新野三高2015届高三8月第一次阶段性考试英语试题.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)AHarriet Tubman was an AfricanAmerican woman who fought against slavery. She was born in 1820. She helped many people escape from slavery through the Underground Railroad. It was an organized effort to help slaves from the southern states to areas that banned slavery.Slaves could be sold freely. Families were often separated. Harriet married a free black man named John Tubman in 1844, yet she remained a slave. In 1849, the farmer who owned her died. Then she ran to the home of a white woman who had offered to help her.This woman told her how to reach another home where she could hide. Harriet Tubman went from place to place in this way. This was how the Underground Railroad operated. Finally，she went into the northern state of Pennsylvania. During the next ten years，she led an expanded Underground Railroad，and helped 300 slaves escape.Harriet Tubman found another way to fight against slavery during the Civil War. She went into the southern states to spy(做间谍) for the North. After the Civil War，Harriet Tubman settled in New York State. She gave speeches to raise money for better education for black Americans, worked for womens rights and sought help for older adults who had been slaves.Harriet Tubman died in 1913.By that time, she had been recognized as an American heroine(女英雄)1What does the passage mainly tell us?AThe Underground Railroad.BThe history of American slavery.CHarriets hard life and bravery.DHarriets fight against slavery.2What can be inferred from the passage?AThe Underground Railroad was a way to freedom.BEveryone knew that there was a way to free land.CBlack people were cared about by many white people.DBlack people looked down upon white people.3From Paragraph 4, we learn that when the Civil War broke out, Harriet_.Aworked for the SouthBdid a lot of work for the patients as a doctorChelped everyone to go to schoolDgot secret information for the North4Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AHarriet was recognized as a heroine.BHarriet fought against slavery in many ways.CHarriet helped only black people in her life.DHarriet helped black people to get better education.BTanzania Tarangire is a national park in Tanzania. The park itself covers an area of around 2,850 square kilometers, making it the sixth largest park of its kind in the country. I recently visited it to see what it was like.One of the first sightings upon entering the park I found was a huge group of elephants. Our guide told us Tarangire was probably the best place in Tanzania to find large groups of elephants. We continued to watch the elephants as they stood under trees and scratched(搔)themselves against the trees to hit the spot of an itch(痒)To the right of the elephant group, we noticed a big tree. Our guide informed us that this was a baobab tree and that Tarangire was one of the best national parks in Africa to see so many baobab trees.As we continued our drive through the park, we finally reached a watering hole. Our guide warned us there were lions all around us. Most of them were resting in the shade under bushes, but there was one that was drinking from the watering hole directly in front of us. We then noticed there were a couple of fresh zebra corpses(尸体)it seemed as if the resting lions had killed them!Our final big sighting was one that none of us were expecting to see！We pulled over to where there was a large gathering of cars, with a sleeping leopard there！We took photos happily and excitedly and observed its surprising body before returning to our hotel as it was getting late.So I hope you enjoyed my description of Tarangire，and that Ive inspired you to add this amazing park to your very own Tanzania travel plan.7How did the author travel in Tanzania Tarangire?ABy bicycle. BBy train.COn foot. DBy car.8What does the author think of his trip in Tanzania Tarangire?ABoring. BEnjoyable.CDangerous. DChallenging.CA young girl is calling a neighbor a superhero because of what he did when she was trapped beneath a car. Nick Harris said he didnt know where he found the strength, but somehow he managed to lift a car off the 6yearold girl last week，earning himself the title of superman. “I just think it s a Christmas miracle，”Harris said.Harris said he has tried time and again to recreate(使再现)the surprising show of strength because instinct(本能) sent him running to the 6yearold s aid. “I just ran over there，saw the tire on her，and lifted the car up to get her out from underneath the car，”Harris said. “I dont know how I did it. Ive tried three or four times since then.”Harris was dropping off his daughter at Eugene Field Elementary Friday morning when he saw a car back out of a driveway，pinning(压住) the girl under its tire. That girl turned out to be his daughters best friend.“I was expecting her to have bad