.河南省高中毕业年级考前预测英语试题卷本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试时间100分钟，满分120分。考生应首先阅读答题卡上的文字信息，然后在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上作答无效。第卷第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共l5小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAndy lived high in the Rocky Mountains. He hunted wild animals there and he also took111other men to hum, which was his work.One day a letter brought Andy a new job. This job changed both his feeling about animalsand his way of hunting. The letter said,“1 want to write a story about bighorn sheep（大角羊）I need pictures to go with my story. Will you get pictures of the sheep for me?Andys two sons wanted their father to take the job. We will help you!” they said. Bighornsheep are very wild. Andy knew it would be hard to get their pictures.“But why not try? theysaid.For days, Andy and his sons tried to get their pictures, They did not want the sheep to hearthem or see them, so they walked softly. They hid behind rocks, but the sheep always ran away.Then one day, Andy and his sons walked around 8 big rock. They met some sheep face to1111face, but they didnt run. Now I know why the sheep run away, Andy said. They run because we come up behind them. From now on, we will stay where they can see us.“The next day; Andy saw some sheep right out in the open. He and his sons walked towardthem. They did not try to hide, and they did walk slowly. They knew that any fast move wouldfrighten them away Dont look direct at the sheep, Andy said. Wild animals do not like to be looked at.They will run away. They looked off to this side and to that side, and they walked closer andcloser. And soon they were close enough to get good clear pictures. They made good friends with the wild sheep -and sent many fine pictures to the writer for hisstory. Since then, they have never hunted the bighorn sheep again.21. What was the new job Andy got?A. To hunt bighorn sheep. B. To protect bighorn sheep.C. To take pictures of bighorn sheep. D. To write a story about bighorn sheep.22. What is the right way to get close Lo bighorn sheep?A. Looking directly at them. B. Walking slowly to their faces.C. Running to them from one side. D. Following them from behind.23. What did Andy gain from his new job?A. He won respect from his children. B. He was well paid by the story writer.C. He knew better how to use a camera. D. He learned more about bighorn sheep.BMaybe no one forgets their first bike and there is no exception to a woman like me. Mine wasa Schwinn coaster bike, second-hand, painted red and yellow by its previous owner. I rememberriding too fast down the big hill on Springfield Avenue. I knew at once that the world was mine toexplore.A couple of years later, when I was 11, my grandmother visited from England, bringing mea hike. It was a dark green one, with three gears (齿轮) and hand brakes. As the owner of the.first English bike my friends had ever seen, I was almost famous.Unlike my coaster bike, it was light-riding it felt like flying. I rode past big stone houseswith their huge yards and trees. I rode past brick row houses. I rode alone and with groups offriends.That beloved bike went with me to college, carrying me to the library and to classes. Beyondtransport, it was often a prop (道具) : Pushing it along as I walked the college paths made mefeel less self-conscious. Somehow, conversation flowed more easily on either side of a bike.After college, I lived abroad for a while. Returning from London, I discovered to my horrorthat my parents had sold my bike.For years after that, I didnt have a bike that was really mine. Teaching in a New Englandprep school (学校) , I simply rode whatever bikes its graduates had left behind. I rode around the little town on bikes with gears arid brakes that often failed. I did not take any of those bikes with me when I moved south to the coastal town where I now live. But after a while I missed riding.Finally, on a fall day, I bought a bike. Called a comfort bike, it has wider tires than my oldhike and seven gears. But it is green-a brighter green bike.Still, I was a bit worried; I was a lot older. I brought the bike home and put on my helmet-Id never worn a helmet before. Then I got on the bike. After a difficult start, I felt exactly as Iwas on that long-ago day on Springfield Avenue: free. Soon I was riding along, watching thewaves break. It seemed that everyone I passed smiled. And I knew they all remembered their firstbike and how it had set them free. I wanted to call back to them, It still can ! 24. According to the article, the authors beloved bike .A. was a red and yellow coaster bikeB. made her the envy of all her friendsC. was her birthday gift from her grandmotherD. made her shy and awkward at times at college .25. When she was teaching at a prep school, the au