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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：053
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It was not yet eleven o'clock when a boat crossed the river with a single passenger who had obtained his transportation at that unusual hour by promising an extra fare.While the youth stood on the landing-place searching in his pockets for money,the ferry-man lifted a lantern,by the aid of which,together with the newly risen moon,he took a very accurate survey（打量）of the stranger’s figure. He was a young man of barely eighteen years,evidently country bred,and now,as it seemed,on his first visit to town, He was wearing a rough gray coat,which was in good shape,but which had seen many winters before this one .the garments under his coat were well constructed of leather,and fitted tightly to a pair of muscular(肌肉发达)legs;his stockings of blue yarn（线）must have been the work of a mother of sister,and on his head was a three-cornered hat,which in its better days had perhaps sheltered the grayer head of the lad’s father.In his left hand was a walking stick,and his equipment was completed by a leather bag not so abundantly stocked as to inconvenience the strong shoulders on which it hung.Brown,curly hair,well-shaped features,bright ,cheerful eyes were nature’s gifts,and worth all that artcould have done for his adornment（装饰）.The youth,whose name was Robin,paid the boatman,and then walked forward into the town with a light step,as if he had not already traveled more than thirty miles that day .As he walked,he surveyed his surroundings as eagerly as if he were entering London or Madrid,instead of the little metropolis（首府）of a New England colony（殖民地）。
1.What time of year was it in this story?______.
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A.spring B.summer C.fall D.winter
2.At what time of day did Robin cross the river?______.
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A.morning B.midday C.late afternoon D.night
3.The boatman was willing to take Robin across the river because______.
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A.he wanted to make extra money
B.he saw that Robin was young and rich
C.he was going to row across the river anyway
D.he felt sorry for him because Robin looked poor
4.The stockings that Robin wore were obviously______.
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A.well worn
B.very expensive
C.handmade Much too big
5.How did robin appear as he walked into town?______.
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A.He was cheerful and excited
B.he was tired
C.he seemed very sad
D.He seemed frightened his strange surroundings
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：053
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The dark, narrow streets of London were dangerous places for a lad to wander during the ruling of Charles Ⅱ (1660-1685). Bands of hoodlums(强盗), in the pay of some ships' captains, were found everywhere. Their job was to seize as many boys as they could find and carry them off to waiting ships in the harbor. Many a pale city lad would wake up from a drugged sleep, or a blow on the head, to find himself on the high seas, bound for the New World. There he might become a farmhand, an apprentice, or perhaps a household servant.
Thousands of unsuspecting youths were kidnapped who were never to return to the land of their birth. The traffic in young boys became, in time, a great public scandal, and this is the way it had come about.
America desperately needed colonists. At first, many people had come willingly, lured by tales of quick wealth and unlimited opportunity. But once they arrived, they found it to be a far rougher place than they had imagined. It was true that, there was opportunity, but hard work was needed to make it pay off. Many of the new colonists, hoping for easy fortuned, were not used to the difficulties of hard manual labour.
Nor could they manage the large farms by themselves. They needed help of every sort: for planting, for harvesting, for building their houses, etc. Some few skilled workers had come and set up shops--blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights(修造轮子的工匠) and such--but they, too, were in need of help. Without apprentices and laborers, they could not possibly do all the work that the colonists required.
British shipowners offered free transportation to all those who would come, in return for an agreement to work for seven years without wages. Thousands of immigrants accepted the offer. After seven years of service they were farmers in their own right--and needed help. So there was an increasing need for workers. When the captains could not get colonists any other way, they hired hoodlums to seize any young boys they could lay hands on.
Over 100000 youngsters were taken to America in this way. Kidnapping became such an open scandal that in 1682 the London Council passed a law forbidding any person under fourteen to be bound into service without the knowledge and consent of his parents.
1．What shocked the London citizens in the late 17th century?
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A．The British shipowners needed hands in their business.
B．Bands of hoodlums wandered in the dark streets of London.
C．Many young boys turned to drugs and violence.
D．Many young boys were captured and shipped to America.
2．According to the passage, many British people were willing to settle in America because _____.
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A．they were poor and desperate
B．they thought they could find jobs easily and soon make a fortune
C．they were desperately tired of the bad conditions in London
D．they learned that skilled workers were badly needed there
3．According to the passage, the colonists were in need of hands for the following reasons except that _____.
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A．many rail tracks had to be built
B．there was a lot of work on the farms
C．many houses had to be built
D．there was a lot of work in various kinds of shops
4．Why did thousands of immigrants sign the agreement to work for seven years without pay?
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A．Because they had no money to pay for their voyage to the New World.
B．Because they could become farmers in their own right after their seven-year work.
C．Because they had no land of their own when they just arrived in America.
D．Because they were kidnapped and forced to sign it.
5．We can infer from the passage that the British government passed a law in 1682 because _____.
[ ]
A．the shipowners had seized a great fortune of the country apart from the young boys
B．it intended to stop the employment of the young workers under the age of fourteen
C．the public strongly condemned the kidnapping of young boys
D．it did not want to lose a lot of its young residents
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科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：050
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The dark, narrow streets of London were dangerous places for a lad to wander during the ruling of Charles Ⅱ (1660-1685). Bands of hoodlums(强盗), in the pay of some ships' captains, were found everywhere. Their job was to seize as many boys as they could find and carry them off to waiting ships in the harbor. Many a pale city lad would wake up from a drugged sleep, or a blow on the head, to find himself on the high seas, bound for the New World. There he might become a farmhand, an apprentice, or perhaps a household servant.
Thousands of unsuspecting youths were kidnapped who were never to return to the land of their birth. The traffic in young boys became, in time, a great public scandal, and this is the way it had come about.
America desperately needed colonists. At first, many people had come willingly, lured by tales of quick wealth and unlimited opportunity. But once they arrived, they found it to be a far rougher place than they had imagined. It was true that, there was opportunity, but hard work was needed to make it pay off. Many of the new colonists, hoping for easy fortuned, were not used to the difficulties of hard manual labour.
Nor could they manage the large farms by themselves. They needed help of every sort: for planting, for harvesting, for building their houses, etc. Some few skilled workers had come and set up shops--blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights(修造轮子的工匠) and such--but they, too, were in need of help. Without apprentices and laborers, they could not possibly do all the work that the colonists required.
British shipowners offered free transportation to all those who would come, in return for an agreement to work for seven years without wages. Thousands of immigrants accepted the offer. After seven years of service they were farmers in their own right--and needed help. So there was an increasing need for workers. When the captains could not get colonists any other way, they hired hoodlums to seize any young boys they could lay hands on.
Over 100000 youngsters were taken to America in this way. Kidnapping became such an open scandal that in 1682 the London Council passed a law forbidding any person under fourteen to be bound into service without the knowledge and consent of his parents.
1．What shocked the London citizens in the late 17th century?
[ ]
A．The British shipowners needed hands in their business.
B．Bands of hoodlums wandered in the dark streets of London.
C．Many young boys turned to drugs and violence.
D．Many young boys were captured and shipped to America.
2．According to the passage, many British people were willing to settle in America because _____.
[ ]
A．they were poor and desperate
B．they thought they could find jobs easily and soon make a fortune
C．they were desperately tired of the bad conditions in London
D．they learned that skilled workers were badly needed there
3．According to the passage, the colonists were in need of hands for the following reasons except that _____.
[ ]
A．many rail tracks had to be built
B．there was a lot of work on the farms
C．many houses had to be built
D．there was a lot of work in various kinds of shops
4．Why did thousands of immigrants sign the agreement to work for seven years without pay?
[ ]
A．Because they had no money to pay for their voyage to the New World.
B．Because they could become farmers in their own right after their seven-year work.
C．Because they had no land of their own when they just arrived in America.
D．Because they were kidnapped and forced to sign it.
5．We can infer from the passage that the British government passed a law in 1682 because _____.
[ ]
A．the shipowners had seized a great fortune of the country apart from the young boys
B．it intended to stop the employment of the young workers under the age of fourteen
C．the public strongly condemned the kidnapping of young boys
D．it did not want to lose a lot of its young residents
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科目：高中英语 来源：浙江省临海市杜桥中学2011届高三年级上学期九月底月考试题英语试题 题型：050
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