英语试题本试卷共三部分，共l 0页。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡上交。第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AEpic Fails：The Wright Brothers：Nose-Diving into HistoryBy Erik Slader and Ben ThompsonAges 6 to 12The first book in the Epic Fails series deals with one of the most ambitious goals humans have pursued to flyAuthors Slader and Thompson focus on life-or-death scenes，such as when the Wright brothers crashed their sailplane over and over on the sandy coast of North Carolina：it took them two more years to get it rightEpic Fails：The Race to Space：Countdown to LiftoffBy Erik Slader and Ben ThompsonAges 6 to 12Today，everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrongs famous words as he first set foot on the moon，“Thats one small step for man，one giant leap for mankind”He made it look easy，but Americas Journey to the moon was anything but simpleOur first attempt was a failureStill，we didnt give upWe tried againAnd againAnd each time we failed，we failed a little bit betterFantastic Failures：True Stories of People Who Changed the World by Falling Down FirstBy Luke ReynoldsAges 6 to 12Teacher Luke Reynolds opens each chapter with a quick，impossibly perfect version of one persons life and then says how that person actually had to face huge challenges to accomplish goalsIn this book，Reynolds writes about various common men，women and childrenCyrus Fields Big Dream：The Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph CableBy Mary Morton CowanAges 6 to 12In 1853，it took at least a week to relay a message between the United States and Europe because people had to be transported on ships over the Atlantic OceanCyrus Field tried to reduce that transmission(传送)time to just minutes by laying a long undersea cableIn this book，Cowan describes many failuresField suffered before he achieved this major breakthrough1What do we know about Fantastic Failures?AIt was written by a famous actorBIt tells stories of ordinary peopleCIt is about science fiction storiesDIt is about some celebritiessuccess2Cyrus Field made a major breakthrough in the area of_.Acommunication Bentertainment Ctransportation Dsailing3What lesson can we learn from the four books?AAll roads lead to Rome BAn early bird catches wormsCFailure is the mother of successDActions speak louder than wordsBPaying it forward is a concept that involves doing something good for someone in response to a good deed done on your behalf or a gift you receivedWhen you pay it forward，however，you dont repay the person who did something nice for you. Instead，you do something nice for someone elseRecently，an inspiring note found inside a random book has inspired thousands of people to pay it forwardAshley Jost was shopping at Target when a book caught her eyeThe 27-year-old bought the book Girl Stop Apologizing and began reading it when she got homeAfter a few minutes，her dog started barking so she put the book asideWhen she got back，she noticed something on the ground“A five-dollar note fell out”Jost saidShe looked through the book，and in one of the last pages，there was a note that read，“To the person who buys this book：I am having a tough dayI thought maybe I could brighten someone elses with this little surpriseGo and buy a coffee，a hamburger or a face maskPractice some self care todayRemember that you are loved，you are amazing，and you are strongLisa”Jost decided to post a photo of the note and the money on Twitter and it went like a virusPeople are promising their own random acts of kindness“In that moment，I didnt necessarily need the pick-me-up，but I feel obligated(有义务的) to share it，and Im hearing back from people who did，”Jost said“The ripple effect is pretty unbelievable”After seeing her Twitter post，Lisa mailed Jost a card“She said it made her cry in a good way，”Jost saidBut Lisa still didnt give away who she wasShe left no return addressLisa wrote it had been a difficult time in her life and she just wanted“to create something positiveshe never really expected this to happen the way it has”4What is the first paragraph mainly about?AThe origin of“paying it forward” BThe effects of“paying it forward”CThe benefits of“paying it forward”DThe definition of“paying it forward”5Why did Lisa put a five-dollar note in a book?ATo go through the hardest time in her lifeBTo cheer up the person who buys the bookCTo repay the person who did something niceDTo set off a round of paying it forward6What does the underlined word“ripple”in Paragraph 6 mean?AEdge BChain CMassDSide7Lisa posted a card to Jost to_Amake friends with Jost Btell Jost about her storyCexpress appreciation