2016届九月调考英语试卷

A. Live with her parents.B.Apply for a job.C.Buy an a partmnent.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the aim of the program?A. To keep trainees in shape.B. To develop leadership skills.C. To improve public relations.18. What will the trainees do during the program?A. Make plans for a journey.B. Prepare reports for the company.C. Attend lectures on management.19. How long will the program last?A.8 days.B.12 days.C.20 days.20. What should people do to join the program?A. Sign on a piece of paper.B.Pay for the program.C.T ake a test in advance. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分4 0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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

AUSA's participation in World WarⅡbrought major change s to the lives of Americanwomen. Before the war,there had been a huge pool of fe male labour,consisting largely of young,single women. Many jobs were closed to them and they were effectivel y restrictetl to working in domestic service and selli ng-goods business. Wartime production requirements, ho wever,combined with the loss of the men who entered th e military,provided women with the opportunity to move into a far wider range of jobs.The response to the US govemment's request for more wo men workers was amazing and the changes marvelous.ln 1 941,there were 14.6 million women workers; by 1944 the number had grown to over 19.4 million. At one point d uring those wars,more than 50 percent of American wome n worked and by 1945 half of all women workers were ov er 35 years old.Women were particularly active in the defense industri es. Between 1940 and 1944 women working in enterprises that produced goods increased by 141 percent. In Detr oit in 1943 ,\~'omen made up 91 percent of the new hir ings in 185 war plants. Over 10 percent of all shipbuilders were women. Most of these jobs came with a "pink -slip" attached,as women understood that they would be dismissed when the men returned from the war. Women w ere also frustrated by unfair pay differentials,for me n were paid more money for doing the same job. With th e end of the war and armymen being sent home,women wer e released twice as fast as men. In 1945, three-quarte rs of the women in aircraft and shipbuilding were let go,and women in the car industry decreased from 25 perc ent t0 7 percent. Although women found their work sati sfying and liberating,postwar publicity focused on wom en's duty to help the returning soldiers fit in with s ociety by "making him the man of the home again". When the war ended,many women left work to take up the dut ies of homemaking and raising children.21. Before World War II,women in the USA had jobsmost l y related to .A. aircraft productionB. shipbuildingC. sales businessD. defense industries22. When women were offered jobs in industries,they kn ew that their jobs would be _A. temporaryB. per manentC. frustratingD. highly pai d23. When the war ended,media made women believe that .A. their work was satisfyingB. their work was worthwh ileC. they should help the armyD. they should take care of the familyBThe Great Plague(瘟疫) of London in 1665 was the last in a long senies of plague that first began in London in June 1499.1t killed between 75,000 and 100,000. Fir st suspected in late 1664,it began to spread eastwards in April 1665 from the poor suburb of St. Giles to th e crowded and dirty communities on its way to the wall ed City of London.The Great Plague at Its PeakBy September 1665 ,the death rate had reached 8,000 pe r week. Helpless city authorities began to abandon qua rantine(隔离) measures. Houses containing the dead and dying were no longer locked. London's mournful silenc e was broken by the noise of carts carrying the dead f or burial in churches or public plague pits.Well-off residents soon fled to the countryside,leavin g the poor behind in poor oldcommun/ties.Thousands of dogs and cats were killed to remove a feared source of contagion (传染) ,and piles of rotting garbage were burned. Doctors cut swellings and bled black spots in attempts to cure plague victim s.Plague Orders prohibited churches from keeping dead bo dies in their buildings during public assemblies or se rvices,andcamers of the dead had to identify themselve s and could not mix with the public. 'Samuel Pepys: Eyewitness AccountsIn his famous diary,SamuelPepys,a member of Parliament, conveyed the sad image of des per ate people wandering t he streets in search of relief from the ruins of the p lague. His notes during 1665 indicated the severity of London's Great Plague. In July,he mourned " the sad n ews of the death of so manv in the community,forty las t night,the bell always going either for deaths or bur ials. " A month lat.er,when London's death rate rose s harply, Pepys noted that surviors "are forced to carry the dead to be buried by daylight,the nights not enough to do it The Plague Declines and the Government Rea ctsBy February 1666,the Great Plague had nearly run its c ourse.lt died out during the Great Fire that same year and never returned. Central parts of London were rebu ilt with wider streets to relieve crowding and better waste water svstems to improve public cleanliness. New Plague Orders were issued in May 1666,which banned th e burial of future plague victims in churches and smal l churchyards, enforced the use of quicklime (生石灰) at chosen burial sites, and strictly prohibited openin g graves less than one year after burial as a safeguard against the spread of infection.24.1n the course o_f the Great PJague,it was a common practice to .A. keep dead bodies in the church buildingsB. burn piles of rotting garbage in the streetsC. carry the dead for church burials in the daytimeD. unlock the houses containing the dead and dying25.lt can be inferred from the passage that _ .A. dogs and cats were certain to spread the piagueBy September 1665 ,the death rate had reached 8,000 pe r week. Helpless city authorities began to abandon qua rantine(隔离) measures. Houses containing the dead and dying were no longer locked. London's mournful silenc e was broken by the noise of carts carrying the dead f or burial in churches or public plague pits.Well-off residents soon fled to the countryside, leavi ng the poor behind in poor old communities. Thousands of dogs and cats were killed to remove a feared source of contagion (传染), and piles of rotting garbage wer e burned. Doctors cut swellings and bled black spots i n attempts to cure plague victims.Plague Orders prohibited churches from keeping dead bo dies in their buildings during public assemblies or se rvices, and carriers of the dead had to identify thems elves and could not mix with the public.Samuel Pepys: Eyewitness AccountsIn his famous diary, Samuel Pepys, a member of Parliam ent, conveyed the sad image of desperate people wander ing the streets in search of relief from the ruins of the plague. His notes during 1665 indicated the severi ty of London's Great Plague. In July, he mourned "thesad news of the death of so many in the community, for ty last night, the bell always going either for deaths or burials." A month later, when London's death rate rose sharply, Pepys noted that survivors "are forced t o carry the dead to be buried by daylight, the nights not enough to do it The Plague Declines and the Govern ment ReactsBy February 1666,the Great Plague had nearly run its c ourse. It died out during the Great Fire that same yea r and never returned. Central parts of London were reb uilt with wider streets to relieve crowding and better waste water systems to improve public cleanliness. Ne w Plague Orders were issued in May 1666,which banned t he burial of future plague victims in churches and sma ll churchyards, enforced the use of quicklime (生石灰) at chosen burial sites, and strictly prohibited openi ng graves less than one year after burial as a safegua rd against the spread of infection..A. keep dead bodies in the church buildingsB. burn pi les of rotting garbage in the streetsC. carry the dead for church burials in the daytimeD. unlock the houses containing the dead and dying25. lt can be inferred from the passage that .A. dogs and cats were certain to spread the plagueB. doctors' treatment of plague victims was effectiveC. city authorities allowed rich residents to go to th e countrysideD. quarantine measures were powerless in preventing the plague26. How did Samuel Pepys feel when the bell was going all the night during the Great Plague?A. Frightened.B. Relieved.C. Sorrowful.D. Moody.27. What's the main purpose of this writing?A. To blame poor public cleanliness for plague.B. To inform readers of what happened in the Great Pla gue.C. To show that plague was closely related to church a ctivities.D. To prove that plague could be controlled by humans. CFamous writer Edgar Allan Poe wrote 70 poems and 66 sh ort stories during his life, but published only one novel. That book, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon, Pym of Nantucket, is fiction, focusing on Pym's bad luck on a whaling ship.The novel, published in 1838, involves an attemp ted rebellion of the whaling ship. Pym and two others drive back the rebels, killing or throwing overboard a ll but one. The spared rebel, named Richard Parker, is kept aboard in order to help operate the ship. But as the ship overturns, it has no adequate food. Parker s uggests that cannibalism(食人) is the only way out, an d they draw straws to determine the victim. Parker los es and becomes dinner.But in 1846 a real-life Richard Parker died in a shipw reck(船难) . He and 20 0thers were on board the 3 doomed Francis Spaight, which sank, killing all on boa rd. It was a mere coincidence, as it involved neither rebellion nor cannibalism.In 1884, the coincidence became extremely horrible. A boat named the Mignonette sank, and four people went i nto a lifeboat. And just like in Pym's tale, the four found themselves lacking food and were desperate. They did not draw straws; however, two of the remaining three simply killed the youngest, a cabin boy who had fa llen unconscious. All three then dined on the now-dead 17 year old. The cabin boy's name, of course, was Ric hard Parker.As for rebellion, one needs to travel back t0 1797, be fore Poe penned his novel–although there is little ev idence that Poe had known about this Richard Parker or intentionally chose his name for the Pym novel. That year, another man named Richard Parker led a rebellion of the British Naval base at Nore, taking over a numb er of ships. But as food was running out, Parker order ed "his" fleet to head toward France. The ship he was on followed this order but none of the other ships did, and Parker was arrested then was hanged as punishmen t.This series of coincidences has not gone entirely unno ticed. In 2001,author Yann Martel published The Life o f Pi, which was made into a movie for release in Novem ber of 2012.lt tells the story of a man who finds hims elf trapped on a lifeboat with a few animals, includin g a Bengal tiger. Martel showed respect for the shipwr ecked men spoken about above by naming the tiger Richard Parker. And while there is probably nothing to this strange occurrence, if your name is Richard Parker, y ou may want to stay away from boats.28. The underlined part " draw straws" ( Para.2) sugge sts someone will be chosen toA. deal with strawsB. enjoy a good opportunityC. make a clever decision D. do something unpleasant29. What made the coincidence in 1884 extremely terrib le?A. Cannibalism without drawing straws.B. Shipwreck an d rebellion.C. Rebellion and cannibalism.D. Hanging and cannibali sm.30. What can be learnt about the name Richard Parker?A. It was chosen on purpose by Allan Poe.B. lt seemed connected with strange coincidences.C. It was popular both in fiction and in reality.D. I t was originally a name for a Bengal tiger.31. To those Richard Parkers who wish to sail on the s ea, this passage makes for _A. a complete nonsenseB. an accurate predictionC. an interesting warningD. an impressive joke DWhat is the main testing ground of fears about incompl ete or inadequate child rearing? The college admission process.If you are afraid you don't discipline your children e nough, the evidence of parental failure is right there in front of everyone. The child is not filling out he r college applications !lf you are afraid that you have allowed your children to watch too much television and settle for low grades, you will have to answer for the consequences.The over-involvement of many parents in the process is, from my perspective, a cover for this deep parental a nxiety: Did I do a good job with this child? Did I do everything I needed to do for this child? Is this chil d going to have a good life? I have seen many parents, dive back into their children's lives at college admi ssion time, trying to fill all of their wisdom and dis cipline into their children at the last moment. Parents may need to be sure as their children leave th e nest that they really have taught them how to fly. S ince it is impossible to assess the quality of what pa rents have done for their children at this point, thenext best thing is the status of the college to which the child is admitted. From the point of an anxious pa rent, an "Ivy league college" child is proof of better child rearing than a "small college" child.I once sat with a talented, weak senior girl and h er brilliant parents. She, they, and the school had to decide whether she should remam m school or go into a hospital. In light of her anorexia (厌食), the school recommended strongly that she not file her early appl ication to Princeton. Upon hearing this, the girl look ed at the adults in the room and said, " If I can't ap ply early to Princeton, l'll die. " Her parents were a lso eager to have her 4get into Princeton. Why did they all need this so desp erately?Because, in this case, something was wrong in the fami ly. Due to some weakness in her upbringing, this child was not happy or self-confident. Yet she was eighteen, the culture required her to leave home. The psycholog ical solution for them all was the comforting vision o f a great college. Somehow going there would make her life fine and defend her parents' child rearing.Such fears about letting go of an unfinished child exi st in all families. How can we let go of a child who i s still so young in so many ways? It is painful and ha s no cure except time and hope. For parents looking fo r a painkiller, the college admission process is where they can work out their anxieties.32. What does the underlined word "rearing" ( Para.l) mean?A. Adopting.B. Raising,C. Educating.D. Spoiling.33.What is implied in parents' over-involvement in the ir children's college admission process in the author' s view?A. Care and concern.B. Over protection.C. Great pare ntal wisdom.D. Deep parental anxiety.34. What should parents do according to the author?A. Help children fill out their college applications.B. Fall into children's lives at college admission tim e.C. Prepare children for the future before they leave h ome.D. Access the quality of what they have done for their children.35. According to the passage, what can defend the pare nts' child rearing?A. A great college.B. Time and hope.C. Confidence of children.D. Independence of children.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。