2018-2019学年安徽省池州市高一上学期期中教学质量检测英语试题 Word版含解析

池州市贵池区2017-2018学年度第一学期期中教学质量检测

高一英语试卷(一中.11月）

第二部分 阅读理解

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Thirty years ago I worked in a company. My job was to sell the cars. I was young and strong and I had been to most parts of the world and I spent one fifth of my time in the trains or planes. I liked such a life and sometimes I called myself "traveler".

But one day I got into trouble. It was a cold morning. It blew heavily and the ground was covered with thick snow outside. I was still in bed though it was nine. I finished a long journey the day before and decided to have a good rest. Suddenly the telephone rang and my manager told me to fly to New York to take part in an important meeting. I had to get up and after a quick breakfast I hurried to the airport. The taxi went slowly and I missed the first flight. I had to take the next one. It meant I would wait for nearly five hours in the waiting-room. But five hours later a passenger said the information showed there was a bomb (炸弹) in our plane and the policemen were looking for it. And another five hours passed and most passengers lost their patience before we were allowed to get on the plane. At the entrance each passenger and their baggage (行李) had to be examined. A young man who seemed a soldier shouted at the policemen at the entrance, "If I had a gun in my baggage, I would shoot you two hours ago!"

1. The writer called himself “traveler” because he ________ .

A. sold cars for his company

B. liked trains and planes

C. travelled to many parts of the world

D. liked travelling in foreign countries

2. The taxi went slowly because _________ .

A. there was much snow on the road

B. it was very cold that morning

C. the driver didn’t know he would fly to New York

D. the manager told him not to hurry

3. He spent nearly _______ hours in the waiting-room that day .

A. five B. seven