2017届天河区高中毕业班综合测试（二）英语
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。第I卷1页至8页，第II卷9页
至10页。
2答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。
3全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。
4考试结束后，将答题卡交回。
第I卷
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）
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）
“Ca
’tholdaca
dleto”isapopularexpressio
．Whe
therewas
’telectricitysomeo
ewould
haveaserva
tlighthiswaybyholdi
gaca
dle．Theexpressio
mea
tthattheperso
whoca
othold
aca
dletoyouis
otfiteve
tobeyourserva
t．Now，itmea
ssuchaperso
ca
otcompareor
compete．
A
otherexpressio
is“holdyourto
gue．”Itmea
stobestilla
d
ottalk．“Holdyourto
gue”is

otsomethi
gyouwouldtellafrie
d．Butapare
torteachermightusetheexpressio
toquieta
oisy
child．
“Holdout”isa
expressio
o
ehearsofte
i
sportsreportsa
dlabor
ews．Itmea
storefuseto
playorwork．Professio
alfootballa
dbaseballplayers“holdout”iftheirteamrefusestopaythemwhat
theythi
ktheyareworth．
Theexpressio
“holdup”hasseveraldiffere
tmea
i
gs．O
eisarobbery．Ama
withagu
may
say“Thisisaholdup．Givemeyourmo
ey．”A
othermea
i
gistodelay．Adriverwhowasheldup
byheavytrafficmightbelateforwork．A
othermea
i
gisforastorytobeco
sideredtrueaftera

i
vestigatio
．Astoryca
holdupifitisprovedtrue．
“Holdo
”isa
otherexpressio
，whichmea
swaitorstop．Asyouleaveforschool，yourbrother
maysay“Holdo
，youforgotyourbook．”Itisusedtoaskatelepho
ecallertowaita
d
otha
guphis
telepho
e．
Ourfi
alexpressio
is“holdtheli
e．”Thatmea
stokeepaproblemorsituatio
fromgetti
g
worsetoholdsteady．Forexample，thepreside
tmaysayhewill“holdtheli
eo
taxes．”Hemea
s
therewillbe
oi
creasei
taxes．
1Theexpressio
“ca
’tholdaca
dleto”callbeusedwhe
____________．
A．somefootballersrefusetoplayagame
B．someo
eis
otqualifiedforapositio

C．someo
eelseiswa
tedo
thepho
e
D．someo
ewasdelayedbyheavytraffic
2Thetu
eofthephrase“holdyourto
gue”isprobablyalittle___________．
A．amusi
g
B．polite
C．offe
sive
D．u
frie
dly
3Ifsometeachers“holdout”，theyprobably__________．
A．refusetowork
B．cha
getheirattitude
C．makeacompromise
D．showtheirdevotio

f4Whichofthefollowi
gse
te
cesca
co
veypositivemea
i
gsA．Iwaslar