河北省衡水重点中学2015届高三上学期四调考试英语试题

河北省衡水重点中学2015届高三上学期四调考试英语试题第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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。

AHere are a few of our favorite entries so far in our "Your Life: The Reader's Digest Version" contest* After reading these, head over to Face book and sublimit your own story a-bout a special moment or lesson that shaped your life．"There's Always a John"By Darla BoydMy first flare of' teaching, there was a kick named John in my class．John was cliff cult to contra and he nearly drove me crazy．While talking about him one day, an old teacher put his handle obi only shoulder and said, "There will always be a John．Your job is to loam Lo discover what makes him different act help him galaxy better．" The next year, there was in-deco antler John．In the．last 20 years, I've learnedly to enjoy all the kids like John．That advice taught me that there is something to appreciate in everyone．"An Farley Key Lesson"By Elaine WestBefore I began my first t．reaching job, ray mother, a teacher of 30 years, gave me a．vie）' special gift, five simple words that．have had an effect on my entire life: /make friends with the janitor （门卫）．,, Her w-wisdom taught me the respect for all types of characters and continue to enrich my life to this day．Just five little words but what an impact they can have when you take them to heart．" Raising Mommy "By Jan DavisBeing a moldier can always present challenges ankle rewards．Someone told me earl} in my parenting career that "Children will teach you every．hang．you need to know"．Being a mother is being raised．Our children become our advisers．Their dreams become our profess- sores, as we are taking notes carefully．The councils of' their laughter acne smiles on their faces are a great．rework to us or bring us great joy．rehear tears romance us that．it is okay t．of’ ail, wipe the tears away and try' again．21．What dill t．he old teacher mean by saying "There will lava’s be a John" 9A．There are always difficult students like John．B．John will always be an ordinary student．C．It is important to change John．D．John is a very common name．22．What did Elaine West's mother advise her to do’sA．Don't treat succulents chi．fervently．B．Take care of janitors．C．Respect people from different backgrounds．D．Don't judge people by appearance．23．Which of the following would Jan Davis roust probably agree withalA．A mother should be given more care．B．A mother improves herself greatly in parenting．C．Being a mother has more challenges than rewards．D．Children should realize the dreams of their parents．．24．The text is most probably a（n）A．notice inviting contributionsB．introduction to a contestC．ad for three new booksD．poster about a lectureBMy first day of high school was like any other first day: registering? finding new classmates, meeting new teachers, and seeking new friends．During lunch, I ran into my first snag （因难）of the day．At the coining loll, as the checkout （付款处）lady asked for ray money, I realized that I had forge）tiff? me foolery．When I told her about it, I heard a voice behind me．I turned trounce and there stood a teacher telling her he wild pay for my lunch．He told me his name-3 Mr．Pete Walker, and said, "．If you get a chance, you should take my history class．" I recognize~ his name, and told him I was in his class later that day．Mr.．Walker befriend me on the．very first clay of school at a very crucial time of the day-lunch !He always told us we should do more than we ever thought．he pushes us to clod all things better．He coached many sports, and sponsored many after-c-lass a（trinities．If we were interested in something, he would find a Nay’s）T to expose us to it h．y inviting speakers, taking us on field trips, or obtaining information for us．Two years later, my junior year in school was clicking along nicely when one day I way．S riding my motorcycle and I was hit by a car．I spent six days in hospital ankle was at home in bed for two weeks before returning to school．Mr．Walker stopped by the hospital each clay with my work from me teachers．Once．I was at home, he would bring my work too．After high school, I attended the United States Army Airborne School in Fort I3enning, Georgia．I knew my parents woolly be there the day I graduates, but they brought an unsex- pecked guest．'rhea came across Mr．Walker at lunch several days before and told him I was about to graduate．His visit, however, was not a surprise to me．25．At the dining hall,A．the lady didn't want to charge the author for his lunchB．the author knew Mr．Walker was right behind himC．Mr．Walker didn't know the author was his studentD．the author decided to invite Mr．Walker to lunch26．The story in Paragraph 4 showed that Mr．Walker wasA．caring B．strictC．skilled D．learned27．What happened on the author's graduation day?A．His parents met Mr．Walker by chance．B．His family invited Mr．Walker to lunch．C．Mr．Walker brought an unexpected guest．D．His parents came together with Mr．Walker．28．What can we infer from the last sentence?A．The author had invited Mr．Walker to his graduation ceremony．B．The author's parents had informed him of Mr．Walker's visit．C．Mr．Walker had a very close relationship with his students．D．Mr．Walker went to visit the author frequently．CFour schoolchildren from Belgrade, England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening．Unexpectedly, they saw an elderly man grasping for breath （端息）in the street．They tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems．Before the Polish man became unconscious, the children kept him calm while they fl．aged down （摺停）a passing driver．The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured man's answers to the driver's questions．Gary, 10, and his six - year - old sister, Lily, stayed with the man while Thymus and Own-en, both 11, led the ambulance to the spot where he lay．Soon the man was taken to hospital．The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick - thinking and courage in an emergency situation．They are a credit not only to themselves, but to their families and their school．And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people．What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help．This see ruing indifference to an emergency situation is a well noted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as "the bystander effect"．Re- search suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency, people are likely to as- some that somebody else ~will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is life- ted from their shoulders．Perhaps the answer to this sort．of tiling’s is to introduce a " Good Samaritan" law．This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergent- cy situation to help out as long as they can do so．This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for of．faring assistance-everyone29．What can we learn about the elderly man?A．He spoke Polish with the children．B．He fell from his bike and got injured．C．He was taken to hospital by the driver．D．He recovered consciousness in the street．30．In Paragraph 3, the author mainlyA．shows his great sympathy for the manB．gives high praise to the four childrenC．offers his special thanks to the driverD．expresses his anger at several adults31．The underlined word "intervene" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning toA．be curious B．go on C．give up D．get involved32．In France, if an emergency happens to someone,A．offering help to him is required by lawB．people have the right to leave the sceneC．others must get permission before helping himD．the witnesses will be punished if the rescue failsDA three-mile-long fishhook-shaped piece of land in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Island has always been a community set apart from the mainland．These days, the island's 500-plus residents, who mossy use golf cars as transportation on the village's narrow roads and who don't allow the public consumption of alcohol, have managed to preserve their traditional culture．Probably the most striking example of their heritage is the islanders' unique way of speaking．David L．Shores, a linguist （话言学家）who was boom on rangier Island, has found out the, reason why the speech of Tangier Island strikes outsider’s as strange．According to S．horse, the dismantlers pronounce their vowels louder and longer, which causes common words to sound different when s．poke by Tangier natives．Some, scholars have said the natives of Tangier speak an old form of English that goes back to the time of Queen F．Elizabeth I．Shores doesn't buy into that thirdly．"It's not Eliza- be than English by any means," he says．" I doubt if anyone could trace it to that, because the variety．is of English at that time were great．"Bruce Gordy, a Tangier native and a former teacher at the island's only school, has made a list of 350 strange expressions and words that he says are used and undertook only by the islanders．But Gordy clones’ think it's the strange vocabulary that puzzles outsiders most when hearing Tangier residents speak．．"I think what confuses t．hem is the fact that we are ' talking backwards a lot．," he say's．He offers an example．"If somebody's stupid, you know what I say?" Gordy says．" I'm saying he's smart, but the way I say it makes everyone know Iran emphasizing he's stud-Both Gordy and Shores believe Tangier's isolation （弧立）has led to the islanders' un- usual way of speaking．．Now, the economy of Tangier Island is moving away from its tradition of crabbing anal fishing as the number of crabs and oysters in the bay declines．More residents are finding work on tugboats（掩船）or looking for jobs on the mainland．" Of course the sons and daughters went with their dad out crabbing．You don't go with your dad on the tugboat．That's not going to preserve Tangier culture, "Gordy says．33．According to the text, Tangier IslandA．has been discovered recentlyB．is a fast developing x-pillageC．is a land of golf loversD．has a small population34．In Shores' opinion, the language the islanders speakA．can't be called English in factB．is unique in its pronunciation systemC．can never be understood by outsidersD．shares some similarities with Elizabethan English35．What's Gordy's attitude towards the preservation of Tangier culture'?A．Confident．B．Satisfied C．Concerned．D．Angry．第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。