阳东县阳东一中、广雅中学2015届高三第一次联考

英语试题
I __5__ this volunteer work, making __6__ with the four volunteers in the kitchen. One was a very nice elderly housewife, one a movie actor, another a young teacher, and the other a college student, like me.

I talked to a lot of the homeless people at the shelter. Their life stories __7__ me with sympathy. Some of them had __8__ with alcohol or drugs while others only had bad __9__. One woman worked for almost 30 years for a small company, and then she lost her job. She wanted to look for a __10__ job, but couldn't find one, for she was too __11__. She could do nothing but sell her furniture—sofas, chairs, and tables so that she could pay for her food. The woman __12__ on job hunting, but she __13__ couldn't find one. She had no money for her __14__ and had to sleep in her car. Then she had to sell her car. Alone, __15__， and homeless, she finally came to the shelter.

1．A.studying

B．planning

C．holding

D．taking



2．A.helped

B．raised

C．appeared

D．washed



3．A.ordered

B．bought

C．cooked

D．accomplished



4．A.appealed

B．required

C．collected

D．requested



5．A.wanted

B．had

C．owned

D．enjoyed



6．A.decisions

B．wishes

C．friends

D．amateurs



7．A.struck

B．filled

C．deposited

D．provided



8．A.habits

B．hardships

C．difficulties

D．problems



9．A.luck

B．pain

C．experience

D．loss



10. A.challenging

B．delicate

C．skilled

D．new



11．A.old

B．poor

C．sick

D．dishonest



12．A.went

B．moved

C．came

D．worked



13．A.partly

B．still

C．almost

D．extremely



14．A.block

B．cottage

C．building

D．flat



15．A.afraid

B．unbearable

C．dull

D．awkward





第二节　语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在标号为16～25的相应位置上。

Six days of spring rain had created a wild river __16___(run) by Nancy Brown’s farm．As she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she __17____(slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk．Nancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great _18___(difficult）．The water __19___(rise)．Nancy’s pace got slower and slower．Finally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang on．About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to __20___ (succeed) pull herself and Nancy out of the water and onto a bit of high land．

It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy．__21___ helicopter lowered a doctor, __22____attached Nancy to a life-support lift．They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, __23____the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter．

When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highland．Lizzie was gone. __24____was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost．“I owe my life _25____her,” said Nancy sobbingly．

Ⅱ.阅读(共两节，满分50分)

第一节　阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

A

It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.

“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.

I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.

“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”

They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.

The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich？”

“Am I rich? Pity, no！”

I looked at my worn-out slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.

Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched.

I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am.

26．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A．Lady, are you rich? B．A story of Thanksgiving Day

C．Don't forget how rich you are D．Does cups and saucers match well?

27．The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.

A．she wanted to sell old papers to them

B．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party

C．she showed great pity and care on them

D．she had the same experience as them in the past

28．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.

B．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.

C．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap.

D．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life was.

29．The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to________.

A．show that she was a kind-hearted lady

B．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was

C．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is

D．prove that she had understood what meant being rich

30．It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.

A．how much money you have made

B．what attitude you have had towards life

C．the way you help others

D．your social relationship

B

About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street. He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old.

He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and—WHUMP! —it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car. He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? That’s my new Jag, that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money. Why did you throw it? ”

“Please, mister, please. . . I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do! ” begged the youngster. “I threw the brick because no one else would stop! ” Tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car. “It’s my brother, mister, ” he said. “He rolled of the curb (路沿) and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up. ”Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “ Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me. ”

Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK. He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home.

It was a long walk back to the black, shining 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE—a long and slow walk. Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar. He kept the dent (凹痕) to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention. Feel for the bricks of life coming at you.

31．What did the driver reflect firstly when he found the boy throwing a brick on his car?

A.surprised B.angry C.Strange D.sad

32．The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because _____ .

A. the businessman drove at a high speed

B. he envied the brand-new car very much

C. he wanted to ask for some money

D. he wanted to get help from the driver

33．Which of the following is the right order of the story?

a. The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car.

b. The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair.

c. The younger brother begged Josh for help.

d. Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair.

e. Josh shouted at the younger brother.

A. b, a, e, c, d B. a, c, d, b, e

C. b, a, c, e, d D. a, c, b, e, d

34．What can we learn from the passage?

A. Josh would accept the money from the kids.

B. The two kids were Josh’s neighbors.

C. Josh was a kind-hearted man.

D. Josh’s new car broke down easily.

35．According to the passage, the last sentence means _____ .

A. trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life

B. driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous

C. trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble

D. protecting oneself from being hurt

C

Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.

In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a_residential_area nearby, too. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so many people come to live in the area to provide these services and a city grows.

In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see many huge skyscrapers(摩天大楼) and office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day. Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial a