1、中学联盟东营市届高三第一次模拟考试题英语 第二部分 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。AShake Shack is a new kind of restaurant becoming more popular in the U SThe restaurants are not“fast food”They are known as“fast casual”Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh
2、food when choosing where and what to eatThis trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonalds has struggled financiallyIn the last quarter of 2014，McDonalds net income dropped by about$300 millionThe January earnings report brought more bad newsWorldwide sales dropped for the eighth month
3、in a row and even more than expectedWhile McDonalds is struggling to get their customers back，Shake Shack，is doing well in making moneyThe New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO，or initial public offering，of shares at the end of JanuaryOn its first day of trading，Shake Shack went from
4、$21 a share to just under$46 a shareBeing part of the“fast casual”trend has helped Shake ShackOther fast casual restaurants in the USinclude Chipotle and PaneraBonnie Riggs，a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americansrestaurant habits for almost 30 yearsShe says one reason why Americans like f
5、ast casual food is that its newIt is creative，it is something different and people like to try new thingsHer study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last yearThree out of four visits were to fast food restaurants，like McDonaldsFast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant
6、 visits，but it has developed fastJust as MsRiggs says，“Its growing by leaps and bounds，because they meet consumersneedsThey know its being prepared while they wait，its fresh，quality food，good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices”Many Americans still like their fast food
7、They just are not going as oftenThey are finding other ways to have a meal21What is the trouble with McDonalds?AIts share goes down to$21BShake Shack has taken its placeCIts not popular with AmericansDIts sales and income have dropped22We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that Americans_A1ike to try somet
8、hing newBcare only about the qualityCdont like fast food any moreDpay more restaurant visits to fast casual23What does the underlined phrase“by leaps and bounds”in Paragraph 3 mean?ASteadily BRapidly CSlowly DNormally24Which of the following best describes fast casual?AFresh-made and tasty BHigh-qua
9、lity and expensiveCFarm-to-table and traditional DTime-consuming and specialBFor decades，the San Francisco Bay area has been the heart of the computer technology industryMany of the biggest technology companies have their headquarters in the area called Silicon ValleyBut the area has not always been
10、 associated with charity(慈善)Now，a new generation of entrepreneurs(企业家)appears to be changing Silicon ValleyOne example is Marc Benioff，a donor(捐赠者)，who has called on wealthy donors to give more to their communitiesHe also is the founder of Salesforcecom，a computer services company in San Francisco w
11、ho has helped build a childrens hospital and given millions of dollars to non-profit organizations in the cityMoney from the technology industry has also started to change the face of charityBenjamin Soskis writes about the history and ideas behind charity in AmericaHis articles have appeared in The
12、 Atlantic magazine and a number of major publicationsHe says，traditionally，donors have given after they spent much of their lives building up wealthUsually donors are in their 70sBut an increasing number of people appearing on the list of top donors are younger than 40 years of ageBenjamin Soskis sa
13、ys that is something new“Theres a whole new model thats appearing in which people give and accumulate at the same time”Some of the young donors on this years top 50 list have started to change in the way people see charityThat is especially the case in the San Francisco area，where giving money and m
14、aking money appear to be coming together“I think its fair to say that charity is now a part of the Silicon Valley identity”25What is true of Marc Benioff?AHe joined a non-profit organizationBHe advised donors to build hospitalsCHe made San Francisco a city of charityDHe set up the company of Salesfo
15、rcecom26What is special about the donors of Silicon Valley?AThey prefer to give rather than make moneyBThey give after accumulating a lot of wealthCThey are much younger than the usual donorsDThey donate more money to their communities27Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AThe
16、age of charity BThe changing faces of charityCIn search of new faces DFrom computer base to charity centreCCan you imagine a world without chocolate? Its not something Id 1ike to doso I was relieved to read that theres a university with a program me to safeguard the future of chocolate!The Universit
17、y of Reading，in England，has just opened a new clearing house for all the worlds new cocoa varietiesThey must be quarantined(隔离检疫)before they can be grownWhy? Cocoa production hit a record high of 44 million tons last year but about 30of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseasesNow we
18、 dont want that，do we? Demand for chocolate has been increasing faster than the world supply of cocoa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problemThe University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985，after it took over the task from the Roy
19、al Botanical Gardens in Kew，LondonAnd it has improved its facilitiesThe leader of the institutions cocoa project，Professor Paul Hadley，says，“One of the main issues concerning cocoa improvement is the supply of reliably clean，healthy，interesting cocoa material”The cocoa centre has a collection of 400
20、 plant varieties and their greenhouse uses a lot of energy to keep them in tropical conditionsAfter up to two years in quarantine，clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries，including several in West AfricaThats where 75of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes fromThe crop is extremely
21、 important for the local economy：it employs about two million people.Professor Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after the collectionAnd more of us seem to count on them nowThe scientist says，“there is some concern within the industry that demand is increasing co
22、nstantly，particularly in countries like China，where the standard of living is increasing and people are getting a taste for different chocolates”28What is the text mainly about?ASafeguarding cocoa seeds BPlanting cocoa worldwideCKeeping cocoa in greenhouse DFinding the new market for cocoa29The inst
23、itutions cocoa project is to_Ahave cocoa skin removed Boffer more jobs to peopleCensure the quality of cocoa Dsupply cocoa for two million people30What does the last paragraph tell us?AThe taste of chocolates is changingBDemand for cocoa is increasing fastCPeople are concerned about cocoa varietiesD
24、Chinese have a long history of eating chocolates31Whats the purpose of the text?ATo educate BTo advertise CTo warn DTo informDThe poaching，or illegal killing，of rhinos(犀牛) in South Africa is growing worse each yearThe government recently reported that a record number of rhinos were poached in 2014，a
25、 year which had more rhino killings in South Africa than ever beforeThe World Wildlife Fund，or WWF，says about 20，000 rhinos live in South AfricaThat is more than 80 percent of the rhinos in the worldEdna Molewa，South Africas environmental issues minister，says，“During 2014，we are sad to say this，1，21
26、5 rhinos were killedThis is a rise in the number of poached rhinos from 1004 in 2013 and indeed very worrying”The animals are hunted for their horns(犀牛角)Many people in Asia believe the horn has curing power，which drives poachers，at all costs，mad for more hornsBut there is no scientific evidence for
27、this beliefThe horn is made of keratinThat is the same thing as human hair， fingernails and toenailsMsMo1ewa said 386 suspected poachers were arrested last year，an increase from the year beforeBut rhino protection workers say poachers often go unpunished after arrestSouth Africas legal system is ine
28、ffectiveMsMolewa said more needs to be done and South Africa is taking strong measures to protect rhinosThe efforts include moving some of the animals to secret places in neighboring countries“Now approximately 100 rhinos have been moved to neighboring states in the SADC region during 2014 and 200 m
29、ore rhinos will be moved this year”Molewa saidJo Shaw，the rhino program manager at the WWF，said，“were talking about a loss of a hundred rhinos a monthOr more than three a dayWe really need to see effective action not just at a national level but internationally”She says officials should find the cri
30、minal groups responsible for the poaching and punish themGovernment officials are to meet in Botswana in March at the Inter-governmental Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade32What do we know about rhinos?AHalf of the rhinos live in South AfricaBLess than 1，000 rhinos were killed in 2013CThe killing
31、reached the highest point in 2014DThere are only 20，000 rhinos left in the world33What is the main reason for people to hunt rhinos?ATo get more keratinBTo protect the farmlandCTo use them for decorationDTo make money from horns34Jo Shaw thinks that_Amany criminal groups are well organizedBnew laws are needed to punish the killersCrhino protection needs international cooperationDconferences about protecting rhinos are to be held every year35What can we infer from the text?ARhino protection has a long way to goBNo one would like to buy horns in the
