英语周报答案2023-2024学年高三外研第二期练习题答案

英语周报答案2023-2024学年高三外研第二期练习题答案

Johnny the Explorer

Johnny was three when he ran away from home for the first time. Somebody left the garden gate open. Johnny wandered out, crossed some fields and, two hours later, arrived in the next village. He was just able to give his name and address.

By the time he was seven, Johnny used to disappear from home two to three times a year. Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot. Sometimes he got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket. Generally the police brought him home. “Why do you do it?” they used to ask. “I just like seeing places,” Johnny told them.

Johnny continued to “see places” although everyone tried to stop him. His parents used to watch him closely, and so did his teachers; but sooner or later Johnny managed to slip away. As he grew older, his favorite trick was to hide on a long distance truck. Sometimes he travelled hundreds of miles before anyone discovered him.

It is hardly surprising that eventually Johnny managed to board a plane. He was twelve at the time. It was a cargo plane and, a few hours later, Johnny found himself in Cairo. How did he get on board? No one knows! According to Johnny himself, it was easy: he just went into the airport, walked along some passages and got on board the nearest plane.

In spite of all this, Johnny did well at school. He enjoyed mathematics and languages and, perhaps not surprisingly, he was especially good at geography. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” his teachers asked him. “An explorer!” he answered. “But it’s difficult to become an explorer in this modern age,” they tried to tell him. But it was no use: Johnny knew what he wanted!

Just before he left school, Johnny saw a notice in a daily paper. A long journey was about to go to Brazil to travel up the Amazon River. There were jobs for three young people “willing to work hard and with a sense of adventure”. Johnny applied, and two months later, he was on his way to Brazil.

1.At what age did Johnny board a plane for the first time?

A. Three B. Seven C. Twelve D. Not mentioned

2.Johnny frequently left home because ______.

A. he preferred to stay alone

B. he enjoyed seeing new places

C. he couldn’t do well at school

D. he didn’t get along well with his parents

3.People around Johnny ______.

A. tried to stop him from slipping away

B. kept following him to get him back

C. booked tickets for him if necessary

D. were clear about how he travelled abroad

4.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. Johnny worked for a daily paper

B. Johnny lacked a sense of adventure

C. Johnny went exploring along the Amazon River

D. Johnny went to Brazil two months after he finished school

英语周报答案2023-2024学年高三外研第二期练习题答案试题答案

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析: 本文介绍到一个小男孩从小喜欢新奇的事物，不顾周围人的反对去探索。

1. 细节理解题。根据第四段提到It is hardly surprising that eventually Johnny managed to board a plane. He was twelve at the time.这是令人吃惊的是，在十二岁时成功的驾驶飞机，故选C项。

2. 细节理解题。根据第二段提到By the time he was seven, Johnny used to disappear from home two to three times a year. Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot. Sometimes he got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket. Generally the police brought him home. “Why do you do it?” they used to ask. “I just like seeing places,” Johnny told them他频繁的离家是他喜欢去新地方，故选B项。

3. 细节理解题。根据第三段提到Johnny continued to “see places” although everyone tried to stop him.他继续去看新地方，虽然每个人都试图阻止他，故选A项。

4. 推断题。根据最后一段提到A long journey was about to go to Brazil to travel up the Amazon River. There were jobs for three young people “willing to work hard and with a sense of adventure”. Johnny applied, and two months later, he was on his way to Brazil可知他去巴西探索亚马逊河了，故选C项。

考点：人物类阅读。

How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人) live. There it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for a clock. Even today if you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day; and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost directly overhead, it’s noon.

People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for another six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars .The whole sky is their clock.

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places, the wind can be the clock.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture above, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass it turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.

1.The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ______.

A. they know very little about the sun

B. the sun there never goes down in winter.

C. it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D. there are long dark winters and long light summers in the far north

2.The underlined word “tides” in paragraph 3 means ___________.

A. ocean current

B. storm

C. a regular rise and fall of the sea

D. wave

3.In which part of the newspaper can you probably read this passage?

A. News B. Science

C. Business D. Advertisement

4.What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Different Ways to Tell Time

B. Useful Machine to Tell Time

C. The History of the Clock

D. The Development of the Clock

5.How many ways are mentioned in the passage to tell time?

A. Five B. Four C. Six D. Three

英语周报答案2023-2024学年高三外研第二期练习题答案试题答案

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了没有手表和钟表,其他的方式也可以给人们指示时间。如太阳的转动，大海的潮汐，风的变化，以及沙漏等。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer描述可知冬天的夜太长，夏天的日太长，故选D。

2.词义判断题。根据第三段In the daytime, for about six hours, water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours.的解释涨潮六个小时，落潮六个小时，可知是指潮汐，故选B。

3.归纳理解题。根据短文描述可知这是一段科普文章，故选B。

4.标题归纳题。根据短文的主旨大意，可知主要介绍了除了钟表之外人们辨别时间的方式。故选A。

5.5】细节理解题。根据短文描述太阳的转动，大海的潮汐，月亮和星星，风的变化，以及沙漏可以指示时间，故选A。

考点：科学文化类阅读

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