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共72道小题，约5530字。

　　肇庆市中小学教学质量评估
　　2017届高中毕业班第一次统一检测
　　英  语
　　本试卷共8页，卷面满分120分。考试用时120分钟。
　　注意事项：
　　1.本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分。答卷前，考生务必
　　将自己的姓名、考生号、考场号和座位号填写在答题卡上。因测试不考听
　　力，第I卷从第二部分的“阅读理解”开始，试题序号从“21”开始。
　　2.回答第I卷时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号
　　涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。写在本试卷上
　　无效。
　　3.回答第II卷时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。
　　4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
　　第I卷
　　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(A、B、C和 D)中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Hundreds of years ago，a Roman army came north from England to make war on Scotland. The Scots，a brave people，loved their country very much. They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland, but there were too many Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.
　　One night, the leader of Scots marched his soldiers to the top of a hill. “We will rest here tonight, my men,” he said. “Tomorrow we will fight one more battle. We must win or we will die.”
　　They were all very tired, so they ate their supper quickly and fell asleep. There were four guards on duty, but they were very tired, too, and one by one, they fell asleep.
　　The Romans were not asleep. Quickly they gathered at the foot of the hill. Slowly they climbed up the hillside, taking care not to mand. Closer and closer they came to the sleeping Scots. They were almost at the top. A few minutes more，the war would be over. Suddenly, one of them put his foot on a thistle(蓟). He cried out and his sudden cry woke the Scots. In a moment，they were on their feet and ready for a battle. The fighting was hard but it did not last long. The Scots wiped out the Romans and saved their country.
　　The thistle is not a beautiful plant. It has sharp needles all over it. Few people like it. But the people of Scotland liked it so much that they made it their national flower.
　　21.The result of the war is that  ________.
　　A.the Scots defeated the Romans 　　
　　B.the Romans killed all the Scots    
　　C.the Scots were defeated 　　　　　　
　　D.the Scots were driven out of Scotland
　　22. At the shout of a Roman soldier, all the Scots who were asleep at the hill _______.
　　A.woke and rose immediately, ready to fight
　　B.put their feet into their shoes at once and were ready to fight   
　　C.stood up without putting on their shoes and began to fight 　　　　　　
　　D.began to fight the Romans hard
　　23. The Scots made thistle their national flower because thistle ________.
　　A.gave them happiness　　
　　B.had so many sharp needles all over it
　　C.helped the Scots in wiping out the Romans 　　
　　D.is lovely,though not beautiful
　　B
　　"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment."