江苏省南京市2014届高三考前冲刺训练（二）英语 Word版含答案

“I don?t know --- I don?t know of anyone who?s ever written to them before.” Then he added, “By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.” “What can I do to keep it from happening again?”

He smiled the empty smile we?d seen all day. “Absolutely nothing.”

After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I?ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn?t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto” --- a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone?s personal and professional identity -just like the town you?re born in and the place where you?re raised.

Like my father, I?ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.

60. The author was held at the airport because __________.

A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica. B. her name was similar to a terrorist?s. C. she had been held in Montreal. D. she had spoken at a book event. 61. She was not allowed to call her friends because __________. A. her identity hadn?t been confirmed yet. B. she had been held for only one hour and a half.

C. there were other families in the waiting room. D. she couldn?t use her own cell phone.

62. We learn from the passage that the author would __________ to prevent similar experience from happening again.

A. write to the agency B. change her name C. avoid traveling abroad D. do nothing 63. Her experiences indicate that there still exists __________ in the US. A. hatred B. discrimination C. tolerance D. diversity 64. The author sounds __________ in the last paragraph. A. impatient B. bitter C. worried D. ironic 四．书面表达

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Florence Chadwick was a great swimmer. However, not all of her efforts worked out. In addition to working hard, she had a secret for success. At the age of 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. However, in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so dense that she could hardly see her support boats. Her body was numb and she had been swimming for nearly 16 hours. Against the frigid grip of the sea, she struggled on---hour after hour---while millions watched on national television.

Alongside Florence, in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasn?t much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to quit. She never had… until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out. Still thawing her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, I?m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.