2019届安徽皖南八校高三第二次联考12月英语试卷【含答案及解析】

2019届安徽皖南八校高三第二次联考12月英语试卷

【含答案及解析】

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一、阅读理解

1. Victoria Avenue School supports the Walking School Bus initiative（倡议） a safe, healthy and fun way for children to walk to and from school, guided by a registered group of parents. If you and your child would be interested in joining one of our buses we would love to hear from you.

Bell Road route

This is a morning bus with over 30 walkers! The route is as follows: Starts

at 14 Bell Road , down Scherf Road , crosses Portland Road into Ingram Street , left into Spencer Street then to school. Please call Vanessa McNaught at 5234529.

Lingarth / Mahoe route

This bus runs morning and afternoon. It departs from the corner of Combes Road and Lingarth Street at 8:10 am. There are two routes-one goes along Lingarth Street and the other along Mahoe Avenue and Manawa Road at 8:25 am. The bus continues up Manawa Road , turns right into Victoria Avenue , and goes down Dragon Drive . At the end of the school day all walkers meet at the bottom of Dragon Drive , leaving school at approximately 3:10 pm. Please contact Toko Kofoed tokofoed@gmail. com.

Shore Road route

We gather together at Hapua Reserve at 8:15 am and depart at 8:20 am. We walk along Shore Road to Stirling Street and then up Stirling Street to school. Please contact Nicky Hall nicky. hall@simpsongrierson. com.

Spencer Street starwalkers

The route begins at the crossing of Aldred Road and Spencer Street

leaving at 8:20 am.The bus then crosses Glenbrook Street and continues along Spencer Street reaching the school. Please contact Victoria Nicholls victorian@ pascoes. co. nz.

Shera Road route

Currently this bus is not running. Those living in Shera Road , Leys Crescent and Portland Road are welcome to register your interest in

taking this bus. We hope to have the bus running in the autumn, when it will travel along Portland Road , up Ingram Street and left into Spencer Street . Pease call Vanessa McNaught at 5234529.

1. Part of Bell Road route is similar to ________________________ .

A. Lingarth/Mahoe route

B. Shera Road route

C. Shore Road route

D. Spencer Street starwalkers

2. In the afternoon, a student taking the bus of Lingarth/Mahoe route may go along ______________________________ .

A. Combes Road Lingarth Street Mahoe Avenue Manawa Road

B. Combes Road- Mahoe Avenue Manawa Road Dragon Drive

C. Dragon Drive Victoria Avenue Manawa Road Mahoe Avenue

D. Dragon Drive Manawa Road Victoria Avenue Lingarth Street

3. Who might be most interested in the text?

A. Bus drivers.

B. Local walkers.

C. Tourists.

D. Parents.

2. In October 2013, Davion Only made an appeal on the Internet. He had learned that his biological mothr had died not long before. ”My name is Davion and I've been in foster care (寄养照管) since I was born," he said, “but I'm

not giving up hope. "

The heartbreaking appeal spread quickly, and Only's foster agency received calls from more than 10,000 people. Only ended up travelling to Ohio to live with a family. But after Only got into a physical fight with one of his elder would-be brothers, the family changed their minds.

Back in Florida , Only passed through four different temporary homes over the following year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption case worker, to make a special request. Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him, but she always hesitated. “I always believed there was a better family than us out there," Going said in an interview. But last July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going said something felt different. "When he asked me, my heart felt this ache and I just

knew he was my son," she said.

So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time with the rest of her