英语周报高二阅读综合2023-2024综合能力提升检测一

英语周报高二阅读综合2023-2024综合能力提升检测一

A school master of Thurso in Caithness, William Munro, wrote in a report in THE TIMES on September 8, 1809 that twelve years earlier he had been walking along Sandside Bay shore when he saw what he first thought was a naked woman, sitting on a rock and combing her light brown hair. The face was fatty round, with reddish cheeks and blue eyes. If the rock where the woman sat had not been so dangerous for swimmers, Munro would have thought it was human. After a few minutes it dropped into the sea and swam away. Others had seen it too.

The island of Benbecula in the outer Hebrides, about 1830, women cutting seaweed reported they had met a creature of female form playing happily off the shore. A few days later her dead body was found two miles from where she had first been seen. The description of the creature was recorded thus, “the upper part of the creature was about the size of a well-fed child of three or four years of age, with an extraordinarily developed breast. The hair was long, dark and glossy(有光泽), while the skin was white, soft and tender. The lower part of the body was like a salmon(鲑鱼). ”

1.From the description given by the witnesses, we know that　　　　.

A. mermaids did exist

B. mermaids shaped like females

C. mermaids looked terrible

D. mermaids shaped like fish

2. This passage most probably comes from　　　　.

A. scientific books　　　　B. tales collection

C. travel guideD. fishing webpages

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The school master and the women saw a mermaid in the same year.

B. The school master saw a mermaid swimming in the sea.

C. The women saw a mermaid swimming in the sea.

D. It was said that mermaids developed from salmons.

4. Which of the following is WRONG?

A. Not all the people believe they were mermaids.

B. People have taken photos of the creature.

C. The creature in the second case looked like a woman with a fish’s tail.

D. Both of these two tales may not be true.

英语周报高二阅读综合2023-2024综合能力提升检测一试题答案

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】

文章描述了两起美人鱼的目击事件, 都是当事人口述, 事情发生的时间较久远, 没有照片、录像等证据, 所以文章的口气属于猜测性质。

1.选B。细节理解题。根据“he first thought was a naked woman”和“had met a creature of female form. . . ”可知美人鱼具有女人的体形。

2.2】选B。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍美人鱼目击证人对它的描述, 这只是传说, 所以B项为最佳选项。

3.3】选C。推理判断题。off the shore指“离海岸不远的水中”。且文中提及的是women, 不是school master。

4.4】选B。推理判断题。文中没有提到为它们拍照, C项在最后几句可以看到, A和D两项都属于不确定的推断, 符合本文的表达内容。

You are not ____the books out of the library.

A. suppose to take B. supposed taking

C. supposing to take D. supposed to take

英语周报高二阅读综合2023-2024综合能力提升检测一试题答案

D

【解析】

试题分析：考查固定搭配。句意：你不应该把书带出图书馆。sb be supposed to do sth某人应该做某事，排除A、B、C，故选D。

考点：考查固定搭配

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