2021届内蒙古赤峰市宁城县高三下学期第三次统一模拟英语试卷一、阅读理解（共4题，共0分）1.阅读理解I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kidsate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs or toast. When others hadcokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supperwas different from the other kids also. But at least, I wasnt alone in mysufferings. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times.Youd think we were on a chain gang. She had to know who our friends were andwhere we were going. She insisted if we said wed be gone an hour, that we begone one hour or less not one hour and one minute.We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath everyday. The otherkids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of insultsbecause she made our clothes herself, just to save money.The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each nightand up at eight the next morning. We couldnt sleep till noon like our friends.So while they slept - my mother actually had the nerve to break the ChildLabor Law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, learn to cookand all sorts of cruel things. I believe she laid awake at night thinking upmean things to do to us.Through the years, things didnt improve a bit. We could not liein bed, sick like our friends did, and miss school. Our marks inschool had to be up to par. Our friends report cards had beautiful colors onthem, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, being as different as shewas, would settle for nothing less than ugly black marks.As the years rolled by, first one and then the other of us wasput to shame. We were graduated from high school. With our mother behind us,talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the pleasure ofbeing a drop-out.My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Out of fourchildren, a couple of us attained some higher education. None of us have everbeen arrested or divorced. Each of my brothers served his time in the serviceof this country. She forced us to grow up into God-fearing, educated, honestadults. Using this as a background, I am now trying to raise my three children.I am filled with pride when my children call me mean. Why? Because now I thankGod every day for giving me the meanest mother in the whole world.(1)What can we infer from the passage?A.The author is not happy to have such a mean mother.B.The authors mother broke the Child Labor Law to make money.C.The authors mother failed to educate her children to be honest adultsD.The author is strict with her children.(2)Why couldnt the author eat candy for breakfast?A.Because she preferred cereal, eggs or toast to candy.B.Because her mother couldnt afford for candy.C.Because her mother thought it not good to eat candy for breakfast.D.Because her mother had to gave candy to the authors sister and two brothers.(3)The authors mother made her children work because _ .A.she had trouble falling into sleepB.she could not keep such a big family without her childrens helpC.she was teaching her children to live by themselves.D.she had no time to do housework.2.阅读理解 Every evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home from school,changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her motherharvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the modest profit the two ofthem earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all sevenchildren and their parents. Despite having precious little time to study,Rashida is one of the top students at her junior secondary school. But with somuch responsibility on her small shoulders, she admits that it is sometimeshard for her to imagine a more promising future. Last year, Rashida was invited to join 155 other girls at CamfedGhanas first Girls Career Camp, a program designed to inspire girls growingup in the countrys Northern Region to dream big, and to support them to pursuethose dreams. “We organized this camp because we wanted to let girls know thateven if they are struggling with poverty, their lives will not be defined bylimitations,” says Dolores Dickson, Camfed Ghanas Executive Director. Over the course of five days, the camp led the junior andsecondary school students through a range of experiences and career opportunities that were entirely new to them.Dr. Agnes Apusiga, a lecturer from the University of DevelopmentStudies, ran the workshop on goal-setting and career choices, describing theuniversities and training colleges in Ghana that could help them achieve theirdreams. Participants then visited the University for Development Studies, wherethey toured the medical school and science labs. Another highlight was aworkshop at the computer lab at Tamale Secondary School. Many of the girls hadstudied information technology from a book but had never before seen acompu