1、河南省鄢陵县第一高级中学届高三上学期第一次周考英语试题高三第一次周考2015.8.13一、阅读理解:共15题 每题2分 共30分 AAround 8 pm ona Wednesday, my mother called me in a panicfrom Florence. She said my 74-year-old father, Warren Baird, wasmissinghttp:/www.wln1|+ 未来脑教学云平台_!My mom, June, came home that afternoon to an open garage doorand no sign of my
2、dad or his car.Typically this wouldntbe a big deal,but over the past few years my dad had begun to show signs of memoryloss.When he didnt turn up by dinnertime, she knew something waswrong.I live about five hours away in Ball Ground, Ga, just outside ofAtlanta. I arrived in Florence around 3 am. I e
3、ntered the living room tofind my mom and sister weeping. They had called the police, but because of the late hour and limited resources, the police could not conduct a search until the morning. We felt so helpless. I tried to sleep, butit proved impossible. I wanted to do something-anything-to get p
4、eople looking for my dad.Luckily, Florence was my childhood home.I started sending outemails to friends still living in the area, asking them to keep a look-out. I also created the Help Find Warren Baird page on Facebook.Just a few hours later, more than 300 people connected with the page. Complete
5、strangers started to comment, promising to share our posts or look around their areas for my dad.Finally we got the call we had been praying for around noon onThursday. A family in LattaSC,saw an elderly man sitting in car.That same family saw a FaceBook News Feed post about our search forDad and ca
6、lled the police. When we saw Dad, he was confused, dehydrated(脱水的)and weak-but he was alive. He couldnt stand or walk on his own.http(:/ 未来脑教学云平台*#*Thankfully the policeman that found him stayed with him until we could get there.My dad came home on Christmas Day and those who were involvedwith our s
7、tory on Facebook commented to congratulate us, telling ushow happy they were that he was safe.In a world where bad news seemsto be everywhere, it felt like the happy ending all of us needed.1What did the writer find his mother and sister doingwhen he enteredthe living room?A.They were discussing.B.T
8、hey were crying.C.They were calling police.http:/ww_* 未来脑教学云平台?D.They were quarrelling.2We can infer that the complete strangers were_.A.generousB.determinedC.helpfulD.optimistic3ht|tp:/www.wln100.c?om 未来脑教学云?平台+http:/|/www.wln10$ 未来脑教学云平台+When the missing father was found, he was _.A.in a poor stat
9、eB.in high spiritsC.in good conditionD.out of breath BWe often think that plane crashes are catastrophic (灾难的). But thankfully, that isnt the case. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the survival rate of crashes was 95.7%. Sure, there are some accidents where everyone, or nearly eve
10、ryone, died, but those are much rarer than youd guess based on what you seein the news. Were going to offer some advice on what you can do to make it out of a plane crash alive.Youve only got 90 seconds to get out If youve survived the crash landing, you only have 90 seconds to do so( 未来脑教学云平台|%_You
11、 see, the thing that kills most passengers in a plane crash isnt the actual impact(撞击). Its the fire that typically consumes the plane afterwards. Surveys show that most people think they actually have about 30 minutes to get out of a burning plane. The reality is that it takes, on average, just 90
12、seconds for a devastating (毁灭性的) fire to hum through the plane and consume everything and everyone in it.Dont sleepDont drink before getting on a plane. You have to be fully presentin the event of a crash. You dont need to be paranoid(多疑) during this time, just vigilantly(警惕地) relaxed.Remember the P
13、lus 3/Minus 8 ruleIn the air world, Plus 3/Minus 8 refers to the first three minutes after takeoff and the last eight minutes before landing. According to fight crash investigators, close 10.80% of all plane crashes occur during this timeframe, and great importance should he attached to it. In betwe
14、en those times, the chances of a plane crash occurring drop dramatically.Forget your carryon luggage, remember the kidshtt?p:/_/ 未来脑教学$云平台_After the plane has crash landed and youre still alive, you only have 90 seconds to get to those exits as fast as you can. You need to bereminded to forget your
15、carryon luggage! It will slow you down andblock others escape, and it may injure you or someone else. Your braindoes stupid things in disasters. If your kids are in the plane, keep reminding yourself, I have kids.4The first paragrhttp:(/w?ww.wln100$.+com 未来脑教学云平台aph suggests that _.A.all plane crash
16、es are absolutely devastatinghttp:/www.wln|10_ 未来$脑教学云平台* disasterB.all the passengers on board are killed in plane crashesC.the actual plane crashes are different from those in the newsD.the general death rate of plane crashes is only 4.3%5Why do we get out of the aircraft quickly after the impact?
17、A.Because most passengers in a plane crash are terrified.B.Because a terrible fire will soon destroy everything.C.Because there are man7 rescue workers outside.D.Because the passengers on board are too crowded.6Plus 3/Minus 8 rule is mentioned inhttp:/www.w# #未来脑教学云%平台_ the passage to_.A.warn us to
18、pay more attention to this time frhttp:/ww?w.wl% 未来脑教学云平台$+ameB.show us to get ready for another dangerC.introduce us the result of flight crash investigationsD.urge all passengers to change their minds7According tohttp:/www|.wln1$ 未来脑教+学云平台 the author, which of the following statements is a good mo
19、ve?A.Drink a little before boarding and sleep all the time during your flight time.B.Get to the exits as fast as you can in the last eight minutes before landing.C.Carry your important baggage first and forget other things while escaping disasters.D.Remind you of keeping your child safe in the same
20、plane firstly in disasters. CMore college graduates in China are seeking for work experience instead of advanced degrees, a survey shows. The practical approach, coupled with a record number of students http%:/www.wln100+.com 未来脑教学云平台|%graduating from college, is expected to intensify(加强) competitio
21、n in the job market, analysts said.More than 76 percent of university students said they wanted to work after earning their degrees this summer, up from 68.5 percent in 2012 and 73.6 percent last year, according to poll results from Z, a major online agency, Zhu Bo.http:+/www.wl) 未来脑教学云平台(*http:/www
22、.wln100.co*?m 未来脑%教学云平台The annual survey also shows that about a fifth of respondents chose to further their education after graduation, while about 3 percent wanted to start their own businesses.ZengHao, a 25-year-old media major, managed to land a job in a publishing company in Zhongshan, Guangdon
23、g province, before he received his masters degree from the University of Macau in June. Work experience really matters in the publishing industry, and a masters degree is enough for a newcomer to land a job, he said.http:/www._wln100.co?|m 未来脑教学云平台Wei Guihong, a program administrator at the School o
24、f Foreign Studies at Nanjing University, said about 60 percent of the schools graduates entered the labor market every year. She said that some differences in students choices after graduation were due to their majors“More and more students majoring in a foreign language choose to go abroad to conti
25、nue their studies to improve their language skills,she said continuously, Thats perhaps a bright future.”Liu Junsheng, a researcher at the Labor and Wage Institute of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, believes that economic conditions play a vital role in shaping college graduates
26、 choices“The global economic crisis in 2008 created a hard time for many employers. There were fewer job opportunities in the market, which forced many students to postpone entering. The economic upturn in the past three years in China has given more confidence both to employers and employees, he sa
27、id. Although academic degrees still matter, more and more employers value job seekers work experience, or in other words, they prefer to hire someone witha bachelors degree and some relevant work experience rather than someone witha masters degree butfresh out ofcollege, he said.The Z survey shows t
28、hat each of the respondents sent resumes on average to about 28 potential employers and received five interview opportunities8We can infer from the firs, three paragraphs that_.A.the number of graduates from college is likely to decline graduallyB.the employment situation is still relatively optimis
29、ticC.the majority of university graduates are ready for further educationD.those who whtt_p:_/ 未来脑教学云平台#ant to start their own businesses are fewest9From the text, we know that the real expert on employment is_.A.Zhu BoB.Zeng HaC.Wei GuihongD.Lihttp:/www.wln1_ 未来脑教学云平台*u Junsheng10What is Wei Guihon
30、gs attitudes towards her students going abroadfor their studies?A.Pessimistic.B.Critical.C.Supportive.D.Negative.11What would be the best title for the text?A.Graduates pick work instead of taking advanced degrees.B.Graduates take advanced degrees instead of picking work.C.Few graduates can get thei
31、r jobs they seek for.D.Few Graduates receive the interview opportunities. DEveryone knows that eating too much junk food is not good to our health. Yet, what is it about junk food that is so completely irresistible(无可抗拒的)? For one thing, its everywhere. From chips in fast food restaurants to candy in supermarkets, junk food always seems available. Thankfully, science is now providing new clues to help us reduce snacking.Make friends with dainty(讲究的) eaters.Studies have found that people tend to increase or reduce the
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