普通高校招生选考英语试卷 题号IIIIIIIVV总分得分一、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共25.0分）AI never knew anyone whod grown up in Jackson without being afraid of Mrs Calloway， our librarian She ran Jacksons Carnegie Library absolutely by herself SILENCE in big black letters was on signs hung everywhere If she thought you were dressed improperly， she sent you straight back home to change your clothes I was willing； I would do anything to read My mother was not afraid of MrsCalloway She wished me to have my own library card to check out books for myself She took me in to introduce me Eudora is nine years old and has my permission to read any book she wants from the shelves， children or adults， Mother said MrsCalloway made her own rules about books You could not take back a book to the library on the same day youd taken it out； it made no difference to her that youd read every word in it and needed another to start You could take out two books at a time and two only So two by two， I read library books as fast as I could go， rushing them home in the basket of my bicycle From the minute I reached our house， I started to read I knew this was extreme happiness， knew it at the time My mother shared this feeling of mine Now， I think of her as reading so much of the time while doing something else I remember her reading a magazine while taking the part of the Wolf in a game ofLittle Red Riding Hood with my brothers two daughters Shed just look up at the right time， long enough to answer- in character- The better to eat you with， my dear， and go back to her place in the magazine article1. Which of the following best describes MrsCalloway？ _ A. QuietB. StrictC. HumorousD. Considerate2. What do the underlined words this feeling refer to in the last paragraph？ _ A. Desire to readB. Love for MrsCallowayC. Interest in gamesD. Fear of the library rules3. Where is the text probably from？ _ A. A guidebookB. An autobiographyC. A news reportD. A book reviewBMilwaukee， Wisconsin， is road testing a new way to keep winter roads ice-free-by spreading on them cheese brine， the salty liquid used to make soft cheeses， like mozzarella Wisconsin， also called Americas Dairyland， is famous for its cheese The state produced 2.8 billion pounds of cheese last year! As a result， there was a lot of leftover cheese brine Disposing of （处置） the brine can be expensive So what should cheese makers do with the waste？ Normally， towns use rock salt to de-ice streetsThe salt lowers waters freezing point， causing ice to melt（融化） But using cheese brine could help both cheese producers and cities save money， while keeping roads safe， Cheese brine has salt in it， which， like the rock salt， helps lower waters freezing point In addition to saving money， cheese brine could also be a more eco-friendly option Many people suspect that all the rock salt used every winter is harming the environment Rock salt is made of sodium chloride， the same compound（化合物） in ordinary table salt Sounds harmless， right？ But while you probably add only a small amount of salt to your food， road crews spread about 20 million tons of salt on US roads every year! The chemical washes off roads and goes into the ground There it can pollute drinking water， harm plants， and eat away soil By spreading cheese brine on streets before adding a layer of rock salt， Milwaukee may be able to cut its rock salt use by 30 percent Cheese brine has a downside too -a smell similar to that of bad milk I dont really mind it， Emil Norby told Modern Farmer magazine He works for one of Wisconsins county highway commissions and came up with the idea of using cheese brine Our roads smell like Wisconsin! he said4. Why can cheese brine help keep winter roads ice-free？ _ A. It is softB. It contains saltC. It is warmD. It has milk in it5. What is a benefit of using cheese brine on roads？ _ A. Improving air qualityB. Increasing sales of rock saltC. Reducing water pollutionD. Saving the cheese industry6. Milwaukees new way to de-ice streets may be an example of _ A. barking up the wrong treeB. putting the cart before the horseC. robbing Peter to pay PaulD. killing two birds with one stoneCTodays world is not an easy adjustment for young adults A key skill set for success is persistence（毅力）， a characteristic that researchers say is heavily influenced by fathers Researchers from Brigham Young University discovered that fathers are in a unique position to help their adolescent children learn persistence BYU professors Laura Padilla-Walker and Randal Day arrived at these findings after following 325 American families over several years And over time， the persistence gained through fathers led to higher achievement in school There are relatively few studies that stress the unique role of fathers， Padilla-Walker said