浙江省杭州市萧山区高三英语上学期三校联合期中自选模块试题浙教版.docVIP

2010-2011学年上学期联谊学校期中考试高三自选模块试卷 本试题卷共18题，全卷满分60分，考试时间90分钟。 注意事项： 1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名和准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸上。 2．将选定的题号按规定要求先用2B铅笔填写在答题纸上的“题号”框内，确定后再用签字笔或钢笔描黑，否则答题视作无效。 3．考生可任选6道题作答；所答试题应与题号一致；多答视作无效。 英语 题号05：阅读理解（共两节，第一节4小题，第二节1小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。 Why are so many of us so anxious to get away from the small town or village where we were brought up, and to make for the big cities? ① If we examine the question from a distance, we start to get a clue about what it is that attracts us into the big cities. The main point to notice about big cities is that there are a lot of people, and a lot of things going on. If you look down on a city, from an airplane at night, you will be struck by the brightness of a city: there are so many lights that you cannot help feeling that all the bright things of life are down there waiting for you. ② You will discover that the lights are not in themselves sources of joy and happiness: city lights are not friendly. In fact, the effect will probably be to make you feel lonely and isolated. And yet the city attracts us, because it is not “provincial” like the dead little town we have left behind us. ③ In our little town, we know everybody. And what we know about them is that they do not want to go anywhere, or to do anything special. Unlike us, they have no sense of adventure, no longing for new experiences or new horizons. So we look down on them, pity or despise them, pack our bags, and make for the big world which we know is out there. Then a curious thing happens. We find a job, make a small circle of friends, and move into a small apartment. Gradually we get to know our section of the city, its shops and its people, and for a while, we begin to feel at home. It is small enough for us not to feel lost. ④ The ultimate irony comes when we stay in at night and watch exactly the same programs that our despised country cousins watch. Soon we too become “provincial”, and others who live round us will be glad