辽宁大连市第十一中学2015-2016学年高一英语上学期第二学段考试试题.doc

大连市第十一中学2015-2016学年度上学期第二学段考试试卷 高一英语 第部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分分） （共小题；每小题分，满分分） 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 It was lucky to have a teacher at home. Mom was a teacher most of her life. When she wasn’t in the classroom, she was educating her children or grandchildren: correcting our grammar; starting us on collections of butterflies, flowers or rocks; or inspiring a discussion on her most recent “Book of the Month Club” topic. Mom made learning fun. ?? It was sad for my three brothers and me to see her ailing in her later years. At eighty-five, she suffered a stroke(中风) and she went steadily downhill after that. ?? Two days before she died, my brothers and I met at her nursing home and took her for a short ride in a wheelchair. While we waited for the staff to lift her back into bed, Mom fell asleep. Not wanting to wake her, we moved to the far end of the room and spoke softly. ?? After several minutes our conversation was interrupted by a muffled sound coming from across the room. We stopped talking and looked at Mom. Her eyes were closed, but she was clearly trying to communicate with us. We went to her side. ?? “Whirr,” she said weakly. ?? “Where?” I asked. “Mom, is there something you want?” “Whirr,” she repeated a bit stronger. My brothers and I looked at each other and shook our heads sadly. ?? Mom opened her eyes, sighed, and with all the energy she could muster said, “Not was, say were!” ?? It suddenly occurred to us that Mom was correcting brother Jim’s last sentence. “If it was up to me…” ?? Jim leaned down and kissed her cheek. “Thanks, Mom,” he whispered. We smiled at each other and once again shook our heads…this time in awe of a remarkable teacher. 1. When Mom said, “Whirr”, what did she really want to do? A. She wanted to tell her sons her will. B. She wanted to have something to eat before she died. C. She wanted to correct the mistakes Jim made while talking. D. She wanted to teach her sons more because she was dying. 2. Which of the f