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四川省北川中学高一英语课堂定时训练2 时间：45分钟 总分：50分 一、语法填空（没有给出提示的请填写适当的单词，给出提示的请注意该词的正确形式每小题1分，共10分） Alice Thompson is a girl from Sydney，Australia. She had her first long 1. (distant) train ride at the age of 18.Together with a friend，she got 2. the famous Ghan train in Sydney and got off in Alice Springs. During the two days and nights，they ate 3. meals and saw fields，desert and 4. (abandon) farms. In the daytime，Alice talked to other passengers and read some books. At night，she watched the stars 5. （shine）. Why is the train 6. (call) the Ghan？It is short for Afghanistan. A long time ago，Australians wanted to travel to the middle of their country，so they brought some 7. (train) camels from Afghanistan 8. (carry) food and other supplies，and returned with wool and other 9 (produce).They did that until 10. 1920s，when the government built a new railway line which took the place of the camels. 二、阅读理解(每小题2分，共10分) 　There was once a captain who loved money so much that he cheated his sailors at the end of every voyage and took their wages（工资）. 　　On the last day of one voyage, the ship was in a small port. It was winter time, and the sea was very cold, so the captain said to his sailors, If one of you stays in the water during the whole night, I will give him my ship. But if he comes out before the sun appears, I shall get his wages. 　　The sailors（船员） had heard about the captains cheating, so they didnt trust him. But then one of them, who thought that he was cleverer than the captain, said that he would do it. He got into the water, and, though it was very cold, he stayed in it. When it was nearly morning, some fishermen lit a fire on the shore about half a mile away. 　　You are cheating, the captain said to the sailor. The fires warming you. 　　But its half a mile away! said the sailor. 　　A fires fire, answered the captain. I have won. 　　The sailor came out of the water, and said, Perhaps you think that you are clever because you have won my wages, but you cant