14-15学年牛津高二上学期B5U2阶段测试 Class: Name: Marks: 满分（85）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AIt all started off with five. It was raining, and my dad told me that I had to make five free throws (投球) one after another without a break before I could go home. I was ten years old at that time. So I shot (投球) until I indeed made five free throws. Pretty soon the number of free throws increased until I got to high school and I had to make seventy-five before I could leave the gym.I used to get mad when I reached the required amount and I would miss the next one, but my dad made me start over, saying that I missed it on purpose. So in high school I would usually get to 120 before I stopped. My highest ever was 175. I never expected this would ever bring me some benefit, but one game really changed my idea. http:/w ww.xkb 1.comOur school team was playing basketball match with Royal High School, and we lost the game by twenty points a week earlier, so this game was all about revenge (报仇). With two minutes left in the game, my team was up by six and their coach told them to foul (犯规). Our coach immediately put forward a perfect plan giving the ball to me every time. And every time my teammates gave me the ball, the other team would foul me. Then I went to the free throw line and made two free throws successfully. I ended up going ten-for-ten that game all in the last two minutes. The final score was 57-50 and we won. 1. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that .A. the authors father was very strict with himB. the authors father wanted him to create a record C. the author had to make five free throws every dayD. the author could make 75 free throws at the age of 102. How many times was the author fouled? A. Ten. B. Seven. C. Six. D. Five.3. What can we learn from the text?A. The author could make fifty free throws within two minutes.B. The authors hard work brought a good result in the game.C. The authors coach didnt know the author had the talent.D. Royal High School team was stronger than the authors team.BHaving attended a first-aid-at-work course, Brian Cracknell soon found himself responding to two emergencies in a week. Brian was at work in his bus company office in Weston-super-Mare on May 18 when a colleague called to say there had been an accident at a bus stop nearby. He ran to the scene with his first aid kit and found an old lady sitting at the bus stop. When boarding (上车) the bus, the old lady painfully hurt her left leg, which was bleeding.He introduced himself, and asked some basic first aid questions to get a general picture of her health. Then he put his jacket on the floor, using the ladys coat as a pillow, and gently laid her down so he could raise her legs and apply some bandages. Bryan said, “At first I was a bit worried about remembering to do all the right things. I made sure she was as comfortable as possible.” When he had nearly finished, he told the lady that she was his first one. The lady said he was doing a great job.Just a week later, Brian got a second call-out to help another lady at a bus stop. Having used his new skills twice within a short time, Brian has decided to sign up as a Red Cross first aid volunteer. As he said, “I just thought: whats the point in having this knowledge if Im not going to use it? It felt really good to help those people. I was so proud of myself afterwards, so Im going to join the Red Cross.”4. Before helping the old lady, Brian . A. had given first aid on many people B. was thought to be a skilled first aid volunteer C. knew nothing about how to handle an emergency D. had learnt first aid skills but hadnt put them into practice5. What was wrong with the old lady when Brian arrived? A. Her legs were bleeding after being injured. B. Her left leg was injured and was bleeding. C. She fell onto the ground and hurt her head. D. She was knocked down by a bus and lost her legs.6. What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us? A. The reason why Brian was asked to help. B. Brian handled two emergencies in a week. C. How Brian gave first aid on the old lady. D. How the old lady reacted to Brians performance.7. After using his first aid skills twice, Brian . A. was discouraged and decided to give up B. realized he still had a lot of things to learn C. decided to give up his job for the Red Cross D. decided to help more people with his first aid skillsCA Japanese company has ordered all of its 2,700 employees to get identical (一模一样的) hairstyles. For men, the preferred cut is short on the sides and back but longer on top. For women, the company prefers a bob with a longer fringe (刘海) that can be swept to one side. This unusual request is its effort to help the country save energy. w W w .x K b 1.c o MThe spokeswoman for the Tokyo-based construction firm Maeda Corp