黑龙江省牡丹江市第一高级中学2020┄2021届高三上(4)

18. Why was one of the businessmen worried？

A. The food will not agree with him.

B. He might do something stupid.

C. He knew very little about drinks.

19. What happened to one of the businessmen by the end of the evening？

A. He became uncomfortable.

B. He made a fool of himself.

C. He ate too much.

20. Which was TRUE about the two men？

A. One was smart, and the other was silly.

B. Both of them were very careless.

C. Neither of them was well educated.

第二部分（共两节，满分40分）

第一节阅读理解（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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑

A

I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a sportsman. Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is supposed to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.

A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “Fifty is what forty used to be.” He had made an inspirational point. Am I over the hill？ People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I