1、届上海市各区高三英语一模试题汇编阅读理解A篇带答案已经校对One【2018 届上海市虹口区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information
2、 given in the passage you have just read.(A)Forty-t hree years ago, a man took a “ small step ” on the moon and brought mankind a “ gleap ” forward. As the first person to walk on the moon, American astronaut Neil Armstrong is a man whose name will be remembered for generations to come.But being the
3、 first is never easy. With so many unknowns about space at that time, Armstrong himself was surprised that Apollo 11 actually worked. He thought he and his partners had only a 50 percent chance of a successful landing back in 1969.It was tough indeed. When the module ( 登月舱 ) was approaching the moon
4、 s surface, thecomputer wanted to rest them on a steep slope covered with rocks, but Armstrong realized it was an unsafe place to stop.As a last minute decision, he safely landed the module by himself. When they finally touched the ground, “ there was something like 20 seconds of fuel left, ” he sai
5、d in an interview earlier thisyear.Unfortunately, some people doubted his visit to the moon, saying it was faked. But Armstrong responded with a chuckle ( 轻声笑 ), saying: “asIt nwever a concern to me because Iknew one day, somebody was going to go fly back up there and pick up that camera I left. ”Fo
6、r all his global fame, Neil Armstrong is a remarkably modest man. He rarely gave interviews and didn t like talking about hisie avcehment. He stopped giving his signatures whenhe found that people sold them for thousands of dollars.“I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks
7、 but for the ledger ( 记 账簿 ) of our daily work, ” Armstrong said in a CBS interview in 2005. When asked how he felt knowing his footprints would be likely to stay on the moon s surface for thousands of years, hesaid: “ I kind of hope that somebody goes up there one of these days and cleans them up.
8、”Armstrong passed away last month at the ag e of 82, but he will be remembered. “ The nexttime you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of NeilArmstrong and give him a wink ( 眨眼示意 ) , ” his family said to Reuters.56.It can be inferred from the article that before
9、 his expedition to the moon, ArmstrongA.was certain that Apollo 11 would work wellB.believed the module would land safely on the moonC.had prepared himself to face possible failureD.planned to land the module on the moon by himself57.How did Armstrong respond when people doubted that he had been to
10、the moon?A.He was angry.B.He was troubled by it.C.He tried to find evidence that they were wrong.D.He believed they would be proved wrong some day.58.By saying “I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work ”, Armstrong meant that .A.the mor
11、e daily work you ve done, the more easily you will be recognizedB.things that look spectacular are not as useful as ordinary successesC.achieving greatness can make other successes feel less importantD.everyday s hard work is more appreciated than one successful moment59.Which of the following best
12、describes Armstrong?A.He was ambitious.B.He tried to avoid the spotlight.C.He balanced his life and work well.D.He was talkative and loved telling jokes.Keys: 56-59: C D D BTwo 【2018 届上海市黄浦区高三英语一模】Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions o
13、r unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read.Post-00s is a documentary about growing up. It covers almost every aspect of millennials experiences on their path towa
14、rd adolescence their struggles with schoolwork, their relationship with peers, their confusion if a younger brother or sister is born into the family, and their growing desire to keep a distance from their parents. But this five-episode series was different from any other TV program with a similar t
15、heme.Post-00s was filmed over a period of 10 years, during which the show wed as makers follogroup of kids from when they were infants through to when they became teenagers. In other words, the show s “ characters ” grow older for real, and their stories are all real.“Coming-of-age ” stories, as the
16、y re known, have a special appeal. They satisfy our curiosityof looking at someone else s life, and we become more and more attached to the characters as ifwe truly know them. And while we enjoy the truthfulness of the stories because nothing is set in advance, we also can t help but feel the cruelty of reality. After all, there -writing of the s no rescript (剧本) and there
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