14-15学年（高二，上）高中英语（必修5，牛津版）unit1阶段测试ⅰ（含答案）

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1、14-15学年牛津高二上学期B1U1阶段测试IClass:Name:Marks:满分（85）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AMakingchoicesisnecessary,butnotalwayseasy.Manyofourexpressionstellaboutthisdifficulty.Oneoftheseexpressionsis“Hobson'schoice"・Itisoftenusedtodescribeadifficultchoice・Butthatisnotwhatitreal

2、lymeans.Itsrealmeaningistohavenochoiceatall.TheHobsonintheexpressionwasThomasHobson.Mr.HobsonownedmanyhorsesinCambridge・Mr.HobsonoftenrentedhishorsestothestudentsatCambridgeUniversity.Buthedicingreallytrustthemtotakegoodcareofthehorses.So,hehadarulethatpreventedthestudentsfro

3、mridinghisbesthorses.Theycouldtakethehorsethatwasnearestthestabledoor.Or,theycouldnottakeanyhorseatall.Thus,aHobson^schoicewasreallynochoice・Anotherexpressionforhavingnorealchoiceis"betweenarockandahardplacetItisoftenusedtodescribeadifficultsituationwithfewchoices—noneofthemi

4、sgood・Forexample,yourbossmayaskyoutoworklate.Butyouhaveplanstogotoamoviewithyourfriends・Ifyourefusetowork,yourbossmaygetangry.Butifyoudonotgotothemovieswithyourfriends,theymaygetangry.Sowhatdoyoudo?Youare"caughtbetweenarockandahardplacetAnotherexpression一"betweenthedevilandth

5、edeepbluesea"—alsogivesyouachoicebetweentwoequallydangerousthings.Itsmeaningseemsclear.Youcanchoosethedevilandhisburningfiresofhell.Or,youcanchoosetodrowninthesea.Someexpertsinlexicology（词V匚学）saytheexpressioncomesfromthedaysofwoodenships.The“devil”isawordforaseambetweentwopie

6、cesofwoodalongthewaterlineofaship・Iftheseamorcrackbetweenthetwopiecesofwoodbeginstoleak（漏），thenasailormustfixit.Thesailororderedtomaketherepairswasinadangeroussituation.Hewashungoverthesideoftheship,working"betweenthedevilandthedeepbluesea”・Thereisstillanotherexpressionthatde

7、scribesasituationwithonlybadchoices—uonthehornsofadilemma"（左右为难）.Thedictionarysaysadilemmaisasituationinwhichyoumustmakeadecisionbetweentwoequallybalancedchoices・Whenyourdilemmahashorns（角人makingachoicebecomesimpossible・Whenyouare“onthehornsofadilemma，；nomatterwhichhornyouchoo

8、se,somethingbadwillhappen.1.WecouldlearnfromMr.Hobson，sstorythathe.A