【高考调研】2017届高三英语一轮复习（外研版）课时规范训练42（含解析）
<p> 课时规范训练(单独成册)</p><p> 训练(四十二)</p><p> Ⅰ.阅读理解</p><p> 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(<span word="A">A</span>、<span word="B">B</span>、<span word="C">C</span>、<span word="D">D</span>)中，选出最佳选项。</p><p> <span word="A">A</span></p><p> <span word="While">While</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crime">crime</span>，<span word="our">our</span> <span word="listener">listener</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Mohamad">Mohamad</span> <span word="Firouzi">Firouzi</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span>.<span word="He">He</span> <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Alcatraz">Alcatraz</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prison">prison</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="operated">operated</span> <span word="there">there</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span>lcatraz Island is in the harbor of San Francisco，California.It is best known for being a federal prison，which was also called “The Rock.” It was once the most famous prison in America.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span>lcatraz was a military prison from the late eighteen fifties until the nineteen thirties.Then it became a federal prison for the country’s worst criminals.These included murderers，bank robbers and kidnappers.One of the main reasons federal officials chose Alcatraz Island to detain these prisoners was because they thought it would be impossible for prisoners to escape.</p><p> <span word="Cold">Cold</span>，<span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="waters">waters</span> <span word="surround">surround</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span>.<span word="Also">Also</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="distance">distance</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="island">island</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="San">San</span> <span word="Francisco">Francisco</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="swim">swim</span>.<span word="No">No</span> <span word="prisoner">prisoner</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="officially">officially</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="successfully">successfully</span> <span word="escaped">escaped</span>.</p><p> <span word="However">However</span>，<span word="in">in</span> <span word="nineteen">nineteen</span> <span word="sixty">sixty</span><span word="two">two</span>，<span word="three">three</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prison">prison</span>.<span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stone">stone</span> <span word="wall">wall</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="cell">cell</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="false">false</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="paper">paper</span>，<span word="paint">paint</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hair">hair</span>.<span word="On">On</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="June">June</span> <span word="eleventh">eleventh</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heads">heads</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="beds">beds</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="sleeping">sleeping</span>.<span word="Then">Then</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="prisoners">prisoners</span> <span word="escaped">escaped</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="holes">holes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="cells">cells</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="water">water</span>.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="again">again</span>.<span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="drowned">drowned</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="swim">swim</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="San">San</span> <span word="Francisco">Francisco</span>.</p>
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