高三年级 英语

本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。共120分

一、第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

A traveller was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The traveller's face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places believed a person would lose his soul(灵魂) if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn't. When she believed that the head didn't fear any longer, the traveller then let him speak. With a smile, he said, "The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!"

1. The children shouted when the traveller was taking pictures of them because _______.

A. they didn't want to stop playing

B. the traveller forgot to take off the cap on her head

C. they didn't want to have their pictures taken

D. the traveller was not doing well with her camera

2. The traveller made an apology to (向......道歉) the head because _______.

A. she thought it was not right to take people's pictures without telling them beforehand(事先)

B. the children would lose their souls

C. she had stayed in the village too long

D. she didn't take a picture of the head first

3. The traveller explained how to use a camera to the head because _______.

A. the head was very interested in her camera

B. the head wanted to learn to take pictures

C. she was afraid of the head

D. she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing

4. Which of the following is NOT right?

A. The traveller knew something about people in some countries.

B. The children wouldn't mind if the traveller took pictures of them.

C. The head was afraid that the traveller's camera would hurt the children.

D. The traveller didn't understand why the children shouted.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　B

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