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甘肃省天水市秦安一中甘肃省天水市秦安一中 20152016 学年第一学期高三级期末考试英语学年第一学期高三级期末考试英语 英英 语语 试试 卷卷 第第 I I 卷(选择题,共卷(选择题,共 7070 分)分)第一部分第一部分 阅读理解阅读理解 ( (共两节,满分共两节,满分 4040 分分) ) 第一节第一节 ( (共共 1515 小题;每小题小题;每小题 2 2 分,满分分,满分 3030 分分) ) 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,并在答题卡上将该选项 涂黑。A Knowing how much her own children loved presents at Christmas, Ann Sutton always tried to seek help for one or two poor families. With a social worker mother, the Sutton children had inherited(继承)her commitment to service, and knew never to take their good fortune at Christmas for granted. This year, Kinzie, her seven-year-old daughter was thrilled that Santa Claus would make a special visit to a 22-year-old mother named Ashley who worked in a factory raising her 12-month-old son by herself The phone rang on Sunday. A representative from a local organization was calling to say that the aid Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen through. No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing. Ann saw the cheer fade away from her childrens faces at the news. Without a word, Kinzie ran into her bedroom. She returned, her face set with determination. Opening up her piggy bank, she put all the coins onto the table: $330Everything she had “Mom, ”she told Ann, “I know its not much. But maybe this will buy a present for the baby ” At a breakfast meeting the next day, Ann told her coworkers about her daughter story. To her surprise, staff members began to open their purses, and empty their pockets to help Kinzie On Christmas Eve, Ann drove through the pouring rain to the small trailer where the Ashleys lived. Then she began to unload the gifts from the car, handing them to Ashley one by one Ashley was very moved. Reflecting on a little girls generosity, Ashley says shell one day be able to do something similar for someone else in need “Kinzie could have used that money for herself, but she gave it away, ”Ashley says “Shes the type of kid Id like my son to grow up to be ” 1 According to the text, Ann Sutton_ _ Aonly cares about poor childrenBhas possessed a good fortune Cis warm-hearted and ready to help others Dis a single mother with a 12-month-old boy 2When hearing the aid had fallen through, Kinzie _ _ Awas not sad but cheerfu1_ Bput all her coins away immediately Ctold her mother to ask the coworkers for help Ddecided to buy a present for the baby with all her allowance 3. From the text we can learn that _ A. Ann would act as Santa Claus to hand out the Christmas presents B. the Sutton children always got lots of presents at Christmas C. Kinzies generosity influenced others and they did something similar D. Ashley was moved and promised to return the money 4. What does the text mainly talk about? AHow a warm-hearted mother shows her love to a poor family BHow a mother and her young daughter helped a poor family CMany people make contributions to those in need DWhat happened to a poor family on Christmas Eve B It was graduation day at Etihad Training Academy,where the national airline of the United Arab Emirates holds a seven-week training course for new flight attendantsDespite her obvious pride, Ms. Fathi,a 22-year-old from Egypt,was amazed to find herself here “I never in my life thought Id work abroad, ” said Ms. Fathi,who was a university student in Cairo when she began noticing newspaper advertisements employing young Egyptians to work at airlines based in the Persian Gulf. Twenty years ago, unmarried Arab women like MsFathi,working outside their home countries,were rareBut just as young men from poor Arab nations poured into the oil-rich Persian Gulf states for jobs,more young women are doing so Flight attendants have become the public face of the new mobility for some young Arab women,just as they were the face of new freedoms for women in the United States in the 1950s and 1960sThey have become a subject of social anxiety and fascination in much the same way For many families, allowing a daughter to work may call her virtue into questionYet this culture is changing,said Musa Shteiwi,a sociologist at Jordan University in Amman “Were noticing more and more single women going to the gulf these days, ” he said “Its still not exactly common,but over the last four or five years its become quite an observable phenomenon.” Many of the young Arab women working in the Persian Gulf take delight in their status as pioneers,role models for their friends and younger female relatives. Young women brought up in a culture that highly values community,have learned to see themselves as individualsThe experience of living independently and working hard for high salaries has forever changed their beliefs about themselves,though it can also lead to a painful sense of separation from their home countries and their families. From New York Times (December 22,2014) 5It can be inferred from the passage that young Arab women _Ago to work abroad after
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