四川省德阳市高中2015届高三“二诊”考试英语试(5)

like ghosts walking and wondering what had happened to them, The ones that bothered him were those who smiled, who acted like nothing was wrong． “Were they blind?" he wondered． Worse were those-who moved into the houses and took the businesses of their missing neighbors． They seemed too assured, too content． They may be Dutch, Ulrich thought, but they are the enemy, too． They were the ones who made the occupation easy． He hoped that when the war was over, the rightful owners would come back and throw them out on their ears．

School was not the same either． It was ore than the missing students, though that was the biggest part of it． The teachers, who once seemed to know everything, were different, too． They seemed afraid to teach history, afraid that the authorities would not like what they said． They jumped when a student dropped a book． It was as if they al．l had to hold their breath． It was nearly spring． Already tulips（郁金香） were fighting their way out of the cold ground． How many more winters, springs, summers", and falls would go by until they were free? Ulrich waited, and hoped that his friend Anne would soon come home．

39．When Ulrich says, "It's not our home anymore? " ．

A． they've moved to a new city

B． the buildings don't look the same

C． the city feels strange and unfamiliar

D． spring flowers make the neighborhood unrecognizable

40．What has changed in Amsterdam?

A． There is a new family next door．

B． The people's attitudes and security．

C． There is more freedom among the citizens．

D． The subjects Ulrich was studying in school．

41．What does the underlined sentence “No one felt safe, except maybe the collaborators．"mean?

A． People were afraid of an invasion．

B． There might be a natural disaster any time．

C． People who work together are more secure than others, ．

D． Only the people who were e ping the Nazis felt comfortable．

42．The part of the setting related to people instead of place has changed in all of the following EX-CEPT

A．shopkeepers and neighbors have been replaced by other people

B．the Nazis have arrived and are threatening people

C．some former friends have become untrustworthy

D．the teacher seems to like teaching history

D

China produces 58,000 tons of silk each year．Yet one of the most popular silk companies in the world is Jim Thompson, a brand based in Thailand．

Thompson, a Delaware native, was trained to be an architect in the mid－1920s, but joined the United States army in the early 1940s in response to the rise of World War II． He was soon appointed to the Office of Strategic Services （ which eventually became the CIA） and traveled around the world, including Thailand, where he fell in love with the people and their country．

There were few hotels that accommodated international travelers in the capital of Bangkok, and Thompson thought that with the rise of leisure travel, the Far East would make an appealing destination for Westerners． Upon his discharge from the military in 1946, he returned to Thailand to start his own silk business．

At the time, silk was main y being produced in the northeast of Thailand, but due to the dullness of the collection process, silk production was on the decline． Thompson was determined to revive（振兴） the business, so in 1947, he took a variety of silk thread~ back to New York City to see if the product would be marketable to