upB. goes awayC. makes clearD. does the cleaning

48.From the passage it can be learnt that the closing ceremony is probably________.

A. a sad occasion because all the exciting competitions are over

B. a happy occasion because the athletes can make new friends

C. a sad and a happy occasions at the same time

D. neither sad nor happy because it will happen again in four years time