内蒙古赤峰市2017_2018学年高二英语上学期升学考试一模试题20.docVIP

2016级高二第一次模拟考试 英语试卷 第一部分 听了（略） 第二部分：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） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A When I was young, my father had one of the first telephones our neighborhood. I remember the shiny box on the wall. But I was too little to reach it. I could only listen to my mother talk on it. I discovered that inside the-wonderful box lived an amazing person whose name was Information Please. There was nothing she did not know. One day my mother went out. I accidentally hurt my finger when I was playing with a hammer. I walked around the house sucking my finger, finally seeing the telephone. Quickly I dragged a chair over and climbed up. “Information Please, ”I spoke into the receiver. A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear. “Information.” “I hurt my finger…”I cried into the phone. “Isn’t your mother home?” came the question. “Nobody’s home but me.” I sobbed. “Are you bleeding?” the voice asked. “No,” I replied, “I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.” “Can you open your icebox?” she asked. I said I could. “Then take a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.” said the voice. After that, I called “Information Please” for everything. I asked her for help with my geography and she told me where Philadelphia was. She helped me with my math. She told me her name was Sally. Then, there was the time my pet canary（金丝雀）died. I called “Information Please” and told Sally the sad story. “Why is it that birds sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a pile of feathers?” She listened, then said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in.” Somehow, I felt better. One day when I called “Information Please” again, a different voice answered “Information.” I asked for Sally. “Are you a friend?” she said. “Yes,” I answered. “I’m sorry to have to tell you this,” she said. “She died five days ago.” Before I could hang up she said, “Wait a minute. Did you say your name was