湖北省北大附中武汉为明实验学校高三英语阅读限时训练15 .docVIP

为明学校学生限时训练 ?英语高三阅读每日一练 使用时间: 组编人: 阅读限时练15 (限时：25分钟) Task 1：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。 Have your parents ever inspected your room to see if you cleaned it properly? Imagine having your entire house，garage，and yard inspected at any time—with no warning.Inspections were a regular part of lighthouse (灯塔) living，and a keepers reputation depended on the results.A few times each year，an inspector arrived to look over the entire light station.The inspections were supposed to be a surprise，but keepers sometimes had advance notice. Once lighthouses had telephones，keepers would call each other to warn that the inspector was approaching.After boats began flying special flags noting the inspector was aboard, the keepers family made it a game to see who could notice the boat first.As soon as someone spotted the boat，everyone would do last-minute tidying and change into fancy clothes.The keeper then scurried to put on his dress uniform and cap.Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust. Despite the serious nature of inspections，they resulted in some funny moments.Betty Byrnes remembered when her mother did not have time to wash all the dishes before an inspection.At the time，people did not have dishwashers in their homes. In an effort to clean up quickly，Mrs.Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan，covered them with a cloth，and stuck them in the oven.If the inspector opened the oven door，it would look like bread was baking.He never did. One day，Glenn Fursts mother put oil on the kitchen floor just before the inspector entered their house.Like floor wax，the oil made the floors shiny and helped protect the wood.This time，though，she used a little too much oil.When the inspector extended his hand to greet Glenns mother，he slipped on the freshly oiled surface.“He came across that floor waving his arms like a young bird attempting its first flight，” Glenn later wrot