英语11试题

Why do people play football? It

’

s a __21___ game and it

’

s dangerous too. Twenty- two

men fight

for sixty minutes to make ___22___ many goals as they can. They get more

black eyes, bruise and broken bones than they__23___ points. Football players must be

mad.

And why do people watch football? They__24___ be mad too. They certainly__25___

and scream like madmen. I

’

m afraid__26___ near a football field when they

’

re playing a

game. The crowds are dangerous. I

’

d__27__ stay home and watch TV

. But what happens

when I turn it __28___? They

’

re showing a football game. So I turn on the radio. What do

I hear? The__29__ football scores. And what do I see when I open a newspaper? Pictures

of football players, interviews with __30__ players, scores of football games.

21A stupid

B funny

C exciting

D wonderful

22A so

B to

C as

D very

23A do with

B do

C do for

D did

24A mustn

’

t

B must

C can

’

t

D can

25A cry

B laugh

C run

D shout

26A going

B for going

C to go

D to be going

27A rather

B better

C like

D fairly

28A off

B down

C up

D on

29A late

B latest

C later

D lately

30A basketball

B volleyball

C tennis

D football

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分， 每题

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)

A

Nine-year-old

Louis

Pasteur

rushed

into

the

little

house,

his

face

white.

“

Mother,

”

he

cried.

“

A

mad

dog

has

bitten

my

friend

Henry.

And

now

they

are

burning

him

with

red-hot irons. It

’

s terrible.

”

“

Rab ies

（狂犬病）

, Louis, Burning the bites is the only hope of stopping Henry from

catching the disease.

Henry did get rabies and died in great pain some days later. Louis Pasteur thought,

“

I

would

like

to

do

something

to

help

people

like

Henry.

”

Sixteen

years

later

Pasteur

became a Doctor of Science. And he began making important discoveries in this special

field.

Pasteur

had

many

successes

in

his

life.

But

in

the

middle

of

all

this

he

himself

suddenly became ill. As a result, he had never forgotten his friend Henry. So he worked

on and on as hard as ever.

After many dangerous experiments

on mad dogs, he finally found the answer. Just

then a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog arrived at his lab. A few days after

Pasteur

’

s treatment the boy got better. He did not catch rabies.

The discovery gave people in many countries new hope. People sent money to help

build the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Today it is one of the world

’

s most famous centers for

research.

31Why did Pasteur decide to engage himself in the research when he grew up?

A Because he wished to get rid of all the mad dogs.

B Because he longed to became a world-famous doctor.

C Because Henry

’

s death was deeply impressed upon his mind.

D Because he had great interest in curing mad dogs.

32When he became a Doctor of Science, Louis Pasteur was______.

A in his fifties

B sixteen years old

C in his twenties

D nineteen years old

33Which of the following is NOT true?

A Henry died of rabies.

B Henry died in peace.

C Henry died when he was a child.

D The burns failed to save Henry

’

s life.

34We may conclude that after a sudden illness______.

A Pasteur lost his left arm and leg

B Pasteur

’

s arms were entirely out of order

C Pasteur was not able to move his legs

D Pasteur

’

s left arm and leg could not do their work properly

35What led Louis Pasteur to success at last?

A Hard work

B The mad dogs

C The sudden illness

D The money sent to him

B

A girl may pass easily through the first grades. While boys of her age bring home low

marks, the girl may easily get good grades. Girls seem to have

“

better brains

”

in school.

Why do so few girls become great scientists? Why is the most important thinking in adult

world done by men?

According to scientists, the answer is aggression

（进取性）

. Boys usually refuse to

accept other people

’

s conclusion. They insist on solving problems for themselves. While

little

girls

are

getting

high

marks

in

school

for

remembering

what

the

teacher

has

told

them, little boys are learning to think in their own ways. Boys are usually the ones who

get high pay and the powerful job because they are trained to be aggressive at an early

age.

36Why do girls get better marks at school than boys?

A Because girls are cleverer than boys.

B Because girls are better at remembering things than boys.

C Because teachers care more for girls than for boys.

D Because boys are lazier.

37According to scientists_______.

A.

boys

are

good

at

thinking

in

their

own

while

girls

are

good

at

remembering

things.

B.

boys can easily get good jobs while girls can

’

t

C.

girls insist on doing things on their own

D.

the nature of the boys and girls is the same, but their education is different

38In the view of the writer_______.

A.

girls have better brains

B.

boys have better brains