上海市崇明中学高三英语期中试题

64.A.mention B.speak C.tell D.strive

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

A

“I Went Skydiving at 84!”

As a young girl growing up in the 1930s, I always wanted to fly a plane, but back then it was almost unheard of a woman to do that.I got a taste of that dream in 2001, when my husband arranged for me to ride in a hot air balloon for my birthday.But the experience turned out to be very dull.Around that time, I told my husband that I wanted to skydive.So when our retirement community announced that they were having an essay competition and the topic was an experience of a lifetime that you wanted to have, I decided to write about my dream.

In the essay, I wrote about my desire to skydive, stating George Brush Sr.did it at age 80.Why not me? I was just 84 and in pretty good health.A year went by and I heard nothing.But then at a community party in late April 2009, they announced that I was one of the winners.I just couldn’t believe it.

One June 11, 2009, nearly 40 of my family and friends gathered in the area close to where I would land while I headed up in the airplane.My instructor, Jay, guided me through the experience.The plane was the noisiest one I had ever been in, but I wasn’t frightened—I was really just looking forward to the experience.When we reached 13,000 feet, Jay instructed me to throw myself out of the plane.When we first hit the air, the wind was so strong that I could hardly breathe.For a second I thought, “What have I gotten myself into?” But then everything got calmer.We were in a free fall for about a minute before Jay opened the parachute, then we just floated downward for about five minutes.Being up in the clouds and looking at the view below was unlike anything I have ever felt—much better than the hot air balloon.I was just enjoying it.

Skydiving was really one of the greatest experiences of my life.I hope other people will look at me and realize that you don’t stop living just because you are 84 years old.If there’s something you want to experience, look into it.If it’s something that is possible, make it happen.

65.What happened to the author in 2001?

A.She flew an airplane

B.She entered a competition

C.She went on a hot air balloon ride

D.She moved into a retirement community

66.The author mentioned George Bush Sr.in her essay to .

A.build up her own reputation

B.show her admiration for him

C.compare their health condition

D.make her argument persuasive

67.How did the author feel immediately after she jumped out of the plane?

A.Excited B.Scared C.Nervous D.Regretful

68.What did the author enjoy most when she was skydiving?

A.The beautiful clouds B.The wonderful view

C.The company of Jay D.The one-minute free fall

B

Llosa’s Nobel Prize Settles an Old Score

Mario Vargas Llosa, 74, received a phone call early in the morning on October 7 when he was preparing to set out on a walk through Central Park in New York.He was informed that he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Initially, however, he thought it was a joke.It was because, as the Peruvian told the BBC, “a writer shouldn’t think about the Nobel Prize as it is bad for one’s writing”.

He told AP that the honor would not affect him.“I don’t think the Nobel Prize will change my writing, my style, my themes,” he said.“(But) it’s a good way to start a New York Day.”

Vargas Llosa is one of the most celebrated writers of the Spanish-speaking world.He has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays, including The Breen House and The War of the End of the World.Both of these are available in Chinese translation.His work “vividly examines the dangers of power and corruption in Latin America”, according to The NEW York Times.

Vargas Llosa realized that he wanted to be a writer when he was a child, after reading an adventure novel by Jules Verne.At 15, he was a crime reporter.He later lived in exile in many European countries.

In 1990, he ran for the presidency in Peru, but lost badly.On October 7 Vargas Llosa told Reuters that he had never wanted to be a politician but felt it was an obligation for a writer to participate in public debate.”

He is frequently mentioned with Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the author of the classic work A Hundred Years of Solitude.Garcia Marquez won the literature Nobel in 1982, the last South American to do so.

Their relationship has involved one of greatest feuds(不和) in literary history.In a famous 1976 incident at a theater in Mexico City, Vargas Llosa punched Marguea, leaving him with a black eye.The two have reportedly not spoken in decades.

After the Nobel announcement, Garcia MARQUEZ wrote “now we’re even” in Spanish on his microblog.

69.What did Mario Vargas Llosa think was a joke at first?

A.Winning the Nobel Prize for literature

B.Thinking the Nobel Prize is bad for one’s writing

C.What the Peruvian told the BBC

D.What a writer should think about the Nobel Prize

70.For Llosa, winning the Nobel Prize will ___________.

A.change his writing, his style and his themes

B.start his life in New York

C.realize his childhood dream

D.have little effect on him

71.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? _____________.

A.Llosa is one of the most celebrated writers of the world.

B.Many of his works are available in Chinese translations.

C.He ran for the presidency in Peru, but didn’t win the election.

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