2015届山东省薛城区舜耕中学高三第一学期10月月考英语试题

第一卷 （满分70分）

第一部分 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

Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less．Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with you eyes closed．Imagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips．

With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the world’s 42 million blind should not have to suffer．Unfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing countries do not．

ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world’s only flying teaching eye hospital．ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide．Inside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom．Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there．Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation（合作） among countries．

ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs．ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and nurses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year．ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far．For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them．At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care service to Shanxi Province．ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness．

For just US$38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again．Your money can open their eyes to the world．Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves．

1．The first paragraph is intended to ______．

A．introduce a new way of reading

B．advise the public to lead a simple life

C．direct the public’s attention to the blind

D．encourage the public to use imagination

2．What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world?

A．They are adequate B．They have not been updated．

C．They are not equally distributed D．They have benefited most of the blind

3．ORBIS aims to help the blind by ______．

A．teaching medical students B．training doctors and nurses

C．running flying hospitals globally D．setting up non-profit organization

4．What does the author try to do in the last paragraph?

A．Appeal for donations B．Make an advertisement

C．Promote training programs D．Show sympathy for the blind

B

The day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting moments for all the children in the class．It took place during the first week of the term．Every kid was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year．

Some jobs were more interesting than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones．When giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous year．During the previous year Rita had carried out the teacher’s instructions perfectly．All the children knew Rita would be given the best job．

But there was a big surprise．Each child received a normal job．But Rita’s job was very different．She was given a little box containing some sand and one ant．Though the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, Rita felt disappointed．Most of her classmates felt sorry for her．Even her father became very angry with the teacher and he encouraged Rita to pay no attention to this insignificant pet．However, Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest．

Rita started investigating all about her little ant and gave the ant the best food, and it grew quite a bit bigger．

One day, a man, who looked very important, came into their classroom and declared, “Your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rain forest, where we will investigate all kinds of insects．Among all the schools of this region, your class has best cared for the little ant．”

That day the school was filled with joy and celebration．Everyone thanked Rita for having been so patient and responsible．And many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smallest tasks．

5．What did the teacher base his decision on when giving out jobs to the children?

A．Their characters and interests．

B．Their class performance during the previous year．

C．Their working performance during the previous year．

D．Their ability of managing their accounts during the previous year．

6．What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．Each child got an important job．

B．Each child got an interesting job．zyy100

C．The perfect student got the job of everyone’s preference．

D．The most responsible student got the job of least interest．

7．What is Rita’s attitude to her father’s suggestion?

A．Negative． B．Uncertain． C．Totally positive． D．Acceptable

8．We can infer that the man who made the declaration is a _________．

A．hunter B．director C．biologist D．principal

C

Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into a physical object．This is now possible with the help of 3D printers．Such machines were once used just by universities and big companies．But now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United States．

Bryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build Shop LLC in Los Angeles two years ago．The store is filled with tools like a laser cutter, an industrial sewing machine and 3D printers．Bryan Jaycox requires $ 15 an hour to print an object．He also charges a fee depending on the size of the object and up to $ 50 an hour for design and labor services．

The Jaycoxs also offer 3D printing classes for anyone who is interested．One of the students in a recent class was Ki Chong Tran．He plans to open a 3D printing business in Cambodia．"The demand has been amazing．It's been much more than I would have imagined," said Ki Chong Tran．

"I think 3D printing is going to be huge． It's going to make a huge impact on society as a whole," he added．

Mr Jaycox predicts that within five years, 3D printing technology could become

more consumer friendly．

But Ki Chong Tran says even current technology can make a difference in a developing country like Cambodia．"With 3D printing you can give them tools, and you put it in their hands so they are responsible more for their own development．

They learn skills beyond just learning English and becoming a tour guide or something like that or working at a bank．You can actually create things that give value to the world," said Ki Chong Tran．

He says it's not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer, it can turn a good idea into reality．

9．We learn from Paragraph l that 3D printing_________．

A．is now available to ordinary people

B．first appeared in the United States

C．can turn your every dream into reality

D．is now only used by universities

10．Bryan Jaycox opened The Build Shop LLC to__________．

A．sell 3D printers and different kinds of tools

B．produce all types of printing machines

C．offer 3D printing classes and services

D．design different types of 3D printers

11．In Mr Jaycox's opinion, within five years 3D printing will_________．

A．make it easier to do business

B．be accessible to all consumers

C．change the way of social contact

D．bring about more profits to the sellers

12．How will 3D printing technology benefit developing countries according to the text?

A．It helps the people work efficiently at a bank．

B．It will promote the learning of English

C．It will accelerate the development of tourism．

D．It offers them a new way of development．

D

As thousands of communities in the USA — especially in the South — became booming gateways for immigrant families from Central and South America during the 1990s and the early years of the new century, public schools struggled with the unfamiliar task of serving the large numbers of English learners arriving in their classrooms.

Education programs needed to be built from scratch. “We had no teaching resources suitable for English learners here before. We had to develop them all ourselves,” a Texas principal said．Throughout the country, districts had to train their own teachers to teach English to non-native speakers or recruit （招聘）teachers from elsewhere. School staff members had to figure out how to communicate with parents who spoke no English.

But even as immigration has slowed or stopped in many places, and instructional programs for English-learners have matured, serving immigrant families and their children remains a work in progress in many public schools, especially those in communities that are skeptical, or sometimes unwelcoming, to the newcomers. One of the biggest challenges educators face, is communicating effectively with parents who don’t speak English — an issue that, in part, has contributed to recent complaints of discrimination by Latino students in some cities.

“The parents’ role is very important for the success of these students, but it's also one of the most difficult things we’ve had to tackle（处理）,” said Jim D．Rollins, the president of the Springdale school district, where the 19,000-student school system has gone from having no English-learners 15 years ago to more than 7,500 now. “You have to make it a priority and work on it, work on it, and work on it.”

Aside from the practical challenges, such as finding bilingual （会说两种语言的） staff members, guiding districts through such dramatic changes requires school leaders to bridge difficult political and cultural d