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高二英語假期檢測題三 第一部分 閱讀理解(共兩節(jié),滿分 50 分) 閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個選項( A、 B、 C 和 D)中,選出最佳選項。 A Book 1 Elixir written by Eric Walters twelveyearold Roth bees a friend of Dr. Banting and his assistant, Mr. Best, who are in search of a cure for diabetes(糖尿病 ). She finds herself torn between her sympathy for the animals being experimented on and her friendship with Banting and Best. Book 2 Gee Washington Carver written by Elizabeth Macleod Meet the “Peanut(花生) Specialist”, Gee Washington Carver, the inventor and professor who made over 325 products out of peanuts. Through his agricultural research, he also greatly improved the lives of countless black farmers in the southern United States. See also Macleod39。s Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius. Book 3 The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations written by Alootook Ipellie amp。 David MacDonald Explore more than 40 ideas necessary to Inuit survival. From ideas familiar to us today to inventive concepts that shaped their lives, celebrate the creativity of a remarkably intelligent people. Also see other books: The Chinese Thought of It by Tingxing Ye and A Native American Thought of It by Rocky Landon and David MacDonald. Book 4 Made in Canada: 101 Amazing Achievements written by Bev Spencer What things do we use daily that have a Canadian connection? Here are 101 mon things that were invented in Canada or by a Canadian, including the Blackberry, alkaline(堿性 ) batteries and the Blue Box recycling program. Book 5 Newton and the Time Machine written by Michael McGowan Tenyearold boy Newton has invented a time machine to see dinosaurs up close. But it disappears on a test run with his two huge friends, King Herbert and Queen Certrude, in it! Can he save them before time runs out? 1. Which of the following best describes Roth39。s feeling in Book 1? A. Frightened. B. Curious. C. Painful. D. Disappointed. 2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Alkaline batteries were invented by Dr. Banting. B. Book 3 introduces 40 inventive concepts. C. Animals are mentioned in Book 1 and Book 5. D. Gee Washington Carver was a black farmer in the US. 3. In Book 5, King Herbert and Queen Gertrude are________. A. two dinosaurs B. the names of the time machine C. Newton39。s human friends D. the inventions of the time machine 4. If you are interested in native Americans, you may read the book by ________. A. Rocky London amp。 David MacDonald B. Eric Walters C. Elizabeth Macleod D. Bev Spencer B When I was a little boy, my friends and I spent a lot of time out in the woods. “The woods” was our parttime address, destination, purpose, and excuse. If I went to a friends house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods, ” with a tone of airy acceptance. It’s similar to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or even “away from his desk.” For us tenyearolds, “being out in the woods” was just an excuse to do whatever we feel like for a while. We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring. Exploring was a more popular idea back then than it is today. History seemed to be mostly about explorers. Our explorations, though, seemed to have less system than the historic kind: something usually came up along the way. Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, picking blackberries, digging in what we were briefly persuaded was an Indian burial mound. Often we got