DOC《武汉市2017-2018学年度部分学校新高三起点调研考试英语试题》

s father is at sea and the mother is left to bring up four children, of whom Peter is the eldest, by herself. 11:00 Mrs A., 45, a doctor'

s wife, president of a local ladies'

club, was caught leaving a fashion shop wearing two dresses, only one of which belonged to her. Admitting that she had wanted to steal the dress, she could not explain why. 21. What did Henry P. do when he was caught? A. He damaged the pub.B. He attacked the police. C. He bothered other customers. D. He quarreled with his boss. 22. How would the author feel about Mrs F.'

s life? A. Active. B. Amusing. C. Pitiful. D. Ridiculous. 23. Who had the unclear motivation for his/her crime? A. Henry P.. B. Mrs F.. C. Peter D.. D. Mrs A.. B The full moon climbs over the eastern horizon (地平线) and hangs like a huge orange globe in the sky. A few hours later, the moon is overhead but seems to have changed. The huge orange globe has become a small silver disk. What has happened? Why has the orange color disappeared? Why does the moon seem so much smaller and farther away now that it is overhead? The moon appears orange on the horizon because we view it through the dust of the atmosphere. The overhead moon does not really shrink as it moves away from the horizon. Our eyes inform us that the overhead moon is farther away. But in this position the moon is actually closer to our eyes than when it is near the horizon. The change in size is a trick our eyes and minds play on us. When the moon is low in the sky, we can compare its size with familiar objects. It is easy to see that the moon is much larger than trees or buildings, for example. When the moon is high in the sky, however, it is hard to compare it with objects on earth. Compared to the vastness of the sky, the moon seems small. There is another reason why the moon seems to shrink. We are used to staring at objects straight ahead of us. When an object is difficult to see, our eyes have to try to focus on it. When we move our heads back to look up, we will try hard again. Looking at something from an unaccustomed position can fool you into believing an object is smaller or farther away than it is. However, scientists do not yet understand completely why the moon seems to shrink as it rises in the sky. 24. What makes us puzzled when the moon is high in the sky? A. It looks different.B. It becomes large. C. Its color disappears.D. Its shape changes. 25. What really happens when the moon floats farther away from the horizon? A. It turns orange.B. It comes nearer. C. It goes farther.D. It gets through dust. 26. What does the author intend to suggest by mentioning trees and buirdings in Para. 3? A. They are low on earth. B. They are large objects. C. They can affect our judgment. D. They can attract our attention. 27. What can we infer from the text? A. The size of the moon often changes. B. We do not see the moon as it really is. C. The moon is beginning to shrink much. D. The moon is in fact a huge orange globe. C The sun was slipping down through the trees and it was time to go home. Time was running out. His mother would look at him and she would know. She always knew. A hot tear ran down his cheek. She trusted him. This was the first year she had left him alone for three hours between school and the time she got home from work. She had to work to buy his clothes and to pay for their food and for a place to live. He remembered the nice way she said, You are a little man now, Joy. It made him sad when his mother'

s words came back to him. She trusted him. Remembering this, he felt as if someone had stuck a sharp stick into his side. Her trust in him was all he could think about now. It drove everything else from his mind. She trusted me. He kept saying to himself. She trusted me. This was most important. Next to this, the pipe and its magic power meant nothing. Joy looked at the long shadows coming toward him. He now knew what he had to do. And he was in a hurry to get it done. When he took the pipe, he left the store with slow unsure steps. Now his feet were quick, decisive, taking him straight back to the store like an arrow. He was out of breath when he reached the store. Mr. Dow was just inside the door. The big man smiled. Joy wished he had not. Somehow, a bad friendly smile made it more difficult for Joy to do what he wanted to do. Joy was lost for a moment. His feet felt heavy. Suddenly, blindly, he held out the pipe. His voice struggled to come out from deep inside of the painful chest. Mr. Dow, he said at last, I didn'