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　　2017届 1月份高三阶段性测试英语试卷
　　第二部分  阅读理解（共两节,每小题2分，满分40分）
　　第一节 （共15小题, 每小题2分, 满分30分）
　　A
　　When you are learning a foreign language, one of the hardest things to grasp is how and when to use colloquial idioms(口语习语) and expressions. Often used in both spoken and written language, these idioms are very important. Using one of these phrases correctly when speaking or writing to an English speaker is very impressive. Here are some wonderful British idioms.  Use them wisely.
　　1. It’s the bee’s knees.
　　This expression means that something is of excellence or of very high quality. For example, “Try this chocolate. It’s the bee’s knees.”
　　2. A penny for your thoughts?
　　This question is used in a situation where someone appears thoughtful or is very quiet seeming lost in thought. But remember that you don’t actually have to pay them a penny if they do tell you what is going on! For example, “You’ve been a bit quiet this evening, Pete. A penny for your thoughts?”
　　3. When pigs fly!
　　This expression is one of my favorites and I use it all the time. It is used primarily when speaking, meaning that something is extremely unlikely or impossible. For example, “I will forgive him when pigs fly!” “When do you thin will get a gym membership, Lucy?” “When pigs fly!”
　　4. To feel a bit under the weather.
　　I use this expression in many different situations but most use it to refer to feeling ill, or unwell. You would not use this phrase if you were feeling extremely unwell. It is only for those times when you are feeling a little ill or suffering from something slightly like a cold or a cough. However, this can also be used to refer to feeling emotionally low.
　　21. What would you say if you think something will never happen?
　　A. It’s the bee’s knees.      B. A penny for your thoughts?
　　C. When pigs fly!      D. To feel a bit under the weather.
　　22. What does “A penny for you thoughts?” mean?
　　A. Can I help you?      B. Do you need any money?
　　C. How are you feeling?     D. What are you thinking about?
　　23. What is the writer most likely to continue to write in the last paragraph
　　A. A study report      B. An exampleC. Another idiom      D. The basis of the idiom.
　　24. What is the writer’s purpose of writing the text?
　　A. To introduce some useful idioms      B. To show how to remember idioms.
　　C. To tell people the importance of idioms.   D. To give advice on how to learn a foreign language.
　　B
　　That old saying “Never say never” came to mind when I read that Harper Lee, the author of the beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, has a new book coming out in July, 2015—55 years after Mockingbird was published! The very private Ms. Lee had never followed up her highly praised first book, with a second novel. Instead, she’s following it up with a first novel. Confused? So was I! Allow me to explain.
　　Go Set a Watchman, was actually written before that classic volume. In the mid-1950s, Lee had completed Watchman, which features Scout Finch as a young woman from Alabama living in New York. The story follows Scout as she returns to visit her father, Atticus, the lawyer who fought racial injustice in Mockingbird.
　　But as Lee herself put it in a recent announcement through her publisher, “my editor, who was taken by the flashback（倒叙）to Scout’s childhood, persuaded me to write a novel from the point of view of the young Scout. I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told.” That book was, of course, To Kill a Mockingbird, and after it was released to great praise, Lee never returned to Go Set a Watchman. In fact, that earlier work was considered lost until Lee’s lawyer found a manuscript（手稿）of it.
　　“After much thought and hesitation I considered it worthy of publication.” said Lee. “I amamazed that this will now be published after all these years.” So the book that gave birth to To Kill a Mockingbird will now serve as its sequel(续集).
　　It’s safe to say that, decades after the publication of Mockingbird, millions of readers who were so touched by Ms. Lee’s second novel will be counting the days until the release of her first one.25. When was Mockingbird published according to the text?