1、学年安徽省六安市第一中学高二月考英语试题2017-2018学年英语试题第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）第一节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下面三篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAunt Karen always had a special place in my heart. When I was growing up, I knew I could count on her to have room for me on her lap and words of love and encourageme
2、nt when I needed to hear them. When she died five years ago，I was devastated. The whole family was still in shock when her husband, Uncle Ronnie, died a week later. I longed to have a small item of Aunt Karens to remember her by, but seeing her children and grandchildren overcome by the grief of thi
3、s double loss made me shy away from asking.A few months after Aunt Karens death, I was on my way to work when I saw Rescued Treasures, a local second-hand store. I only had a couple of dollars on me and didnt really intend to buy anything, but I stopped anyway just to look inside. I had been shoppin
4、g around for a few minutes when a small, black handbag caught my eye. It wasnt fancy or special. I didnt really need a handbag and continued to look around the store, but something kept drawing me back to that handbag. Finally, I checked the price tag (标签). It was just one dollar.The handbag stayed
5、in the back of my car for weeks until I came upon it during a car clean-up. I opened it up. I couldnt believe it. They hadnt even cleaned it out. It was still full of junk, old candy wrappers, old receipts (收据) and used paper. Usually the store emptied things inside, so there wouldnt be any surprise
6、s for a new owner.I threw away some wastes, and sorted through the receipts, when I found one item in the small inside pocket. It was an insurance card with the name “Karen Stair” written on it. I began to cry. My beloved Aunt Karen. This was her handbag.21. What do we know from the passage?A. Karen
7、s husband survived her by five years.B. Karens children refused to give any item to the author.C. The author was very shy when she was young.D. Karen had been very kind to the author.22. The underlined word “devastated” in Paragraph 1 probably means “ ”.A. very worried B. a little lonelyC. extremely
8、 sad D. slightly disappointed23. The author made up her mind to buy the handbag because .A. she just needed to buy a handbag B. the bag looked strange and was worth the price C. it happened that she could afford it D. someone else persuaded her to buy it24. As soon as the author opened the handbag,
9、she felt very .A. surprised B. excited C. sick D. nervousBMore companies and recyclers are taking steps to ensure that old electronic devices such as TVs and computers arent sent to poor countries.The Basel Action Network, a Seattle-based non-profit that largely exposed the overseas discarding (丢弃)
10、of US electronic waste, on Thursday launched a programme to use third-party employees to certify (证实) recyclers who dont export dangerous electronic waste.The so-called e-Steward recyclers will also agree not to discard the waste in US landfills and agree to meet other criteria. The certification is
11、 intended to provide companies and consumers with some assurance that the waste, which can include toxins (毒素) such as lead and mercury, is disposed of safely.The Government Accountability Office, in a 2008 report, declared that US electronic waste was often disposed of unsafely in such countries as
12、 India. There, workers recycle gold, silver and copper from the waste, often in open-air acid baths.The Basel Network also says it won assurances from 13 organizations, including Samsung, Bank of America, Wells Far-go, that theyll use e-Steward recyclers whenever possible. Wells Fargo had already be
13、en using recyclers who declared not to export. So far, Basel has certified three recyclers and seven sites.Before e-stewards, even, companies that wanted to avoid export of electronic waste had to “hope for the best”, when, they handed their waste to recyclers, says Robert Houghton, president of Ohi
14、o-based recycler Redemtech. It is an e-Steward that counts major companies among its customers. “Now, they can get some proof,” Houghton says.Basels standards compete with another set launched in January. It was made by industry and backed by the Environmental Protection Agency.That standard, called
15、 R-2, doesnt ban the export of dangerous electronic waste but requires that it be handled safely. Instead of a ban, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries says, efforts should be made to help poor countries develop safe recycling.25. How were most electronic wastes dealt with before?A. They wer
16、e thrown into US landfills.B. They were buried in the desert m die US.C. They were exported to poor countries. D. They were reused by families in poor countries.26. E-Steward recyclers，main job is probably to .A. prevent old devices from open-air acid bathsB. dispose of electronic waste safelyC. col
17、lect more electronic waste for profitsD. assure Americas leading rule in the electronic market27. People in India import electronic waste to .A. get rid of toxins B. learn how to make devicesC. recycle valuable metals D. make cheaper products28. The passage is mainly about . A. how to deal with old
18、electronic productsB. the development of recycling in the worldC. how to fight against electronic pollutionD. safer treatment of electronic waste CWhen her five daughters were young, Helen An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representin
19、g one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.Helen An and her family own a large resta
20、urant business in California. However, when Helen and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didnt have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Dannys mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helen and Diana changed
21、the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helen did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to
22、 work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elizabeth explains
23、, “Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans corporation makes more
24、than $ 20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.29. Helen tied several chopsticks together to show .A. the strength of family unity B. the difficulty of growing upC. the advantage of chopsticks D. the
25、 best way of giving a lesson30. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An family .A. started a business in 1975B. left Vietnam without much moneyC. bought a restaurant in San FranciscoD. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles31. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. How to R
26、un a Corporation B. Strength Comes from PeaceC. How to Achieve a Big Dream D. Family Unity Builds SuccessDRecently some articles claim the word “selfie” as one of the most annoying words. But Id like to offer that maybe it isnt not so bad.The “selfie” is used to describe the self taken photo, often
27、from a smart phone. Women and men alike adorn their Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts with these pictures, sometimes with puckered lips or large smiles. In fact, the selfie has become so widely known that over 31 million photos on Instagram are captioned with the selfie.Lets think about it. S
28、omeone takes about 10 seizes each time they do, and they only end up posting one or two of those. They pick the one that they feel makes them look the best. Isnt that beautiful? In that one picture, someone has even him or herself confidence.Self-image is important. In society today, we are so often
29、 consumed with what society tells us is perfect. But maybe, with that one selfie, we feel like we fit that bill. We feel handsome, beautiful, confident, smart, happy and content. For that moment, everything bad or terrible that has ever happened to us is erased, because that smile or that pucker is
30、what gives us the determination to love ourselves.I saw a spoken word poem recently and the young man said: If I ask you what you love the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love birds, music, tattoos Your mom, your brother, your sister, your daug
31、hter, your best friend，your dog. How long do you think you could go on and on before you said “I love myself”？That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. Ive struggled with confidence all of my life. I still do. And in no way am I saying that taking a selfie is a gateway to that confidence. However,
32、 the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves. Pamela Rutledge agrees, stating, “There are many more photographs available now of real people than models.”32. In the opinion of the writer, selfie .A. is an annoying phenomenon onlineB. makes a person become self-centered C. is just a fashion among teenagersD. gives a person a sense of confidence33. According to the writer, we live in a society where .A.
