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四川省绵阳市高2015级高三第一次诊断性考试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）ARoad tripMotorhome delivery offers great family holidays.For just $1 a day,you can hire a fully-equipped motorhome, which you deliver to a specific destination within some days and kilometers.You then hire another one to get home or take a bus or train.Your only other expense will be fuel and about $20 a day for parking fees.To learn more,visit .Plan aheadFor a comfortable break,flexibility with times,dates and places helps lower the cost.Find a few hotels you like, ask about their vacant rooms,then wait a few weeks and call again.If they still have rooms,you're at an advantage to ask for a better price.Lots of last-minute deals are online.Watif (.au) has deals on hotels that have dropped their prices so low.You don't know where you're staying until it's booked,but anywhere with four or five stars has to be fairly good.Back to natureWild camping appeals to nature lovers and costs nothing.This is forbidden on beaches and parks in most urban areas,but you can tum up in more distant areas as long as nobody owns the land.You'll need to take everything with you and may need to shop on eBuy (.au).If you're a camping beginner,be aware of safety measures and get your questions answered on the Internet.Swap meetHow about a home swap?For a $250 yearly joining cost,you can stay in someone's home in an international place of your choice while they or someone else stays in yours.Find out more at .au.21.Where can you get the information about motorhomes?A. .B. .au.C. .au.D. .au.22.What helps to pay less for rooms in a hotel?A. Choosing hotels with four or five stars.B. Bargaining prices through the Internet.C. Waiting for some time before booking.D. Deciding on rooms as early as possible.23.What's the advice for camping beginners?A. Keep in touch with eBey.B. Watch out for possible dangers.C. Stay away from no-man's land.D. Take only what you need.24.What's the purpose of the text?A. To teach the importance of running away from work.B. To introduce new destinations for nature lovers.C. To show the advantages of online service.D. To help people have fun at less expense.BOne time a young man,who hoped to study law,wrote to Lincoln for advice,and Lincoln replied,"If you are determined to make a lawyer of yourself,the thing is more than half done already.Always bear in mind that your own determination to succeed is more important than any other one thing."Lincoln knew.He had gone through it all.He had never,in his entire life,had more than a total of one year's schooling.And books?Lincoln once said he had walked to borrow every book within fifty miles of his home.A fire was usually kept going all night in the small house and he read by the light of it.He walked twenty or thirty miles to hear a speaker and,returning home,he practiced his talks everywhere—inthe fields,in the woods,before the crowds.He joined several societies and practiced speaking on the topics of the day.A lack of confidence always troubled him.In the presence of women he was shy and dumb.Even when he was in love with Mary Todd,he used to sit there,nervous and silent,unable to find words,listening while she did the talking.Yet that was the man who,by practice and home study,made himself into the speaker who debated with the famous speaker Douglas!That was the man who,in Gettysburg address,rose to the heights of eloquence（雄辩）that have seldom been achieved in all the human history.Small wonder that,speaking of his own great barriers and painful struggle,he wrote,"If you are determined to make a lawyer of yourself,the thing is more than half done already."25.What does the underlined word "it" (in Paragraph 2) refer to?A. Earning a fortune.B. Making a living.C. Asking for advice.D. Becoming a lawyer.26.What is the key point of the fourth paragraph?A.Lincoln's courage.B.Lincoln's position.C.Lincoln's progress.D.Lincoln's eloquence.27.What is the most vital spirit reflected in Lincoln's story above?A.Believing in oneself.B.Keeping on practicing hard.C.Overcoming difficulties.D.Sticking to one's determination.CDavid Rees runs a truly distinctive business.He charges customers $15 to sharpen their pencils to perfections, using a variety of tools.I know what you're thinking—is this a joke?The 39-year-old gets asked that question a lot.To clarify everything, he even created a special section on his website telling everyone he's actually providing a real service.You can supply your own pencil or you can have Rees sharpen one of his own favorite 2B pencils.After that,he mails it to you in a display tube with the shavings in a separate bag,and an authentic certificate which just happens to mention the pencil is so sharp as to be a dangerous object.To achieve the desired result,the master sharpener uses all kinds of tools,including general sandpapers,pocket knives and even a special $450 sharpening machine."It depends on what the customer wants to use his/her pencil for,"he says."That determines the most appropriate pencil-sharpening technique.Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols while others buy them because of their special memories of classic 2B pencils.$15 to have a pencil sharpened is a bit expensive though,right?You're not the only one who feels that way,.and David's unique business has really angered lots of people,who talk of inequality in America,saying it is so insane for the wealthy to pay $15 to sharpen a pencil.But others will say,"This is just our urge to put an end to the welfare state because new ideas arise along with the business."David admits his trade is sort of unusual. But there are those who actually value his service, as proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.28. How could David make money by sharpening pencils?A. He invented new tools for the job.B. He promoted his skill on his website.C. He saved lots of time for other people.D. He provided quality service to his customers.29. From his words,we can infer that David Bees .A. knows all kinds of pencil usersB. provides personalized servicesC.values ideas behind the pencilsD. always write with pencils30. What does the underlined word "insane" (in Paragraph 5) mean?A. Deliberate.B. Rewarding.C. Unreasonable.D. Irresponsible.31.What seems to be the author's attitude to David Bees' trade?A. It's a fancy service.B. It has a good reputation.C. It's awfully expensive.D. It wastes time and money.DGerman artist HA Schult is an unusual artist who uses trash（废旧物）to make sculptures. "We are living in the time of garbage," says Schult. "I created a thousand sculptures of garbage. They are a mirror of ourselves. "Here, Schult was talking about his 1,000 trash sculptures in the form of humans. He first exhibited them in 1996 in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia."They are social sculptures," he explains. "They are not only sculptures for the eyes. They are sculptures to spread the idea that we live in a time of garbage." So far, Schult's social sculptures have been on show in Paris, in Moscow's Red Square, on the Great Wall of China, and in the desert next to the Giza Pyramids near Cairo.HA Schult's work is unforgettable. Although his work has had a big influence on the art world, Schult remains modest about his creations: "Artists have to learn every time. We are not important. All that counts is the time in which we are living."Trash art has been around for years. But it seems that only the popular artists are regarded as true artists when working with trash. Why can't common people be considered artists when they use the same things and change them into some form of personal art? Maybe it's because we all have our own preset ideas of what art is and isn't, or who artists are or should be.You can be an artist like Schult if you try. Look at used metal cans. What might be done with them? Imagine them in any number of new uses, or imagine them simply as an art form. What about boxes or clothing? Boxes can usually serve as new storage containers and houses for pets. And clothing? Imagine taking old clothes and turning them into hats or hanging organizers.32. What do we know about Schult's sculptures?A. They served as garbage containers.B. They reflected environmental issues.C. They were first shown in Paris, France.D. They were to raise economic awareness.33. HA Schult's artistic works also get the message across that an artist must______.A. be socially responsibleB. be as modest as possibleC. make garbage recyclableD. take diverse artistic forms34. According to the last 2 Paragraphs, the author probably agrees that____.A. it takes talent to be a trash artistB. preset ideas are important to artistsC. trash art can't be seen as a real art formD. average people can also make trash artists35. Which of the following is the best title for the text?A. Could You Be a Trash Artist?B. What Are Social Sculptures?C. Do You Know About Trash Art?D. How Can We Deal with Used Cans?第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。