1、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 (ABC和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhat are American high schools like? Well,Im happy to tell you what I knowWhen I started school here,it had already been a week since the schoo1 openedAt this school,freshmen usually go on a trip for about three days at the beginni
2、ng of school. Unfortunately I missed that wonderful tripwhich would have been the best time to get to know my classmatesI was really sadI wished Id known about it earlier.Despite the disappointment,however,I gradually adapted to my new life and schoo1There is a space in the basement of the teaching
3、building where students chat and meet each otherAs we do not always have the same classrooms and classmates,the school wants us to get to know each other thereStudents usually come to school early,sit in that space and have funAr ound the space,there are many lockers for students to leave their book
4、s in,so that students do not have to carry a heavy schoolbag everywhereIt really surprises me that we have almost no textbooksWe only have textbooks for World History and Algebra and they are big and heavy,like bricksFor other classes,we only need binders(活页夹)with paper in themWithout textbooks,stud
5、ents learn things freely and activelyFor example,my humanities teacher just teaches us what is in her mind at the timeWe never know what we will learnAnother difference between American schools and Chinese schools is that American schools care about studentsmorality more than their academic studiesF
6、or example,if you do not finish your homework,you will just be asked to do it later,but if you cheat or lie,you will get a warning or even be kicked outI think that most students here are good at schoolwork as well,but compared to Chinese students,they can make learning a more joyful experienceI thi
7、nk we should take the good points from our two different kinds of education to perfect our approach to studying21What was the writer sad for?AHe was late for schoo1BHe missed the trip at the beginning of schoo1CHe didnt know anyoneDAmerican students looked down upon him22Why do students go to the ba
8、sement of the teaching building?ATo attend class BTo share a classroom CTo have funDTo meet teachers 23According to the passage,in American high schools,_Ayou are likely to be kicked out if you cheatByou11 be punished if you do not finish your homeworkCstudents are better at school work than Chinese
9、 studentsDstudents care much about the grades they getBThe new high-speed railway line between Urumqi,capital of the Xinjiang Uygur self-governing region,and Lanzhou,capital of Gansu province,has cut train travel time by half to less than 12 hoursThe dramatic improvement will benefit many families p
10、lanning reunions for Spring Festival“For the first time,I feel home is not that far away after all,”said Liang Shaofu as he boarded a high-speed train in Urumqi with six members of his familyThe 35-year-old left Lanzhou to set up a dry fruit business in Xinjiang eight years ago,and he has now settle
11、d in UrumqiThe 1,776-km line,which passes through Qinghai province and is the countrys first high-speed railway to be built in a high-altitude region,came into service on Dec 26“We normally drive home for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family du
12、ring the peak season,”Liang said“Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes,so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip”More than 600,000 passengers traveled on the line during its first month,and the Urumqi Railway Bureau said the introduction of high-spee
13、d services will ease transport pressure during the Spring Festival peak seasonThe existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiangs developmentAll passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link,leaving the old one to be used for goodsAs a result,Xinjiangs annual goods ability coul
14、d reach 200 million metric tons from the current 70 million The line passes through areas that experience high winds,and it also crosses parts of the deserted Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the bone-dry sands of the Gobi Desert The project could help China to promote its high-speed railway technology abr
15、oad,said Ma Xi zhang,director of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway projects_management department in Xinjiang.24How long did it take to go from Urumqi to Lanzhou by the usual train before?Aabout 12 hours BAbout 6 hoursCAbout 18 hours DAbout 24 hours25Whats the main advantage of the new high-speed railway?AIt takes more time to go to Urumqi to LanzhouBIt will be more convenient for people all over the country to XinjiangCAll the peo
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