Book 7　Unit 4　Sharing
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(建议用时8′)
(2015·湖北武汉武昌区高三调考)
In 1932 the warning of the British politician，Stanley Baldwin，that “the bomber will always get through” made a deep impression in Britain，the only state to make serious plans to evacuate(疏散) civilians from large towns before the war started.
The British Government developed plans for evacuating 1 million children to the United States and Canada and other Commonwealth nations.It established the Children’s Overseas Reception Board (CORB) in May 1940.After the fall of France，many people thought the war was lost and some saw this as one way of ensuring that Britain could survive even if invaded.
The Germans eventually began bombing British cities in September.Some children were evacuated by ship to British Dominions，including Australia，Canada，New Zealand，and South Africa.The CORB selections were not done on a first­come，first­served basis.CORB classified and prioritized the children.Charges soon appeared in the press that the well­to­do were being given priority.CORB arranged for the transportation.The Government paid the passages.Quite a number of children had already been evacuated.This tended to be children from rich families with money and overseas contacts.The British public eventually demanded the government pay so that less privileged children were also eligible.
World War Ⅱ occurred before the beginning of trans­Atlantic air travel.Liners were used to transport the children and this proved to be dangerous because the U­boats quickly emerged as the greatest threat.And this put the evacuee children trying to cross the Atlantic to safety in danger.Two ships carrying child evacuees were torpedoed(破坏) in 1940.One was the Dutch liner Volendam with 320 children on August 30.The crew managed to get the life boats off and saved the children.They were returned to Glasgow.T
he other was the City of Benares，an ocean liner with 200 British and foreign civilian passengers and 93 British children with a guard of nurses，teachers，and a clergyman.It was torpedoed on September 13.The crew attempted to launch the life boats as Benares began to sink.The rough weather made it difficult，so many of the passengers in the life boats died in the extreme conditions.Only 15 children survived.Churchill，when he learned of the disaster，decided to end the overseas evacuation scheme.
1．The whole passage is mainly about         .
A．bombing Britain      B．children evacuation
C．German U­boats      D．loss of children
2．What can we learn about the British people according to the passage?
A．They were concerned about their children.
B．They were threatened by Stanley Baldwin.
C．They were frightened by German invasion.
D．They longed to go to commonwealth nations.
3．The underlined word “eligible” in the last sentence of Paragraph 3 probably means “        ”．
A．qualified      B．accessible
C．hopeful      D．popular
4．Churchill decided to end the evacuation scheme mainly because         .
A．so many people needed evacuating
B．the weather in the Atlantic was rough
C．the crew were inexperienced in saving people
D．liners easily became the targets of the German U­boatsclergyman
B
(建议用时7′)
(2015·山东潍坊一中高三模拟)
Many experts say that Billy Wilder changed the history of American movies.He is often called the best movie maker Hollywood has ever had.
He was known for making movies that offered sharp social comment.Wilder was one of the first directors to do this.Between the middle 1930s and the 1980s，Billy Wilder made almost fifty movies.During that time he received more than twenty nominations(提名) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.He won six of the Oscar awards.His movies have been seen by people around the world.
In 1944，Billy Wilder made the film Double Indemnity.Some critics said this movie established him as one of the greatest Hollywood directors.Wilder directed The Lost Weekend in 1945.Ray Milland plays the part of an alcohol writer in the movie.It shows tha
t alcohol rules his life，yet he does not admit it.He hides alcohol in his home and says he is not drinking.
In 1950，Wilder made Sunset Boulevard.This movie told of an aging actress in silent movies.She plans to return to movies though facing many problems.In 1954，Billy Wilder became an independent producer.The next year，Wilder’s first movie as an independent filmmaker was a huge success.It was The Seven Year Inch.In this movie，a married man wants to cheat on his wife with some of his friends.In 1959，Wilder made a funny movie that was very popular.It was Some Like It Hot.It tells about two jazz musicians being chased by criminals.They decide to wear women’s clothes and join a band in which all the musicians were women.
Wilder died in March,2002.He was ninety­five.A current Hollywood producer said，“Billy Wilder made movies that people will never forget.”
5．The text is mainly about        .
A．the background of American movies
B．Wilder’s achievements in American movies
C．Wilder’s attitude to American movies
D．the development of American movies
6．What was Wilder famous for according to Paragraph 2?
A．Sharp remarks on society in his movies.
B．His unique style of making movies.
C．More than twenty awards he received.
D．Almost fifty movies he produced himself.
7．Which of the following made Wilder among the greatest Hollywood directors?
A．The Lost Weekend  B．Sunset Boulevard
C．Double Indemnity  D．Some Like It Hot
Ⅱ.七选五(建议用时6′)
(2016·贵州兴义八中高三月考)
Learning English can be a difficult task.While many people learn English in the classroom，the vast majority of English learning takes place outside of it.

版权声明：本站内容均来自互联网，仅供演示用，请勿用于商业和其他非法用途。如果侵犯了您的权益请与我们联系QQ:729038198，我们将在24小时内删除。