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Mark Twain，as you know，was famous in his days as a public speaker.In his public speeches，he always liked to tell funny stories and he also liked to play jokes on his friends.One day，? one of his friends lost his money and asked him to buy a ticket for him.“I don't have enough money to pay for your ticket and mine，”Mark Twain said.The friend didn't know what to do.“We can do this，”Mark Twain said.“We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to check the tickets，you can hide under my seat.”
Later，however，when the conductor came to check the tickets，Mark Twain gave him two tickets—one for himself and the other for his friend.Then he explained in a loud voice.“My friend here is a very strange man.When he travels on the train，he does not like to sit on the seat.? He enjoys lying under the seat on the floor.”? Of course everyone in the train looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.
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第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 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(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
(2016·江西南昌高一联考)
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语篇导读
文章介绍了具有革命性的电视用耳机，并且听觉学家和医生做了购买推荐。体裁为应用文，题材为发明与技术类。
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解析：B 细节理解题。由第一段可知使用者可以在不打扰别人的前提下听清电视。所以B项正确。
22．What makes TV Ears different from other headsets? A．It can easily set TV on mute. B．Its headset volume is adjustable. C．It has a new noise reduction ear tip. D．It applies special wireless technology.
解析：C 细节理解题。由第二段第一、二句可知这款产品与其他耳机的不同之处在于它具有减少外部噪音的小部件。
23．This advertisement is made more believable by ________. A．using recommendations
B．offering reasons for this invention
C．providing statistics
D．showing the results of experiments
解析：A 推理判断题。在第二段下方，文章引用了医生和顾客推荐的内容，故A项正确。
(2016·湖南长沙高一联考)Mark Twain，the famous American writer，liked to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him.
One day Mark Twain was asked to give a talk in a small town. At lunch he met a young man，one of his friends.The young man said that he has an uncle with him. He told Twain that his uncle never laughed or smiled，and that nobody and nothing was able to make his uncle smile or laugh.
“You bring your uncle to my talk tonight，”said Mark Twain.“I'm sure I can make him laugh.”
That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the front. Mark Twain began to speak. He told several funny stories. This made everyone in the hall laugh. But the man never even smiled. Mark Twain told more funny stories，but the old man still kept quiet. Mark Twain told his funny stories. Finally he stopped. He was tired and quite disappointed.
Some days later，Mark Twain told another friend of his about what had happened.“Oh，”said his friend.“I know that old man. He's been deaf(聋)for years.”
语篇导读
本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了幽默大师马克·吐温被别人捉弄的故事。 24．Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A．Mark Twain could make everyone in the hall laugh except the old man. B．Mark Twain liked to play jokes on others. C．Nobody ever played a joke on Mark Twain. D．Once a young man played a joke on Mark Twain.
解析：C 细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知C项说法有误。 25．The young man who Mark Twain met at lunch told him that ________. A．his uncle liked to listen to Mark Twain's talk B．his uncle could not possibly be made to laugh or smile C．his uncle never laughed at people
D．nobody and nothing could make his uncle stop laughing or smiling 解析：B 细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知答案为B项。 26．Mark Twain told the young man ________.
A．to bring his uncle to lunch
B．to ask his uncle to talk there that night C．he could make his uncle laugh D．to sit in the first row with his uncle
解析：C 细节理解题。由第三段可知马克·吐温让年轻人带他的叔叔来听他的演讲，到时他会让他叔叔大笑。
27．Mark Twain's stories made everyone in the hall laugh except ________. A．the old man C．Mark Twain himself
B．the young man D．a friend of Mark Twain's
解析：A 细节理解题。由第四段中的第五、六句可知马克·吐温没能逗笑这位老人。
(2016·辽宁沈阳高一联考)There are several ways from which to choose for you to keep your kids safe in your neighbourhood. But the first step to keeping your child safe in your neighbourhood is to know your neighbours.
Knowing your neighbours can save you a lot of worry. It lets you know that the car that has just driven down the street belongs to “the yellow house on the corner”，or the truck that has just driven by the playground looks unfamiliar，but the guy in the passenger seat resides two doors down. It's these simple things that keep you from going_out_of_your_mind whenever you see someone driving by where children are playing.
But you shouldn't just know what they look like. The next step is to know them well. What do they do？How do they act？You might be OK with them driving by the playground since they live in the neighbourhood，but are you OK with them being on the playground？Knowing your neighbours solves several things. First you find out what kind of people they are. This helps you know if you should let your child go out in an area that they gather. Let's face it: you don't want your child to play around people or people's children that curse(咒骂)or hit each other. Sometimes you have to protect your child against your own neighbours.
Knowing them also makes them know you. Being neighbours is an interesting thing. You might not like them or have the same views as them，but we all usually protect those that we consider our own. If you know your neighbours，they know you. They are more likely to look after the child of the nice lady down the street in the brick(砖)house，than the people，in the house on the corner，that no one ever sees.
语篇导读
本文主要介绍在社区保护孩子安全的问题。 28．This passage is mainly to tell us ________.
A．how to keep your child safe in the neighbourhood B．how to set a good example to your neighbours C．how to get along with your neighbours
D．how to teach your child to protect himself/herself
解析：A 主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了如何保护孩子在社区的安全——首先要深入了解你的邻居，故选A项。
29．If someone resides two doors down，he ________. A．studies at the same school with your kid B．often comes to the neighbourhood to offer help C．lives in the same neighbourhood as you D．likes driving the truck around the neighbourhood
解析：C 细节理解题。根据第二段中的第二句可知，如果一个人resides two doors down，这个人住的地方和你家隔着两家，他应该和你住在同一个社区。
30．The underlined phrase “going out of your mind” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A．becoming very excited C．becoming very disappointed
B．becoming very worried D．becoming very relaxed
解析：B 词义推测题。你对进入社区的车或者车上坐的人是熟悉的，这会使得你无论什么时候看见有人开车经过孩子们玩的地方都不会担心。
31．The neighbours would like to look after your kid ________. A．if they are often encouraged B．if you are getting on well with them C．if you are the one nobody knows D．if they think you are a beautiful lady
解析：B 推理判断题。根据第四段中的最后一句可推知，和邻居关系处得好，他们会照顾你的孩子。
(2016·黑龙江哈尔滨高一联考)I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast，I had to have cereal，eggs or toast. Others had cakes and candy for lunch，while we had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess，my supper was different from the other kids'. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
My mother preferred to know where we were all the time. She had to know who our friends