河北省石家庄市届高三英语上学期第二次月考试题Word下载.docx

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17nowonder____________18inadvance____________19starin____________

20cometolife____________

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

PopeyetheSailorfirstbecameapopularcartooninthe1930s.Thesailorinthatcartoonatelotsofspinachtomakehimstrong.Peoplewatchedhim,andtheybegantobuyandeatalotmorespinach.Popeyehelpedsell33percentmorespinachthanbefore!

Spinachbecameanecessarypartofmanypeople’sdiets.Evensomechildrenwhohatedthetastebegantoeatthevegetable.

ManypeoplethoughtthattheironinspinachmadePopeyestrong,butthisisnottrue.Spinachdoesnothaveanymoreironthananyothergreenvegetable.

Peopleonlythoughtspinachhadalotofironbecausethepeoplewhostudiedthefoodmadeamistake.Inthe1890s,agroupofpeoplestudiedwhatwasinsidevegetables.Thisgroupsaidthatspinachhadtentimesmoreironthanitdid.Thegroupwrotethenumberwrong,andeveryoneacceptedit.

Today,weknowthatthelittleironinspinachcannotmakeadifferenceinhowstrongapersonis.However,spinachdoeshavesomethingelsewhichthebodyneeds—folicacid.

Itisinterestingtopointoutthatfolicacidcanhelpmakeapersonstrong.MaybeitwasreallythefolicacidthatmadePopeyestrongallalong.

36.Agoodtitleforthisreadingpassageis______.

A.PopeyetheSailorB.TheTruthAboutSpinach

C.AMistakewithNumbersD.FolicAcidMakesYouStrong

37.WhydidmanypeopleeatspinachaftertheysawPopeyetheSailor?

A.Peoplelikedfolicacid.

B.TheythoughtPopeyewasfunny.

C.Spinachhadalotofiron.

D.Theythoughtspinachmadethemstrong.

38.Aresearchgrouptoldpeoplethatspinach______.

A.madePopeyestrong

B.wasagreenvegetable

C

.hadlessironthanothergreenvegetables

D.hadmoreironthanothergreenvegetables

39.ThereadingpassagesaysthatperhapsPopeyegothisstrengthfrom______.

A.ironB.spinachC.folicacidD.exercise

B

Thebookingnotesoftheplay“theAgeofInnocence”:

Price:

＄10

BOOKING

Therearefoureasywaystobookseatsforperformance:

------inperson

TheBoxOfficeisopenMondaytoSaturday,10a.m.-8p.m.

------bytelephone

Ring01324976toreserveyourticketsortopaybycreditcard

（Visa,MasterCardandAmexaccepted）

------bypost

SimplycompletethebookingformandreturnittoGlobalTheatreBoxOffice.

------online

Completetheon-linebookingformatwww.Satanfiedtheatre.com

DICOUNTS:

Saver:

＄2offanyseatbookedanytimeinadvanceforperformancesfromMondaytoThursday.Saversareavailableforchildrenupto16yearsold,over60sandfull-timestudents.

Supersaver:

half-priceseatsareavailableforpeoplewithdisabilitiesandonecompanion.Itisadvisabletobookinadvance.Thereisamaximumofeightwheelchairspacesavailableandonewheelchairspacewillbehelduntilanhourbeforetheshow.

Standby:

bestavailableseatsareonsalefor＄6fromonehourbeforethep

erformanceforpeopleeligible（suitable）forSaverandSupersaverdiscountsandthirtyminutesbeforeforallother

customers.

GroupBookings:

thereisatenpercentdiscountforpartiesoftwelveormore.

School:

schoolpartiesoftenormorecanbook＄6standbyticketsinadvanceandwillgeteverytenthticketfree.

Pleasenote:

weareunabletoexchangeticketsorrefundmoneyunlessaperformanceiscancelledduetounforeseencircumstances.

40.Ifyouwanttobookaticket,youCANNOT_____

A.gototheBoxOfficeonSundays.

B.ringthebookingnumberandpayfortheticketsbycreditcard.

C.usetheInternet.

D.completeabookingformandpostittotheBoxOffice.

41.Ifyoumakeagroupbookingforagroupof14adults,howmuchshouldyoupay?

A.＄120B.＄150C.＄140D.＄126

42.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Thereareonly8wheelchairspacesinthetheatre.

B.Aschoolpartyof15st

udentsshouldpay90forthestandbytickets.

C.Agroupof12personscanget10percentdiscount.

D.Theaudiencecan‘trefundmoneyiftheperformanceisonshow.

Youhavesomegreatideas.Buttheydon’tcomeoutbecauseofwhatyourfriendssayorbecauseyouthinkthatonlyafewpeoplecanbecreativegeniuses（天才）.And,you,ofcourse,thinkthatyoucouldn’tbeoneofthem.Butactually,thisisnottrueatall.

Anyonewhoisacreativegeniuswilltellyouthatcreativityisverymuchlikeamusclethatneedstobedevelop

ed.Ifyoudon’tlearnhowtodevelopcreativethinking,thisskill,justlikeamuscle,willbecomepooranduseless.Ontheotherhand,keepworkingatit,andthisskillwillsoonbereadyforactionwheneveryouneedit.Sohowdoyoudevelopyourownpersonalstyleofcreativethinking?

Youshouldrealizethatyourbrainhasagreatercapacity（容量）andahigherspeedthantheworld’sbiggestandfastestcomputer.Soit’simportanttogetasmuchinformationasyoucaneveryday.Read,watchandlistentoeverythingaroundyou

—goodandbad.Themoreyouknow,themoreyou’llwanttoknow,andthemoreyourbrainwillbeexercised.

Trysomethingneweverydayandletyourexperiencesshowyoumoreabouttheworldandpeoplearoundyou.Youneedtostepoutofyourcomfortzone（舒适地带）moreandmoreeachday.

Followthesesuggestions,andbeginthinkingbeyondyour"

limits"

fromtoday.You’llsoonhavealifefullofinterestingandexcitingadventures.Whoknows,yourideamightbethenextgreatideatochangetheworld.

43.Mostpeoplecan’tbecreativegeniusesbecausethey_______.

A.don’thavegreatideasB.don’twanttodeveloptheirideas

C.aretooshytotalkabouttheirideasD.don’tbelievetheycanbe

44.Theunderlinedword"

it"

inthesecondparagraphmeans________.

A.creativethinkingB.themuscleC.personalstyleD.greatcapacity

45.Whatdowelearnfromthepassage?

A.Nocomputercanstoreasmuchinformationashuman’sbrain.

B.Itisnotnecessarytoremembereverythingaroundyou.

C.Trysomethingnew,aslongasyouarecomfortablewithit.

D.Itishardertoexercisethebrainthanthemuscles

46.Thepassageisintendedtotellreaders_________.

A.howtheycanlearnfromcreativegeniuses

B.aboutwaystodeveloptheircreativethinking

C.abouttheimportanceofexercisingthemuscles

D.thereasonswhytheycan’tbecreativegeniuses

D

AfewmonthsagoasIwanderedthroughmyparents’house，thesamehouseIgrewupin，Ihadasudden，scaryrealization．Whenmyparentsboughtthehouse，in1982，theywereonlytwoyearsolderthanIamnow．Itriedtoimaginemyselfintwoyears,readytosettledownandbuythehouseI’dstillbelivinginalmost30yearslater．

Itseemedridiculous．Onapracticallevel，there’snowayIcouldaffordtobuyahouseanytimesoon．Moreimportantly，Iwouldn’twantto．I’mnotsurewhereI’llbelivingintwoyears，orwhatkindofjobI’llhave．AndIdon’tthinkI’llbereadytosettledownandstayinoneplace．

Sothisisprobablythegenerationgapthatdividesmyfriendsandmefromourparents．Whenourparentswereourage，they’dgottheireducation，chosenacareer，andwerestartingtosettleintoresponsibleadultlives．

MyfriendsandI--“GenerationY”--stillaren’tsurewhatwewanttodowithourlives．Whateverweendupdoing，wewanttomakesurewe’rehappydoingit．We’drathertakerisksfirst，tryoutdifferentjobs，andmovefromonecitytoanotheruntilwefindourfavoriteplace．We’dratherspendourmoneyontravelthanputitinasavingsaccount．

Thiscasualattitudetowardresponsibilityhascausedsomecriticstocallmygeneration“arrogant”（自大的）,“impatient”,and“overprotected”．Someofthesecomplaintshaveapoint．Aschildren,wewereencouragedtosucceedinschool，butalsotohavefun．Wegrewupinaworldfulloftechnologicalinnovation:

cellphones，theInternet，instantmessaging，andvideogames．

Ourparentslookedtorisevertically（垂直的）--startingatthebottomoftheladderandslowlymakingtheirwaytothetop，onthesametrack，oftenforthesamecompany．Thatdoesn’tapplytomygeneration．

Becauseofthat，itmaytakeuslongerthanourparentstoarriveatresponsible，stableadulthood．Butthat’snotnecessarilyabadthing．Inourdesiretofindsatisfaction，wewillworkharder，striveforwaystokeeplifeinterest

ing，andgainabroadersetofexperiencesandknowledgethanourparents’generationdid．

47．Whentheauthorwalkedthroughherparents’house，she 

_______.

A．hadnoideawhatshewantedfromlife

B．realizedIshouldbuyahouse

C．startedtothinkaboutherownlife

D．wonderedwhyherparentshadsettleddownearly

48．Whatisthemain“generationgap”betweentheauthorandherfriendsandtheirparentsaccordingtothearticle?

A．Theirattitudetowardresponsibility． 

B．Theirwaysofmakingtheirwaytothetop．

C．Theirwaysofgainingexperience． 

D．Theirattitudetowardshightechnology．

49．Whichofthefollowingmighttheauthoragreewith?

A．It’sbettertotakeadultresponsibilityearlier

．

B. 

It’sallrighttotrymorebeforesettlingdown．

C．Itinvolvestoomuchefforttorisevertically．

D．It’sridiculoustocallher