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甘肃省部分普通中学2018高考英语新课标学能专业高效提分集训试题（九）

注意：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分：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。

A

Forsixhourswe:shotthroughthelandscapeoftheKaroodesertinSouthAfrica.Justrocksandsandandbakingsun.Knowingourjourneywasending,DanielandIjustwantedtorememberallwehadseenanddone.Heusedacamera.Iusedwords.Ihadalreadyfinishedthreenotebooksandwasintothefourth,abeautifulleathernotebookI’dboughtinamarketinMozambique.

SouthernAfricawasfullofstories.Andvisions.Wewerealmostdrankonsensations.TheroaringoftheatVictoriaFalls,theimpossiblesilenceoftheOkavangoDeltainBotswana.Andthentheotherthings:dogsinthestreets,wholefamiliesinSowetolivinginoneroom,akilometrefromcleanwater.

Aswedrovetowardsthesettingsun,aquietnessfelloverus.Theroadwasempty—wehadn’tseenanothercarforhours.AndasIdrove,somethingcaughtmyeye,somethingmovingnexttome.Iglancedinthemirrorofthecar;Iglancedsidewaystotheright,andthatwaswhenIsawthem.Nexttous,bythesideoftheroad,thirty,fortywildhorseswereracingthecar,acloudofdustrisingbehindthem—brown,muscularhorsesalmostcloseenoughtotouchthem,tosmelltheirhotbreath.Ididn’tknowhowlongtheyhadbeentherenexttous.

IshoutedtoDan:“Look!”,buthewasinadeepsleep,hiscameralyinguselessbyhisfeet.Theyracedthecarforafewseconds,thendisappearedfarbehindus,amemoryofheroicformsintheredlandscape.WhenDanielwokeupanhourlaterItoldhimwhathadhappened.

“Wildhorses?”hesaid.“Whydidn’tyouwakemeup?”

“Itried.Buttheyweregoneafterafewseconds.”

“Areyousureyoudidn’tdreamit?”

“Youweretheonewhowassleeping!”

“Typical,”hesaid.“Thebestphotosaretheoneswenevertake.”

Wecheckedintoadustyhotelandsleptthesleepofthedead.

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