2017届贵州省德江县高三高考模拟英语试题(一)

2017年德江县高考模拟试题英语(一) （100分钟 120分） 第Ⅰ卷 第二部分：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   Before she was Queen of England , Princess Elizabeth wanted to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S.) , a female branch of the British military. It was World War II, and women worked at jobs traditionally held by men, who were now overseas fighting.   Elizabeth was a teenager and first had to convince her parents about her plan. Her father, King George Ⅵ. thought it was too dangerous. But Princess Elizabeth would not take no for an answer. “I ought to do as other girls of my age do,” she said firmly. After some months, her parents finally agreed to let her join.    Princess Elizabeth did not receive any special treatment in the A. T.S. The only thing different was that she returned to Windsor Castle each night to sleep. When she arrived at the A. T.S. camp depot(兵站) for her first day of training, Princess Elizabeth was greeted by a car with its wheels off. In the weeks that followed, she learned to take apart an engine and then assemble(装配) it. The princess loved the training, admitting, “I'm a mechanic at last."    Princess Elizabeth worked on car, truck, and even tank engines. She also learned to read maps and drive officer transport cars, ambulances, and military trucks. To complete her A. T.S. training, she was required to drive a big truck on her own.     The king and queen thought driving a truck was too dangerous, but before they could let her know how they felt, they discovered Elizabeth driving a truck onto the palace grounds. She had driven from the A. T.S. camp through the busy London streets all by herself.     Princess Elizabeth became Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1952. Now in her eighties, she still drives. Queen Elizabeth loves horses and still rides four times each week. She also actively manages her estate(庄园) farm at Balmoral and is often seen hiking through