20162017高三第一次英语摸底考试(新课标全国卷)概要1.docx

2016-2017高三第一次摸底考试（新课标全国卷） 英语 第二部分 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 “The whole show is dreadful,” she cried coming out of the menagerie（动物展览馆） of M. Martin. She had just been looking at that daring speculator “working with his hyena,” — to speak in the style of the programme. “By what means,” she continued, “can he have tamed these animals to such a point as to be certain of their affection for —” “What seems to you a problem,” said I, interrupting, “is really quite natural.” “Oh!” she cried, letting an incredulous smile wander over her lips. “You think that beasts are wholly without passions?” I asked her. “Quite the reverse; we can communicate to them all the vices arising in our own state of civilization.” She looked at me with an air of astonishment. “But,” I continued, “the first time I saw M. Martin, I admit, like you, I did give vent to an exclamation of surprise. I found myself next to an old soldier with the right leg amputated, who had come in with me. His face had struck me. He was without doubt one of those troopers who are surprised at nothing, who find matter for laughter in the contortions of a dying comrade, who bury or plunder him quite light-heartedly, who stand intrepidly（无畏地） in the way of bullets;—in fact, one of those men who waste no time in deliberation, and would not hesitate to make friends with the devil himself. After looking very attentively at the proprietor of the menagerie getting out of his box, my companion pursed up his lips with an air of mockery and contempt, with that peculiar and expressive twist which superior people assume to show they are not taken in. Then, when I was expatiating on（谈论） the courage of M. Martin, he smiled, shook his head knowingly, and said, ‘Well known. ’ 21. Which one has the same meaning as the underlined word “vice(s)” on the sixth paragraph? A. You know me better than others，vice versa. B. Lewdness is the worst of all vices. C. He didn’t tell the