高中英语真题解析

高中英语真题解析

第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节(共15小题，满分30)

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Leeds Castle is in Kent, England. 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Maidstone. It is built on islands in a lake formed by the River Len to the cast of the village of Leeds. It has been open to the public since 1976.

Opening time: April to September. 10:00—18:00 October to March: 10:00~17:00 Tickets：Tickets are valid for one year from date of purchase giving free repeat visits to the Castle, grounds and attractions. Excludes special ticketed events and Christmas Day.

Adult tickets: ￡24 single

Child tickets: ￡16 single (4~15 years old)

Kid ticket: free (under 4)

Transportation:

Coach or express: National Express from London to Leeds Castle directly

Train: Any train from southern cities to Bearsted. transfer by Spot Travel to Leeds Castle. 15 minutes' ride, goes by each hour.

The Upstairs Tour: Thursday 21st April, 11:30am

See the State bedrooms, not normally on show to the public. Hear about the guests of the roaring 1920s. see the bedroom where Edward and Simpson stayed and where Pavarotti was accommodated during his visit.

Price: ￡5 per person. A valid entrance ticket is required per person

Embroidery (刺绣)Taster Workshop: Sunday 5th June, 10:30am

Learn the basics with expert supervision from members of the Embroiderers Association and sew your own small piece of embroidery to lake home and frame to turn into a cushion or handmade greeting card.

Price: ￡20 per person.

A valid entrance ticket is required per person. Includes refreshments and all materials.

21. How much should an adult with a child pay to enter Leeds Castle?

A. ￡10. B. ￡24. C.￡16. D. ￡40.

22. What can visitors s«e during the Upstairs Tour?

A. Pavarotti. B. The State bedrooms. C. A show. D. Artworks.

23. To visit the Embroidery Taster Workshop, yohave to_.

A. get an entrance ticket B. show your greeting card

C. know about embroidery D. join an association

B

Mr. Selfridge, the Wisconsin-born retailer (零售商) who left school at 14, rose to become a partner in Marshall Field's. Chicago. Founded in 1852, it was one of the first and most ambitious US department scores. Mr. Selfridge had done well with Marshall Field's. He liked to say, “The customer is always right,” which made the Chicago store popular. And he is believed to have invented the phrase “Only [so many] Shopping Days until Christmas”.

When he visited London on holiday in 1906 he was surprised to find most of the city's department stores were no match of their American and Parisian competitors. This led Selfridge to leave the US and establish Selfridges. a department store named after him. at the west end of London's Oxford Street. In Oxford Street, Selfridge's design team shaped an ambitious classical p3lacc building with a wall of plate glass windows.

Opened in 1909, Selfridges offered customers a hundred departments along with restaurants, a roof garden, reading and writing rooms, reception areas for foreign visitors, a first aid room and. most importantly, a small army of knowledgeable floor-walking assistants who served as guides as well as being thoroughly instructed in the art of making a sale.

Mr. Selfridge did much to make the department store a destination rather than just a big and comprehensively stocked city shop. It became a place to meet and for ladies to lunch. Mr. Selfridge later introduced the department store as a key element of the 20th Century culture, and Chaplin acknowledged the growing trend for shopping in the department store in his film The Floorwalker.

24. What can be learned about Mr. Selfridge from Paragraph I ?

A. lie was well-educated.

B. He was a gifted businessman.

C. He was a modest man.

D. He was dishonest.

25. What made Selfridge build a department store in London?

A. The large population in London.

B. His desire to own a department store.