www.ks5u.com江西省五市八校高三第二次联考英语试卷时长：120分钟 总分：150分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节，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。AMany little girls like flowers, watching butterflies and riding small horses. A lot of them also like cars, robots and spaceships. But most girls clothing only has pictures of flowers, butterflies or horses.Two mothers decided to make clothes that include all the things that little girls do and love.Six-year-old Bella loves to play with cars. So her dress has pictures of cars on it.“We havent found this type of dress in the store,” Cathy, Bellas mother, says.The car dress is from a new girls clothing line called Princess Awesome. Rebecca Melsky set up the business. She says its products for girls have some designs normally found on boys clothes.It all started two years ago when Rebecca was hoping to buy clothing for her two-year-old, who liked robots, trucks and spaceships.“One day when I walked through a girls store, I thought to myself I wish theyd make one of those beautiful dresses that also have a robot on it because she will love that. And I thought someone should do that. Maybe I should do that,” Rebecca, said.Her friend Eva St. Clair believed she should, and their business was born. The women sold the first 70 dresses they made at a market. So they decided to expand their business online. Their products sold very well there, too.“They sold out so fast that I could not make them fast enough. We decided it was time to think about a factory,” Rebecca said.So they started to raise money from people over the Internet. The women raised more than 215,000 within days, far more than the 35,000 they expected.“Our biggest challenge is going to be how we expand as rapidly as people seem to want us to,” Rebecca said.The women hope Princess Awesome will expand into products for girls of all ages and all interests.21. Princess Awesome was started .A. by Cathy and RebeccaB. because of six-year-old BellaC. with the help of a girls storeD. to make unusual clothing for girls22. The dresses made by Rebecca and her friend .A. sold better online than at the marketB. helped them get a job in a factoryC. were popular among girlsD. were sold expensively23. What is the most difficult thing Rebecca and her friend will face?A. Meeting the needs of all girls.B. How to make interesting products.C. Raising enough money for their business.D. How to expand their business as people expected.BAnna Schiferl hadnt even got out of bed when she reached for her cell phone and typed a text to her mom, one recent Saturday. Mon was right downstairs in the kitchen. The text? Anna wanted an egg for breakfast. Soon after, Joanna Schiferl called, “If you want to talk to me, Anna, come downstairs and see me!” Anna laughs about it now. “I was kind of being lazy,” she admits.These days, many people with cell phones prefer texting to a phone call. And thats creating a communication divide, of sortsthe talkers vs. the texters. Some would argue that its no big deal. But many experts say the most successful communicators will, of course, have the competence to do both. And they fear that more of us are unable to haveor at least are avoidingthe traditional facetoface conversations.Many professors say it is not common to see students outside of class. “I sit in my office hours lonely now because if my students have a question, they email me, often late at night,” says Renee Houston, a professor at the University of Puget Sound in Washington state. “And they never call.”As Anna sees it: “There are people youll text, but wont call. Its just a way to stay in touch with each other.” Some believe that scores of texts each day keep people more connected. “The problem is that the conversation isnt very deep,” says Joseph Grenny, co-author of the book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High.“The problem has been there since weve had telephonesprobably since the time of a telegraph,” Grenny says. Texting is just the latest way to do that. Though they may not always be so good at deep conversations themselves, Grenny suggests that parents model the behavior for their children and put down their own cell phones. He says that they also should set limits, as Annas mom did when she made the “no texting to people in the same house” rule.24. According to Paragraph 1, Joanna .A. was very strict with her daughterB. did not know how to use a cell phoneC. was angry that her daughter got up lateD. did not have any breakfast that morning25. The underlined word “competence” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.A. chanceB. abilityC. courageD. patience26. In Joseph Grennys opinion, .A. cell phones make people lonelierB. telephones help people communicate clearlyC. texting helps people have deeper conversationsD. talking shou