1、山东省薛城区舜耕中学届高三月考英语试题山东省薛城区舜耕中学2015届高三10月月考英语试题第一卷 （满分70分）第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40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和D）中.选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AClose your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars lessAlso imagine what it would be like spending the rest o
2、f your life with you eyes closedImagine having to read this page, not with your eyes but with your finger-tips With existing medical knowledge and skills, two-thirds of the worlds 42 million blind should not have to sufferUnfortunately, rich countries posses most of this knowledge, while developing
3、countries do not ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the worlds only flying teaching eye hospitalORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwideInside a DC-8 aircraft, there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroomDoctors are taught the
4、latest techniques of bringing sight back to people thereProject ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation（合作） among countries ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programsORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35,000 doctors and n
5、urses, who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every yearORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so farFor the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for themAt the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to prov
6、ide eye care service to Shanxi ProvinceORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness For just US$38,you can help one person see; for $380 you can bring sight to 10 people; $1,300 helps teach a doctor new skills; and for $13,000 you can provide a training program for a g
7、roup of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see againYour money can open their eyes to the worldPlease help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves1The first paragraph is intended to _ Aintroduce a new way of reading Badvise the public to lead a
8、simple life Cdirect the publics attention to the blind Dencourage the public to use imagination2What do we learn about existing medical knowledge and skills in the world? AThey are adequate BThey have not been updated CThey are not equally distributed DThey have benefited most of the blind3ORBIS aim
9、s to help the blind by _ Ateaching medical students Btraining doctors and nurses Crunning flying hospitals globally Dsetting up non-profit organization4What does the author try to do in the last paragraph? AAppeal for donations BMake an advertisement CPromote training programs DShow sympathy for the
10、 blindBThe day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting moments for all the children in the classIt took place during the first week of the termEvery kid was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year Some jobs were more interesting than others
11、, and the children were eager to be given one of the best onesWhen giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous yearDuring the previous year Rita had carried out the teachers instructions perfectlyAll the children knew Rita would be given
12、the best job But there was a big surpriseEach child received a normal jobBut Ritas job was very differentShe was given a little box containing some sand and one antThough the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, Rita felt disappointedMost of her classmates felt sorry for herEven her fath
13、er became very angry with the teacher and he encouraged Rita to pay no attention to this insignificant petHowever, Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest Rita started investigating all about her little ant and gave the ant the best fo
14、od, and it grew quite a bit bigger One day, a man, who looked very important, came into their classroom and declared, “Your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rain forest, where we will investigate all kinds of insectsAmong all the schools of this region
15、, your class has best cared for the little ant” That day the school was filled with joy and celebrationEveryone thanked Rita for having been so patient and responsibleAnd many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smalles
16、t tasks5What did the teacher base his decision on when giving out jobs to the children? ATheir characters and interests BTheir class performance during the previous year CTheir working performance during the previous year DTheir ability of managing their accounts during the previous year6What does t
17、he underlined sentence mean? AEach child got an important job BEach child got an interesting jobzyy100 CThe perfect student got the job of everyones preference DThe most responsible student got the job of least interest7What is Ritas attitude to her fathers suggestion? ANegative BUncertain CTotally
18、positive DAcceptable8We can infer that the man who made the declaration is a _ Ahunter Bdirector Cbiologist DprincipalCImagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into a physical objectThis is now possible with the help of 3D printersSuch machines were on
19、ce used just by universities and big companiesBut now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United StatesBryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build Shop LLC in Los Angeles two years agoThe store is filled with tools like a laser cutter, an industrial sewing machine and 3D printe
20、rsBryan Jaycox requires $ 15 an hour to print an objectHe also charges a fee depending on the size of the object and up to $ 50 an hour for design and labor servicesThe Jaycoxs also offer 3D printing classes for anyone who is interestedOne of the students in a recent class was Ki Chong TranHe plans
21、to open a 3D printing business in CambodiaThe demand has been amazingIts been much more than I would have imagined, said Ki Chong TranI think 3D printing is going to be huge Its going to make a huge impact on society as a whole, he addedMr Jaycox predicts that within five years, 3D printing technolo
22、gy could becomemore consumer friendlyBut Ki Chong Tran says even current technology can make a difference in a developing country like CambodiaWith 3D printing you can give them tools, and you put it in their hands so they are responsible more for their own development They learn skills beyond just
23、learning English and becoming a tour guide or something like that or working at a bankYou can actually create things that give value to the world, said Ki Chong TranHe says its not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer, it can turn a good idea into reality9We learn from Paragraph l
24、that 3D printing_ Ais now available to ordinary people Bfirst appeared in the United StatesCcan turn your every dream into reality Dis now only used by universities10Bryan Jaycox opened The Build Shop LLC to_Asell 3D printers and different kinds of toolsBproduce all types of printing machinesCoffer
25、3D printing classes and services Ddesign different types of 3D printers11In Mr Jaycoxs opinion, within five years 3D printing will_ Amake it easier to do business Bbe accessible to all consumersCchange the way of social contact Dbring about more profits to the sellers12How will 3D printing technolog
26、y benefit developing countries according to the text? AIt helps the people work efficiently at a bank BIt will promote the learning of English CIt will accelerate the development of tourism DIt offers them a new way of developmentDAs thousands of communities in the USA especially in the South became
27、 booming gateways for immigrant families from Central and South America during the 1990s and the early years of the new century, public schools struggled with the unfamiliar task of serving the large numbers of English learners arriving in their classrooms.Education programs needed to be built from
28、scratch. “We had no teaching resources suitable for English learners here before. We had to develop them all ourselves,” a Texas principal saidThroughout the country, districts had to train their own teachers to teach English to non-native speakers or recruit （招聘）teachers from elsewhere. School staf
29、f members had to figure out how to communicate with parents who spoke no English.But even as immigration has slowed or stopped in many places, and instructional programs for English-learners have matured, serving immigrant families and their children remains a work in progress in many public schools
30、, especially those in communities that are skeptical, or sometimes unwelcoming, to the newcomers. One of the biggest challenges educators face, is communicating effectively with parents who dont speak English an issue that, in part, has contributed to recent complaints of discrimination by Latino st
31、udents in some cities.“The parents role is very important for the success of these students, but its also one of the most difficult things weve had to tackle（处理）,” said Jim DRollins, the president of the Springdale school district, where the 19,000-student school system has gone from having no Engli
32、sh-learners 15 years ago to more than 7,500 now. “You have to make it a priority and work on it, work on it, and work on it.”Aside from the practical challenges, such as finding bilingual （会说两种语言的） staff members, guiding districts through such dramatic changes requires school leaders to bridge difficult poli
