2014-2015学年度山东省滕州市第三中学高二第一学期期中考试英语试题（考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分）第一部分：阅读理解（共两节, 满分50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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并将正确答案填涂到答题卡上。AThe American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, dont be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students.Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese.The four are in a maze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they cant change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, cant do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese. After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself. 1The book Who Moved My Cheese is _.Awritten all over the world Bread across the worldCsold only in America Dloved only by teens2What does the text mainly discuss?ANever change in our life BChange whenever you like .CChange with the changes DPay attention to the changes,3The underline word “four”（paragraph 3） refers to _.Amice and little people BstudentsCcheese DreadersAOn a freezing cold day, a couple had to move into a small apartment because of their failure in businessThe husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wifeSo she thought, “He doesnt love me any more, he just cares about his business not me”One day, she was about to take a shower when he stopped her at the door, “Let me take it first, okay？”“Why not me first？” she asked“I am tired, honey, you take it later, okay？”She was entirely unhappyOne day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computerA few words came into her sightReading them, she burst into tearsIt was his diary：Today, I was quite sadShe asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said to her, I was exhaustedShe was unhappyIn her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but what could I do? I was not as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, and there was only one shower in the bathroomIt was so cold to take a shower in such a cold winterBut I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warmerSo every day I rushed to the bathroom firstI was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, even if it was only 1Now I cannot give her a comfortable life, take her to good restaurants, or buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1 love4Why did the couple move to the small apartment?ABoth of them were out of workBThey wanted to live a better lifeCThe man could take better care of his businessDThey were too poor to live in the former house5Which of the following can replace the underlined word “exhausted”？ADevotedBWorried CTired DInjured6What can be inferred from the passage?AThey would live a richer life soonBThe woman misunderstood her husbandCThe man would care less about his businessDThe woman would get angry after reading the diary7Whats the best title of the passage?AA Love Story B1 LoveCA Suffering Couple DFight for the BathroomCSome people will do just about anything to save moneyAnd I am one of themTake my familys last vacationIt was my sixyearold sons winter break from school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong tripThe flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next dayI had meetings in New York, so I had to get backBut that didnt mean my husband and my son couldnt stayI took my ninemonthold and took off for homeThe next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flightYes, I encouraged okay, ordered them to wait it out at the airport, to “earn” more Delta DollarsOur total take: $1,600Not bad, huh?Now some people may think Im a bad mother and not such a great wife eitherBut as a bigtime bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollarAnd these days, a go