(黑龙江省西北地区重点高中联谊校2007届高三第三次模拟考试)

A lady was going by ship from a city to another in America. On board she was with her baby boy and a maid. The maid was carrying  36  in her arms.

     37  the ship came near to the landing-place, it began to reduce speed. The maid walked to the side of the ship to  38 , when all at once the child sprang out of her arms, and  39  the water below. The swift stream carried it quickly away.

    The mother was  40  wild with grief and fear. The  41  began to lower a boat.  42  everyone could see that the child would be drowned before  43  could reach it. What was to be done?

    Hearing the cries of the mother, a gentleman who was reading in the ship came  44  forward and said, “Can you give me  45  the child has worn?”

    The maid gave him a tiny apron. The gentleman  46  a fine dog that stood near, looking up into his face. He pointed first  47  the apron, and then to the spot  48  the child had sunk.

     49  did the dog spring into the water. Soon the dog was seen far away with something in his  50  . More than one on board cried for  51  as the boat reached the dog and the sailors saved the child. Then the mother burst into tears and said to his owner, “Oh, sir, I  52  have this dog! I will give anything for the dog!” “I’m very  53  , madam, that Hector has been of service to you; but I couldn’t lose him for anything in the world,” the gentleman said. The dog  54  at his master’s feet, with a look that seemed to say, “No, master, nothing shall  55  us!”

A lady was going by ship from a city to another in America. On board she was with her baby boy and a maid. The maid was carrying  36  in her arms.

     37  the ship came near to the landing-place, it began to reduce speed. The maid walked to the side of the ship to  38 , when all at once the child sprang out of her arms, and  39  the water below. The swift stream carried it quickly away.

    The mother was  40  wild with grief and fear. The  41  began to lower a boat.  42  everyone could see that the child would be drowned before  43  could reach it. What was to be done?

    Hearing the cries of the mother, a gentleman who was reading in the ship came  44  forward and said, “Can you give me  45  the child has worn?”

    The maid gave him a tiny apron. The gentleman  46  a fine dog that stood near, looking up into his face. He pointed first  47  the apron, and then to the spot  48  the child had sunk.

     49  did the dog spring into the water. Soon the dog was seen far away with something in his  50  . More than one on board cried for  51  as the boat reached the dog and the sailors saved the child. Then the mother burst into tears and said to his owner, “Oh, sir, I  52  have this dog! I will give anything for the dog!” “I’m very  53  , madam, that Hector has been of service to you; but I couldn’t lose him for anything in the world,” the gentleman said. The dog  54  at his master’s feet, with a look that seemed to say, “No, master, nothing shall  55  us!”

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　On Wednesday morning Lady Wyatt went to Hall's Department store to do some shopping and to meet a friend for lunch．In the ladies' Fashion Department she bought a hat and a bag and paid for them．As she was waiting for the lift to go up to the Rooftop Coffee lounge（休息室）, she saw a silk blouse that she liked．She tried it on and decided to buy it．She looked around for a shopkeeper to pay but couldn't see anybody．The lift came and as she was late for her appointment, she put the blouse with her other things and wanted to pay for it later on her way out．Unfortunately, she forgot to pay and was stopped at the door by the store detective（侦探）who asked her to go to the manager's office．He said she had stolen the blouse．She tried to explain, but the manager didn't believe her and called a policeman．

(1) The woman went to the store to ________．

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A．drink coffee upstairs

B．buy something and then see a friend of hers

C．have lunch there

D．buy a gift for her friend

(2) The Rooftop Coffee lounge is ________．

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A．near the department store

B．on the first floor of the store

C．far from the store

D．on the top floor of the store

(3) The store detective stopped her because ________．

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A．she was stealing money

B．she didn't pay for a silk blouse

C．she paid less for a hat

D．her friend had stolen a hat and a bag from it

(4) What would happen at the end of the story?

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A．The manager didn't excuse the lady for what she had done until she explained．

B．The detective took the lady to the police station．

C．The police arrived when the store made a telephone call．

D．The manager found that the lady had not wanted to steal the blouse．

(5) It seems that the writer of this passage ________．

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A．felt pity for the lady

B．thought the detective and the manager did right

C．spoke highly of the lady

D．liked the lady and hated the detective

阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Our neighbour asked my daughter what she put on her cat to make him smell so good. “Maybe it's the perfume(香水) I use,”came the answer. “The cat sleeps with his nose against my neck, so some of the perfume must go off on him.”

　　The next evening our neighbour was in a store when she noticed a familiar(熟悉的) fragrance (香味) in the air. Our neighbour liked shopping very much and always went to the same store. She asked the woman who had just walked by what perfume she was wearing. After learning the name, our neighbour said, over the heads of all in the crowded store, “It smells wonderful. My friend's cat wears it.”

1．The cat smelled good because ________.

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A．the writer's daughter put perfume on him

B．the cat slept with the girl

C．the cat liked the smell of the perfume

D．the cat wore the perfume

2．The word “wear” here means ________.

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3．Which of the following sentences does not keep to the topic (话题)?

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A．Something made the cat smell good.

B．It smells wonderful.

C．She liked shopping very much.

D．My friend's cat wears it.

4．What the neighbour said at the end of the passage means she wanted to ________.

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