安徽省示范高中2012-2013学年度第一学期高二年级三校联考英语试(5)

安徽省示范高中2012-2013学年度第一学期高二年级三校联考英语试题

A. Traffic jam has caused terrible bad effects in cities such as Bangkok and Lagos.

B. The traffic jam in Son Francisco has resulted in the capital becoming empty.

C. The traffic jam level in Jakarta is lower than that in the US.

D. California is as crowded und successful as San Francisco.

C

When John Milton, writer of "Paradise Lost", entered Cambridge University, in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Paul's School, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar schools, he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it smoothly and correctly. His pronunciation of Latin was English, however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.

Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They kept in mind the rules to make learning by heart easier. They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English. As they increased their skill, they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original. The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them. All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in.

After several years of study, the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read. And as they began to read Latin poems, they began to write poems in Latin. Because Milton was already a poet at ten, his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys. During the seven years Milton spent at university, he made regular use of his command of Latin. He wrote some excellent Latin poems, which he published among his works in 1645.

64. What does the passage mainly tell about?

A. How John Milton wrote "Paradise Lost". B. How John Milton studied Latin.

C. How John Milton became famous. D. How John Milton became a poet.

65. Which of the following is true of John Milton's pronunciation of Latin?

A. It has a strong Italian accent. B. It has an uncommon accent.

C. It was natural and easy to understand. D. It was bad and difficult to understand.

66. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. Milton's training in Latin was similar to that of the other boys

B. Milton hadn't learned any foreign language except Latin before going to college

C. Milton's Italian friends helped him with Latin when talking

D. Milton's classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton.

D

We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched mouth open in surprise, mum took off her hat and coat and gave them to me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up, mum nodded and said, "Very dirty floors."

"Yes. I'm glad they've finally decided to clean them," the nurse answered. She looked at mum and said, "But aren't you working late?"

Mum just pushed harder, each swipe of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in the big book.

After a long time mum came back. Her eyes were shining. She quickly put the mop back and took my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, "Thank you."

Outside, mum told me: "Dagmar is found. No fever."

"You saw her, mum?"

"Of course. I told her about the hospital rules, and she will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop worrying as well. It's a fine hospital. But such floors! A mop is no good. You need a brush."

67. When she took a mop from the small room, what mum really wanted to do was ______.

A. to clean the floor B. to please the nurse

C. to see a patient D. to surprise the story-teller

68. When the nurse talked to mum, she thought mum was a ______.

A. nurse B. visitor C. patient D. cleaner

69. After reading the story, what can we infer about the hospital?

A. It is a children's hospital. B. It has strict rules about visiting hours.

C. The conditions there are not very good. D. The nurses and doctors there don't work hard.

70. From the text we know that Dagmar is most likely ______.

A. the story-teller's sister B. mum's friend

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