2023级新高一学生学科素养测试卷(英语)
3.When Tom asked for the "restroom",the pcople around him thought
A.he wanted to go to bed
B.he wanted to go to the toilet
C.he wanted to have a rest
D.he wanted to go to a department store
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They say that "travel is the best teacher"and there is no better example of this idea than the Ming
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Dynasty travel writer and geographer Xu Xiake(1587-1641).His book The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake,not
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only encouraged a love of travelling among Chinese people but provided important scientific information
题卡的相应位置填涂考生号。
about the country's land and geography.
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Bomn into a wealthy Jiangyin family,Xu became interested in books about different places at an early
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age and wanted to travel.When he was 18,however,Xu's father died and so,it seemed,did his travelling
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dreams.He now was responsible for the family far and taking care of his 60-year-old mother as tradition
一、阅理解(本题共15小题,每题2.5分,共375分)
required.
阅读下阻文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
But his mother had different ideas.Understanding her son's love of travel and valuing the knowledge
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he could get from such experiences,this modem-thinking woman refused to.keep her son at home.She
I cane across quite a few language problems while spending a holiday with my family last summer.
agreed that Xu could travel for three months every year,when there was less farm work.
The mostembarrassing was when my Mom apologized to the people we were staying with because her
So at the age of twenty and with his mother's support,Xu set off for the first time,leaving behind not
"pants were dirty".They looked at her in surprise,not knowing how to react.You see,Mom had fallen
only his mother but his new wife as well.He would repeat this goodbye each year for most of the next 30
over and gotten mud on her jeans.But in Britain,"pants'”means underpants or knickers(内裤:村牌),nol
years.During this time,he travelled throughout the Ming Kingdom,carefully studying the lands he passed
trousers ar it does back home.
through and recording his experiences and many discoveries in a diary.This diary,which once had over
Katie-From America
500,000 words,would eventually become The Travel Notes of Xu Xiake.
1 wert to stay with a friend on the west coast last summer.Her flat was on the first floor of a high-rise
Although rich,Xu avoided comfortable travel,preferring to go almost everywhere on foot.This way
building I got the lift up.Then I wandered round for ages looking for her flat but couldn't find it.Fed up
he could research the environment in detail and get a true picture of the nauiral world.Many of his trips
and tired,I finally had to go-out to find a phone box.She explained that her flat was on the first floor,
were to hard-to-reach mountain areas,and through wild forests where few people lived.His willingness to
which forme meant the ground floor.
face hardships came at a cost however.Progress was slow and tiring and he was frequently sick,robbed
David-From Britain
and beaten during his journeys.
When I asked for the "restroom"in a big department store,people kept directing me to a room with
Sadly Xu became seriously ill during his last and longest joumey,a 4-year trip through the Southwest
seats whee I could sit and"rest”.It took me years to get through to(使..明白)someone that I only
of China.He died in 1641,soon after returning to his hometown for the last time.When his diary was
wanted the tollet!
finally printed years after his death,much of it had been destroyed or lost.Although incomplete,it still
Tom一From America
made Xu a travelling legend around the world.
1.Hearing Katie's mother's words,Katie's fricnds were in surprise because
4.What is the passage mainly about
A.Katie's mother got mud on her jeans
A.The influence of Xu's book The Ttavel Notes of Xu Xiake.
B.they mistook pants for underpants
B.The difficulties Xu Xiake faced in his travels
C.Katie's mother's underpants were dirty
C.The important discovories made by Xu Xiake.
D.they didn't understand British English
D.The general details of Xu Xiake's life story.
2.David went out to find a phone box to
5.Which of the following best describes Xu's mother
A.phone his friend for help
B.phone the police for help
A.Strict but interesting.
B.Supportive and open-minded.
C.tell his friend he couldn't visit her
D.apologize for his belng late
C.Helpful and hardworking.
D.Kind but uneducated.