阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出最佳选项。
I still remember
my hands and my finger - tips still remember! what used to lie in store for us on return to school from holidays. The trees in the schoolyard would be in full of leaves again, and the old leaves would be lying around like a muddy sea of leaves.
“Get that all swept up!” the headmaster would tell us. “I want the whole place cleaned up at once!” There was enough work there, to last for over a week. Especially since the only tools with which we were provided were our hand, our fingers, our nails, “Now see that it's done properly, and be quick about it,” the headmaster would say to the other boys, “or you will have to answer for it!”
So at an order from the older boys we would all line up like peasants about to cut and gather in crops. If the work was not going as quickly as the headmaster expected, the big boys, instead of giving us a helping hand, used to find it simple to beat us with branches pulled from the trees. In order to avoid these blows, we used to bribe (行贿) them with the juicy cakes we used to bring for our midday meal. And if we happened to have any money on us the coins changed hands at once. If we did not do this, the blows were re - doubled. They hit us so hard and with such enjoyment that even a deaf and dumb (哑) person would have realized that we were being beaten not so much to make us work harder, but rather to get us into a state of obeying in which we would be only too glad to give up our food and money.
Sometimes one of us would have the courage to report it to the headmaster. He would of course be very angry, but the punishment he gave the older boys was always small - nothing compared to what they had done to us. And the fact is that however much we explained our situation didn't improve in the slightest. Perhaps we should have let our parents know what was going on, but somehow we never dreamed of doing so; I don't know whether it was loyalty (忠诚) or pride that kept us silent, but I can see now that we were foolish to keep quiet about it, for such beating was completely foreign to our nature.
1．The writer means ________ by saying “My hands and my finger - tips still remember!”
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A．his hands and finger - tips suffered a lot from the hard work
B．the school work was too hard for the children
C．the work used to be finished by his own hands only
D．his hands proved to be skillful at school work
2．From the way the headmaster spoken, we can learn that ________.
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A．he was ordering the older boys to do the work at once
B．he actually expected everyone to join in the work
C．he didn't care who did the work as long as it was done quickly and properly
D．he wanted the older boys beat the younger ones so hard
3．When the younger boys complained to the headmaster about their sufferings, ________.
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A．he decided to give the older boys a lesson
B．he gave the older boys a suitable punishment
C．it only made matters worse
D．it made little difference
4．It can be learned from the passage by inference that ________.
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A．the headmaster was very unreasonable since he put the older boys in charge of the work
B．the younger boys were willing to offer their food and money to the old ones
C．the older boys didn't get any punishment because they had had the whole work finished quickly
D．the writer seems to feel regret for not having told their parents about their sufferings at school
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In the 1940s, Pinehaven Park was one of Crafton City's loveliest recreation(娱乐)areas. Over 40 acres of woods and fields were open to the public. In the 1950s, part of the park was taken over by Crafton City's garbage. Fifteen acres were to be used for landfill disposal(理置). As time went on, more and more of the park was used for garage disposal and less for recreation. Two years ago, the park was closed to the public for good. Along with household garbage, industrial chemicals had for years been dumped (倾倒)in the Pinehaven landfill. These poisonous chemicals had begun to seep(渗)back up through the soil. All of Pinehaven Park had become dangerously polluted.
Last year, the fish in the Crafton River began to die. After a series of investigations(研究), it became clear that the people of Crafton City were not to blame. 100～150 miles upstream, big paper mills were dumping industrial wastes into the river. Little by little, the level of poison in the river began to rise. Finally, it became so polluted that the fish themselves could no longer survive.
Downtown Crafton used to be a quiet area. Ten years of remarkable growth changed that in a big hurry. But with Crafton City's new prosperity(繁荣)came a new problem: air pollution. And it is a serious problem. Air pollution levels in Crafton are regularly reaching those of the nation's large industrial cities.
(1)Which of the following best states the central idea of the passage?
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A．Chemical dumping is a serious threat to Crafton City's soil.
B．The rapid growth of industry has brought air pollution to Crafton City.
C．The disposal of garbage can destroy recreation areas.
D．Industrial growth and progress have resulted in the pollution of Crafton City's water, air, and soil.
(2)According to the passage, what portion of the park had originally been marked for use as a garbage dump?
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A．Less than half B．Exactly half
C．About one third D．Most of it
(3)As it is used in the passage, the phrase“for good”means ________.
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A．practically B．for ever
C．thoroughly D．advantageously
(4)According to the passage, one result of dumping industrial chemicals into the landfill was that ________.
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A．the land became unsafe for humans
B．the animals on the land died
C．the poisonous chemicals were washed into the nearby river
D．the smoke from the chemicals polluted the air surrounding the landfill
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科目：高中英语 来源：四川省绵阳中学2009－2010学年高一下学期入学考试英语试题 题型：050
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